Chapter 7: Draco's Decisions and Conditions
Sunlight filtered in through the cracks in the blinds and highlighted the sleeping couple. During the night they had snuggled up to each other so Draco was spooned behind Hermione with his arms wrapped around her and she snuggled into him. Suddenly there was a loud buzzing from the bedside table and had Draco's arms not been around Hermione she would have hit the ceiling from fright. Draco reached around her and slammed his hand down and the buzzing stopped immediately. Hermione rolled over to face Draco and was caught again at how handsome he was even half asleep, Draco was thinking the same thing as a sleep rumpled Hermione looked him in the eye.
"I have to get ready for work now, how about you stay here and get some more sleep and meet me at work at 5:00 p.m., when I finish? We can get some food and talk more about. well everything."
"Sounds good to me." Hermione smiled at him as he rolled out of bed and watched his sexy ass walk into the bathroom wearing only a pair of satin green and silver boxers. Hermione rolled over and fell asleep, though a little while later she felt a pair of lips brush her forehead and a smiled settled on her face as she snuggled deep into the pillow she was hugging. Hermione dreamed that she was walking in a field that was filled with flowers and walking towards her was a man, she ran forward trying to see who he was but he disappeared before she could see his face, and she sat down and began to cry. Suddenly there was a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the blue grey of Draco, he wiped the tears from her cheeks and bent down and slowly kissed her lips. Hermione woke up at that point and there was a smile on her face, last night Draco had been the perfect gentleman and Hermione had to admit that she was a little surprised. She thought that Draco would have tried to put the moves on her since they were sharing a bed but he did nothing of the sort and Hermione found that she now had a respect for him that she didn't have previously. Thoughts of his kiss on her forehead kept her company through out the day and the smile would not leave her face.
Before leaving the apartment, Draco drew Hermione directions to his work so that she would have no trouble finding him later on in the day. Hermione spent a very lazy in Draco's apartment she felt very comfortable there, to her it felt like her own apartment. When it came time for her to leave Hermione e straightened the apartment and couldn't help but smile as she left and quickly looked around her before taking out her want and locking the apartment.
Still wearing the revealing outfit from the night before, Hermione was catching many appreciative glances from the men that she passed but they had no effect on her, her mind was on the gorgeous man that she was going to meet. When Hermione reached Draco's work she discreetly checked herself out in the front window to make sure that she looked her best, deciding that she looked as good as she was going to she pushed open the door and looked around for Draco. When he spotted her standing near the door Draco left Jan even though she had been in the middle of saying something, he sauntered over to her gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Hermione blushed and looked up at him with a smile, unable to resist Draco placed a light kiss on her lips grabbed her hand and shouting "good bye" to his work mates left the store.
Hermione was flushed in the face but was happy, all day she had thought about Draco and she liked the changes that she sensed in him. Draco had thought of nothing but Hermione all day, sleeping with her in his arms had felt like heaven and her sent had stayed with him all day making it very hard to concentrate on work.
They walked to a trendy little café for dinner and Hermione decided it was time to try to convince Draco to go to see Dumbledore. After ordering their meals Hermione looked up at Draco to find him looking directly at her, Hermione smiled and looked deep into his eyes.
"Draco, I think that it is time that we talked about you going to visit Dumbledore." Hermione blushed slightly but kept her head high, she had never believed in beating around the bush, especially when she thought that the topic was important.
"Hermione, why is it so important to you? I am happy as a muggle, something that I never thought was possible but amazingly I am. While in a way I am gladdened by the news that my father is no longer able to torment me my life as a wizard was not a happy one and I am in no hurry to return to that life."
"What if this time you could be happy? I'm sure that your mother wishes to see you now that she is herself and not a puppet of your fathers, though you and I didn't get along at Hogwarts and I never would have admitted then, you are a great wizard and I am sure that without your father there you would be able to build a happy life for yourself there. Besides it is unhealthy to suppress a part of yourself. Or have you been doing magic even while living as a muggle?"
The blush that tinged Draco's cheeks was answer enough and Hermione laughed softly. "Is it that important that I see Dumbledore?" he asked again, looking deep into her eyes as he did so. They paused as their food was delivered but as soon as the waitress disappeared they began their discussion again as if there had been no interruption.
"I wouldn't keep asking you if I didn't believe so. Besides I have never failed a mission and I know that you wouldn't like to ruin my perfect track record, would you?" Hermione was flirting with Draco, something that she never thought that she would be doing! Draco didn't seem to mind though.
"Ok, I will go to see Dumbledore, though I am making no promises as to weather I will stay or not," Hermione's face lit up at this and then, "however there is a condition." Hermione frowned and Draco looked positively gleeful.
"Um, ok what is your condition?" Hermione asked nervously. Again Draco flashed a purely evil smile.
"The condition is. (Hermione began to fidget at his pause) that you will spend the night with me." Hermione smiled at this.
"No problem, I did that last night so I guess I could do it again tonight."
"No I don't think that you catch my meaning, you will spend tonight with me and I doubt that we will get much sleep, I have other things in mind to keep us occupied."
Hermione blushed and dropped her fork with a clatter onto her plate. They caught some curious glances from the other diners however the couple took no notice of their surroundings. Hermione thought for a moment and continued to blush under Draco's stare. Draco appeared cool, calm and collected on the outside, however on the inside he was a quivering mess and something told him that her answer would change both of their lives forever.
"Draco, I. Um. wait, I want to get my wording right." She looked down at her hands and thought for a moment. "Draco I like you, but I have never. what I mean to say is that I, well I have never. well you know." Hermione's cheeks were flushed bright red and Draco's face split into a wide smile.
"Well then that would make it all the more special wouldn't it."
"I guess that. yes it would. Ok Draco I will but you have to understand if we do this I don't want a one night stand, you have to be serious about this because I will be expecting a commitment from you, and if you aren't prepared to make one then I will go see Dumbledore tonight and tell him where to find you."
"Hermione, I wouldn't offer you anything less. I promise you that this will not be a one night stand." Hermione smiled at Draco, and looking at her he stood up threw his napkin on the table opened his wallet and threw some bills on the table before grabbing Hermione's hand and led her from the café towards his home.
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A/N: Ok guys! Sorry that this one is a little short but that looked like a good place to stop. I will be posting soon, I hope! If I get stuck into the chapter it should be posted tonight, tomorrow at the latest! Hope you enjoyed!
I would like to thank michula, bunnie and avri (again :) ) avri, you deserve heaps and heaps of thanks because you have been my most frequent reviewer, so this chapter is just for you!! And thanks especially to michula for being honest! I hope that you are happy with this chapter and the developments between Draco and Hermione.
Remember spaced_out_space_cadet@hotmail.com if you wanna e-mail me, come on guys I need some suggestions, I'm gonna run out of plot soon enough!
Sunlight filtered in through the cracks in the blinds and highlighted the sleeping couple. During the night they had snuggled up to each other so Draco was spooned behind Hermione with his arms wrapped around her and she snuggled into him. Suddenly there was a loud buzzing from the bedside table and had Draco's arms not been around Hermione she would have hit the ceiling from fright. Draco reached around her and slammed his hand down and the buzzing stopped immediately. Hermione rolled over to face Draco and was caught again at how handsome he was even half asleep, Draco was thinking the same thing as a sleep rumpled Hermione looked him in the eye.
"I have to get ready for work now, how about you stay here and get some more sleep and meet me at work at 5:00 p.m., when I finish? We can get some food and talk more about. well everything."
"Sounds good to me." Hermione smiled at him as he rolled out of bed and watched his sexy ass walk into the bathroom wearing only a pair of satin green and silver boxers. Hermione rolled over and fell asleep, though a little while later she felt a pair of lips brush her forehead and a smiled settled on her face as she snuggled deep into the pillow she was hugging. Hermione dreamed that she was walking in a field that was filled with flowers and walking towards her was a man, she ran forward trying to see who he was but he disappeared before she could see his face, and she sat down and began to cry. Suddenly there was a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the blue grey of Draco, he wiped the tears from her cheeks and bent down and slowly kissed her lips. Hermione woke up at that point and there was a smile on her face, last night Draco had been the perfect gentleman and Hermione had to admit that she was a little surprised. She thought that Draco would have tried to put the moves on her since they were sharing a bed but he did nothing of the sort and Hermione found that she now had a respect for him that she didn't have previously. Thoughts of his kiss on her forehead kept her company through out the day and the smile would not leave her face.
Before leaving the apartment, Draco drew Hermione directions to his work so that she would have no trouble finding him later on in the day. Hermione spent a very lazy in Draco's apartment she felt very comfortable there, to her it felt like her own apartment. When it came time for her to leave Hermione e straightened the apartment and couldn't help but smile as she left and quickly looked around her before taking out her want and locking the apartment.
Still wearing the revealing outfit from the night before, Hermione was catching many appreciative glances from the men that she passed but they had no effect on her, her mind was on the gorgeous man that she was going to meet. When Hermione reached Draco's work she discreetly checked herself out in the front window to make sure that she looked her best, deciding that she looked as good as she was going to she pushed open the door and looked around for Draco. When he spotted her standing near the door Draco left Jan even though she had been in the middle of saying something, he sauntered over to her gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Hermione blushed and looked up at him with a smile, unable to resist Draco placed a light kiss on her lips grabbed her hand and shouting "good bye" to his work mates left the store.
Hermione was flushed in the face but was happy, all day she had thought about Draco and she liked the changes that she sensed in him. Draco had thought of nothing but Hermione all day, sleeping with her in his arms had felt like heaven and her sent had stayed with him all day making it very hard to concentrate on work.
They walked to a trendy little café for dinner and Hermione decided it was time to try to convince Draco to go to see Dumbledore. After ordering their meals Hermione looked up at Draco to find him looking directly at her, Hermione smiled and looked deep into his eyes.
"Draco, I think that it is time that we talked about you going to visit Dumbledore." Hermione blushed slightly but kept her head high, she had never believed in beating around the bush, especially when she thought that the topic was important.
"Hermione, why is it so important to you? I am happy as a muggle, something that I never thought was possible but amazingly I am. While in a way I am gladdened by the news that my father is no longer able to torment me my life as a wizard was not a happy one and I am in no hurry to return to that life."
"What if this time you could be happy? I'm sure that your mother wishes to see you now that she is herself and not a puppet of your fathers, though you and I didn't get along at Hogwarts and I never would have admitted then, you are a great wizard and I am sure that without your father there you would be able to build a happy life for yourself there. Besides it is unhealthy to suppress a part of yourself. Or have you been doing magic even while living as a muggle?"
The blush that tinged Draco's cheeks was answer enough and Hermione laughed softly. "Is it that important that I see Dumbledore?" he asked again, looking deep into her eyes as he did so. They paused as their food was delivered but as soon as the waitress disappeared they began their discussion again as if there had been no interruption.
"I wouldn't keep asking you if I didn't believe so. Besides I have never failed a mission and I know that you wouldn't like to ruin my perfect track record, would you?" Hermione was flirting with Draco, something that she never thought that she would be doing! Draco didn't seem to mind though.
"Ok, I will go to see Dumbledore, though I am making no promises as to weather I will stay or not," Hermione's face lit up at this and then, "however there is a condition." Hermione frowned and Draco looked positively gleeful.
"Um, ok what is your condition?" Hermione asked nervously. Again Draco flashed a purely evil smile.
"The condition is. (Hermione began to fidget at his pause) that you will spend the night with me." Hermione smiled at this.
"No problem, I did that last night so I guess I could do it again tonight."
"No I don't think that you catch my meaning, you will spend tonight with me and I doubt that we will get much sleep, I have other things in mind to keep us occupied."
Hermione blushed and dropped her fork with a clatter onto her plate. They caught some curious glances from the other diners however the couple took no notice of their surroundings. Hermione thought for a moment and continued to blush under Draco's stare. Draco appeared cool, calm and collected on the outside, however on the inside he was a quivering mess and something told him that her answer would change both of their lives forever.
"Draco, I. Um. wait, I want to get my wording right." She looked down at her hands and thought for a moment. "Draco I like you, but I have never. what I mean to say is that I, well I have never. well you know." Hermione's cheeks were flushed bright red and Draco's face split into a wide smile.
"Well then that would make it all the more special wouldn't it."
"I guess that. yes it would. Ok Draco I will but you have to understand if we do this I don't want a one night stand, you have to be serious about this because I will be expecting a commitment from you, and if you aren't prepared to make one then I will go see Dumbledore tonight and tell him where to find you."
"Hermione, I wouldn't offer you anything less. I promise you that this will not be a one night stand." Hermione smiled at Draco, and looking at her he stood up threw his napkin on the table opened his wallet and threw some bills on the table before grabbing Hermione's hand and led her from the café towards his home.
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A/N: Ok guys! Sorry that this one is a little short but that looked like a good place to stop. I will be posting soon, I hope! If I get stuck into the chapter it should be posted tonight, tomorrow at the latest! Hope you enjoyed!
I would like to thank michula, bunnie and avri (again :) ) avri, you deserve heaps and heaps of thanks because you have been my most frequent reviewer, so this chapter is just for you!! And thanks especially to michula for being honest! I hope that you are happy with this chapter and the developments between Draco and Hermione.
Remember spaced_out_space_cadet@hotmail.com if you wanna e-mail me, come on guys I need some suggestions, I'm gonna run out of plot soon enough!