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"No." Hermione's voice was hoarse. The word came out as a whisper. Draco chuckled darkly again and moved towards her.

"S-stay away...stay away f-from me." Hermione stuttered, she was terrified but she knew cowering under him would be what he wanted. He stalked closer to her, like a predator would do to its prey. When he was just a few centimetres away he grabbed her shoulders and pulled her flush against him.

Before she could scream he had buried his head into her neck and relaxed into her. Hermione stood there, stunned. She could feel him taking ragged breaths into her neck.

Wrap your arms around him.

Why that mysterious thought came into her mind she had no idea, but she followed it and looped her arms around his back, pulling him even closer.

"Hermione." His voice was faint, she almost didn't hear him say it. Hearing him say her name made her legs feel like jelly.

You are attracted to him.

That voice in the back of her mind decided to say its own opinion.

You want him. You want him just as much as he wants you.

"Shut up." She said, forgetting that she was alone. Draco pulled away from, her and gave her a curious look. It was a look of amusement mixed with anger.

"Oh...no...I wasn't, I didn't mean you...it was this voice in the back of my head..." She mumbled, trying to stop the flush that was rising to her cheeks.

Great now he thinks you are a lunatic. Good one.

"You never cease to entertain me Princess." He chuckled again, brushing the back of his hand along her cheekbone.

"Malfoy look..."

"Draco."

"What?"

"My name...It's Draco."

"Okay, look...Draco," His name sounded foreign on her tongue but she could get used to it. "You used a...a..."

"I know what I did Princess." He said darkly. Clearly he didn't want to talk about it.

"He was your best friend!"

"I have no friends. I have acquaintances and enemies. Never friends. Friends cae about other people. I care about no one. No one but you."

She felt shivers up her spine when he said that.

"Draco what if Blaise talks to Dumbledore? What if the Ministry find out? What if..."

"Princess." There was a hint of warning in his tone that told her she was walking on unsafe ground.

"You've had a long day love. Let's get some sleep."

He began to pull her to her room.

"Um, Draco." Hermione laughed nervously, "Your room is that way."

"I know." He said malevolently. A slow smirk broke on his face as he watched realization dawn in her eyes.

"No, Draco, you wouldn't..."

"Wouldn't I?"

"Please. Don't do this. You...you can't! I thought I meant something to you!"

Draco paused. "I'm not going to rape you Granger." He said calmly.

Unknowingly, Hermione let out a breath that she had been holding. Well that was a relief.

"That doesn't mean we won't be sharing a bed."

Bugger.

He must have seen the fear in her eyes because his eyes softened and he took her hand.

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you Princess." He drew her closer and gave her a small kiss on the corner of her mouth before opening the door to her room and walked inside.

Hermione took a few moments to compose herself before opening the door to her room. Without looking towards the corner of the room where Draco was standing, she immediately rushed to the bathroom to clean her teeth and sort her hair.

"Accio pyjamas." She said and watched as her top and shorts slid under the door. After putting them on, she gave herself a once over in the mirror. Draco was metres away and this would be there first encounter of real proximity. Would they be a couple now? She had no idea. She didn't want to think.

Slowly opening the connecting door to the bedroom, she walked inside, he eyes on the ground, too embarrassed to look Draco in the eye.

"Come on Granger, look at me."

Her eyes lifted off the floor and she drank in his appearance.

He was muscled, toned and perfect. His eyes held hers as he walked towards her and took her hand. Even though hers was tiny in his, they seemed to fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. They had reached the bed and Hermione's heart began to race faster. He must have sensed her nervousness as he pulled her close and lay under the sheets, one arm wrapped tightly around her waist, the other running through her hair.

She snuggled into his side, feeling a lot more relaxed than she knew she was supposed to. This felt right, it felt like she was meant to be with him. She could tell he was broken and she needed to fix him. It would take time and effort but she was a Gryffindor, wasn't she supposed to be good at this sort of thing?

She felt his chest vibrate softly as he hummed in contempt. "This is how it is supposed to be Princess." He said softly. "You and me. Together. We fit together, you make me feel things that I haven't felt before. Even though you a a Mudblood..."

She froze at his words and tried to pull away.

"No listen." He said firmly, pulling her against him again. "Even though you are a Mudblood, I have these...these feelings that I don't...I can't..." He growled in frustration, unable to express his thoughts.

She looked at him and saw the confusion an desperation in his face and something inside of her found that she wanted to help him. She wanted to help him by however means possible.

"Hermione." There was her name again. She decided she liked hearing it from him. "Hermione I...I" He took a deep breath.

"I think I love you."

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