A/N: The reason the spelling/grammar is better is because Alyssium has been betaing the last few chapters. If anyone wants to the other chapters could use a beta fix up. And then the whole story can be improved lol. Thanks for the comments and thank Alyssium for the better grammar/spelling.
Chapter 12
Hermione opened her eyes to find Draco looking down at her with big scared eyes. She touched her face, trying to re-call just what happened when she remembered she was naked. Without thinking, she slapped Draco across the face and moved to her clothes, dressing quickly. She heard him whimper which made her feel bad, but when she remembered everything she was thankful his reaction had been to back off.
She looked over at him to see he was holding his cheek with his head down. She didn't want to be, but she found she was scared of this half of him. From what Peter told her, he was like a wild animal: unpredictable and dangerous. She looked around realizing it was day and he was still in beast form. 'Oh gods he didn't eat yet…because he was worried' the thought softened her up and gave her the courage to go to him and take his hand. "I'm sorry I was upset" She kissed his cheek. "I'm ok now so its time for you to eat."
He tilled his head to the side, making it clear he didn't understand. Suddenly, his head shifted and his pupils got big like a cats would at night, and he let out a deep growl. Something was coming, she couldn't see it, but he could. 'Oh shit what if it's someone from the school,' she looked at Draco 'I can't let them find him like this; they'll lock him up for sure!' She took hold of his hand and pulled him to his feet, dragging him away from whatever he saw. 'I've got to hide him till he changes back, but where would be a safe place?' No matter where she went they would have to travel in the dark forest to get there. 'His father is in town…but should I go there with him like this?'
Draco grunted and put his feet down and brought them to a dead stop. His pupils were small again when she turned to look at his unhappy face. "Draco please move," she whispered, but he stood firm. Pulling her to him, he growled before lowering his head and nipping at her shoulder. "Oh gods now is not the time for this" she whimpered, but he wasn't going to move and there was no point in talking to him.
After all, the man didn't understand words in his state of mind. He growled louder, nipping her again because she was taking too long. "Oh for heaven sake! FINE!" She pulled down her shirt letting him lick and nip her skin. She wasn't sure how she was suppose to tell him yes, so when he nipped her she put her hand to the back of his head giving it a push. Must have been good enough because the next thing she knew, she felt a studding pain in her shoulder.
She then felt him lick at the wound "Ok I'm yours now let's go" She said, taking hold of his shoulder to push him off her. She then used her hand to motion him to follow her. To her delight he obliged, giving her a noisy nudge in the neck as they walked. She stopped to pull up his hood to better hide his face. He moved to lick her cheek and neck. 'Is this his beast's idea of a kiss, maybe?' She wondered, pulling away from him once more.
Closer to town she hid Draco as best she could. This proved to be a difficult task because whenever they stopped to look at the town's streets from the woods, he started to lick her again. Finely, to her relief, on the far end of town and close to the woods she spotted Peter. She knew vampires had super hearing so she called to him softly "Peter we have a problem, Draco is still in his beast form and people are looking for us!"
She watched as the man stop and raised his head to look around. He was calm as he turned down the street and walked their way. It was as if nothing was wrong at all. When he got closer to them, he raised his sunglasses meeting Hermione's eyes. He quickly looked towered a house on the street. She gathered he was telling her that was his place. She nodded to him as he put his sunglasses back down and went inside. She waited for the street to be clear of people before taking Draco by the hand and hurrying into the same house Peter had disappeared into.
As soon as the door shut behind them and they were safe, Hermione let out a heavy sigh. "Thank the gods we made it" She said as Draco hugged her and shoved his face into her neck.
"What happened?" Peter asked, bringing in a small fox and setting it on the table.
"What happened? I fainted that's what happened…He acted like you said he would and I was just so over-whelmed that I flipping fainted." She saw the vampire smile a little at that.
"Ah" He said, looking over at them "Looks like you made your choice even with the fainting"
"Yeah well, it was either make a choice or stand there being growled at until someone found us" She said a bit unhappy. "So can we feed him and get him back to…Um human?"
"You wanted to say normal didn't you" Peter said softly. She nodded as Draco licked the side of her head. "I am going to let this little bugger out; it will be up to him to do the rest"
"Maybe this is a stupid question, but why do you have a fox?" She asked him as he opened the cage.
"Your people get mightily pissed when we feed on them. Keeping meals on hand just makes life in this place simper." She felt Draco let go of her as he started to sniff the air. She looked at him, wondering what he was doing. "The hunt is on," Peter said answering her question.
"Why even bother? It's not like the fox can go anywhere…Not much of a hunt…" She noted as she watched Draco sniff about. She would have thought he had seen the fox before. She guessed he hadn't noticed it because he was too busy licking her.
"Every hunt, even an easy one will help him learn." Peter remarked, sitting down at his table. "How bad is it?" He asked her quietly as Draco took off into another room on his hunt.
"I'm sorry how bad is what?" She asked as she sat down next to him. Part of her wondered what Draco was doing. The other part wished she didn't know he was going to eat some poor little animal.
"You're fear of him." Peter said as the little fox ran from one room to another. Shortly after that, Draco peeked around the corner. He looked mightily cute in his hunting mode. He had a kind of curious face that made him look sweet and innocent. Hermione couldn't help the smile that slipped over her lips.
"At first I was terrified, but it's getting a little better." She answered as she watched Draco sneak by them to the room the fox was hiding in. "I mean it's hard not to be a little scared of this part of him," She said, turning back to the vampire. There was a loud commotion in the other room as Draco and his dinner came face to face. She winced every time there was a yelp or whimper. That signaled that Draco had hurt the poor thing.
She tried to put it out of her mind when all was quiet. "How long before he is human enough to be seen?" She asked Peter not wanting to think about what Draco was doing. The fact he was drinking blood made her stomach turn in knots. Peter told her that Draco would need to fall asleep before he changed back.
As he was telling her this, Draco entered the room from behind her. She didn't notice him or the dead fox he held in his month as he came up behind her and dropped it in her lap. Hermione was so startled she jumped up and fell over at the same time. She heard Peter laugh as Draco looked confused. "Ew, why did he do that?" Hermione asked, pushing the dead animal away.
"It is a gift Hermione," Peter said, making her look at him and then at Draco's blood covered face. Draco looked sad or maybe disappointed. "Much like a cat, who brings its owner dead mice or birds as gifts. His vampire half will do the same. In this state he doesn't know what money is, so he brings you the only gift he can get you, a meal"
She gave a weary smile to Draco and tried not to gag as she picked up her 'gift' "So how does one thank one for such a gift?" Hermione asked, sitting down at the table while holding the fox out as far as she could.
"Like animals would, you share the gift, lick each other and clean each other." Peter got her a wash cloth. "Wash his face and hands off, that should be thanks enough." She placed the fox on the table before taking Draco's hands and washing them off. She had to rinse out the cloth before washing his face. Once he was all clean she gave him a lick on the check. "I'll get ride of the fox, you can take him to bed." He pointed to the stairs "Just go up stairs, the whole floor is one room."
"Oh, ok, thanks," She said, taking Draco's hand once more and leading him up the stairs. It was once they were upstairs that she noticed he didn't have any shoes on. She cleaned off his feet and her own before climbing into the bed. Her heartbeat raced in her chest as he climbed in next to her. She was his mate, which meant if he wanted to mate she had to go along with it.
As she feared, he moved over her purring in such a manner she knew what he was after. She had never been so scared without fainting in her life. He gave her a playful nip as he pulled her shirt over her head 'Well he knows we need to take off our cloths…Maybe he'll remember other stuff too' she hoped as she naively removed his rob. She felt him giving her lick and nips on her neck. Somehow she knew he was trying to easies her worry.
As she felt him remove her pants, Hermione tried to calm herself another way. 'It's still Draco; he is still the same guy you want. Yes he is a bit wild right now, but he is still in there and he cares for you' she shyly moved to sit up. He went to lick her, but she stopped him. "Like this Draco" she said softly giving him a kiss. "Do you remember what that is?" she kissed him again and although he appeared to be confused, he kissed her back.
It felt like they were back in the command room kissing shyly for the first time. As they kissed deeper she removed his boxers getting into his lap. She remembered an old saying that made her smile into another kiss. She was the blind leading the blind so to speak, seeing as she had never done this with anyone and he was going on animal instinct. She knew his human half had done this, but that half wasn't awake. So in away this was his first time too.
At first he seemed patient with her, but once he was hard that dwindled. She wanted to go slow, to take their time and enjoy it. However, she knew wild animals did not do such things and he wouldn't want to either. It was no shock to her when he pushed her down on the bed. Hermione wanted to protest, to tell him to be careful, to somehow make him understand this was her first time and he need a gentler touch.
The fact that his beast half was in control made that impassable. With no other wronging then being moved into position, he went right to it. Just as wild as any animal would too. It was painful in so many ways she felt like crying. She wasn't upset with him as he gave her a love bite here and there. She knew in this state of mind he just didn't know any better. In between the pain of his large man hood, her first time and his bite marks, she found some enjoyment, but not much. When it was over, she was grateful for the chance to rest.
He also seemed tired as he closed his eyes, moving in close to her. She felt him lick behind her ear in a sleepy manner, before he curled into her to fall asleep. She turned in his arms to look at his sleeping face. His little fangs where to big for his mouth, making them stick out over his bottom lip. She smiled, hugging her to his chest as she closed her eyes. It wasn't how she had hoped it would be, but somehow, even though it was painful she knew it was a lot better then anything she had ever dreamed of.
Oh sure, the sex could have been a lot better, but the thing was it hadn't really been about sex. She reached up running a hand through his hair. It had been about a connection on a level most people didn't even know was there. That was what made it better than anything she had ever dreamed of and she wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world. She kissed his lips and little fangs "You know I think I love you."