Chapter 5

It had been a few days scene the deal was set in place. With Draco's help Hermione was able to find what it would take to fix her. However she was in no hurry do to the spell she was under. An to her amassment Draco didn't seem to be in much of a hurry either. She could tell he really enjoyed there day shags. She didn't know why he got into it as much as he did, but when they were kissing or shagging she could feel something form him, a kind of need passed one of a spell. Maybe he was just addicted to sex. It was possible he did seem the type that would have that problem. Yet she wasn't so sure that was it, because he always held her for a while after they shagged. She had passed it off as him catching his breath at first, but the other day she had to leave as soon as they were done. He looked rather upset by the fact she was not staying to just be close to him.

As she sat with her friends playing a stupid truth or dare game her mind was on, Draco. He couldn't make it for their meet up, because he had to whip his Slytherin team into shape, as he put it. She had thought he look rather cute when he was talking about how he was going to beat her house this year. Hermione was snap back to the game, when someone called her name. "Ok Hermione truth or dare?" Ginny asked her making the older girl bite her lip, saying truth. "Truth hmmm, how many boy's have you slept with and who?"

"I'm not answering that" Hermione said as the sound of a chicken what off over her head. She had forgotten that until she told at least Ginny the truth, it would not stop. At first everyone just kept picking at her, she knew if she said one the chicken would become the word liar. With all eyes on her she snapped "Fine, two my ex-boyfriend before Ron and some other guy who is not impotent" The chicken had stopped, no sigh of liar until the words 'not impotent' let her lips. Now everyone was asking who he was, while Ron looked like he was going to kill someone. Hermione panicked as the word liar got so big she could see it "I didn't even want to sleep with him! I was under a spell; I don't want to play anymore!" She screamed wildly as the word 'popped' away with the truth and she run out of the room crying.

Her friends however had frozen in place with her words. Someone had put their dear sweet Hermione under a spell, making her sleep with them? No wonder this guy was impotent, he had raped their friend! No one said a word, but everyone was thinking it, they were going to find out just who raped Hermione and KILL THEM!

Draco sat alone in his hidden room, just thinking about Hermione. They didn't call each other by first name that was part of the deal. But when he thought of her, it was no longer Granger, or mudblood, it was Hermione. He knew he was in love with the girl, he'd known after their second time together. He felt it deep in his soul, even if her feelings for him where fake, to him they felt real. It was like he could trust her, hold her, love her and know she would love him back. That was something Draco was not use too. The only person who ever seemed to love him back without question was his mum. Even his father acted like he was a mistake form time to time.

The potion that would fix her was boiling close by him, within a week this would be over and his truth love would hate his guts again. He knew it would never work between them do to his family and her friends, but he couldn't help the deep empty feeling he got when he thought about her hating him again. He didn't know if he could handle her looking at him with disgust. All he knew was he loved her, wish to run away with her and never let her go. Just to feel like someone loved him, all of him. Not his money, his name, or his damn blood.

The hidden door flow open as Hermione came in crying. He moved too her quickly pulling her close to claim her down. Some soft kisses on the lips and she relaxed into his arms "Tell me what is wrong Granger" he hated that; he just wanted to call her by first name. She sniffled before telling him about a truth or dare game. She might have panicked because of all the questioning, but Draco had other worried "Did you tell them it was me?" He asked having to know if he was about to be aridest for rape. Sure he could explain the first time an get away with it, but all the other times when he was 'helping her' that would not go over well. He knew in his heart no one would see it as helping her, they'd see it as using her to fill his own selfish needs, which it was. He also knew she might decide that too, once she could think start.

He would not fight it, if that was what she did to him. He take it, he'd let his family disown him, the world hate him, and spend his life in jail with no powers. If it meant he got to be with her just a moment longer like this, he'd sell his damn soul. "No, I couldn't tell them it was you." He felt some small relief with her words. "They'll hate me, if they knew I was sleeping with you"

"Hay now, no they wouldn't" He made her look up at him running a soft hand through her hair "They'd clam I raped you Granger. They'd come after me, we both know the truth about the first time, but they would never see it that way. I am the bad guy here to them, I always have been and I always will be" He kissed her softly holding her close to him. "When this is over, you may decide to tell them. If you do, know it will never be you they hate, just me" he couldn't know his words made her feel a little real care for him. As they started too kiss and move toward the bed for a rather loving shag. This would stay with them for years to come.

They lay wrapped in each other's arms, just enjoying the feel of the love they shared. Even if it wasn't real on one side, right then it was the best moment of their lives. Draco looked over to the potion that would take it all away. He didn't know he was able to hate a potion as much as he hated that one. Hermione rolled over him smiling down into his face "You know I get the feeling your enjoying this" he smiled back at her before taking her into a deep kiss.

"So what if I am?" He asked, but she never answered. They could hear the bell ringing singling it was time to come inside. They had to go their spear ways after that and to Draco's dismay, Hermione's friends had put the word out someone had raped her. They didn't tell any teachers, just other house members. All of which had become her guard dogs. Draco knew then it was over, they would not let her out of their site, until he was punished for what happened.

Each day was a torment for both of them, only being able to steal glances at each other as their love slipped away into nothingness. When the potion was done, he had to owl it too her. Her friends wouldn't leave her side. It was hard to put it in a bottle, box it up, and send it away with no words added. Such as Hermione I love you, he just sat an cried alone in his little room. The loss of the fake love being too much for his lonely heart to bare. If he had known, that one stupid kiss in the woods would lead to this; he would have done it all over again. Just to feel for a few short days, someone loved him.

The thing that got him most was when he read the potion; he had thought it take a few months. It however didn't because the love of his life, kept all kinds of bottles of potion fixings on hand. She had everything they'd need, meaning he got a few days to feel something more. He had no idea if he would step out of his hidden room to be beaten, or arrested for raping the women he loved, nor did he care. He just wanted his Hermione back.

Hermione was going crazy as her friends followed her every single move. They didn't just think she was raped, no they knew! Or at least that is what they kept telling her. She tried to tell them it wasn't like that. It wasn't his fault either, but no one would listen. Once the cure was in her hands, she had a hard time taking it. She also had to lie about what it was, so no one thought it was some mean joke form 'rape man' She got away long enough to go into the girls room. She had to make a chose, drink it now and become herself or not. The fact she couldn't be close to Draco was driving her crazy, she missed him and that made life even harder. She even forgot to do one of her papers last night!

With that in mind she drank it down as fast as she could. Just waiting for the so called love for Malfoy to go away. 'Wait I thought of him as Malfoy and not Draco" She thought opening her month she tried to call him Draco and at last it just felt WRONG! She was back to normal! No more 'love' for that git Malfoy! She became over joyed doing a little dance of freedom, but then something hit her. His words about her having to chose to turn him in or not. "When this is over, you may decide to tell them. If you do, know it will never be you they hate, just me" Something pulled at her heart strings, she remember everything that happened after that and his last words to her about enjoying it. 'What if I am?'

She also had to think about how this all started, sure the kiss in the woods had been the big starting point, but if Malfoy hadn't attacked her in the bookstore, she would not have run into Snape. Of course if she hadn't said he tasted like a rotten candy apple, he never would have attacked her. The whole first time was a mix of both their faults and Snape's. What about all the times afterword? Was he really helping her form raping him or was he just out for something for himself? Hermione couldn't be sure, but she knew one thing Malfoy was a git and she hated him! That however was not a good enough reason to say he raped her. So, she would let it go, deciding he had helped her to not cross a line even if he was after sex for himself.

Hermione exited the bathroom to rejoin her friends with the biggest smile on her face. They asked her why she was so happy and she couldn't help but say "I'm free of the past and I'm ready for the real world!" No one understood of course, but that didn't matter. She seemed to be acting happier, still they tried to push for answers, but Hermione just said 'I told you, he didn't want to either' Maybe someday they'd believe her.

The next day Hermione sat down in class, all was good in her world until she heard Malfoy and Harry getting into a fight just outside the door. Malfoy was back to his old ass whole self again. When their eyes meant she couldn't help the glare, at her ex-lover. She noticed he looked away as soon as he saw it. Maybe he was still worried she'd turn him in? Well out of kindness, she'd owl him later and let him know she wasn't going too. She didn't notice the hurt in his eyes when he saw hate in hers for him once more. She couldn't have know what it looked like, after all Malfoy never showed any feelings unless he was really upset.

a/n: Do you want more or should this be the end?