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Please enjoy this story! It's one of my favorites that I've written.

Hermione's POV

A week later…

Harry and I were invited to Slughorn's party for Saturday. I immediately wanted Draco to be invited too but I think Slughorn disliked Draco for some reason. While Harry and I were talking in the library and I came up with an idea to go as just friends. Unfortunately, Harry had already asked Luna to go with him. I suspected that he had a thing with her but wasn't going to ask. Ginny had been invited as well but her and Blaise had finally come out of the closet about their relationship so they were going together.

I was stupid – extremely stupid. I said yes to the first person who asked me. Cormick McClaggen. I. Am. An. Idiot.

I wasn't sure how to tell Draco that I was going to the party so I just sent him a mental message that I wasn't going to be able to meet up with him until later tonight. He knew already and sounded irritated. Blaise must have told him.

I dressed pretty because I knew that I would be seeing Draco later that night but not too pretty that Cormick would get the wrong idea. A nice red dress and some simple pumps.

I ended up leaving Cormick under the mistletoe – twice. I did not want to kiss him. I honestly just wanted to fake sickness so I could just leave. I was hiding outside with Harry until Cormick found us. I left Harry to cover for me while slipping back even further into the crowd.

"She just went to powder her nose," I heard Harry make up on the spot.

Suddenly, there was a commotion. I turned and found Filtch holding a very sexy Draco Malfoy. His eyes found mine; they flashed with passion when he saw my outfit. Draco was escorted out by Snape. I followed him until I heard them talking.

"You are running out of time Draco."

"I know Severus. I don't know what to do. I can't do this anymore."

"Hang in there Draco. You are part of a much bigger plan." Snape left Draco's side.

He stood there looking so sexy but for some reason, I couldn't move from my spot – as if I was cursed to stay put.

"Shhh, my little minx. It's very irritating for you to keep running off." Cormick pushed me up against the wall and I wasn't able to fight back. His hand ran up my leg, lifting my dress up.

Through the hole in the wall I was looking through originally, I could see Draco walking away from me. DRACO! My head screamed. I saw him stop dead in his tracks and look around frantically. I could feel Cormick peel my knickers off.

Draco! Please, stop him!

Who? Where are you?

His finger slipped into my dry pussy. I was nowhere near turned on. The next hallway. He hexed me. I can't move.

I saw Draco turn and run to the end of the hallway. Cormick was just about to pull his pants down when Draco rounded the corner. First looking down the opposite direction, then he looked our way finally and saw the scene unfold in front of him. Even without being connected, I could tell he was furious.

He swiftly walked towards Cormick and grabbed the back of the dress robes he was wearing and pulled him down towards the ground.

"What the hell Malfoy?" exclaimed Cormick.

"The only one allowed to fuck with Granger is me," he growled. He started kicking and punching Cormick. Draco, I'm okay. Just Obvliate him, otherwise, who knows who he could tell.

He looked at me and said the spell. He then picked me up bridal style and carried me to a spare closet. "Are you okay?"

I don't know what spell he used but it's really good. I can't talk, can't move. I don't know how to lift it.

After a few moments, he was able to lift the spell and I immediately started crying. I guess I wasn't able to do that under that spell either. Draco pulled me into his lap and rubbed my back as he soothed me.

"He….t-ouched….me…..I'm…ru-ined….I'm….dirty!" I sobbed.

"Shhh, you are not dirty. He is the one who's dirty. If you hadn't been there, I probably would have killed him. I saw him there with his hand between your legs and all I could see was red."

"Draco, can I ask you a really personal question?" He nodded. "Can you look to make sure he didn't damage me or something. It kind of hurts down there," I asked nervously.

Draco's POV

I could tell she was extremely uncomfortable asking me that but I agreed none the less. I took my coat off and laid it on the ground for her to lie on. Once she was situated, I kneeled down by her legs and asked if she was ready. She shook her head no, but then after a moment, she nodded her head yes.

I nodded and spread her legs apart. Taking my time, I let the dress fall in between her legs until she stopped shaking before lifting it up.

Before I saw it, I could feel it – something slick. I pull my hand away from under her dress and there was the smallest amount of blood on my fingers.

I was immediately freaked out but I didn't want to make her more worried. I pulled the dress up and got a better view. It wasn't a lot of blood but there was a fair amount.

"Sweetie?" She looked at me and I talked slowly, trying not to get her too worried, "I need to get a wet cloth because there is a little bit of blood." I was waiting for her reaction but it never came. She just nodded.

I left her on the closet floor and went on a search for a cloth and a bowl to summon some water. On the way back, I ran into Potter.

"Hey, Malfoy! Have you seen Hermione? I thought I saw Cormick run after her and I just wanted to make sure she's okay."

"Yeah, she will be fine. Look I wouldn't tell you this but you're her friend and you're in Gryffindor so you can keep an eye out on her when she's not with me." He looked at me patiently. "She was attacked by him tonight. He touched her inappropriately and caused her to bleed. She was unable to be defend herself because she was hexed. I found them and Obliviated his mind after kicking the snot of him. I'm sorry; I have to go back to her. She needs cleaned up." I turned away from him before facing him again. "Just keep an eye out on her when I can't."

He nodded and said, "I'll go with you."

I laughed and held my hand out to stop him. "Over my dead body you will Potter. She is half naked on a closet floor and in pain. I'm not letting anyone anywhere near her right now." He blushed at this. He must not have thought about the details yet.

"You really care for her?" He sounded more curious than accusatory.

"I love her with every fiber of my being Potter." He seemed satisfied by this answer so I turned and headed down the hallway. I could hear him following me, so when I entered the door, I was pleased to hear, "Draco, I'm so glad you're back. Hurry, it hurts."

"Sorry that it took me so long, love. I had trouble finding a bowl." I closed the door.

I took quite a while to clean her up because I didn't want to hurt her any more. That's when I saw it. "Love?" She had her eyes clamped shut but she looked at me. "I think I found where the blood is coming from."

"What? Where?"

"Right next to your clit and then inside a little – not too far in. But when I stick my finger in there and press it right here," I pushed a little on the top inside her vagina and then pulled it out, "there is just a little blood on my finger."

"Well if this wasn't such a crazy, horrible situation, that would have been extremely arousing," she tried laughing but I could tell she was still scared having something inside of her – even if it was me.

I laughed softly. "Well I have been turned on since spreading your legs apart but this isn't about me." I was trying to keep the tone light.

"I wasn't wet when he touched me." I looked up at her. "I was dry. I didn't want him to do it. I was scared. It wasn't you and your soft touches."

"Then I'm pretty sure that's why there was blood too. If it wasn't slick, he would have created too much friction. However, I will say, even though you were hurt, I am glad that you weren't turned on by that. Most women's bodies betray them – regardless of what they really want."

"Maybe it's a side effect of the Nexus spell?" I shrugged. I kept the cloth in between her legs for a little while before removing it to replace it with my tongue. I took my time because I knew that she was in pain and didn't need to be rushed but I just couldn't help myself any more.

Soon I tasted her juices in my mouth. She was getting turned on. "Just wait until you get better Hermione. I will make you forget everything that happened tonight."

"I don't want to forget Draco." I looked at her in question. "This was the first night we were able to really test our bond and it worked. You saved me. I don't ever want to forget about that. I could count on you."

"You can always count on me Hermione."

She smiled at me and drifted off to sleep. Eventually I knew that it was extremely late at night so I took my coat and covered her body in it. I picked her up and left the closet. Once up in the 3rd corridor, I set her gently on the bed in the Come and Go Room.

I kissed her forehead and said, "I love you Hermione," and I left.