Sorry it has been so long! I got way behind in my school work. I hope you like this chapter. The next chapter should be up soon because it's almost finished! Please review.
Draco decided that he and Hermione wouldn't have a lot of time to eat breakfast in the Great Hall. Draco called Dobby. Dobby appeared in Draco's room with a crack. Draco had apologized to Dobby for all the awful things he'd done throughout his childhood. He asked Dobby to bring breakfast to the common room for himself and the Head Girl. Dobby nodded and with another crack was gone.
Draco finished getting dressed. He stopped gelling his hair back this year. It laid shaggily across his forehead. He had taken up working out as a hobby over the summer to distract himself from all the post-war drama and grief. Draco and his mother, Narcissa, were on house arrest for two months. Lucius was sent to Azkaban for eternity. Lucius had never felt any remorse for his actions. Narcissa never wanted to be involved with the Dark Lord, but she felt like she had to stand by her husband. Hermione and Potter had both testified for Narcissa and Draco in front of the Ministry of Magic. Draco pictured Hermione on the stand in court. She was strong the entire time until the bastard prosecutor asked about her parents. Death Eaters had found them in Australia and crucioed them to death.
Draco's mind left the painful memory when he heard Hermione gasp from the common room. He took one last look in the mirror, smirked his infamous smirk at himself, and went to the common room.
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Hermione finally got herself together and headed into the common room. She stopped right as she saw the set up. She gasped. There was an extravagant breakfast on their common room table. Hermione heard Draco coming down his steps. He had done this. Draco had taken care of her, let her sleep in his bed, protected her from Ron, and now this. Hermione blushed at her thoughts. Draco appeared before her looking as handsome as ever. Her knees began to buckle beneath her. The butterflies in her stomach wouldn't stop. They had shared the most intimate kiss. Had she really almost forgotten?
Before she could realize it she was falling, in more ways that one. Strong arms caught her in an instant. Hermione leaned into his chest. She never wanted to move. He lightly brushed his hand over her hair and asked,
"Are you alright?"
Hermione blushed and looked up at him,
"Yes, I really need to stop doing that."
Draco starred into her eyes, he looked so worried. Hermione was embarrassed. She was never this vulnerable. How could her once sworn enemy make her feel so comfortable? She never was one to easily put her guard down. What was happening to her?
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Draco could see that she was deep in thought as he held her. He didn't say anything. He just simply played with a single curl of her hair while she laid against his chest. He decided to break the silence,
"Maybe if you eat something you'll stop passing out like this."
She looked up at him. Her cheeks were flushed. Her chocolate orbs with caramel swirl going through them looked as if they could see into his soul. Hermione stepped back out of Draco's arms. He felt cold from the loss of contact. They walked over to the breakfast set up and ate in a comfortable silence. Internally, they both were thinking of the other.
Hermione broke the silence this time,
"Thank you, Draco."
His name sounded so beautiful coming from those lips. He responded after a moment with his smirk intact,
"Everyone has to eat."
She let out a small laugh and said,
"Not just for breakfast, for taking care of last night and for protecting me this morning with Ron. Thank you so much."
With her last sentence, she got up. She walked over to him, looking nervous. Hermione leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. This sent Draco's heartbeat to maximum speed. She blushed, grabbed her bag, and walked out the portrait. Draco held his cheek where her lips had been just moments ago. He couldn't breathe, what was wrong with him? Draco had never felt any emotion like this in his life. She made it so he couldn't think, couldn't breathe, couldn't function at all.
Draco heard a small crash outside the portrait. He thought maybe Hermione had tripped or dropped something so he ran to the portrait. He opened it without a thought. As soon as the portrait was open, Draco was hit with a powerful hex. He slammed into the common room wall for the second time this morning. This time it was with enough force to shake the castle. Everything went black for Draco Malfoy.
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