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PREVIOUSLY:

He woke up first and watch as she slept so soundly. He must have stirred because Hermione rolled over and faced him.

"Hi, handsome," she said.

"Morning love,"

"That was unbelievable last night- how do I rank towards the others?" Hermione asked.

"What others?" Draco asked, confused.

"You mean, I am the first one you have ever slept with?"

"Yah. And you made it special. You were also the first one I have ever kissed, you know, back on the train." Draco replied. He noticed the surprised look on Hermione's face, so he continued on, "Don't look so surprised Mia, I might have every single girl in Hogwarts think I'm hot, but I don't fell the same way about all them."

"Oh, I guess I thought you and Pansy were well uh…" Hermione let the rest of her sentence slur as Draco cut her off by kissing her fiercely on the lips.

"I love you Mia."

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Ch.8-Used

After breakfast the next morning, Hermione and Draco headed off to work together. Since this was their first day they were pretty nervous about it.

"So, will I actually get to cut people open?" Draco asked Hermione.

"Well, surgeons do cut people open but I'm not sure they'll let you do a surgery just yet. I think you have to work at least one shift," Hermione replied as she looked over at Draco who seemed incredibly anxious.

"Well, hopefully tomorrow then," Draco said as he held the hospital door open for Hermione. The woman at the front desk pointed each of them towards their wards, but first they had to go to the locker room to get changed and put their stuff away. Hermione put on her white lab coat while Draco changed into scrubs.

"I guess I'll see you when my shift is over then," Draco said right before they parted ways.

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Hermione was enjoying her job at the hospital pharmacy very much. It had nothing to do with blood and she was incredibly happy about that. It took her awhile to get used to using the computers but she got the hang of it eventually. She worked alongside two other pharmacists who had apparently been working there a long time and she didn't really have much in common with them. Hermione couldn't wait for her lunch break so she could see Draco.

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Draco was sitting at a table in the cafeteria picking at his food when Hermione walked up.

"Hey," he said in a very tired voice.

"What's wrong?" asked Hermione, "you seem kind of down."

"Nothing, I just am really tired," Draco said, "I didn't think this surgeon stuff would be that difficult. They already had me do a surgery and I have another one scheduled for this afternoon. But enough about me, how is your day so far?" They talked for their whole lunch break and both didn't really eat anything. They agreed that after their shift they would grab something to eat somewhere. Holding hands, Draco walked Hermione back to the pharmacy and then made his way back to the OR (A/N: OR means operating room for those of you who didn't know. Sorry about that but I love ER!!). Just as Draco got back to his ward the woman at the front desk said someone wanted to speak to him and was waiting for him in Exam 4. He opened the door expecting to see another patient but his father was sitting there.

"What do you want?" said Draco in a nasty tone.

"Didn't I warn you?" asked Lucius.

"Warn me about what?" Draco asked, still with anger in his voice.

"That mud-blood you've been, should I say "hanging", around with. I warned you didn't I?  I told you to stay away from her. The Dark Lord can do many things to those who disobey a Death Eater's orders."

"I'm not afraid of you or the Dark Lord."

"Well, you should be," said Lucius while trying to control his temper, " the I can do many powerful things. Now, unless you want me to put the Imperious Curse on you, you better get rid of that mud-blood."

"I'm sorry but I can't just go and get rid of her!" Draco yelled while standing up.

"Well, you're going to have to or we can always hand her over to the Dark Lord because he has many uses for a mud-blood." Draco was so full of anger right now he didn't even know what to say to that. "Just remember that I'm watching you Draco," said Lucius as Draco stormed out the door. 'How the hell could my father be such a jerk?! Didn't he understand that I love her? He's going to be in the building the rest of the day. I have to do something to make him think that I don't love Mia anymore.' Draco racked his brain but he couldn't think of anything. Then he had an idea, as long as Hermione didn't see him it would work and then he could still be with her. 'Now, where's a really hot nurse?' Draco thought to himself as he walked toward the nurse's station in the Operating Ward.

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Hermione was really bored after her shift, considering she didn't talk to anyone most of the time. She was making her way towards the locker room on the main floor, hoping to see Draco there. As she was walking through the lobby she noticed Lucius sitting in the waiting area. He was staring into space with a blank look on his face. (A/N: The blank look meaning he could see what Draco was doing at that very moment. Kinda freaky! I would never want that to happen to me… anyway, back to the story) Hermione just ignored it and walked towards the locker room, not knowing what she was about to walk into.

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Draco viciously stuck his tongue into the young nurse's mouth. He pushed her up against a row of lockers and pinned her there. He knew his father was watching him right now and prayed his plan was working. He pulled away from her lips and went to kiss her neck but stopped when he saw someone standing at the end of the row of lockers.

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Hermione at the end of a row of lockers, shocked by what was happening right in front of her. Draco pulled away from the kiss and her eyes met his. Her eyes were full of disbelief and hatred. Tears started to pour down her face making it difficult to speak. Not that she could think of anything to say at the moment. Instead, she slowly walked to her locker which just happened to be right next to where Draco was making out with the nurse. Hermione knew Draco was watching her and even though that slut of a nurse was licking his ear. After, she grabbed her stuff she turned toward Draco and just stared into his eyes.

"I thought you loved me but I guess Harry and Ron were right. I never should have trusted you in the first place," Hermione said while tears were pouring down her face. With that said, she stormed out of the locker room and was about to leave when a thought occurred to her. Draco would probably come running after and the last thing she wanted to do was talk to him. So she decided to go back to the pharmacy for about 20 minutes then go back to the hotel and find somebody to talk to.

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Draco left the young nurse in the locker room as he ran after Hermione. He ran out into the lobby but she was no where to be found. He ran out the automatic sliding doors at the main entrance of the hospital and ran down the sidewalk. He took the same path they had taken that morning back to the hotel. The doorman said he had not seen her and Draco remembered that they were supposed to get something to eat after their shifts. He ran back towards the hospital and went to just about every restaurant within a two block radius of it. Nobody had seen her anywhere. He was starting to lose hope and decided to get his things from the hospital and wait for her at the hotel.

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Hermione saw Draco enter the hospital locker room and quickly made her way out of the hospital. She practically ran to the hotel. She took the elevator up to Harry and Ron's room and knocked on the door. Harry answered and immediately let her in.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" Harry asked with much concern in his voice.

"Draco was making out with one of the nurse's at the hospital. Look, I know you don't really approve of him but I do love him. Or at least I did," Hermione said through many tears.

"WHAT?!" screamed Ron, "YOU WHAT?!"

"Ron, now is really not the time," said Hermione, "I just want to let you guys know that I love you both very much and to always follow your heart." Hermione gave them both a big hug and left them both very confused.

"What was that all about?" Harry asked Ron.

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When Hermione got back to her room she locked the door and sat her bag down on the bed. She was still crying hysterically and went to get a glass of water from the bathroom. She heard Draco knocking on the door connecting their rooms and ignored him.

"Hermione! Let me in!" he yelled but she ignored him. She set the glass of water down on the beside table and took a bottle of pills out of her purse. She took them from the pharmacy she was currently working at. There was about 60 pills in the bottle and she emptied a little more than half into her hand. She popped fifteen pills into her mouth and swallowed.

"Hermione! Please let me in!" She was now crying hysterically as she swallowed the last couple of pills. She put the glass of water on the nightstand, laid down on the bed and cried.

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A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to get this up! (It's Catie again) My keyboard broke on my laptop and I had to get it fixed. Again, sorry that it took so long and thanks to JeLLoOo for reviewing for Chapter 7. If you want to be notified when a new chapter is posted please email both of us at BlingBling381@aol.com and Crazylilkt246@aol.com. We already have many people on the list but if you didn't receive a notice about this chapter then please tell us in your review or email us! Thanks again! Hope you like the chapter! The next one should be up soon!

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