A/N: Thank you all for your reviews. I know Draco isn't really as nice in
the J.K stories but I thought maybe he could change. Well happy reading!
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"You called me Hermione?" she looked into his eyes they had a warm feeling to them as he looked back into hers.
"Yeah, well...I need you to trust me."
Hermione smiled weakly and placed her head back onto his chest. She could hear his heart beating. Draco placed his head on top of hers. They stayed this way for a while until Hermione looked up at him once more.
"OK, I'll tell you.." she began.
Draco looked down at her. She had tears running down her cheeks. She was ready to confess.
"Well...I had this memory...somewhere in my childhood..." she spoke clearly but began to tremble as she was forced back to remember her past.
"It's Ok..." Draco began pulling her close.
"No...I can do this..."
He looked at her, she was smiling up at him. Somewhat nervous look was upon her face.
"...I was walking through this tower...somewhere where I used to live...my mother always told me not to go up there..."(takes in a breath)
"She said there was evil lurking up there...near the old broken window near the top...I remember she held me by both shoulders as she spoke...as to get my full attention....I listened...but did not obey."
Hermione looked up at Draco...to see if he was getting bored by this...he wasn't he looked at her very seriously and rubbed her back soothing her from her pain.
"I was picking sunflowers in my parents orchard...I couldn't help but notice that tower...it was standing in front of me in the distance...It was like it was calling me...something in that tower wanted me to know something important...I looked around at my mother who was too busy picking the flowers as to see me toddle off towards the old ajar tower door...I looked around to see if she had noticed me there...she didn't so I procceded to open the door and clamber in. Stairs were there infront of me...they were really rotten and dusty with cobwebs...but there was something more further up that was calling me. I started to walk up the stars very slowly...they creaked a bit and one snapped under my foot...I only looked up into the little light that was flowing through the room that I so wanted to enter. I walked through...there were old lamps around...as if my parents only used this tower for storage...I then turned to the window my mother had pointed out to me the day she had told me of that place...there sitting in the corner was something hooded...something I could not identify...I knew it must have been human...but I couldn't see it's face through the veil...I walked closer....it stirred a bit..."
Hermione lowered her head and began to whimper. Draco ushurred to the window where they once were.
"Hey...you don't need to tell me..."
"Sniff...no, I will I just need a little time."
Draco put his hand into his robe and pulled out a hanky. He offered it to her and she took it gladly.
"It's not used." Draco said smiling at the look on her face.
"Thankyou."
Hermione dabbed her nose and eyes and folded the hanky and looked up into Draco's face. The sight of him made her feel warm and cared for.
"Ummm...where was I?"
"Uh...you were up to the part where the hooded creature stirred..." Draco answered looking a bit uncomfortable from reminding her of the pain.
"Oh...yeah, I looked at it for a moment from behind...I asked it if it was Ok...it didn't answer only to get up out of it's chair and turn...it was the most hideous thing I had ever seen in my life....it has a cold white face...it looked as though it's flesh and blood was sucked dry out of it...it smiled evilly....it's teeth were points...as if they had been carved himself....it lunged at me and got me around the neck...I was choking...it shaked me so vigorously that I began to bleed out of my nose...it was breaking my neck in half...or at least trying to...I struggled with the monster for a while before it placed its hand into it's robe and pulled out a wand...it aimed it at me and spoke some sort of curse...it hit me and I flew backwards hitting my back against a table...I saw it coming for me...it lifted me head...I began to cry as it began to sqeeze my skull...I was coming in and out of conciousness...but then it stopped and removed it's cold hands...letting me drop to the old dirty wooded floor covered in rat droppings...I lay there as it began to unbuckle it's belt...it was horrible!..."
Hermione stood and wandered to another window beside her. Her hand was pressed to her mouth. As if fighting the urge to vomit.
"Are...you Ok Hermione?...what did it do to you?" Draco asked his voice shaking a bit from the story he had just heard.
"Haven't you got it yet?" she asked removing her hand.
"What?...all I know is what you had told-"
"I WAS RAPED!!"
There was silence for 3 minutes. They didn't look at eachother for a while. Draco was in shock. His eyes were wide and his mouth was open but he didn't dare to look at Hermione who was trembling still looking out of the window, tears flowing onto her cheeks and falling onto the front of her robes.
Draco thought it was Ok to touch her. He walked up behind Hermione and placed a hand onto her shoulder.
She didn't shove it away. She instead placed her hand over his. She turned to face him...
"I..I'm sorry to have told you this Draco...I know it's silly-"
"No!...no, don't you ever think it's silly!...I'm sorry Hermione for what had happened to you that day...I wished I was there to save you...you don't deserve that kind of treatment...I will always keep that a secret!...you mean everything to me Hermione...everything...and nothing will hurt you ever again when I'm with you."
Hermione looked down and blushed at his kind words that echoed through her ears that she didn't notice that he moved closer and placed his lips against hers.
He kissed her so passionately that she thought she wouldn't want him to stop. It felt so right...so warm and comforting. They broke apart finally.
"I sealed that promise with a kiss." Draco said placing his hand on her face.
"Thankyou, you don't know how much this means to me." Hermione said looking into his eyes and moving closer again as she touched his lips once more.
The only thing in her mind at that moment was Draco. He had somehow taken all the pain away and replaced it with love. The only thing now was to avoid telling Harry and Ron about their relationship.
To be continued:
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"You called me Hermione?" she looked into his eyes they had a warm feeling to them as he looked back into hers.
"Yeah, well...I need you to trust me."
Hermione smiled weakly and placed her head back onto his chest. She could hear his heart beating. Draco placed his head on top of hers. They stayed this way for a while until Hermione looked up at him once more.
"OK, I'll tell you.." she began.
Draco looked down at her. She had tears running down her cheeks. She was ready to confess.
"Well...I had this memory...somewhere in my childhood..." she spoke clearly but began to tremble as she was forced back to remember her past.
"It's Ok..." Draco began pulling her close.
"No...I can do this..."
He looked at her, she was smiling up at him. Somewhat nervous look was upon her face.
"...I was walking through this tower...somewhere where I used to live...my mother always told me not to go up there..."(takes in a breath)
"She said there was evil lurking up there...near the old broken window near the top...I remember she held me by both shoulders as she spoke...as to get my full attention....I listened...but did not obey."
Hermione looked up at Draco...to see if he was getting bored by this...he wasn't he looked at her very seriously and rubbed her back soothing her from her pain.
"I was picking sunflowers in my parents orchard...I couldn't help but notice that tower...it was standing in front of me in the distance...It was like it was calling me...something in that tower wanted me to know something important...I looked around at my mother who was too busy picking the flowers as to see me toddle off towards the old ajar tower door...I looked around to see if she had noticed me there...she didn't so I procceded to open the door and clamber in. Stairs were there infront of me...they were really rotten and dusty with cobwebs...but there was something more further up that was calling me. I started to walk up the stars very slowly...they creaked a bit and one snapped under my foot...I only looked up into the little light that was flowing through the room that I so wanted to enter. I walked through...there were old lamps around...as if my parents only used this tower for storage...I then turned to the window my mother had pointed out to me the day she had told me of that place...there sitting in the corner was something hooded...something I could not identify...I knew it must have been human...but I couldn't see it's face through the veil...I walked closer....it stirred a bit..."
Hermione lowered her head and began to whimper. Draco ushurred to the window where they once were.
"Hey...you don't need to tell me..."
"Sniff...no, I will I just need a little time."
Draco put his hand into his robe and pulled out a hanky. He offered it to her and she took it gladly.
"It's not used." Draco said smiling at the look on her face.
"Thankyou."
Hermione dabbed her nose and eyes and folded the hanky and looked up into Draco's face. The sight of him made her feel warm and cared for.
"Ummm...where was I?"
"Uh...you were up to the part where the hooded creature stirred..." Draco answered looking a bit uncomfortable from reminding her of the pain.
"Oh...yeah, I looked at it for a moment from behind...I asked it if it was Ok...it didn't answer only to get up out of it's chair and turn...it was the most hideous thing I had ever seen in my life....it has a cold white face...it looked as though it's flesh and blood was sucked dry out of it...it smiled evilly....it's teeth were points...as if they had been carved himself....it lunged at me and got me around the neck...I was choking...it shaked me so vigorously that I began to bleed out of my nose...it was breaking my neck in half...or at least trying to...I struggled with the monster for a while before it placed its hand into it's robe and pulled out a wand...it aimed it at me and spoke some sort of curse...it hit me and I flew backwards hitting my back against a table...I saw it coming for me...it lifted me head...I began to cry as it began to sqeeze my skull...I was coming in and out of conciousness...but then it stopped and removed it's cold hands...letting me drop to the old dirty wooded floor covered in rat droppings...I lay there as it began to unbuckle it's belt...it was horrible!..."
Hermione stood and wandered to another window beside her. Her hand was pressed to her mouth. As if fighting the urge to vomit.
"Are...you Ok Hermione?...what did it do to you?" Draco asked his voice shaking a bit from the story he had just heard.
"Haven't you got it yet?" she asked removing her hand.
"What?...all I know is what you had told-"
"I WAS RAPED!!"
There was silence for 3 minutes. They didn't look at eachother for a while. Draco was in shock. His eyes were wide and his mouth was open but he didn't dare to look at Hermione who was trembling still looking out of the window, tears flowing onto her cheeks and falling onto the front of her robes.
Draco thought it was Ok to touch her. He walked up behind Hermione and placed a hand onto her shoulder.
She didn't shove it away. She instead placed her hand over his. She turned to face him...
"I..I'm sorry to have told you this Draco...I know it's silly-"
"No!...no, don't you ever think it's silly!...I'm sorry Hermione for what had happened to you that day...I wished I was there to save you...you don't deserve that kind of treatment...I will always keep that a secret!...you mean everything to me Hermione...everything...and nothing will hurt you ever again when I'm with you."
Hermione looked down and blushed at his kind words that echoed through her ears that she didn't notice that he moved closer and placed his lips against hers.
He kissed her so passionately that she thought she wouldn't want him to stop. It felt so right...so warm and comforting. They broke apart finally.
"I sealed that promise with a kiss." Draco said placing his hand on her face.
"Thankyou, you don't know how much this means to me." Hermione said looking into his eyes and moving closer again as she touched his lips once more.
The only thing in her mind at that moment was Draco. He had somehow taken all the pain away and replaced it with love. The only thing now was to avoid telling Harry and Ron about their relationship.
To be continued: