Chapter Six: Face to Face
The club was wall-to-wall people and Draco decided that while the night had been fun it was time for him to leave, looking down at his watch, he saw it was 2:00 am. Not that it really mattered he never started work before lunchtime so he could sleep in.
Hermione looked down at her watch as she reached the front of the club, and saw that is was just passed 2:00 am. The door opened and the soulful sound of Norah Jones poured out, not noticing the man that was leaving the club Hermione plowed right into a very hard very muscular chest, her hands snaked around his waist so that she could regain her balance. "Oh, I am so sorry!" She exclaimed. The scent of expensive spicy after shave floated to her nostrils and Hermione took an appreciative sniff.
"That's alright," Draco had his arms around the woman that had tried to knock him over. "Are you alright?" He said his voice tinged with concern. The woman in his harms was soft and curvy and when he looked down he was able to look straight down her top and into the shadow between her breasts. The scent of a floral fragrance wafted up and Draco couldn't help but breath in deeply the fresh and feminine scent of the woman in his arms.
"I'm fine, thank you." It was then that Hermione looked up and gasped. She was looking into familiar blue grey eyes, which had widened in shock. "Malfoy?" Hermione asked.
"Granger, what are you doing here?" He asked.
Hermione thought for a moment and decided that the truth was the best way to go she had nothing to lose. "I was looking for you actually." She said.
"Why," the familiar scowl was on Draco's face and Hermione could not help but wince at it. Though on the outside Draco looked furious on the inside he felt a small stab of pleasure before he quickly shut it down and told himself to get a grip.
"In all honesty Malfoy, I think that this is a conversation that we best have in private, you never know who could over hear us." Hermione said looking around her. They were getting strange looks from the people around them because Hermione was still in Draco's arms. Draco looked around him, grabbed Hermione by the arm and stalked off down the street. Hermione could barley keep up with him because of his long stride and the fact that she was trying to run in her high heels.
Draco did not say a word until they were in his apartment, Hermione saw the caramel sofa and smiled and she went and sat down on it.
"Why were you looking for me?" His voice was harsh and Hermione cringed.
"Look Draco, I work for the Ministry now, I am an unspeakable, so I really can't tell you too much about what I do. Generally I deal wit. mysteries however, occasionally I get special requests to find people that have been missing since the end of the war. I get asked because I am good at it; I have never failed to find someone. But that is not what you asked. You want to know why I am looking for you specifically, and I have to tell you even I do not know that one. Two days ago I received a message from Ron, he's the Minister of Magic now, (a look of disgust came over Draco's face) to find you as a special request from Professor Dumbledore." Hermione chose to ignore the look that had passed over his face at the mention of Ron. Hermione was looking intently at Draco while she talked and what she saw she liked, he was taller, over 6 foot and she knew for a fact that under his shirt was a muscular body, it had almost hurt her when she ran into it because it was so hard.
"You expect me to believe that?" Draco looked at her incredulously.
"Of course I expect you to believe that, it is the truth." Hermione was a little confused at his questioning her because she did not lie.
"Well you found me, now what?" Draco's eyes had regained their icyness and Hermione was beginning to feel intimidated though she did not want Draco to know this. 'Hermione has changed' Draco thought, 'in that dress she looks like pure sin, and the fact that she knew how to style her hair now worked wonders for her,' Draco did a mental head shake and focused on what she was saying to him.
"Well I promised Professor Dumbledore that I would take you to him. So I guess when you are ready I will create a portkey and we will go to Hogwarts to see him." Hermione looked up at Draco and watching him pacing the room.
"What makes you think that I want to go back to Hogwarts, or to the wizarding world?" Draco asked.
Hermione was taken aback by this. "What do you mean? Don't you want to come back and see why Dumbledore wants to see you?"
"I am happy here Hermione, happy, for the first time in my life and I don't you or Dumbledore coming here and ruining everything!" Draco was so angry that his normally pale face was tinged with red. Hermione caught herself thinking that she had never seen a man who looked more gorgeous.
"You just called me Hermione." She said stupidly, she was still in shock with herself for still thinking about him in a way that was totally inappropriate to her assignment.
"What are you talking about? Oh, yes well you called me Draco so I thought that well. never mind that now." He was still red in the face but this time it was because of embarrassment. In his mind he always thought of her as Hermione, but he didn't want her to know that.
"Well, look Dumbledore wouldn't have asked me to find you if it wasn't important. Draco please will you come back with me?" Hermione didn't want to beg him but with the way things were going it looked like she was going to have to.
"I told you, I am happy living here as a muggle, my life is simple and I don't have to worry about. people," he said after a slight pause.
"You mean your father don't' you?" Hermione asked wisely. She had suspected for a long time that Lucius Malfoy had been an overbearing and controlling man, and the fact that he even had his own wife under the Imperious curse without the knowledge of his son, was disturbing. Lucius Malfoy was forced to take Veritaserum so that they would be able to know the truth once and for all. Hermione had been present at his hearing, as she was a member of the Wizengamot, the youngest ever. Lucius had also admitted to beating his son and forcing him to be a deatheater, though he admitted that he had failed this as Draco had escaped him before the ceremony could be preformed. It was around this time that Hermione began to feel sorry for her one time enemy and in fact began to understand his behaviour, because if he hadn't acted as he had then he would have suffered more beatings at the hands of his father. While Hermione thought that perhaps if the situations had been reversed she would have acted differently but she did understand his need for self-preservation. "Draco, I'm not sure if you heard anything considering your absence from the wizarding world, but your father he was caught and named as a deatheater by many reliable witnesses, and he was tried in front of the Wizengamot and found guilty, as a result of his horrific crimes to not only muggles, muggle-born's and wizards and witches, including placing your mother under the Imperious curse, he was found guilty." Hermione looked over at Draco who had sunk onto the sofa next to her at the news that his mother had been under the Imperious curse.
He held his head in his hands as tentatively asked, "what happened to him?"
Hermione looked over at him and placed a hand on his muscular forearm, "I was there, I saw it happen and there was nothing anyone could do. after he confessed a dementor swooped down on him and. well. he kissed him, I'm sorry Draco."
Draco looked down at Hermione's hand and placed one of his over hers. "It is ok, I guess in a way I am relieved and a little guilty at feeling relieved. How is my mother?"
"I don't really know, Professor Dumbledore looked after her for a while and helped her come to terms with all that had happened, but I haven't seen her since after the trial."
All of the news that Hermione had given Draco was making him feel tired and the fact that the wall clock read 4:37 am was another reason. Hermione yawned witch triggered Draco to do the same.
"Sorry about that but it has been a long day, and an even longer one for you. I am going to go now, I know where to find you and I will come to see you again, I made a promise that I intend to see fulfilled. You, however have a lot to think about." Hermione looked over at him and realised that they were still holding hands, however she made no more to remover hers, it felt nice to have Draco hold her hand though Hermione was a little confused at the warm feelings that the simple act was giving her. Draco was also looking at their entwined hands and the same warm feelings were rushing through his body. It was these warm feelings that had him opening his mouth and saying, "You are more than welcome to spend the night here, I don't have a spare bed but you are welcome to share mine, I promise not to attack you during the night."
Hermione looked into his eyes and searched them for a moment, apparently she saw what she was looking for because she smiled and said, "that would be much appreciated and I do trust you Draco besides if you get a little frisky I have my wand I you know that I know some good jinx's that I can use." They both laughed and tugging Hermione buy the hand they both stood and went to Draco's bedroom.
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A/N: Ta muchly to Befuzzled and xoxmalfoysminexox for reviewing! I'm glad you like it and hope that this new chapter is to your liking.
Ta again Avri!!! I hope that you enjoy this Draco filled chapter, he is pretty much going to be in it the whole time for the rest of the story, so I'm glad that you like it! :)
Sorry that this is short, well I think it's short anyway but that looked like a good place to stop however never fear I have a couple of ideas and the next chapter will be up shortly, how am I doing with the whole updating thing anyway? I think I am being quite quick but then again you may not agree!! Lol!
I have an idea for another fanfic! It is going to be pure fluff featuring all of your fave characters, so look out for it, I don't know when I will be able to post it but hopefully it will be soon!
Remember you can e-mail me at spaced_out_space_cadet@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for this story!
The club was wall-to-wall people and Draco decided that while the night had been fun it was time for him to leave, looking down at his watch, he saw it was 2:00 am. Not that it really mattered he never started work before lunchtime so he could sleep in.
Hermione looked down at her watch as she reached the front of the club, and saw that is was just passed 2:00 am. The door opened and the soulful sound of Norah Jones poured out, not noticing the man that was leaving the club Hermione plowed right into a very hard very muscular chest, her hands snaked around his waist so that she could regain her balance. "Oh, I am so sorry!" She exclaimed. The scent of expensive spicy after shave floated to her nostrils and Hermione took an appreciative sniff.
"That's alright," Draco had his arms around the woman that had tried to knock him over. "Are you alright?" He said his voice tinged with concern. The woman in his harms was soft and curvy and when he looked down he was able to look straight down her top and into the shadow between her breasts. The scent of a floral fragrance wafted up and Draco couldn't help but breath in deeply the fresh and feminine scent of the woman in his arms.
"I'm fine, thank you." It was then that Hermione looked up and gasped. She was looking into familiar blue grey eyes, which had widened in shock. "Malfoy?" Hermione asked.
"Granger, what are you doing here?" He asked.
Hermione thought for a moment and decided that the truth was the best way to go she had nothing to lose. "I was looking for you actually." She said.
"Why," the familiar scowl was on Draco's face and Hermione could not help but wince at it. Though on the outside Draco looked furious on the inside he felt a small stab of pleasure before he quickly shut it down and told himself to get a grip.
"In all honesty Malfoy, I think that this is a conversation that we best have in private, you never know who could over hear us." Hermione said looking around her. They were getting strange looks from the people around them because Hermione was still in Draco's arms. Draco looked around him, grabbed Hermione by the arm and stalked off down the street. Hermione could barley keep up with him because of his long stride and the fact that she was trying to run in her high heels.
Draco did not say a word until they were in his apartment, Hermione saw the caramel sofa and smiled and she went and sat down on it.
"Why were you looking for me?" His voice was harsh and Hermione cringed.
"Look Draco, I work for the Ministry now, I am an unspeakable, so I really can't tell you too much about what I do. Generally I deal wit. mysteries however, occasionally I get special requests to find people that have been missing since the end of the war. I get asked because I am good at it; I have never failed to find someone. But that is not what you asked. You want to know why I am looking for you specifically, and I have to tell you even I do not know that one. Two days ago I received a message from Ron, he's the Minister of Magic now, (a look of disgust came over Draco's face) to find you as a special request from Professor Dumbledore." Hermione chose to ignore the look that had passed over his face at the mention of Ron. Hermione was looking intently at Draco while she talked and what she saw she liked, he was taller, over 6 foot and she knew for a fact that under his shirt was a muscular body, it had almost hurt her when she ran into it because it was so hard.
"You expect me to believe that?" Draco looked at her incredulously.
"Of course I expect you to believe that, it is the truth." Hermione was a little confused at his questioning her because she did not lie.
"Well you found me, now what?" Draco's eyes had regained their icyness and Hermione was beginning to feel intimidated though she did not want Draco to know this. 'Hermione has changed' Draco thought, 'in that dress she looks like pure sin, and the fact that she knew how to style her hair now worked wonders for her,' Draco did a mental head shake and focused on what she was saying to him.
"Well I promised Professor Dumbledore that I would take you to him. So I guess when you are ready I will create a portkey and we will go to Hogwarts to see him." Hermione looked up at Draco and watching him pacing the room.
"What makes you think that I want to go back to Hogwarts, or to the wizarding world?" Draco asked.
Hermione was taken aback by this. "What do you mean? Don't you want to come back and see why Dumbledore wants to see you?"
"I am happy here Hermione, happy, for the first time in my life and I don't you or Dumbledore coming here and ruining everything!" Draco was so angry that his normally pale face was tinged with red. Hermione caught herself thinking that she had never seen a man who looked more gorgeous.
"You just called me Hermione." She said stupidly, she was still in shock with herself for still thinking about him in a way that was totally inappropriate to her assignment.
"What are you talking about? Oh, yes well you called me Draco so I thought that well. never mind that now." He was still red in the face but this time it was because of embarrassment. In his mind he always thought of her as Hermione, but he didn't want her to know that.
"Well, look Dumbledore wouldn't have asked me to find you if it wasn't important. Draco please will you come back with me?" Hermione didn't want to beg him but with the way things were going it looked like she was going to have to.
"I told you, I am happy living here as a muggle, my life is simple and I don't have to worry about. people," he said after a slight pause.
"You mean your father don't' you?" Hermione asked wisely. She had suspected for a long time that Lucius Malfoy had been an overbearing and controlling man, and the fact that he even had his own wife under the Imperious curse without the knowledge of his son, was disturbing. Lucius Malfoy was forced to take Veritaserum so that they would be able to know the truth once and for all. Hermione had been present at his hearing, as she was a member of the Wizengamot, the youngest ever. Lucius had also admitted to beating his son and forcing him to be a deatheater, though he admitted that he had failed this as Draco had escaped him before the ceremony could be preformed. It was around this time that Hermione began to feel sorry for her one time enemy and in fact began to understand his behaviour, because if he hadn't acted as he had then he would have suffered more beatings at the hands of his father. While Hermione thought that perhaps if the situations had been reversed she would have acted differently but she did understand his need for self-preservation. "Draco, I'm not sure if you heard anything considering your absence from the wizarding world, but your father he was caught and named as a deatheater by many reliable witnesses, and he was tried in front of the Wizengamot and found guilty, as a result of his horrific crimes to not only muggles, muggle-born's and wizards and witches, including placing your mother under the Imperious curse, he was found guilty." Hermione looked over at Draco who had sunk onto the sofa next to her at the news that his mother had been under the Imperious curse.
He held his head in his hands as tentatively asked, "what happened to him?"
Hermione looked over at him and placed a hand on his muscular forearm, "I was there, I saw it happen and there was nothing anyone could do. after he confessed a dementor swooped down on him and. well. he kissed him, I'm sorry Draco."
Draco looked down at Hermione's hand and placed one of his over hers. "It is ok, I guess in a way I am relieved and a little guilty at feeling relieved. How is my mother?"
"I don't really know, Professor Dumbledore looked after her for a while and helped her come to terms with all that had happened, but I haven't seen her since after the trial."
All of the news that Hermione had given Draco was making him feel tired and the fact that the wall clock read 4:37 am was another reason. Hermione yawned witch triggered Draco to do the same.
"Sorry about that but it has been a long day, and an even longer one for you. I am going to go now, I know where to find you and I will come to see you again, I made a promise that I intend to see fulfilled. You, however have a lot to think about." Hermione looked over at him and realised that they were still holding hands, however she made no more to remover hers, it felt nice to have Draco hold her hand though Hermione was a little confused at the warm feelings that the simple act was giving her. Draco was also looking at their entwined hands and the same warm feelings were rushing through his body. It was these warm feelings that had him opening his mouth and saying, "You are more than welcome to spend the night here, I don't have a spare bed but you are welcome to share mine, I promise not to attack you during the night."
Hermione looked into his eyes and searched them for a moment, apparently she saw what she was looking for because she smiled and said, "that would be much appreciated and I do trust you Draco besides if you get a little frisky I have my wand I you know that I know some good jinx's that I can use." They both laughed and tugging Hermione buy the hand they both stood and went to Draco's bedroom.
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A/N: Ta muchly to Befuzzled and xoxmalfoysminexox for reviewing! I'm glad you like it and hope that this new chapter is to your liking.
Ta again Avri!!! I hope that you enjoy this Draco filled chapter, he is pretty much going to be in it the whole time for the rest of the story, so I'm glad that you like it! :)
Sorry that this is short, well I think it's short anyway but that looked like a good place to stop however never fear I have a couple of ideas and the next chapter will be up shortly, how am I doing with the whole updating thing anyway? I think I am being quite quick but then again you may not agree!! Lol!
I have an idea for another fanfic! It is going to be pure fluff featuring all of your fave characters, so look out for it, I don't know when I will be able to post it but hopefully it will be soon!
Remember you can e-mail me at spaced_out_space_cadet@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for this story!