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The next morning Hermione woke up and realized Draco wasn't with her anymore. Pushing the blankets off, she got dressed and padded out to to see where Draco had wandered off to. Walking towards the kitchen, she overheard Draco talking with Megan.

"Are you sure they believed you when you said we weren't here?"

"Yea, they apologized and left, but it seemed too easy, they didn't protest at all, I think we can expect more trouble from them."

"Bloody hell!" Draco cursed, just as the doorbell rang. Spinning around, Draco ran towards the room, running right into Hermione. Grabbing her, he motioned for her to be quiet and inched back towards the bedroom. Whispering, he told her to gather their things. As soon as she had gathered their meager belongings, they heard a noise like someone had blasted off the front door and Megan screeching at them. Draco pulled Hermione close and apparated.

"Where are we?" Hermione whispered, looking around at the dingy, scruffy motel in front of them.

"On the outskirts of Vegas, we should be ok here," Draco answered, walking to the office, "We need one room, and we'd like to keep this off the record if you know what I mean."

Accepting the generous payment the clerk nodded and gave them a room key. As they entered the room, Hermione asked, "What about Megan, will she be ok?"

"I'll apparate back and check on her," Draco told Hermione, hugging her briefly, before apparating.

"Come back safely," Hermione whispered to the air where Draco had been seconds before. She could finally and completely admit to herself that she loved Draco. He had a tough exterior, but he was a marshmallow deep inside. Now she just hoped he came back safe and sound.

Draco apparated to Megan's and found utter chaos, Megan was holding off the two thugs, but was slowly losing her ground. Stepping from his hiding place, he said, "Looking for me?"

Immediately the two goons started firing spells at him, which Draco expertly deflected, he hadn't been a Death Eater and not learned how to properly deflect incompetent spells.

"Draco, where's Hermione?"

"She's safe, now get out of here, go visit some friends for a while, somewhere far away, we'll find a way to let you know when everything is settled," Draco ordered, still fighting the thugs.

"Ok," Megan said, and apparated.

"So your boss sends you two goons to do his dirty work," Draco taunted, "He must not be as powerful as the rumors I've heard. That's why he was an underling of Voldemort, he didn't have enough of a spine do anything himself. And you can tell him I said that."

One of the goons rushed forward as Draco knocked the other out with a spell, and caught Draco in the jaw with a punch. Staggering back, Draco recovered and swung at the man, his fist connecting with the thugs face, followed by a quick punch to the gut. The man slid down, unable to stand.

"Tell your boss that I'm tired of being chased by him," Draco ordered as he got ready to apparate. But just before he apparated the thug he had punched, grabbed his pant leg and got dragged with Draco. Draco apparated to the motel, but quickly apparated again when he realized the thug had come along. He hoped that the man hadn't seen the motel. Once back at Megan's, he knocked the man unconscious and returned back to the motel. When he walked into the room, he was caught off guard as Hermione threw herself at him.

"Thank goodness, you're back! I was so worried, I was afraid you had been killed and I didn't know what to do," Hermione babbled on, relieved that he was safe, albeit a bit bruised.

Hugging her, Draco moved to the bed and told her, "I told Megan to go somewhere safe for a while, so she doesn't get caught up in this."

"That's good, she's been so nice to me, I would hate if something happened to her," Hermione said, relieved that Megan was safe.

"But I think one of the thugs may have seen where we're staying, so we have to be extra careful. I'll go out and buy some food later."

Sitting up, and walking to her bag, Hermione started to pull out some food, "No need, I prepared some food in case we had to leave suddenly."

Walking up to her and kissing her squarely on the mouth, Draco told her, "And that is why you're the smartest witch, that was a bloody brilliant idea."

Hermione blushed, "So now what do we do?"

Pondering for a moment, Draco responded, "We wait it out here, hope no one comes for us, and hopefully Talbot will decide we're not worth his time."

"I hope so," Hermione sighed, "I'm getting awfully tired of running."

Wrapping his arms around her, Draco replied, "So am I…so am I."

"Mmm," Hermione murmured against his chest.

Pulling away from Hermione a bit, Draco led her to the bed, "Let's forget about food for now, I think you need a nap and to forget about everything."

Hermione snuggled into Draco's chest and before long she was fast asleep, a slight smile gracing her lips as she dreamed peaceful dreams.

Draco lay watching her, he needed to get rid of Talbot and keep Hermione safe. Cupping her cheek in his hand, he leaned over and placed a chaste kiss on her lips, which caused Hermione to mumble something and snuggle deeper into his arms. Draco smiled slightly at her actions and wrapped his arms tighter around her, and drifted off to sleep himself.

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