A/N: I am really sorry that I haven't updated in almost a year. I had meant to so many time, its just that I had forgotten where it was that I was going with the story. Thanks Allysium for helping me again. You are always there for me when I need you.

So much has happened lately and I hope that you all will forgive me. For the first 3 months after my last post, I was having some major problems with two of my best friends. See I had liked them both as more then a friend and started messing around with both of them, cuz I found out that they both liked me. The funniest part is, they both hate each other greatly. Anyways, I am still friends with them both, but it was a very confusing time for me and I didn't want that to start reflecting in my writing.

Then, through the first part of this story, I met a friend, Sabriel. Well, I found out that Sabriel had done nothing but lie to me the entire time that I talk to her. I found this out from her father. As it turns out, her father thought that I was a very nice and bright girl and told his 18 year old son about me. Well, I started talking to the 18 year old, named James, and we became very close. The only problem was that he lived in South Carolina and I lived in New York. Well , all of my free time was spent talking to him on the phone, so I didn't have a chance to write, cuz he occupied all of my time. Then at the beginning of October, James came up to NY to see me, and the rest is basically history. I now live with him in South Carolina, and he is so amazing. He drives me nutz sometimes, but I think that all men feel its their duty to drive women crazy. And while rereading my story, I found out that I have found my own Draco. Its kinda ironic that I had written this before I even knew that he existed, and yet he acts just the way that I have portrayed Draco. Well I better get on with the story cuz I am sure that none of you really care whats going on, you just want the story, so here it is. I hope that I haven't let you down with it.

I am not going to put individual shout outs this time, cuz there are just to many. But that you all who have read and reviewed my story. I hope that I haven't lost all my fans. For any of you who wish to IM me my SN has changed to JamesnSteffsroom.
Chapter 4: Life turning Night

Draco and Hermoine spent the next few hours swimming in the Olympic sized heated pool which was right down the hall from Hermione's room

"Com'on, I have someplace that I would like to take you now." Draco said as he lifted himself out of the pool, water gleaming down his smooth chest. He reached down and pulled Hermione effortlessly out of the pool.

""Is there any way that I should dress?" Hermione asked as Draco wrapped a towel around her.

"Any way that you dress will be perfect." He said as he wrapped himself in a towel. "Just something simple though, because you may get a bit dirty.."

"Ok." Hermione said as they walked back down the hall towards her room. As it turned out, Draco had given her the room directly across from his.

Draco gently kissed her hand before they departed from each other, "Farewell my lady, until I see you again." Draco smiled and walked into his room.

Hermione quickly dried herself off, then pulled her hair up into a ponytail and threw on a pair of blue jean capris and a black low cut tank top. When she walked back out into the hall Draco was already standing there, leaning with his back up against the wall, waiting for her. He slowly walked over to her and lifted a lace white scarf up to her eyes.

Hermione pulled back a bit, "Don't you trust me?" She asked sweetly.

"I trust you Hermione." He replied as he lifted the scarf once again and covered her eyes, tying it in the back of her head.

Hermione felt like they had been walking forever. She figured that they had to be somewhere out in the woods for she smell the scent of the trees and the uneven ground kept making her stumble a bit.

Draco led her along with his hands and his voice so she wouldn't trip. "Watch your step here." Hermione carefully stepped forward and felt that the ground went down quite a bit, but with Draco's arm holding her steady she managed to get down the small cliff without her eyesight.

Finally, when Draco stopped, the faint static sound that Hermione had been hearing for a while, and which was steadily growing louder, turned out to be to sound of running water. Hermione could recognize it now.

Draco released her hands and walked behind her and began undoing the blindfold.. Hermione slowly opened her eyes once the blindfold had been removed and gasped at the sight in front of her. Before her laid a beautiful waterfall that ran into a pool at her feet. In the moonlight the entire scene seemed to glow in its own natural blue light

Hermione turned to Draco, "Its beautiful!" she exclaimed.

"I'm glad you like it. You're the only other person who knows that it is here." Draco said as he took her had and led her out onto the small peninsula that stuck out towards the middle of the pool parallel to the waterfall. When they sat down on the small grassy area Draco continued, "I found this place when I was little. Lucius was coming after me so some reason, another hard day at work with the dark lord, I suppose, and I took off into the woods behind my house to get away from him. After a while of running though here I didn't hear him following me anymore, I couldn't hear his shouts for me to come back either, but I continued to walk anyway from the Manor anyways, and stumbled upon this place. I spend a good part of my childhood and teen years hiding here whenever I was home, attempting to avoid Lucius as much as possible. I came here when Lucius did these as well," Draco said referring to his scars on his back, "I don't think anyone else even knows that it is here."

"I'm sorry, " Hermione said sympathetically, "But why would you want to share with me something that brings back such awful memories for you?"

"It doesn't though, " Draco skipped a rock out into the pool. "This was my sanctuary from all of my awful memories. After 4th year, a lot of my time spent out here was thinking about you. Thinking about the night of the Yule Ball when you entered with Krum, and how I wished that it had been me that you were with…."

Hermione lent over and gently kissed Draco's lips.

"What was that for?" Draco asked

"What? Now I need a reason to kiss you?" Hermione joked.

"No, Of course you don't, I was just wondering what… Oh look!" Draco whispered, pointing over her shoulder.

Hermione slowly turned around, looking in the direction Draco had pointed.. Coming into the clearing to the waters edge was a unicorn. Its coat and mane shimmered like silk and the moonlight had the same effect on its horn as it had on the entire area, making it have a natural glow about it.

"WOW!" Hermione said in a low dragged out sort of way.

Its movements were slow and graceful as they both sat there in silence and watched it drink from the pools water.

"It kinda reminds me of you." Draco broke the silence.

"How so?"

"Pure…. Innocent… intelligent…. And beautiful." Draco replied.

"Awwwww…." Hermione said a little too loudly, spooking the unicorn causing it to run away.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Hermione frowned

"Don't worry about it." Draco laughed.

"So they come here often when you are here?"

Draco shook his head, "No, this is the first time that I have seen one around here."

Hermione just smiled as she nuzzled into Draco's chest. The two of them sat out in the woods for quite a while talking and laughing about everything and nothing all at once. Many tickle fights broke out during their conversations, most of which ended up with Hermione straddling the pinned Draco, and tickling him until he said he gave up.

The next 3 days flew by in a flash. Hermione and Narcissa really hit it off, and spent quite a lot of time together, causing for an upset Draco. Draco didn't mind the fact that Hermione and his mother were getting along so well, he was actually quite happy about it, and he didn't even mind the fact that him mm was taking way time that he wished he could spend alone with Hermione, what he was bothered by was the fact that most of their conversations were about him. Embarrassing stories from when he was younger, stories Hermione would bring up and laugh about once he was able to be alone with her.

Every night after Narcissa would go to bed, Hermoine would sneak out of her room and go across the hall to Draco's. Of course, after the first night, Draco too would lay awake and wait for her to come to him, only to awake in the morning to find Hermione in the family library surrounded by a mount of books.

On the 4ht night, Draco laid awake after their second session of lovemaking, a semi sleeping Hermione resting on his chest, and thought. He hadn't realized until this moment, that for once in his life, he was truly and completely happy. The Manor was no longer filled with hate, but had been replaced by an emanating love. It was all due to the woman who now slept on his chest and suddenly he hated himself for ll that he had done to her in the first 6 years of knowing her. And yet she forgives me and loves me still. I promise you this, Hermione, as long as there is breath in me, I will never again let allow you to feel the pain that I know I have caused you." Draco gently caressed the back of her head as thoughts continued through his mind.

Sometime later, Draco's thoughts were interrupted by the faint sound of shouting coming from somewhere else in the house. His mothers voice could be heard faintly and a male voice could be heard arguing with her. Draco gently shook Hermione awake.

"Huh… what?" Hermione said sleepily.

"Shhh…listen" Draco sat up forcing Hermione to sit up as well.

They didn't have to wait long until the echoes of the shouts made its way to the room.

"What's going on?" Hermione asked, fully awake now.

"I don't know." Draco said as he crawled off of the bed and made for the door, followed closely by Hermione.

Once they both stepped out into the hall it was apparent to both of them who it was that the male voice belonged to.

"Why are you here?" Narcissa yelled.

"This is MY HOUSE, you'd do well to remember that."

"Just leave him alone…"

A loud smack could be heard all the way upstairs.

"YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN YOU PLACE? TRYING TO DEFEND HIM AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE. YOUR BABYING OF HIM, NARCISSA, IS WHAT HAS GOTTEN US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. FALLING FOR A MUDBLOOD, IT'S A DISCRACE AND I WILL NOT HAVE IT IN THIS HOUSE, DO YOU HEARD ME? OH, AND I AM SURE THAT YOU WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED HIM WITH THIS OBSURD IDEA. I HAVE WORKED FAR TOO HARD TO KEEP THE NAME MALFOY HIGH AND RESPECTABLE TO ALLOW EITHER OF YOU TO DESTROY IT. PARKINSON TOLD EVERYONE THAT MY SON REJECTED HIS DAUGHTER FOR THAT MUDBLOOD GRANGER, AND THAT YOU HAVE INVITD THEM INTO MY HOME. VOLDEMORT KNOWS AND HAS SENT ME HERE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. GRANGER WILL DIE TONIGHT, THEN I WILL DEAL WITH DRACO." Lucius' yelling could be heard plain as day throughout the entire Manor.

Draco turned to Hermione, "My father is home."