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Of Those Three Words

"She seems pretty cool, for a Gryffindor…" Blaise said uneasily. Draco smirked at him and glanced around the common room. He was home again, he truly was. Draco and Blaise talked about quidditch as people came over to say hey to Draco and Blaise. Some fifth year students added to their conversation and soon there was a group in the common room.

"Hey Blaise," Draco whispered to Blaise when there was a break in their conversation, "where's Parkinson?"

"Can't believe she didn't get expelled," he said, shaking his head, "but she's over there," he said pointing over to the corner. Draco nodded and excused himself. Pansy saw him and tried to edge her way upstairs to her dormitory, but Draco grabbed her shirt collar and pulled her towards him. He resisted the strong temptation to punch the daylights out of her and let me go, breathing hard.

"Parkinson," he growled. She cowered slightly in his shadow.

"Y-yes Draco?" she said slowly, shaking in his wake.

"Must you ruin everything for me? Do you want me happy or sad? My life is a hell hole as it is, can't you just let me have a little fun in my life?" he screamed at her. Several people looked over to them but turned back to their conversations. Pansy looked like she had been slapped.

"I didn't know Draco…she doesn't…she can't…" she stuttered.

"She can't what, Parkinson?" said Draco with a sharp look in his eye.

"She can't mean that much to you…you two live in the same dormitory, I thought she was just a shag Draco."

"She isn't like you, Pansy. Don't ruin things for me; my life is bad enough as it is. Got it? Just leave me be and maybe I'll forgive you."

"I'm not expelled you know. Snape got me out of it," she said slowly.

"Well Pansy my slippery friend, you have detention with me for the rest of the year. Starting tonight, let's go." Draco nodded to her and she followed him out of the common room. He led her up the staircases and through the hallways to his common room. Hermione looked up at him and scowled as Pansy walked into the room.

"Sit," Draco ordered. Pansy sat down and Draco summoned a quill, ink and parchment from his desk. It slid across the table and landed in front of Pansy. She stared at it.

"What is she doing here?" Hermione spat at him.

"Well since we don't shag I brought her here instead," he said and laughed at the look on her face. He sat down and put his arm around her waist and moved her chin towards his. She kissed him and he kissed her back. Pansy gave a snort of disgust.

"Shut it Parkinson," he replied dryly as he broke their kiss.

"How do you expect me to concentrate when you two are snogging on your couch? And I don't even know what I'm supposed to be writing Draco," she snapped at him. Hermione gave a pout and leaned back on the couch.

"You'll be writing an apology letter to Hermione here, and it better be good, or I'll make you take your detentions with Snape," he said and laughed as she shuddered. She shot him a scowl and dipped her quill in ink and began to write. She kept looking up and shooting him nasty glances, which Draco shrugged off.

After a while with them all sitting there quietly, Pansy broke the silence. "You could cut the sexual tension in here with a knife Draco," she said and laughed. Draco smirked at her and laid Hermione down on the couch and kissed her. She responded eagerly, jamming her tongue into his mouth.

"Ugh, get a room!" Pansy shrieked and shielded her eyes. Hermione laughed and pushed Draco off of her and took his hand in hers.

"Fine, we will. Stay here Pansy or I think Draco will have some trust issues," she said in a sweet voice and led Draco towards her bedroom door. Draco gave Pansy a look and closed the door behind him. Hermione was already climbing the stairs when Draco caught up, wrapped his arms around her waist and pushed her gently into the wall. She smiled as he slid his tongue into her mouth.

Hermione pushed him off a bit and he stumbled. "What happened to getting a room? We don't need the stairs, we have my bed…"

"As good as that sounds, I couldn't help myself. And we can't leave her there alone, you don't know her."

"Is she going to ruin all of our nights Draco?"

"Of course not, I can cancel some of hers and I'll get us out of them. And you can hang out with Harry and Ron and Ginny during her detentions if you want," he said sweetly.

"And leave you here alone with her?"

"You can trust me," he said firmly. His eyes were sharp yet sad looking at the same time. Hermione took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Ok, I know I can trust you," she said finally.

"Glad to hear it," he said and walked out the door, leaving Hermione standing there.

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"You didn't listen to me Draco," Lucius said while adjusting his grip on Draco's tie. He flipped his wand in his hand cautiously and aimed it lazily at Draco. He cleared his throat, waiting for a reply.

"Did you expect me too?" Draco said nastily. His father's smirk slid of his would-be handsome features if he hadn't been on the run for 3 months.

"Don't be a fool boy," he growled dangerously. "You are in no position to bargain." Which was quite true; Draco's current situation was not good. His wand lay on the ground yards away from him, and he didn't think he could get to it. Lucius' grip was getting tighter.

"Let me go Father. What would your master think if you strangled me to death?" Draco said calmly and watched as the effects of his words hit his father. "Or has it not occurred to you that if you fail in bringing me to him he has no purpose for you," Draco added as an after thought. Lucius threw his away from his grip and aimed his wand at Draco in a threatening manner.

"You wouldn't dare kill your own son, don't be foolish," Draco said. He had his father in this one; Lucius was in such a dire situation with the Dark Lord it would be impossible for him to make a mistake and get away with it.

"You have befouled are family name, you are no son of mine!" he spat at Draco.

"Then disown me and get it over with it!" Draco retorted back, and realized the full effects of his words. His father smiled nastily as Draco's manner faltered.

"You don't want that do you boy? Where would you go? To the mudblood?" Lucius said and Draco knew that that statement was far below the belt.

"We aren't talking about Hermione, keep her out of it! This is about me. You leave her alone!"

"No, no Draco. A young man like yourself doesn't want to ruin your life. I understand you have feelings for this girl, but we are past that. Parkinson is a much worthier choice, don't you understand!" he said angrily and cursed at his rising temper.

"I said let her alone!" Draco screamed and dove at his father and knocked him backward, knocking his wand out of his hand and pinning him to the ground. "Leave her out of this," he growled at his father, punching him straight in the gut. His father gave an 'oomph' and laid back slowly.

Draco climbed around his father and grabbed his wand off the ground and readied himself for an oncoming fight that was bound to happen. His father stirred and picked himself up off the ground.

"This conversation will continue Draco," he said simply as he grabbed his wand as well, "you will be a death eater and you will dump that mudblood."

"I look forward to it," Draco said sarcastically and walked down the streets of Hogmeade, his back on his father. It was almost 12 p.m. and if he was caught out of his bed at this hour he would be in a lot of trouble. He would also have a lot to explain.

He trudged back up the hills to the castle and through the grand doors. He traced his familiar path back to his room and walked in, where he immediately saw Hermione dozing on the couch and sighed in relief. She shook suddenly awake and noticed Draco and got up and hugged him.

"I was so worried, you never came back from Hogmeade, and I didn't know what happened! Where were you?" she said very fast.

"I met my father on the way back," he said casually. He kicked off his shoes and threw his cloak on the ground and collapsed into his armchair.

"No!" Hermione yelled and got a sad look in her eye. She looked at Draco and then looked away.

"We can't Hermione, you promised," he said easily. Man, he hated to see her sad, but she knew as well as him this was out of hand now. He liked her so much but they couldn't do it.

"Everything has been going so good Draco, Harry and Ron both trust you now, Pansy is less…attached and the school is used to us now. Your father will croak eventually won't he?" she said hopefully. It was true, Voldemort may kill him if Draco could get out of the death eater thing.

"I know…Let me talk with Dumbledore then we can talk later ok? For now…we're just taking a break. No dating Weasel."

"I'm not going to date Ron, I like you Draco," she sad in a sad tone. Draco ran a hand through his hair and sat down and put his head in his hands.

"Go to bed now, Hermione, I'll handle it," he said firmly and looked away from her.

"You can't boss me around Draco," she said back to him. He looked over to her, rolled his eyes and stood up. She twitched and backed up.

"Stop it, I'm not going to hurt you, don't be thick, I would never," he said. That really offended him, that she thought he would actually hit her.

"I'm going to bed, I'll see you in the morning," she said and kissed him on the cheek. Draco was taken back.

"We aren't dating…you can't do that…"

"Whatever," she said and left the room. Draco got up and paced the room and left the room. He headed straight for the Gryffindor common room. He said the password to their portrait (the Heads know all the houses' passwords) and entered it. Being 1 a.m. he was surprised that there were still people awake but there was. A few heads turned and faces turned to scowls. Draco shrugged them off and walked over to the corner of the common room where a certain red head was chatting animatedly to a group of girls.

"Weasley," he acknowledged and beckoned her over. Her friends continued to talk as she got up and crossed the room over to Draco.

"What? Is Hermione alright?" she asked and Draco rolled his eyes.

"Depends, can you get me Potter's invisibility cloak?"

"Yeah…hold on…" she said uneasily and ran up the staircase across the room. Draco tapped his foot impatiently while he waited. Potter and Ginny came back down; Potter was holding a silver-like cloak in his left hand, his wand in his left.

"What do you need it for?" he asked. Nosy little bugger he was.

"To speak to Dumbledore, I'm not crossing the castle without that cloak," he said and extended his hand for it. Harry handed it over and Draco was just about to throw it over himself as Hermione burst into the room.

"Hey Ginny can I crash here with you to-" she started to say but stopped when she noticed Draco, mid-motion of putting on the invisibility cloak. "What are you doing here?"

"Nothing…I…I'll come back and get you later when I come back," he said and threw the cloak around him and disappeared. The portrait door opened and then slammed closed as Hermione whipped her head around. She let out a sigh.

"Did you guys have a fight? I'll kick his ass!" Harry said hotly.

"We broke up, just be quiet and I'll tell you about it!" she hissed.

"You guys broke up?" Ginny said quickly. Hermione rolled her eyes and slouched into an armchair.

"We're taking a break, while he figured out things with his father," she said ignoring the look Ginny was giving her," Look guys, you know we can't do this while his father is on the loose. I can wait for him…"

"You can't wait forever, come on 'Mione, just get over him. He isn't ready for a serious relationship with you," Harry reasoned with her. But she would not be reasoned with.

"You don't understand, he's trying Harry! If it wasn't for his father we probably would have-" she stopped.

"Yes?" Harry asked out of instinct. Ginny looked at her and Hermione suddenly looked nervous. Her cheeks were tinged with red spots.

"Nothing. The point is, it's his father's fault, not his, and he's trying to make it work. He's going to talk to Dumbledore, that's where he went, and I mean he'll sort everything out. I can't leave him. I…I love him."

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Draco sat on the couch in the common room, Hermione leaning against him. He was debating on whether or not to tell her what he heard in the common room. Yes, he had feigned leaving and listened to their conversation. He wasn't sure if she would be mad or not.

"Hey, Hermione," he said and shook her awake.

"Yeah?" she said wearily. She had fallen on top on him as soon as they had entered the common room and Draco still hadn't told her what Dumbledore had told him. He had been too tired. "What Draco?"

Draco just realized he had been in a trance like state. "Oh, umm, I heard you earlier, what you said in the common room," he blurted out. She didn't even look away, just sort of shrugged it off.

"I didn't think you had left. I meant what I said. About loving you."

"I know you do. I just-" he said but Hermione was already on top of him, with her tongue in his mouth and her shirt half way off. For awhile they made out of the couch and finally, realizing the time, broke off and collapsed. Draco was lying on top of her and both of their shirts lay on the ground. Hermione's hair was a mess but Draco couldn't stop himself in thinking she looked beautiful.

"I love you," he whispered against her neck. She looked him straight in eye and gave a half smile.

"I love you too."

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A/n- Sorry about the long wait for the chapter, but I hope you thought it was good. Just to let you all know, I start school in 15 days but I hope to get 2 more updates up before then. I will still write but not as often so it might be longer for an update.

I am also debating on whether or not to start a new story; I got a really good idea while I was lying in bed sick one day. If I do start a new one, I will continue this one. This one will involve Draco and Hermione but it will also be a time travel piece. I will tell you guys if I start it up.

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