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(a/n) whoa... alright thanks for reviewing people.. i apreC8 it a lot. well heres chapter 7

Chapter Seven: Him

Arriving at Hogsmede Hermione was a bundle of nerves. Her hands were shaking slightly. She looked sideways at Draco trying to make up her mind about something. Draco must've felt her eyes on him or something because he addressed her.

"Ready?"

"Draco... ummm I think its best for you to wait at the manor for me...I mean.." She couldn't form a reason to why he couldn't come to her house. She wasn't ready to tell him the truth about her home life. She didn't think she'll ever be. Hermione knew there was the slightesr chance that her father was waiting for her to return. She didn't want Draco to get hurt on the account of her.

"Nonsense Granger... I mean Hermione.. You need the help. Plus I can't let you move stuff you don't need anyways." Draco said firmly, leaving no room for argument.

'He'll know sooner or later.. Preferably later... much later.' Hermione thought to herself. She took a deep breath then nodded her head.

"Okay... lets go." She said taking his hand. Getting ready to apparate she looked him in the eye. He nodded his head signalling that he was ready. There was a pop and they were gone.

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She let out a sigh of relief, seeing that her father wasn't home. Nor did he ramshack her room. She looked at Draco that was looking around the room nodding his head in a perusal manner.

"Nice room you got here Granger...." He said looking at her. Hermione smiled kindly up at him. Draco looked around the room once again. It was nice ans neat. You could tell it belonged to a girl who likes to read...a lot.

"So what do you want to take?" Draco asked Hermione. She took a look around the room. She looked thoughtful for a minute until she shrugged.

"My books and my clothes I guess...Oh and some pictures... maybe some childhood things... Thats about it really."

Without a word, Draco walked over to her closet. He smirked when he found a suit case. He looked over the clothes in the closet. He shook his head. He muttered a spell under his breath and the clothes started to pack themselves very neatly.

"Some wardrobe you got here Granger... anything that doesn't classify as 'prude'?" Draco said in a jokingly manner. Which earned him a glare from Hermione. He chuckled to himself and continued to pack books and such in random boxes and bags.

While Draco was doing that, Hermione was getting more personal things. 'We have to hurry up' Hermione thought as she looked at her watch. Her father will be home soon from work.

"Umm Draco you take the first group of things." He nodded and grabbed some boxes Hermione had packed earlier and the suitcases he packed. He shrinked them so they could fit in his pocket. He walked over to some more boxes and stacked them up then picked them up.

"I'll be back in 20 minutes.. okay Hermione? I'm going to unpack some books and ass them to the bookself in my.. I mean our room." He added the last part slyly, trying to get a rise out of Hermione. But all she did was nod her head absent mindedly. He scowled and with a pop he was gone from her room. That was when Hermione kicked the loose floor board and started packing away the things she had hidden there into a duffle bag. Then she started running around the room in a packing frenzy. She got all she needed to take with her within 5 minutes. She thought about apparating but... then she remembered she didn't exactly know where the Malfoy Manor was.

She let out a long sigh and sat down on her bed. She looked around the room that had almost been stripped clean. She then noticed that she forgot to pack up her music. She muttered a spell to pack that up in a stray book along with her stereo, which she was sure Malfoy didn't have. That was when she heard it.

The front door opening and slaming shut. Her father was home. He was heading up the stairs. She backed up into a corner. Trying to hide herself from view. She could hear his footsteps coming up the stairs. That sound brought awful memories to her mind. Silent tears started to run door her face. 'Draco... please hurry.' The footsteps stopped at her door. She slowly stood. She didn't to be sitting down if he did enter the room. She bit her lip as the door knob started to turn slowly. The door slammed open revealing the silhouette of her father.

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(a/n) well thats it... j/k i'm not that mean...

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"So your back bitch.." He sneered, then he let out a cold laugh. That made Hermione shiver. She looked around the room quickly, looking around for a weapon of some kind.

"Thought you could leve for a few days without my permission." He said as he started to walk towards her slowly. Hermione tried to move back but cursed herself when she found she was against a wall. He started taking off his belt. 'Oh my god... Draco!' She pressed herself against the wall.

He was in arms lengths away from her now. She held her breath and closed her eyes anticipating the pain of the belt buckle on her body. He heard a loud pop and her eyes shot open.

"Draco HELP!" She cried out. Her father was seething. He swung out and punched Hermione on the cheek, resulting with her banging her head against the wall and sliding down.

"Who is this asshole? Your little whimpy boyfriend? You know hes just using you for sex." He said with a cold laugh echoing through the room. Draco's jaw tighten. Memories of how Lucius ran through his brain. 'Who is this? Is this her father?' He put his hand in his pocket. Putting his hand on his wand.

"No I'm her husband." Draco said correcting him in a cold voice. Her father narrowed his eyes at him.

"So thats what you did huh?! Ran off and got married. Don't you know you can never escape me." He yelled harshly getting ready to deliver a kick to her side. But he felt the tip of Draco's wand pointing against thte back of his head.

"You wo't touch her again ever." Draco said with his voice full of malice. But the man known as Hermione's father let out a sick laugh.

"What are you going to do with that little stick... Put a spell on me?" He went into another one of his insane laughing fits. Then looked Draco in the eye and sent a kick to Hermione's side.

"Crucio!" Came Draco's voice. Hermione's father fell to the ground screaming as pain surged through his body. Hermione stood up clutching her side. She looked upon her father. She felt a wabe of guilt wash over her.

"Stop it Draco!" She whispered harshly. "Leave him alone.. lets just go"

He lifted the spell of the cruel man. He gave Hermione an angry look but decided they would talk about this later. He accioed all Hermione's things. He shrunk them and put them in his pocket. He walked over to the man laying on the floor twitching with the aftermath of the curse and kicked him in the side. And was about to deliver another one but was stopped by a sobbing Hermione. He let his head hang. He put his arms around Hermione and with a pop they were gone.

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(a/n) well that was interesting... well thanks for reading... look out for Chapter Eight: Explanations.. coming soon... till then REVIEW please!