Chapter Eight
Hermione caught sight of only a faded brown jacket before she passed out from being drugged.
Draco was starting to get worried about Hermione; she had been gone for the duration of the movie.. He decided he should go check on her, make sure she was okay..
He walked outside and instantly knew something was wrong.. He didn't see Hermione anywhere.. He called her name a few times, with no answer.. And was getting discouraged, when he saw a studded belt on the ground..
He picked it up and looked at it.. It read "Hermione" along the inside of it..
"Shit," he thought.."what the fuck could have happened to her!"
He tried to think of everything that could possibly have gone wrong..
Of course, Draco didn't know about Jason..
But a few minutes later, he heard screams.. He followed them to a white van, and saw a shadow moving inside it.
"Oh, no," he thought..
He looked around him, searching for any Muggles that may cause trouble.. And not seeing any around him, he got out his wand..
"Lumos," he said quietly. Then he cast a spell to make himself be able to see inside the van.
Hermione was inside, bound and gagged. There was a tall man, probably about her age, but much bigger, stand over her. He ripped off her clothes in a very brutal manner..
"Hermione Granger.. This is to pay for all those years that I was madly in love with you, but you never wanted me.. I told you you'd pay for it, I told you.." the man mumbled, senselessly.
Draco then saw the most horrible thing he could imagine; he saw the man spread her legs and slide himself into her.. The man started raping Hermione.. With no mercy, just like her father..
Draco was sort of dumbfounded for a moment.. But then he gained his senses back.
"I know I'll be punished for this by the ministry.. But anything to save her.." thought, before crying out, rather loudly, "AVADA KEDAVRA!"
The man fell to his knees, and a green light flashed before their eyes.
Jason was dead.
Hermione fainted almost instantly.
Draco did his best to re-clothe Hermione without putting her in much pain; from what he could see, the man broke her wrist and Hermione was bleeding from between her legs.
Draco cleaned up the blood as best he could without feeling guilty of taking advantage of the opportunity, and then put her clothes back on her oh-so-gently. When he was done, he conjured a splint to put her wrist in until he could get her home; he had a bottle of Skele-grow in his suitcase.
He held the other hand (the one that wasn't broken..) And apparated back to her house.
As he stumbled into her kitchen, he was careful not to move her in any way that may pain her.. He knew she would probably hate him for doing so, but she needed to be cleaned up badly.. So he carried her to her bathroom with intentions to clean her up a bit.
But, as soon as he got in there, Hermione came to her senses and immediately started crying into Draco's chest.
"Hermione.. Please.. It's okay.. I'm sorry.." Draco said, feeling tears sting his eyes.. He had told her he wouldn't let this happen to her again.
"It's just.. That was my friend.." she blubbered. "Jason used to be my best friend, until I went to Hogwarts.. It isn't fair Draco.." she said and continued to cry into his shoulder.
He set her down on the bathroom cabinet. "Hermione, it's okay.. I'm sorry I let this happen.. Please, don't cry, it makes me feel terrible.."
Hermione apologized, but continued crying.. She didn't know what else to do; first her father, now Jason raping her? What was up with that..
But she truly felt she was falling in love with Draco..
She told him she needed to shower, and that he could wait for her in her room, if he wanted. He agreed; he didn't want to put her into overdrive by disagreeing..
Hermione turned on the shower and stripped down; she was careful around her wrist, because Draco hadn't yet told her he had Skele-grow (typical guy, always forgetting something important.. Haha just kidding..). She thought to herself, "What more could possibly go wrong now? I've been through way too much in the last few days.. It's killing me.. "
Then she got to thinking about all of the pain she went through when Jason was raping her.. As I said before, he raped her with no mercy at all, just plain brutally; her father wasn't even that bad.. And then she thought of his words.. And how he said this was her punishment for breaking his heart..
"I have no reason to live.. I really don't.." she said aloud, to no one in particular.
Then she stepped out of the shower, and noticed she forgot her clothes once more.. But this time, she knew Draco was in her room, but she wasn't hesitant at all to go in there.. He put her clothes back on her, he knew what she looked like by now.
So she wrapped the towel around herself and walked out.
Draco was laying on her bed, just taking everything in around him.
"Draco.. I just want to say thank you.. For everything you've done to help me.. I appreciate it.."
"Baby.. Don't worry about it, everything's okay.. Just.. Keep your faith; I know you've been through a lot, but I'm here for you okay? Just remember that."
By now Hermione had pajamas on; as soon as he said that last word, she climbed onto the bed, on top of him, and started kissing him passionately.
They must have been going at that for a while, because next thing Hermione knew, it was nearly midnight.
"Draco, if we're going to be there tomorrow by one, we need to get some sleep.."
"Yeah.. Good idea," he said, following her decision. "But first, I have something for that wrist of yours.." and he got up and left the room.
He returned, minutes later, holding a green bottle with a skull and crossbones on it. (Pirates.. Pirates.. Pirates..) "Here, I have a bottle of Skele-grow, you need to take some to make your wrist better."
So Hermione, too weak to argue, took the slimy medicine Draco poured down her throat.
Draco pulled the blankets up over Hermione, kissed her forehead goodnight, and went to leave the room.
"Where are you going?" she asked innocently.
"Do you want me to stay?"
"Yes.. Please.. If you want, you can.."
So Draco crawled under the covers with her for the second night in a row, thanking his lucky stars that she may be starting to feel the same way about him as he did her.
Which was true love.
(Ba dum bum.. Chissssss! yayy! They're starting to.. Uh.. Well I can't ruin the surprise.. Haha I win! Have a nice day! – Shelby)
