Authors Note: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING!! Just playing with them so I can see Draco and Hermione together!! LOL!

WARNING: This chapter contains some material suitable for 17 and over!! Please read with caution! If you don't like reading chapters like this, please don't, your not going to miss anything that you need to know about the final chapter!! Thank you!!

Chapter 17

One hour and 7 bottles of firewhiskey later, Hermione and Draco sat next to each other on the couch playing truth or dare. So far, Hermione had picked all truths, which included having to tell Draco about her first kiss with Ron, and the first time she had the urge to kiss Draco. He had picked all dares, which included him using a charm to make his hair pink and running down the hallways and going into the girls bathroom.

It was now Hermione's turn, and this time, she picked dare. "Alright, Granger, let's see if you have any guts. I dare you to run down the hallway topless" he said with an evil glint in his eyes, not expecting her to actually do it. But, since she had just consumed 4 bottles of firewhiskey (by herself) she didn't argue, or get angry at him. Instead, she stood up, wobbled a little, stared him in the eye, pulled her shirt off, threw it at him, and walked out the door.

5 minutes later she walked back in to see Draco with a shocked look on his face. She smiled and said "Your turn" as she sat back down next to him. "Yeah, it's my turn alright" he said as he pulled her to him, kissing her with all the need and passion he felt for her. "You know..... we shouldn't...... be doing..... this...." she said around his lips. Not that she wanted him to stop. Far from it. But she was logical, even drunk. Being drunk, their judgement was impaired, so they shouldn't make any big decisions, and this was one of the biggest decisions a person could make.

"I know...... but I ...... don't want..... to stop..." he replied, running his hands over her back and hips. When his hands brushed the underside of her breast, she let out a startled gasp, and he pulled back, afraid he had gone too far. "You ok, Mione? If you really want to stop, go to your room, because that's one of the few places I can't go" he said, breathing heavily. "I'm fine, just surprised, is all" she said as she laid her head on his shoulder. She was trying to bring her own breathing back to normal, and trying to tell herself she shouldn't kiss him again, knowing where it would lead, but she just couldn't help herself as she kissed his chin, running her hands threw his hair.

He let out something between a moan, and a grunt as her hands moved down to his back, pulling him to her. "Mione, I mean it. If you leave now, I'll let you go, but you have to stop that!"he said as her kisses moved to his ear. "Draco, I just want to tell you that just because I don't advertise it to everyone I meet, I do like you. I REALLY like you, and I'm very attracted to you, incase you didn't already know it" she whispered and she brushed her lips over his throat. "I know, Mione, and I want to tell you that just because I don't walk around Slytherin common room saying it, I.... well, I love you" he said, pulling back to look in her eyes when he told her.

'You.... what? Since when? I mean, thank you. But since when?" she asked with a confused look on her face. "Since... I don't know. Mabey since that day you ran into me in Diagonalley, do you remember?" he asked her, running his hands over her back. "Yes, I do remember, quite clearly, actually. I remember being so angry at you, and thinking about how much you must have hated me. And all I had wanted to do was be by you, be with you, and thinking it was impossible, me being muggle born and Harry Potter's friend. I don't want to talk about it, though. It's in the past. Right now, all I want you to do is kiss me" she said as she brought her lips up and kissed him right under his eye.

"Happy to oblige" he said as he kissed her neck. This not being enough for her, she tackled him, pressing him into the couch. "What was that for?" he asked her, as he looked up at her. "Guess" she replied, her eyes full of passion. "Mione, we've had too much to drink and we really should sto....." he began, only to be silenced by her lips. After they had made love, Hermione, laying on top of Draco, sighed to herself, finally happy, and let herself fall asleep, his heart beating under her ear.

Authors Note:

I hope you all liked this chapter! It's one of my favorites! I'm sorry about the delay, I just got a new job, and have been really busy, so I would like to thank you all for being patient with me, and for reading this story in the first place!!! Thanks, all of you!! Wiccagirl987