Disclaimer: All characters and the whole world of Harry Potter belong solely to J.K. Rowling. I do not earn any money writing this fan fiction.

AN: Ok, the smutty scene I told you about is for the next chapter, I was too eager... But here you have the intro to it.

Nature and Life Changes

by xtyj

Chapter 10

Hermoine was sitting up in her bed and was thinking about last night. Secretly she hoped, he would invite her soon. She was eager to meet him again. Last night, he saved her from the cold winter night and helped her home. And he gave her a scorching kiss that made her toes curl. What she would not do to get another kiss from him. She was a little bit ashamed, she realised that she made him kiss her. Knowing that he could not resist her. Her hormones were running through her body and the beers she drank before they met were helping those hormones. It made her bold and have more courage than usual.

She smiled languidly and got up.

"Somebody is happy." Blaise said, when Hermoine stepped in the dining room. "No headache?", he asked.

"No, nothing at all." She smiled at him and smeared some butter on a sandwich.

"So, you and Draco now big buddies?"

She actually did not know. The kiss came after she drank a lot of beer, plus she had it really cold. It was pure impulse and she was Draco's mate so on his end everything was good. She was afraid their next meeting will be uncomfortable. She did not know what they were exactly. She thought, they were friends but after last night, the kiss and the little groping, she thought they were something more. Still, she still could not see him as her boyfriend or even be his mate. It was a kiss pure on impulse, they were both attracted to each other, but that did not mean she had deep feelings for him.

"I was drunk Blaise, just a little kiss", she said in a neutral tone.

"Didn't seem like just a kiss, Hermoine." He smirked at her and thought that the temperature yesterday was high on the front step of his house.

"No, there is nothing, for now. We're still dating, you know that. I don't want to rush into things."

"Do I have to remind you that you have till september? If you don't mate with Draco, you'll die?" He stood up and walked to her chair, he squeezed her shoulder. And in a serious tone he said, "I don't want you to die, I need you in my life, so please try hard, if not for him or for yourself, for me?" She looked up and saw unshed tears in his eyes. She quickly got up and embraced him.

"I'll try for you. I'll do my best."

He squeezed her a little harder and left her to her breakfast.

She wondered when Draco would invite her for a new date. She was anticipating it and she wanted to talk to him. Ask him to not think too much of the kiss. And that they still had to go slow and that they still needed to get to know each other.

In Wiltshire

Draco was suffering big time. Again he marched to the bathroom to relieve himself from a painful hard on. Three days ago, he was invited to meet up with some people from Hogwarts in the Leaky Cauldron. He said he would be there late, because he had to accompany his father to a function in the ministry. That's why he was dressed so formal and right. Immediately when the function was done, he walked to the Leaky Cauldron. He decided it was useless to apparate for that short distance and flooing was not good for his clothes.

At the Leaky he was surprised to find his mate outside, alone and without a cloak. He went to her instead of going into the warm pub. He was wondering why she was outside. And he was shocked and turned on when he realised that she was tipsy and bold. He could not let her stand there alone and decided to bring her home. Just thinking about having her in his arms then, was getting him more frustrated and turned on. He apparated them to Blaise's house and he was intoxicated with her scent.

They did not let go of each other and he was losing control at high speed. He could not stop, she was too soft and intoxicating. He was masturbating in the shower. Thinking about the things they did in that moment, three days ago. It was engrained in his brain. He had lifted her up and then he had kissed her. Softly, their first kiss and it was sweet and perfect. Her soft plump lips against his. He groaned when he remembered them on his. He squeezed hard and stroked up and down.

After that first kiss it was total loss of control and he had kissed her everywhere he could reach. He had felt her legs around his hips and that made him stroke his shaft harder and harder. Imagining being one with her, having her engulf him totally to the hilt. With a final stroke he came against the shower wall. After recovering from this masturbation session, he cleaned everything up and went to his room. He sat in a chair and thought hard.

He wondered from where the strength came to stop. He realised in a moment when his brain was working that she was not in her right state of mind and that he had to stop. He was afraid that she would regret it and that made him stop. There was an internal battle in his body, he could feel it still. His veela blood made him lose control and told him he had to search for her and mate with her. His brain, his own thoughts were to take it slow and give her time. He could not deny that his feelings towards her were increasing by the minute. And if his fantasies were coming true, than the wait would be more than worth it. In a way, he would wait forever, but they did not have forever.

He needed to see her again. It was three days ago and he decided to do a more intimate date with her. His father had helped him and he would use it. He made arrangements that day and decided to make a visit. He wanted to see how she was. It was after all three days since he last saw her and he wanted to see her desperately.

He went to his floo and took a little floo powder. "Zabini London!"

When he arrived, a house-elf was waiting. "Miss Granger en Mr Zabini are in the library sir."

"Thank you." And he went on his way. The door was open and he took his time to peruse the scene in front of him. Blaise was sitting in a chair somewhere in the middle and Hermoine was at the desk, before her were towers of books. She was bent over a book and she was making notes on a parchment at the same time. She was concentrating very hard because she had not notice him yet, Blaise had noticed him but kept quiet. Once Hermoine was in her zone, it was best to let her do her thing or she would be peevish the rest of the day. Blaise went to Draco and took hold of his arm and dragged him away from the library before Draco could disturb her. The reason why Draco was still for a moment and wanted to disturb her was not because he wanted to be in her presence, it was because he had a sudden rush of excitement. Seeing her again made him hard again, he was thankful for wizard robes. He had to think about the curves he had felt that night and he wanted to feel them again, that is why he took a first step towards her.

"Thanks Blaise," he said when they weree in Blaise's study.

"For what?"

"Never mind," he said absent-mindedly, still thinking about Hermoine and about what would happen if Blaise was not there in the room. He would stand behind her and massage neck muscles, they looked a little tense. He would feel further down and give her little kisses on her neck and throat. And finally he would spin her around and kiss her hard and passionately.

"Arrgghh." He groaned. He had a big problem now. He better did not imagine all that. Now he had a big problem in someone else his house. And that someone was looking at him curiously. He tried to think about other things but let him be honest, losing a big problem like he had was difficult.

"Everything all right mate?"

'No! I have a massive hard on, just thinking about my mate!'

"Yes, everything is fine."

"So why did you come? I thought you would take three more days to contact her..." There was a slight hint of accusation in his tone.

"I came to see her and to ask her out on a date. But you pulled me away before I could do that!" He was a little frustrated because he did not have the chance to talk to her and because of the hard problem in his pants. He needed to get out before Blaise found out. "I'll owl her tonight. I'm going since you won't let me speak to her."

"You'll understand when you are finally with her." Blaise said.

He walked away with unstable steps and went to the floo, after he had watched her write vigorously for a couple of minutes.

At home, he first went to his bedroom to take care of his problem. The session was sweet torture, he wanted to feel her around him, but for now he had to be content with his own hands and his fantasies.

After the little interval, he went to his study and wrote a note to Hermoine.

Dear Hermoine,

I've seen you today, but Blaise did not let me talk to you, he said you were concentrating hard and that it was better to come back later. I wanted to ask you out on a date. I hope you accept. I'm sorry if I didn't contacted you earlier. I was thinking about you every day.

Dress warm, I'll pick you up friday evening at eight o'clock.

Love DM

ps: I hope you don't regret our kiss. I certainly don't.

Draco sent the note immediately after he finished it. The date was still two days away and he could not wait that long. He hoped he would see her before that.

Back in London

Hermoine was vaguely aware that somebody came in the room but went away very quickly. She did not want to acknowledge it, she was burying herself in work. It has been three days since she kissed Draco and all this time, she had not seen him or heard from him. She was doubting herself a little. Was the kiss bad for him? Or did he not want her any more? All questions and no answers, that's why she was researching some old texts in Blaise's library.

Not long after that, there was an owl tapping at the window, it broke through her concentration and she was wondering who had written something to her. She quickly let the bird in, shivering when she felt the cold december wind. She gave it a treat and detached the note handing on its leg.

She immediately saw it was from Draco, the paper felt soft and when she opened it, she could recognise his handwriting. She read it quickly, it was short at the first part, she became mad, but then she became more and more happy with the prospect of another date with the handsome slytherin. She was mad first because Draco explained that Blaise did not let him speak to her. All this time, she thought he did not want to talk to her or contact her was for two hours Blaise's fault. She would retaliate later. For now she was happy they went on a date.

She walked back to the desk and wrote a quick answer.

Draco,

I'd love to. I liked our kiss too.

Hermoine.

AN: Hope you liked it! The intimate date is for the next chapter.
GRTZ