i want Blaise to become a more invested character in this story so i'm starting to bring him in in this chapter - Please dont hate me if you figure it out!

Chapter 21 - A broken arm and a Zambine Confession.

It has been a week since Draco hurt his wrist, the first few nights were easy, they slept together - just that, they slept. But then around day four it started getting hard, they even got to invested in a make-out session that they ended up falling on the floor causing Hermione to land on Draco's hand making it even worse so now, Day 5, they stand in-between the two bedroom doors.

Hermione looked at him sadly, she wasn't sure she could do this but she knew it had to be done. She gave Draco a quick kiss before sighing, "Good night Draco."

He wasn't happy with this either, he sighed, "Good night Hermione." With that they slowly turned around and dragged their feet to their separate rooms. Hermione slowly crawled into bed, curling up in a ball, trying to re-create the warmth Draco provided.

Draco plomped down in bed, staring at the ceiling as if it were to blame before sighing and rolling over, stuffing his face in a pillow before mentally complaining to himself.

Hermione tossed and turned, and tossed and turned, and tossed and turned until 2am when she finally decided to give up on trying to sleep. She looked at her door for a moment, 'he's only a few feet away, I could easily slip into his room and crawl into bed, he wouldn't notice, NO! I need to learn to fall asleep without him! This is pathetic! Hermione Granger Should Not Be Attached To Draco Malfoy! I can fall asleep without him! ... No I cant!' With that she scurried across the room and into his. She carefully closed the door, trying not to wake him. She crept across the room and crawled into the bed, next to him. She thought he was asleep, turns out she was wrong, "Hermione?"

"Hi..." She answered sheepishly.

He quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, "I was wondering how long it'd take you." He said with a sleepy smirk.

"I... I'm sorry, I'll go back, I know I shouldn't of-"

"Don't. Stay here. Shut up. Go to sleep." She smiled softly and curled up to him. Within a few second both Hermione and Draco had fallen into a peaceful sleep.

...

The next week was torture, for the first few days Hermione and Draco got away with sneaking into each other's beds just so that they could get to sleep but then morning came and everything was flipped, they wanted each other bad! And it was only getting worse.

Draco can't sit behind her in class anymore; he kept looking over at her causing vivid images to fill his head, which made things extremely uncomfortable in the pants region. It wasn't easy on Hermione either, she tried throwing herself into her studies but that only made her think of the few time her and Draco had snuck off to the restricted section. She tried going to Gryffindor Quiditch Practise a lot more to keep her mind off it but one time, Ron and harry had forgot to tell her the switched training times with Slytherin and even though Draco couldn't participate he was still made to wear his gear and watch. Damn! Did he look good in his gear! Hermione literally sprinted in the other direction when she saw him.

She now takes her seat in potions, Draco walks straight past her to sit a few rows in front. Her senses tingle as she smells his cologne as he walks past.

Shivers shoot through his body as he walks past her, her scent devouring him as he does. His hands are slightly shaking as he takes his seat.

The professor walks in, "Ok class. Professor McGonagall has decided that she would like to see different houses working together in more classes so she has given me a list of people she wants me to pair up. Hermione's eyes immediately darted to Draco as much as she loves him and would love to spend more time with him she was sure that if they got paired together by the end of the lesson they would have jumped each other in front of the class. "There will be no arguments about this. Once I call your name, join your partner and pick a station to work at. Ronald Weasly and Pansy Parkinson." Hermione slightly choked as she heard the first pair called. Both of them were in shock, the whole class laughing at them. Ron groaned and picked up his gear to go sit next to Pansy. She slightly scooted away from him as he did. "Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood." The list went on and then finally, "Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy." They both sat in their seats, not wanting to move or even breath. They thought they could do this, THEY CAN NOT DO THIS! All the other groups had started; the whole class could hear Ron and Pansy bickering at the corner table. Hermione and Draco hadn't moved, not once until the teacher came up to them. "Is there something wrong? I thought that my two top students, Head Girl and Head Boy I might ad, would be a good team, best in the class even."

"umm... We- I.. ahh..." Hermione stuttered.

Draco was mentally panicking, "We ... we were just about to start, no need to worry professor."

"Good to know." The professor then walked off to try and calm down Pansy and Ron.

Draco immediately leaned over to Hermione, "Look, we need to get through this. We need to be able to be around each other without wanting to jump each other's bones." Hermione had lust in her eyes, he was so close to her and all she wanted right now was to clash their lips together and drag him to the nearest broom closet. He noticed her desire and sighed, "Look, I know how it feels, trust me, I KNOW. And right now all that seems to be going through my mind is images of bending you over this bench and fucking you senseless but we cant!"

Hermione nodded understandingly. There was a moment of silence before Hermione's eyes widened with excitement, "I have an Idea!" She whispered to him.

Before he could ask her what she was talking about the chair slipped from under her and Hermione was on the ground clutching her ankle and crying in pain.

Draco was immediately at her side, "Professor!"

He quickly rushed over and the rest of the class followed to see what was going on, "What happened?!"

"The chair slipped from under me!" Hermione slightly cried, "My ankle!"

"Mr Malfoy you take Ms Granger to the hospital wing immediately. The rest of you get back to work."

Draco scooped her up and started carrying her to the Hospital Wing but when the rounded a corner, where no one was around Hermione jumped out of his arms with a cheeky grin, "What-" She grabbed his hand and they started sprinting to their dorm. "Why didn't I think of this before?!" She exclaimed as the door closed behind them.

"What? Hermione, what's gong on?!" Draco tried to get her attention but failed as she dragged him up to her room.

She slammed the door closed and started getting undressed, "Umm, Hermione as much as id love to, we cant remember, injured hand and what not." He said waving his braced hand in the air.

She ignored him and continued stripping herself of all clothing, "Take off your clothes!"

"Hermione, I don't think your listening to me-"

"I know! I know! But what if we don't have sex, there are other things that we can do!"

"Like what?" Draco said as he instinctively took off his shirt, he started on his belt buckle as Hermione kicked her panties across the room. She dropped to her knees and yanked down his pants, freeing his want. She grinned up at him wickedly and that's when everything clicked. Draco grinned and lay down on the bed. Hermione crawled on top of him and kissed him once before taking his heat in her hand, pumping furiously. Draco thought he was going to explode the moment her mouth wrapped around him. "Oh- Oh god! Hermione! YES!" His good hand gripped the edge of the bed, his head tilted back, his eyes wide and his mouth a perfect 'o' as she picked up the pace, taking him deeper each time, swirling her tongue around his base while she teased his balls.

"I'm gonna!-" He sat up abruptly as he exploded down her throat. He watched, eyes wide, as she popped out of him, licking her lips, "Yum!" She said with a wink. She capture his lips with hers once again, flipping him over so that he was on top. He grinned as he knew what she wanted. He spread her legs with his good hand and looked up at the chocolate eyed girl. She was biting her lip in anticipation, her eyes full of desire as she grinned wickedly at him. With a wink he attacked her heat. Finding her bud and teasing it vigorously. She fell back against the bed, one hand gripping the sheets the other the headboard as he continued his sensational assault. She was moaning, on the brink of screaming, his name, "YES! OH DRACO! YES!"

He slipped his index finger inside her heat and both of them moaned, Hermione moaning in pleasure, Draco moaning as he thought about what it felt like to be inside her. He then entered a second, and then a third and then a forth before he found her spot and teased it, causing her to gasp as he did. He sped up his teasing, knowing she was close. He quickly did the math and slightly repositioned himself, knowing that this was probably going to be his only chance. "OH! I'M! I'M -" Just as he knew she was about to burst he quickly pulled out of her, yanking her hips to his, slamming into her causing her to scream, slightly thrashing, as she exploded the intense sensation pushed him over the edge causing his own release to explode. The both collapsed, panting heavily. Draco pulled out of her and sat up on the edge of the bed a sly grin on his face. Hermione grinning back at him, "You sneaky bastard." She teased as she sat up, leaning back on her hands. Draco started putting on his boxers but that's when the throbbing pain set in. He clutched his wrist and winced. Hermione immediately became alert and went to his side, "Draco? What's wrong?!" She asked slightly panicked.

"My arm!" He partly gasped, "I think it's broken."

Hermione quickly put her clothes on and helped draco with his, "Come on, we need to get you to Madam Pompfrey."

...

"Yep, it's broken. This means that you'll have to get a cast instead of a brace and it will take even longer to heal. I thought I said no Quiditch!" She scowled.

Draco shrugged, "I thought I was up for it, turns out I'm not."

Hermione just sat there, her mouth shut; she let Draco come with the excuse that it happened during Quiditch. Oh god! The guilt was eating at her. Madam Pompfrey waved her wand and Draco's arm was now in a red cast. He slightly cringed, "Maybe not red." There was no way in hell that he was going to wear Gryffindor colours around the school. Madam Pompfrey huffed and changed it to black, "I'll go get the medication that you'll need to take."

As soon as Madam Pompfrey was out of sight Hermione hit Draco on the arm, "I knew we should have done that!" She shouted but in a whisper.

Draco just smirked, "Worth it."

Hermione went to lecture him but Madam Pompfrey came back she handed a small vile of blue liquid to Draco, "You need to take two drops twice a day, you can put it in tea or any other hot beverage if you like."
He took the vile and put it in his pocket, "Thanks."

They went to leave but poppy called, "Ms Granger, if I could talk to you for a moment." Draco gave Hermione a quizzical look, asking if what it was about, she just shrugged.

She made her way back to Madam Pompfrey as Draco waited outside, "What is it you wanted to talk to me about?"

"This is for you." She handed Hermione a small circular container.

Hermione took it cautiously, "What is it?"

"I know about you and Mr Malfoy and I'm no fool, I know what people do in relationships. They're," She whispered the next bit so that no one else but Hermione could here, "Birth Control pills."

"Umm... I don't think I need these, I know how to do contraceptive spells-"

"Of course of course but these are just in case, a back up in case you forget to do the spell. Remember to take them once a day, around the same time each day." Hermione nodded, "umm... thanks?" She put the container in her pocket.

"Oh one more thing," She pulled out a few boxes of pregnancy tests, putting them in a non-see through bag for her, "Just in case."

Hermione hesitantly took the bag, "Can I go now?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

Hermione rushed out of the room to find Draco leaning against the wall poking at his cast, "You probably shouldn't do that." She advised him.

He just shrugged and continued to poke at it before the bag in her hand caught his attention, "What's that?"

"umm... it's - I'll tell you later." She quickly finished as she saw Blaise and Pansy stride over.

"So long Ferret!" Hermione said before walking off in the other direction.

"She looks better." Pansy slightly scoffed.

"Yeah, she just jarred it-"

"What happened to your hand!?" Pansy screeched as she inspected his cast.

"Oh... yeah... on the way here I slightly stumbled when I was carrying Granger, we both fell and she landed on my arm. It's officially broken."

"Stupid Mudblood! She could have-"

"SHUT IT PANSY!" Draco snarled.

She slightly sneered at his response, "Why? Afraid she might over hear and get all upset? I guess you wouldn't want your fu-"

"FUCK OFF!"

She smirked and turned on her heel and walked away.

Blaise watched her for a second before turning to Draco, "What was that about?"

"Nothing." Draco hissed between gritted teeth he then went back to poking at his cast.

"You probably shouldn't do that." Advised Blaise. A small smirk tugged on Draco's lips as those were the exact words Hermione had just told him.

"umm... Draco? Can I talk to you for a sec?" Blaise asked nervously.

Draco eyed him curiously, Blaise was never nervous, "Sure..." He answered cautiously.

"umm... not here, can we go to the lake or something?"

Draco shrugged and pushed himself off the wall, "Ok."

They both walked in silence as they made their way to the lake. Draco sat down against the tree and Blaise sat next to him.

"So what is it you wanted to talk about?" Draco asked as he conjured up an apple and took a bite out of it.

"I... Firstly if you tell anyone about this I will out you and Granger!"

Draco slightly choked, "What?" He coughed, "I don't know-"

"Don't give me that, I saw you two going at it a few weeks ago in an abandoned class room and I see the way you look at each other so I know it's not just a one time thing."

Draco sat wide eyed for a second, unsure on how to respond, "W-Why didn't you tell anyone?"

Blaise just shrugged, "I don't know, maybe I'm sick of messing with people's lives, especially their love lives... especially now."

"Why now?"

"Uhh... that brings me to the thing I wanted to talk about... we're best friends, right?"

Draco thought for a moment, he'd known Blaise before he even started Hogwarts, he knew him when the good times happened. He also thought about how he literally had told Blaise everything - aside from the thing about Hermione -since they were children. "I... I guess we are." Draco said as a small smile snuck onto his lips, he didn't think he had any real friends but seemed that he was wrong.

"So... nothing can change that?"

"... no..."

"Draco... I- I'm... I'm... You know what it doesn't matter."

Blaise went to stand up but Draco stopped him, "Sit down and tell me what it is!"

Blaise sat back down and just as Draco took another bite out of his apple, "I'm gay."

Draco choked for a few minutes before coughing for another few minutes before sitting wide-eyed, processing what he had just been told.

"Y-Your not gay f-for m-me?"

Blaise slightly laughed, "God no! It's some one... else. But I'm not ready to reveal that, not until he is and he seems to be denying it a lot more lately so it might be a while."

Draco thought for a moment before shrugging, "Ok."

"Ok?"

"Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with it I mean I'm in love with a muggle-born, i'm pretty sure I'm fine if my best-friend is gay." He said carelessly.

Blaise sat wide-eyed for a moment, just staring at him, his mouth slightly agape. Draco furrowed his eyebrows, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"D-Dude, think about what you just said."

Draco thought for a moment but couldn't figure it out, "I still don't get it?"

"Y-You said you l-loved her!"

Draco shrugged, "Yeah? ... I guess this is news to you; it's not news to me or to Hermione. So... calm down."

Blaise had a loose smile on his lips, "Is it nice?"

"I'm slightly lost?"

"Love. Is it nice?" He asked with dreamy eyes as he sat back against the tree.
"Yeah, it's the best thing there is. You never think you could feel this way ever again... why?"

Blaise sighed, "Because... I'm worried he's gonna break up with me."

"I don't know who it is so I really cant help you there but trust me, if he does, you could do so much better."

"Thanks."

Draco finished his apple while Blaise practised a few spells.

"It's getting dark, we should head back for dinner." Blaise said holding his hand out for Draco who took it willingly with his good hand.

During dinner Draco looked over at Hermione a few times like always except this time he paid more attention to what Blaise was doing. Every now and then Blaise would look up and then back down again, too quick for Draco to see who he was looking at but one thing he did notice is the tinge of hope that was in his eyes when he looked up and that same tinge of hope disappearing as he looked back down. He knew that look, that's the look he used to get when Hermione doesn't look back at him.

After dinner Draco strolled back to his dorm.

He plopped down on the couch and picked up the lion the witch and the wardrobe. He was almost finished and he could see why Hermione liked it so much. About half an hour Hermione walked in, a confused look on her face.

"What's up?" He asked, still reading his book.

"I thought I just... never mind..." She said half heartedly as she sat down in the arm-chair across from him as she continued running through what she heard/saw in the library.

Draco eyed her curiously, "You sure, it seems to be bugging you."

She snapped out of her thoughts and put on a smile, "It's nothing. So what happened after I left?"
"Well, I guess I should probably tell you. Blaise knows about us."

This caused Hermione to bolt upright in her seat, "What?!"

"Apparently he saw us going at it a few weeks ago in one of the abandoned class rooms, and he said that he saw how we looked at each other and said he could see that it wasn't just a one time thing."

Hermione slightly smiled, "and he didn't tell anyone?"

"No. He's my best friend, he didn't tell anyone... he also told me something else... but... I don't know if im aloud to tell you..."

"How bad is it?"

"It's not bad, it's just... personal."

"Did he ask you not to tell anyone?"

"Yes, but in hind sight he kind of said that if I told anyone he'll out us. I think he only said that because he was scared."

"Well... don't tell me."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I mean there are plenty of things Ginny has told me that I haven't told anyone. So if you're truly is your best friend you won't tell me or anyone else."

He thought for a moment, "Ok. Thanks."

She smiled and leaned over, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before standing up. She stretched and cranked her neck to the side before letting out an adorable yawn, "I'm going to bed... I'll see you in the morning." She said slightly sad.

"Ok, goodnight Granger."

She smiled and placed a soft kiss on his lips, "Good night Malfoy."

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