Life As They Knew It

As the sun rose so did Hermione, however, her body was so sore and weak from a very explicit night of 'extracurricular' activities that she had a hard time moving in general. "Draco?" she whispered trying to lightly wake up his sleeping form.

He gently rolled over and blinked his eyes. "Hey, good morning," Draco murmured in response.

"Draco, I need some help," Hermione turned away in embarrassment.

Draco sat up with concern in his eyes. "Hey, what is wrong Hermione?" He moved a hand to cup her cheek and turn her to face him.

Hermione had a few tears in her eyes. "Draco, I am really sore from last night and it hurts to move. Plus, I really need to use the loo. Can you help me, please?"

Draco jumped out of bed and ran over to Hermione's side of the bed. "Do you want to help walk with you or carry you?"

Hermione threw her legs over the side of the bed and attempted to stand. "Let's see how well I can walk at first and then if necessary I may need you to carry me."

Draco grabbed her arms and pulled her up to a standing position. Hermione winced in pain as she went up. "Yeah, you are not walking anywhere today." Draco tucked his arm behind her legs and picked her up bridal style. Hermione wrapped her arms around Draco's neck and laid her head upon his chest.

Draco carefully carried Hermione the twenty feet to the bathroom. He gracefully lowered Hermione to her feet before letting his hand take her waist. "Do you want me to stay or do you want me to go and get you some clothes for today?"

Hermione stood there in the bathroom for a moment contemplating what she wanted. "Could you please get me some loose lounging clothes for today?"

"Sure," Draco said before kissing Hermione's temple and returning to the bedroom. She slowly turned and used the loo before shakily making her way over to the sink. It was by that time that Draco had returned to the bathroom with a set of clothes for Hermione. "I brought you a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. I wasn't entirely sure if you were up for wearing a bra while in lazy day clothes so I brought one anyways."

"Thank you, Draco. You are truly amazing and you have also changed so much in such a little time. So, thank you again for everything," Hermione blushed as the words came from her mouth. Draco noticed her blush and leaned down to kiss her beautiful, plump lips.

Draco lightly chuckled as he thought everything that they had already been through together. "No. Thank you for understanding and trusting me."

The words that he spoke made Hermione smile with pride and adoration. She stood on her tiptoes long enough to press her lips to the side of his cheek.

"Now let me try to get dressed. I never knew that a person's first time could leave them this sore," Hermione whimpered as she tried to slide the shirt over her head with little success on her own behalf.

Draco casually walked over to Hermione and helped to situate the fabric over her torso. "I can help you. All you have to do is ask."

Thoughts started to fly into Hermione's mind as she remembered his words from last night. "Thank you, Draco."

He simply picked up a pair of underwear from the pile of clothes that he had brought into the bathroom for Hermione. Draco gently grabbed her leg and started to kiss her calves. After showing each leg the perfect amount of affection, he slid the underwear up her legs and securing their position on her body before doing the same with her sweat pants.

All day the couple just lounged around their flat. Hermione found their time together in the flat relaxing. She never knew that Draco could have a soft and caring side to him, which she later realized that he would only show to those who were closest to him.

For majority of the day they just laid on the couch and stayed wrapped up in each other's arms. "Draco, when do you think we are going to be called to Hospital Wing? That is one thing that I fear the most. Us having to go and find out if we are carrying a life or not. I still feel like all of us are way too young to have to go through with this hair-brained scheme."

Draco just nuzzled her face with his nose. "I completely understand. I too feel like all of us are too young to have the responsibility to care for the life of a young human. I mean we are still in school and not to think about those few that wish to continue on with their studies after Hogwarts will have far greater difficulty to keep everything together. Also, to answer your question it will probably be sometime during the upcoming week."

"That is something else that we haven't talked about."

"What?"

"About what we wanted to originally do with our lives, such as our careers."

Draco pulled her closer for comfort and contemplated everything that he had wanted along with how everything from the past had changed. "Do you want to know what I wanted out of my future?"

Hermione turned to look at him and nodded ever so slightly. "If I were asked this a few years ago before the war, I would have said that I wanted what my father was. Yet, as I grew and matured I understood that what my father represented was something that I could want. I know that it will take time for us to grow and bond together, but if given the chance I would like to become a man who will be here for you no matter what. I want to be a man that loves and does whatever he can to protect his family from the past that we were subject to. Yet, most of all I want it to be a mutual relationship."

The room went silent for a few moments while Hermione took everything in and Draco relaxed with having let everything off of his chest. It made him feel like a new man. "Thank you for telling me that Draco. I believe that if we talk about our relationship then it will help us to reach a perfectly mutual relationship."

Draco released a small smile. "Now, tell me what do you think our future holds, since you already told me what you had originally wanted out of life."

"I feel like our future together will see us having children, which was set up by the Ministry of Magic, but to the rest of our future I am completely unsure as to what it will hold for us. Yet, I hope that what it does hold is pleasant for us," Hermione smiled at her response while looking into Draco's face.

A small smile began to creep up onto Draco's face. "I like the sound of that."

The following morning saw all of the students of Hogwarts getting ready to head down to the Great Hall for breakfast. It was just as they were getting ready to sit down that a very angry looking Ginny Weasley began to approach their table.

"Where were you yesterday Hermione? It was like you wanted to blow off my wedding!" Ginny screamed.

Hermione looked down for a moment before walking over to Ginny and taking her arm to pull her out of the Great Hall. Harry walked over to Draco in complete confusion of the situation. "Why did she bail yesterday?"

"She was really sore from the honeymoon night. She couldn't even make it to the bathroom on her own, so I really don't know how she would have been able to run around and move for a wedding."

Harry just shook his head in shock. "That was seriously way too much information. I mean she is like a sister to me. I don't even want to think about that."

Out in the hall Hermione conveyed the same message to Ginny as Draco conveyed to Harry. However, Ginny was still in a rage of fury. "You could have at least told me before making me look like a fool."

"I am sorry that I didn't send word Ginny, but this is all too much for me to take. I don't need the added stress with all of the arguing. Can we please talk more about this later?" Hermione pleaded.

"Sure, later," Ginny replied in a smug attitude before stomping off.

Hermione just slid down onto the floor of the hallway as the stress of the situation became too much for her to handle.