Summary: Based on the song Can't Let You Go By Fabolous ft. LiL mo. It takes place about five years after they graduate Hogwarts. Draco is cheating on Pansy with Hermione. He wants to divorce Pansy but obviously his father isn't about to let him marry a mud blood. It may seem like a draco/ pansy this chapter…but I'm telling you it will be d/hr in the end.

Pairings: D/hr…and maybe a little R/L.

Disclaimer : I do not own Harry Potter, or the characters, but the plot is mine. (I wish I owned Tom Felton! *winks*) And the song in this chapter is written by the Goo Goo Dolls and I'm NOT claiming it to be my own.

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A/N: I'm sooo sorry I took this long to update! I've been busy and I've rewritten this chapter about five times! The fifth time's always a charm…I hope. I've been trying to make this chapter longer, I think it's a little longer.

Can't Let You Go

Chapter Four

When Hermione got home last night, she was exhausted. She dressed for bed and went straight to sleep, but she woke up many times because a certain Slytherin was haunting her dreams.

The next day, Hermione and Draco had arranged to meet later, so she thought she'd catch up on her reading. But today, she couldn't seem to concentrate. All she could think about was Draco. What had he meant when he said she was his girlfriend? Surely he hadn't meant it? So many things could go wrong, and it's not like he could ever like her! She was just Granger. He'd only started calling her Hermione because she asked. He probably still thought of her as 'The Mudblood' Hermione set her book down, it was obvious that she wouldn't be getting any reading done today! She decided that she wanted to go running, it had been one of her favorite things to do when she lived with her parents. She got up, and went to go get dressed.

Draco hadn't had a great night of sleep. All of his dreams had been filled of Hermione. He couldn't get her out of his head! It was pretty ridiculous, really. He thought of her more than he thought of his own wife. But he didn't like Hermione! He was just suffering from temporary insanity, a marriage to Pansy will do that to you.

" Draco, I'm bored." Pansy whined.

" Go shopping with Millicent or something."

"But we've done that five times this week!"

"Well do it a sixth time! Just bloody leave me alone!" He said while storming out of the Manor.

While Draco walked around, he reminisced about his relationship with Pansy. There had been a time when he cared for her, but that was before she cheated on him. In their sixth year, he'd walked in on her and Crabbe shagging in a broom closet. He'd thought that was the only time, but later found out that Pansy had been shagging anyone who would have her. Draco lost all respect for her after that, and their relationship quickly deteriorated. Draco wouldn't have married her if he'd had a choice. His father knew how much he hated Pansy, which was why he forced Draco to marry her in the first place. This was punishment, aside from the multiple beatings he'd received, for being a death eater. He hated his father more, if that was possible, than he hated Pansy.

Draco must have been deeply lost in thought, because he collided with someone. His arms went around the girl's waist to keep her from falling. He looked down, and saw Hermione in his arms. She was wearing a tight, but comfortable looking sweater and stretch pants. Her curls looked slightly tousled, and her face was flushed. Draco couldn't help but think that she looked pretty. She smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Draco, I know your happy to see me, but can you let me go now?" She asked with a smirk. He hadn't realized that he'd still been holding her. He let her go and tried not to look embarrassed.

" Sorry" He said while she shrugged.

"So what are you doing here?" She asked.

" I had to get away from Pansy."

"Why do you two have such a bad relationship?" Hermione asked with concern. Draco sighed, and began to tell her everything that happened in sixth year. When he finished Hermione grabbed his arm.

" I can't believe she did that! I'm so sorry!" Hermione said while Draco nodded. They stood in silence for a while and then Hermione spoke up.

"Speaking of relationships…You didn't really mean that I was your girlfriend did you?" Draco looked away.

"Of course not, we're just friends." He said, fully aware of how unsure his voice sounded.

"But I hope you know I'd do anything to protect you." He said while sliding an arm around Hermione's waist. Hermione smiled and the two of them apparated to work.

***

Over the next week, Draco and Hermione's friendship had grown. Draco became very protective of her, and she thought it was sweet. Now she was getting ready for the dinner party. She wasn't looking forward to it. With a sigh, she pulled on her robes and did her hair.

***

Draco, I'm ready!" Pansy squealed, sounding a bit like a constipated elephant.

"Alright." Draco said. He walked over to Pansy.

" You look nice." he said, hoping he sounded truthful.

"Thanks! Now come on!" She said as she grabbed his arm and apparated to the party.

When they got there, Draco saw Hermione and his breath stopped. She was wearing dress robes the color of Honey brown, that brought out the color of her eyes. Her curly hair was pulled up in a bun, with a few strands framing her beautiful face.

"Draco, what are you staring at? Surely not the mud blood?" Pansy asked loudly, causing quite a few people to look over. Draco glared at her.

"Don't call her that!"

" Why not? It's what she is!"

" Shut it, Pansy!" Pansy pouted.

" Let's dance, shall we?" He asked with a forced smile. He extended his hand to her and she accepted.

***

Hermione saw Draco and Pansy arrive, and she had to admit that he looked good. His dress robes were the color of silvery-gray that brought out his eyes. His platinum blonde hair wasn't slicked back, he'd stopped doing that a while ago. Needless to say, he didn't look happy about being with Pansy, but she was completely oblivious. She saw him look over at her from across the room, and then get into an argument with Pansy. Then they went off to dance. The D.J was Seamus Finnigan, and he was playing muggle music. She looked over to see Percy Weasly walking in her direction.

"Hello Hermione, care to dance?" She smiled and they went out on the dance floor. It was a slow song. Percy put his arms around her waist, and her arms went around his neck.

"So how are things at work?"

" They're going great, I've just gotten a promotion." He said, and Hermione smiled. Looking over his shoulder, she saw Draco giving Percy a venomous look. She gave him a questioning glance and he looked away.

***

A little while later, Hermione was sitting with Percy. He had been boring her to death with his talk of the Ministry. Pansy had forced Draco to dance with her to practically every song. Suddenly, the music stopped and everyone was looking over at Seamus.

"Sonaurus." He mutered to his wand, and his voice was magnified.

"Well, to add some fun, I thought it'd be nice to have the Aurors dance with their partners. Everyone get paired up!" He said, casting a sly look over at Hermione who rolled her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Draco gladly let go of Pansy and walk in her direction.

"Care to dance, Hermione?" He asked with a smile. She accepted, and they walked to the dance floor. It was Hermione's favorite slow song. Draco pulled her close and put his arms around her waist. She put her arms around his neck, and her head on his shoulder.

{And I'd give up forever to touch you, cause I know that you feel me somehow..}

Hermione felt so comfortable in Draco's arms. As she breathed in the scent of his cologne, she couldn't help feeling like she would never be safer.

{You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't want to go home right now…}

Draco tightened his arms around Hermione, and buried her face in her hair. He breathed in the scent of her shampoo. Her head was on his shoulder, and he was pretty sure that her eyes were closed. He felt so content with Hermione in his arms, he couldn't even remember the last time he'd felt so happy.

{And all I can taste is this moment, and all I can breathe is your life.}

Hermione wished that this moment could last forever. She knew that Pansy was probably going to try to hex her later, but somehow, she wasn't worried about that right now. She was concentrating on memorizing this moment, so she'd have it forever.

{'Cause sooner or later it's over…I just don't want to miss you tonight.}

Draco couldn't believe the feelings he'd developed for Hermione. They had sneaked up on him. He didn't know how she felt, but he knew that he never wanted this to end.

{And I don't want the world to see me…'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.}

Draco kept a part of himself from everybody. He didn't want anyone to think of him any differently than as 'A Malfoy', because he knew that there'd be no use in explaining it to them.

{When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am}

But he wanted Hermione to know him. He wanted her to see past his cold exterior. Someday, he would tell her everything, if she was willing to listen. He looked down at Hermione, to see her smiling at him.

"You look nice." He whispered in her ear. She blushed and put her head back on his shoulder and he put his head on hers. They swayed slowly to the music for a while longer, not caring about anyone else. Then he noticed that the song was over. He pulled away from Hermione, and they saw that everyone was staring. To say that Pansy looked livid was an understatement. Before she could speak however, there was an explosion and the whole building shook violently, Draco was vaguely aware of his arms going around Hermione before everything went black.

***

When Draco woke up, he was lying in a hospital bed. He suspected he was at St. Mungo's. He looked around frantically at the beds on either side of them. He couldn't find Hermione. When a nurse walked by he grabbed her arm.

" Ah, Mr. Malfoy, how are you feeling?"

"Where's Hermione?" He demanded. She gave him a funny look.

"Pansy's all-"

"I don't care about her! Where's Hermione?" The nurse shrugged. Draco glared at her, and attempted to get out of bead. She must have been related to Madame Pomfray, because she clucked disapprovingly and pushed him back down.

"But I need to find her!" Draco said, not caring how panicky he sounded. Then he saw Seamus walk by.

" Seamus! Where's Hermione? Tell me she's ok!" Seamus had a grave look on his face.

" I'm sorry Draco, She was taken by your father and the death eaters.

A/N : Wow, a cliffy! So how was this chapter? Please review!! I'm sorry this wasn't up sooner! I wont be able to get the next chapter up for a few weeks because of finals and stuff.