AN: I am SO sorry that I haven't updated in a while! This past weekend I was at a vocal festival for two days, and when I came back yesterday I had to write a paper. However, It soon began to snow furiously, and school was cancelled today! We're up to about 11 inches or so of snow/snowdrift, and its supposed to continue snowing until midnight tonight. Thankfully enough, school was cancelled for tomorrow, as well. This means that, as a bitter singleton, my Valentine's Day won't have to be ruined by having to watch a bunch of teenaged couples going at it all day. YES! So, with the new free time I have, I opted to write for you guys since it has been so long. However, since I am spending my free time on you, it would be nice if you spent some on me and left me reviews! Oh, and in advance...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

On with my story! We will temporarily be back to Draco's point of view, but I happen to like the way the others think. So, as a heads up, I will be switching around from this point out, and will now name the chapter after the character who will be telling it.

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS A VERY MATURE SCENE, IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT. DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ A SEX SCENE.

Chapter 10 : Draco

It was around midnight when I woke up. I was still in a state of shock from what had happened in the last few days. I couldn't get over the feeling of guilt that coursed through my blood, knowing that, because I loved her, I had put Hermione in danger. I didn't think that I could live with myself if I were to be the cause of her death. My every bone was telling me that if she died, I would have to die, too. It was a fact now. Hermione and I were one being...I couldn't live without her. Her safety was my first thought upon waking.

I had also developed a new custom in the past few days. Every time I woke up, I automatically reached for Hermione. Upon grabbing hold of her, I pulled her close to me. I would hold her, resting my chin in her tangled, lovely nest of hair, the smell of apples wafting gently up towards me. As I breathed in her delectable scent, I would lower myself slightly and kiss her forehead. I never pressed my lips so hard to her that she would wake up, but I would allow them to linger until I saw fit to remove them. When I did remove them, I would simply return my head to its former residence, and drift gently back into sleep with her in my arms.

However, when I reached out this time, she wasn't there.

Immediately, panic began to set in. Had my father gotten in while I slept? Had he taken her when I let my guard down?? Where would I find her? What would I have to do to save her? I would do anything!! But would it be too late? Would she already be...gone?

I jumped up, searching the cave in which we were staying. We hopped from place to place, and I had decided upon a cave for tonight. It was better that way. Sure, I could afford to stay in the ritzy places. But I had to pay for them, and my father could easily follow my money trail. After all, it was still technically his money.

Panic was leading my thoughts. Where could she be?

I ran outside, only to see her sitting right outside the cave's mouth. It was a lovely setting in which the cave sat. It was in a mountain right on the edge of a forest, and relatively high up. I would guess that the trees were about 50 feet high, and from where we were, we could look down on them. The stars were particularly bright tonight. From our point of view, the trees were merely a skyline. The moon shone bright upon them, causing the forest to be alight with a natural glow.

The sight was almost as breathtaking as Hermione herself.

Upon seeing her, I breathed a sigh of relief. When she heard me, she looked up. She was wrapped in a blanket, and her hair was like a waterfall.

She was a goddess on earth.

I could see panic flit through her eyes as she temporarily believed that I was my father, the predator. However, when she saw it was me, her eyes warmed and she smiled.

"Hey there, handsome." She quietly whispered.

"Hey yourself. What's a goddess like you doing in a place like this?" I smiled. She smiled right back. With her here, heaven was a place on earth.

"Oh, you know, the usual. Running for my life with the man I love by my side." I sat down next to her.

"And what do you love about him?"

"Only everything." She smiled at me again. I gently placed my arm around her shoulders, and she set her head on mine. I rested my head on hers, and together, we looked out at the night.

"But what do you love about him that you would run with him?" Sometimes, she worried me. Why was she risking her life to be with me? I wasn't worth that much.

"He loves me. He has my best interests at heart. I love him, and I don't care what I have to risk to be with him." To this day, I don't know how she did it. She put all of my own emotions into the simplest of terms.

"You would risk your life for him?"

"I already have. I would do it again. I would do it a thousand times." She looked up at me. "Draco, I would circle the world to be with you. And when you question my motives, it hurts." Her eyes were shining.

"I'm sorry, Hermione. But...I have a hard time believing that I'm worth all of this trouble. You could be with somebody better for you, somebody who wouldn't endanger you." It hurt me to imagine her with someone else, but I had to give her an option. "Hermione, you deserve so much better than -"

"-better than you? I have a hard time believing that person exists." She cut me off. "Please, Draco. Why can't you see that its you that I want??? Sure, there might be someone out there that's more...healthy for me than you." I winced. It was hard enough for me to say those words aloud, but it was even worse when she said them. "But I don't want them. Draco, I rely on you, and I need you to live, and it might be unhealthy for me to need and want and count on another person as much as I do, but...damn it, I WANT TO! I don't care if what I feel is unhealthy, because I love you, Draco Malfoy, and no amount of knowing anything is wrong with me will change that." Her breathing was uneasy. What she said seemed to come out in a rush, as if she had been holding this speech in for a while.

She grabbed my hand, and place it on her heart. It was beating so fast that I felt like it might just jump out of her chest.

"Do you feel that, Draco? That's what you do to me."

I took her hand and placed it on my own heart, which was pounding equally as fast.

"Hermione...to me, you do so much more."

I suddenly couldn't hold myself back anymore. I pulled her to me and kissed her so deeply and so hard that it felt as though we would never be separated. She leaned backward and I rolled on top of her, lips still attached. I felt my pulse race more and more as her intoxicating scent pulled me in even more. I felt her curves beneath me, and it was driving me wild. Before I knew it, blood was rushing to a place that I couldn't control. I felt myself grow hard against her.

I pulled away a little bit, slightly embarrassed.

"Sorry.." I mumbled, blushing a bit.

"Draco...I want to try."

Her words shocked me. We had never discussed sex, but I knew it would be a big deal for her. I knew she was a virgin.

"Are you...sure?" God knew I wanted to, but I didn't want to make her do something even more. I was so happy when she nodded. She pulled me towards her, kissing me deeply. She tugged on the bottom of my shirt, and before I knew it, she was pulling it over my head. I pulled hers off, as well, and then I undid her bra and threw it aside. She kissed me passionately.

We were lying there, out of breath, naked chest to naked chest. I pulled out of the kiss and look deeply into her eyes, trying to find any trace on uncertainty.

I couldn't find one.

Her hands reached for my pajama bottoms, pulling them down. She flipped me over on my back and pulled my boxers down as well. I saw her gasp at the sight of me, erect and at full throttle. I smirked a little bit. After all, the size of my member was rather impressive. I kicked off my boxers, lying there fully naked with her on top of me.

She looked at me as she took of her own bottoms and underwear. She threw them aside with reckless abandon, staring at me unabashedly. Lust ran rampant through eyes, as I'm sure they did through my own. Her body was absolutely perfect.

The next part I had not expected. She lowered her mouth onto me, taking me in her mouth. The feeling of her hot breath surrounding me drove me to a place I had never been before. I felt her tongue swirl around me, and then she took me out of her mouth.

Quickly, I flipped her over. I was being driven so crazy, and I knew I would come soon if she was in control. I traced my finger up her thigh, lightly drawing circles. When I slipped it inside, I was in heaven. She was so tight and already so wet. She looked like she was wincing a bit, but that was to be expected.

"Are you okay?" I asked. I didn't want to do this if she didn't want to. However, she nodded. "This might hurt a little bit." I warned her. I slipped in another finger and felt her walls close around both of them. Cautiously, never allowing my eyes to leave hers, I slipped in a third. I pumped them slowly in and out of her, being driven wild by the contraction of her walls. I pulled them out, not wanting her to come yet. I lowered myself to her wild curls, and ran my tongue across her folds. Then I blew on them. I could feel her shudder.

I poised myself over her, feeling her pulsing heat against my erect member. I looked into her eyes, and saw only urgence. Slowly, I entered myself into her. Her hands came up to my shoulders, holding on tightly. She dug her nails in a bit as the pain of having me in her kicked in. She gasped, and I looked at her carefully.

"Are you sure you okay??"

She nodded, biting her lip.

"Draco, please...continue."

Nodding, I pulled all the way out, and then reentered. As her pain began to wear off, she gripped me less tightly. I was slowly pumping in and out of her, not wanting to hurt her, but having to go slow was driving me crazy.

"Faster, please!" She begged. That was all the encouragement that I needed. I picked up the speed, going into her as deep as I could go. We were rocking back and forth to a rythym only we could follow, our passion flowing off of us in waves. When she arched her back, I knew that I had found her g-spot. I made it a point to hit it again, and again, and again, always picking up speed. She gripped my shoulder and drove her nails into me. I braced my hands over her shoulders, grunting as I thrust myself into her further. Her nails were digging into my back, and it drove me further inside. She was moaning and grunting like mad, and soon I gathered her lips to mine in a kiss. I drove my tongue into her mouth as my member hit her g-spot over and over again, and I could feel her walls tightening as she began to climax. This drove me crazy, and I pumped faster than I had believed possible. I lowered my mouth to her nipple, and I heard her gasp as she was being dually pleasured. I felt myself come, and felt her silky walls milk me for all I was worth. As I spilled my seed into her, I looked into her eyes. Her hair was wild and she was sweating.

"I love you." I gasped, almost completely out of breath after my exertion. I thrust myself into her one final time, hitting her spot again. She arched her back up against me, and reached her orgasm.

"God, Draco...I love you, too"