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21. Island of Love

When I said I wanted to go to the beach, I hadn't expected anything like this. Draco brought me to a private island near the Bahamas. The island had a bach house on it with a pool, but other than that, it was just the ocean surrounding us.

We had just arrived, and I was taking in the scent of salt. Draco asked, "Do you like it?"

I answered, "I love it."

Draco smiled. He said, "I haven't been here since I was a kid. I've missed this place."

I asked, "Why did you stop coming?"

Draco answered, "I'm not sure exactly. It was just one of those things we did as a family for awhile, but then we stopped. I'm not sure there was any one specific reason."

Draco grabbed my hand and we walked towards the beach. I said, "The ocean is beautiful here. I've never seen more blue clear water. It's almost like pool water."

Draco replied, "Of all of the Malfoy estates, this is most likely my favorite."

We continued walking for a long time. For awhile, neither of us said anything. Then, Draco looked as if he went into a trance. He said, "I remember my father beating me at about this spot here. I was nine. Mother watched but she didn't do anything. She didn't know what to do."

I continued to hold his hand and keep walking. He continued, "My father beat me a lot when I was young. He said it built character, taught one to be strong."

I looked at his face. He turned to me and said, "You're strong."

I replied, "Thanks."

He asked, "How do you do it? How is it that you always kept pushing forward?"

I answered, "You decide that your feelings come second. Survival comes first."

Draco said, "That's awful."

I replied, "That's life."

Draco asked, "Your life?"

I answered, "Yeah."

He asked, "Is life really that bad with me?"

I sighed. I answered, "You can be quite cruel when you want to be."

Draco asked, "Is life ever good with me?"

I answered, "At times, when you're not trying to destroy me. Like now, for example. When life is like this, it's good."

Draco said, "I don't want to hurt you anymore."

I replied, "I know."

Draco said, "When you were gone, I realized something. I realized that I truly do need you. You give my life meaning."

I asked, "What ever happened to me being an awful mudblood?"

Draco answered, "You still are. A mudblood, I mean. That will never change. But I can deal with that. I can't deal with not having you with me. That's why I forced you to marry me. In a wizarding marriage, the couple grows to love each other, and they grow to need each other. I needed you to love me the way I love you. I needed you to need me like I need you. I knew you were going to try and leave at some point, so I needed to know that you'd come back to me."

I thought his words over for a moment, but my thought were interrupted by Draco asking, "And you do, don't you? You do need me?"

I answered, "Yes, I do."

Draco picked me up and spinned in a circle. He placed me on a large blanket on the beach. He sat down beside me. He placed his hand on my stomach where a small bump had started to form. If you didn't know I was pregnant, it wouldn't have been noticeable, and you could barely feel it now, but Draco and I both knew it was there.

Draco said, "I never thought I would be the father of a half-blood."

I replied, "I never thought I would be having your child."

The world really had gone mental. I laid down and Draco got on top of me and kissed me. He said, "You're beautiful."

I smiled. He said, "This is how it should be, all the time. Us, like this."

He slipped his shirt off. He was pale, but muscular. He pulled off my sundress. He traced in finger down my neck to the clasp of my bra. He unhooked it and pulled it off. He twirled his finger around my nipples and down to my underwear. He grabbed at the edge of them and pulled them off. He traced circles around my clit and slipped a finger inside me. Inside, he massaged his way into me, plunger deeper, finding that one spot. He pushed it, causing me to arch my back. He moved his tongue around my nipple and down to my entrance. He pushed through, sending heat throughout my body. He stroked gently at first, but then his strokes became more violent. I was close. Draco pulled out of me and took off his pants and boxers. He positioned himself at my entrance. He pushed through gently, but it was enough friction to really get me going. I gasped as he pulled in and out. He plunged deeper into me, not neglecting any part of me. His pace increased, and I was moments away from an orgasm. Draco quickened his pace even more. I tensed and coiled. Suddenly, orgasm overtook me, sending waves of pleasure throughout my body. Draco came almost immediately after I did. He stayed inside me for a minute before pulling out. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me to his naked chest. My head rested on his heart while he kissed my hair. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up, still in Draco's arms. I felt safe and protected. Draco said, "You're such a sleepy-head."

I yawned in response.

Draco chuckled to himself. He asked, "Are you hungry?"

I answered, "Yes, now that you mention it, I am quite hungry."

Draco cast a spell and our clothes appeared on us. He picked me up and held me in his arms. He walked back to the house like this. Once inside, he set me down on the couch. He went into the kitchen and turned on the stove.

I said, "I didn't know you cooked."

Draco replied, "When I was a kid, I had a house-elf teach me. I had a lot of free time."

I laid back on the couch as Draco cooked. I drifted off for a few minutes when the smell of spaghetti and garlic bread awoke me. Instantaneously, my mind flashed back to Viktor. He had made me spaghetti. I smiled at the thought of him. Not too many people would have treated me the way he had if I was in their care.

Draco put the spaghetti and garlic bread on the table. I came over and sat with him. I only ate one bowl of spaghetti and two pieces of garlic bread. Draco, however, had three bowls of spaghetti and two pieces of garlic bread. He saw all that I had eaten and frowned. He said, "You should eat more."

I replied, "I can't keep it down."

Draco nodded. He said, "That's really my fault. Sorry."

I replied, "It's fine."

Draco grabbed my hand and looked into my eyes. He said, "No, it's not. I've been bad to you. I've been like my father. I told myself I would never be like him, but I was wrong. I was exactly like him, but I'm trying not to be. I'm really trying. I don't want to be like him."

I touched his face and said, "It's okay, things are different now."

Draco nodded and replied, "Yeah, things are different now."

He kissed my quickly and cleared the table. A moment later he came back and grabbed my hand. He said, "Let's go for a swim."

He led me out to the pool and we both stripped. The water was pleasantly warm. Draco swam over to me and splashed me. I tried to swim away from him but he grabbed me and spun me around. He kissed me passionately and tenderly.

He looked into my eyes and said, "I love you."

I looked back into his eyes and said, "I love you too."

He kissed me again, but this time with need and hunger. He needed me, and I needed him. I returned his kiss just as violently. He picked me up out of the pool and ran back into our house. He cast a drying spell, and I very quickly found myself on a large bed. This time, our sex was more than passionate, more than need, but it was everything that it should be. It was tender. It was perfect. It was love.