Every summer, Hermione helps out at the St. Mungo's Hospital as a volunteer, but this summer is different than any other she has experienced. ~~Draco Malfoy has been in an accident that causes him to lose his eyesight. He's assigned a personal nurse. Guess who?

“Can I ask you something Jean?” He asked so softly and politely that Hermione thought he might have been under the Imperius Curse.

“Yes. What’s on your mind…Draco?”

“Where did you go to school? I mean, you’re obviously from a wizarding school, but where did you go? Was it in London?”

Hermione hesitated. Why is Draco all of a sudden interested in knowing things about me? “Why do you want to know?”

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“That’s not true,” Draco whispered.

A wicked smirk appeared on Hermione’s lips. “It’s beyond that…” Hermione leaned forward and whispered, “…It’s in your blood.”

Draco went white for two seconds before he snatched Hermione by her upper arm.

Hermione was shocked. “L--let go of me,” she stuttered. 

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“Yes, well…it was last minute,” Vincent replied through gritted teeth, trying to hint at Blaise’s departure. Being obnoxious as he was, Blaise didn’t move an inch. “Ursula,” Vincent continued, focusing his attention on the blonde now, “shall we continue with our tour?”

“Oh, Blaise gave me the tour already,” Ursula replied smiling.

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Draco swallowed and rubbed his hands together in silence.

“They had a lot of interesting things to chat about, Draco,” Hermione continued. “Now, it’s my turn to ask the questions.”

Draco slowly nodded his head. “Ask away,” He whispered.

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“Who the hell are you really?” A cold voice questioned behind her.

Ursula didn’t turn around. She didn’t move an inch.

The man turned Ursula around roughly to face him. He pointed the wand to her neck. “Answer me!”

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Draco wiped her whole cheek with the wet towel, getting rid of the cream successfully, but he didn’t stop. “Is that better?” He asked.

“Yeah, I think you got it,” Hermione responded, doing her best not to stare into Draco’s loving, blue eyes.

“Good,” Draco breathed. His thumb slipped over the towel and brushed Hermione’s cheek gently. 

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Ron brushed his hair back with his hand, causing it to have a messy wave. “Well, I guess I can stick around for a while…I mean, er—if you want me to.”

Luna’s face brightened up. “Of course I want you to, but if you have to go to work, I can’t stop you.”

“No, it’s alright. I don’t have much to do today anyway.” Ron sat down on the couch next to Luna who was watching him.

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“So…” Draco said, turning his face sideways toward her.

Hermione turned to look at him and found herself staring at his lips. She could feel his warm breath on her nose.

“So…” Hermione said. Without knowing what she was doing, she felt herself inching forward to close the gap between her mouth and Draco’s.

Draco seemed to be doing the same, somewhat confident about what direction he was headed in.

She lay in the bed for several minutes, just thinking to herself, when a thought passed by her. This is your final night with him…you should make it last. Hermione sat up abruptly, looking at the opposite wall as if she had x-ray vision. “I should make it last.”

Draco silently obeyed as he sat down on a chair that the Healer conjured for him in midair with his wand.

Draco held his head between his hands. Jean. She lied to me.

Well, technically she didn’t lie. Another voice intelligently responded in Draco’s mind. She just hid her real identity. And it’s no wonder that she did. You’ve taunted her and tortured her for so long. It’s a surprise that she didn’t murder you during your vulnerability.

Hermione had awoken from the couch inside the house she remembered so well from spending most of her summer there. She rubbed her eyes and remembered being outside by her favorite oak tree with Draco, but she must have dozed off and he carried her inside. She smiled at the thought.