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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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Hermione stepped into a large office, it was spacious and luminous, intricate objects adorned the shelves and a large mahogany desk was in the centre of it. Behind it stood a tall man with elegant white-blonde hair that was combed to perfection. His suit was pristine, black, perfectly fitting and a crisp white shirt underneath it. Hermione finally looked up into the stormy-grey eyes she recognised so well from her years at Hogwarts. Her stomach lurched and she began to wonder why on earth she was here.
"Miss Granger" said Draco Malfoy as he stepped from behind his desk and held out his hand.
Hermione said quietly "Malfoy" and quickly shook his hand.
"Please, take a seat" He said stepping back behind his desk and sitting down "I cant pretend that I a not surprised to see you here, but Meredith said it was an urgent manner. I suppose Richard…"
"This has nothing to do with my job" said Hermione sharply and started fiddling with her hands, regretting her decision of coming here more by the minute.
"Very well… How may I help you Miss Granger?" He said leaning back in his chair, his grey eyes observing her curiously.
"Why do you call me that?" She asked forgetting for a moment who she was talking to.
"Pardon?" He looked taken aback.
"Granger, no one calls me Granger anymore" she explained
"Ah" he said "My mistake, Mrs Weasley, I guess some habits from school die hard"
"Like being a condescending pure-blood arsehole?" Said Hermione and suddenly blushed a shade of deepest scarlet.
Draco didn't respond straight away. He looked at her, his face not showing any emotions. Slowly he leaned forward placing his arms on his desk and looking at her dead in the eye.
"Mrs Weasley" he said, his voice becoming the drawl that she was so accustomed to "I assure you that any ideologies I had whilst at school, were nothing but that, a foolish childhood ideology instilled in me by my parents. Not that I owe you anything but I am sure you're very aware, having a husband who is an auror, that I have paid my dues, and reformed and am a completely different man"
Hermione felt like she had been slapped across the face. She sat there in silence as Draco continued,
"Now. I believe you came into my office, asking for my help. Or did you just want to come in here to insult me and continue an adolescent argument we had many years ago?"
"No" she said
"Very well Mrs Weasley" Draco leaned back into his chair again and said "what can I help you with?"
Hermione didn't know what to say, something caught her eye on the corner of Draco's desk. A beautiful silver frame with two engraved serpents with emerald eyes held a wedding picture, there stood Draco, in immaculate dress-robes and a smirk on his face, next to him stood Pansy Parkinson, her dress was extravagant and she reminded Hermione of a pastry. In the moving image Pansy's face was stern and serious; not the image of married bliss you'd have pictured.
"Mrs Weasley?" Draco repeated
"Yes?" Hermione tore her eyes away from the picture, Pansy's face had caused the boiling anger in her insides to return "I need you to help me with a personal matter".
"Personal?" Said Draco his eyes narrowing
"Divorce" the word sounded harsh, final, a bit like death.
"Divorce?" Repeated Draco his eyes wide in disbelief "your divorce?"
"Yes" said Hermione
"May I ask you something?"
"Yes"
"Why have you come to seek my help? Surely you have connections amongst the other lawyers of the Ministry of Magic, some you may well consider friends. It is no secret you and I have never seen eye-to-eye so I can't help but ask you, why me?"
Hermione considered his words. She couldn't tell him the truth, that would defeat the purpose of her coming to him in the first-place. She would have to quickly improvise and say the first thing that occurred to her.
"Exactly for that very reason" she started "I do have connections and friends at the Ministry you're very right, but many of those friends are my ex-husband's friends as well, I do not feel comfortable having one of Ronald's friends deal with my divorce as I don't believe they would have my best interests at heart. The others, I do not trust, I know many would sell my story to the Daily Prophet for a handful of galleons and I am not prepared to have my relationship plastered across the headlines quite yet. I don't like. I will not pretend to, but I believe you are professional, and I believe you are very discreet in handling matters"
There was a long silence. Draco was observing her, as if trying to detect a trace of a lie in her words. Finally, as if he was finally satisfied that she was telling the truth her straightened up.
"I don't know if you are telling the truth, I do not know if this is just a way to annoy you former-husband by getting the person he may well hate the most in the world to represent you. There is no way for me to know that. But you do realise you will have to talk to me, to confide in me even the most intimate details of your relationship and trust that whatever I do, I have your best interests in mind"
"Why on earth should I confide intimate details of my relationship?!" Said Hermione completely astounded at this.
"Believe me I have very little interest in your person life, however Wizarding law is different to Muggle law which I suppose is what you are comparing to" and when Hermione didn't answer he carried on "I must admit the Wizarding law surrounding marriage is terribly backwards and outdated. There must be proof of wrong-doing on behalf of one of the partners in order to draw out divorce papers that will be signed by both parties"
"What if we just fell out of love?" Asked Hermione
"Then I must urge you, by law, to give this marriage another shot and attempt to rekindle your love" said Draco
"What a load of dragon dung!" Said Hermione angrily
"I agree" said Draco "however I cannot change the law. You now understand that in order for me to represent you I will need to know what exactly happened between you and your husband and why this marriage is deemed unfit to continue"
"So what is considered grounds for a divorce then?" Asked Hermione testily
"Infidelity, domestic abuse, theft, emotional abuse…" Draco started listed off "you get the gist of it"
"What about if your husband became a raging alcoholic?" Said Hermione and Draco raised his eyebrows.
"Yes that would very well be grounds for divorce as it could be a danger to you but I would need a MediWitch from St Mungo's to confirm that there is a substance problem" and Hermione snorted at this
"Do you think I will be able to convince someone who hates me to go to St Mungo's to prove he's got a substance abuse?! It could affect his career and no matter how I feel about him and our marriage ending I do not want on record that he has a problem with alcohol"
"Understandable" Draco nodded curtly "has his alcohol abuse led to infidelity?"
"Take it you read the Daily Prophet" she said disgustedly
"Actually I don't" said Draco "I don't believe a word that rag says and if I were to represent you I guarantee your personal affairs would not be published"
"And how could you guarantee that" asked Hermione
"I have my ways" said Draco and before Hermione had time to respond he looked at an expensive-looking watch on his wrist and said "Not that I want to cut this meeting short but I believe you have some decisions to make and a lot to think about. You have to decide whether you are willing to confide your relationship history with me and on what grounds you are hoping to file for divorce. If and when you come to a conclusion you know where to find me"
He rose from his desk and Hermione did the same.
"Good day Miss Granger"
"Good day Malfoy"
And she exited the room, glancing back one last time to see Draco sitting back at his desk and leaning back in his chair, looking pensive. As she made her way back to her desk she couldn't help but think how polite and professional Draco had been, she had expected him to be childish, arrogant and hateful, not helpful, and even almost charming. She gagged at the last word. Draco may be professional in a work environment but he was not to be trusted. She knew that he wouldn't hesitate to hex her into oblivion if given the chance.
The rest of the day went by slowly, Hermione finished the paper that she had promised Richard and spent the rest of the day going over the conversation she had had with Draco Malfoy. As much as she wanted to see how far Ron was willing to spin his web of lies, she also wanted her freedom from this failed marriage. She knew that the reason for the failure of her marriage was the ongoing infidelity, but she assumed that if she filed for divorce because of infidelity she would have to confide how she knew and tell her lawyer who the person with whom her husband was being unfaithful with was. She grabbed a piece of parchment and dipped her quill in ink before scribbling
"Hi Gin,
Just had meeting with lawyer.
How about we discuss it all over girls night on Friday?
Lots of Love
Hermione"
She rolled up the scroll and placed it in her bag, it was finally time to go home, she borrowed a work owl from the ministry and posted her letter and made her way back to her apartment, stopping by the local Chinese restaurant to pick up some dinner. She made a mental note that she would have got get round to filling up her fridge soon as she settled into her sofa and dug into her chicken noodles and glass of red wine.
The rest of the week was relatively uneventful, on Thursday whilst walking through the auditorium she had caught sight of Ron who looked dishevelled and exhausted. They had made eye-contact for about two-seconds before walking in opposite directions without muttering a word to each other. She wondered if he had gotten in contact with a lawyer for a divorce, then again on what grounds could he file a divorce?
The rest of the day and the next was a blur. It wasn't until Friday evening that Hermione felt a bit of excitement at the prospect of seeing her best friend. She dressed in a long black jumpsuit that had a bit more of a plunging neckline than what Hermione was use to. She straightened her hair and applied a ruby red lipstick.
When she pushed open the door of the Leakey Cauldron she immediately caught sight of Ginny who was sat at the same table that they had been sat at the last time. Hermione stopped by the bar ordering two glasses of elf-made wine and made her way to the table.
"You look stunning" said Ginny smiling at her "so glad to see you taking care of yourself"
"Thanks" said Hermione grinning
"So how did Monday go?" Asked Ginny taking a sip of wine.
"The only word I can find to describe it is bizarre" said Hermione honestly "I went into his office expecting to see the arrogant prat that I knew at school, yet he was polite and charming"
"Well he isn't a teenager anymore" reasoned Ginny "plus I read a few years back in the Prophet that his father and mother had moved away from England to live in the South of France and there were rumours of them disinheriting Draco in the process"
"I never heard that" said Hermione furrowing her brow
"When's the last time you read the Daily Prophet?"
"That's a good point" Hermione laughed.
"So what did he say then" enquired Ginny curiously
"He was actually really professional about it all" said Hermione truthfully "the problem is that I'll have to confide in him"
"To what extent" Ginny's eyes had become slits
"It would be pretty personal" admitted Hermione bitterly " apparently I need to file that Ron did something wrong and it has to be strong enough grounds for them to file divorce papers that we both need to agree upon and sign"
"So just say he was unfaithful" said Ginny as if it was obvious.
"But what if he asks me who" said Hermione "Gin he has his wedding picture on his desk, how am I suppose to walk in and tell him 'Oh sorry I've come to file for divorce because my husband was sleeping with your wife'"
"Say you don't know who it was, say he was absent, which he was, and that you found proof that he had been unfaithful, which you did. But that you just don't know who it was. Remember when we were out that night we were unrecognisable - no one but you and me know that we were in the same place and Pansy and Ron that night"
Hermione mulled this over.
"I suppose you're right"
"I know I am"
"It's just hard to not see Draco as anything else then a condescending, horrible piece of trash" said Hermione
"I get it, I still think of him as a prat as well, but sometimes people deserve a second chance in life. It does neither you nor him any good to dwell upon the past. So why not try trusting him until he gives you a reason to think any different."
"Ok. I'll try"
"Good" said Ginny finishing off her glass and smacking her lips " you can start by sending an owl to his house saying you would like to continue the discussion on Monday, that'll be sure to make Pansy feel uncomfortable"
Hermione laughed "you're a wicked witch Ginevra"
She winked and got up to get another drink just as she reached the bar, her brother came stumbling through the door and made his way to the bar.
"What the ruddy hell are you doing here alone?" He slurred at her
"Charming Ronald" she grimaced "firstly, I owe you no explanation as we are no longer children and I think I'm proving to be the more mature one of us two, and secondly I'm not alone, I'm having a drink with a friend"
Ron's head swivelled around and he caught sight of Hermione, he groaned "Fuckin' fantastic"
"We were here first so if you don't want to be in the same space as us you can kindly sod off and fine somewhere else to go drink" Ginny spanned at him
"Is there a problem?" Hermione had gotten up and joined them at the bar, purposefully avoiding Ron's gaze.
"Yeah. You're here" said Ron rounding on her and looking at her with his blood-shot eyes.
"What have I done to you?" Hermione said fiercely
Ron laughed and people turned around to stare at them
"What have you?" He continued laughing "the problem is you did nothing! You were a terrible wife!"
"Ron shut up or I swear I will hex you into oblivion" warned Ginny who made to stand between them but Hermione pushed her out the way.
"Oh and I suppose you think you deserve husband-of-the-year award?" Smirked Hermione
"What's that suppose to mean" and squared up to Hermione ignoring his sister who was still trying to make her way between them.
"Hmmm let me think" mocked Hermione "how many witched did you screw behind my back? Only the ones who's lipstick I had to clean of your shirts or were there more?"
"Don't you dare you absolute"
"Absolute what Ronald?!"
To her shock he raised his hand at her but before either of them could move Ginny yelled
"Expelliarmus!" Which hit Ron in the chest and he crumpled to the floor. People started crowding around them and whispering amongst each other.
"Ginny" hissed Hermione "what did you do?!"
"Stopping Ron from making the biggest mistake of his life and you two making the headline of the ruddy Daily Prophet" she snapped staring at her brother. She rounded on the crowd and said loudly "and if a word of this gets out I will make it my life mission to find out which one of you was responsible and hex you tenfold worse than this moron"
"Ginny!" Gasped Hermione
Ginny grabbed Hermione's arm and led her out of the bar.
"Ginny!" Hermione repeated again "what on earth possessed you?!"
Ginny stopped walking and turned around looking at her best friend in disbelief "Do you really think I was going to stand there and watch him either hex, or worse hit you!?" She hollered at Hermione "I'm sorry but I protected both of you back there but you're acting like I was irrational!"
"Ron wouldn't have…" started Hermione
"Are you really that stupid Hermione" Ginny raised her hands in disbelief and let out a mirthless laugh "haven't you caught on yet? That man back there isn't the man you married, he's not ok and he's capable of anything because it seems he's unable to spend a single day sober! You act like you're the only one suffering, but Ron has lost himself and everyday I'm realising I'm losing another brother! As if it wasn't enough losing Fred but now… Now I feel like I'm losing Ron too!"
As the words came tumbling out of her mouth tears started streaming down her face and she started sobbing uncontrollably. It was the first time Hermione has every seen Ginny in such a state.
"Oh Gin" Hermione said wrapping her arms around Ginny "I'm so sorry. I didn't think. Of course this is terrible for you!"
"I'm fine" she huffed, straightening herself up and composing herself "I just want to get back to my husband Hermione, I'm sorry I'm tired."
"Of course, thats fine" she said "Ginny, I'm here for you too you know that"
"Then do me a favour" said Ginny wrapping a scarf around her neck
"Anything" said Hermione
"Go back to Draco on Monday and do whatever it takes to file that damn divorce before either of you get hurt"
And before Hermione could respond the witch turned on her heel and disaparated.
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