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Someday

Ch. 3 Unwanted Visitors

She stared blankly at Harry. Harry was indeed an attractive man, thanks to years of Quidditch.
"Well, don't just stand there. Answer me!" Her fury was increasing by the minute.
"I had to see you, Hermione. I'm so miserably knowing that we left Hogwarts the way we did."
"Well, maybe you should have thought of that before insulting me and my intelligence. Now go away!"
He allowed himself in the doorway and took grab of her shoulders.
"Not until you talk to me! I'm not leaving here until you sit down and you listen to what I have to say."
She tried her best to take his hands off of her shoulders. "I don't have to listen to anything that I don't want! I came up here to be alone, to try and forget about you and Ron, to have a little bit of peace in my life. I think I deserve that! Now leave me alone!!"
"You heard what she said, Potter. It'd be best if you left her alone." Draco strolled in, wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt and flip flops. Hermione couldn't help but admire his arm muscles for a fleeting moment before remembering the problem at hand.
"Malfoy what the fuck are you doing here?" Harry demanded.
"I was simply strolling by, wanting to meet the neighbors; I heard Granger's voice and decided to walk by. The door was left open so I walked right in."
"I don't need you to back me up, Malfoy. Get the hell out of here! And you too Harry! All of you, out!" Hermione started shooing the boys out of the house.
"You know, Potter, it's kind of pathetic really."
"Excuse me?"
"You came all the way from your sad excuse of a home to tell Granger here that you're sorry for some fight that she probably caused."
"Fuck you, Malfoy!" Hermione glared.
Harry stepped up to Malfoy, sizing him up.
"I'd say you have about two seconds before I completely knock your block off."
"I'd say both of you having about 1 second to leave before I call the authorities! This is ridiculous! Get the hell out!"
But neither Draco nor Harry heard Hermione.
"Potter, you are beyond sad. You come here, prepared to declare your love to Granger and hope she accepts your apology, and you won't even listen when she wants you to leave. Oh yea, you've got true, deep meaningful feelings for her, don't ya." Draco taunted mercilessly.
"Alright, that's it!" Harry took one swing at Draco and hit him right in the lip.
"Harry that's enough!" Hermione yelled. "Get out of my house, now!" She pushed Harry through the doorway.
"You know, Hermione, someday you'll need me, to protect you, to help you, and I won't be there." He stalked off the doorway, leaving Hermione to tend to Draco.
"Okay, Malfoy, now what the hell are you doing here?" Hermione got up and went to the freezer and grabbed a cube of ice.
"Like I said, I was passing by and I heard voices."
"Fuck you, Malfoy. Now try the truth." She put the ice cube in a paper towel and handed it to Malfoy to put over his lip. She was getting extremely irritated and wanted him so desperately to leave so that she could take a bath and read.
"I walked by, heard you and Potter arguing and figured you could use the help. I'm your knight and shining armor now, you owe me a token of appreciation." He smiled in his mocking way and puckered his lips. Instead, he received a slap.
"Malfoy you are so infuriating! Get out and leave me alone!" She shoved him off the couch where he sat down and led him towards the doorway. "Go repulse some one else for a change!"
"Oh, but Granger it's so much fun with you." Draco turned around and planted his lips onto Hermione's. The fire burning in Hermione's eyes suddenly traveled down to her mouth as Draco's hot kiss caught her by surprise. She was taken by the intensity of the kiss, but then pushed him away.
"Get out!" She screamed and with that Draco left, not with out a smug look on his face. He had riled her up, just like he wanted. This was going to be more fun than he thought.
Hermione slammed the door behind Draco and let out a scream. Her temples were throbbing and her face was flush. She ran to her bedroom and began drawing a hot bath. She added soothing vanilla bath salts, vanilla bubble bath and vanilla body oil into the tub. She turned on the jets to the Jacuzzi and let it sit as she went to her room to find a good book. She picked up the romance novel she had been reading (Hermione was such a sucker for the dark handsome men she always reads about) and went to the kitchen for a glass of light wine. She picked up the CD to the muggle singer "Enya" and headed back to the bathroom. The bubbles filled the top layer of water and the room smelled very romantic. Grabbing a bunch of candles from under the sink, Hermione charmed each of them to float while burning. She dropped her robe and stripped off her pajamas and underwear, and threw her hair up in a clip. She gingerly stepped into the tub and soaked into the warm water. With a flick of her hand, Enya's soft rhythms filled the air and Hermione put her head back on the waffle pillow.
Her lips still burning from the quick but passionate kiss Draco had given her. Feelings that she had never quite felt before stirred deep with in her.
Malfoy's obnoxious! She thought. He's arrogant, overly egotistical, pompous, proud, and too fond of his looks! Granted, he did look good in the tight t shirt he had been wearing, but that wasn't the point. She hated him. She hated him with all the fury and passion she could muster towards one person. He taunted her, ridiculed her, harassed her, humiliated her, and he enjoyed every single moment of it.
Harry had pissed her off even more this evening than Draco had. How dare he to come up to her private home and expect an apology and for everything to be like they were. Things may never be the same between the Trio, and Harry's words rang out in her head. "Someday you'll need me to protect you, to help you and I won't be there." Sadness squeezed at her heart a bit at the painful thought of knowing that their friendship was in shambles.
The let the anger fade as she slowly sipped the wine from the glass she brought in. She picked up her romance novel; Jason and Kiley awaited her. She loved the romance/mystery novels. They always intrigued her, trying to figure out the mystery before the end of the book, and the heroic young man who's heart was bleeding out to the book's heroine, telling her how madly in love he was with her and how desperately he needed to be with her, right then and there, made Hermione's knees go weak.
"Oh, to be loved like that." she murmured.
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Draco watched Hermione hustle and bustle between her room, the kitchen and the bathroom through his little hiding place. She was getting ready to take a bath, and the though of her smooth skin and supple breasts made Draco's erection hurt more than it already had.
The kiss they had shared set off fireworks in his stomach, although he did not show it. The fury in with which he kissed her in pissed her off so much it made Draco smile a bit when he thought of how angry she was as she shoved him out of the house. He wanted her body, wanted to devour her. He groaned at the discomfort in his jeans.
He hated Granger with such ardor that it drove him nuts just thinking about her. She was too smart for her own good, and she had better watch that mouth of hers before he ripped it off of her face. Yes, indeed, she would be a challenge, but the thought of rocking Hermione in her bed would make it all worth it. He smiled and quickly escaped from his hiding spot and headed towards his own abode.