A/N: Okay. Warning. This chapter contains a sex scene. Just a bit of a warning there for ya.

Chapter Six... Expelled Hesitations

"Thankyou so much for coming, I am so, so sorry about Harry." Ginny said as she saw Draco and Hermione out.

"He didn't even have the decency to say goodbye before we left." Hermione seethed as she hugged Ginny goodbye.

Draco had already walked to the end of the garden path and was waiting at the gate with his hands in his pockets staring at his shoes.

Ginny closed the door and Hermione walked down the little garden path of the cottage to where Draco stood waiting.

"Are you alright Draco?" Hermione asked reaching her hand out and stroking Draco's arm.

Draco pulled Hermione close.

"Thankyou." He whispered

"For what?" Hermione replied

"Saving Me." He said softly and smiled as they apparated away.

Harry was down in his den writing a letter when Ginny walked in.

"Hermione and Malfoy are gone."

"I know." Harry replied without even removing his eyes from the parchment before him.

"Well is that all you have to say? No, 'Sorry for ruining the evening my beautiful wife'?" Ginny yelled. "You don't even care about what happened tonight! You've already gone straight back to work! You never have time for anything anymore except your bloody work!" Ginny sounded eerily like her mother when she was angry.

"How do you expect to start a family this way!"

Harry put his quill down and reached up for Ginny's hand pulling her into his lap.

"I'm writing to the Minister to ask for an appeal on Narcissa Malfoy's conviction." Harry said as he picked his quill up and began writing again as a stunned Ginny sat mouth agape in his arms. She instantly forgot her anger.

"Oh Harry that's a wonderful thing to do!" She said wrapping her arms around the man she loved so dearly. "But what are the chances he's going to let a former death eater out?"

"I'm calling in a personal favour, I have information I never presented at her trial. It was so wrong of me but I'm going to make it right, if only for Hermione and the woman who saved my life that fateful night."

Ginny smiled and kissed Harry on the cheek making him turn around and stare into her loving eyes.

"You are a good man." She said softly, caressing his face before standing up and walking out of the den leaving Harry alone to write his letter.

Hermione and Draco apparated to Malfoy's house. He refused to live in Malfoy Manor even though he owned it, for obvious reasons too gory to entail. The house he chose to live in was still an elaborate mansion by Hermione's standards though, as she looked on in awe at the beautiful sculpted gardens surrounding the villa Malfoy called home.

They walked into the foyer and were greeted by a house elf asking to take their coats. Draco handed the cute little female elf his coat and turned staring at a stunned Hermione.

"Hermione what's wrong?" He said puzzled.

"You just presented your house elf with an item of clothing like it was nothing? You set her free."

Draco chuckled.

"Manny has been free since I turned 18 and all of the Malfoy fortune was handed over to me. I presented her with a white robe but she just chose to stay with me." He said 'matter-of-factly'.

Hermione felt her heart fill with love for the man in front of her. Never in a million years did she think she would fall for Malfoy but he was so different to the Malfoy she once thought she knew. The only explanation she had for this was that like the house elf, he had been freed. His father imprisoned and the war over gave Draco Malfoy freedom.

Hermione's lips crashed down on his and instinctively his arms went around her waist. She ran her hands through his gleaming white-blonde tousled hair and moaned into his mouth. Draco picked Hermione up and carried her 'Bridal-style' up to his bedroom and laid her down on his emerald green quilt without once losing eye contact with the beautiful woman in his arms. He felt lost in her large brown eyes and never wanted to be found.

Draco kneeled over her and left sweet little kisses trailing down her neck. He undid the pearls and set them on the bedside table. Hermione sat up and pulled Draco's shirt over his head revealing his milky defined chest. She ran her hands down it taking in every defined muscular feature and leaving her own trail of kisses stretching from his neck to his abdomen. Hermione leaned over him and pushed him down on the bed. Draco tugged the satin lavender ribbon free which held her top in place and slowly undid the buttons. Hermione who was straddling him removed his belt as Draco tugged her bra off and her breasts fell free. He rolled Hermione over and cupped them lightly before gently kissing each hardened tip.

Hermione's hands travelled up his back as she felt herself getting lost in the moment. Draco attempted to remove Hermione's skirt as his mounting arousal demanded, yet could not figure out how the darn thing came off. Hermione let out an exasperated gasp and grabbed her wand making the skirt magically appear on the floor. Draco grinned at Hermione's impatience and his eyes trailed down to the white cotton panties which were already moist with Hermione's anticipation. He traced his finger across the front of the material and felt Hermione quiver beneath him sending his head spinning with lust. Draco groaned and hooked his finger around the edge of the material pulling it down her slender legs and dropping it to the ground. He ran his hands slowly up her legs taking in every inch. Draco never imagined her skin would be this soft. He reached her upper thigh before parting her folds with his fingers and watched her face as he pressed in against her bringing her to climax with his hand. Hermione bit her lip and her head rolled back as her hips began to move in rhythm with Draco's strokes. Not only did Hermione moan but Draco did too as he watched Hermione orgasm. She cried out his name, not 'Draco' but 'Malfoy', and Draco finally removed his hand. He felt a yearning to taste her. He moved down and once again entered her cleft but this time using his tongue.

Hermione felt like an electrical current had begun to pulse through her entire body at his touch and she closed her eyes. Draco slowly began working her clit and Hermione let out a little whimper of ecstasy at his touch. His hands grasped around her thighs as he felt Hermione began to quiver beneath him again. Her breath quickened and Draco pulled away. He felt he could wait no longer for he was so hard it hurt. He unzipped his pants and pulled them down off his pulsing erection. Draco settled himself between Hermione's legs and thrust in deep. Hermione gasped. He began to withdraw before plunging in deep once again. Draco came almost automatically as he let out a long moan and cried out her name in ecstasy. Not 'Hermione', but 'Granger'.

His erection was still thick inside of her as he continued pumping. Hermione quickly fell into the rhythm and her hips thrust against his as they continued their love making. Hermione and Draco came together with a final thrust as they both cried out. Draco collapsed onto Hermione's chest and they breathed heavily, quaking as they tried to recover from the intense passionate sex.

Draco fell beside Hermione in the bed and pulled her in close.

"I love you Granger." He whispered in her ear.

"I love you too Malfoy." She replied softly and they fell asleep in each others arms.

A/N: Was that okay? Review... Review!!! cough.. please?