Title / Destined to be Mates
Rated / M because I am paranoid
Summary / "What do I have to do to convince you Granger?" He whispered harshly as he gathered her in his arms, taking in her scent. "Don't go. I don't want you to get hurt!" Voldemort and his Death Eaters are ready to attack Hogwarts. Veela!Draco, Mate!Hermione.
Disclaimer / I don't own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does.
Warning/ Most people are OOC in this story.

Author's Note / Thank you to the people who reviewed! They made my day! Thank you for putting this story on alerts as well! And faves too! I can't thank you enough! I hope you enjoy this chapter! I NEED ROMANCE HELP :O for this story ;)

Chapter 10:

Hermione held on to Draco's hand was they waited for the healer and the adults to return. She felt like her heart was being wrenched out. She couldn't explain the feeling, but that wasn't what worried her right now.

When two healers arrived, they immediately took action. Hermione watched anxiously as they flipped Draco so that he had his chest against the bed while they magicked all their equipments out.

Draco gripped her hand tighter as he winced. She hadn't notice she was crying. He was looking paler and paler by the second and soon, he went unconscious.

"Come on Draco." She mumbled against his hand after fifteen minutes as she wiped her tears away. She smoothed his hair and watched as the Healers finished their work.

"Thank you." Hermione said, standing up. She tried to move to send the healers to the fireplace, but Draco's grip on her was hard even when he was unconscious. She looked at their hands before looking back up at the Healers. "Erm, I'm sure you can see your way out. Sorry."

One of them laughed in amusement while the other smiled. "It's alright. Just keep Mr. Malfoy well rested and make sure he drinks more water."

"Alright. Thank you." Hermione smiled as the Healers vacated the room with a nod.

~Dream~

"Hermione." He whispered against her shoulder, covering her with kisses along her shoulder blades.

"Hmmm?" She answered as she leaned into him, pressing her exposed self closer into his sweat-filled body.

"Ready?" He mumbled, sucking on her skin, making her moan in surprise.

"As ready as I've ever been." She gasped out.

He grinned against her skin and moved his kisses up to her neck slowly. When he reached her pulse point, he slowly extract himself away from her and then, violently attacked her, sinking his teeth into her, marking her as his.

She gasped out in astonishment and then moaned out.

Then after a few seconds, he removed his teeth from her neck and turned her around so that they faced each other.

"I love you." He gasped.

"I love you too, Draco." She smiled dreamily as she captured his mouth in hers, violently attacking him with her body.

~End of Dream~

"Hmmm." Hermione grumbled as she swatted her hand around, trying to get rid of the hand that was ruffling her hair. She had stayed up late last night, worrying about Draco.

A hoarse chuckle caught her attention. She sat up immediately and regretted it. Her head felt light. She shook her head to clear it off and focused on the person in front of her.

"Draco!" She shouted then clamped her mouth shut. She didn't want to have the whole Order up, yet.

"Draco!" She whispered, tears welling up in her eyes as she leaned closer to him, smoothing his hair. "You scared me."

He chuckled again and coughed at the dryness. "Bring me some water would you?"

She rolled her eyes, but did what he said anyways. She untangled her hand from his and retrieved a cup filled with water. "You are possibly one of the oddest person I've met."

"Why?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow as he received the cup.

"You knew you have hemophilia and you still threw yourself in front of me!" Hermione accused. "You know how worried I was?"

"I didn't know you cared." Draco sniggered. Hermione thwacked him on his head. "Hey! It was the only way you won't get hurt!"

"I won't mind getting hurt." Hermione said and frowned as Draco's eyes turn dark at the mention of his mate being hurt. "You almost died out there!"

"I'm sorry." He said trying to hold her hand.

"You are not forgiven." She huffed in annoyance.

"Will one little kiss make it better?" Draco smirked. She shook her head, flushing red. Then, he moved over and patted the bed. "Lay down here."

She went on the bed immediately, craving some soft cushion. She let out a content sigh, her back felt so much better. Draco hid his face behind her hair, sniffing in her scent.

Hermione closed her eyes, taking advantage of the soft, comfortable cushion when she felt something wet on her neck. She squealed and moved away a bit at the sudden wetness. Her hand immediately wiping it off.

"What were you doing?" Hermione asked blushing hard, feeling tingles where he had softly bit her. She flushed harder as she remembered her dream that was still fresh in her mind.

"Marking you." Draco said, looking away. He knew he shouldn't do that, but he couldn't help it. His mate smelt too delicious not to be marked. "Sorry."

"Erm, it's alright… I suppose." Hermione laughed awkwardly. "Well, you should get some sleep. The healers said you need rests."

"Can you stay here?" He asked, turning back slowly to look at her. "I just need to know you're safe."

Liar. He thought to himself but he didn't know what other things he could've said. To be honest, in these four months, he had unknowingly fallen in love with Hermione Granger. He didn't know how, didn't know why. He just did. Maybe it was her contagious smile, maybe it was how cute she looked when she was angry and maybe, he just loves her. It was a short time, he admits it but he just knew it.

Draco knows they're just at the friend stage at the moment. He wants to be much more, but he wants his mate to feel comfortable first. Being a veela, he has quite a lot of responsibility. His veela side wanted his mate immediately, right now for example, but his human sense has to control the veela side to ensure that he doesn't hurt his mate, which in return, hurts himself.

"Erm, alright." She smiled softly. She cursed herself for blushing so easily and rubbed her still-red cheeks as she engorgio-ed the bed so that the two of them could fit.

"Don't." Draco mumbled, lifting his hands to stop her hand. "You look cute."

Hermione blushed harder and tried to hide her face when Draco chuckled. "Come here."

She settled on the bed pretty quickly and laughed softly when she felt his arms pulled her towards him. She turned around and snuggled into him to gain more warmth from his body heat.

Draco bit his tongue as he felt her warmth on him. Her knees were pulled up, millimeters away from him. He had to hold back a moan at the contact. She didn't realised what was going on. She fell asleep soon after she curled into him and snuggled further into his embrace as he tightened his arms around her.

He smiled softly at the sound of her even breathing and hid his face in her hair. The smell of strawberry and her scent welcomed him immediately as he kissed her hair. Then, he fell asleep with his favourite scent surrounding him.

Question / What did you think of this chapter?

Author's Note / I thought this chapter was horrible. HELP! Please suggest ideas on how I can possibly bring romance into their relationship. I suck at that part. Been trying for ages, but like..nothing works… please help :)

I'll be trying to make the chapters a lot longer than this! I'm really trying.

I will send you the link for the dresses soon! Most likely next week though, school's about to start and I need to prepare :(

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