Chapter 5
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Hermione started to stir feeling her body start to wake up after being asleep for so long, feeling a warm protective presence she sat up to look into the eyes of Draco Malfoy looking down at her, giving her a warm smile as a greeting before he sat up
too and looked at the woman beside him.
"Morning Draco," she said, rubbing what sleep remained in her eyes returning the same smile back to him. Not realising that she was displaying herself fully in Draco's eyesight as well as the Veela's who was stirring within.
"Hermione I think you should cover yourself a bit," Draco closed his eyes and looked away not looking forward to what was coming next.
Hermione looked down at herself, realising that Draco had a full display of her breasts, and must have seen and felt them last night when he carried her to bed.
"YOU BLOODY PERVERT!" Hermione blushed at exposing herself like this, she quickly ducked back under the covers, embarrassed and ashamed that she had let her guard down like that in front of him, forgetting for a minute about his Veela seeing
the sight as well Hermione stayed under the covers not wanting to come out.
"Come on Hermione, come out from under there, please." Draco tried to reason with her trying to explain that it was unintentional, that last night afterwards he would have gone back to his room but he fell asleep, and woke up this morning,
seeing her asleep he didn't want to wake her, forgetting she wasn't wearing anything under the covers, then slapped himself mentally remembering that sexy number his Veela had transfigured her pj's into, how 'He' had tried to mate with her, seduce
her mind like think made Draco feel ill just remembering it.
"Hermione I'll be in the common room when you're ready to talk," Draco moved to the side of the bed, looking back he still saw the bump where Hermione was hiding from him, he walk to the door then closed it with a slight bang so she'd know he'd
actually left. Even he wanted to stay with her, make sure she was okey, this mornings wake up call didn't go well.
"Stupid Veela, you had to go and fucking ruin it by trying to mate with her like that." Draco mentally reprimanded him as it had woken up from last nights ordeal now and was ready to hit those barriers with everything it got, but didn't as it
remembered what it had seen when his mate woke up and gave a throaty purr, seemingly content with the wonderful view of seeing Hermione near naked. Though it wanted to go back into her room Draco warned him of what Hermione had said to him and that
she could say worse then calling them a pervert.
Hermione slowly came out of the covers when she heard Draco bang the door loudly shut when he left the room, sitting up again Hermione felt her cheeks and how warm they still were, shaking her head Hermione sat up and walked to the wardrobe where she
kept her clothes. Taking out a matching red bra and panties, long jeans and a wooly light pink top Hermione stepped into the shower 1 to wake herself up, 2 sort out last nights ordeal and organise her thoughts,3 burn the offending garment that she
was wearing last night, 4 mentally prepare for the onslaught she was going to unleash on Draco about the 'other guy inside him'.
Walking out of the bathroom 30 minutes later, hair dried and styled in her simple messy bun, Hermione walked down the steps to their shared common room, seeing Draco sitting in a sofa near the fire looking like he'd come out of his own shower as well,
wearing black pants and a long sleeved blue top, his hair a mess but in a sexy kind of way that made it seem natural.
Hermione was a bit hesitant when she saw him there, but if she wanted answers, she was gonna have to be a bloody Gryffindor, suck it up and face the man in front of her.
She walked over towards the armchair and sat on the loveseat that was close enough for her liking, near enough to the armchair but not too close that she'd show Draco that the other him scared her.
" I suppose I should tell you from the beginning, then I'll answer every bloody question you've got twirling in that head of yours." Draco suddenly said, not looking at her but stared at the fire as he thought of what he should say to start
off.
" All Malfoy heirs have a veela gene in them when they're born, sometimes it can be full or part depending on the individual, I have a part veela within me so that's why I didn't find out it was you till after you punch me in the face in our third
year when I made fun of that Hippogryph and that giant Hagrid, you could say that I deserved that cause you woke him up then when your fist collided." Draco began then seeing from the corner of his eye that Hermione was sitting waiting for him
to continue, he took a breath then continued. "
"He" could sense you but didn't realise that you were his mate, cause back then I didn't know that I was part veela or about my families heritage, so when you punched me and he woke up my mind went black as he woke up and partly took over smelling
the whole bloody female population in the school, but after that he went back to sleep and I sent my father a letter about the event, I didn't tell him about how it happened or I would have been severely punished for letting a mud sorry muggleborn
touch me like that, but since then I learnt from the books father sent me that the veelas in our line can be extremely possessive, horny as hell and determined to claim their mate as soon as they find out who they are, as you found out last night
they are able to use forceful magic should their mate resist their scent." Draco scowled at that hating all the events he had read about the Malfoy veela's using their powers on their mate, using them and sometimes others if their mate
resisted to release their seed and create more of their kind. The graphic detail in some of the journals from his ancestors made Draco pale at the thought of what the veela within him would have done had he not practiced spells to prevent the veela
from taking over.
" That's why after then I pretended to hate you, make you hate me. I didn't want you to go through what the others had to go through, I wanted to protect you, so you could find true happiness, get married, have children heck choose a career,of your
choosing and not be tied down to me, the man you hated. But the more I tried to hold him back that more he fought to get to you, he almost came out again at the Yule Ball. He would've torn Krum limb from limb that way he was ogling you in that dress
you wore that night, you were so beautiful that I almost let him out."
Draco looked at Hermione back then, and saw that she was now sitting close to him, looking into her eyes he didn't see pity like he thought she'd have, but something that he hadn't seen in her eyes before. He'd seen disgust,anger,happiness,sadness,pain,heartbreak,
warmth, but this emotion was something new to him and he couldn't figure it out. Turning back to the fire he continued on, hoping he'd find the answer to
that emotion sometime later.
"I heard you and Weasley fighting that night, how you wished he'd asked you, you loved him and he was a clueless idiot who had his chance and blew it for the Brown girl. 'he' wanted to come out again, that night something within me, the me you see
didn't want to make fun of you, and since then I've been fighting to protect you in a way, even if that meant saying things that I don't really feel, haven't felt in a long time.
Hermione placed her hand gently on top of Draco's, she saw the pain in his eyes, that after all this time he hadn't hated her, rather he had wanted to protect her from the one inside him. " Draco you didn't have to do this alone, you could have come
and told me. But I know that you'd have rather taken the burden upon yourself then let me help you back then, but I'm stronger then you think, we'll get through this Draco,' Hermione then leaned against his shoulder giving him a quick peck on
the cheek, smiling when she caught the faint tinge of a blush on his cheeks. Draco turned away from her, embarrassed at her openness and affection, then looked back seeing her eyes show that emotion he now could name, she admired, loved him, wanted
him, trusted him, it was a mixture of emotion swirling in those chocolate eyes. Looking down at her pink coloured lips Draco knew that what he was going to do next would be a big risk for the both of them, but seeing those parted lips, her chest rise
and fall as he now moved closer to his destination, Hermione slightly hesitation her body moving back till she was lying on the armrest of the sofa, her breathing became heavier as Draco placed is arm over her head not wanting to pounce… yet.
"Hermione" Draco breathed "My feelings for you now are different then what I have shown in public. A nod from you will undo me, but" at that Draco looked like he was in a lot of pain, then he continued. "but know this, if we go
beyond this point we will still have to deal with 'him', he'll fight and want to claim you, if you still want this and your feelings for me are the same as mine for yours, then I only wait for your permission.
Hermione looked into his eyes, saw the love he had for her, yet she also saw fear, fear of her rejecting him, the fear of the unknown. What her answer would be. Lifting up her hands to his face, she smiled at him and that was all he needed.
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