eyo! i'm in north carolina, i'm so sorry that it's taken so long to update, i haven't really had much time. we've been doing a lot of stuff outside but i pretty much just got some time to chill in my room so yeah. but you guys don't care, haha, so here's the next chapter.

just a warning, later in the chapter, there's talk of beating and whipping and stuff like that so if you don't enjoy reading that, skip it.

chapter five:

hermione awoke, draco still holding her, not as tight since he was asleep, but his grip on her forearms was strong none-the-less. she blinked, trying to get the sleep out of her eyes. her chest was against draco's, and she noticed that her hair had been tucked behind her ear sometime when she was sleeping. he was still breathing steadily, his chest rising up and down, as she lifted his arms up and off her body so that she could get up and get ready for the day.

when she had finally gotten out of his arms without waking him, she sat up and glanced down at the man she loved. his chest was rising up and down, his face contorted in a peaceful expression, the corners of his lips curling into a slight smile. the blanket was still covering him, coming just up to his nipples. hermione got up and rose to her feet, trying to be as quiet as she could, but still hearing the crunch of the sleeping bag beneath her feet as she rose. draco sniffed slightly, arousing from his slumber. he sleepily blinked his eyes, waking up slightly more.

"babe? what are you doing?" he said groggily, bringing his hands up to rub his eyes sleepily.

"i didn't want to wake you, i just was going to go get ready for the day and get some fresh air." hermione said, kneeling down and caressing his forearm.

"oh. why didn't you wake me?"

"you looked so peaceful, and i wanted to let you sleep some more."

"oh, thanks, but wake me up next time. okay?"

"sure."

"i just don't want you to go somewhere and get hurt because then i won't know where you went so i won't be able to find you." draco said as he sat up groggily and pulled hermione into his lap.

"mm." hermione moaned as draco caressed the back of her neck with kisses.

draco pulled his lips away from her neck and rested his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close. she snuggled into his warm embrace, fully accepting the gesture. she was still in her clothes from yesterday, she didn't really have the energy to change out of them last night what with everything that had happened. the feelings and memories of what she had heard came rushing back in a tidal wave of emotions. a tear escaped from her tear duct and draco was quick to wipe it away with a gentle hand that he brought up from her waist.

"come, lets get ready, love." draco whispered in her ear, his lips ghosting her earlobe. she shivered as a chill rippled through her spine from the small touch.

"okay." hermione whispered, as she got up and extended a hand out to draco to pull him up too.

the pair held hands as draco gently pulled her over to the bag of clothes, when he realized that he had only bought one pair of clothes for both of them when he had gone out shopping. hermione looked at him with a puzzled look on her face as he turned to face her with a goofy look on his face.

"looks like it's time to go shopping." draco told her.

"we're in the middle of no where, and we don't have a car, so how will we get ther-" hermione started before she struggled out an "oh."

"will you be ok if we apparate?" draco said, knowing how much she hated apparating because of how many times she had to with ron and harry. most of the times when the trio had done it, either harry or ron would get spliced, leaving hermione to fix them, and seeing them all bloody and writhing on the ground. it was not a great experience for her, so she hated apparating from then on.

"i think so." hermione said quietly, battling with her inner self about whether or not she should do this.

"okay. i love you baby." draco said as he used his thumb and index finger to tilt her head up towards him, so he could lean in for a kiss.

"i love you too." she mumbled against his lips.

he pulled away, taking her into his embrace and holding her tight against him. he thought of a city that he and his parents visited when they needed new clothes. it was a muggle city, with no wizards, but it was a good place to go when you needed something.

seattle, washington.

if anyone had been around while they apparated away, they would have only heard a loud pop as the pair disappeared.

when they appeared where he wanted them, they were in a loud bustling city, full of people and honking cars. hermione immediately covered her ears with her hands because of the loud noise. she was a different person now that the battle of hogwarts was over, and she hadn't changed for the better. she was sensitive to loud noises and lots of people, and this entire place triggered her.

draco immediately noticed and felt terrible for not realizing that this might not be the best place to bring a recently traumatized hermione. he pulled her into the nearest empty ally, holding her as tight as he could without hurting her. she was whimpering and covering her ears with her hands, trying to block out all the noise she could with her hands. draco slowly pried her hands off her ears, trying to get her to adjust to her surroundings as best she could. his arms quickly whipped up and grabbed her hands before she covered her ears again, which he knew only made it worse, but she had to get used to it or else she would never be able to be in a city again.

slowly, hermione stopped struggling against his grip. her knees gave out, and she collapsed into dracos arms. draco quickly picked her up, bridal style, holding her close, as she tightly hung onto his neck and buried her head into his neck. he kissed her forehead, trying to get her to calm down as best he could.

"hermione, we have to get supplies before we can go back to camp. i know this is hard for you but you have to try to pull through for me. focus on my voice, focus on my grip against you, listen for my heartbeat. you're not having a heart attack, there's nothing wrong with you, you're just panicking. breathe baby, breathe." draco paused, noticing how she relaxed slightly into his arms at the sound of his voice. "that's it, baby, just relax. i know it's loud and there's a lot of people, and i know it's hard, but i'm here for you, i always will be. trust me, you'll pull through. just take a deep breath, and let it out slowly." he felt her chest rise slowly and shakily as she followed his instructions, relaxing even more. "good. i'm going to set you down now, you'll be ok. i promise."

draco lowered her to the floor, tilting her so her feet would hit the ground. she slowly stood on her own, gripping dracos hand tightly as she took another deep breath. she whispered a thanks to him and leaned into him, angling her head upwards so her lips could embrace his. his arms snaked around her waist, pulling her closer, deepening their kiss.

"mm." hermione moaned as his tongue slid into her mouth, uninvited but welcomed. their tongues touched each other, dancing. her lips continued to move around his, pushing against his. she felt a pressure up against the puddle already in between her legs as he got a boner. she was wet, and he was hard, the perfect combination for a different time. his cock stretched out as he got hard, and he knew he was pushing up against her wetness, but he was distracted from that fact when hermione gently bit down on his bottom lip. he groaned into her mouth, only turning her on more.

"i want to take you in this ally right now." draco whispered against her lips, his voice filled with lust for the woman.

"shouldn't we go somewhere more private? i would hate for someone to walk into this ally and see us fucking." she whispered, chuckling at the thought.

"fine, but we better find somewhere soon, before i have to take you against a building."

"you wouldn't."

"want to find out?"

"no, that would be bad for us."

hermione grabbed his hand and pulled him back into the city. she winced at how bright the sun was as it hit her eyes. she saw a clothes store across the street, and suddenly got an idea. she pulled him across the crossway once it was safe to go. they ran across, wet and hard, wanting to have each other as soon as possible. they entered the building and hermione quickly browsed the racks, looking for something to bring into a changing room so they didn't look so suspicious. the store was crowded, which only benefited the pair. since it was so loud, it was likely that no one would notice the moans coming from a changing room when they made love.

quickly grabbing something off the rack, hermione pulled draco into a vacant changing room, slamming the door and locking it. the minute it was locked, his lips slammed into hers, passionately kissing her while she was against the door of the room. he was still hard, and she was practically soaked by how wet he had made her. his hands cupped her butt, pulling her against him as he trailed possesive kisses down her neck. her head hit the door as she moaned as he bit down on the skin around her pressure point, and the sound only made him growl.

her hands quickly found his pants and yanked them down, along with his boxers, exposing his fully hard member. she unbuttoned his shirt, wanting to see all of him before he entered her. when his shirt was unbuttoned, he quickly yanked her shirt off her, leaving her in a bra and pants. pants that were quickly pulled down to pool around her ankles, and underwear soon followed. the bra was quickly unclipped and thrown onto the floor, leaving her breasts exposed to the eager man.

with one hard thrust, he entered the woman, making her rise to her tippy toes from the entrance of his cock into his opening. his cock was quickly coated with her sex, lubricating it, while neither of them caring that she could get pregnant from his lack of condom. both of them wanting this right here and right now. draco felt her walls tighten around his cock, which only made him thrust harder and harder, hitting every good spot she could possibly hope to be hit.

anyone who walked by the changing rooms wouldn't have been able to notice it because of the commotion from the inside of the store, but the changing room was filled with the loud moans of the pair as the woman was violently fucked. dracos cock entered her as hard as he could thrust, which was quite hard, making her scream out in esctacy. the scream was quickly muffled by his lips slamming into hers, the noises erupting from her had become too much for him to handle as his hips kept up the vicious thrusts. he had no intent of slowing the movements, even as he felt hermione come onto his cock, fully lubricating it for more thrusts as he reached his climax. both of them went through a orgasm that completely spent all of their remaining energy, both moaning out each others name, feeling their bodies complete the orgasm.

dracos cum erupted into her body, and her cum spurt out onto his cock, both not caring about whatever mess they would make in the room. draco left his cock inside of her as she fully leaned on him, and he leaned on her, pushing her into the door. neither of them had the energy to stand completely on their own. cum was dripping down both of them, slowly coming out of hermiones opening as draco slowly pulled out of her, getting a low moan from hermione and a growl from draco.

they embraced once again, lips pushing against lips. neither had the energy to use tongue, so draco just wrapped his arms around her waist and moved his head to rest on her shoulder. dracos cock was still pushing against her sex, which made her wet still from lust as his cock teased her opening. he didn't have the energy to go back into her after his orgasm, but he wanted to, and he knew she wanted him to, so he tried to make his best effort.

draco growled a low, determined growl and thrust slowly back into her, feeling her hips grind against him as he kept up slow patient movements. her walls were stretched, but the pain had long since turned into pleasure. as he kept up his slow movements, hermione bit down on her bottom lip and closed her eyes. draco leaned his head down and started to suck on one of her perked nipples, which made her tense up and her walls get tight around him, which made it harder for him to thrust through her tight walls. he stopped his slow thrusts and looked up at hermione after he had released her nipple. she looked scared, more scared then he had ever seen her, and he grew worried as she stared at him with wide, panicked eyes. her body was tense and she was staring at him as he lifted his head to be eye level with her. she continued to stare, wide eyed, and her breathing was quickening as her chest rose and fell faster than before, her breathing accelerating, just like her heartbeat.

"babe, did i do something wrong?" hermione stared. "did i suck too hard?" still only a stare. "baby, seriously, did i suck too hard? did i hurt you? what happened?"

draco caressed her cheek, feeling her relax at the familiar touch. her features relaxed and she closed her eyes and leaned into his hand. as he cupped her face, he tried to figure out what had happened when he sucked on her breast. she had never acted like this before when he sucked on her nipples, but this time she had reacted in a way that he never thought she would react to his touch. she had completely freaked out when he had sucked, but she was relaxed when he started touching her cheek in a familiar way. to draco, she seemed normal now, but he didn't want to push anything too far and make her freak out again, so he grabbed her shirt and helped her back into it. she buttoned his shirt while he tried to dry off his cock and her legs as best he could. he then pulled up both his and her pants and underwear.

she seemed completely normal now, even like it had never happened. she wasn't necessarily smiling at him, but she wasn't frowning or pouting. her eyes were still lustful, just not as much as before when they had started. she was still wet, he noticed when he pulled her underwear up. he had left kisses on her inner thighs that trailed up to her stomach. he avoided her breasts, not wanting to trigger anything again, but continued his trail up her neck. once he reached her lips, he didn't quite kiss her, his lips just ghosted over hers.

"i love you." he whispered against her soft lips.

"i love you." she whispered back, her tone soft, still recovering from whatever had happened.

then they kissed, grabbed the shirt she had grabbed off the rack and walked out of the room. there were still lots of people, although the noise had died down, still not enough that anyone would have heard their moans, but enough to make a difference. he intertwined his fingers with hers, and she glanced up at him in admiration for what they had just done. the darkness that the lust had created in her eyes was gone, it was just love for him now. he was sore, and if he was sore, he felt bad for what she was feeling right now. in truth, she was having trouble walking, it hurt so bad. he had done her harder than he had ever, and he had hit lots of places that she didn't know she wanted hit. but everything felt so good that she hadn't wanted it so stop.

hermione pulled him over to the womens section, and she avoided the bra section, knowing that she had a perfectly good lace one on already. she went to the underwear section and found her size in lace underwear of different colors. draco smirked, a smirk unknown to her. she then browsed the shirts, and found a couple she liked which draco held for her. there was one that she had fallen in love with, it was a dark blue, button-up, silk t-shirt. the buttons were a shiny, metallic black. when you turned it in certain lighting, the light would reflect off of it in such a way that parts would shine, creating a color that she didn't know could exist.

draco loved seeing this side of hermione, the side of her that stared at something with passion that no one else would have looked at the same way. he could stare at her forever, seeing her this happy made his heart flutter inside his chest. she stared at the shirts, lost in thought, looking at the colors, sizes, everything. and he stared at her, lost in thought, looking at her eyes, her smile, her hair.

hermione broke him out of his trance soon enough when she pulled him over to the womens pants section. immediately, she was attracted to high wasted, black jeans. the left knee was missing, and right above the right knee was ripped just enough for it to be perfect. the black was like a matt color, since it wasn't silk or anything, it was the jean material. soon after, she had picked out a pair of blue jeans with lots of rips, a pair of leggings that were camo colored, two pairs of black leggings and a pair of adidas, black sweatpants with a white stripe down the sides.

after she had found some socks, hermione dragged draco to the mens clothes. she looked over at him and smirked, making him nervous. she had something planned, he knew, and he was nervous about when he would find out what she was planning.

"ooo, here, this one!" hermione said after finding a zip up, leather jacket. there was a zipper on the left side that revealed a pocket when unzipped. the jacket was black, and it shined in the lighting of the store, which had made hermione spot it on the racks. she had found it, but didn't know dracos size, so she let him pick that out. of course he obliged, knowing it would upset her if he didn't, even though he was never quite the fan of leather jackets. he had to admit, she did have an eye for sexy clothes, and the jacket sure as hell was one sexy thing. when he had found his size, he put it on and let hermione see it on him. seeing him in that jacket turned her on something fierce, but they had just had sex in a changing room, and she was still sore from his hard thrusts.

he took it off, and put it over his arm along with the clothes that hermione had picked out that he had handed to her while he tried on the jacket. his taste in clothes was more professional clothing. because of his father and his upbringing, he was forced to grow up and mature faster than he should have. his life had quickly escalated for the worst when his father had started beating him. beating draco gave lucious a sense of strength and control over the boy, and of course, being the man he was, he enjoyed that sense of strength. draco was neglected by his father, losing meals, becoming way too skinny and weak for his age. his mother had never caught up on what lucious was doing to her boy, she was caught with her own problems with lucious. lucious beat her too, not as often as draco, but enough to make the woman complient with his every wish out of fear of the next beating. draco didn't get off so easy with his father. his father beat him quite often, causing draco to have to fend for himself and cover up the bruises and cuts his father would leave. when he was able to, draco would find a way out of the malfoy manner to go to a shop and buy more makeup that was of his skin tone. most of it was quite expensive, since he had to buy an extensive amount, but he didn't care. he didn't want people to know of the beatings, all it would make them feel is pity, and draco didn't need or want anyones pity.

draco dreaded his home. every time he went there, he would get beat. when he went to bed in his dark room, his body would sting with the feel of the beating from earlier. most of the time, it was just punches or slaps, but some times his father would use a belt. belts were the worst, and draco had stopped wearing belts because he couldn't take the feel of them. he couldn't bare the way they reminded him of the sting his father would provide. draco would be standing there one second, and the next, his father would be whipping him with a belt, and all draco could feel was the sting that the thick leather would hit on his arms and torso. the second the belt whipped his body, a sensation would run through him, and not a good one. the leather would bite his skin, feeling more like a backhand than a belt. the bite would sting, and it would leave quite the bruise, and if it wasn't a bruise, it was a bright red mark.

draco had quickly learned that his father would take his anger, frustration, and just over all feelings, out on draco. it was quickly accepted by the boy, and by a young age, he had learned that this was his lifestyle, and that it wasn't going to change. of course, he wished it would change, but he knew that as long as his father had the ability to find draco, it wouldn't ever stop.

"draco?" hermione said, staring at her boyfriend's distant look as his eyes clouded over and his features tensed.

he snapped out of his thoughts immediately, remembering where he was and who he was with. immediately, he brought his head down towards hers and put his lips against hers. his free arm snaked around her waist, going up her shirt and rubbing her skin underneath her bra clasp. one of her hands snaked up his torso and landed behind his head, pulling him closer to him, deepening the kiss.

"i love you so much. i always will." draco whispered against her lips in between hasty kisses.

"i love you too, baby." hermione said.

when they parted, hermiones face was flushed with the sudden rush of emotions that draco had just provided her with. everything she could ever wish for was standing in front of her, and all she wanted was for him to never leave her and know that he was all she would ever need in this life. nothing would be the same now that they were together. the world had changed for the both of them.

hermione and draco had always been the background characters in their stories. never once had someone thought to take the time to consider what draco had gone through that would make him the way he was, all they thought when they saw him was how horrible he was to people, and they resented him for that. of course, this pained draco deeply, but he had a hard life, he couldn't stop to care what people thought about him, he had to keep moving forward. he didn't have time for friends, all they did was slow him down, he had learned that early on. his father had always kept him inside, depriving him of the vitamin d that he needed, which added to his already pale complexion, making him deathly pale. hermione had always been neglected by harry and ron. they had only used her for her smarts and companionship. early in their first year, they had made fun of hermione, they didn't really care, until it mattered most and they depended on her to find the philosiphers stone. everything else, they had just used her for her smarts, not really caring what happened to her. she was always in the background, never feeling like a real part of the golden trio. lately it had become bad enough to where she had seriously contemplated leaving the trio. when they had the amulet and when they would take turns wearing it, they would lash out at her, fighting amongst each other. they made her apparate, never once even noticing what it did to her even just to think of having to do it. constantly both draco and hermione were used only to benefit people, and they were tired of it.

but now? now they were together. now they didn't have to worry. now they didn't have to even consider their pasts. now everything was forgiven as they were accepted and implored by their soulmate. now they could relax and truly live. now their past was gone, everything was different. now they didn't have to wake up and dread living another day just because of the thought of their friends and family.

now? now they had found love.

sorry that i haven't updated in forever. this one took me forever to write, and it was quite painful to write a lot of it. i'm trying to write as much as i can, but it's hard to when i'm almost never able to write since we're constantly in the car and hiking. spring break is almost over, so i should have more time to update soon.