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last chapter

" Ohh," Draco grinned sexily, " I love it when you talk dirty to me." Hermione had to grin at this.

Giving him a small peck on the nose she replied, " I'll talk dirty to you all you want, after classes are over, now let go." she added sternly.

Draco sighed, "Okay fine you win. I'll see you tonight." Letting her go, and watching her walk away. At that exact moment something hit him square in the chest...

Draco Malfoy was in love With Hermione Granger.

For Draco the rest of the day went by as a blur. He didn't remember anything, no the rest of his classes, not at dinner. The next thing he knew he was in his common room pacing back and forth in front of the fire place, while Hermione was practicing.

" Should I tell her?" he asked him self out loud, then stopping he answered, " No, I can't do that it might scare her." The pacing continued, "But what if she returns the feelings?"he thought, as he continued his pacing. He carried on like this for another thirty minutes before Hermione finally came back, a happy sweaty ball of cheerfulness.

"Hey hun." She said as she disappeared into the bathroom before he could return the greeting.

Draco decided he was going to tell her. Twenty minutes later she walked out of the bathroom freshly showered with a smile on her face. " Hey Draco." she smiled lifting herself onto her tippy toes and give him a kiss and wrapping her arms around his neck.

" Hey," he replied smiling back, then pulling her arms down he intertwined his fingers with her and led her to the couch. " Okay there is something I want to tell you." Right off he realized he shouldn't have started the conversation like that.

Hermione instantly panicked, " Are you breaking up with me?" she got up quickly.

"Hermione no, I'm not breaking up with you. I just...I- I wanted t-to tell you, that I..um...that I-"

"Draco come on out with it."

" Hermione," He looked into her eyes, " I-"

"You what?" she asked sitting back down next to him.

Draco sighed and tried again. " I...missed you." He said pulling her into his arms.

"That's it?"she asked shocked but still returned the hug, chuckling. " I missed you too." she said letting him go. " Are you sure that's it?"

"Yea," He stood abruptly, " I think...I'll take a shower now." he said as he walked towards that bathroom. Hermione laughed, laid back and stretched out on the couch putting her hangs behind her head and drifting off to sleep in a matter of minutes, with a smile on her face.

While Draco was in the shower banging his head against the tiles as the warm water slid down his back.

"What the hell happened out there? Damn." he asked his self the resumed banging his head. Sighing to himself he washed his body then washed his hair and got out of the shower. Brushed his teeth and washed his hair. By the time he had gotten out of the bathroom an hour had gone by and Hermione was sleep. Draco how ever wasn't tired, not in the least. He was frustrated why couldn't he tell the one person that he loved and cared about that he did? He stopped for a second to stare at Hermione, the sighed to himself and went to get his guitar, and sat on the balcony with his feet on the rail strumming his guitar. Not really playing a song but picking out melodies by ear.

"Draco?"

"Holy shit sticks," Gasped Draco, " I didn't hear you. Hey its not nice to sneak up on people." He said looking at her. In the moonlight she was even more beautiful. The way the moonlight fell across her face making her chocolate eyes look even darker.

" I am aware its not nice." She said taking a seat in the other chair. " Are you okay?" she asked.

Draco, began strumming again. " Yea I am fine. Why?"

" Well," She sighed. " I haven't heard you play since the beginning of school, and something was bothering you then."She paused. " Is something bothering you now?"

He smiled, "You know when you're worried you are really cute."

"Um, thanks"

" Something is kind of bothering my, but I'm not ready to talk about it yet." He said turning his gaze to the moon.

"So then can I ask you a question." He was about to say something smart before she cut him off, " I mean besides the one I just asked." She said smirking.

"Hey, young lady you are a Gryffindor, They don't smirk."

"What can I say?" she shrugged. " I learn from the best. Any way, you might not want to answer it and if you don't I understand." She took a deep breath. " how did you get those scars on you back?" The Strumming stopped, so abruptly that she was a little startled. When she looked at his face, his eyes had gone cold. As if he would kill her on the very spot for asking the question. "I'm sorry." She got up. "Its none of my business." Then walked back inside closing the door and walking into her room.

Draco hadn't moved, he eyes where still strained on the chair. He shouldn't have acted like that. She Asked what happened, he'd practically forced it out of her, sighing he got up and went inside laying is guitar on the couch and walked to Hermione's door, and knocked. When he did get a reply he opened her door, and walked him closing it behind him he laid behind Spooning Hermione. He felt her stiffen a little bit, when he noticed that he began to rub his hand up and down her back until she relaxed. After about five minutes he began to talk.

" In my family, the initiation starts at the age of six. In most families it starts a couple weeks before you receive the dark mark. But I'm a Malfoy, that means I have to be the best, you know?" He paused. " So two days after my sixth birthday he pulled me out of my bed and threw me in the dungeon, where I wasn't even given a warning, he picked up this nine tails. He just began beating my with it. The pain was incredible, I couldn't believe that he was doing this, parents were suppose to love their kids so why was mine hurting me. Apparently this lesson was to teach me to endure pain, to not cry out." He took a deep breath. " I failed that lesson the first year. My father made it so hard, he never even healed the wounds when he sent me to bed three house later. I knew I had disappointed him, and what made it so bad was that I cared. Here my father was whipping me and I thought I had done something wrong. My mother couldn't stand it I remember sometimes hearing them argue about it, but that never stopped him. So after a year I stopped crying out, the pain didn't bother me it was just something that was there but I never acknowledged it. So then next lessons was never give in. There were time periods of a weeks when I wouldn't eat anything. He wouldn't let me, this was another lesson, if I was caught by the enemy I couldn't spill anything they could beat me or starve me I'd give them nothing." Hermione had sniffled when he got to that point, but Draco continued. " Over the years there were so many lesson some I can't even remember. The only good part of my childhood was my mom," He smiled, " She taught me how to play, she was my angel, my light in the dark if you would say. I love my mom more than anything in this world, I'd give her anything." He sighed, "And that's my story, that's how I got that scars."

The room was quite, you could've hear a mouses thoughts had there been one in her room. It stayed this way for twenty minutes neither one of them moved, Draco didn't know if Hermione was sleep or not.

"Draco," Hermione sniffled, and turned towards him, he finally realized that she had been crying. " I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you that." she said as tears fell down her face.

He took her face in between his hands his thumb brushing away her tears, "Its alright, I practically forced your story out of you. While you my amazing and smart and beautiful Gryffindor, asked me like I should have done for you, if any one should be sorry it should be me." He said kissing her forehead.

Hermione began to openly sob in his hands, " I-I'm s-s-so sorry," sob "You...n-no one s-should have t-t-to go through that." She managed to get out before collapsing in his chest, her tears soaking his shirt. Draco just held her, knowing that's all the he could do. He wasn't sure when he had fallen asleep but when he woke up he was on his stomach and Hermione was straddling his back, bent over him. At first he couldn't tell what she was doing and was about to sit up, when he felt her lips come in contact with his back, in strategically placed places.

His scars

She, was individually kissing every scar on his back, she'd be there for a while. This small action how ever touched probably more than anything before in his entire life.

"Hermione?" he said startling her, but not lifting up from the position.

"Shut up." She replied as she continued doing what she have been doing. This was something she wanted to do. He wouldn't stop her, its not like he could. She could be a very stubborn person and she knew it. Finally when she was done she laid her body down on top of his.

"Hermione?" he got no response, he figured that she was sleep. She wasn't heavy not at all, Draco wasn't uncomfortable, he eventually drifted to asleep as well.

The next morning Hermione was the first awake, still on Draco's back she softly rolled off of him. The weekend had finally arrived, and they didn't have to spend it working on a stupid project. Sighing she got up, and threw on a pair of Bermuda shorts and a blue shirt with yellow words saying "Peace and Love". Walking into the bathroom she pulled her hair into a pony tail and brushed her teeth. Walking quietly back into her room she got a pair of shoes. Looking at how peacefully Draco was sleeping she didn't want him to wake up and wonder why she was there. So she decided to leave him a note.

Draco,

This morning you looked to peaceful I didn't want to wake you. Today I am going to spend time with Ginny, Harry and Ron. I'm not sure what we'll do , probably just sit around and be lazy. Anyway I'll see you later.

Xo Hermione

"Wingardium Leviosa." The not suspended itself in the air right next to Draco's head, making sure that it'd be the first thing he saw. The turning she left her room and walked out of the portrait.

Hermione liked walking down the hallways when there was barely anyone in them. It was a time when she could just walk and think. Not having to worry about being bumped into or something like that. She love watching the portraits talk to each other, and carry out the days task. Finally she arrived at the portrait of the Fat lady.

" Oh Good Morning Miss. Granger." the Fat lady greeted her, " How nice of you to finally grace of with you presence.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Yea I know, its just that I've been so bloody busy. But that doesn't matte, what matters is that I am here now."

"Hmpf...password?"

"Paramore." The Portrait swung open and Hermione stepped in to the common room that she had grown to miss so much. As she walked in the common room, Ginny came down the stairs.

"Oh, Hermione!" Ginny exclaimed running down and giving Hermione and bear grip hug.

"Oh, Gin...can't breath."Hermione gasped finally making Ginny let go, "Oh goodness its not like you don't see me everyday." She said sitting down on the couch one leg tucked under her facing Ginny.

"Yea, I know but we don't really spend anymore time together, at least not like we us too." Ginny said with a sad expression on her face.

" Yea I know it really sucks. Its like I get done with classes and I'm so tired that go up to the common room and do my home work and go straight to sleep."

" Oh tell me about it. O'Malley, its projects are crucial. Its like What in merlin's name? There is no way you can do the shit he asks you to do, in the amount of time he gives you."

"We haven't gotten a project from him yet, but I am not looking forward to it now."She said giggling. "So how are you and Harry?"

Ginny Hesitated, "We are...fine."

"Uh oh, what's with the hesitation?"

" I don't know I mean I like Harry a lot, but he's so...sweet all time."

"And that's bad?"

"Its like... I just wish that we could get into an argument, or yell. Ugh, I don't know what I'm talking about."Just as she finished that sentence, Ron and Harry down the stair rubbing their eyes.

"Hey Hermione." Ron said, jumping the last step, and wrapping her in a hug.

"Okay Ron. We Actually do see each other."

" I know but never like this anymore." he said taking a step back.

"This is true, and good morning." Harry said to both Hermione and Ginny as he sat behind her and kissed her on her neck.

"Oi! Hands off my sister in front of me." Ron said his ear turning pink.

"Honestly Ron, its been what...five months now." Ginny say rolling her eyes.

"Yea, and technically my hands weren't on her it was my lips." Harry said, and to prove his point he kissed her again.

"Plus, only Ginny knows where those lips have been."Hermione said suggestively.

"Hey, okay stop talking about her like that." Ron said covering his ears and running back upstair.

"Ronald where are you going?" Hermione asked.

"To brush out my ears."

The three of them turn and laughed and carried on with a new conversation. Ron joined them ten minutes later, his ears still tinted red.

Upon waking Draco ran his arm up and down searching for Hermione body. When he didn't find her he frowned and sat up it blond hair matted down on the side. Groaning he sat up, his forehead coming in contact with the note. Grabbing it he read it, and sighed. He figured he'd get up and do the same. It'd been a while since he visited the slytherin common room. So why not? Getting up he went straight to the bathroom. Brushing his teeth and washing his face. He went to his fair running a comb through it was a few times then his fingers then he gave it a shake, finally he was done. But being the semi vain person that he was he spent about ten minutes just admiring himself. Flashing a few smiles of his pearly whites, and whatever it is other vain people do, he finally left. Going into his room, he pulled and a muggle green shirt with white strips, and pair of light wash jeans and white and green adidas Checking his reflection on more time he left the common room.

"Whoa," He said quietly seems like I haven't walked down here in forever. He finally reached the portrait.

"Ahh, Mister. Malfoy."

"Bloody Baron."Draco was sometimes amazing that only the Slytherins had the same house ghost as well as portrait.

"Password."

"Apple Draconis." Draco also didn't understand the password, he could swear that Dumbledore was losing it.

"Well, would you look at that. The Draco Malfoy has honored us with his presence here in the Slytherin common room."Blaise said with a bottle of fire whiskey in his hand while standing next to the fireplace. "But of course we are not worthy." Blaise said smirking at his friend as the entire Slytherin population chanted.

"WE ARE NOT WORTHY! WE ARE NOT WORTHY!"

"Haha, you know what Blaise?" Draco said walking towards his friend.

"What?"

Draco flipped him the bird. "Fuck you."

"Aww, sweet pea." Blaise joked. "I could've sworn I told you that I didn't swing that way, But let me show you a few who while." Blaise wrapped his arm around Draco's neck as if he was tell him a secret. "There happens to be this raven haired girl, a few say she looks like me but I don't see it, any she has a tendency to do it in weird plac-" Blaise was cut off when a shoe collided with the side of his face. "Oi! Who was that?" Blaise asked.

"Only the Raven haired girl who likes to do it in weird places!"Sam yelled from on top of the stair cases.

"I swear I meant it in the nicest way possible. Plus its not like any one heard us." he called up to her, then under his breath "Whore."

"Honestly Blaise, if I can hear it then so can everyone else." Samantha said walking down the stairs, stopping in front of her brother.

"Draco." she said acknowledging him.

"Hey Sam." Draco said flashing a smile. Sam turned back to her brother.

" I would appreciate it if you stopped talking about me like that? Thanks you and good day." Sam walked away but not before flashing Draco and seductive smile.

"All right buddy, how goes you and Granger." Draco's eyes popped out of his head.

"Dude what the fuck!" he said motioning his head towards the room full of Slytherins. "Wait, how the fuck did you know?" he said as Blaise said down in the recline and Draco sat across from him on the couch.

"Pshh, only a blind person could miss it, so naturally half the school or more." he took as swig from the bottle.

"That obvious?"

"Not really, but I can tell. Then insults are different not as much force behind them. But hey man I understand, those Gryffindors, are bone-a-fide."

"Holy shit, when the change of heart?" Draco asked leaning back.

Blaise smirked, "When red went into puberty." it took a second for Draco to realize who he was talking about.

"WEASLEY?!!" Draco gasp, "Oh, fuck me. No joke?"

"I wouldn't joke around about something like that. The things I'd do to her." Blaise said thrusting his hips suggestively Draco just laughed, "What can I say I have a thing for red heads. But if you'll excuse, I'm drunk and horny nothing will stand in my way." Getting up from the recliner he stumbled to the nearest girl that wasn't Pansy.

Draco stayed about three hours mingled with the Slytherins, and had a few drinks. Enough to get him buzzed but not enough to be drunk. Finally he decided to leave, saying good bye he left, wondering down the hallway and finally to his common room.

"Hmm, she's still not back." sighing he walked into his room and collapsed on his back. Draco was buzzed enough to not her Sam following him down the corridor and into his room, he didn't notice anything until she was on top of him.

"What? Sam..stop." Draco said, but it was hard that alcohol and the fact he had done anything in over a month made it harder.

She kissed his lips, "Come on Draco, you know you want this, you want me." she said Grinding her hips into him. He lost it he couldn't control it, and the next thing he knew Sam was riding him like a horse out of hell, and moaning his name, but everything changed when he saw someone at his Door, tears rolling down her face.

"Oh shit, Hermione."

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