"That's what love is about recklessly hurting each other but insanely loving one another.."

Chapter 8-Crossing that Line

Hermione woke up the next morning and went into Draco's room. It was time for breakfast she thought it would be good for him if he ate. She walked in his room and he was still sleeping, he must have got up during the night because he was undressed now...completely. Hermione laughed and Draco stirred slightly but showed no sign of waking.

She walked over to his bed and tapped on his shoulder. Again he did not wake. "Oh I'm going to regret this." She muttered before she kissed Draco hard on the lips. His eyes shot open immediately and realized it was Hermione. He smiled into the kiss and pulled her over him and on to the bed so he lay on top of her.

"You should wake me up like that every morning."

"Draco no.."

It was too late though; Draco had already taken over her mouth. Draco went to her shirt and started to undress her before she could collect herself. Draco was working on her neck and she was in heaven.

"Oh god Draco.." Her eyes flew open, "Draco!"

Hermione pushed Draco off of her and buttoned up her shirt quickly, "I came to tell you that you should eat breakfast. You really should get dressed though Draco."

She glared at him on her way out the door. He slammed the door when she left and then punched it. 'Good one Malfoy.'

"Shut up."

Draco walked into the bathroom and took a shower before heading down to breakfast. The students were due back in two days, so he had to do something before Hermione threw herself into her teaching. Draco shook his head, "This is going to be a long two days."

Hermione walked quickly to her bathroom to make sure she looked all right after that incident with Draco. She fixed her air and then put on a spell that helped to hide that incredible hickey he gave her. She looked at herself in the mirror and started to cry. "I really can't keep doing this to myself." Hermione walked to the great hall and sat next to Headmistress McGonagall like usual. All the staff sat at the head of one of the two house tables that were there for the holidays. Draco came in minutes later and sat across from her. The Headmistress took that as her cue to leave.

"Draco do you remember anything from last night?"

"I remember you overreacting about Nott being there. I would go back to those old ways Hermione."

"After that Draco."

"I know I asked Blaise to get a drink with me, so I could talk to him about this Death Eater business."

"After that."

"Well..actually I don't remember, so what?"

"I found you in the Three Broomsticks with Blaise. You were drunk so I walked with you back to the castle. I gave you aspirin to help with your headache. I sat with you until you started to fall asleep, and you kissed me before I left."

"Oh.."

"You told me you loved me."

"And?"

"You were drunk Draco."

"Well they do say the truth comes out when you're drunk."

"Oh I hate you sometimes."

"Liar."

"You really love to make me mad don't you?"

"What can I say you're sexy when you're angry."

Hermione slapped him, "You know you think that just because you know I still love you that you can say whatever and I'll still come back to you Draco, but right now Draco your cutting it so close. With the way you've been acting yesterday and today I could just walk away right now."

Draco gaped at her as she continued, "When you act like this I don't know if I can trust you. You're such bastard Draco. I know that you have changed since you mudblood insults but you still have that cocky ass attitude and it's a pain in my ass. You hurt me Draco so many times even before you cheated on me with Lavender. You really never think before act Draco."

Hermione was starting to draw a scene in the Great Hall, "Come on Hermione let's go outside."

Hermione glared at him and briskly walked outside with Draco barely keeping up, "God Draco sometimes I just want you go away and leave me alone. Sometimes I just don't think I can keep doing this with you Draco, I need you to..i...I just need you."

She turned to him and he stopped dead in front of her, "I need you Draco and my God and I don't know why."

"Hermione I know I'm bastard, hey I'm a Malfoy, what do you expect? Come on don't you remember me beating up Ron the day we got engaged. You actually considered not marrying me. You know what i do, I screw up all the time because I'm a conceited ass and I know it. I need you too Hermione, more than you could ever imagine."

"Why did you bring Lavender to our home Draco? Why did almost have sex with her on OUR bed Draco? Why did you come here Draco, why did it have to be Hogwarts of all places? Why couldn't you just leave me alone? I could have been happy with Ron you know I could have gotten married and Ron would have never cheated on me."

He didn't have answers to these questions, but she was breaking him down and he couldn't have that, "Hermione I have told you before that I don't know what happened to me, but it wasn't me."

"Stop lying Draco! Who else could it have been? Dr. Seuss?"

"Doctor who?"

"Never mind that Draco, you don't deserve another chance."

"Everyone deserves a second chance Hermione."

"Draco I think this would well past your second chance."

"Hermione we've gone through this so many times.."

"And we can't keep doing this Draco. We just can't."

"Hermione we've admitted our feelings, I haven't stopped loving you for a minute and you the same. Why is that so hard for you to get that?"

"It's not that simple Draco!"

Draco stepped dangerously close to Hermione and took her arms. "Why Not!"

"Because...because you're Death Eater!"

"Oh so were back to that. Fine I'm a Death Eater. Happy?" He lied.

He sat down on the ground and pulled up his sleeve. He then started to rub on the dark mark as if trying to make it disappear. Hermione stood watching him; his arm was becoming red and raw from all the rubbing.

"Draco stop!"

"Why? This is what's stopping you isn't it? Or is it just one of your stupid excuses? Hermione, that time when I was without you, I was becoming the old Malfoy again. I didn't like it. I liked who I was when I was with you okay? You know sometimes I hurt too Hermione, believe it or not! Maybe it was a mistake coming here though."

He started walking away from her, "No Draco wait!"

"No Hermione, you were right. I shouldn't have come here. You would have been better off with Weasley. So don't worry any more Hermione, I won't bother you again."

Draco walked straight toward the school without looking back. Hermione Granger had broken Draco Malfoy. Hermione watched him walk away not able to move. She couldn't speak, she couldn't think, she couldn't breathe. Draco wasn't supposed to give up on her. She was supposed to get mad at him and he would keep on trying to win her back. Hermione had gone too far though. She had made him run all because she wouldn't let herself go again.

She had pushed him across the line and she didn't know if he would ever come back now.

A/N: Now I know you all are hating about right now for doing this to the couple but hopefully Hermione can fix it. So please just wait for the next chapters and hang in there. I started writing this chapter not intending on it going like this, but you writers know that sometimes things just start flowing and you can't stop it. I felt this was a necessary thing. I like a few twists and turns in a story.

I hope you all enjoy and I hope its not too bad. I also have no idea where the opening quote came from.oops

Thanks to all my reviewers I even got some new ones! Thanks especially to Becka Klien for her long review. I'm glad you like how i portrayed everything.

Missez Malfoy.