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Grangers Apprentice COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 11070 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The two weeks were up, Hermione had effectively avoided all conversations with Harry since the first one though she did get her fair-share of owls apologizing for what happened and begging her to at least tell him that she was safe and maybe where she was but she never answered them. They were to leave to go to the Veela habitat in France in just four hours and then it was back to work with uncomfortable beds, living in a tent and possibly eating bugs...it wouldn't be the first time that had happened. She'd been spoiled those past few weeks, living in Malfoy Manor was like living full time in a spa and with Narcissa always buzzing around her it felt that way a lot. On the third day of her stay there Narcissa insisted they get their hair done, the next day they got their nails done, next day was their toenails and then there were massages and make-up tutorials, new dresses, learning to walk in heels and the older Malfoy woman even started re-teaching her how to play the piano. Two hours to go and Hermione was packing up the last of her things, looking longingly once again at the bedroom she was leaving behind and for once in the five years that she'd been hunting down potions ingredients she actually entertained the idea of staying back but she knew that everything would change if she did that.

“Are you going to miss this, Miss Granger?” Lucius asked from the doorway, in the two weeks there she'd only seen him a few times and none of those times consisted of much conversation other than a 'hello' or a 'thank you'.

“I think I will” She answered honestly “I've not felt so comfortable in a place in a long time” Hermione looked down at her magically extended purse and put a few more things in it “I've not had something to even call home for even longer...I envy Draco for that simple reason”

“I heard about the memory charm being too strong and on your parents for too long” Lucius said a little uncomfortably “I'm sorry about that”

“It was my fault” Hermione whispered “I knew the risks when I put the charm on them” She wasn't sure if Lucius heard her at all but then he walked slowly in to the room and sat down on the bench in front of the vanity looking very much out of place.

“I know that I am probably not your favorite person” He said as he sat there and watched her pack “And you are probably only putting up with my presence because it's my house and you feel that it's right to do so” Hermione shrugged like she wasn't sure what the right answer would be “You put the memory charm on your parents because you loved them too much to allow them to be killed or tortured by the dark lord or his followers” Hermione spat the word 'love' out like it was something vial and burning her tongue “Miss Granger, love is a powerful and scary thing. It can make a man make a deal with the devil, like in Severus's case, it can make you curse the people closest to you, like in your case and it can make you blind to what is right in front of you weather it be the right choice, a friend or even your soul mate”

“What are you saying?” Hermione asked him, it made a little sense but not fully.

“I'm saying don't be afraid of what you've yet to learn” Lucius explained gently “From what I know about you, you are an avid learner and that you love to tackle new adventures and that's what love is...and marriage”

“Are you talking to me about this because of Draco?” Hermione huffed angrily “Because of his sudden interest in his marriage involving me for some reason?!”

“Down kitten” Lucius said, mirror the words Sirius used to say when she'd get too passionate about something “I know how my son feels about you, I've known since he was fourteen. I know that you know how he feels but I have the luxury of seeing how you feel even though you think you're hiding it well...you're not”

“What are you getting at?” Hermione asked him, they could hear Draco's footsteps coming down the hallway and they were getting closer and closer and she wanted to know what his father was on about.

“When you learn all the secrets that your mind has been trying to keep from you” Lucius said “And you decide that maybe you want to try something new, you are always welcome here”

“Hermione” Draco came in giving his dad a strange look “Luna wants to see us before we leave”

“Okay” She smiled “I've got my stuff, thank you Mr. Malfoy, I will think about it” He nodded and Hermione walked out of the room leaving father and son alone. They could still see her doing up the straps on her lucky backpack and pulling her long spiral curls in to a ponytail before pushing out a breath and looking back at the room. She crossed her eyes at Draco and laughed a little before shaking her head and bouncing on her feet, attempting and failing at trying to pretend that she wasn't impatient.

“She is some girl” Lucius said with a small laugh as she started to tap her foot and look at her watch.

“That she is” Draco grinned.

“I'm proud of you, Draco” Lucius said, placing his hand on his sons shoulder “You're stronger than I am. I gave in before I even hit eighteen and got married to whoever my father wanted me to marry, I never had the career I wanted and never got to travel and here you are. My son and ten times stronger than I ever was. Good luck, my boy”

Hermione didn't know what they were talking about but she saw Lucius place his hand on Draco's shoulder and say something that had the younger Malfoy looking away. She saw unshed tears in Draco's silver eyes before he said something to his father and the long-haired Malfoy pulled his son in to a hug. She smiled at the display of love, she'd always assumed that Lucius actually loved his son but to see it so plainly in front of her made her heart do a strange little flip-flop in her chest and made her want to cry. When they were done talking Draco came over and grabbed his magically extended backpack and then they were walking out of the Manor home and apparating to Hogwarts where Luna wanted to meet them one last time. Hermione wanted to ask Draco what is father had said, to talk about something as they walked from the gate to the building but he seemed to be lost in his own head and she didn't want to bother him. Luna was standing outside when they came up and Severus was standing near her but not too close, holding an old muggle Frisbee in one hand.

“You guys look ready” Luna observed “Got the books I sent you?”

“Yes” Hermione answered while Malfoy nodded.

“Okay” Luna said slapping her hands together “Severus has the port-key that will bring you to just outside the Veela habitat, you'll have to set out on foot after that”

“How close to the habitat will we land?” Draco asked.

“About a days walk” She answered and then handed them a map each “Hermione, I know that you won't like this but you'll need to let Draco do all the talking with the Veela's because he is one of them and he'll get you in there with little to no problems” She looked at Draco “If there is an issue then send a Patronis to Fluer Weasley and she will apparate there to help you”

“Thank you” They both spoke, when Luna nodded and signaled that they were done and still had about twenty minutes before they had to leave so Draco walked over to Severus and started talking to him.

“Luna” Hermione said “I've a question for you...a few actually”

“I'm sure you do” Luna said with a smile “What is it?”

“Why didn't you ever ask Draco the question that keeps popping in my mind?” Hermione asked her “The one about if he...you know...”

“Loves you?” Luna filled in “Because I know that as much as you want to know the answer to that particular question you're also not ready to know the answer yet”

“If you've been to Tir Na Nog” Hermione said after nodding her agreement with the other girls assumption “Why don't you bring us there?”

“Because honestly...” Luna said, twisting her fingers together “I don't witches and wizards to discover the way in to Tir Na Nog. They've done nothing but rip this world apart and make one another hate each other and fight one another for stupid things and the Fair Folk aren't like that. Tir Na Nog isn't like that, it's happiness, calm and freeing and I know that the wizarding world will screw that up”

“Then why help us?” Hermione asked.

“Because I know that you” Luna said, placing her hand on Hermione's cheek “Need to be in Tir Na Nog for a while to heal and I also know that once you see that world and love it as much as I do you will make the right decision on what to do next”

“You have such faith in me” Hermione look at the ground.

“You've never made me not have faith in you” Luna answered “Now, I think that Severus wanted to talk to you”

Hermione looked to where the Potions Master was standing and sighed, Draco had talked to him about the comment back in their fourth year about her appearance and since then he'd been trying to talk to her but she'd avoided him, Up until now. She sighed and walked over to where he was standing and looked in to his face, she could tell that he was uncomfortable with being so close to her someone that she knew he considered to be an annoyance and a know-it-all.

“Miss Granger” He greeted “I wanted to apologize to you for the insensitive comment I made in your fourth year, I never realized that it would haunt you as long or as much as it has”

“It's stupid” Hermione said with a small laugh.

“No, it isn't” He answered “Believe me, the name 'Snivellous' has haunted me for many years” He smirked “You are not ugly, Miss Granger”

“Thank you” She looked back at Draco who was motioning that it was almost time to go “Professor...do you regret it?”

“I just said I did” He looked confused.

“Not that” She said “Do you regret falling in love with Lily Evans?”

“Oh, hmm...” He looked off in to the distance and nodded his head a little “No...no I don't” Emotion was making it hard for Hermione to breathe “Lily had a way of doing things that would save me in the end. Invite me to dinner and I'd miss one of my fathers drunken nights which meant that I didn't get a horrible beating, invite me camping with her family one weekend in the summer after my fourth year and my father...” He swallowed “Beat my mother to death, she saved my life then and I think that my love for her, though it started a series of events I never meant that have happen, saved me yet again but this time it saved me from myself”

“Would you do it again?” Hermione asked as Draco called out to her to 'come on' “Would you fall in love with her again if you could go back and either change it or leave it the same, would you love her again?”

“Oh yes” Was his answer and there was the mist of tears and memories in his black eyes and a small smile on his face “Falling in love with her was easy and when I was under the delusion that she'd be with me being in love with her was fun...being in love is something that everyone should experience at least once in their life”

“Hermione!” Draco called “We need to go, now!”

“I'm coming!” She shouted back “Thank you, Professor” She smiled and then turned and ran to Draco putting her finger on the Frisbee at the last possible moment. There was the familiar hook behind her belly button and she was yanked back tumbling through time and space and then landed heavily on her back in the middle of the woods.

“Time to hike to the Veela Habitat” Draco said cheerily “Let's go”

A/N: I hope you like this chapter. I want Hermione to make the choice to love Draco on her own but in her normal fashion she is studying those who are or have been in love. Severus had to be talked to, because I love him. I want him to find someone in this story...any ideas? And what about Harry?

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