🦁19 - Nineteen🦁 Hermione
It had come as a shock to all of us. Harry and Draco had been the best for 'friends' sure. Their back and forth banter was always something that left people guessing. After Hogwarts Draco had gotten on better terms with both his parents. I guess the only one who wasn't surprised was Harry.
"I don't see why you couldn't tell me sooner Potter." Draco huffed.
"It wasn't my place Malfoy." Harry responded.
I rolled my eyes. "What are you two arguing about now?"
Harry grinned. "Will you? Or shall I?"
"Can it Potter. I'll tell them." Draco scolded. "When they are all together."
"Tell who what?"
I turned around and almost laughed. Harry did start laughing. The timing was uncanny and I could see Draco tense up. Harry poked Draco in the side still laughing.
"POTTER YOU DAMN JINX!" Draco yelled.
We had all been expecting things to be awkward seeing as Harry and Blaise had just broken up. They proved us wrong as they carried on interacting like friends. So getting everyone together wasn't hard at all.
"Hey you said it not me. Besides they should know." Harry said still laughing. "Come now Draykie."
"Will you stop calling me Draykie." Draco huffed.
Harry shook his head. It had been a rather sudden switch. After Harry had gotten back from Malfoy Manor it had taken him all but a week to start calling Draco, 'Draykie' instead of 'Dray'. He said 'Dray' was too intimate and 'Draykie' just annoyed Draco to the point of it being too fun.
"Mind filling in the blanks?" Ron asked.
Draco growled at Harry's poking and turned to the rest of us. "Fine. Hermione was asking why we were fighting. It has to do with family matters."
"And Harry..."
"Don't interrupt me Pans." Draco said. "Anyway, family matters meaning that my parents decided to all but adopt Potter. He is my Honorary brother. Not taking the Malfoy name of course. Because he is a stupid prat."
'They are... brothers?' My mimd asked. Their constant bickering and banter was always playful and it made sense now. Harry saved Draco's life and in return Draco's parents saved his. Lucius and Narcissa even took Harry in after the war. The conversation was unexpected for Draco and even more shocking for us.
Narcissa and Lucius always urged Harry to be more casual, he never stopped calling them Luc and Cissa though. Claiming it would be imposing on Draco's growing bond with his parents if he called them anything else.
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"You know Potter. Your little stunt with that letter..."
"Was a brilliant idea. Yes Malfoy, I know. You are so very welcome." Harry grinned teasingly.
"That wasn't what I was going to say prat. Let me finish would you." Draco frowned.
I laughed. It had been like this for years. At first it had taken a while to get used to, but with those two you never know what to expect. I was sitting with my feet in Draco's lap reading when Draco had brought up this topic, again. Harry would never let him finish what he wanted to say though.
"Come now Draykie, don't be so down." Harry teased.
"Oh don't you start with that again. If you just let me finish wh..."
"Honestly. Would you be where you are now if it wasn't for any of my stunts?" Harry interrupted Draco again.
"Stop interrupting me you prat." Draco scowled.
"Hey Darling please stop annoying my best friend. He's very sensitive you know."
"BLAISE! How dare you." Draco tried lunging forward, but couldn't do much since I quickly spelled him to the chair. "Mione. Love, undo the spell." He crossed his arms.
"I can't have you hurting my best friend Dray." I said opening my book again.
"I promise I was not going to do anything. Please undo the spell love." Draco said suspiciously calm.
I nodded and undid the spell. Surprisingly, Draco didn't do anything besides adjust my legs in his lap and lean back. Ron walked in not long after that.
"Did I miss more arguing?" He asked looking upset.
I rolled my eyes at him as Harry laughed. "Nope. I was just teasing Draykie."
Draco mumbled. "My fault for bringing it up anyway."
"Dracooo we don't understand when you don't use your words properly." Blaise said almost sing-song like.
"Whatever idiot. Anyway Har, what I wanted to say was that I owe you a lot more than you think." Draco shrugged.
"I know. You know how I feel about that sort of thing anyway." Harry waved him off. "Ronald, where is Pansy?"
We all turned to look at him. Ron shrugged and bit his lower lip. He shifted a bit more. Eventually he sighed and dropped into the only single seater in my apartment.
"I haven't spoken to her in weeks. She just up and left. Took everything from the apartment. Didn't even leave a note." Ron sighed.
Their relationship had been rocky from the start. They were always on and off. Pansy was impulsive and vindictive. She always jumped to her own conclusions before finding out the truth which caused her to act out. Most times it resulted in Ron spending the night over at Harry's place.
"Sorry mate." Harry said. "Do you want to go out tonight?"
"You, me and them?" Ron asked raising an eyebrow.
"You, me and Mione. Just the 'Golden Trio'." Harry said and quickly turned to Blaise. "Sorry it's just that..."
"We understand." Blaise said shaking his head and smiling.
"I can't Harry I'm sorry." I shrugged.
Harry squinted his eyes at me for a moment. He shot up and pulled me to my feet. Then we left the lounge with three very confused wizards. Harry lead me to my room and checked we weren't followed.
"Hermione. You never ever say no to a night out. Or a drink for old times sake. Especially when Ron is having Pansy issues." Harry said. "I know we spoke about this a while back but..."
I could tell he was beating around the bush a bit. "So I'm saying no now. Why is that an issue?"
Harry shook his head. "It's not an issue. Draco doesn't know yet does he?"
"You think I would have said yes if he proposed to me because of that?" I asked scandalous. "Anyway I found out like a month ago and I don't want to pressure Draco."
Harry laughed. "You mean to tell me he hasn't seen you munching all the time? Or that you've been taking his shirts."
"Whatever I'm only going on two months. He doesn't mind that I wear his shirts anyway." I huffed out.
"I'm happy for you Mione." Harry grinned.
"If you tell anyone..." I let the threat hang in the air.
Harry raised his hands in surrender. We laughed and went back to join the others. They were talking about something to do with women or a woman. I frowned and was about to hit Draco when Harry grabbed my hand.
"Are you guys talking about anyone in particular?" Harry asked as he sat down.
"Pansy." Blaise sighed laying his head on Harry's shoulder.
I felt bad, but not too bad, because my hormones were all over the place. "What about Pansy?"
Ron shrugged. "Just that she doesn't know I found out she cheated on me... again. We were trying to figure out why she left."
I nodded my head slowly as I resumed my previous position on the couch. Ron had it rough with Pansy. I felt bad for him because out of all of us he had it the worst.
Draco and I were practically living together. We agreed that we would only get a place together once we were married and until then we each had our separate places. Although most times we slept under the same roof whether it was his place or mine.
Harry and Blaise had separate places. Not for the same reason as Draco and I. Because Harry was so dead set on risking his life every day and Blaise was so dead set on healing people, they argued a lot. Blaise would worry that his next near dead patient would be Harry, and Harry would joke about it. Like Harry usually joked about almost dying in Malfoy Manor. They still had to find their level ground, but they always went back to 'talking' about their problems.
Ronald and Pansy... That was like waiting for a ship at an airport. Ron was always there when Pansy decided she 'missed' him. Then she would assume he did something while at work with someone. Instead of talking about it, she'd go out and sleep with a random guy. Ron would end up heartbroken, but still waiting for her.
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"So I have something I need to tell everyone." I said with a smile.
"Is that why you invited us all out for dinner?"
I rolled my eyes at the amused tone. "Harry shut up before I hex you."
He laughed and nodded his head. I glared at him for a moment longer before turning to the rest of the table. I had decided to tell everyone my news all together so Harry helped me set it up. I smiled at everyone as I took Draco's hand.
"So you all know we were planning on getting married this summer." I said noticing Draco's faint frown. "However, I'm going to have to postpone it. At least for a couple of months."
"Mione are you having second thoughts?" Draco asked clearly upset.
My eyes widened. "Oh Merlin no Dray! I love you and I want to marry you. I just won't be able to fit into my dress this summer."
Harry smiled. "For longer than just that."
I frowned at him. "Shut it Harry. I wasn't finished with my announcement. Dray, everyone, I'm pregnant."
Draco's jaw dropped. He blinked a few times before the initial shock passed over. He stood up and practically scooped me off my feet. He hugged me, burying his face in the crook of my neck.
"Dray not too tight. The baby." I said giggling.
"Oh right. Yes. Sorry." Draco stammered stepping back.
"Ohh wonderful! I'm going to be a grandmother."
"Cissa love, do contain your excitement. While I am very happy for you both I was not expecting to be a grandfather so soon."
Draco barked out laughter. "I guess you will just have to move our plans up a couple of years father." He turned to me. "I can definitely wait a few more months to have you walk down the isle. Wait... How did Harry know about this before me?"
Harry started laughing now. "Draykie, Draykie, Draykie. I'm her best friend. Of course we would talk about such things. I knew from when she didn't want to go out with Ron and I."
"Har! You knew for over two weeks and you didn't tell me?" Draco frowned.
"Calm down. It wasn't my place Draykie. Besides, your fiancé is rather scary when she's moody." Harry laughed.
"Whatever stupid prat." Draco smirked.
It had taken me years to get used to this. Still I get so confused. Not knowing when they will actually start fighting or when it's just fun and games. I've tried to just let it be. Knowing that they got to know each other a lot better than either of their friends. Knowing that they lived each other's lives for months. Knowing also that they are brothers and this will most likely be the main feature of their relationship.
The dinner past by rather quickly. Blaise and Harry made small talk with the waiter whenever she came to check up on us. Ron and Draco were talking to each other. Narcissa and Lucius were talking to me. Mostly about the baby and wedding. Narcissa wanted me to do all these things and I thank Merlin Lucius was there to keep her from going overboard.
A plate was set in front of me and the whole table went quiet. I looked down and then at the waiter who was standing behind Draco.
"I didn't order this. What is it anyway?" I said.
"Oh it's compliments from the restaurant. Just a little congratulations." The waiter smiled. "Blaise insisted we do something special for you."
I frowned and looked at Blaise. He shrugged and downed the rest of his drink. Harry was grinning like a mad man.
"Well go on. Try it. Val isn't going to leave until she gets feed back." Harry said.
"Val?" Ron questioned.
"Oh right. I don't think Harry told you. We come here at least twice a month. Been doing it since the day before Harry's birthday. That time when you lot came banging on my door. Val has been our waiter from the beginning. They usually leave this booth open for us." Blaise explained.
I shook my head and took a bite of the food. It was marvelous. I didn't realize it until Harry and Blaise started laughing, but I let out a soft moan. With the hormones and cravings not a lot of food tasted this good.
"Val, ask the chef to keep the receipe on hand. Harry or I will come by once a week for a doggy bag." Blaise said.
"Sure thing Blaise. Feel free to leave when you are ready. The bill has been paid." The waiter said and left.
We all turned to Harry and Blaise with questions. Blaise shrugged and looked at Harry. Harry waved off my question before I could ask it.
"We have a running tab. When it gets to a certain amount the cost is taken from either Blaise's account or mine. Which means next time Blaise is paying." Harry said nonchalantly.
I couldn't say I was surprised. After all if they had been coming to this place since the incident of Harry's birthday... well it's been 4 years since then and they had said they come every month at least twice.
"I do have one more thing to add to this evening." Blaise said as he stood up. "Harry, we've been playing a game of cat and mouse for what seems to be forever. I love and I can only imagine my life being better than it is now with you as my husband." Blaise got down on one knee. "In the place we started this 4 year chase I'm asking you to marry me. So Harry James Potter will you be forever mine?"
"I thought you already knew I was yours forever, but if it takes a ring and some tacky function. Then yes Blaise. I will be delighted to marry you." Harry smiled and turned three shades of red.
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I was looking at myself in the mirror. The long wait was finally over. I could feel my nerves acting up and I let out a sigh.
"I feel the same." A voice came.
I spun around. "Harry you look amazing!"
Harry laughed nervously. "I should be telling you that. That dress is stunning. Are you ready?"
"Not in the slightest." I giggled nervously.
"I wasn't expecting there to be so many people." Harry said scratching his neck.
"You are Harry Potter and he... he is Draco Malfoy. You're both the most famous wizards in the Wizarding world. Your wedding alone would have been huge." I said.
"So you reckon he's saving me." Harry laughed.
There was a knock at the door. "Are you two ready in there?"
"You ready?" I asked him.
"As I'll ever be. You?"
"I'm not a Gryffindor for no reason. Let's go get married Harry." I smiled.
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