One Last Kiss: Chapter 9
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Ever since the break up, other students, especially the girls started treating Hermione nicely again. Lot of them usually smiled at her and would ask how she was. Hermione would just smile back, thinking how weird they were. She thought they were probably sympathising for her for hoping that she and Draco would work out and for being dumped. Or maybe because Draco was spending more time with Louise now.
"Hermione? Could I talk to you for a second?" Justin Finch-Fletchley asked as he caught up with her.
Now, if he had done this before, Hermione would feel tingly all over her body but since he did it now, only her toes tingled. "Of course. What is it?" she asked as they walked together to her next class which was Muggle Studies, which Ron and Harry weren't taking, which she was partners with Draco.
"Oh, first of all, are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm quite alright," said Hermione as she saw Louise practically dragging Draco as they walked passed her. "Is that all? I do need get to class," she said when Justin didn't say anything.
"Well, could I just pick you up later?" Justin asked.
"Alright. See you later," said Hermione and went inside the classroom.
Draco watched as Hermione and Justin conversed outside the classroom. Justin Finch-Fletchley, the Hufflepuff she always fancied was now talking to her. Why didn't he talk to her before when he and Hermione were pretending to be together? Was Justin intimidated by him? He saw her smile at him and went inside the classroom. Hermione sat down beside him since they were partners in Muggle Studies for the rest of the school year. He could smell her faint vanilla scent. It dazed him a little.
"Finch-Fletchley's talking to you now?" he asked, pure wonder in his voice.
Hermione looked at Draco and back to their professor. "Yes, he is," she answered as she continued to write down notes. "He's going to pick me up later after class," she continued.
"Why didn't he talk to you when we were together? And that's really smooth of him, making a move after a break up."
"What's your problem?" Hermione asked in an annoyed whisper.
"Just going back to my old ways," Draco answered as he smirked at her.
"And what about you? You're with Louise now, and look, you walk each other to class. How original," Hermione said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"She proposed that."
"And you clearly agreed," Hermione answered back. "And when have you started being her puppet? Can't you do someone better than me?"
"Speak for yourself. Finch-Fletchley?"
"Don't make this more confusing for me than it already is." Hermione stopped herself from saying more when she heard herself. She didn't need Draco to hear that. The two stayed quiet for the rest of the class and Hermione avoided speaking to Draco for the rest of the day.
She had told herself for the past nights that she was just missing his company and just because you miss someone, doesn't mean you like them. Hermione kept telling herself that over and over again whenever she missed Draco. What about what he said in your living room? asked the voice inside her. "We were talking about feelings. It was a spur of the moment. Yes, that's what it was," she answered herself. Keep telling yourself that. "We don't belong together. Accept that."
To stop herself from thinking about Draco, Hermione avoided him as much as she could and spent more time around her friends, even when studying. Because when she's alone, she remembers Draco and it would just disrupt her train of thought. Ron and Harry never failed to make her laugh and whenever she was at the Gryffindor girls' room, she was amused by Lavender and Parvati's girlish ways like doing each other's hair or giving tips about make up and sometimes, gossiping about boys. That part, Hermione didn't want to be involved in. Yes, she and Lavender started to sleep at their old dormitory. For Hermione, to remove the thought of Draco in her head and for Lavender, just to be with her Gryffindor girl friends. Parvati of course like it since it was only her living in that dorm.
Also, Hermione found Justin paying more attention to her which flattered her and helped lessen her thoughts on Draco. When Ron or Harry had Quidditch practice, Justin would accompany her, Parvati and Lavender to the pitch or walk with them to class and even at Hogsmeade. Lavender, knowing Hermione's former feelings about Justin, she usually pulled Parvati away from the two.
"I'm glad you're talking to me again," Hermione said to Justin when they arrived from Hogsmeade. "Why did you stop talking to me before?"
Justin gave a small laugh as he opened the door to Hogwarts. "Because you were going out with Malfoy," he answered.
"And?"
"And he's not really a friendly bloke."
"He can be friendly," said Hermione, smiling at Justin. They walked to the Gryffindor Tower since she will meet Lavender and Parvati there.
"How are you? You seem alright with him and that Ravenclaw."
"Jealous, but fine," answered Hermione as she smiled weakly at Justin. She indeed felt jealousy and since Justin was not someone who nblabs about these things, she admitted it. "He's fine now, right? I should be too."
Justin patted her on the back. "Yes, course you should," he said as he smiled back at her. Just then, they saw Draco walking the opposite direction. Justin looked at Hermione then back to Draco. "Do you want me to-"
"No," she cut him off and continued to walk. When Hermione and Draco were a step closer, they acknowledged each other. "Malfoy," said Hermione.
"Granger. Finch-Fletchley," said Draco. Hermione looked back at Draco once they had passed each other.
Draco was going to meet Louise and was going to bring her to the Prefects' Dormitory. After many nights of teasing, much to Draco's annoyance, he was finally going to get some. Or maybe he was finally going to get his revenge. He wasn't sure at the moment because Hermione decided to show up with Finch-Fletchley and mess with his head. Draco shook his head violently to get rid of the thought. For days, Hermione's eyes, smile, laugh, scent and whatever Hermione is, has been popping up in his head. Not tonight, he told himself. The agony with Louise would be over soon. Ever since he and Louise were seen as going out, she did nothing but to show him off like a shiny trophy to her fellow Ravenclaw girls and to the other girls who fancied him. He felt pathetic, keeping up with the shit (A/N: I love it when Englishmen say shit, it sounds decent :P ). He honestly thought it would be over the first night they got together, but since Louise was quite the tease, he had to endure the childish play. It would've been better if he and the Ravenclaw could talk about other things or maybe debate over something, but everything, like his first love or infatuation, ended up more in snogging and skin to skin or tongue to skin contact. Now, of course he liked those things. He'd be a hypocrite if he didn't and that would be every man's dream but he couldn't help but be unsatisfied.
When he arrived at the Ravenclaw Tower, Louise and a bunch of girls were there waiting for him. She had a big smile on her face as she waved at Draco. He didn't walk to them any further since he was already in a foul mood so Louise walked up to him instead.
They went to dinner together. Louise wanted him to walk her to the Ravenclaw table but he left her at the entrance and walked straight to the Slytherin table. Of course, he doesn't like being bossed around, especially by a girl who doesn't really seem to level with him. As he sat down, he saw Hermione already at the Gryffindor table. She was smiling, probably from something Lavender Brown told her. There was no hint of her being miserable at all.
After his dinner, he went out the Great Hall and impatiently waited for Louise. Just then, someone bumped into him as the person was walking out the Great Hall. It was Hermione, with Lavender and Parvati.
"Oh, sorry," Hermione apologized casually.
"Watch where you're going, Mudblood," said Draco.
This made Hermione stop and look at him. "Attitude, Malfoy," she said, emphasizing, again, his last name.
"Can't help it, Granger. The hate for Mudbloods just run in my blood."
"Fuck off, Malfoy," said Lavender as she saw Hermione's expression. It was quite the mix of anger, pain and frustration. She pulled Hermione away from the conversation.
Draco smirked at this come back. "Glad to, Brown. Granger here didn't have the decency to let me have a taste of what's under her robes in those 3 months. Kept me randy, really. What a tease."
And before Draco knew it, Hermione walked up to him and slapped him hard on the cheek, just when the other students started to come out of the Great Hall. "Don't talk to me about decency when you yourself doesn't have the decency to respect me, Malfoy," said Hermione and walked out.
He stood there, including the other students, dumbfounded. That was the second time Hermione had slapped him. Draco brought his hand to the cheek Hermione slapped. It was harder than the last time. He must've really pushed her over. Draco thought that he hasn't lost his touch when it came to annoying the Gryffindor. Yes, he needed her to hate him. He can't afford to have her smile at him ever again. Everyone started to whisper about what just happened.
"What's going on?" Ron asked when he came into the castle with Harry and Ginny from Quidditch practice.
"Hermione slapped Draco," Neville answered blankly, still dumbfounded.
Harry looked at Ron and they both smiled. "She's done that before. Nothing new. That's our Hermione," he said proudly and they went inside the Great Hall.
When Louise came out, she and Draco walked up to the Prefects' Common Room. Louise, who was so ready to get on with it, started to kiss Draco as she pushed him down the sofa. Nobody really stayed for a long time in the common room except he and Hermione so Draco didn't really care that they were starting it there. He was getting comfortable and cozy and was starting to unbutton Louise's blouse when he remembered he had rounds that night. With all his might, he stopped Louise from going down on him and told her to wait for him there. Unhappy but randy, Louise agreed and waited for Draco in the common room as he made his rounds.
After checking the school, where he caught 2 Hufflepuffs snogging, a 1st year Slytherin sneaking out of the library and a Gryffindor coming in the castle after going to the owlery, Draco went back to the common room where Louise was still waiting for him. The Ravenclaw stood up and pulled him to the sofa by his tie while she untied it. Draco had managed to slip down Louise's blouse off of her shoulders and halfway down her torso as she sat on top of him when they heard the portrait open. They heard a small gasp. Draco looked over Louise's shoulder when Louise looked behind her. Hermione stood by the small hallway of the entrance and exit, trying not to look.
"Sorry. I didn't know anyone was here," she apologised as she made her way to the stairs, looking the other way.
Draco smirked, seeing Hermione's uneasiness. Another reason for her not to ever smile at him again. He went back to pulling down Louise's blouse, however, she wasn't letting the intrusion slide.
"How much more jealous can you get, Mudblood?" said Louise as she pulled up her blouse and stood up from Draco's lap.
Hermione, who was already climbing the stairs, stopped midway. "I said I was sorry, Phillips," she said, this time, looking at the two. "I'm not in the mood to argue with your shallow reasons."
"Oh really? I see you when you look at me and Draco." Louise, who had managed to button up her blouse, was walking towards the stairs. "Why? Regretting that you managed to make him celibate with you? Don't worry, I'll take care of that for you. And by the way, maybe you just have bad timing."
"Stop it, Louise," said Draco as he stood between the two. "You don't know what you're -"
"And you have a mouth full of shit for a Ravenclaw." Hermione went down a couple of steps. "I didn't plan to make Malfoy celibate, Phillips. Unlike you, I don't act on hormones," she said, heating up. "Draco's all yours. And by the way, you can either have detention or get out of the Prefects' dormitory since you're not allowed in here," Hermione smiled sarcastically at Louise when she saw her horrified expression. "Or better yet, 30 points from Ravenclaw. How about that?"
Draco turned to Hermione. "I let her in here, Granger. It's up to me if she can leave or not."
"Suit yourself, Malfoy," said Hermione as she started to climb the stairs again. "And make sure your girlfriend knows what she's talking about before accusing me of anything she knows nothing about." She went inside her room and slammed the door behind her.
Now, Draco lost the urge to do it after the row between Hermione and Louise but thought it was easy to get into it again. He turned to Louise and pulled her in and started to kiss her neck as he slid his hand up her skirt, but it seems Louise lost the urge too.
"Ugh, I can't do this right now."
"Then let's go to my room."
"No. I'm not in the mood anymore," said Louise and was out the portrait hole.
"Phillips!" called Draco but to no avail.
Frustrated, Draco marched to Hermione's door and loudly knocked on it. He pushed her in and violently kissed her when she opened it. He pushed her against the wall and pinned her with his legs.
"Draco! Stop it!" screamed Hermione, trying to push him away. "Draco! Get away from me! Stop!" But her cries rested on deaf ears. Draco had tore open her cardigan and slid his hand under her tanktop. She pushed his hand away from her, desperate to free herself from Draco. Hermione started to cry. She found herself too tired and too weak to push away Draco who was towering over her, but still, she tried. "Get away from me!"
Hearing Hermione crying, Draco snapped out of it. He took a step back and Hermione fell to the floor, too weak to even run away from him. She pulled her cardigan to cover her front and her shoulders. She looked at Draco and he could see fear and anger in her eyes.
"Hermione, I'm sorry," he said and took a step closer to her. "I didn't -"
"Don't touch me," whispered Hermione when Draco reached out his hand to her. "Don't come near me. Just go away."
"Hermione, I wasn't myse-"
"Just go. I never want to see you again. Go away," Hermione cried, pushing herself against the wall
Draco stepped away from Hermione and went to his room. He banged his head on his door when he closed it, cursing himself.
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Both Draco and Hermione spaced out a lot for the rest of the week. In classes where they needed to sit beside each other, Hermione sat away as far as she could from him. She only talked when he asked her a question and her answers were only a couple of words, and he was even reluctant to ask her anything.
Hermione wasn't exactly traumatized by what happened, but it did scare her. She told herself that it should never happen again and in case Draco tries something with her again, she was ready for it. But as long as she can stay away from him, she will.
Draco actually waited for Harry and Ron and even Justin to walk up to him and punch him straight in the face. But one, two, three days after he assaulted Hermione and none of them even lay a word on him, he knew she didn't tell them anything. He remembered that Hermione was the kind who didn't ask for help as long as she can handle a situation. Unconsciously, Draco started to watch Hermione. The day after her stupidly assaulted her, she was jumpy and barely ate. Same with the next 2 days. Ron, Harry and Lavender would ask her if there was anything wrong and she would just say nothing and smile at them. Eventually, Hermione was back to her old self but she still would tend to space out. She started to laugh again and smiled a lot especially when Justin was around. One time, she caught him looking at her and Hermione just gave him a cold stare. You wanted her to hate you, congratulations, said the voice in his head. "But not like this," he whispered. Draco noticed how Hermione looked at Justin. It was the way she used to look at him a few weeks after they started pretending. Also, Hermione didn't sleep at her room in the Prefects' dormitory anymore.
As for Louise, she spent 3 days trying to woo Draco. He wasn't ignoring or mad at her, he was just always spaced out. Also, Draco barely spent time with her that week and when she asked him why he would just tell her that he had Prefect duties or assignments.
After duties, Draco passed by the library to return a book he had borrowed. He was searching for the shelf where he got the book when he heard laughter. There by a nearby table was Hermione, reading a book. She may have noticed him looking at her so she turned her head to look at him. She still had that smile on her face but when she saw Draco, she turned serious. Draco looked away and surprisingly found the shelf behind Hermione. Unhappy, Hermione got up and walked out as he returned the book. Draco walked back to the dormitory and up his room. Louise promised him that tomorrow will be the night and no more interruptions will ever happen. He fell asleep anticipating his break from celibacy and he had a dream about it.
*Draco's dream*
Louise stood in front of him and removed the satin robe that covered her body. He could feel his member throbbing at the sight of her. She walked towards him, hunger in her eyes, as she held his manhood and put it in her mouth. Draco moaned as waves of pleasure ran through his member. Louise removed his manhood from her mouth and licked her way up to his neck, his ears and his mouth, kissing him hungrily. She pushed him down to the bed and slid Draco's member inside her. She moved up, down, back and forth while he stroke her thighs, her sides and her breasts. They moaned together, both feeling pleasured. She pulled him to her and kissed him hard.
"Mmmmm... Hermione..."
Draco caught himself too late and opened his eyes to see Louise's stunned face, morphing. Her hair turned chestnut and turned a bit shorter, her eyes turned a warm brown, her red luscious lips thinned a little and turned pink, her skin became creamy white and her form became petite until Hermione was looking down at him.
"Hermione?"
Hermione didn't answer. She smiled at him and stroked his hair. She traced his face with her finger, she touched his lips softly, closed her eyes and moved in for a kiss. Draco closed his eyes as soon as their lips touched. Hermione kissed him, not with lust and hunger as the first girl did, but with love and passion. The kind of kiss they shared in the living room. The kind of kiss he received only from Hermione.
And like a tub of cold water splashed on him, Draco jerked awake. Hermione. This was Hermione. Hermione who set aside their differences and got to know him. Hermione who bought him Chocolate Frogs when he couldn't. Hermione who was patient with him when he acted stupidly. Hermione who let him in her life and see her at her most vulnerable. Hermione who let herself be used by him to get his childish revenge. Hermione who he has learned to protect and care for and ... love. And Hermione who he violated and hated him more than ever.
Draco wiped the beads of sweat that broke through his forehead. He summoned a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. No matter how he tried to talk his way out of his feelings for Hermione, it always came back to the fact that he was indeed in love with her. What reputation? The only reputation you have is your bed reputation, said the voice in his head. And she sure as hell didn't take a second look at you because of that. He tried to go back to sleep but his mind isn't letting him rest. He tried again to convince himself that his feelings were sheer confusion and that it'll be gone once he gets to bed Louise.
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