Chapter Six

30th of November 2001-11:13 AM

Hermione woke as if from a dream, in a haze of chocolate, alcohol and pleasure. Her body tingled from her toes to the top of her head. She felt alive. As she stretched out her limbs, Hermione glanced to the side and saw Draco, lying peacefully beside her, his blonde hair glowing in the morning light. She twisted to lay next to him properly, her fingertips tracing the curves and grooves of his torso gently. His pale skin looked like smooth milk.

Hermione started gazing around and that's when she let a small shriek, as she realised they were lying outside completely naked, in broad day light. Who could see them? Who saw them last night? Hermione thought worriedly. Even the memories of last night were enough to bring her to her knees. Such an intimate, animalistic moment and the whole of Paris could have been watching! Hermione looked around and caught sight of some of her clothes cast around on the floor. She moved as slowly as she could in her panicked state, so as not to wake Draco, picking up her blouse and trousers, which she pulled on hurriedly. She didn't care about not wearing underwear right now, as long as she was covered from prying eyes.

"Your not leaving, are you?" Draco yawned from behind her. Hermione turned around quickly and smiled, "no, I just didn't want your Parisian neighbors to see me, well, so exposed." He laughed suddenly at that and stretched out his naked body, seemingly un fazed by how out in the open they were. "No one can see us Hermione, I charmed it last night when we arrived, when I did the warming charm. Try and place your hand outside of the balcony." Hermione did so, pressing her hand out into the air, as she did, she felt a small shiver close around her arm as it left the barrier of the balcony. A clear presence of magic. "So no one can see us?" Hermione asked, stepping towards the sofa, feeling a bit more re assured. "No love, so you can take off your clothes if you want to, I would surely adore to see you naked in the day light." Draco said with a smirk, standing up straight so that Hermione got a full view of all his splendor. "How about breakfast, I know a lovely patisserie near by." He said, closing his arms around her, gently pulling her body into his embrace. Hermione leant her head against his chest and inhaled the smell of his cologne and the very clear smell of his sex on his skin. "I am a little peckish, but I would feel a bit embarrassed going out like this" Hermione mumbled, looking down at her rumbled clothes that clearly screamed I had sex. "Would you like to go home first to get changed and then you could come back?" Draco said, kissing Hermione's temple gently. She nodded, picked up her underwear and shoes and he took her by the hand, leading them back into the kitchen, where he picked up the small snake key ring from one of the kitchen counters. "Once your done refreshing yourself, use this to get back and I'll take you out for breakfast." Hermione took the port key carefully and tucked it into her pocket. She then took out her own port key, to take her back to the flat. Just as she began to feel it working, Draco looked at her with a smile and said "I hope you come back, I don't have a spare."

Hermione landed back in her flat with a light thump. She felt almost strange being back in England so quickly.

"Hermione is that you?" Ginny called, possibly from her own room. "Yeah it's me" Hermione yelled back, as she walked into her bedroom, placing her heels down on the floor.

Ginny emerged in the door way, wearing a baggy top and boy shorts, her hair sticking up in all directions. "Harry here then?" Hermione laughed, turning to look at herself in the mirror. God she looked a sight. Her hair was wilder then ever, her eye make up was smudged, her clothes were rumpled and you could clearly see her breasts through the blouse. Luckily she wasn't bashful about nudity around Ginny, Living together for so long, they were pretty use to each other. "He is" Ginny said calmly, sitting down on Hermione's bed. "We didn't expect you back last night, so we took full advantage of the empty flat."

"As long as my room was out of bounds."

"Of course not Hermione, we shagged all over your room." Ginny chuckled, making Hermione laugh as well, being back made her feel slightly more normal. "And our guesses were right, you scream sex Hermione" Ginny said, glancing Hermione up and down. "Did you guys go to his?"

"We did. He lives in Paris."

"Paris! Seriously? Of course mr casanova would live in the city of love." Ginny eyed Hermione with a smirk "is he a good a shag?"

"Always so crude" Hermione said sternly, although Ginny knew she was joking. "Alright, is Draco Malfoy a splendid love maker?"

Hermione sighed and pressed her head against the mirror. "Sensational. I've have never felt so amazing, not with anyone"

"Not even with my dopey brother? Actually don't answer that, I don't want to know." Hermione laughed and started rummaging through her wardrobe to find something to wear, although she was still nervous about going back.

"If he was so astounding, why are you here? You two should be going at it like animals right now"

"He wanted to take me out for breakfast, but I said I wanted to clean myself up first, so he gave me his port key and told me to come back when I was refreshed"

"Well, what are you doing you crazy woman! You should be running about! Mr Fuckable is waiting for you in the city of romance, to take you out for breakfast, to eat some of the best food in the world probably and then fuck you senseless and your stood there chatting!" Ginny yelled. She grabbed Hermione by the wrist and literally dragged her to the bathroom. "You get in there and have a shower, make yourself look presentable and I'll find you an even better outfit than the one you had last night. I'm sure it made you irresistible to him and we want to replicate that effect." Hermione had no choice, but to agree with her bossy best friend and anyway, it was nice to have some help, because Hermione felt utterly confused right now.

Hermione got rid of her dirty clothes sharpish and stood under the hot water, lathering herself with a vanilla shower gel. As she covered her skin, Hermione though back again to the night before. The image of Draco kneeling in front of her, his hands gripping onto her thighs as he thrust inside her. God she wanted that again. She craved it, but as she replayed the rest of the memory, she remembered something that scared her. She had said she loved him. Did she mean it? Why had she said that? A mixture of lust, chocolate and alcohol. That must be it. This was all so rushed she thought, she didn't know whether she loved Draco, it was still so soon. Could she love him? Even her logical mind couldn't come up with an answer. Hermione thought back to how she had felt, after they had made love so passionately. It had been making love, not just shagging. The way Draco had looked at her, the way she had felt as she watched him that night, that wasn't the look of a one time good time. It was something more, but was it love?

Hermione finished up by washing her hair and quickly cleansed her face, before stepping out of the shower to brush her teeth. When she came out of the bathroom, Ginny was waiting outside eagerly. "Finally your out, I've been waiting for ages." She squealed, pulling Hermione back into her bedroom. "What do you think? I think it's amazing, he'll love it." Hermione looked down at the outfit laid out on her bed. "Its brilliant"

"The coats mine, its Burberry, but I thought you had to wear it, as it would be perfect!" Ginny squealed, stroking the silk fabric of the cream mac. "Are you alright you look down?" Ginny asked, taking hold of Hermione's hand comfortingly. "I'm a little confused to be honest Ginny."

"Well, tell me as you put on the outfit, I have to see how you look."

Hermione began dressing in the outfit Ginny had picked out. "I said I love Draco last night."

Ginny startled "What?"

"I know right. After we had, had sex, Draco said he loved me. He's said it before, but just then, well I said I loved him back."

"Did you mean it?"

"I think so. I don't know. I blame my rash declaration on the atmosphere. It was so beautiful up on the balcony, looking out at Paris at night. Draco had made these amazing cocktails and then he fed me these chocolates that were almost orgasmic and it was just so erotic and beautiful and I think I got sucked in." She looked at Ginny then and noticed her best friend was deep in thought, her head tilted to the side slightly. Finally as Hermione pulled on her heels, Ginny looked at her with an intense stare. "I don't believe that."

"What?" Hermione asked, confused. "You don't get sucked into things Hermione, your stronger then that. If you said you loved Draco, then you do. You never say anything, un less you mean it. I know you."

"But I can't love Draco" Hermione cried, collapsing on the bed. "Why not?" Ginny asked, turning Hermione's head to look at her. "Give me a good reason why not."

"It's too early."

"You've known him for years, how can it be too early? Anyway people have fallen in love quicker than that."

"He's a death eater."

"Oh come on Hermione, now your desperate. I know that you would never use that against anyone in that way, anyway you were the one who told me that Draco had changed."

"I just can't" Hermione sobbed. Ginny placed an arm around her shaking shoulders and let Hermione lay her head on her shoulder. "I know why your scared. Anyone would be. You've been single for so long and all the relationships you've had have never been this intense and to have a relationship with Draco Malfoy, Slytherin's own slick haired prince, is enough to confuse anyone." Ginny wiped away a small tear from Hermione's cheek. "But your in love with him. Doesn't mean you should run away and plan your whole life around him, it just means that you know this is serious, but you can take solace in one thing."

"What's that?"

"That Draco loved you long before this and after all this time, he still does. That's the sign of a man whose going to stand by you and never run away, no matter what."

Hermione sighed and stretched out her body, moving to stand up. "How do I look?" She said, smiling a small smile. Ginny looked her up and down, turned her head to the side and grinned "perfect. Now let's do your make up quickly."

Ginny gave Hermione a quick fresh faced look, with cream eye shadow, soft brown eye liner and made her eye lashes look as doe like as possible. A quick messy, but pretty up do and a wave of her wand, creating a finishing spell that would make her make up last longer then normal, in the words of Ginny, no matter how much you go at it, your make up while stay in tact and then Hermione was done.

Ginny gave her a big hug and a quick check of her outfit. "Go and get him. You only live once remember." Ginny said with a laugh as Hermione took hold of the snake port key.

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