Chapter 9
(Draco)
Draco opened his eyes to what sounded like someone screaming. He looked over to see Hermione who was also awakened by it. "What was that?" He asked softly wondering if maybe she had had a bad dream. She shrugged her shoulders, looking down at him. She then moved to get up, but Draco stopped her. "In less you're planning to slip into something more comfortable you're not going any where" Draco said in a soft teasing whisper. She looked back at him with big brown eyes giving a sweet smile.
"Do you have something I can wear?" She asked batting her eye lashes at him to show she could play too. He was temped to kiss her as he reached for his wand to get her one of his t-shirts. As the shirt land in her lap she let out a soft laugh nudging him with her shoulder. "Boy when you want something you are damn persistent."
"That's why I always get what I want" He in formed her showing her his hands before turning his back so she could change. He could feel her eyes on him as he heard her removing her jeans. Once done she moved over to him to breathe in his ear. He turned just at the right moment making the noise run together. "You knew I should go see what that was" He said softly as he moved in away that made it so he had to clime over her. He did really care what had woke them he just need a reason to clime over her. Once deciding there was nothing to see he returned to his room.
As he re-enter his bed room he got the odd feeling someone was standing off to the right. "Draco can I ask why you don't have the scar removed?" Hermione's smooth voice drew his attain, making him shut the door and forget about the odd feeling.
"I did at first, but after awhile it just seemed kind of pointless" He was saying this as he moved onto the bed. He watched as she ran her fingers over the large scar. "I just decided there was no point in covering it up unless I was going to a beach to swim or something." She smiled at him as they kind of cuddled a little. "Hermione?" He asked making her look into his eyes "This is all very strange, not that I am complaining any. I am enjoying it…It's just I am not sure how to define our love/hate relationship." He moved under the covers to cuddle with her. "I mean we said that we are friends, but how many friends do you kiss or climb in bed with?"
He could hear her breathing come out in unsteady breaths. "None" she said as she ran her hand over his bare chest. "See, this wasn't suppose to be a friendship at first…I wanted to help because I wanted to test myself. You know because I want to be a med-witch" She moved on to her elbows as she looked down into his eyes. "That's why I got so upset yesterday, not because we kissed." She reassured him giving a gentle kiss on his forehead "But because, as a med-witch, I can't get close to my patients like I did with you… I got too involved in your personal suffering and that means I failed…I hate to fail."
"I don't think you are giving yourself enough credit here Hermione" He reached up to run a hand through her hair. "Yeah ok so you got too close and now we're in this awkward place, but you didn't fail" She looked at him as if saying 'yeah right' "A med-witche's job isn't easy, not getting close to their patients is impossible for anyone to do all the time. You got too close and you tried to pull back, you did everything short of ditching me to fix the mistake…But here's what you forgot" He gave her a soft kiss on the lips "You're only human and you're not even in school yet to become a med-witch. Stop punishing yourself for being who you are." He kissed her once more "You are a good, kind and soft-hearted person"
She smiled before kissing him and whispered "I don't know what happened to Malfoy over the summer, but like his replacement Draco a whole lot more" He laughed softly giving her a few more kisses.
"Oh, Draco was always here" He took a moment to lay them back while kissing her. "It was just that Malfoy's head was filled with a lot of messed up crap he had to sort through before he could grow" They both relaxed, lying quietly in the large bed without speaking for a bit. Draco mind was drifting a bit when Hermione sat up suddenly. "What is it?" He asked as he watched her look about.
"You said you thought you killed an owl last night right, but you couldn't remember anything?" Hermione said looking down at him with big eyes.
"Yes I did…Why do you ask?" He seemed to be at a loss as to where she was going with this.
"Remember that book I showed you with the condition called Siveral?" She asked with a very determined look on her face.
"Yeah it was the one were the male wizard did something with a male vampire so the wizard could have kids." He said, re-jogging his memory.
"You also said that if your father was disport enough he could have done that" He could see where she was going and didn't want to follow. "Or something like it"
"Um…yeah he could of, but he was a real stick in the mud about blood." Draco said trying to get her to stop.
"I know he was stuck on pure bloods only, but if he was disported he could have turned to the dark looking for answers. He did it before and it's not unlikely he did it again…" She trailed off a bit "I'm sorry if I'm upsetting you. It's just if you did attack that owl and drink its blood… That would mean that you have Siveral and knowing that means we could find a better way to treat the illness"
Draco took a deep breath making himself claim down "Does it cause black outs? Where a part of your memory is just gone for no reason?" She hugged him to her.
"I'll have to look it up, but it's a start to getting the answers and making you better" They hugged and kissed a few hundred times.
"Having you with me always makes me better" He breathed softly kissing her deeply, not wanting to let go. She pulled out of his arms after a few more kisses and proceeded to get dressed. Draco reluctantly followed suit "Let me guess, we need to go to the library?"
"Yes, but first you need to take me through what you remember and show me where you woke up in the woods this morning" They then rushed off to do just that. Hermione made a soft cry when they got to the bird. Turned out it was Potter's pet he had eaten. Hermione had checked the animal giving Draco the bad, but yet good news that he did in fact drink its blood.
"I think I might just throw up" Draco said as he realized what he had done. "I don't know where that bird has been…Could there be some mistake?" Hermione came to him soothing his shoulders.
"Well, I'll know more once we read up on it" She kissed his lips in a loving manner. "Just keep reminding yourself, this was not your fault you have an illness that is making you do these things." Somehow that was not helping any.