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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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The sunshine trickled in through the crack in the curtains, giving the room a golden glow to it. Hermione's eyes fluttered open. She felt thoroughly relaxed and rested. She saw the space in the bed next to her was empty - Ginny must have gotten up already. She rolled over, putting off the moment she would have to get out of her warm and comfortable duvet. Glancing at her alarm on her bedside table she saw to her surprise that it was past eleven-thirty. Groaning she got up and felt her head pounding, the had drank a lot the previous night.
Then, it all came back to her and flooded her with dread, anger and sadness. It was as if a dementor was in the room with her, sucking all the happiness and warmth from inside her. Feeling queasy, although she was not sure whether it was from the memory from the previous night or the alcohol, she got up and wrapped a fluffy white bathrobe around herself and made her way to the kitchen, her squinting as her eyes adjusted to the brightness.
To her surprise Ginny was in the kitchen, in a black tank-top and sweatpants her flaming red-hair in a messy bun as she bustled around making food.
"Good morning" she said brightly, pointing her wand towards a pan as she placed a steaming mug of tea in front of Hermione who took it and smiled at her gratefully as she took a sip and glanced over at the kitchen, Ginny had eggs and bacon cooking away and she popped toast into Hermione's toaster.
"You're making quite a feast" said Hermione who was use to either not eating breakfast because she was in a rush to get to work or if she had time had a quick yoghurt or banana.
"When you grow up at the Burrow" said Ginny "you pick up a few habits, and making big comfort meals is something mum specialises in" and she placed a plate in front of Hermione with eggs, bacon, mushroom, and toast. She grabbed the other plate and sat down across Hermione and glanced up at her.
"How are you feeling?" She asked buttering her toast
"Overwhelmed" said Hermione playing with the eggs on her plate "I can't believe what I said and heard yesterday. I'm waiting for someone to jump from behind a curtain and say it was all a big joke"
"I know" said Ginny quietly "of all the witches in the world he decides to throw away his marriage for her…"
"Do you reckon Draco knows?" Said Hermione forcing herself to take a bite of her toast.
"No" said Ginny "You heard her, she didn't want people to hear or for it to get out to the Daily Prophet. Obviously the King and Queen of snakes don't want to admit there's trouble in paradise"
"Maybe she doesn't want to lose Malfoy Manor, the title and all the gold that comes with it" said Hermione "I mean I hate Draco, so who cares what happens to him"
"Do you really think anyone deserves to be betrayed in that manner" said Ginny
"That snake certainly does" said Hermione "That's the only comfort I can find from this is that Ron is making Draco to look like an absolute moron"
"Well if it becomes serious I'd love to see Ronald attempt to bring Pansy Parkinson to the Burrow" snorted Ginny "I mean imagine mums reaction when she finds out that he left you for a girl who looked down on anyone who was less that pure-blood"
"She does look nice" said Hermione bitterly " a long way from that girl at Hogwarts who fawned over the Serpent of Slytherin and was called pug-face"
"The Serpent of Slytherin?" Sniggered Ginny
"I heard a group of girls gossiping about Draco at Hogwarts" explained Hermione "he had quite a reputation and apparently that was what girls referred to him as"
Ginny snorted and continued to shovel down her breakfast.
"He is a lawyer at the Ministry" said Hermione
"Yeah. So?" Said Ginny
"Maybe I should go pay him a visit. I mean I need to get the divorce papers and…"
"You cannot be serious" Ginny stared at her "What good will that do"
"He may have been an arrogant arse but he was always very smart" said Hermione "I'm sure he would be a good lawyer and would make sure everything was done thoroughly"
"Firstly" said Ginny "he despised you, what in the name of Merlin's pants makes you think that he would agree to take you on as a client and secondly you're suppose to trust and confide in you lawyer, is it worth confiding in Draco to make Pansy and Ron uncomfortable?"
"Yes" said Hermione
"Listen" a mischievous look spread across Ginny's face "you know their secret. And they don't know you know"
"That's stating the obvious" said Hermione patronisingly
"You don't understand" said Ginny impatiently "You know something they don't, so don't go running and telling Draco his wife is having an affair with your ex-husband, make them sweat, see how far they're willing to spin their web of lies"
Hermione thought about this. She had a point. If she revealed the truth straight away, all it would be would be a headline and like Ron had proved last night, he seemed indifferent to them after the years of bad press he'd had.
"I still think I should get Draco as my lawyer" she finally said "Not tell him, but it would definitely put them on edge to know I was getting close to the last person they would want to know about their little secret"
"Fair enough" Ginny conceded "but be careful. I don't want to see you get hurt"
"I couldn't possibly be more hurt than I already am. I feel like this pain has made me immune to anything else that life could throw at me"
"Just remember Draco isn't trustworthy" Ginny reminded her "you don't want to make yourself vulnerable to him"
"I've had years of experience not trusting Draco" Hermione said "plus if there's anyone Draco hates more than me, it's your brother"
Ginny flicked her wand and the table cleared itself, the plates, cutlery and mugs started cleaning themselves in a the sink.
"I think you need to relax" said Ginny "you've been through more than most people could handle"
"Do you think I should have hexed him?" Hermione asked her
"What?"
"Last night should I have just hexed the living day-lights out of them?"
"No" said Ginny "Even if you didn't want to hold this secret and mess with them, if you'd revealed yourself and hexed them what good would it have done? He'd known you were tailing him and the most you would have gotten is someone running off to the Prophet and by the sounds of things it seems like the Malfoy family know how to snuff a story out pretty well"
"You're right"
"I know I am"
Hermione got up and sank into her sofa, snuggling into her bathrobe
"You should go back home to Harry, you've been away long enough"
"Harry's fine without me" said Ginny "it's different times, men know how to take care of themselves now"
Hermione laugh "I don't know which men you know but Harry definitely isn't the best at taking care of himself, never known anyone get themselves into more trouble"
Ginny laughed and sat next to her placing her head on Hermione's shoulder. The two witches sat there in silence.
"I can stay if you need me to" Ginny said quietly
"I'll be fine" Hermione said earnestly "I need to get use to a bit of solitude, and honestly, I think I need it. I spent my whole life with someone, first with my parents, then surrounded by Hogwarts students constantly, and then a year undercover with Ron and Harry during the war. Then once the war was finally over I got married straight away. I've never been alone Ginny and I think I need to be for a bit. I think it'll be good for me to put myself first"
Ginny stood up "I don't know about the brightest witch of her age, but you're the bravest witch I know"
Hermione got up and hugged her best friend.
"I'm going to see Draco tomorrow, find out where his office is and explain to him that I'm in need of a lawyer for my divorce"
"How about we meet up for drinks one evening and you tell me how it went?" Suggested Ginny
"Sure, bring some girls along, could do with some girls nights now I'm about to become a divorcee"
They laughed and hugged each other again.
"If you need anything, anything at all you send me an owl or a patronus and I will be here before you know it" Ginny said "Promise you'll let me know"
"I will" promised Hermione earnestly "go home to your husband"
"Take care of yourself 'Mione" said Ginny
"I will"
"I love you"
"Love you too Gin"
Ginny grabbed her bag, hoisted it onto her shoulder and with a last smile at Hermione left.
Hermione locked the door behind her and made her way back to the sofa. The silence around her was deafening. There was a small noise and Hermione jumped. But it was only Crookshanks. He leapt up onto her lap and curled up. Pets were funny, although they couldn't communicate they seemed able to sense distress and despair amongst their owners.
"It's you and me against the world pretty boy" she said hugging him.
Crookshanks purred back affectionately.
She decided to keep herself occupied for the rest of the day. Firstly she ran herself a steaming hot bath with lavender oil. She got naked and hopped in, feeling the warm water envelope her body. It felt good, it felt safe. She lay back and relaxed. The smell soothing her.
Tomorrow she would talk to Draco Malfoy for the first time since the war. She couldn't help but feel nervous, apprehensive even. What would she say? How would he react? Would he simply call her a filthy mud blood and ask her to leave his office? What should she wear? Nothing too conservative, but nothing too provocative, she didn't want to give the wrong impression at work, especially not in front of Draco Malfoy.
She got carried away in her thoughts, and when she looked at the watch on her wrist she realised she'd been in the bath for over two-hours. She got out, dried, applied lotion all over herself and dried her hair. Wrapping herself in her fluffy gown she went back into the living room. The rest of the day was spent relaxing, reading books she'd purchased the day before, drinking warm cups of tea and lounging about. When evening fell she made herself a quick meal with what little ingredients she could find and went back into her bedroom.
Browsing through her clothes she found a new black pencil-skirt she'd bought with Ginny and a baby-blue shirt. Along with a black blazer, some flats and her hair in a bun she decided that would be her outfit for her meeting with Draco tomorrow. She wondered if he was any different. Had he reformed?
"Fat chance" she said under her breath as she hung her clothes out for tomorrow and slipped into bed.
She then noticed a little vial on her bedside table with a note on it
"I left an extra one for tonight. You'll need to be rested for tomorrow
Love Gin"
She smiled, uncorked the little bottle and drank it. Within minutes she was fast asleep with all thoughts of Ron, Pansy, and Draco out of her mind.
An alarm rang and Hermione opened her eyes.
It was still dark, a sure sign that autumn was ending and winter was approaching fast. She stretched and automatically made her way into the bathroom and turned the shower on and hopped in.
Fifteen minutes later she out with her hair dried, her work outfit on, pulling her hair into a tight bun. After putting on a bit of foundation, concealer, blush, eyeliner, mascara and finally lipstick she stood back to admire her handy-work.
"That'll do" she muttered and hurried into the kitchen making sure she had everything she needed in her bag before hurrying out the door. She grabbed a coffee as she for once had a bit of time to spare before work and proceeded to aparate outside the entry to the Ministry. Minutes later she was in. She made her way to her office.
"Morning" said Richard Perkins as he passed her "I hope you have my paper on…"
"I'll have it ready by the end of the day sir" said Hermione curtly and made her way to her desk where she sat and filed through all the papers that had been left. Their department had been busy with the Tri-Wizard Tournament; this was the first time it had been talked about since she had been at school and they wanted to reintroduce it, in a safe, controlled environment. Hermione wasn't sure if this was such a good idea but she was keen on better magical cooperation between the wizarding schools.
She set to work. Glancing at her watch every so often until it was finally time for lunch. She got up and picked up her bag.
"Going somewhere?"
Hermione jumped. It was Richard.
"I have a meeting but will be back soon" she said
He huffed and nodded. Hermione set off annoyed - she was entitled to do whatever she pleased at lunch, it was just that her boss had become so accustomed to her working through her lunch with her nose glued to her parchment that anything less than that, and he felt entitled to make her feel like she wasn't doing her job.
She made her way to the fourth floor. She'd never been but she knew that this was where wizarding lawyers hid away. Away from the rest of the hustle and bustle of the Ministry. A small plump blonde girl made her way towards Hermione.
"May I help you Mrs Weasley?"
"Could I please speak to Mr Malfoy please?" Said Hermione
"Is Mr Malfoy expecting you" she asked looking at the clipboard in her hand,
"No but I have a case that I would urgently like to discuss with him"
"I'm sorry Mrs Weasley but…"
"Please tell him it's urgent"
"Very well"
She strode off and Hermione waited. Hermione half expected her to come back saying that he wouldn't see her but minutes later she came back saying,
"Right this way Mrs Weasley" and led her to a door with the name on it. "Mr Malfoy will now see you"
Her heart pounding in her chest, her hands sweating she balled them into a fist a knocked on the door. A voice she recognised from years ago called out.
"Come in Miss Granger" and Hermione stepped in.
There was no turning back now.
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