Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, the Minister of Magic...do I really have to go on?

::October 3, 2004::

AN: hello world. well not quite. anyways i hope you like this chapter and if you're wondering why updates are so far apart its cuz i has two other stories going at this time and i try to update them all. like a chapter for each then i go back. so if you want to read my other ones feel free. oh and if youre looking for more of a mature content story...those are definetly for you. lets just say theyre a little...risky. anyways...hope you enjoy...

"Shhh...it's gonna be okay." Draco muttered to Hermione, trying to reassure her and get her to stop crying. When she didn't calm down he kept stroking her hair and muttering soothing words all through the night until finally they both fell asleep wrapped in each others arms...

Chapter 6 – Fights and Disappearing

Harry woke up the next morning feeling a lot better, then he remembered what had happened the night before. Groaning to himself he decided to talk to Hermione. He knocked on her door but when there was no answer he went inside. The sight he saw almost made him faint. Hermione and Draco were in each other's arms.

"What the fuck is going on?!" Harry exclaimed.

"Hmmm?" Hermione mumbled sleepily.

"You won't sleep with me but you'll sleep with him?!"

"WHAT?!" Hermione shot back, she was wide-awake now. "Who did I sleep with?"

"Malfoy!" Draco woke up at the mention of his name and looked around.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"You're in Hermione's BED!"

"What?!"

"Deny it all you want, but I know you two slept together!"

"Harry." Hermione said calmly.

"What?" he snapped back.

"Come here for a second, look under the covers."

"No thank you, I for one do not want to see Malfoy in all his glory."

"Harry James Potter!"

"But..."

"Now!" Harry walked slowly over to the bed and Hermione lifted the covers off her and Draco. "See?"

"But...you have clothes on..."

"Thank you captain obvious." Draco muttered under his breath.

"I heard that." Harry shot back. "So what did happen last night? Why is he in your bed?"

"Hmm...let me think. After you upset me Draco came to see if I was alright and we ended up falling asleep here."

"And I'm supposed to believe that?"

"Why wouldn't you?"

"With the way you were mad at me last night you would've screwed anyone to get back at me and he'll sleep with anything that comes his way."

"HARRY JAMES POTTER I'VE HEARD ENOUGH! GET OUT! RIGHT NOW! OUT!" Hermione yelled.

"What?"

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!"

"It's the truth!"

"OUT!"

"I didn't do anything!"

"You did PLENTY. NOW GET OUT!"

"But..."

"Right NOW!"

"Fine." Harry finally gave in and left the room, as soon as he was out Hermione broke down into tears. Draco sat up and wrapped his arms around her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Har-Harry."

"He's just jealous."

"Of what?"

"That I got to spend the night with you."

"WHAT?!" she exclaimed, all her anger back now. "Not you too! GET OUT!"

"What?"

"NOW!"

"But Hermione."

"No, you're all the same. All you think about is sex and nothing else."

"When did I say that?"

"You didn't have to, you're just gloating that you finally beat Harry at something. Well guess what?! You didn't, you're just as much of a jerk as he is!"

"Hermione, calm down." He soothed while stroking her hair.

"I won't calm down! Get away from me! Why would I ever let you touch me! You're just a rich playboy who can get anything with his daddy's money!" at that Draco froze and his face turned hard. He let her go from his embrace and got up off the bed.

"If that's really what you think of me, I'll just leave then." And with that he exited the room and left Hermione to cry by herself. He walked down the hall and back his bags back up, leaving a note, his keys and a few galleons on the bed. Grabbing his bags he made his way down the stairs and out the door. Once he was outside he looked up at Hermione's window in regret but then knowing that things could never change he walked down the street and out of sight.

When Hermione had finally calmed down, she realized all that she had said. "Shit, now I have to apologize to him." she muttered while wiping away her tears. Getting up off her bed she went to Draco's room and knocked on the door. When there was no answer she tried the knob, it gave and she opened the door. Walking into the room she saw the closet was empty and all his hair products were gone from the bathroom. "No." she said softly. "He couldn't have left." "He wouldn't." Walking back into his room she saw the pile of stuff on the bed. She sat down next to it and looked. His house keys were the first things she saw. Then the three galleons that lay next to them. Under both was the note, which she was afraid to open. Finally she unfolded it and read it.

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Dear Hermione,

I know it's going to be you who reads this since Potter and Weasley could care less, then again it's obvious you never really let go of your views of me. I see that now, and I can't believe I ever thought we could start over. The galleons are for the meals and stay for these days, I figured it was only fair. Now where I'm going, you'll never have to see me again. I'll find somewhere else to stay, I'll never be a bother to you again. Don't try and find me, I know you're going to regret what you said. Then you're going to come to my room to apologize and find I'm gone. But even if you do regret it, you still said it and can never take it back.

Draco

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After she read the note she began sobbing all over again. "He's really gone." "I can't believe he's really gone." She got out between sobs.

Harry, hearing sobbing, decided to check on her. But when he opened the door to Hermione's room it was empty. Listening more closely he heard it was coming from Draco's room. Walking down the hall he pressed his ear against the door. "He just left and it's all my fault." He heard. Opening the door to the room he found Hermione sitting on the bed sobbing with a piece of paper in her hands.

"'Mione, what's wrong?" he asked as he wrapped his arms around her.

"He's-he's gone."

"Who's gone?"

"Draco."

"But that's good news." All that did was to make her cry even more. "Shhh, it's gonna be alright, Malfoy can take care of himself."

"But he doesn't know where he's going. He doesn't have much money. And he's at a vulnerable point right now. What if something happens to him?"

"He'll be fine."

"Are you sure Harry?" Harry froze. "Harry?"

"'Mione, I just remembered something."

"What's wrong Harry?"

"I never told you why I got called into the Ministry last night."

"But you always get called in, nothing new."

"Not last night."

"What's going on?"

"Lucius Malfoy had been there earlier that day."

"What-what did he want?"

"He said that he wanted to find his son."

"What-what for?"

"He never said."

"Draco ran away."

"He what?!"

"It's a long story."

"We need to know all the background information."

"Well Draco was supposed to become a Death Eater on his 20th birthday, this past June. He didn't want to so he hired this guy named Adam to do it for him. he put a spell on Adam to look like him for the meetings. So Adam got the dark mark and Draco put a spell on himself so it would look like he had it. Before every meeting Adam would go to his house and Draco would put the spell on him the he would go to the meeting. Until one time last week, it all screwed up. They were eating dinner and his father's mark started hurting, which meant it was time. He told Draco to apparate with him. Draco said he was going to change, knowing Adam would be waiting for him in his room like always. Well he put the spell on Adam and when Adam went to open the door Lucius was standing there. He killed Adam and put the crutatious on Draco a few times until he couldn't move. So Draco told his house elf to pack his things and heal him so he could floo somewhere. He flooed to Hogwarts but no one was there so he went to Blaise's. Blaise gave him some money and told him to come to this town and find somewhere to stay, which is how he ended up living with us."

"You believe that?! Hermione, I thought you were smarter than that."

"Harry! Now what exactly happened at the Ministry."

"Well I went in and the Minister of Magic came to talk to me, said he had an important assignment. He told he Lucius had been in earlier and asked them to find his son for him."

"So."

"He threatened us if we don't."

"With what?"

"He has a captive."

"Who?"

"He has...he has..." Harry trailed off.

AN: i know - what a bad way to end a chapter. another cliffie. but i would think its kind of obvious...actually maybe not.

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