Starting time: 23:23 (funny time, pretty early though, for me at least, good maybe this will be long :D) …. I don't even know what was the point of starting this time counting thing.
End time: 02:30 (woha:D)
Total Ending time: 03:12 (not bad, not bad at all)

Top Notes: Ok, so no reviews... apart from my HONEY Brodie (love and peace and everything). I guess I'll have to work back on my reputation as the one who updates everyday… I'll try but it's getting harder as the semester progresses. This is supposed to be a Draco and Hermione chapter exclusively, I don't know if I'm ready for that, but what the hell. I handed in my statistics homework…. I think I'll manage a D at least … hope I will, damn it's bloody hard. Just a note (like everything else here)…. I've been to London but I don't REALLY know how it looks like in the morning, when you are where Draco and Hermione are (not telling you where they are just yet, you will find out in like 30 seconds anyway).

Ok just to clear this out I don't know what an R rating really means. I mean I've read the definitions, but it's no use for me without examples…oh well…. so you know I'm guessing. Now I do apologize for not giving any sex descriptions but they leave me exhausted (ok that sounds weird, I mean they don't come so easily to me) plus I forgot to make mental notes the last whatever number of times I've had sex (it's really hard to remember to do that… really…. Try it! )

Now before you read on I have to warn you that this is mostly conversation and that's it. AND THAT I'M ON WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER NOW!!!! So expect at least one more chapter on "the night", I really can't seem to end it, but that's just where the story is going in my head, and it just really takes so much space to say what I want to say, and I'm just… just sorry….:::pushes out lower lip::: I hope you still at least like me.

Chapter 18: Stinky and Nie

The view was breathtaking. Hermione gasped as Draco told her she could open her eyes. Suburbia London was beautiful at 4 o'clock in the morning. The sky was still dark and almost starless. Hermione looked down at her hometown, it looked deserted and alive at the same time. Somehow she could sense the millions of calm bodies lying in their beds, breathing. She knew the world was alive, but it felt as though it slowed down especially for her to enjoy this view.

When they left Mat's place Draco lifted Hermione onto his broom with what seemed like no effort at all. He told her to shut her eyes, and she listened. When she felt the ground beneath her feet again, she also felt the air was cooler. Now, they were standing on the roof of a sky scrapper, enjoying the view. Without a word, apart from a silent incarnation, Draco transfigured his robes into a fluffy big, black blanket. Hermione smiled. Everything was so unreal.

Half an hour later they were cuddled up under the blanket, slowly sipping red wine out of wine glasses.

"You're full of surprises" she smiled to Draco. They'd been silent most of the time, and it seemed like a good moment to start talking.

"Sometimes" he smiled sadly "we all are" his eyes somehow lighted as he noticed Hermione's confused look

"Where did you get these glasses?" she asked taking another sip of her wine and rubbing the confused look of her face.

"Ah, see that is a personal secret of mine. I'll never tell. It's magic" he smiled warmly, well as warmly as a Malfoy could smile.

"So tell me Draco" Hermione smiled dizzily, she started to relax and decided wine glasses are not much of a subject. She knew the wine started working her head, but it didn't matter. "Why are you always so mean to me, when you can be so nice?" she got up from her seat in order to catch more of the outstanding view and not to look into his eyes when he would be answering. She was half expecting him to say something rude, something that would change this night into something completely different.

"Well, you're a very comfortable person to be mean to" he shrugged and got up as well. Hermione turned to him looking confused.

"So why … now…me… why?" she started but couldn't make herself finish.

"Well" he sighted "you hang out with The Boy Who Lived," he stressed the words mockingly "and you're a Gryffindor and a smart ass and…"

"Oi, watch it" she laughed; she knew he wasn't being mean. She almost let out a breath of relief. Suddenly she looked at him suspiciously "Actually, why ARE you so nice to me?"

Draco smiled menacingly at her and threw her a flirtagous look. "How can I be mean to you when I can see your nipples through that top?" he asked. Hermione looked down at her top with surprise. The white fibre was a little bit too transparent, why didn't she notice that before? She looked back up at him blushing and placing her arms over her chest. She felt very embarrassed. All she wanted was to run away. This night was getting weird again. She looked down at her shoes not knowing what to do next. Draco's heart sunk at this sight, he smiled to himself, she looked so cute and innocent.

"Hey" he whispered to her. His finger rested under her chin slowly shifting it up. His voice was strangely comforting "Hermione, it's nothing" he spoke even more quietly as he neared his face to hers even more. "It's nothing" he repeated again and placed a delicate kiss on her lips. She shivered. Embarrassment started leaving her body again. He made her feel everything one wants to feel. She felt safe, wanted, accepted, comforted, understood, and cared about. Hermione found the amount of emotions she was experiencing overwhelming. Her eyes looked up at him, by themselves, she had no intention of looking up, it just happened. His eyes were scanning her face, looking for answers as to what to do next. He didn't smile. Hermione shifted up and kissed him back.

"I hate you," she said in a whisper. At this Draco took a step back looking utterly dazed. "For what you're doing to me Malfoy, I fucking hate you. I do" her words were drifting away. However he heard her loud and clear as with every word she drew nearer to him. At the words 'I do' their faces were almost touching. He smiled to her but her face stayed fixed "I just so do" she repeated and kissed him harshly. Draco responded almost instantly. He was experiencing most unexpected feelings as well. Of course, he was very horny at that point, but it was like no other 'horny' he'd felt before. It was hard to stop his hands wandering on her face, and into her hair. She touched his chest nervously, sending shivers down her spine.

Hearing your voice
is like icicles down my spine
And touching your warm skin
starts electric storms through my mind
You've put a strength in me


"Hermione" he whispered to her, as they broke apart catching breaths hungrily. They stayed silent for a moment. Draco took her hand and led her back to the blanket. He smiled to her when he regained self-control completely. "Let's play a game shall we?" he asked a spark in his eye.

"Draco" Hermione started, when she realised where this might be going. Draco rolled his eyes sensing her tone.

"Hermione I might be mean, rude, or in best words an asshole, whatever, but that's not what I meant" he looked very cross and Hermione started feeling guilty.

"Oh my God Draco, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I…"

"Nie shut the fuck up finally will you?" he looked up at her smiling broadly and sat down on the blanket. Hermione's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You stinking, lying, …." She started

"I guess you never will" he sighted "oh well" he laid down on the blanket putting his arms under his head "go on, although I refuse to acknowledge that I STINK, you're the second one that's called me that tonight" Hermione sat down beside him crossing her arms and looking very pissed off.

"You STINK more then anyone I know" she recited and pushed her lower lip out.

"If you say so Nie" he made himself comfortable and closed his eyes as if preparing for sleep.

"Nie? Do you know how idiotic that sounds?"

"Matches the person I'm referring to" he smiled and opened his eyes "And I like your knees" he said simply. Hermione was out of words so she continued to sit stiffly pushing her lower lip even more out.

"More wine Nie?"

"Fuck off Malfoy" she spat at him but took the glass from his hand.

"You spend way to much time with Catherine" Draco stated with a laugh

"Fuck off Malfoy" she spat again than opened her mouth to speak again and her face turned from mad to worried

"What is it?" Draco lifted himself on his elbow

"I don't think we should of left them. Seb might need help or something, plus someone should make sure Parvati'll get home safely" she said looking even more worried with every new thing to worry about.

"Hermione, I think Ron can take care of Parvati, or as one may say, he has no choice" at his words Hermione burst out laughing feeling the wine back in her veins. "As for Seb" Draco started and Hermione's laugh suddenly stopped. "You see I don't know any details but he has this rare disease and sometimes he gets these attacks and he falls to the ground and starts to shiver, or something" Hermione listened with her mouth open "it hasn't happened to him in years, but I know he always has a bottle of this green stuff in case he gets it, he told me once that it's nothing to worry about really" Hermione went pale

"Why did he push Angelina, or whatever he did to her then?" Hermione asked with a very professional voice.

"Apparently you shouldn't mix it with any drugs or something" Draco shrugged but Hermione gasped

"He's got Perticuse's Thelmbicticus Curse?" Hermione asked the air around her as if the whole world should know what Perticuse's Thelmbicticus Curse actually meant. Draco looked at her sheepishly. "He could have died in there," Hermione recited letting her breath out roughly.

"But he didn't ok?" Draco sighted "Come on let's just talk about something more pleasant then the Petrificus Thelma Curse"

"It's Perticuse's Thelmbicticus Curse and how can you be so heartless?" Hermione asked in disbelief. "It's like a curse, but there are no counter curses, and there was an outbreak in death-eater's families just last year" Draco only shrugged and decided taking a sip from his wine glass is the best reaction he could make out at that moment. Hermione punched him and got up once again towering over him.

"DRACO MALFOY" he looked up at her and his smile faded.

"LISTEN WOMAN HE'LL. BE. FINE.!! NOW WILL YOU SPEND SOME FUCKING TIME WITH ME?" he shouted out, and fixed his look on the confused Hermione. Her lower lip was quivering. She stiffened and returned to her formal confident position although she was still in shock. She considered his voice for a minute and started feeling the wine affecting her judgment. you live only once Hermione Granger a voice in her head spoke convincingly. She stood there incapable of speech and her head was telling her to do something totally different then what she would do normally. you've been doing things differently for the whole evening Hermione, let go, it's nothing suddenly the voice in her head sounded more like Draco's then her own. She straightened her back even more when she has made a decision.

"Sure" she said simply and sat down beside Draco

"Good, I knew you'd come to your senses" Draco smiled to her and she gave him the 'I'll kill you if you say that again' look. "So now the GAME" he smile once again "I say you can ask me anything you want to and I'll answer, but then it's my turn and you'll have to answer. You can chicken out" he though for a moment "once" he sated confidently. Hermione looked at him shaking her head.

"Draco this is the most twisted version of … I think you should call it Truth or Truth or something, never mind" she blushed again; the wine was working her tongue. Her mouth seemed to disobey her as well, as when she was planning to say 'no' all it did was say:

"Ok" she put down the wine glass worrying for her soberness. A flash passed Draco's eyes.

"I know," he seemed to have come up with something new "you can chicken out let's say 3 times, but then you have to drink a WHOLE glass of wine. How about that" Hermione's mouth answered instantly

"Yep, sure, aha, seems fair… eh make it 5, I want you pissed out of your mind" she blushed more from the heat in her body the alcohol caused then from embarrassment.

"And why's that miss Granger?" Draco asked hi eyebrow raised

"Because you'll have to strip" Hermione shot out her voice getting more and more squeaky towards the end of the sentence. She was getting the hang of this 'emotional twisted thing' Draco was playing, it wasn't all that hard.

"Granger honey if I'll strip tonight you'll be already naked" he threw lightly "I have a new idea" he suddenly said his face brightening.

"Dracooo stop it, are you trying to look smarter then you are with all these ideas?" Draco looked at her and laughed. He waved his wand and a deck of cards appeared out of thin air. "HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?" Hermione stressed each word; if she wouldn't be sitting down she'd be stumping her foot like an angry child. Draco did not respond, so she pushed out her lower lip and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked like a three year old and Draco burst out laughing. "STOP LAUGHING AT ME STINKY" she pushed out her tongue at him what made him laugh even harder.

"I beg you" he could hardly speak through his laughter "stop it or I'll burst" he caught his stomach trying to desperately control his outburst.

" 'ld do ya well STINKY" she turned her back on him and sat still for around 3 seconds. Then she bent down and reached for her glass spilling its content while she tried taking a sip. Fortunately for Draco he did not see her, as he would probably really burst.

At that point Draco managed to get a grip and started to shovel the cards. He totally ignored Hermione's amused and dumb look as she turned around to see what was making the new sound.

"Now, if I pick a queen or an As I'll have to answer your question concerning a girl. If you pick a jack or a king you'll have to answer my question on a guy." He paused "right what else. If any of us picks a joker we get to ask the other person any question we want to. If we pick any other cards we just take a sip of our wine. Agreed?" Draco pointed the deck at the startled Hermione.

"Absolllluuutely" she sang and sat up straight, throwing her hair back.

"Get ready Granger, you're in for a tough game"

"Don't underestimate me. Just say the word Baby" Draco raised his eyebrow at her words

"Granger and you said I'M full or surprises?"

Hermione smiled innocently "Well I never said I'm NOT!"

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Bottom notes: HA WELL IT AINT THE END !!!! I'M sooo sorry but this chapter turned out like twice as much as other ones already. Now if you feel that there is too much conversation and stuff just skip the next one, which will be THE GAME, basically Hermione getting more and more drunk and them asking themselves question I of course had not planned yet. :D I KNOW I'M SO BAD, but it just turned out that way. They still have to get home and I have to get the other bunch home as well don't I. It really isn't that easy to make it all short. At least you have a DR/HR chapter of pointless chitchat, but I kind of cam to like it, so bugger off. :P.

Also I hate the word HORNY, but I use it here, just thought I'd let you guys know.

Also I don't like Hermione's reactions at the beginning, but she is HERMIONE not me, so oh well, it just seemed right. Why am I explaining myself anyway? :::confused look:::

A funny thing, I had to think of a nick name Draco would give Hermione and I came up with the only thing I haven't seen in other fics which is 'NIE' it actually means 'NO' in Polish so it makes me laugh, but it's pronounced differently as in a 'knee' you know the 'knee' I really need some sleep.

Did only a small amount of rereading, as this chapter is way toooo long for me right now.

???? Does anyone remember what day it is in the fic? Did I say anything about it being Friday or Saturday or something?????

Almost forgot: THE LIST: The thing quoted in chapter: Lamb – Gold
Other Lamb songs for today: Gabriel, Softly, Lullaby, Gorecki
When they're kissing (weeeee): Tracy Thorn (form Everything But The Girl) and Massive Attack– Protection
Underworld – Born Slippy (I'll never get over that one:D)
Additionally I watched an episode of friends (incomplete, only like 30 seconds) that is on my winamp for no reason, where Rachel says "HOW YOU DOING THIS?" I LOVE IT:d:d:d, I think It's end of season 9 (the one in Barbados).

Have a nice day everyone :D

RA:
Brodie: I'm glad you liked it and I feel guilty about not making things all clear. I hope what Draco says in this one will clear out some stuff, I know the explanation is rather dumb, but it evolved in my head and I just had to put it in. Plus ANGELINA PISSES ME OFF, not in the book but the Angelina I made up, I hate her, and someone had to hit her or something, and Cat's just too much of a darling for that (she is really, I know you don't believe me but she is, or maybe? You never know people are unpredictable). Plus I just had to make Seb vulnerable at some point right? I know it turned out kind of weird but it's on weird reaction right? Anyway I'm just explaining myself because I'm worried you won't like it : ((((( and you liking it means so much to me. So all in all I hope this chapter cleared that Seb thing a little, anything else wrong there just ask and I'll give you a nice long elaboration on human behaviour or something like that.

Right I almost forgot… I don't think I've asked you this before, I know I asked Stacey, but I don't think I've asked you…. Anyway… where are you from? This always fascinates me!:D

THANKS FOR THE REVIEW…. LOVE YOU…… HUGS AND KISSES AND A BIG HI TO BAILEY. And what else what else. I think 'Have a nice day' is appropriate as always.

Faithful :D