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When Two Broken Hearts Collide	By : LumosNox93 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 7424 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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It was a chilly evening, but it was thankfully dry. They huddled together to keep warm and got into a taxi which took them to the road where the Leaky Cauldron was located. The two witches made their way in, heads turned to look at who had come in, but not being recognised, the pairs of eyes turned away from them.
"I'll go get us drinks" said Ginny "you go get a table"
Hermione made her way to a table near the fire and seated herself, looking around to see who was here. She recognised a few faces of people who worked at the ministry as well as some former pupils from Hogwarts. But no sign of Ron.
Maybe Ginny had been right, maybe he felt so guilty of his dishonesty and infidelity that he couldn't bring himself to leave the burrow. Maybe this time he realised the damage he had caused to their marriage. Maybe this time he realised that Hermione was serious and wasn't coming back and for the first time since she had stormed out of their apartment and left her wedding ring behind, she felt a sadness growing inside her.
Before she could dwell on Ron or her sadness any longer, Ginny was back, she had got them two shots of Fire-Whisky and two large ButterBeers. Without saying a word Hermione grabbed the shot, and threw it back. The alcohol at first burned her throat but them left a strangely pleasant warm sensation all over her. Ginny did the same and looked around.
"No sign of you-know-who then?" She said
Hermione laughed, "No, apparently not" she said.
"Well even if the prat doesn't turn up it doesn't mean that you and I can't get drunk and have a good time" said Ginny, now grabbing the ButterBeer and taking a swig of it.
"You're right" Hermione said "I think it's just sinking in that my marriage has fallen apart. I guess I always thought that Ron and I would last forever"
"It doesn't have to be over" said Ginny in a gentle voice " don't get me wrong I think what my brother did is a completely disgusting, and I don't blame you if you do end it, but look around; any other evening he would be here getting drunk beyond recognition, and tonight - no sign of him"
Hermione stewed over this but then all of a sudden the door of the pub swung open and in walked Ron Weasley. Ginny groaned as Ron made his way to the bar and the waitress placed in front of him a large glass of Fire-Whisky.
"I have to end it" Hermione said to Ginny as they both observed the redhead who was taking sips of his glass and Ginny nodded and just said "I understand" and grabbed Hermione's hand, giving it a squeeze.
It seemed that Ron was spending the evening by himself as no one joined him, he was making his way through copious amounts of Fire-Whisky and as time went on, his posture was more and more slouched.
Ginny went over to get them more drinks and returned minutes later from the bar saying
"He looks a right mess doesn't he" and Hermione couldn't help but agree, the war had affected all of them but Ron hadn't known how to handle it all. He'd never gotten over Fred's death and even avoided seeing George as it reminded him all too much of the brother he had lost. He he'd never known how to address the press who were suddenly obsessed with him. He'd gone from being invisible to being a name that everyone in the wizarding world knew. It was difficult to be known for something so awful and Hermione understood that. She had offered to go to see someone together but Ron had refused help, the only comfort he seemed was the one at the bottom of a bottle of Fire-Whisky.
Hermione then got up.
"What are you doing?" Said Ginny looking surprised.
"Just going to get us another round of drinks" and she went up to the bar and waited. Ron looked at her up and down and then took another swig of Fire-Whisky. He did look a mess, there were big bags underneath his eyes, his face was red and blotched and she couldn't tell whether the bloodshot eyes were from crying of the alcohol.
She ordered her drinks and could feel Ron's gaze on her. She was torn. Part of her was flattered to have Ron looking at her like that, the other half of her was heartbroken to see him look at another woman that way, for there wasn't anyway that Ron knew it was her. The waiter placed her drinks in front of her and just as Hermione was about to say something to Ron something caught her eye. On his left hand on his fourth finger, were his wedding band had been for years, was nothing.
She paid, grabbed the drinks and returned to the table trying to keep her composure. Here she was worrying that Ron was distraught over the thought of losing her, but here he was at a bar and had been very quick to ditch his ring and take up the Fire-Whisky.
She sat down and Ginny observed her before saying
"Everything ok?"
"Everything is fine" answered Hermione, "I'm just gathering more and more proof that this marriage really is over. I guess I thought he really would change if he felt it was over but I think we fell in love when we were young and grew up to be different people then the ones we fell in love with… It's just difficult to admit that"
"Harry and I fell in love at around the same time, if not before you two" mused Ginny " I remember everyone telling us our marriage wouldn't last, that a common girl like a Weasley would never hold on to 'The Chosen One' and for the longest time I lived in fear that Harry would wake up one day and realise he'd settled for me because he didn't think he'd live another day"
"You were scared Harry would fall out of love with you?" Asked Hermione with a mixture of shock and amusement "The boy has been crazy for you for as long as I can remember. Well at least since he started to notice girls"
"That's the point. Even the strongest marriages has their doubts, I'm sure he's had his too" said Ginny "the difference is when it gets tough, and believe me it does, we don't seek comfort in others or in the bottom of a bottle of the strongest liquor we can find" she finished glaring over at the brother who had ordered another pint-sized glass of Fire-Whisky
"I suppose you're right" said Hermione thoughtfully as she took another swig of her ButterBeer
"Of course I am. Relationship's aren't easy but when you love someone loyalty is, you owe it to yourself to move on and heal, and one day find someone who will fall asleep holding you for you to wake up still in that person's arms. You should be the first and last thing on your partners mind and you shouldn't settle for anything less"
Hermione looked down at her glass, feeling embarrassed
"Don't get me wrong" Ginny continued holding Hermione's hand "the fact you stayed with him doesn't make you weak, or less of a woman. It makes you forgiving, it makes you strong for giving second and third chances when no one else would have. But there comes a time when kindness can be mistaken for naivety and even foolishness. You're still kind, but don't ever be foolish. You're the brightest witch of your age remember"
Hermione felt her emotions swell up inside her and to avoid saying anything she finished off her glass of ButterBeer. Ginny smiled and as if she knew Hermione needed a moment to compose herself muttered she was getting the next round and set off towards the bar. Hermione didn't drink often and could feel the affect of the alcohol, the warming feeling inside, her sharpness slipping and her emotions heightened. She didn't feel in control and for one of the first times in her life she didn't care. She didn't have work tomorrow and she could get drunk without anyone knowing it was her.
As if by telepathy Ginny came back with three shots for each of them and two pints of ButterBeer each.
"Bottoms up" she said and they started making their way through the shots, the golden liquid burning their throats and warming their insides. It was very welcome and the two girls started giggling and talking
"So" said Ginny "who are we going to set you up with?"
Hermione laughed "who would want a divorcee as a date, especially me!"
"You do not give yourself enough credit, look at your body. If wasn't married I'd date you!" Said Ginny
"Ginevra Molly Weasley!" Giggled Hermione " do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"
"No but I do kiss Harry" she grinned "and that's not all…"
"Enough!" Said Hermione "Harry's like my brother, I do NOT want to know what you two get up to"
"Right so back to the subject at hand, a date for the brightest witch of her age" said Ginny " What about Longbottom?"
"Neville?" Said Hermione "Isn't he with Hannah Abbott? Speaking of Hannah I thought she worked here?"
"Ahaaa" Said Ginny leaning in "Rumour has it they've had a big fight and split up, Hannah's taken it pretty badly and has taken time off and gone travelling"
"Where on earth do you pick up on this gossip?" Said Hermione
"I am the senior quidditch reporter for The Daily Prophet" said Ginny "which means not only does the newspaper not dare publish my name or my husband anymore but I hear all the other reporters whispering about the latest gossip, they're not very discreet"
"Still a pile of rubbish" muttered Hermione and Ginny laughed
"You don't like it because your relationship has been reported about more than anyone else"
"Wish you'd tell them to stop reporting about me" Hermione saiid
"It's not that easy, if you were a Quidditch player I could but I'm not a senior reporter or manager for the Celebrity section"
"Celebrity" scoffed Hermione
"Say whatever you want but you sell papers and you know it. And once you start dating a new hunk they'll be all over it, so we better think this through - what about Neville?"
"I mean… It's Neville" said Hermione "He's sweet and kind, but I still see him as the boy who I needed to protect"
"You seem to forget him decapitating Voldemort's snake" Ginny reminded her
"Ron might decapitate his snake if he finds out I'm sleeping with Neville" said Hermione and Ginny laughed.
"Sod Ron! He had his chance he blew it, I don't expect you to hex whichever stuck-up witch he brings home… That's for me to do!" And they both fell into a fit of giggles.
"I mean he is handsome now" said Hermione who had recently seen a picture of Hogwarts' newly appointed Herbology teacher in an article "I don't know"
"Let's keep thinking" said Ginny "Still in touch with Krum?"
"No" laughed Hermione "I'm not dating a quidditch player! The amount of girls fawning over him, plus he was boring, never had anything to talk about"
"I wouldn't have thought of him as boring" said Ginny winking
"Ginevra you need to stop drinking!"
"Oh tell me I'm wrong"
"I wouldn't know, we only went as far as snogging, and if that was anything to go by he would have been a disappointment"
They both fell back into a fit of giggles. This was very unlike them but the alcohol had turned them back into a pair of gossiping teenage witches.
"What about Zabini?
"Blaise Zabini?" Said Hermione arching her eyebrow "The Slytherin from the Slug Club?"
"The very one and before you start" Ginny said cutting through Hermione "he's not as bad as you think. He came into the Daily Prophet headquarters for an interview and he is actually quite polite and charming, and not bad on the eyes either might I add"
"But he's a Slytherin" cried Hermione "and I bet his parents were Death Eaters"
"Well he's had six step-fathers and his actual father, all of which are dead" said Ginny "plus you remember Slughorn strictly didn't invite children of Death Eaters to the Slug Club, no matter how famous the family"
"But he's a Slytherin" mumbled Hermione
"We're not at Hogwarts anymore 'Mione!" Said Ginny slamming her hands on the table and making the couple sat at the table next to them stare "and thank-Merlin for that! We spent years judging each other based on the house we belonged in and in constant competition"
"But.."
"No!" Continued Ginny " Didn't the war teach you anything?! It's time to stop judging people based on their families, their blood-lines and Hogwarts houses"
Hermione felt embarrassed, Ginny was right. It was just hard to look part certain prejudices the Slytherins had after all been the ones who had made her life a misery and bullied her whilst at Hogwarts
"I'm not asking you to marry anyone" laughed Ginny "just get out there, have some fun, get back on the horse!"
"You're right" said Hermione looking around
"What about Seamus over there?" Said Ginny nodding towards the corner
"Not really my type" said Hermione "He's very destructive and a bit too short for my liking"
"Fair enough" said Ginny "plus he was prat to Harry at school"
"I thought we weren't at school anymore" grinned Hermione
"I find it hard to forgive those who have insulted my husband" said Ginny
On the midst of their giggles the door of the Leakey Cauldron flung open.
In walked in a woman, she had long brown hair with honey-blonde highlights added into her thick mane that had been styled into loose curls. Her face was stern and round, but was undeniably beautiful. Her eyebrows were perfectly shaped and her lips were plump and painted red, her long fluffy eyelashes fluttered above her green eyes. Her curvaceous body was wrapped in a beautiful and expensive looking black dress that fell perfectly in all the right places and a diamond choker made a perfect companion to the enormous diamond ring on her finger.
Ginny groaned "speaking of snakes"
"Is that Pansy Parkinson" said Hermione staring "I remember her looking a lot more…"
"Like a pug?" Finished Ginny "yeah thats how I remember her too. Unfortunately leaving Hogwarts and getting married seems to suit her doesn't it?"
"Who did she marry" asked Hermione as she watched the witch make herby inside
"Draco Malfoy" said Ginny
"I thought he married Astoria Greengrass?" Hermione said surprised
"No, after the war they got engaged, like so many of us did, but they never got married. Apparently it was quite a scandal but the details of what happened never got out to the press, all I know is that Astoria moved to America and not long after, Pansy and Malfoy got married" explained Ginny quietly as Pansy passed their table and made her way to the bar.
To both their surprise she sat next to Ron and raised her hand to get the bartenders attention who quickly brought her a glass of Elf-made wine.
"Reckon she's lost?" said Ginny looking incredulously at Pansy "who could she possibly be here to see?"
"Maybe she's here for a drink" said Hermione who noticed Ron look at the woman next to him and return back to his drink.
"Doubt it. Doesn't seem the kind of place you'd find her. Plus where's her husband?"
Hermione shrugged, she hadn't seen Draco since Hogwarts, she had read in the press that he had reformed, made many contributions to fix the damage that had been caused by the war and that he was working as a lawyer at the Ministry.
"I'm going to see what's going on" said Hermione
"What…No!" Said Ginny
"Relax Pansy will never recognise me, plus we're low on drinks" smiled Hermione and before Ginny could say another word she made her way to the bar and sat on a stool near Pansy. To get great surprise Pansy swivelled round and looked at her. Seemingly satisfied that she did not know the witch she turned back to face the bar. Hermione quickly asked for a ButterBeer and noticed to her even greater surprise that Pansy was talking, not to her, or the bartender but to Ron.
"You don't seem pleased to see me" the breathed
"What?" Said Ron loudly
"SHHHH" Pansy hissed "do you want people to start talking?"
"No one here matters, there's no one from the Prophet or anyone who knows me well enough to sell a stupid story of two people talking to each other" said Ron curtly
Pansy looked around again and Hermione quickly took a loud sip of her ButterBeer and acted like she was oblivious to the two people sat next to her.
She raised her eyebrow and looked at Ron "So what's gotten you in such a bad mood?"
"It's done" said Ron "finished"
"What is?" Said Pansy and catching sight of his left hand she gasped "No! You didn't"
"I didn't" said Ron "she did"
"Does she know who?" Pansy said quickly and Hermione had to strain herself to hear the rest of their conversation. Surely Ron hadn't confided in Pansy who he was seeing, the two had never seen eye-to-eye and much less gotten along. Maybe it was another Slytherin that Pansy had known at school, maybe it was another pure-blood that the Malfoy family might have in their entourage?
"No she ruddy doesn't know who I've been seeing" said Ron "she asked me and I didn't tell her. I should though, I owe her that at least. She was my wife"
"Don't be an idiot" spat Pansy and Hermione was surprised to see her het annoyed, almost angry "do you know what it could do if people knew?"
"Who effing cares" said Ron loudly "I'll always look bad, I always do! What's the bleeding difference, The Daily Prophet have been publishing stories about me for years. I'm the one who cheated on the smartest witch of her age or whatever they bloody call Hermione anymore"
"It doesn't mean you should be airing your dirty laundry in the press" hissed Pansy and before she could continue Ron said
"Yeah you and Draco know all about that" he slurred and turned to face her
"What" said Pansy taken aback
"Oh come on" laughed Ron "everyone knows something happened before you and Draco got married, something with Astoria that made her flee the country. You expect me to be like you two and your fucked-up marriage?"
"Don't you dare talk about my marriage" hissed Pansy
Hermione jumped as she felt something on the other side of her, Ginny had pulled up a stool next to Hermione and whispered,
"What's going on?"
Hermione hushed her and ordered another two ButterBeers for the two of them. Pansy turned again and looked at both of them and Ron said obnoxiously
"Oh for the love of Merlin leave the two lesbians alone Pansy"
Ginny was about to retort but Hermione gave her leg a swift kick. The remained silent and Pansy turned away from them and looked at Ron.
"You're a right mess" she said looking at him "guess the muggle-born leaving you must have hit you hard"
"At least I'm not in a marriage I don't want to be in anymore" said Ron downing the bottom of his drink and loudly asking the bartender for another.
"Don't you think you've had enough?" Said Pansy
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Said Ron
"The woman you cheated on your wife with for years, the woman you said you loved last time we were in bed and I was…"
A glass smashed.
Without wanting to Hermione had made her glass explode. Everyone turned to stare at her and Ginny quickly diffused the situation by saying "Sorry everyone, she's a bit drunk please excuse my…"
"Pansy Parkinson?" Said Hermione looking at Ron dead in the eye "Pansy fucking Parkinson"
"Pansy Malfoy" said Pansy standing up at looking at Hermione "and who are you"
"No one" said Ginny, grabbing Hermione's hand "forget her, she's had a lot to drink" and before Hermione could do or say anything else she dragged Hermione out of the pub.
They got outside and the cold night-air hit them like a slap in the face. Hermione felt sick, and she had a feeling it had little to do with the alcohol.
"Pansy Parkinson" she whispered
"Hermione?" Said Ginny quietly
"He fell in love with Pansy" Hermione said in a choked voice "he fell in love with another woman whilst he was with me"
"I know 'Mione but"
"He hated her. He said she was a dog" said Hermione "and now he's doing god knows what with her"
"'Mione do you want me to go back in there and hex her?" Said Ginny looking at her.
"No. I want to go home" said Hermione feeling suddenly very stupid "I want to go home" and tears started streaming down her eyes.
"Ok" said Ginny "just hold on" and Hermione felt them disparate and before she knew it they were down the street from where Hermione lived.
Once inside Hermione dropped her bag on her bed and without saying a word locked herself in the bathroom.
"'Mione?" Said Ginny softly
"I just need a moment" said Hermione amidst sobs "I just can't believe… Pansy…"
Hermione heard her leave the room and got up. She undid all the charms Ginny had done and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked like herself again but her mascara had run all the way down her cheeks. Her eyes were bloodshot and her face was blotchy. She turned on the tap and started scrubbing at her face and pulled her hair into a messy bun and looked at herself again. Her face was still blotchy and her eyes still red. She unlocked the door and found Ginny, also back to her normal appearance sat in her bed with two steaming mugs.
"Here, tea" said Ginny and Hermione took the mug gratefully and sat in the bed next to her. They both sipped at the tea in silence, not knowing what to say.
"Do you want to talk about it?" said Ginny gently
"Not yet" said Hermione truthfully.
"Ok" Ginny got up and rummaged in her bag pulling out a shirt and pyjama bottoms, the two witched changed into their pyjamas and Ginny handed Hermione a vial with a potion inside it.
"What's this?" Said Hermione
"Drink it" said Ginny "you need a long, dreamless sleep"
And without another word Hermione uncorked it and drained the potion lying back onto her bed and within minutes had fallen in a deep, dreamless sleep.
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