Epilogue

My heart was pounding so fast in my chest. I couldn't breath and my hands shook furiously.

Molly Weasley tugged harshly on my hair, but I didn't feel a thing. I was far to nervous to feel anything right then.

My mother bustled around me, straitening the hairs that Molly had missed and touching up anything else that looked out of place.

"So beautiful!" one of them said, I don't know which.

I looked up at myself in the mirror. I was almost unrecognizable, even to myself.

"Too much make up!" I said to my mother, who's smile dropped a little.

"But, dear, you look so pretty!" she said.

"I can hardly recognize myself! Draco won't have any idea who I am!"

"He'll know exactly who you are because you'll be the most gorgeous girl in the room!"

"Too much make up!" I said again.

Molly and my mother both sighed, but she moved around front and started wiping off some of the make up from my face while Molly put the finishing touches in my hair that was put up in an elegant half bun, leaving some of my curls cascading down my back. With her wand, she dusted on some sparkles so that my hair shined when I moved my head.

I smiled at myself in the mirror when my mother had moved out of the way. My heart beat hard against the inside of my chest. For the happiest day of my life I sure was nervous.

"Okay!" Molly exclaimed, beaming. "Let's go get ourselves ready," she said to my mother. "and we'll be back in a little bit!"

Giggling like school girls, the two woman left my room, leaving me alone.

I sighed at looked at myself again. Butterflies squirmed pleasantly in my stomach. I could have puked from nerves, but that would have been okay. It might have made my stomach feel better.

There was a knock on the door that made me jump out of my skin.

I gathered up my dress and answered it.

Ginny and Analiza barged in with huge grins on their faces. Both of them were in their own dresses, light yellow ones, and stumbling around in heals. I still couldn't understand those horrible things.

They both started talking at once.

"You. Look. BEAUTIFUL!"

"Amazing!"

"Your hair is so pretty!"

"You need a little more make up."

"Let me touch your hair."

"Oh no! There's a little wrinkle in the back!"

I smiled at them fussing over me.

"Thank you!" I said loudly to shut them up.

"We have something for you!" Ginny sang.

"Blaise was on his way to give it to you when we passed him. Since we were coming here anyway, he let us bring it to you," Analiza informed me.

Ginny held out a piece of paper that was folded in half and taped shut.

With shaking hand, I took it from her and stared at it, my heart swelling.

"Open it!" Ginny yelled.

I put my thumbnail under the tape and pealed it open carefully.

It was a short, handwritten note, only three sentences long.

I know you're nervous so stop it. I love you. Just think about that.

-Draco

My heart fluttered excitedly. I had to fight hard to hold back the tears that were trying to leak out my eyes.

"What's it say?" Ginny asked as I wiped at my eyes.

I handed the note to her and Analiza. They grabbed it hungrily and read it. It didn't take them long to both gasp and 'aww' at it.

"That's so cute!" Analiza said, tearing up herself.

"What time is it?" I asked.

Ginny checked her watch. "One thirty. Almost time!" she squealed.

I nodded, feeling suddenly light headed. I sat down on the bed and put my face in my hands.

I love you. Just think about that.

I took deep breaths to steady myself. And before I knew it, my mother and Molly were back in the room.

"It's time!" My mother said.

"You look so beautiful," my father whispered to me with tears in his eyes as we linked arms and waited for the large wooden doors to open.

"Thank you," I whispered back.

Muffled music started playing behind the doors and I took a deep breath. This was it. This was the day I would become Hermione Malfoy.

After the reception, Draco and I said so long to our friends and relatives and walked to apparition point. Hand in hand, our wedding rings glowing in the moon light, Draco apparated, taking me with him.

We landed outside a gorgeous cottage in, seemingly, the middle of nowhere. It was set beautifully on a hill overlooking a lake and surrounded by pines. A chilly wind swept through the trees, making me shiver in my sleeveless dress.

Draco noticed and took off his jacket, draping it over my shoulders.

"It's beautiful!" I said, taking in the magnificent view.

He hugged me and rubbed my arms to keep them warm.

"Where are we?" I asked.

Draco had wanted to make our honeymoon destination a surprise. I never would have let him if I hadn't know that Narcissa was helping him plan it.

"Canada," he said.

"Canada?" I replied. "What's in Canada?"

"A lot of things. Do you want to see inside the cabin now?"

"Okay," I said.

Arm around my waist, he led me up the stone path. When we got to the wooden door, he took out a key and opened it.

It was beautiful inside. A large living area with overstuffed armchairs, a squishy couch, and large fire place that Draco promptly lit with his wand, was the first room I saw.

"Wow!" I said, feeling much warmer that the fire was lit and we were inside.

Or maybe it was because Draco had come up and wrapped his arms around me again.

He was beaming down at me with love in his eyes. I smiled back at him.

He bent down and softly kissed me on the lips.

"Would you like to see the bedroom now, Hermione Malfoy?" he whispered huskily.

The way he said my new name sent shivers down my spine.

"Absolutely..." I barely managed before his lips crashed down onto mine again.

Our room was on the top floor and I have no idea how we made it up the stairs. Draco was kissing me hard and neither of us could open our eyes long enough to see where we were going, so we kept running into things.

Somehow, we did make it up though.

Biting and kissing my neck, Draco pushed me backward onto the bed. He crawled on top of me and kissed me hungrily on the lips, pressing my head down deep into the mattress. He bit my bottom lip, making me gasp, and he dipped his tongue in my mouth.

I raked my hands up his torso and up to were his tie was neatly knotted against his collar. I worked on loosing the tie when I felt his hands move to my back to work on the zipper on my dress.

He kissed his way down to my collar bones and sucked the skin up to between his teeth.

I moaned and arched into him so he could better reach the zipper.

Working the knot to the end of the tie, I slipped it from around his neck and threw it to the side. My hands traced back down his sides again to his hips, making him growl, his chest vibrating against mine. The zipper was being worked down my back, exposing, my skin that he made sure to run the fingers of his free hand over, giving me chills.

I untucked his shirt from his pants and began working on the buttons, which was no easy task when you had Draco Malfoy kissing all over your neck and face.

Eventually he worked my dress off me and straitened up to look at my bareness. I blushed beneath him, but he smiled and placed his hands on my hips then slowly moved them up my stomach.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered to me.

I grinned, too and put my hands over his and then up to work on his buttons again.

He helped me pull his shirt off, leaving us both bare chested.

He leaned back over and began kissing across my chest as I moved my hands all over his sculpted torso and down to his belt buckle.

He came back up to kiss my mouth. My breath caught in my throat as his hands grazed over my chest.

We were both breathing quickly and my heart was pounding fast. I could feel that my face was flushed.

Draco sucked and nibbled on my earlobe. I felt his fingers run down my sides again, this time all the way to the tops of my knickers.

"You don't know how long I've wanted to do this," he whispered to me as his fingers hooked the waist of my knickers.

I practically melted at his words and breath on the shell of my ear.

Draco rolled off of me, panting, and lay next to me a moment while we both caught our breath. He reached down and pulled the covers up around us, then wrapped his arms around me, pulling us as close together as we could get.

I savored the feeling of his skin against mine.

He kissed the back of my neck and said, "It's official. You're stuck with me forever."

I laced my fingers through his and held them tight like it was the only thing keeping me there.

"I'm okay with that," I smiled.

The arm around my waist gave me a gentle squeeze.

"I love you," he whispered sleepily. "I love you so much."

"I love you too," I said.

He sighed happily against my bare shoulder and pulled me even tighter against him.

I wiggled around to face him, our legs tangling together in the process. His palms pressed against my back to keep me close, I touched my forehead to his.

"Say my name again, Draco," I said.

He smiled and extended his head to kiss me oh so softly on the lips.

"Hermione Malfoy."

A/N: BOOM! Where did that come from? I have no idea.

I really don't have anything to say.

Umm?

Sorry that it took so long, but I didn't have any inspiration for the longest time.

Thanks to everyone who kept this on their alert list for this epilogue.

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With love,

Wren Gebel