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11. Entranced

"Say your last words mudblood" Nosh said as he towered over her wand pointing at her "None? Well then, Avada-"

"What the fuck is going on!" Malfoy yelled as he stood beside the wardrobe, anger very evident in his face. He looked at Nosh to Hermione on the floor.

"Well Nosh? I want an answer!"

Nosh simply shrugged "Mudblood has a smart mouth" and then unexpectedly he got punched in the face so hard by Malfoy that he fell backwards onto the floor.

"You break into my home, torture my mudblood without my permission and expect everything to be fine, I DON'T THINK SO!" he yelled as he punched him once more and picked him of the ground "You have some nerve Nosh, you've got some damn nerve!" and he pushed him back onto the ground.

"Listen, Draco man-"

"Don't even start! Now get up" he spat as he watched Nosh try to get up but having trouble from all the pain "You know, you're the worst Death Eater I've ever heard of. Doesn't even punch back and even Crabbe and Goyle do and that's saying something.

Nosh tried to take a swing at Draco but Draco dodged it and then all of a sudden they both got into a bloody fist fight.

They rolled around on the ground punching each other as Hermione watched not knowing what to do, then she saw her wand drop from Nosh's pocket so, trying to dodge the fighting so called 'men' she tried to take her wand but suddenly they decided to roll around once more which ended up covering her wand.

"Would you two STOP IT!" they continued to fight and rolled over leaving Malfoy on top. Hermione took the chance and snatched her wand from the ground. She lifted her wand up and made a loud bang making the two boys stop.

"Finally you two stopped!" Hermione yelled.

"Dude she has your wand" Nosh said in hopes that Malfoy would stop punching him and turn on the mudblood.

"I'll deal with her once I deal with you!" he said getting up and dragging up Nosh with him both in pain as they did so.

Malfoy dragged Nosh out of the room and Hermione stayed in her spot.

She heard a lot of yelling and then the crackle of fire and then Malfoy did an exasperated yell and she heard him hurl something and have it shatter, then she heard his footsteps going up the stairs. In a while he appeared slowly into her room clearly, physically hurt.

He walked over to her and bent down on his knees he turned her face gently to examine the cut on her face and the other one on her arm. He touched the bruise carefully that she had on her forehead and to his gentle touch she flinched "Does it hurt?" he asked gently.

Hermione nodded.

"Stay still" he said as he took out his wand and healed the cuts and bruises "How about now?" he asked.

"All better" she gave a slight smile and he gave a small smile back.

This was very awkward for her. He was being so calm, so gentle, so... caring.

"What about you, are you okay?" she asked.

"Nothing that magic can't fix" he said and tried to sit next to her and he looked like it was painful just to do that.

"Where does it hurt?" Hermione asked holding out her wand.

"Hurt? I don't hurt, I'm fine" he shrugged.

"Yeah, right macho man" she said sarcastically "Now where does it hurt?"

"Really I'm fine. Ah!" he tried to get up by holding onto the bed but sank back down in pain.

Hermione touched his arm gently to have him wince at her touch. She took out her wand and healed his arm, the bruises on his face and whatever other bruises she could see.

"How are you feeling now?"

"Just my other arm and right here" he pointed to the side of his stomach. She healed the spots and looked back up at him.

"Better?"

"Yeah... thanks"

She smiled "No problem"

They looked each other in the eye for a long time. Hermione never really had the chance to just look into his eyes and found herself entranced by them. They were silver with specks of blue and had a way to them that made it hard for you to turn away. They were... captivating.

They looked each other for a long time until Hermione was brave enough to turn away, only to have Malfoy gently turn her chin towards him and suddenly bit by bit their heads moved closer until... they kissed.

Their lips connected into a soft slow kiss. Neither turning away and both sharing the moment without disgust or the need to break the kiss apart, but both sharing the kiss in pleasure. He moved his hand from her chin to her cheek gently stroking it with his thumb as Hermione's hands moved to his shoulder and the other around his back.

They slowly broke the kiss and looked at each other in the eye. He wrapped his arms around her as she rested her head against his chest.

"Thank you" she whispered.

"For what?"

"... Everything"

A/N: And there you have it my beautiful readers, what you have long awaited for. As a little New Years present for all of you I have posted the book cover for this story on my profile page so check it out and let me know what you think. Review!