Chapter 8-

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Hermione's thoughts were suddenly cut short when she heard a knock at the door.

'Who could that be?' she wondered as she headed towards the door. 'Oh, it must be Draco. I know I told him not to forget the key before he went to the grocery store.'

"Draco, I told you a million times to grab the key before you leave." she said as she walked to the door. She reached for the knob and opened it with a smile. She was fully prepared to see a certain forgetful Slytherin standing outside, but it was not Draco.

"D-daddy?" she said in a trembling voice. Her dad stood in front of her with an evil glint in his eye. She knew automatically that he was drunk and very angry.

"Who is Draco, sweetheart?" he asked in a fake caring voice as he shoved his way into the room.

"No-no one, daddy." she stuttered.

"Don't lie to me!!" he said as he pulled his hand back and struck her on her left cheek. Hermione's hand flew to her cheek and tears welled in her eyes. "Now tell me who this Draco is!!"

"He-he's this guy…" she began, but was cut off by another hard blow to the face.

"YOU SLUT!!!!" he yelled. "You think that you can run away with me and go live with some guy?!!!"

"No-no, it's not that…I-I…"

"Spit it out!!!" he said as he pushed her to the floor where she landed with a hard thud.

"I f-found him all b-beaten up s-so I brought him he-here so that he c-could get b-better." she said quickly as she tired to move out of his reach.

"LIAR!!!!!!" he yelled as he kicked her in her chest with all his might.

Hermione was now bleeding and tears were flowing down her cheeks as she curled up into a little ball and cowered away from her father.

The room was silent for a moment and Hermione thought that he might have left, so she risked a glance up to where he had been standing. He was still there, but the expression on his face had changed some how. He didn't look angry any more. The look in his eyes looked like lust. That's when it hit her. He was going to rape her.

He began approaching her and she tried to get away, but she was already against a wall. "You know, you are a very pretty girl. Even if you are a freak!" he said as he bent down in front of her and pulled her to her feet. "It's been a long time since your mother left us, and I have been awful lonely." He said as if he was just having a normal father-daughter conversation. As he was saying this, he dragged her towards her bedroom. When they got there he threw her on the bed and jumped on top of her.

Bu now, Hermione was whimpering and trying to make herself invisible. "Don't do this, daddy…" she said, but he wasn't listening. He was in the process of ripping her shirt apart.

"Make one more noise and I will kill you and your little Draco too." he said in a dangerously low whisper as he pulled out a knife and dragged the blade along her skin, making shallow and deep cuts all over her.

Hermione winced in pain and her eyes widened at the thought of him killing Draco. She didn't need to think about it. She would let him do this to her to save Draco. Why? She didn't know, but she did know that she wouldn't let this man cause others pain the way he has to her.

Hermione nodded to him and tried to think about other things. Soon, they were both down to only their underwear and Hermione had several deep cuts all over her body from where her cut off her clothes without bothering to miss the skin underneath. And, as nausea swept through her body, she could feel his hardness press against her thigh. All Hermione could think about now was, 'This will all be over soon…'

Then, right as he was getting ready to remove what was left of her clothing, she felt him being lifted from her. She cracked open her eyes and saw no one. Then, she heard it, "Petrificus Totalus!!"

She looked in the direction of the voice and saw Draco putting a full body bind on her father. She smiled before slipping out of consciousness.

When Hermione awoke, she immediately knew that she was in her parents summer cabin, but didn't know why. So, she tried to sit up. This only caused her extreme pain, so she laid back down. 'Why am I here. The last thing I remember is…the cabin with Draco and…' she thought, then suddenly all of the memories of the previous events came flooding back to her. 'My father…knives…body bind…Draco!!'

She suddenly felt alone and sacred, so she did the only thing that she could think of, "DRACO!!!" she cried.

Then, as if by magic, he appeared next to her. "Hermione? Oh thank Merlin!!!!!" he said as he grabbed her and hugged her tightly.

Hermione cried into his shoulder and held him tightly. "Oh, Draco. Thank Merlin you came…he was going to…" she trailed off.

"I know, I know. But it's over now, and you are safe." he said as he placed a soothing kiss on her forehead.

"Where is…he?" she asked after a few long minutes of silence.

"I contacted Dumbledore and he came and took care of your father." he said.

"Oh."

"He also sent Madame Pomfrey to heal you."

"Oh." she said quietly before looking into his eyes and saying, "He said he was going to kill you if I said or did anything to stop him."

Draco looked at her, shocked, for a second before opening his mouth to speak, but Hermione cut him off.

"I couldn't let him. I would have let him kill me if it would have saved your life." she whispered, avoiding his eyes.

"Why?" he asked.

Hermione didn't answer at first, but she knew what the answer was. Finally she said, "because I…care about you…"

Draco was taken aback. 'This isn't possible. We are supposed to hate each other, aren't we?' he wondered. Then it came to him, 'I care about her too.'

Hermione took his silence as if he didn't reciprocate her feelings and so she said, "I-I just wanted you to know. You don't have to feel the same way or anything…"

"I do." he said quietly.

"What?" she said when he interrupted her rant.

"I care about you too." he said as he looked into her eyes.

Hermione looked into his eyes for any sign of a lie, but when she found none she smiled. Then, he leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips. "Now, you better get some sleep. You aren't fully healed yet." he said as he stood and walked out of the room with the biggest grin on his face.