Love Sick

Chapter Twenty Six

For the next couple of weeks Draco tried his best not to seem obvious about what was going on between Hermione and himself. But putting up with her snide remarks was getting the best of him. He kept replaying every chance he had with Hermione, how cold and ruthless she would be with him. But then he would look into her eyes and see that she was putting a barrier around herself that wasn't necessary. He wasn't planning to hurt her although she was doing a pretty darn good job of hurting him. His heart ached out for her, he wanted to touch her but he knew he couldn't hold her or be there for her.

Draco became frustrated at the sight of seeing Hermione happy and cheerful around Ron, the one who caused her to feel tainted about herself. But he pretended nothing was bothering him whenever his eyes gazed at the Gryfindor table. And also Hermione was good at hiding away from him whenever he tried to catch her in the common room. It seemed like she spent more time at the Gryfindor house then at the Heads.

Draco shook his head and tried to focus on what was important today because it was finally the day that Pansy was coming back to Hogwarts. Professor Snape had given him permission to assist her back to her girls dormitory. Once Pansy settled down and faced Draco he was amazed to see that she had become a better person. She was nice, not just to him but to her girlfriends. Draco knew her for being outspoken and the leader of her pack, but she thanked her friends for helping her settle back in. Draco never heard her use the words 'thank you' or 'please' before.

Pansy also stopped wearing all that unnecessary make-up that use to make her face look like a plastic doll gone bad. And because of her stretched belly, she had begun to wear loose clothing that didn't show more then arms and legs.

"Wow, can you believe me actually happy to be back?" Pansy said smiling and gazing around the room after her friends left.

"Yea, glad your back. Now if you need anything at all--"

"Don't worry Draco." Pansy interrupted as she landed on the bed.

"Take good care of yourself, you hear me." Draco said. He couldn't help but sound like a father, a father he never had.

"Of course I will." Pansy said. She looked down at her stomach and held it. "Gosh, I look fat now."

"No, you're not fat. You just have a big belly....a really big belly" Draco said. Pansy started to laugh at that and began to take out a book. "Since when did you start reading books?" He asked.

"Since I was stuck in a room for a month!" Pansy said.

"Right." Draco said. "Have you...have you thought about the whole marriage thing?"

"Yeah, I have. I told my mother about it and she went crazy! Accusing me of becoming a slut and this and that." Pansy said sadly. "But my brother understood. He said I shouldn't be forced and he was going to convince my parents if its the last thing he does."

"That's great. I mean...thanks." Draco said.

"I'm not doing this for you, you know. It's also for me. Because..because I kind of have feelings for someone else." Pansy said.

"Something tells me I don't want to know." Draco said.

"Trust me, you don't. Anyways, I need my rest Draco." Pansy said. Draco nodded and left the room quietly without a word. Draco walked down stairs to the common room and found Blaise playing chess with Joshua and Raven, two sixth year Slytherins.

"Hey man! Wanna play?" Blaise asked.

"Nah. I rather not." Draco said.

"Hey, I haven't had the chance to talk to Ginny the whole day I was ---"

"You still going out with that Weasley girl?" Raven asked interuppting what Blaise was going to say to Draco.

"Yea so what?" Blaise said.

"Well I seen the fight and it doesn't look like you should fool around with her." Joshua said.

"I don't fool around with her. She got morals."

"And you do?" Raven asked. "Come on man, tell us the truth. When you gonna lay her and leave?"

"Fuck you, don't you fucking disrespect her like that. She's not just any girl." Blaise said angrily.

"She's the girl?" Draco asked after watching them talk. Blaise opened his mouth to answer but Raven stopped him.

"Yea, right." Raven said. "She's a Weasley always and will be. You don't meddle with the Weasley's."

"I don't fucking care. She's perfect, now fuck off." Blaise said angrily.

"Listen I think you went out of line. Mind your own business." Draco said helping his friend out.

"You should talk muggle lover." Joshua said.

"What's it to you, huh?" Draco said getting a little irritated.

"Well I hear you still all over her even after you fucked her. You gone soft." Joshua said. That's when Draco couldn't hold the blood pressure rising its peak. He wasn't going to let some one talk about her like that. He walked right over to where Joshua was sitting and knocked him off his seat with a blow to the face. Joshua's nose began to bleed as he stared at him wide eyed. Raven looked at Draco frightfully and didn't speak.

"Soft enough for you?" Draco spat as he walked out of the room. Something he been trying hard to deny was coming back to him. He can't forget about Hermione, not in a million years. Draco wasn't a quitter and the next thing he knew, he was plotting a way to get her back in his arms. He silently walking down the corridors, thinking of what to do. He saw the portrait hole closing and he knew exactly who went inside. Draco whispered the password and walked inside as well. Once inside he thought about how to approach Hermione. Then something clicked in his head. He knew exactly what to do. Give her the Slytherin treatment. He walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. No answer. Draco took that as a sign to walk inside. Luckily the door wasn't locked once he opened it.

"GET OUT!" Hermione screamed angrily at the sight of seeing him. She was wearing very short shorts and a tube top. Damn! Draco couldn't believe how sexy she could be sometimes by wearing the most simplest clothing.

"Hell no." Draco answered as he walked closer to her.

"I'm serious. I'll hex you." She said grabbing her wand from her night table and pointing it to his chest.

"You wouldn't hurt a hair on my head." Draco said smirking. He brought the wand down from where it was pointing and Hermione took a step back expressionless. That's when he took the opportunity to strip his school dress shirt off.

"What do you think you're doing?" Hermione asked shocked.

"What does it look like I'm doing? Taking my shirt off." Draco said still smirking at her.

"Oh no you don't! I want you out." Hermione hissed.

"No you want me in." Draco said as he began to take off his black belt and pants.

"Oh god! This isn't happening. Malfoy leave right now!" Hermione said angrily.

"No.." Draco said. "...Granger" An eye for an eye.

"I'll report you to Professor Dumbledore for this..this...behavior!" Hermione screamed.

"Relax! No sex. Even though you want it." Draco said as he plopped on her bed smirking.

"Fuck off!" Hermione screamed trying to pull his arm in attempt to raise him off her bed but he was too strong, didn't even budge. He put his hand around his head lying back.

"Temper, temper. Wouldn't want to wake up people now would we?" Draco said.

"I'll kick you right in the you-know-where if you don't leave right now!" Hermione said irritated.

"Not in less you want me to squeeze your you-know-what's..." Draco said. "...I'll leave in the morning."

"I can't believe you're doing this. I need to sleep. I'm tired!" She said.

"So am I. Now if you stop being such a fiesty little girl, we can both get some sleep." Draco said as he moved over to make some room for her. Draco's charm was really working on her because she began to climb the bed. Why haven't I acted like this instead of being a nice guy?

"Don't touch me, don't go near me, and don't try to look down my chest!" Hermione said as she pulled the covers up.

"Can't promise you that." Draco said smugly.

"GOD! I HATE YOU!" Hermione screamed turning her back to him as she lay down on the bed.

"No you don't now shut up and chill." Draco said.

"Don't talk to me." Hermione said calmly not facing him. Draco took the chance to kiss her shoulder, making her shiver.

"You like that, huh." Draco said satisfied that he still had an affect on her.

"What part of don't touch me don't you understand?" Hermione asked coldly.

"Sorry all I hear you say is touch me." Draco said planting a kiss on her neck.

"What do you think you're doing?" She asked trying to push him off.

"What people in bed do. Now stop fussing." Draco said. Hermione still hadn't turned around to face him and Draco probably expected she was trying to fight the temptation. "It's cute when you try to hide away your yearning for me." Draco whispered in her ear. Hermione was either ignoring him or just couldn't reply back. Draco didn't really care, he raised himself on one elbow and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him so that her back was against his chest.

"Please stop this. I am really tired and I need to sleep." Hermione pleaded. Funny, your tone of voice changed.

"Kiss me and I will." Draco said quietly. Hermione didn't move and Draco decided if that's how she was going to play then let the games begin. He began sucking on her neck. Hermione didn't argue but her body relaxed. He smirked at the idea that he can control her and continued suckling on her neck. Any minute now, Hermione. He knew that sooner or later the barrier she was building will collapse. Hermione didn't budge but a soft sigh escaped from her lips.

"Look at me." Draco commanded. He wondered why he hadn't thought about that before because she ended up turning her head to face him. Her eyes were glimmering and she had an unreadable expression. Hermione still didn't say anything back.

"Tongue tied? Let me help you." Draco said smirking at her as he brushed his lips against hers. Hermione held her lips shut because she was trying to fight back what he was doing. "It'll be easier on us if you just kissed me back." Draco whispered. Hermione still held her lips shut and didn't turn away.

"Fine, you want to get rough, huh." Draco said. Hermione's eyes widened at the idea of what he would do. The arm that was holding her firmly let go and his hand traveled up her stomach.

"You wouldn't." She said. As soon as she opened her mouth, Draco dived in. Originally he planned to squeeze her chest but Hermione spoke, which was a lot easier. His tongue trailed along her lips and he waited for Hermione to do the same. After about a second or two, Hermione gave up, her tongue met his and they were both in a fierce battle for dominance. She gave in, I knew she would. Now to enjoy this...

His hand began to move along her chest, stomach and pelvic line as his tongue massaged her mouth. Hermione gave a small whimper as she slightly faced her body towards his. After five minutes of hungry kissing, Draco let go to take a break.

"I knew you couldn't hate me." Draco whispered breathlessly as he lay back on the pillow. Hermione didn't say anything as she put her arms around his waist and lay her head on his chest. He took his free arm and draped it over her shoulder.

"Good night, Granger." Draco said. If she was going to be formal so was he.

After a while of silence Hermione finally spoke. "Good night, Malfoy."