Hey, i finally got round to updating...

Hermione sat slumped against the bathroom counter her eyes fixed on the pools of blood that had flowed so quickly from her.

She shivered and wrapped the towel closer to her longing for Draco's arms to be around her again but thankful that they were not. Her love for him had gotten her into this mess, she knew that she would let it happen all over again; she couldn't trust herself around him.

Drying herself off she tried not to look at the shower curtain that had been drenched in her blood, she took a deep breath and left the bathroom hoping that Draco had gone downstairs.

She moved over to her wardrobe pulling on her warmest clothes while marvelling at her skin which had not a single mark on, they must have known she would try something like this.

Something caught her eye out of the window and Hermione rushed over, her heart leaped with joy as she saw hundreds of people moving with great haste towards the castle, they know I'm here, we're going to be ok! She thought briefly. Her excitement lasted only for a moment, as when she looked closer she knew that they were people coming to help, but not to help her. The war was starting, and her side where completely unprepared for it.

She turned to dash to her wardrobe to find something, anything she could use to contact Dumbledore but as she did so the necklace grew tighter, I'm afraid not my dear. She could have imagined the voice but she knew that the necklace was inside her head.

She sat on her bed helplessly, staring at the wall, her mind was so full of things she couldn't focus on anything, Hogwarts, Ron, Harry, her friends, her family, Voldemort, Draco, Draco.

Her mind flew back to before Christmas, the way her heart had buckled every morning when their eyes had met across the hall back at Hogwarts.

Her heart twisted itself in knots as she remembered the first time he kissed her; 'Hey where you going?' Draco grabbed her arm.

I was like an electric shock, starting at her arm and working its way up, making her heart twist and sending shivers down her spine. She let him pull her closer.

He leaned down and kissed her ever so softly, caressing her lips, daring her to kiss him back.

For a moment Hermione was in a strange dreamland, she kissed him back, as slowly and as softly that he was kissing her. She timidly put a hand on his shoulder, all thoughts of Harry were out of the window, all she wanted was Draco.

She didn't want to think about this not now, she shouldn't be wasting her thoughts on him, it was all about to end she should be thinking about her family and her friends but now she had started she couldn't stop thinking about it.

Her mind wandered back to when she had found out Harry had cheated on her and she had first realised she was in love with Draco.

Hermione's cheeks burned with anger and humiliation, she couldn't look at him, not now, she'd breakdown. She opened her mouth to speak, expecting a croak but instead she yelled, it wasn't Draco's fault but he was here so he was going to get the screaming.

'The BASTARD' She half yelled half sobbed and wriggled in Draco's strong arms, 'why couldn't he tell me for God's sake. He's my best friend and he let me find out like THAT' Draco wasn't letting go, 'GET OFF ME' Hermione shouted.

'No' Draco said softly

'LET ME GO' Hermione screamed

'I can't' Draco wasn't going to let go

'Let me go, let me go let m…'

Hermione dissolved in to a fit of tears and fell on to Draco who immediately wrapped his arms around her and subconsciously started to stroke her hair.

'He was my best friend' Hermione said quietly, 'so what I wasn't in love with him, he was my best best friend'

Hermione lifted her head to look at Draco who wiped her tears away. Very slowly, she reached up to kiss him softly on the lips. Draco framed her face and looked down at her.

'Who wouldn't want you?' He said before he could help himself 'Hermione I love you'

Hermione's heart was jumping around her chest as she reached up to kiss him again.

'Hermione I've always loved you'

'Draco I love you so much' Hermione only properly realising the words as she said them.

Her eyes prickled with tears she was surprised she had left to cry. She wished she could believe him when he said it was all lies, she felt like such an idiot but she couldn't forget the look on his face when he said it she knew it had meant something.

Without warning Draco marched in to the room and strode over to the window, breathing heavily as he watched.

'I thought I told you to go away' Hermione said bitterly

'You did' Draco said not looking at her. 'Have you seen?' he added

'Yes, very good, congratulations.' Hermione wanted him to leave, he was making it even harder for her to think straight.

They both remained silent, lost in their own thoughts.

Draco squinted his eyes looking out of the window desperately searching for some kind of sign that his message had been received and that everything was going to be ok, he saw nothing.

He looked over at Hermione and walked over to sit on the bed with her.

Hermione turned her head to look at him.

'What do you want now?' She asked silently begging him to leave, she couldn't bear to look at him any more.

Draco didn't say anything just put his hand to her face and tucked a strand of hair from across her face behind her ear.

'Are you feeling any better now' Draco asked gently not lifting his gaze from her face

'Yeah' She said dryly 'I feel great thanks' and looked away.

'Hermione – ' Draco started.

'Don't, Draco, just – don't' Hermione lifted her head to face him again.

Draco said nothing more just leaned forwards and kissed her firmly on the mouth.

Hermione shook him off crossly 'I said don't'

'Hermione I love you'

'I know' Hermione said sadly, her eyes filling up with more tears 'but it just makes what you did so much worse'

'I'm sorry' Draco said helplessly.

Hermione's heart was racing and she could barely breath, she flinched as he took her hand in his.

Suddenly the walls of the room began to shake.

Draco leaped up off the bed.

'Its happening' He said

'What?' Hermione asked terrified.

'Voldemort is ready, the Deatheaters are prepared'

Draco pulled Hermione off the bed.

'I'm going to make this right' He said staring at her intently

Before Hermione could ask how or tell him it was too late, he wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed her before she could protest.

He knew he shouldn't have, even if they came out of this alive she would never touch him again, he needed to feel her one last time. He pulled away from her slightly expecting her to push him away but she closed the gap between them and kissed him hard, putting her arms around his neck.

They both jumped apart as the room filled with green light and they heard footsteps. In charged Lucius Malfoy, Draco stood protectively in front of Hermione who was shaking with fear. Draco moved to draw his wand as he saw his father reaching inside his robes.

Lucius shook his head and Draco lowered his wand as he saw that Lucius had drawn, not his wand but Hermione's.

Confused Hermione reached out and caught it as Lucius threw it to her.

'Father –' Draco began

'You did good son' Lucius said proudly as he turned his back on them to face the wall that at that moment blasted open revealing twenty Deatheaters with their wands poised.

Please R+R so i know whether to continue or not...