I Feel You - Chapter 6

Morning came and Draco opened his blue eyes taking in the sunlight that was blinding him. When his eyes finally did adjust to the light, he realized that he was on the ground. He looked up and saw Hermione sleeping on the floor next to him breathing evenly. She was still in her clothes from the night before which were wrinkled and he was still in his. He then suddenly had a flashback from the night before and remembered what happened. He told her everything.

He stood up, without waking Hermione, and went into the kitchen. He took out some aspirin and swallowed it the pills dry, not bothering to even get any water. He leaned his head against the cabinet and closed his eyes. Maybe she is right. Maybe I was just running away from all of it. Maybe I should give love a second chance.

Draco went into the backyard which was not green, but white with snow. It was extremely cold and he only had a light shirt on with pants so his body was starting to shiver. It was lightly snowing with only the darkness of the sky around him. It was hard to believe that it was morning.

"I miss you darling. I miss you so much," he whispered as he looked up and snow fell into his hair and eyes, "I…"

"What are you doing?"

He turned around and saw her walking towards him wrapped in nothing, but her own arms in an attempt to get warm. She walked up to him giving him a groggy smile.

"It's so cold. You should get inside."

"Yeah. I was just about to go back in." he said making her face instantly drop.

"Oh I'm sorry. Did I–"

"You didn't do anything. I just like the snow." he said making her feel somewhat better even though she knew that she had interrupted him talking with his wife.

"Well then come on. It's really cold." she said as she turned around and was shocked when she felt his arm around her. He was obviously trying to keep her warm in the short walk to the house. She smiled as he opened the door and let her walk through first.

Hermione sat down at the table and he sat across from her putting his feet up and leaning back.

"Do you really work at that hospital?" asked Hermione looking into his eyes. He smiled at her question.

"Why do you ask?"

"I don't know. Something just doesn't fit right with you."

"What do you mean?" he asked amused.

"No papers around? No files anywhere? I just thought that if you handled the finances and managed such a big hospital that you might bring home some of your work."

Draco nodded his head at her as he said, "I technically still own the hospital, but I handed over the management and financial jobs to two others after my wife was killed. Do you always have to be right?"

"Not always, but most of the time, yes."

"Well after yesterday, I don't think we should go out. You certainly shouldn't be out. Not with that dark mark and my wrist burning. I'll go out. Rent us some movies?"

"I haven't watched a movie in ages. Just please don't get anything too gory."

"You baby."

He turned around went to the closet. Hermione saw all of the separated clothes and knew that one side belonged to her while the other side was his. He grabbed a black jacket and then grabbed his keys before he locked the door on the way out.

After picking out a few movies he returned home where he locked the door and then went into the living room. Hermione was sitting down reading when he walked in giving him a smile as she sat down next to her.

"So what did you get?" she asked hoping that he had managed to pick out movies that would not make her cringe the whole night.

"Well I tried to keep away from the gore, but that depends on what you think is gore." She rolled her eyes at him as he continued, "Okay I thought I should cover every aspect of movie genres."

"Nice."

"So we've got comedy with Zoolander. It's not bad. Saw it in the theatres a few years ago and it really stuck with me."

She nodded and said, "Okay. Next."

"Alright well we've got action with The Longest Yard."

"That's a comedy!"

Draco shook his head at her and said, "It's the original. There is so much action in it. Hermione you are far too quick to judge."

"Oh Merlin. What else did you get?"

"We've got romance with the Wedding Crashers."

"That's another bloody comedy!" she yelled with laughter spilling off of her tongue. He simply smiled at her.

"There is supposedly romance in it."

"Fine. Next."

"We've got Meet the Parents for drama."

"Another comedy. Next."

"And finally we've got Evolution for the scary flick."

"So basically you got a bunch of comedies?" she asked looking at him with a smile playing on her lips. He nodded at her before she uttered, "Unbelievable."

She smiled as he put in the first movie. They watched Meet the Parents which had them both laughing so hard that it was nearly painful. Draco fell off the couch when they watched Wedding Crashers and Hermione spit out her drink when they watched Evolution. It was around eight when they were about to put in the next movie of The Longest Yard. Hermione went up to change into her new nightwear as he was switching the movies.

She walked back down and Draco lost his breath when he saw her. She was wearing blue shorts with a matching blue spaghetti strap. Her hair was up in a messy bun and yet she looked so incredibly sexy. He gulped as she walked down and sat back down on the couch.

"Movie ready to go?" she asked with a smile. He was so lost in how gorgeous she looked that he forgot how to speak. She looked at him a little odd before asking, "Draco, are you alright?"

He nodded before he stood back up and went back to his chair. He was about to hit play when suddenly everything went dark. Draco jumped up as did Hermione who shot her wand up in the air.

"Lumos!" she bellowed immediately lighting the entire room. They both looked around checking anything out of the ordinary, nobody was there. Draco went to the window and looked outside.

"All the lights are off."

"Must be from the storm."

"Yeah. Stay here and let me check something."

He went to the door and opened it slowly checking everything surrounding his dark yard. He walked out onto the porch and looked around, but saw nothing. It was cold and the snow was blowing every which way making the ground look like complete ice. He looked further and saw that one of the power lines had fallen over which made him let out a little sigh of relief. He rushed back in and shut the door locking it as always.

"Everything is okay. It's fine."

"Well then want me to light some candles?"

"Yeah. That would be great."

He was use to that coming from Taylor who went around and lit each candle individually. However, Hermione used her wand. All the candles were lit at the same time with a flip of her wrist. The room was illuminated, but still very dark.

Hermione burned a fire and then sat back down on the couch. Draco walked over and sat next to the fire before he rolled up his sleeves and laid on the floor. Hermione had her legs curled up and they stared at one another.

"So…what is there to do without power and little light?" asked Hermione making Draco smile.

"Twenty questions." he said looking over at her with a sly smile.

"I'm game," she said. She noticed that he had raised his eyebrows with that trait Malfoy smirk to which she responded to by saying, "I am a Gryffindor after all. We are the bravest of the brave."

"Alright. You go first."

She smiled and thought for a moment. She asked, "Rules?"

"You're free to ask anything."

"Lucky me. This allows us to go deep into the past?"

"I said anything." Hermione looked as though Christmas had come early.

"Okay. Let me see…okay. This is one that I've been dying to know since my first year at Hogwarts. Now you have to answer honestly," she said to which he responded by rolling his eyes and nodding his head. She said, "Okay. Now, I was the Gryffindor good girl, but that doesn't mean that I didn't hear talk. I heard that many girls lost their virginity on your bed. Is that true?" He smiled and put his hand to the back of his neck letting out a sigh. "You were always the Slytherin bad boy."

"Okay a few girls lost it to me."

"Names?" she asked with a look of excitement in her eyes.

"Save it for your next question," he said making her pout at him. He smiled as he said, "Okay. My turn. Who was your first kiss?"

Even with only candles for light, he could see the girl blushing. "A boy from back home when I was fifteen. He was a muggle."

"You didn't have your first kiss until you were fifteen?"

"Yes now my turn."

He started to laugh and she threw a pillow at him to which he pushed aside. "Alright, alright."

"So how many girls did lose it to you on that bed?"

"That particular one?" he asked with a smirk.

"You know what I mean."

"Well…let me see," he said as he thought for a moment. He then started counting on his fingers and she smiled at him shaking her head. "Eleven."

"Really?"

"Only eleven."

"Only?! You think you should have slept with more?!"

"Wait a moment Miss Granger, you have it wrong there. You didn't ask how many I slept with. You asked how many lost it to me."

"Then how many did you sleep with then?"

"Save it for your next question." She smiled as she leaned back allowing him to go on. "Alright, who did you lose your virginity to?"

"Oh my Merlin…"

"Come on. You have to answer and nothing leaves this room. Unless you're still a virgin and in that case..." he trailed of giving her that signature smile of his. She glared at him with daggers making him laugh.

"Fine you ass. It was…oh Merlin." He was smiling with anticipation before she mumbled quickly and rather incoherently, "ItwasVictorKrum."

"Pardon? I didn't catch that Hermione."

"Victor Krum."

"What?!"

"It was a long time ago! The circumstances were not good and I didn't think I was going to live to see tomorrow. It was kind of a spontaneous thing."

"When was this?" he asked with his mouth still hanging wide open.

"Save it for your next question." He was laughing on the ground and she threw another pillow at him. He wiped his face trying to stifle his laughter, but it was hard. However, he managed to hush himself only to receive another harsh glare from her.

"I'm sorry."

"Not forgiven." He couldn't help, but smile at her again.

"Come on. Give me a hard one Hermione."

"Okay. Were you ever attracted to Pansy?"

"Pansy was never an option. I had to be attracted to her," he said almost instantly.

"But you spent all that time with her." pointed out Hermione.

Draco shook his head and said, "No she followed me around. She was easy. That to me is not an attractive quality. Someone like you was my idea of hot at Hogwarts."

"Being a prude?"

"No having class," he said making her bite her lip. He looked away trying to hold back the urge to laugh again before he looked back to her. "So when did you lose it to Krum?"

"You're not going to get off this subject are you?" asked Hermione who was turning redder than the fire beneath a heated cauldron. He shook his head at her in response. "It was two years after Hogwarts. Now my question is did you really have sex in Professor Snape's classroom?"

"No."

"Thank Merlin for that."

"It was Professor Flitwick's," he said nonchalantly making her mouth drop. "So where did you lose it to him?"

"At his place, alright? Now were Crabbe and Goyle really as dumb as they looked?"

"Yes." he said making her laugh.

"Alright your turn and if it's another one about Victor I'm going to bitch slap you."

"Oh so now it's Victor?"

"Draco!"

"Alright, alright. Best kiss?" he asked looking at her red face. He watched her as she looked down as though seriously considering this question. He noticed that her smile had faded.

"You."

Draco was at a loss for a moment. He wasn't quite sure if he'd heard right, but she really did say him. I was her best kiss? Well I know I'm a great kisser, but damn...

"Um…"

"If I walked over there, would you let me kiss you again?"

She looked into his blue eyes trying to read them, but Draco was a hard man to understand. She was unsure, but finally she nodded lightly. He stood up to his full potential and walked the few steps over to her. She was leaned back on the couch, her chest rising rapidly. He lowered his head and met his lips with hers. He put his hands to the sides of her face and deepened the kiss further.

His tongue nipped at her lower lip, biting it gently. She opened her mouth and he slid his tongue along her bottom teeth, something that she had rarely felt in a kiss. She rubbed hers on top of his as her hands moved to his back. His tongue moved around and his soft lips moved gingerly across hers.

They parted and he stared into her brown eyes which were slightly dazed from such a passionate kiss. She was completely breathless.

"Your turn."

He let her go and he walked back over to the fire, walking as though he was not affected by the kiss. He sat back down and looked to her face hiding the fact that the kiss was one he would forever have on his mind. She was looking down, trying to catch herself. He'd taken her breath away with that kiss.

She looked back to him and thought for a second. He smiled as she tried to contain herself.

"Um wow…"

"That's not really a question."

"Well technically you took my last question so you're up again."

"I get another question?" he asked to which she responded with a simple nod. He figured it was probably because she did not trust her voice to speak. "Okay. Would you like to sit next to me down here?"

She smiled and thought for a moment before nodding at him again. He moved over and she walked towards him. She sat down next to him and felt the heat from the fire or perhaps his body heat, she wasn't really sure at that point. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. The firelight was illuminating her assets and beautiful features. He wanted to kiss her again. Her lips were soft and very rich with passion, something that he craved for in a kiss.

"Your question."

"Would you put your arm around me?" she asked getting the response of Draco's arm wrapping around her waist.

"Ask another question." he whispered looking into her eyes.

"Do you want to kiss me again?" she asked to which he nodded to.

"Will you let me?" She nodded as she put her hands to his neck which was so utterly warm that it made her shiver. His lips met hers fiercely again biting her bottom lip, something that she enjoyed immensely. He let go of her hand so he could balance himself over her body as she began to lean back on the floor, her long hair cascaded over the carpet. He put his right arm down and kept his balance as his left hand found contentment on her leg, moving endearing circles over her chilled skin.

The kiss trailed down and she found a spot on his neck that he obviously liked. He began to moan which was only causing her to suck on his flesh harder. Damn she is amazing. I may not have seen that when we were in Hogwarts, but in the name of all that is holy, Hermione Granger is incredible with her mouth.

He felt her stop as she pulled back saying, "Stop it Draco."

She pulled away from him and sat up quickly tucking some of her hair that had fallen behind her ears. He looked at her a little funny, not entirely understanding what had just happened. She had a look of both hurt and anger across her face which he didn't really comprehend.

"What's wrong?" he finally asked, feeling his lips beginning to swell from such deep kisses.

"My name is Hermione." He nodded at her raising his eyebrows as though she had gone completely mad. "You just called me Taylor."

Draco's eyes widened, unaware that he had even done such a thing. "Oh…um…I didn't–"

"Yeah you did."

Hermione stood up and walked out of the room at a fast pace. He fell back down and closed his eyes completely annoyed with himself. He genuinely didn't mean to say that, but it just must have slipped out. He had not been with anyone since her and he missed her terribly. While her and Hermione were two very different people and both wonderful in their own ways, they were both very good at making him feel that way.

He stood up and went down the hall unsure of what he was actually going to say to her, but knew he at least had to attempt an apology. He went up the stairs and knocked on the her closed door. She didn't respond. He leaned his head against the door closing his eyes. Suddenly he fell through as Hermione opened it. He landed on the ground hard and looked up at her to see a slightly annoyed yet smiling Hermione. She bent down next to him.

"Did I really do that?" he asked. She nodded at him before he asked, "Would it help if I said I was sorry?"

"It's a start."

"Hermione I really didn't mean to do that. It's just…I have not been around anyone or done anything since she died. She was the last one that I had and the only one I really have ever had…I'm sorry for doing that."

"I know. I just don't know where all of this is going. I haven't been here that long and already we're doing this. And I shouldn't…"

"I know."

"I just don't want to end up screwing everything up for me. I'm still married and…"

"What?" he asked eyeing her suspiciously.

"To my work." She lied to him hoping he would believe it. He seemed to be okay and she continued with, "Come on. I'll help you up." She took his hand and helped to his feet dusting off his back as though something was on it. He stared at her.

"I really am sorry. I know you're not…" he stopped himself not even wanting to say it. He felt horrible.

"I know I never could be and I'm not here to replace your wife."

"Then why are you here?" he asked actually wanting an answer from her.

"Cause you know as well as I that if I step outside I'm dead. You're helping me out."

"Nothing more?"

"Nothing more."

He nodded at her acting as though he was fine with it. In the back of his mind he knew that he shouldn't feel anything for her, but somehow he did. There was something about Hermione that was intoxicating.

"Alright. Well it's pretty late. We both should head off to bed," he said. He walked backwards towards the door as he said, "I'll see you in the morning Hermione."

With that, he turned around and went to his bedroom which was still covered in empty liquor bottles. He shut the door and smacked himself in the head several times. You are so stupid. You are a bloody idiot! He kept cursing himself in his mind as he walked around the room picking up the empty glass bottles. He placed them in a waste basket before throwing it off to the side and walking over to his bed. He collapsed without undressing and without getting ready for actual sleep. He closed his eyes and tried to forget what just happened.

Hermione went over to her bed and laid down with tears forming in her lovely eyes. She had lied to him. She was feeling more than just a friend comforting a friend. She didn't know how to say that though especially since she had not told him her secret.

She was thinking on that bed. Draco had done so much for her and then some. He had helped her after she was tortured, he had taken her into his home, he had befriended her, and so much more. She didn't know how to control all of the feelings she had and the other ones were making her feel guilty.

Hermione went out of her room and into his not bothering to knock on his door. The lights were off and she managed to find his bed. She sat down next to him as he opened his eyes looking at her oddly.

"What are you doing?"

"I lied to you."

"What are you talking about Hermione?"

"I lied to you." He sat up and looked at her taking in her appearance. She was starting to cry and her face was puffy all over. It made him very nervous.

"I'm married Draco."

A/N: Dun...dun...dun! Hehe yeah well this chapter was fun to write. I love playing twenty questions and I thought it was a great way for Hermione and Draco to get to know each other even better. I'm liking the way that this story is going. This chapter just sort of came to me out of the blue and in a way helped me already figure out the ending. If you haven't been able to tell, I definitely like to plan my stories out.

Also, I'm American so I'm not quite sure about what movies are played in England. I apologize on that and since I didn't know which movies are there, I used some of my favorite American movies. I'm sorry if that bothers anyone on a realistic front.

The song "I Feel You" is by none other than...3 Doors Down. It's not just because they're my favorite band, but because this song really does reflect this chapter so much. I recommend a listen.

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Iris is a work of fanfiction. The characters belong to J.K. Rowling, but the featured story is mine.