I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter in this. I am excited, this is my very first attempt at writing any sort of fan fiction. i am really enjoying it. I do want to point out, and what I forgot to do in the first chapter, that I do not own any part of HP, just this story. I hope you enjoy this chapter also! Let me know what you think in the review section, I cannot wait to hear what you all think.

She was in complete and utter shock. She wanted to scream, she wanted to run, but just stood there frozen in place. He must have sensed her panic.

" Hermione…" he said as if he were talking to a scared animal. " It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you."

Hermione? Since when did he start calling her by her first name? "How do I know you haven't done anything to me already? I can't remember a lot of what happened last night!" she practically screeched at him. He actually looked a little hurt by that comment.

" If I had done something, why would I be sleeping in a cot next to my amazingly comfortable bed, and not in it?" He said, sounding a bit pissed. " And if I had indeed done something to you, why would I have carried you here and held back your hair when you puked all over my bathroom?"

" You held my hair back?" she asked, sounding as confused as she was. He nodded. Apparently she wasn't in any immediate danger. "Where is Ginny?" she commanded.

" She is right down the hall. You can check for yourself."

" Well, why did we come here then? Why didn't we just go back to Ginny's apartment?" She was so confused.

" Remember how I said I had to carry you here? Well you weren't going to be able to apparate, and Ginny was just as bad as you were. I live only a few blocks from the club, so Blaise and I just carried you guys here. Luna went home, she hadn't drank as much as you two apparently."

Draco just stood there, not seeming to care that he was barely dressed, in front of someone he hated for so long. And what was with him calling her by her first name? He usually called her Granger or Mudblood if he was really irritated with her.

" Can you please put some clothes on?" she snapped at him.

" What?" He chuckled. " Not liking what you see?" Hermione scoffed at this. Of course she didn't like what she saw, she didn't like him! She couldn't like what she saw, it went against everything that she was. Ugh, but why did he have to look so good? 'Snap out of it Granger!' she said to herself. ' You DO NOT find this man attractive.'

" Exactly. Now could you please?"

As he walked over to his dresser, Hermione got a great look at that sculpted back she had seen earlier, and an even better view of that rock hard ass of his. Not that she found it attractive, any woman would have noticed these things. Thankfully, he pulled on some dark grey lounge pants and a white t-shirt.

" So what happened last night?" she asked. She didn't like having this blank space in her mind. "I remember Ron showing up, me throwing my drink on Lavender, and taking a few shots." When she saw Draco's face, it looked dark. Like something she said really made him angry.

" Yeah, Blaise told me what happened when I got there. You were two sheets to the wind when I arrived. At first I didn't even recognize you, you looked amazing." He said mostly to himself. At that statement she sat down on the bed again. Who is this person and what had he done with the Draco she knew in school? " There was this guy, he was all over you. You kept pushing him away and he wouldn't stop. So I went over there and knocked the guy out."

"WHAT? Who are you?" She was so confused as to what was happening. Draco, using her first name, carrying her anywhere, holding her hair back while she puked and now knocking guys out who were hitting on her?

He got a weird look on his face. He must have been wondering what she was talking about, because he didn't answer.

" You really have no idea, what I am talking about, do you?" He asked. Hermione shook her head no.

" You don't remember the conversation we had after I knocked that guy out?" He looked genuinely sad.

" I already said no!" She said as she threw her hand in the air. The hangover was starting to kick in. Her head was throbbing and her stomach was churning. Draco must have noticed, because he went into his bathroom and came back soon after with a potion.

" It's an anti hangover potion. It should kick in soon enough." Hermione eyed the bottle suspiciously, and gave Draco the same look. " For Merlin's sake, Granger, just take the damn potion. I didn't do anything to it!"

" Ah, theres the Draco I know. Back to calling me by my last name." That felt normal. Although, she did like the way her first name sounded coming off his tongue.

" What's that supposed to mean?" He asked.

" You have never once, in all of the years we have known each other, called me by my first name. And today, you have already called me Hermione twice."

" Well, like I told you last night, I have changed completely. I am nothing like I was in school." She could some what see that, and she could see that she might be able to trust his, seeing as he didn't try anything last night.

" Okay. Well thank you for taking care of me last night. I do appreciate it." she told him. She didn't want to let her guard down just yet around him. She didn't know if this whole, ' I'm a different person,' thing, could change at anytime. " What else happened last night?"

Earlier that night

" I said stop it!" Hermione shrieked. The huge man continued to try and dance with her, he was persistant all right. She attempted to shove him off of her again, but this time he had gotten ahold of her waist and was holding way too tightly. Suddenly, the large mass of a man was thrown off of her. All she saw, was a streak of white blonde hair, clocking the idiot in the face. The huge man fell to the floor and didn't get back up. Hermione stood there open mouthed, she couldn't believe what just happened.

When her savior turned around, it was none other than Draco Malfoy. He had gotten even more handsome than he was in school. ' No,' she scolded herself, " remember you hated him in school. He was never handsome!' She felt herself backing away from him, scared she might be next, if she didn't get away.

" Hermione!" He said as she was trying to get away. He grabbed her arm, gently, unlike the huge idiot before. She could tell he had no intention of harming her in anyway. She stopped her retreat, and turned to the Slytherin. She couldn't believe he would save her like that. The tears unexpectedly started to flow. He stood there looking at her like she was some three headed beast. " Are you okay?" He said in a panic. His hands flew to her face, her arms, anywhere, to see if she was okay.

DPOV

Her arms were around him seconds after he asked her if she was okay. He had no clue what to think of this. He knew he didn't like seeing that man have his hands all over her. She was obviously inebriated enough, she couldn't defend herself. He knew for a fact Hermione Granger could handle herself against any man. She punched him in the nose for Pete's sake! She was obviously drunk, because she was hugging him of all people.

When he had first walked into the club to meet his best friend, he had noticed a gorgeous brunette dancing with two other women who looked familiar. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. Blaise came up and said hello, but when Draco seemed to be in his own little world, he followed his friends line of sight.

" You know who that is right?" He asked Draco.

" No, I think I would remember a woman that fine."

" That's Granger. She broke things off with Weasle today. She caught him cheating with that girl named after a flower. How could he do that to a woman that looks like her?" Blaise said appreciatively. " She looked amazing,' thought Draco.

Suddenly, there was a big wizard, trying to dance with her. Hermione tried to politely tell him no, but the man wouldn't back off. Draco started to make his way over there, and when he saw the man grab her, Draco saw red. He pulled the man off of Hermione, and hit him square in the jaw. The man was down and didn't get back up. The bouncers came and carted the man off.

After he made it clear to her that he wasn't going to hurt her, Hermione hugged him. She smelled amazing. He couldn't even put a name to what it smelled like, but it was forever burned into his senses. Even if he never saw her again after this, he would always remember her sent. He wrapped his arms around her waist and he could feel the magic flowing between them. He had been with many women in his day, but he had never felt anything like this before.

" I.. I'm… Sss. Sorry," Hermione stuttered out as she let him go. He immediately missed the power he felt. " It has been an awful day!" Draco could tell she had been drinking, she was wobbling on her feet and her words were slightly slurred. He had never seen her drunk before, and he was guessing it didn't happen very often.

" Yeah, Blaise told me what happened earlier. What a prat, he never deserved you anyway. I never knew what you saw in him," Draco joked. This earned him a dirty look from Hermione.

" Oh, and who do you think deserves me?" she questioned.

He wanted to answer, him, for some reason, but decided against it. "I don't know Hermione, but he sure as hell doesn't." This made her blush a beautiful shade of pink. He wanted to make her do it again.

" I need to sit down, I'm not feeling too great," she told him. He could tell that she was feeling sick. That shade of pink, was replaced shortly after, with a green tint. He motioned to the bartender to get her some water, and the man brought it over quickly.

After Hermione downed the water, they started talking. They caught up on what they had been doing since they left school. She had gone back to Hogwarts to finish her seventh year and became a healer. He had started his own business. They talked for a long time, until he could see that Hermione was about to pass out. Ginny already had, and it was closing time, so Blaise and him decided to bring the girls back to his apartment. He couldn't get Hermione to walk on her own, so he picked her up, wedding style, and carried her the two blocks it took to get to his apartment.

Blaise and Ginny took the guest bedroom, so he put Hermione in his room. He placed her in his bed and took off her shoes. He decided to leave her in her clothes, seeing as she probably wouldn't appreciate it in the morning. A few minutes later, Hermione was rushing from the bed looking for a bathroom. Draco lead her in the correct direction, and she proceeded to spill the contents of her stomach unto the floor and finally into the toilet. She even managed to get it all over Draco as he held her hair back.

After that, he brought her back into the bedroom and laid her down. He disposed of his soiled clothes in the laundry basket in the corner of the room. He conjured up a cot and laid down for the night. He couldn't stop thinking of the beautiful witch laying in his bed. Even though she did throw up on him.

Present time

After he told her about the majority of the night, she seemed embarrassed about the scene she thinks she caused. He assured her, no one thought anything of it and didn't blame her after they heard what Ron had done.

" Thank you for filling me in," she said. " Where is Ginny? I would like to get a shower before I start looking for a new place."

" I know there is one in this building open. You should check it out."

" Um…" he could tell she was still hesitant about him. " I will look into it. I don't think I could afford a place like this." Gesturing to the room around her. All the apartments in the builder were really nice. His was the nicest of them all, but that was because he was loaded. And he also owned the building, but he wouldn't tell her that.

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