Allo, it's cordyangel again and please forgive me for taking so long to update. Very short, I know but the next chapter will be up within days, I'm hoping by tomorrow.

Chapter 15: What Happened Last Night Part Deux

Hermione woke up to a horrendous headache and a body next to hers. She carefully went over in her mind the events of last night.

She remembered seeing Harry and Ron, drinking a lot, going back to the hotel and…

Oh crap.

She'd spent the night with Malfoy. And in her drunk state, who knew what had happened.

She sat up in bed violently and wished she hadn't. She felt the urge to vomit but she held it back.

"DRACO! Wake up now!"

"Where's the fire?" Draco's hair was slightly mussed.

"I know that I was a bit, out of it last night…" she began.

"You were dead drunk," he corrected her.

"Be that as it may, I realize that I may have done things, said things that I really didn't mean." Hermione stopped suddenly. "You're not wearing a shirt," she pointed to Draco's naked torso.

"Of course I'm not, when do I ever wear-"

"You've got to be joking me. Please tell me that we did not have sex last night." Hermione groaned. Taking Draco's silence for a yes, she continued on. "Are you serious, how could you? You must've known I was drunk-"

"Hermione, be logical. You're still wearing all of your clothes from yesterday night."

She looked down and saw that he was right. "So we didn't have sex?"

"No," he assured her. "Do you really think that I would take advantage of you like that?"

She had to admit to herself that while the old Draco wouldn't have thought twice about taking advantage of her, it definitely wasn't something this Draco would do. Then she remembered exactly what had happened. "I came on to you, didn't I?"

Draco shrugged. "Like you said, you were drunk."

"That's a yes. And then you took care of me."

He shrugged her realization off. "It was nothing, really."

"No, it was something alright. I never even properly thanked you for bringing Harry and Ron here and then I accused you of taking advantage of me, I'm so stupid!"

"No you aren't," he said. "You were just confused. It must be hard for you, you have that picture of who I was in school and it's strange to think of me in a different light."

"You must think I'm a fool," she groaned.

"See, if you remembered everything we said last night, you wouldn't think that."

Hermione opened her mouth to answer, but instead, a steady stream of vomit came out.

"Oh, Draco," Hermione said as Draco cleaned up her mess. "I am so sorry."

"It's alright," he waved her apology off. "I've had to clean up plenty of vomit from the wild Slytherin parties we once had. This is nothing, really."

"Not just about that, about everything. I must've sounded so stupid, I don't know what got into me…"

"I'd guess around three too many jello shots."

Hermione began to laugh but stopped for fear of throwing up again. "All the same, I'm supposed to be helping you, not causing you more trouble."

"Hermione, you apologize one more time and I guarantee you, you'll see a bit of the old Draco come back." He half joked.

Hermione stared at him for a moment.

"What is it?" Draco became a bit self-concious. "Do I have something in my teeth or something?"

"No, nothing like that. It's just, you've changed so much since school. I hardly recognize you."

"Well, I would hope so. The old me was quite a prick if I do say so myself."

"Yes, he was. But the new you, he's… I don't know if I can explain it."

"Sexy?" Draco raised an eyebrow. "At least, that's the terminology we were using last night."

Hermione nearly fell off the bed. "Sexy? Well, I guess that's one way to put it." She hadn't noticed that Draco had been moving steadily closer to her bed during their conversation. Their faces were practically touching now. He leaned in, Hermione tilted her head and…

Threw up again.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" She frantically tried to clean off Draco's shirt to no avail.

"What did I say about using that word again?" Draco stood up, a blush staining his cheeks. "Well, I'm going to um… you know, clean up. Maybe I'll see you later-well, I'm sure I will but anyways, uh, bye." He was out of the door like a shot.

Hermione cursed to herself. She was never going to touch alcohol again! Who knew what've happened if she hadn't vommed all over him! And now perhaps she'd never know!

But wait, there was no doubt to what was about to happen just then. Draco had been trying to kiss her!

So there was only one question. Why was she so eager to pick up where they'd left off?

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So, how is Lucius faring back at the Headquarters? Will Draco and Hermione finally get it on? Will people update to inspire me to post some more? Will cordyangel ever update on Whole Again again?

All these burning questions and more answered in the next installment of...

The Hooker and the Beast!

A bientot!