Chapter 16 - Back to Hogwarts
Hermione had tears coming down her face. He was proposing to her. Harry Potter was proposing to Hermione Malfoy.
"Yes Harry, I will marry you," Hermione said still with tears in her eyes. He couldn't contain his tears any longer and they ran freely down his face. Harry got up from the floor with a huge smile. He put the ring on her finger and gave her a long passionate kiss. He pulled away and leaned his forehead against hers. They looked in each other's eyes and then she looked down at the ring she had on her finger. It was the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. It was gold 10k diamond ring with four small green diamonds on each side.
"I love you Hermione Malfoy Potter," Harry said softly.
"I love you Harry Potter," she said.
Harry couldn't believe it. He was going to get married and not to just anybody but Hermione Malfoy. He felt like he was the luckiest guy on earth. He still felt a little dizzy from all of the excitement. He looked down at his watch.
"Hermione I hate to say this, but we have to go," Harry said as he pulled away.
"You're right," Hermione agreed.
"Ladies first," Harry said.
"Diagon Alley!" she yelled out.
She then appeared and saw Mrs. Malfoy, Draco, and Blaise sitting down in a booth. She waited for Harry to come about three minutes later.
"Where are they?" Harry asked dusting himself off.
"Over there." Hermione pointed.
"Let's go and tell them the good news," Harry suggested.
"Wait Harry, what if they get mad?" Hermione said in a worried tone.
"They won't. I asked for your hand in marriage on Christmas," Harry explained.
"You did!" Hermione said surprised.
"Yeah, they were thrilled," Harry added.
"What are we waiting for then?" Hermione said excitedly.
Harry grabbed her hand and they walked to the booth.
"There you two are," Mrs. Malfoy said with a sigh of relief.
"Knowing them, they wanted to get a good shag before school starts," Draco chuckled.
Blaise hit his arm and looked at Hermione.
"Hermione are you okay?" Blaise asked in concern.
"Blaise, Draco, mum - I'm engaged!" Hermione squealed.
"Oh sweet Merlin, you're getting married!" Blaise squealed and went over to Hermione.
"I was beginning to have second thoughts about when you were going to ask her," Draco said and patted Harry on the back.
"Congratulation sis," Draco said and gave his sister a hug.
"Thanks Draco," Hermione said.
"My little girl is going to get married. Come here and give your mum a hug," Mrs. Malfoy said with tears rolling down her face. "You're growing up so fast."
Mrs. Malfoy took a glance at her watch, "Oh my, we have to get going. Edward we will be heading to the car now," Mrs. Malfoy said as she snapped her fingers.
"Wait mum, I need to go to the loo and clean this ash off of me," Hermione said.
"You're right, we don't want to look like we just came off of the streets now do we," Mrs. Malfoy said. "Edward, why don't you get the car ready?" The little house elf scurried off while Mrs. Malfoy, Hermione, Blaise, Draco, and Harry went to the loo to clean up. The girls walked out giggling.
"Come on, we could talk about wedding plans in the car," Blaise told Hermione.
"Good luck mate," Draco said and shook his head.
They left the Leaky Cauldron and got in the car that was waiting for them in the front. The entire way there, the girls talked about wedding dresses and decoration ideas. Harry opted to talk about Quidditch with Draco. They came to a stop about twenty minutes later and Edward opened the door. Harry and Draco stepped out first and helped the girls out.
"You have a least an hour until the train leaves," Mrs. Malfoy said.
"We'll find something to do," Hermione said with a mischievous look on her face.
"Alright, now come and say your goodbyes," Mrs. Malfoy said with a weak voice.
"Bye mum, I'll write," Hermione said and gave her mum a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye mum, don't worry Harry and I will watch over Hermione and Blaise," Draco said and gave her a hug.
"You're not getting away that easy. Come here and give me a kiss," Mrs. Malfoy told Draco. She pulled him over and he struggled to get out of her grip. She managed to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Mum, do you have to do that in public?" Draco said as wiped his cheek.
"Honestly Draco," Mrs. Malfoy said.
"Bye Mrs. Malfoy, thank you for everything," Harry said and gave her a hug.
"Harry, you can call me mum now. After all, you are part of the family," Mrs. Malfoy said patting Harry on the back.
"Bye Mrs. Malfoy, thank you again for everything," Blaise said and gave her a hug.
"It's only a matter of time until you're officially part of our family," Mrs. Malfoy said and gave her a wink. Blaise quickly turned toward Draco. He was whistling and realized that he was being stared at.
"What?"
Blaise and Mrs. Malfoy just turned to each other and laughed. "I think it will be quite awhile," Blaise said chuckling.
"I know, but you are welcome at our house at any time," Mrs. Malfoy said and gave her a hug.
Harry went over to Edward to help him with the luggage.
"Bye Edward, thank you for everything," Harry said and shook his hand.
"It was my pleasure Mr. Potter," Edward said pleased.
"You can call me Harry. Mr. Potter makes me seem so old," Harry said with a warm smile.
"Alright Harry," Edward said and waved goodbye.
"I have our stuff," Harry said to Hermione.
"Great - bye mum!" Hermione yelled.
They all walked over to platform 9 ¾. Draco and Blaise went first and then Harry and Hermione. When Harry and Hermione saw the Hogwarts Express again, they both stood there and smiled.
"Come on you two," Draco shouted.
"Coming Draco," Hermione called back.
They gave their trunks to the loading people and stood outside talking.
"I don't how you two can keep talking about Quidditch strategies. It never changes! Just get the quaffle into the hoop and wait until the Seeker catches the snitch," Hermione said. "I honestly don't see a point on having a Beater either. They just stand there and look pretty. It's a waste of Quidditch field to me." Harry and Draco looked at her in disbelief.
"Don't listen to her Harry. She still thinks that shopping is a sport," Draco said with a chuckle.
"It is!" Blaise said. They all looked at each other and laughed.
"I was only joking." Hermione chuckled. "How much time do we have?"
"About a half hour," Harry said looking at his watch. "We have enough time." Harry looked at Hermione with a mischievous grin
"Excuse us," Hermione said politely. She grabbed Harry's collar and dragged him away.
Harry and Hermione ended up at the end of the station. Hermione was up against the wall as Harry purged her soft lips. His fingers ran gently down her long, soft curls and she was rubbing the back of his head. His fingers went from her hair and down to her waist. He gently began to raise her skirt and rubbed her thigh.
"Ugh, that the grossest thing I have ever seen - Potter and Malfoy making out in the back of the station," Ron said disgusted. "I thought that you had class."
Harry and Hermione pulled away from each out. Harry turned to Ron with fury in his eyes.
"What did you say?" Harry said vehemently.
"You heard me. I said I thought you had class," Ron said and looked at Hermione.
Harry was about to go at him, but Hermione put her hand on his shoulder. "I don't see you here with any one," Hermione said while adjusting her blouse. "Did you just come her to jack off because you can't get any?"
Ron went a dark shade of red. He just put his head down and shuffled his feet. Ron glanced at Hermione's hand and noticed a ring on her right ring finger. Is that an engagement ring? It is! Ron thought to himself.
"You're going to marry that slut," Ron said out loud.
"Why you little - ," Harry said with vehemence tone. Harry couldn't take anymore; before Harry could sock him, Hermione shouted at him, "Harry, don't!" Harry looked at her and then at Ron and snorted.
"You're not worth it!" he said in a snobbish tone.
"Harry and I are getting married and from the looks of it, your family will be cleaning and serving at our wedding," Hermione said with the Malfoy smirk. "And don't worry, you could eat the leftovers." Ron narrowed his eyes at Hermione and wanted to smack the smirk right off of her face. Harry noticed the anger in Ron eyes and said, "Let's go Hermione; I'm getting disgusted by the odor that he is giving off."
Harry took Hermione's hand and they walked back to the train.
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"Could you believe the nerve of that guy?" Harry said irritated.
"Just forget about it Harry," Hermione said softly, "Besides, we got to say the last words."
"There you guys are, the train leaves in ten minutes," Blaise said and saw how bright his eyes were.
"What's the matter mate?" Draco asked
"We just had a run in with Weasel," Harry said annoyed.
"What did that prick say?" Draco asked.
"The usual!" Harry said irritated. Draco cracked his knuckles and was determined to kick the shit out of Ron.
"Let's just forget about okay," Hermione said trying to calm the two boys down.
"No Hermione! No one makes fun of my best mate and my sister like that and gets away with it," Draco said angrily.
"No mate it's okay. We told him off, so he didn't get away that easily," Harry said as he patted Draco on the back. He knew that Hermione didn't want to see a fight. "But thanks for looking out for me like that."
"What are friends for or should I say brother-law," Draco said happily.
They boarded the train and went to look for an empty compartment.
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Ron was in complete shock when he heard Draco call Harry his best mate. Fury went into his eyes when he heard Draco call Harry his brother-in-law.
"I'm Harry's best mate," Ron said in jealous tone.
"I'll show him how much of a slut Hermione is, if it's the last thing I do," Ron said in determination.
He went inside and started to think about what he could do to split up Harry and Hermione.
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After hours on the train, they were only thirty minutes away from Hogwarts.
"Hermione wake up," Harry said he gently shook Hermione. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and saw Draco, Blaise and Harry looking at her.
"You better change into your robes. We'll be at Hogwarts in a half hour," Harry suggested.
"Right - I'll be back," Hermione said with a yawn and left the compartment.
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Hermione got out the bathroom and was walking back to her compartment when somebody pulled her into another.
"What the - ," she yelled and sighed when she saw the face of the person who grabbed her. "What do you want," Hermione said annoyed.
"We need to talk," Ron suggested and closed the compartment door.
"Oh yeah! Mum said that she'll hire you as our servant as long as you take a shower once in a while," Hermione said trying hard not to laugh.
"Funny, you weren't making fun of me when you were having sex with me," Ron said.
"What? I never had sex with you!" Hermione shouted.
"Yes you did," Ron explained. "It was two days before the end of Fifth Year."
"If I did, then it didn't mean anything," Hermione said looking at Ron.
"Well, it did to me. I thought you actually fancied me," Ron said in disappointment.
"Why would I ever fancy somebody like you?" Hermione said in disgust.
"I really fancied you before, but then I found out what a slut you really are," Ron said; Hermione slapped his face. He wanted to shed a tear from the sting that he felt on his cheek.
"You asshole. Don't you ever call me that again!" Hermione shouted.
"I'm not going to let you hurt Harry like you hurt me," Ron stated as he grabbed her arm.
"I'm not going to hurt Harry. I love him," Hermione said with a weary voice.
"You love him alright. You love his money," Ron snapped.
"I'm in love with Harry not because of his money but because he's smart and caring. Wait! I don't have to tell you." Hermione said and he let her arm loose. She went to the door but he blocked the way.
"Hermione, you already changed and took my best friend away from me. I could live with that, but I'm not going to let you hurt him like you did to me," Ron said.
"I didn't change Harry. He just finally found out who his real friends are. We know what he has been through because we have gone through it too. We understand each other better than you will ever will. Now get out of my way asshole," Hermione demanded and shoved Ron out of the way.
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"I'm going to see what's taking her so long," Harry said worried. He got up and went to look for Hermione.
"Oh…I'm sorry" Harry apologized to the person he ran into.
"It's okay," Padma said.
"Oh…Hello Padma," Harry said apathetically.
"Harry, I wanted to apologize for being so rude to you before. I never realized what you have been through all these years. I understand now why you're so in love with Hermione. It's because she understands you and sees the real you and not just the Boy-Who-Lived," Padma said sincerely. "I guess we never took the opportunity to get to know the real you."
"So you don't think I've changed?" Harry asked, surprised.
"You have changed, but not in a bad way," Padma said with a smile.
"Thanks Padma," Harry said. "I want to apologize for not calling you a friend. You've been more of a friend to me than anybody else. Ever since I started going out with Hermione, everybody in Gryffindor and all the other houses except Slytherin think that I betrayed them."
"They just don't understand," Padma said shaking her head.
"Well I've got to go find Hermione but I will talk to you later," Harry said with a smile.
"I know about the baby. Don't worry - I won't say a thing," she said softly.
"Thanks, Bye," Harry said and went back to look for Hermione.
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"There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere," Harry said with a sigh of relief. He walked over to her and gave her a peck on the lips.
"Harry, are we going to tell people that we're engaged?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. It's up to you," Harry said and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Are you kidding me? I'm going to be Harry Potter's wife; of course I want to tell the world," she said happily.
"Great," Harry said eagerly.
"We better go back to our seats," Hermione suggested and walked down the train in Harry's embrace. He whispered in her ear, "I love you."
"I love you too," Hermione whispered back.
They came back in the middle of Draco's make-out session with Blaise. Harry sat down and Hermione sat on his lap.
"How much time do we have left? I'm starving," Hermione said and rubbed her stomach.
"We should be getting there in ten minutes," Harry said.
"Hey sis, how are you going to explain your new eating habits?" Draco asked.
"I'll just say I've been hungry lately," Hermione explained.
"Harry, if you could choose to either be an Auror or a professional Quidditch player, which would you choose?" Draco asked.
"Neither," Harry said.
"What? You wouldn't want to be paid to play Quidditch," Draco said in shock.
"I love playing Quidditch but I wouldn't want play all my life. As for being an Auror - I've already fought my share of dark wizards. I hate the idea of being away from my family and friends for a long period of time."
"So what do you want to do after Hogwarts then?" Hermione asked curiously.
"I think I would enjoy working for the Ministry of Magic. I will still be able to help the wizarding world without leaving my family," Harry said sincerely.
"Really?"
"Yeah, what would you do?" Harry asked.
"I think I would like to work at the Ministry of Magic as well," Hermione said.
"What about you Draco?" Harry asked.
"I would be a professional Quidditch player," Draco said. "I wouldn't have to worry about leaving my family because Blaise will just come along."
"Really?" Blaise said surprised.
"I would go mad if I didn't see you everyday," Draco said with a warm smile and they looked deep into each other's eyes.
"Ugh… I think I'm going to be sick." Harry chuckled. "Now I believe Hermione when she says that you're a softy."
"Shut up asshole. You're ruining the moment," Blaise snapped at Harry. Harry looked at her and laughed quietly.
The train came to a stop and they proceeded outside. Ron saw Harry and Draco talking to each other. He saw Harry laugh when Draco whispered in his ear. This made Ron extremely jealous. He knew that Harry's friendship with Draco had to end.