Hermione was the girl that always had everything planned. She was organized, thought everything out as much as possible before acting, and was always, always the one that knew what was going on. She took pride in that and made sure it never wavered – that was until the male species became involved.
It had been a week since the night with Draco and she was avoiding him at all cost. Confusion seeped into her every thought and feeling she had and she didn't like it at all. Confusion was not one of her things, she always knew what to do, always had a plan for everything and being confused was just unheard of for her.
She could still feel Thomas' touch on her body and when she would close her eyes to reminisce, Draco's face would appear before her, breaking her out of whatever little day dream she was having. It angered and aroused her, made her want him and made her want to push him away, there seemed to be no happy medium for it.
During the last week she had also avoided Thomas. She knew it was wrong, she knew he didn't do anything wrong to her but she felt like she was the one that had wronged him. She could have pulled away from Draco quicker, she could have pushed him away and ordered him to leave – but she didn't and that fact bothered her as well. Why didn't she?
Thomas had sent an owl a day and she would always reply with an excuse. The first day she told him she was busy. The second day she wasn't feeling well, the third day she was caught up in a book and the excuses continued. Hermione didn't think she was doing any harm by her excuses but she was.
Thomas was seriously regretting the night they had sex. He was worried he had scared her off and made things awkward between them. He would give anything to go back and change things but it was too late and he didn't know where to go from here – other than to her apartment to see what was really going on.
When his shift ended, he didn't even go back to his place, he instead apparated straight to her flat to find out the status of their relationship. If it was over, he needed closure so he could move on but he would try and fight for their relationship first.
Thomas knocked for around five minutes before a haggard looking Hermione opened the door. Her hair was wild, her skin was pale and she had bags under her eyes big enough to pack his flat in.
"We need to talk." Thomas said to her.
Hermione nodded and moved to the side, allowing him to enter her place. She shut and warded the door behind him before going back to her spot on the couch, still not saying a word.
"Tell me what is going on. Do you regret what we did?" He asked
She shook her head 'no' and suddenly started to tear up again – Merlin she was tired of crying.
Thomas sighed and made his way over to her. He sat down on the couch and pulled her to him, relieved when she leaned into him for comfort.
"I need to know what is going on. I cant help you if I don't." He said softly
Her shoulders slumped, "You'll hate me – I don't want to hurt you."
"Shhh, I won't hate you but I really need to know what is bothering you." He assured her
For the next ten minute and a lot of crying in that time, she managed to explain everything to him; The kiss, her lingering feelings.. everything and the more she told, the worse she felt.
"I should have made him quit sooner, but I couldn't." she said again.
Thomas continued to rub her back. He wasn't angry with her, he didn't even blame her but Draco was another story. He was slightly angry at Dracos' methods, but he understood him. He knew if she was carrying his child, he would do everything in his powers to keep her and win her back too. Thomas was angrier with Draco for making her feel the way she did. Hermione was a Gryffindor, not a Slytherin and he didn't think she fully understood how they worked, especially when they were going after something they wanted.
"Listen to me" he stated in a firm voice, "You have no reason to feel guilty, you have no reason to be doing this to yourself. I understand your confusion, I really do and I want you to seriously think about everything before you go making any permanent decisions."
"But I want to be with you." She said weakly
Thomas gave her a tight hug and kissed her forehead, "You do right now but Draco is the father of your child. He is doing what he has to do to win you back…I would do the same thing."
"But why? I just don't understand any of this." She whined and she knew she did.
"He didn't have to bolt when I said I loved him, he didn't have to go weeks with ignoring me, and he doesn't need to be confusing me now either."
Thomas chucked at her. He didn't want to lose her, he really didn't but he would step out gracefully if she decided to go back with Draco for the sake of the child.
"Look, I want you to clear your mind, make a list of pros and cons for the both of us and try to sort it all out. Take a week to yourself to make up your mind."
"It's not necessary, I want to be with you." She said again but Thomas just raised his hand to her.
"Take a week and go through everything. I don't want you to think short term either. I want you to picture ten years from now, I want you to picture what your son will be like and how you would deal with Draco and myself if you still choose me."
Hermione was reluctant but decided to follow his advice. Thomas gave her a quick kiss, say his good-byes and left her flat – he had another slytherin to talk to before he finally went home for the night.
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It took Thomas an hour before he finally managed to track Draco down. He wanted to find out Draco's true intentions towards her and make sure he stayed away from her for the week so she could make the decision on her own.
He walked inside the bar and slid into the booth across from an extremely pissed Draco who only smiled at Thomas. He could see immediately that Draco was drunk and apparently trying to drink Hermione out of his mind.
"Helloooooooooo Thomas. Is she ignoring you too?" He asked with a slurred voice.
Thomas just shook his head, "She was, but now I am ignoring her and want you to do the same."
Draco looked at Thomas. Was the man crazy? He would do anything to have her back and this Thomas idiot was ignoring her!
"I think you need a ittle drink too, I don't think you are thinking straight." Draco replied
Thomas groaned, He needed to get a sobering up potion into Draco before they had this talk as he was sure Draco wouldn't remember a thing come morning.
"I don't need a drink, but you need to sober up before we have this conversation."
This time Draco shook his head, "I don't want to be sober… it hurts too much when I can think clearly. I've lost her and my child to you… she'll never take me back."
"That's not true." Thomas began but was cut off by Draco.
"I don't need your pity, Thomas, I messed up and lost not only the girl I loved but my best friend as well. I deserve this after what I did to her… I was the fool and she deserves better."
Thomas stood from the booth and pulled Draco with him, "Lets get you sobered up so we can talk about this in better detail."
Draco finally nodded and allowed Thomas to drag him from the bar and too his flat.
A/N: Next chapter will be Thomas and Draco's talk and also Narcissa and Lucius come back into the story.