I wanted to give you all a heads up that this character has smut… so please use cation if you are not wanting to read it… it is about halfway through the chapter.

Chapter 26- The Truth about the Papers

Viktor took a harsh breath and pinched the bridge of his nose for a moment before looking over at Harry and taking a breath. "So, all of you believed that I had a girlfriend…. Up until when?" He asked sharply.

Ginny took a breath, "Until Hermione told us that you wanted to get back to get her with her when we got here Friday." She whispered.

Viktor closed his eyes tightly, "When did Mila realize that I did not have a girlfriend?" He asked.

Harry shook his head, "It was not that she did not think that you did not have a girlfriend…" He whispered softly, "On Friday when you asked Hermione to be with you… Hermione assumed that you dumped your girlfriend or that you were choosing her over… well her." He said pointing at Rose.

Viktor looked over at Rose with a frown then back at Harry, "We were in the paper?" He asked trying to understand.

Harry nodded, "Hermione would look in the paper for you as much as she could… as often as we could get to papers…... It was right before Christmas the first time she saw you in the paper with Rose." Harry took a deep breath, "I remember that Minnie just started crying and when I asked her what was wrong, she shook her head and said that the locket was making her feel bad…. She took the locket off handed it to me and walked to her bunk to sleep." Harry looked over at Rose for a moment, before looking back at Viktor, "I waited for Hermione to fall asleep that night but I just remember her crying for hours… she thought she was being quiet but I could hear her and I knew that something was wrong… more than the locket… so I waited for her to sleep then I took the paper from her and I saw what made her cry."

Viktor slowly walked over the lean against the desk, crossing his arms over his chest, "What did you see?" He asked softly, heart clenching at the visual of Hermione crying herself to sleep.

Harry looked at Viktor and take a breath, "It was you and Rose on the front page of the sports section…... you were laughing and walking together… holding hands." He said softly. "The article title was Viktor Krum and his Girlfriend of 3 months steps out."

Viktor closed his eyes and felt his heart drop, "That means I would have started going out with Rose in September…. And Hermione got my letters in late August." He said his voice cracking making Ana gasp in realization of what Hermione thought.

After a moment Viktor looked up at Harry, "What is this locket that you are talking about?" He asked.

Harry slowly sat down into a chair by the fireplace, "We had collected one of Voldemort's horcruxes but had no way to destroy it…... so we had to carry it around... we took turns wearing it for months…. It held a piece of Voldemort's soul…. and It was malevolent….it was evil." He whispered closing his eyes, rubbing his scar again "It was like wearing a piece of 1,000 pound dark magic anchored around your neck…. It drained you of all happiness…. All joy… and it pushed hatred and fear and pain inside you." He looked over out the window, his eyes haunted, "It would take over your mind and beliefs…. It was one of the reasons that Hermione wanted to excuse what Ron had done to her." He said softly, "Because we knew how impossible it was to not be effected by the locket."

Viktor looked over at Harry sharply and Harry shook his head, "I don't think it was an excuse." Harry said quickly, "At least not for Ron…. He had it only a few times for a few days before he left us…. Hermione and I…... we had it for months…" Harry's jaw clenched, and his hands tightened on the arms of the chair, and he whispered, "We sharded the burden for months… giving it back and forth…. But…..." Harry took a breath looking over at Viktor, "Hermione wore it twice as much as I did… she said because she was stronger... she should carry it more." He paused for moment, "By the time she saw you in the paper she was already hanging on by a thread…. She saw that photo and she shut down for days." He whispered.

Viktor closed his eyes tightly and felt his heart explode in pain, "She… Mila believed the paper?" He asked brokenly.

Harry sighed shaking his head, "Viktor… I believed it too… everyone who saw it believed it… the paper went it to detail about your date… you were laughing and holding hands in the photo… you looked so happy…" He paused to look out the window, "Add what the locket was doing to us to that photo and article and of course we believed it."

Harry looked over at Ginny who nodded over at him and Harry looked back to Viktor, "I hated you in that moment because you were laughing in the paper and Hermione was broken and crying in the dark corner of the tent." Harry muttered softly.

Viktor shook his head and clenched his jaw, "Never…. I have never been with anyone but Mila… never been out with anyone but Hermione…. never loved anyone else but Hermione….. Rose has been Andrian's girlfriend for 2 years…... I was with her that day taking her to Andrian… to surprise him because she had been working away for months." He whispered. "The smile was because I was excited to surprise him."

Harry shook his head, "Viktor…. That was the first time you were in the paper…. She saw you 2 more times over the next few months until I stopped letting her get the papers." Harry sighed, "Ginny was with us when we saw the second photo of you sitting next to Rose in a restaurant…. The third photo was the two of you sitting together at a quidditch match."

Viktor shook his head, "Andrian was with us when we went to dinner…. We were waiting for him to get to the restaurant… the match was one Andrian was looking at another player to manage… he asked me to go with for my opinion on the player." He said, "Those photos were never posted here…. I didn't even know that England posted them." He said. "I have never even touched another after the moment I saw Hermione… she has been always been it for me." He said brokenly. "But she believes that I was with another…. She hurt from this."

Harry sighed, "Viktor…. You have to remember everything for her has been overwhelming… has been devastating for her this year…... First, we were attacked at the wedding and then on the run… within the first few days she got those letters and she thought you did not want her anymore…...she was lost… confused… then we were alone fighting so hard… to survive… to stay alive…. To stop a war... to kill Voldemort…. The necklace made all of that 10 times worse for us…. Being taken... tortured… cursed... her arm…. And that bloody necklace made all of that 10 times worse for us…."

Harry shook his head, "I don't know how I made it…... and I didn't have all of that on my shoulders…... I don't know how she not only stayed alive but fought the way she did… how she planned and saved my life over and over again…" Harry sighed, "Then when she could not take even one more possible hit… she got that paper… she looked for you in it…. And she saw you holding someone else's hand… laughing and smiling at someone else…..." Harry whispered, "Viktor after she saw that in the paper… she withdrew from all of us… she started stepping in front of every curse… pushed us out of the way of every hit… it was like she did not care if she lived or died….. she fought like she had nothing left to lose… and I think in her mind she didn't."

Viktor closed his eyes replaying the first few days when she had gotten here…. remembering all of the things she had said that did not make sense to him then … all the times she had pulled away from him… and he understood and realized she was scared to let him in because she believed he was with another…. He remembered her saying, that she could not be the reason for another's pain… for another's suffering. Viktor looked over at Rose and realized that Hermione was once again the best person that he knew...…. Even when Hermione was hurting and ripping out her own heart, she was looking out for another, looking out for Rose because she did not want her hurt.

Viktor looked over at Harry, "On Friday… what did she tell you… when she finally decided to be with me again." He asked.

"Hermione said that you choose her, and she couldn't say no anymore." Harry sighed rubbing his scar again, "I asked her if she was ok… if she could be ok knowing you had been with someone else." He said softly looking over at Viktor to see his face.

Viktor nodded his jaw clenched, "What did she say?" He asked.

Harry smiled at him, "Minnie said that she could not live without you… she would not survive without you…... and if you choose to be with her she would take it…... that no matter who or how many you had been with… she could live with it if it meant she got to be with you." He said

Viktor shook his head; he could not even be upset that Hermione had not talked to him because she was like always trying to do what right for everyone but herself. She had been overwhelmed and trying to navigate through lies and truths and protect everyone. Viktor looked up at Ginny, "I can't change the past… but I can tell her that there has never been anyone but her… but I need to know where she is." He begged.

Ginny sighed, "Viktor… I was not lying; I really do not know where she is…. When she saw Rose here… she just went quiet and got this look in her eyes." She said, "She apparated before I could get a hold of her."

Viktor closed his eyes trying to think, "Where do you think she would go… where is a safe place for her?" He asked.

Harry snorted, "Do you know that one of the reasons that Hermione kept us all alive is because she did not have one safe place… she did not follow one plan." He said standing up, "She could be in anywhere… literally."

Ginny nodded, "We were once running and needed an instant place to go… Hermione apparated all of us to this little cabin in the woods in Poland, when we asked here where we were, she said… I am not fully sure… I read a book on abandoned beautiful places…... I take us to a new one each time we need a place to go."

Harry nodded, "And she did... we never went to the same place twice… never knew where she was going until we were there." He said.

Viktor scowled, "That doesn't help keep her safe or get her home." He snarled in frustration.

Ginny shrugged, "But she will be safe." She said.

Viktor shook his head, "We do not know that." He said slamming his fist on the desk next to him.

Luna finally spoke up, "But we do…. No one is safer than Hermione… even when she is upset, she is careful." She smiled softly at Viktor, "I also know that she will be back… she just needs a moment to think… her brain was running, and she could not keep up when she saw Rose."

Viktor shook his head starting to pace, "NO… we can not wait…. We do not know if she will be back." He growled.

Luna smiled at Viktor softly, "She will be back Viktor… she loves you too much not to fight for you…. Once her mind settles, she will be back to tell Rose to go." Luna said with a shrug, watching Viktor shake his head but she cut him off softly, "Plus she will not leave the girls."

Viktor looked out the windows to see Mecho and Neville outside with Bella and Adeline playing on the new play yard the boys had set up that morning. He closed his eyes and took a breath, "Ok… she has until dinner… then we start searching." He said feeling his heart clench at the thought of even waiting a few moments let alone hours to find her and talk to her… to make sure that she was safe and at home.

Ana looked around the room at all of the packages on the floor and quickly called out to Emma. Once she popped in Ana smiled down at her tiredly, "Do you think you can take these bags to my room." She pointed on the floor, "And all of those bags to Viktor's rooms please." She asked softly. "We will take care of them later."

Emma nodded quickly popping out with Ana's bags as Viktor looked over to Rose who looked sad, "I am sorry." Rose said.

Viktor shook his head, his jaw clenching, "It is no ones fault…. Except that fucking papers… and Ron's… and the fucking war…" He pushed his fingers into his eyes trying to push away his frustration. Could they not get just one day… one Fucking day of peace without something happening. One day to just have happiness and peace.

Viktor looked over at Luna, "You are sure she will be back." He asked needing her to make him believe it.

Luna smiled softly over at him, "I am certain." She said watching Emma pop back in to grab Hermione's bags and pop back out. "She is probably closer than we think." Luna whispered with a smile.

Emma popped into Hermione's room and stopped when she heard the crying coming from the bed. Emma set all of the bags down to scurry over to the bed, "Lady Mione?" She called softly.

Hermione sat up on the bed and looked over to see Emma standing by the bed, "Lady Mione… are you ok… I will go and gets someone." Emma said going to turn.

"NO." Hermione cried out, "Please wait Emma… stay here for a second." She said softly laying back on the bed as the nausea rolled through her. She had needed to get out of that room as fast as she could when she saw that woman… but she could not leave the house …... not when she promised she would not leave without talking to Viktor first.

Hermione could still feel every emotion rolling through her from the moment she had looked up and seen the girl laughing and talking to Ana…every emotion from when she found out Viktor had a girlfriend all the way to the fear that she would come back and everything in between.. fear…... sadness... pain… anger… grief… and they had hit her like the Hogwarts train going at full speed.

Hermione took a deep breath trying to push back the nausea and migraine that were taking over from the roller coaster she had been on for the last 10 minutes. She needed to do it fast because Viktor would be home after lunch and she wanted to figure out what she was going to say before he got here. She closed her eyes and tried to push away all of the emotions and just focus on the facts and needs of the situation, but it was impossible as her stomach rolled again, and her head throbbed.

Emma climbed up on the bed and settled on her knees next to Hermione, softly pushing her hair back. "What is wrong Lady Mione?" She asked softly.

Hermione took a breath, "Nothing that you can help with Emma… but thank you for sitting with me." She said wrapping her arms around Viktor's pillow, "I need to go back downstairs but I am not ready yet… I just need a moment." She said. "How were the girls this morning?"

Emma shuffled on her knees closer to Hermione, "They had fun… Miss. Adeline went fishing and got all dirty…. Baby Bella played in the grass while the men's put together the plaything." She said brushing Hermine's hair back, "Did you find lots of stuff at the store?"

Hermione closed her eyes as the headache from yesterday throbbed with a vengeance making her eyes water, "I did… I got you something too Emma…. I will give it to you later." She mumbled trying to take a deep breath to push down the nausea.

Emma smiled, "You are very nice Lady Mione… but why don't you sleep for a bit…. I see that your in pains… I will get you potion for pain and then you can go face what you need to face." She said petting Hermione cheek.

Hermione shook her head, her eyes still closed, "No… don't tell anyone I am here Emma… please… I just need a minuet." She whispered as all of the emotions from a moment ago drained away leaving her exhausted. She knew she was going to talk to Viktor, and she was going to tell him that she loved him and was not leaving again…. Just like she going to listen to why he invited that girl here…. But she just needed a moment to take a breath and no matter how many she took she still did not feel any better.

Emma had other plans though and carefully rubbed Hermione's temple in rhythmic circles until Hermione had fallen int a deep sleep. Emma stood up and pulled the blankets up to Hermione's chin before hopping down and grabbing the bags to set them over the bottom of the bed.

Emma knew that Hermione did not want her to tell anyone that she was up here… but she also knew Hermione was in pain. Emma popped back down the living room to see Viktor siting on the couch next to Ana talking softly.

Emma looked over to see Alek talking to Ginny and trotted over to Alek and pulled on Alek's robes, "Master Alek… can I talks to you for a second?" She asked softly.

Alek looked down at Emma and nodded and followed Emma out into the hall kneeling down, "What is wrong Emma?" He asked kindly.

Emma shuffled back and forth looking nervous, "Well Ummm…. Master Alek… can I have a pain potions please." She asked softly.

Alek narrowed his eyes, "Why do you need a pain potion Emma… you can't take it." He said softly.

Emma grimaced, "Its nots for me." She said not looking up at Alek.

Alek laid a hand on Emma's shoulder, "Look at me Emma…" He asked softly, waiting for Emma to look up at him, "Who needs the potion Emma… it is important because I have to give the right amount depending on the size of the person and what they need in it."

Emma shuffled back and forth, "Well you made it up already …... umm." She muttered.

Alek took a breath, "Emma is it for Lady Mione?" He asked gently.

Emma looked up eyes wide, knowing that she could not lie… but also could not break her word to Hermione so she muttered, "I cannot say."

Alek nodded at her knowing why she was stuck, "Is she ok, Emma?" He asked softly, "You don't have to say anything… just nod so I know she is ok." He asked gently.

Emma shrugged, "I can't say anything." She said softly.

Alek frowned, "Emma I am worried…If I promise to not tell anyone can you tell me?" He asked softly, "I just want to make sure that she is ok."

Emma thought for a moment, "I cannot TELL you anything." She said firmly turning and walking away.

Alek looked after her in confusion before he realized he was supposed to follow her. He quickly stood and followed her up the stairs and down the hall to Viktor's wing and Alek snorted. Of course, Hermione did not leave… she had promised not to leave and not one of them had thought about that. Emma popped away leaving him in the hallway and he walked over to Viktor's bedroom door and cracked it open to see Hermione sleeping in the bed.

Alek walked in the room and pulled the door closed knowing Hermione would need another moment. He would go tell Viktor that she was safe but not that she was up here in a moment so he would stop panicking. Alek carefully sat on the bed and looked down at Hermione to see the dark circles under her eyes that had not been there that morning. The way her face was scrunched up in pain in even in her sleep, the way she was curled in a tight ball. Alek sighed conjuring the potion he had made her earlier.

"Mione." Alek whispered softly, "Can you take this for me." He asked tucking her hair behind her ear.

Hermione shook her head no and she clenched her eyes closed tighter making Alek give her a small smile, "To bad…. you have to take this." He whispered. Alek slid a hand under Hermione neck, lifting her head to tilt so he could pour the potion down her throat grinning when she tried to swat his hand away.

Alek carefully laid Hermione back down on to Viktor's pillow, noting she had migrated to his side and grinning when she buried her nose into pillow taking a deep breath. Evidently even when in sleep she wanted Viktor's scent to sooth her.

Alek sighed, these two needed a break soon he thought… Hermione needed a break so she could finally heal both physically and mentally. He gently pushed Hermione's hair back and gave her forhead a light kiss before standing up and walking out the door and down the stairs.

Alek walked in and saw the way Viktor's entire body was tense and Ana was talking to him softly, but Viktor just shook his head and closed tightly clenching his jaw until it looked like it was going to break. Alek could see the anxiety tightening Viktor's muscles and Alek knew he could not keep Hermione being upstairs from Viktor.

"Viktor." Alek said walking over to Viktor and crouched down onto his heels and waited for Viktor to look at him and Alek gave him a small smile, "Hermione is fine." He said softly looking Viktor directly in the eyes.

Viktor's eyes narrowed as he sat up quickly, "How do you know?" He demanded, his hands reaching out to Alek.

Alek smiled at him, "Think about what she promised me… what she promised you." He whispered looking Viktor with raised eyebrows.

Viktor narrowed his eyes at Alek for a moment before he remembered with a flash her promise never to leave without talking to him first, "Where?" He demanded.

Alek smiled standing up, "Where do you go when you need to be alone and you need privacy?" He asked.

Viktor realized in that moment that Hermione had not left at all in fact she was in their room and he quickly stood up and took off running through the door and up the stairs to his room leaving the room in shock and confusion. Viktor knew that Alek would tell them what was going on, he had one goal… one need and that was to see Hermione with his own two eyes… to tell her that it was and had always only been her.

When Viktor made it down the hall to the doorway, he stopped at their bedroom door for a moment taking a breath wanting to be calm when she saw him. He gently pushed the door open but paused when he saw her wrapped around his pillow sound asleep.

He quietly walked in the room and closed and locked the door walking over to the side of the bed, sitting gently so he would not wake her. His fingers traced down at the tear tracks on her cheeks and felt his heart break a little more at her pain. He toed off his shoes, grateful his coach said he could take the afternoon off and climbed into the bed behind Hermione. He would have never left Hermione anyway until she knew it was only her… it had only ever been her.

Viktor slowly slid his arm under her head and wrapped his arms around her chest and waist and carefully pulled her tight along his chest. "Mila…. I have never loved anyone but you…. I will never love anyone but you." He whispered into her sleeping ear.

Hermione sighed turning in his arms to lay her head on his chest and wrap her arm around his waist. "Viktor?" She mumbled brushing her nose against him.

Viktor slid his hand into her curls and pushed her face deeper into his neck, his other hand grasping at the hand she had placed on his chest, "Mila." He said softly.

Hermione sighed, "I love you." She mumbled falling back into a deep sleep.

Viktor closed his eyes and let the feeling of her soak through him, "I love you." He whispered. He let his body relax knowing that even when she was faced with something that worried her… terrified her…when she could have run away…. she stayed just like she promised… that she loved him enough to stay and fight for him. "You are my entire world." He said kissing her forhead, "I cannot… and will not live without you." He said taking a deep breath let himself just lay with her in his arms, refusing to go to sleep until he could make Hermione understand it was all a mistake.

Viktor looked up at his ceiling going over single moment since the day she had walked back into his life last week. Each and every conversation… each and every time that she pulled away from him… each and every time that he would reach for her and she would pull away. He wanted to be angry that she believed he could find another… that she would think that he would love another but when he looked from her perspective, he understand that it had to be overwhelming.

He let his fingers rub through her curls into her neck, his lips trialing over her forhead. His other hand went to cup her knee that was thrown over his hips and let her presence calm his heart. He felt the afternoon pass as he watched as the sunlight filter across the room and shadows move but he still did not fall asleep. Instead he let the feeling of every single dip and curve of Hermione along his side comfort him and when he finally felt her begin to shift and heard her murmur, he tightened his grip.

"Viktor?" She said softly reaching up to kiss his chest before rubbing her nose along his side, "I had the weirdest dream."

Viktor kissed her curls, "What was it?" He asked knowing she was still waking up and had not processed what had happened a lunch.

Hermione stretched so her toes brushed along his calf, then paused when she registered that her dream was not really a dream and she slowly sat up to look down at him. She shook her head and bit her lip, "Viktor…... can you tell me why she is here?" She asked softly, jumping straight into what was wrong.

Viktor sat up facing her on the bed, "Who?" He asked tilting his head wanting to see what she was going to say.

Hermione narrowed her eyes, "I am not giving you up… and I am not sharing you." She said in a hard tone, her hands clenched in her lap.

Viktor gave her a soft smile, "Who said that you had to share me?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, reaching out to trail his fingers down her cheek.

Hermione raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Then… why is she here?" She asked softly her hands twisting in her lap now.

Viktor slid his hands in hers to hold them still, "Rose is here because she came to see the game this weekend and to surprise Andrian." He said softly but shook his head when she went to talk, "The papers were wrong Mila…. Rose has never been my girlfriend… she has been with Andrian the last 2 years…. you had just never met her because the first year Andrian made me keep it a secret while they got to know each other and then the last year she is always traveling for work…. And you have not been here." He whispered looking into her eyes watching the recognition come into them and smiled at her when a tear slid down her cheek.

Viktor rotated to his knees in front of her and cupped her cheeks softly tilting her head up to his and placed his lips on her gently. He brushed them back and forth for a moment letting her feel his sincerity. When he felt her relax into him, he opened his mouth and let his tongue trail over her lips until she opened up to him and slid her tongue across his making him moan deep in his throat. He gently bit her lower lip before pulling back slightly setting his forhead on hers, "Mila…. It has only ever been you…. never anyone else…. Even when I thought I had lost you forever my heart could not even look at anyone else." He said his breath brushing her lips, "I need you to know that…. That it has only ever been you."

Hermione nodded, her forhead brushing up and down on his, "I think part of me knew because I hoped the paper was wrong… I prayed that it was wrong, but I remembered the letters that I had gotten, and I felt so bad that I believed it." She whispered, "But my heart held out this hope…. That is why on Friday when you said that you wanted to be with me, I finally said yes…. Because I desperately wanted to believe that you still wanted me and only me."

Viktor reached to cup her hips and pulled her, so she slid her legs on either side of his hips and set her in his lap, "There has only ever been you Mila…. Always and forever… if I should lose you then I will remain waiting for you until I pass from this world to the next where you will be waiting for me." He whispered, his hands cupping her ass and pulling her against him as his lips reached out and captured hers again pulling her in for a deep kiss. "Only you." He whispered against her throat as his lips trailed down, "Forever and ever." He muttered across the top of her breast making her hands dig into his hair to hold him there.

Hermione shook her head as his words filtered in her mind and his touch set her on fire. "Viktor." She whispered her nails scratching along his scalp. "Only you…." She said pulling his hair, so his lips were ripped from the nipple he had taken into his mouth when he had pushed her top down, "Forever." She said covering his mouth with her, her tongue dancing along his as her hands went to his shirt, ripping at the buttons.

Viktor pulled back shaking his head, "We can't…. Alek said …." He paused when her hands gripped his face and pulled him back as her hips rolled over his making him see white.

"Please… Viktor I need you…. I need to have you all around me… in me… only you and me." She begged, her teeth gripping his lip and biting sharply making him roll his hips at her, "Please…please." She begged as her lips trialed over his cheek bone over his beard until her teeth hit his ear and she gave it a sharp nip.

Viktor's vision went dark when her tongue licked across his neck and she bit at his clavicle, he didn't even register that she had been puling at the button of his shirt until it was open and she was pushing it off of his shoulders. His hands were still grasping at her hips as she rolled her hips over him and her mouth continued down his chest until she was lapping at his nipple and Viktor growled deeply in his throat.

Viktor ripped at her dress until it was over her head and he leaned down to tug her nipple back in his mouth making Hermione arch in his arms and her cry echoed in the room, "Mila…. My Fucking Mila." He growled as he licked across her chest to her other nipple pulling it into his mouth to suckle feeling her pulse against him.

Hermione rolled her hips over him and Viktor desperately wanted to roll her over and take control but knew with her back he had to be careful, so instead with her nipple still in his mouth he crawled off the bed and held her hips at his until she wrapped her legs around him. He needed to have her… really have her fully… to claim her. … he needed it like the next breath he pulled into his lungs… he needed her like a drink of water in the desert. Viktor stood grabbing two pillows off the bed and walked her over to bathroom his lips never leaving her skin. When he entered the bathroom, he set her on the counter… the perfect height to roll against her without her having to move very much and set the pillows behind her to lean back on.

Hermione felt the cold counter against her hot skin and gasped as her hands went to cup his head as he fell to his knees in between her legs. Viktor looked up at her with hooded eyes and she took in the lust that was pouring out of his eyes…. she panted when Viktor hooked her knickers and ripped them away. "Mila… Fuck." He said eyes wide as he took her in naked and flush waiting for him to touch her "…...Only you… how could I ever want a-fucking-nother person when I have you…. Have these memories of you?" His hands slid from her knees up the inside of her thighs pushing them apart, "The memory of this would ruin me for anyone else…. Seeing you open and hot and gasping my name… nothing could ever compare." He whispered as he dipped his head down to her folds and began to feast as she threw her head back and cried his name.

Hermione tiled her head back as Viktor slid his fingers deep inside her and she gaped as she felt him begin to move. "Viktor." She begged him, "Please…. Please…" She panted as her hand slid in his hair and pulled it sharply making him look up at her with a grin.

Viktor shook his head pulling her wrists until she let go and put her hands on the counter "Hold on here." He demanded, "Do not let go." He demanded huskily as he pulled her hips closer to the edge and dipped back down, "Not until I say to let go."

Hermione nodded and fell back against the pillows as Viktor dipped back into her making her throat arch back as she rolled her hips against his mouth, "Please…... Love… please Viktor… I need." She said closing her eyes, her hands clenching at the edge of the counter. She jolted when his teeth nipped her and she gasped sharply when he soothed the bite with his tongue, "Viktor PLESE." She yelled.

Viktor looked up from between her legs to see her open and panting, her face a beautiful pink as her mouth hung open, "What Mila…. What do you need." He whispered hoarsely his fingers still moving.

Hermione looked down at him, her pupils blown wide as she took him in, her hips still moving against his hand, "You… I need you Viktor… I need to feel you wrapped around me… inside me… loving me like only you ever have." She said, her hands still clenching at the edge of the counter, "I need to touch you…. to make you feel as good as you make me feel."

Viktor slowly stood between her open legs still moving his hand against her, "I already feel good… touching you like this." He whispered as his lips moved closer to hers and his thumb flicking her center as his finger kept up their movement, "Watching you come undone for me." He said his lips trialing across her cheeks as her breath caught as he flicked her center again. "You can't touch me until you come undone for me." He said into her ear softly leaning over her, moving his free hand onto the mirror behind her so his chest brushed against her nipples and he surround her from every angle, and she screamed coming undone when his thumb flicked her one more time.

"Viktor… Viktor… Viktor." She said her eyes clenched closed as his lips tailed along her neck, "Please." She begged, "Can I touch you now."

Viktor nodded against her collar bone, his tongue leaving at trail of fire as he kept moving his fingers softly drawing out her tremors, but he jerked when her hands reached for his belt and she brushed against his hard length. "Mila." He growled out as her fingers ripped at his zipper and she pushed his pants down, "Mila… Fuck." He said pushing against her hand, finally pulling his other hand from between her legs and setting it against the mirror behind her also caging her in between his arms. He leaned his forhead on hers as she pushed his pants and boxer briefs down in one motion until he sprung free.

"Mila please." He begged this time when her fingers brushed along his hip bones and up his sides. She let her nails scrape over his abs and up his chest until they dragged across his nipples and his hips jerked forward at her. "Please." He pled closing his eyes when her nails rubbed across his back and when she gave a sharp scratch down his back to cup his ass and pull him closer he growled into her neck biting down hard enough for her to give a started yelp.

"Viktor." She whispered pulling his mouth to hers and bit his lip hard making him jerk forward again, his hands fisting against the mirror on either side of her head, "What do you want." She whispered against his lips.

Viktor pulled back to look her in the eyes, "To be inside of you and never leave." He said eyes dark swirling pools. "To make you scream my name over and over again." He said his voice deep and harsh, "To make it so you can only ever think of me… always." He snarled grabbing her head and covering her mouth with his harshly making her moan and grab his hips.

Hermione kissed him back just as hard as she guided him to her and pulled so he slid deep. They both gasped in each other's mouths at the feeling of heat, stretching and pleasure. Viktor still thinking of her back pulled her closer to the edge of the counter and pushed the pillows tighter behind her back and held her hips tight as he began to move.

"Mila." He panted his mouth still nipping at hers and he arched when her arms slid up to his neck and pulled at his hair before pulling him closer, so his body was tight against hers.

Viktor wrapped one of his arms around her hips pulling her as close as he could his other hand grasping at her neck, his hips snapping forward but keeping her as still as he could not wanting her to be in pain.

Hermione sobbed as he pushed back in over and over again…. her nails now scratching at his back and she began to beg, "Please Viktor... please… please."

Viktor buried his face in her neck as he began to lose his rhythm... desperately seeking out her heat and the feel of her all over him. "Mila… Hermione… Fuck…. Yes." He whispered his teeth scrapping her neck before biting down again hard enough to make her cry out and the hand he had around her neck slide down her body, flicking one nipple then the other before meeting where he was thrusting and began to graze against her center again making her sob in a way that made his vision go dark, "Come on Mila… finish for me… so I can follow you." He begged her, his hips snapping forward in a hard rhythm

Hermione shook her head, wrapping her arms around his shoulders anchoring herself to him, "Viktor." She wheezed out her eyes clenched closed as she felt like she was burning from the inside out, "Viktor please…... so close."

Viktor pulled his head back and covered her mouth with his again as he tilted her hips just a little more so he dragged against the prefect spot inside of her and when she sobbed into his mouth and began to shake and explode Viktor stopped breathing. When her body tightened around his until he felt like he was being pulled into her very soul Viktor spilled inside of her with his own sharp shout.

Viktor was gasping as he continued to give soft shallow thrusts drawing out both of their tremors. He wrapped her one of his arms around her hips and the other around her shoulders pulling her so close there was no air between. "I love you." He whispered with his lips on her ear, "So much…so unbelievable much."

Hermione trailed her fingers over his shoulders and down his back, "I love you Viktor… so much." She whispered into his ear making him shudder against her as he finally came to a stop.

Viktor took a deep breath tucking his face into her neck and just held on for a few more moments as his heart began to slow down and leaned into her. Just relishing in the feeling of her fingers tracing up and down his back.

When he could finally take a deep breath, he kissed her neck tenderly and murmured, "I love you Mila." He pulled back to cup her cheeks, "Are you ok." He asked softly.

Hermione beamed up at him and leaned forward to brush her lips over his, "I love you too… and no I am better then ok… I am prefect now." She said.

Viktor leaned down to kiss her gently, "Good…. I never want to hurt you." He said.

Hermione smiled up at him, cupping his cheeks, "You didn't." She promised but flinched softly when he pulled away and his heat left her. "No come back." She whispered making Viktor chuckle at her.

Viktor kicked his pants off all the way before wrapping his arms around her hips and lifting her to carry her to the shower. "Come on Love... we will shower and then go to dinner." He said kissing her softly.

Hermione set her head on his shoulder and nodded, "I am sorry Viktor." She said softly, "For believing that you had a girlfriend."

Viktor slowly set her down under the water, "No Hermione listen to me…. I understand why you did… I understand and I don't blame you." He cupped her cheeks, "Although I am a little frustrated that you did not just ask me when you got here… all of those days I thought that you did not want me anymore… and you thought I did not want you…. All the pain and worry we both had… next time ask me." He said.

Hermione nodded up at him, her hands resting on his waist, "I promise to talk to you the next time I have a question or a fear." She said kissing his chin softly.

Viktor took a deep breath and kissed her nose, "And thank you for keeping your promise and staying here… not running… I was scared that you had left... but you were here all along." He said his voice breaking, "You don't know what it means to me that you kept that promise."

Hermione smiled up at him, "I told you that I won't break a promise to you… I wanted to leave but I could not… besides, 0I was not running… I just needed a moment to come up with a plan to get rid of her because I was not letting you go." She said with a shrug.

Viktor threw his head back and laughed, "I am glad that was your plan…. you would fight for me the same way I would fight for you." He said cupping the back of her head.

Hermione grinned up at him, "I just got you back… you are suck with me for the rest of your life." She said gripping his sides as she stretched up to kiss his lips.

Viktor pulled her in for a deep kiss for a moment before pulling back to look at the bruise on her neck and sighed, "We are in so much trouble." He said kissing the bruise softly.

Hermione tilted her head slightly, "Why?" She asked.

Viktor grinned down at her, "Because Alek is going to see your neck… know what we did and yell at both of us." He said.

Hermione's laughed echoed around the shower when she turned to dip under the water, "I will just tell Alek it is all your fault." She jumped and giggled when Viktor's hand slapped her ass.

"Brat." He said wrapping his arms around her waist under the water, "Hurry up…. I want to introduce you to Rose… she is actually really excited to meet you…. I may have talked about you to her…. A lot when I first met her."

Hermione took a deep breath, "I would love that.…. Besides, I need to explain to her why I ran away when I saw her at lunch." She said.

Viktor shrugged grabbing the shampoo, "She already knows… Ginny and Harry told us about the papers in England." He said.

Hermione blushed, "Crap… now I am even more embarrassed." She said with a sigh. "Stupid paper not fact checking…. Stupid me for just believing them."

Viktor shrugged stepping under the water, "Don't be Mila… Rose will not be offended, and the sports section is not usually a place that prints things that are not true… it was an honest conclusion." He said reaching out to set his hands on his shoulders, "Lets just move on…. To our wedding." He said with a grin.

Hermione snorted pushing him back, "Did you convince your mom to let us get married after the Cup?" She said with a grin.

Viktor smirked, "Oh I will." He said. "I will."

It took another 45 minutes before Viktor and Hermione walked down the stairs to see everyone making their way to the dining room for Dinner. Adeline ran up to Hermione and wrapped her arms around her legs, "Minnie Mouse." She yelled making everyone smile over at her, "I missed you one million… did you get me stuff today?"

Hermione reached down and scooped Adeline up into her arms and put her on her hip, flinching in pain when Adeline's knee hit her back. Viktor reached to take her, but Hermione shook her head at him with a smile and he sighed sliding his hand on Hermione's back between Adeline knee to block it from hitting Hermione to hard. "I may have gotten you a thing or two… did Oppa Ana not show you anything?" Hermione asked walking into the dinning room.

Adeline shook her head, "NO." She said in a dramatic voice, "Oppa Ana said that we had to wait for you." Making Hermione laugh and Viktor lean over to tickle Adeline's side.

Adeline giggled pushing Viktor's hand away, "Stop it Viktor…." She said wiggling in Hermione arms making Hermione flinch as Adeline's weight shifted back and forth.

Viktor scooped Adeline out of Hermione's arms and threw her over his shoulder so she was upside down her curls covering her face. "Viktor." Adeline yelled slapping his back, "Let me up."

Hermione reached over and tickled Adeline making her squeal with laughter. Viktor threw his other arm around Hermione and pulled her in for a kiss, "Look love." He said when he pulled back, "I caught a Little bug."

Hermione gave a soft laugh, "Careful she might fly away." She said wrapping her arm around Viktor waist, her head tapping Adeline's forhead making her giggle.

Viktor shook his head walking them into the dining room, "Never… she is mine and I won't let her go." He said swinging Adeline back and forth carefully, sliding his hand into Hermione's hair.

The table laughed as Adeline squealed out her giggle when Viktor pulled her up and back over his shoulder, so she was back in his arms, "Come on little Bug… it is dinner time." He said sitting Adeline down in the seat next to Hermione. He turned to pull out Hermione's chair and helped her sit before sliding into his seat next to her.

Hermione looked over Rose and gave her a soft smile, "Hello… my name is Hermione." She said softly.

Rose smiled warmly over at Hermione, "Hello... my name is Rose… I am Andrian's girlfriend." She said with a grin making Hermione laugh.

Hermione went to reply but Alek narrowed his eyes and pointed at Hermione's neck, "I see that the two of you made up." He said in an exasperated voice.

Hermione blushed looking down and Viktor rolled his eyes, "We never fought Alek…." He said pulling out his napkin and setting it over his lap, "We talked out some miscommunications."

Alek rolled his eyes, "What do you not understand about no." He said, "Healing first."

Viktor grinned over at Alek, "Nothing happened…. Nothing much anyway." He said laying his arm over the back of Hermione's chair.

Alek threw his hands up, "Why bother to get medical advice if you don't listen." He said.

Hermione looked over at Alek with a straight face, "Advise is not a demand… we can choose to listen but not follow." She said with a shrug making the table laugh. "Besides…. Just so you know… LOVE can heal anything." She said her lips twitching slightly, making Viktor look over at her in surprise before he burst out laughing,

"I love you Mila…." Viktor said leaning over to kiss her curls, "I Fucking love you."