A/n: Well its almost 2 months since I last updated….no excuse except I was really busy with everything that's happening in my life. Just curious, How many One Direction fans here? Anyway, on with the story.

Chapter 23

Draco was pissed, very very pissed, at seeing the long line to the club; Malfoys didn't wait outside clubs, they just didn't do such things. He knew it would take them an hour or two to get in the club, lord only knew what was happening in the club at this very moment. Blaise was getting fidgety and kept tapping his foot on the road, it was getting on his nerves.

"Will you stop doing that, it is so fucking irritating", Draco snapped at his best friend.

Blaise glared at his obviously fuming friend but refrained from continuing his tapping; Draco would surely hex him if he did. He looked at the queue again then sighed and said, "Let it be Draco, we aren't getting in the club anytime soon. If it were a Wizarding club, we could have pulled some strings, but here no one knows the Malfoys or the Zabinis; we are just wasting our time."

Draco turned to his friend and remarked, "I am getting in this club tonight, whatever it takes. Our family name may not work here but Blaise there is one thing that works everywhere; Money."

He headed to the bouncer at the front of the entry gate, maintaining his aristocratic stance. He looked like an important person even when he was dressed like a muggle. There was an air about him that made him look unreachable and intimidating, the guard suddenly looked wary.

The guard said, "Sir i cannot allow you to enter the premises, as you can see there is a queue, you'll have to wait like the others."

Draco smirked, "I am sure we can come up to some mutually beneficial arrangement" subtly dropping two thousand dollars in the guard's pocket. The guard looked shocked at the amount being offered and thought, 'This man must be really rich, as well as desperate to get in."

The guard smiled and let them through without another word. Draco smirked at Blaise and entered the club. They were met by pounding music that made their whole body pulse, it sure was loud. They scanned the crowd that was decidedly drunk and very scantily clad as well. They sat at the bar that overviewed the dance floor where sweaty bodies were grinding together and looked for the familiar faces of the girls. With the lights and music blazing it was a difficult task to accomplish, everyone looked the same. They decided to split up and look for the girls in the crowd.

Blaise had a hard time moving around in the crowd that was quite jammed. He got groped once by a very drunk brunette and got humped by a guy who looked like a bouncer himself; nothing was turning out right. He hoped that Draco was having better luck finding the girls.

Draco made his way through the crowd looking for a familiar face, all he could see was a flash of colors and bare skin. The face were hard to see with the amount of head banging they did, it was getting frustrating. He felt a body press itself to his back and hump, he turned to see a leggy blonde dressed in a black mini tube dress that left nothing for imagination. She looked at him through hooded eyes and suddenly grabbed him, trying to kiss him. Thanks to his quidditch instincts he managed to turn his face while she sloppily peppered his face with kisses. He tried to pry her off him, but it was difficult to achieve when you were in a jammed area with no escape. He was sure that at one point she literally licked his face. He pushed her away and quickly disappeared in the crowd so as to avoid her. He touched his face to find it slick with saliva.

Draco was fuming by the time he reached the men's washroom. What kind of people were here, if the girl could ever turn into an animagus, he was sure she would turn into a dog. He washed his face, wishing that he had some kind of disinfectant. He hoped to find Hermione soon, or else he was going to lose his mind for sure.

Blaise felt like he had been looking for the girls for hours now. He was tired and a little cranky, he needed a drink. He started making his way towards the bar, not bothering to pay anyone any attention when he bumped into someone. He turned to apologize, only to see that the girl was none other than Daphne Greengrass. She glared at him and then turned and made her way through the crowd. Blaise quickly followed her and was led to a group of girls he recognized, Tracey, ginny, padma and Luna. They were busy dancing while a group of men hovered around them. The girls didn't pay any of them any attention and kept dancing like there was no tomorrow. Blaise sighed, it was going to be a long night if he was going to babysit the girls, but he wasn't about to let Luna out of his sight when there were so many men waiting for a chance at them. 'Oh lord, when will this night end.'

After exiting the men's washroom, Draco looked for any sign of Hermione and her friends. He willed himself to keep looking till he saw a familiar group of girls. He sighed in relief and made a beeline towards them, they were clearly getting a lot of attention. He scanned the group for Hermione but she seemed absent. He looked around and caught a familiar face staring at him, he took a minute to realize that it was Blaise. He waved at him to come over and asked, "Have you seen Hermione, why isn't she with her friends."

Blaise shrugged and said, "I have been watching over them since about half an hour, I haven't seen granger, maybe she is dancing with someone else."

Draco looked disturbed by that thought, he frantically looked around as if Hermione would pop out of thin air. He said, "Blaise, you stay here, I'll keep looking for Hermione." Blaise resumed his place as a watchdog while Draco continued his search for Hermione.

It was fifteen minutes later that he saw someone who looked like her, it was too far to be sure about it. As he moved closer he realized that it was Hermione who was dancing with a man who couldn't be called unattractive. Jealousy and anger flared through him as he saw the guy touch her ass. He couldn't believe that Hermione would allow such inappropriate actions, he quickly scanned her face to see that she looked uncomfortable and angry. 'Oh he would pay, the bastard was groping her.'

He quickly got by her side and unclasped the idiot's hand from Hermione's arm and moved so that he was now between the two of them. The man also looked at him and said, "Get out of here man, I am dancing with the hottie."

Draco tried to reign in the anger so as not to cause a scene, although he really wanted to beat the shit out of the git. He replied in an ice cold tone, "Looks more like you were clawing at her and she is clearing not enjoying your attention so back off before I beat the crap out of you."

The fool puffed his chest and drew to his full height, trying to look intimidating and mocked, "Oh really… Mind your own business, we were just having some fun and we were about to have some more fun later on." He directed his gaze towards Hermione and looked at her from head to toe with lust in his eyes.

Draco had had enough of the git, he was looking at Hermione like she was a piece of meat and he a starving dog. He knew what the man was implying and felt his anger double up. He couldn't control it and punched him in the face. The fool stumbled to the floor holding his bleeding nose while Draco punched him again for being a crass asshole and groping the love of his life, he just couldn't stop until Hermione gripped his arm and pulled him off the man who was now moaning in pain.

Draco was fuming at being denied the pleasure of hitting the git and shouted at her, "What is your problem?"

Hermione looked shocked at being shouted at but said, "What is your problem, leave him alone now, he is bleeding."

Draco looked at the man and suddenly a creepy thought entered his mind, 'Was she enjoying what the foul git was doing to her' he was filled with a red hot jealousy that he had never felt before and he screamed at her, "Please don't tell me that you were enjoying his 'attention'."

Hermione fumed at being judged and poked his chest while she screamed at him, "How dare you imply that, I just feel that he has learnt his lesson so now you should just back off."

Draco was enraged at her for trying to save the bastard so he shouted, "but he was literally pawing at you, he had his hands all over you, he deserves a good beating."

Hermione shouted, "But why the hell do you care."

Draco was frustrated as well as confused, he had no answer to that, he could either let it go or reveal his identity. He looked at the crowd and then at Hermione, who was fuming now. She was gorgeous when she was angry, he loved every little thing about her, even her anger made her look adorable. He took a breath and then looked in her eyes, that were spiting fire at him and took a step towards her and said, "Because I Love you." and then he kissed her with fierce passion.

Luckily Hermione didn't push him away, he put all his emotions in that one kiss, trying to prove his earlier words. 'he loved her' more than anything in the world. Hermione leaned in and he deepened the kiss, keeping an arm around her so she wouldn't fall. She finally broke the kiss and with eyes still closed she murmured, "Draco"

That one word made his insides soar with happiness, she recognized him even though he didn't look a thing like himself. He smiled at her adoringly and as she opened her eyes he could see her amazement. All was right in his world now, he was thinking about stealing another kiss when suddenly he got turned over and felt a blow that broke his nose. Before he could comprehend what had happened, everything turned pitch black.

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