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Hermione X Draco

I don't own Harry Potter

Chapter 10

(Hermione's POV)

I woke up that morning and realized that my first class started in about an hour. I hurried around my room. I gathered my clothes and ran to the restroom. After I showered I used my wand to dry off and dry my hair and style my hair and do my makeup. I got dressed and released the charm that was on my room and bedroom door. I walked down the steps and saw no sign of Draco, but to be honest that was no surprise. Knowing him he went to have breakfast with little Miss Pansy. No matter what Draco says I will not fall prey to his ways. Today I would go to my classes, and miss breakfast since I sleep over, and then I will contact my parents. I want to know what they have been hiding from me. I made my way outside to find Ginny was waiting on me.

"Did you and Draco have a fight?" She asked.

"Yes, in a way we did, but why do you ask?" I asked.

"I saw him eating with Pansy this morning and he escorted her to class. She was clinging all over him." Ginny replied.

"I should have figured that he would be with her. He asked her to attend the Yule Ball with him." I said, with slight sadness in my voice.

"Did you confront him about it or did you let it go?" Ginny asked.

"What could I say? He has made up his mind." I said.

"Yes, but you are married to him." Ginny said.

"That doesn't matter. Anyway, we better hurry to class before we are late." I said.

We hurried to our classes so that we wouldn't get in trouble and went our separate ways to go to our respective classes. I took my seat at an empty table and saw Draco with Pansy but chose to ignore it. I didn't want to talk to him, and I didn't want to go anywhere near Pansy. Classes felt like a blur and I honestly didn't feel like a listened to any of it, I was more concerned about getting my parents to come and meet with me in my common room.

I owled my parents after the last class and requested for them to come to my common room, I told them I had a few questions that I felt that they could answer for me. I ate my food and left for the common room, I didn't even look in Draco's direction, but I knew that he was watching me. I made it to the common room just as my parents stepped out of the fire place.

"Hermione Dear, it is so nice to see you." My mother said.

"It is nice to see you as well mother and father." I said.

"Are you settling into your life well?" My father asked.

"Yeah for the most part. Me and Draco still don't get along." I replied.

"In time you might find that you care for him." My father said.

"I doubt that." I laughed.

"Give it time, you may find that you care for him." My mother said.

"I will try to get along with him, that much I can promise." I replied.

"That is beside the point and can be discussed later, was there a reason that you called us here." My mother asked.

"I have noticed that there are somethings that you are hiding from me, and I can't figure it out. I won't deny that I feel a connection with Draco, and I can't explain it." I said, and my father sighed.

"We were afraid that this would happen." He said.

"What are you not telling me?" I demanded, and this time my mother sighed.

"When wizards first started appearing, many sought ways to be more powerful. Some drank unicorn blood, and keep in mind this was before the order was created, drank dragon's milk or blood, or any other type of fey blood." My mother started.

"What are trying to say?" I questioned.

"Well among those families was our family. Our ancestors chose to drink dragon's milk. Our first ancestors could speak to dragon's and they granted them access to milk them and drink the milk. It made them powerful and gave them heightened abilities. We stopped drinking the milk after an ancestor crossed a line, one of them killed a dragon and drank their blood." My father replied.

"How does this tie into the connection with Draco?" I asked.

"Well you see in drinking the blood this caused a tie to form with other wizards, but only ones that drank dragon's blood as well. There were only two families that had done that, The Malfoys and the Lestranges. It was rare, but once in while between the three families one would bear a son, and another would bear a daughter and the two would share a connection. They would be wed when they grew up, because they were mates." My mother continued.

"So, what you are saying is that Draco is my mate!" I stated.

"Exactly. When Draco was born they found a mark on his right bicep and they knew what it meant, and they immediately contacted us because they knew we just had a daughter and you bore the same mark that he had. So, we made the unbreakable vow to protect you and Draco from harm. If Draco had wed another he would die along with you. A mate can't live with the other." He continued.

"So, what you are saying is that Draco and I would have to be together no matter what?" I asked.

"If you had been raised as a pureblood yes, but we found you just in time. When the order went to pair you off with Blaise, the bond was rejected and went up in black flames. The same thing happened with Draco's bond when they tried to form it with him and Pansy. They immediately knew that the two of you were bonded together." My mom said.

"Did the order contact you when they found out?" I asked.

"Yes, they did, and we immediately came to get you and inform you but had duties to attend to. Sadly, we had to let McGonagall do it, considering she informed us how you were raised, and this would be hard enough for you as it was!" My father stated.

"We also discovered that you were the first in our bloodline for 100's of years that had received the powers of our ancestors and a mate along with it." My mother finished.

"So, this whole time you have only been trying to protect me?" I asked a little astonished.

"All we have ever done is try and protect you." My father said with a smile.

"You should also know that this is the first union between the Malfoy's and the Max's that has ever been created. It was always Malfoys and Lestranges that had been born with the bonds. The last bond was over 200 years ago." My mother stated.

"That's insane." I said.

"I didn't know your parents were coming today." Draco said as he approached, and I froze at the sound of his voice.

"I figured that you were busy and didn't want to bother you." I stated with a smile.

"It's always polite to tell your husband when in-laws are coming in." Draco said.

"That's quite alright, we have to leave anyway. I hope the two of you have a good afternoon." My mother said.

I stood and gave my mother a hug and my father and then they both flooed home. I turned to look at Draco and I couldn't quite place the look on his face. It was almost as if he were angry, or maybe just upset that I didn't tell him that my parents were coming. I moved to go to my room, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him.

"I am sorry that I didn't tell you that we were mates." Draco said.

"You heard our conversation?" I asked.

"Yes, I did, and my parents told me that were mates after we found out we were to be wed. I refused to admit that I was mates with you and that's why I didn't tell you, that and I wanted you to hear it from your parents not me." Draco said with a look of regret.

"That doesn't excuse your behavior today." I said.

I pulled from him and started toward my room but was pushed against the wall. Draco leaned in and kissed me passionately and didn't resist, but I didn't want to admit that I felt the connection between us grow. My arms circled around his neck and he pulled me closer and his hands began wandering my body and land on my butt where he gave a firm squeeze. I came to my senses at that and pushed him away.

"Have you forgotten that you asked Pansy to the Yule ball?" I asked.

"It means nothing. I really want to go to the ball with you." He replied.

"So, care to explain to me why you asked her then?" I asked slightly irritated.

"I was upset when you watched me train and it appeared that you were flirting with Harry." He said and looked slightly embarrassed.

"I was not flirting with him, that is just how we always act around each other." I said.

"I realize that now. Pansy pulled me to the side and declined my offer. She said that you and I need to work things out and stop trying to find scapegoats. She also agreed to help make you jealous but nothing more. She is in love with Blaise and he knew about our plan. I asked a few friends and people that you knew, and they said that you and Harry are always like that." Draco said.

"So now you want me to forgive for acting like an arse?" I asked.

"I was hoping that we could maybe get back to the way that we were." Draco replied.

"I'm sorry Draco, but I need time to forgive you. This isn't like the other times, you really hurt me this time." I said and then ran up to my room.

(Draco's POV)

I guess that Hermione was right, I shouldn't have expected her to forgive me right away. I sighed and walked to the Great Hall, the least I could do was get her some food for the night. I know that classes come early in the morning and she gets angry when she doesn't eat. After retrieving the food, I made my way to our room and knocked on Hermione's door and waited for a response.

"What do you want Draco?" She asked.

"I brought you some dinner." I said.

"Thank you." She said as she opened the door and invited me in.

"I wasn't sure what you liked, so I grabbed a little bit of everything." I said nervously.

"Don't try so hard. In time we will get back to normal." she said.

"Do you think that you could ever love me?" I asked.

"I don't know yet, but I still need time to get over what you did and forgive you." She replied.

"Take your time, and I will show you that I can be good person. I'm not a monster you know." He said.

"Then prove it." She said.

"I will prove it to you." I replied as I walked out the door and headed to my own room.

(Hermione's POV)

I am relieved that Draco is giving me the space that I need. I wasn't sure that he would understand, but at least he is giving me space and he did bring me food. I ate the food that he provided for me and drank the juice he brought up. Once I had finished I used my magic to get rid of the leftovers. I sighed and walked to the bathroom to clean up. I took longer than normal, it gave me the time I needed to think about things. I stepped out of the shower and slowly dried my hair. Once I was dressed I walked over to my journal.

Dear Dairy,

I don't know what's going on anymore. One minute I feel like I am falling in love with Draco and the next I feel like we are miles apart and growing farther apart every day. I think that when I see Draco again I will ask him to show me the mark that we share, I know I have one on my right breast, but for some reason I feel the need to see his. I want to be closer to him and understand him. This connection scares me and I don't know how it makes Draco feel, but it drives me insane. Every time I look at him I ache inside, but I can't love him.

Draco doesn't love anyone but himself. I wonder how long it will take me to really forgive him before things go back to normal. It was so hard trying to understand why he couldn't just come and talk to me about his problems. It seemed that recently every poem that I wrote was about him and no one else. The more that I thought about, the more that I realized that Draco was different somehow.

I can't seem to explain what's going on, other than the fact that we are mates bond by dragon's blood. In a way I wish that I could understand everything that is going on, why am I suddenly feeling this way, and why now.

I closed my journal and looked up at the ceiling and lost myself in the thoughts and never paid attention when Draco walked and picked my journal up but did not attempt to read it. Instead he laid it on my bedside, and then sat on my bed and looked at me.

"Are you alright Hermione?" He asked.

"I am fine, what are you doing in here?" I asked and looked at him.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing." He replied.

"Thank you for not reading my journal." I said.

"I would never do that to you." He said.

He leaned in and kissed me once again, and it was like nothing that I had ever felt. All our kisses were like this, and it seemed to consume me, and I always wanted more from him. I pushed against him and he pulled me closer and the kiss consumed me. I pulled away only to be pulled back. We fell back on the bed and he continued to kiss me. His hands moved to my breast and groped them, and this, like before, brought me back to reality and pushed him away.

"Draco we can't go any further than this." I said.

"We are married, there is nothing to worry about." He laughed.

"Draco I am not ready for this to go any further and still haven't fully forgiven you yet." I said to Draco.

"I know that you feel what I feel though." Draco said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I feel the bond and I try to deny it, but I can't anymore it's too overwhelming." He replied.

"Can I see your mark?" I asked.

"Of course, you can." He said.

He took his shirt off and there laid the mark that looked exactly like mine. A dragon with golden wings, and red piercing eyes. I put my hand on it and it glowed and bright pink. He pulled my shirt off and touched my mark and it glowed black. I was shocked, but he looked happy.

"I told you we are connected and can't deny that anymore." He said.

"Just give me time and I can forgive you." I said.

"I will give you time, but I won't give up." Draco replied.

He grabbed his shirt and kissed me one last before leaving my room. I sat there in my bra and pants shocked by what just happened and I looked at my mark and it was still slightly glowing. I laid back on my bed and slowly fell asleep forgetting to turn off my lights.