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One Unforgettable Year

Chapter 22: Three Days.

Info you need to know: "Talking". Thinking.

~3 days later. 25th October 2012. ~

Three days had passed since Hermione's and the others somehow managed to pull off their rescue attempt. It had been pathetic most of the time but they had somehow managed to get out of there alive. Not to mention Harry finally killed Voldemort. Dumbledore announced to the school what had happened at the Lestrange Manor after Harry gave him the account of it. There had been cheering and clapping and excited whispers and truthfully people were still overjoyed at the news. Everyone was simply happy.

Except Hermione. After Draco fell unconscious three days ago after his second dose of the Cruciatus curse Hermione helped Blaise apparate him outside of Hogwarts and helped Blaise carry him in. They went straight to Madame Pomfrey and briefly explained what happened to him. Draco's body had seemed to have given up or lost all of its energy. Madame Pomfrey said that he needed to sleep it off and soon his body would be full of life again. But it had been three days. He was still unconscious. Hence why Hermione was miserable.

She hadn't eaten much for three days. She barely slept, maybe a total of four hours? She hadn't even been to classes even though the Professors threatened to expel her if she didn't. But she wouldn't move from Draco's side. She didn't even care about school or learning anymore all she cared about was Draco. She only left his side once in three days and that was earlier this morning to shower and change her clothes. She came back fifteen minutes later and once again took his hand.

Harry, Ginny, Blaise and Lavender tried to persuade her to go for a walk and stop worrying but she merely shook her head. Deep down she appreciated her friends' concern but she just wished they would leave her be. You probably wondering why Lavender had suddenly reappeared in their little group, she had wanted to help rescue Draco when she heard Slytherin's say he was missing. She had gone to see Blaise only to be locked into a broom closet by him. When they got back she was extremely pissed and Hermione didn't know how but Blaise had calmed her down privately and they were as happy as ever.

They're lucky. Hermione thought to herself as she stared at her unconscious boyfriend. Tears fell down her cheek for what seemed the billionth time over these past three days. Hermione wished that Draco was okay, that they were as happy as Blaise and Lavender were. She felt the world truly hated her otherwise why was it so cruel to her? Why was it set on destroying her relationship with Draco? It just wasn't fair.

"'Mione, come and eat something. You haven't eaten since we've gotten back." Blaise said, softly from the doorway. She didn't glance at him once, her eyes never leaving Draco's softly breathing body. She just simply shook her head. Blaise sighed and walked over to her and sat on the opposite side of Draco's bed.

"Look, I know you're worried about Draco but Madame Pomfrey said so herself, he's fine. He just needs time to get back his magical energy and his physical energy. You can see he's breathing normally so there's no point putting your own health at risk." Blaise coaxed gently.

"Not hungry." Hermione murmured, Blaise sighed again and got up. He noticed that in the doorway, his girlfriend, Girl Weasley and Potter had been watching his short conversation with Hermione. He shook his head sadly and wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waist and she leaned into him, her contact against his own body making him immediately relax.

"I just can't get through to her." Blaise said sadly and they all looked worriedly at their best friend. Afraid that if Draco didn't wake up soon then it might just destroy Hermione. "I just hope he wakes up soon, for his sake and hers." The others nodded in agreement and left Hermione alone.

Hermione heard her friends footsteps disappear and she let out a breath she hadn't realised she had been holding. She loved her friends, she did but they just didn't understand her at the moment. They were fine with the fact that they knew he was going to live but Hermione couldn't help but worry if that was the case. He had been unconscious for three days; surely his body was fully recuperated by now?

"Why won't you wake up, Draco? Why won't you come back to me?" Hermione whispered miserably as two more tears fell down both her cheeks. She sighed when Draco continued to sleep and she rested her head on the side of his bed. Her eyes immediately closed and it didn't take her long to drift into a needed sleep. Though it was not a peaceful one. It was full of nightmares, filled with the memory of Draco's screams. She slept with her eyes furrowed and it certainly didn't make anything better. Just worse.

~ A few hours later ~

Draco's eyes fluttered slowly open. His vision blurred before clearing and saw the familiar white walls of the Hospital Wing. He frowned wondering how he got here; the last thing he remembered was the second dose of the Cruciatus Curse at the Lestrange's Manor. Had Hermione and the others managed to defeat Voldemort?

Hermione. Draco thought worriedly. Was she alright? He was about to shout in panic but immediately calmed down when he looked to his left and saw her sleeping angelically, her head rested on his bed and her hand still in his. He smiled, overjoyed to find that she was alive and seemed to be unhurt. He frowned though when he could clearly see that she wasn't sleeping peacefully. A few moments later she let out a whimper and before he could wake her up she whimpered once more. Except along with a name.

"Draco." she whimpered and his heart beat faster as he realised she was dreaming about him. He smiled softly and wondered what she was imaging was happening to him.

"Hermione." Draco said softly, his voice sounding throaty and scratchy. Hermione groaned slightly and wriggled her head. Draco chuckled and at the familiar sound of his angelic chuckle Hermione opened her eyes.

For a moment she just stared at him, smiling down at her (he had moved into a sitting position). She straightened up and before he could greet her she flung herself on him. He chuckled and held onto her tightly and gently pulled her up and onto the bed and so she was lying on top of him. He relished the warmth of her body, the smell of her perfume and of her shampoo. He relished everything about her and was just glad he was still alive to appreciate it.

She pulled slightly back so she could look into his eyes, she was beaming at him, tears in her eyes threatening to spill. Draco opened his mouth to say something but her lips crashing against his stopped him from doing so. Not that he minded. His arms tightened slightly on her waist and he pulled her up slightly so he could kiss her better. Her arms immediately dug gently into his hair and played with it.

Draco ran his tongue along her bottom lip and she immediately allowed him to enter her mouth. Their tongues battled for dominance until Draco – like usual – won. He expertly moved them so that she was now lying down on her back on the bed, he was lying on top of her though he was careful not to put too much of his weight on her. His hands began to roam her body and they found the buttons of her button up blouse and expertly and quickly unfastened them.

He was about to push her blouse off when they heard somebody clearing their throats. They briefly broke apart and looked behind Draco to see that Blaise, Lavender, Ginny and Harry were there. Blaise, Lavender and Ginny looking amused and Harry looking downright shocked. Draco groaned and turned back to look at Hermione.

"We're busy." Draco muttered and heard his best friend chuckle and the girls' giggle.

"We can see that." Blaise said amusedly. Draco chose to ignore them and brought his lips back to Hermione. She smiled into his kiss and kissed him back briefly but then pulled away.

"You have visitors, Draco." she told him and he just shrugged and once again captured her lips. For a few moments she kissed him back, his kiss instantly making her mind fuzzy but she snapped out of it and did something that surprised everyone.

She grabbed Draco by his shirt and swiftly, so fast that if you blinked you would miss it, moved them so that she was on top of him. She moved her hands from his shirt to his wrists and pinned them above his head, either side of it. She smirked down at his surprised expression. It was priceless.

"We can continue this later, Draco." she whispered seductively in his ear and Draco gulped. Refraining himself from capturing her lips once again. He loved it when she dominated him, it was certainly very sexy. She let go of his wrists and was about to turn around to her friends when Draco stopped her. He smirked up at her and buttoned up her blouse. She blushed and he chuckled at the fact that she could go to dominating to shy in a blink of an eye. He kissed her cheek and sat up but kept Hermione in his lap. She didn't protest.

"Done?" Blaise asked and the girls' giggled, Harry just shook his head. Hermione blushed and Draco smirked and nodded.

"For now." Draco replied and Blaise chuckled.

"See you're feeling better." Draco winked at his best mate and Blaise smiled and shook his head.

"We were worried for a while you weren't going to come around." Ginny said and smiled softly at Draco, he was surprised by her words but smiled back.

"Please, I'm a Malfoy. Takes more than that to kill us." Draco said and they all rolled their eyes at his typical Malfoyness. Hermione pecked his lips and climbed off him and went to speak to Ginny, Lavender and Harry to apologise for her behaviour. Plus she could tell Blaise wanted to speak to Draco alone.

The two Slytherin's watched the Gryffindor's go off into another part of the Hospital Wing and Blaise moved so he was sitting on the chair Hermione had been occupying for the past three days. He was thrilled that he had his best friend back; it might not have seemed that he was upset as Hermione was about Draco but he had been. He just didn't show it. Deep down he had been worried sick about Draco and the only person who he let that known to was Lavender. He shook those thoughts away and leaned back in his chair. Draco turned his gaze from Hermione to him.

"What happened after I fell unconscious?" Draco asked quietly, afraid and hopeful of the answers.

"Long story short? Harry killed Voldemort. Hermione and I apparated you back here and carried you in here. Madame Pomfrey healed you and said that you would wake up soon and that your body needed to recuperate and here we are three days later." Draco's eyes widened at the last bit. He had been out for three days? No wonder Hermione greeted him like that.

"Three days?" he asked, whispering and Blaise nodded though he knew Draco was mainly talking to himself. "How's Hermione been?" he asked afraid once again of the answer. He hoped she wasn't sad; he hadn't and didn't mean to worry her.

"Awful." Blaise said truthfully and at the widening of his best friend eyes he elaborated. "She's barely eaten or slept. She refused to go to classes even after Snape threatened to expel her. She wouldn't leave your side, except once today to go and get clean. She's barely talked to us too. Though it's the not eating and sleeping I'm worried about, I'm surprised she's got this much energy." Draco looked over to Hermione and felt guilty. He hated that he had made her so miserable. But looking at her now you wouldn't have realised that she had been so sad. She looked so happy, smiling and laughing with her friends.

But Draco looked closer now, he could faintly see from where he was the bags under her eyes. He felt another stab of guilt and vowed that when the others left he would order Hermione to go to sleep and eat something. Though it would properly turn out him begging her. Hermione was as stubborn as a mule sometimes. Though sometimes it was annoying Draco wouldn't change it. Wouldn't changer her one bit. She was perfect the way she was.

A little while later after loads of jokes, laughing and general happiness Harry, Blaise and Lavender said their goodbyes. Hermione of course stayed. She smiled at Draco as she sat down in the seat by his bed. He smiled back at her but then looked at her seriously, no hint of smile left. She frowned at the sudden change of mood.

"What's wrong?" she asked, worried.

"How much have you slept since I've been unconscious? How much have you eaten?" he asked her in a tone which clearly said 'no lying'. She muttered under her breath what Draco thought was 'stupid, annoying Blaise. Dammit when I find him I'll hex him so he can never speak again'. Draco couldn't contain his laughter and he shook his head at his girlfriend.

He shuffled on his bed so that there was loads of space next to him and he then patted the empty space. Hermione smiled at him and removed her shoes before climbing on. She snuggled up to him and Draco's arms instantly wound themselves around her waist. She sighed content and her eyes fluttered close.

"I was too worried to sleep and eat." Hermione murmured into his chest, it was muffled as well but he still understood her. He sighed but kissed her hair and rested his head on hers.

"You're so silly, Hermione. You shouldn't have put your health at risk; you knew I was fine, just sleeping it off. Now get some sleep and when you wake up we'll go and get some food, okay?" she smiled and nodded and snuggled closer to him. He kissed her forehead and closed his eyes too.

They fell asleep soon after and slept with smiles on their faces. After all, Voldemort was dead; they were both alive and healthy. They were in each other's embraces, the best place they could be in both of their opinions. But more importantly was that they both had realised they loved each other. The only thing was that they hadn't admitted it to one another. Now, that was the hard part.

A/N: N'aww aren't they just the cutest? Haha, anyway I hope you guys liked that chapter. Thank you guys again for getting me to my 100 reviews goal, and beyond it :D Please leave me your thoughts on this chapter, thanks :3

Until next time – Tilda