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DPOV

" She ran away?" questioned Blaise. " Did you do it right?"

" Yes, you dumb arse," snapped Draco. " She said it was the best she's ever had. But what I am going to tell you, you cannot repeat to Ginny."

" I won't, I swear."

" Swear it on your wand."

" Fine, I swear it on my wand. Now just tell me!"

" She has never been with anyone but weasle and me," he said with some hesitation.

" How is that even possible? She is gorgeous!"

" I know. It surprised the hell out of me too. And apparently she had never had good sex before either. Not that I am too surprised there. Weasle is pathetic."

" How could he cheat on her with Lavender? She is such a bimbo."

" I don't remember much of her from school. I had only heard about how stupid she was. But Hermione is better off without him. She deserves someone who is going to love her unconditionally."

" Is that person you?" Blaise asked, smirking at his friend.

" I don't know if I am, especially after last night.

HPOV

" You did what?" squealed Ginny.

" You heard me. I slept with Draco!"

" What happened? How was it?"

" I had fallen off the counter when I was trying to get something off the top shelf. He caught me, and then the rest is history. It was amazing, the best thing I had ever experienced in my entire life."

" And you ran away? What the hell were you thinking?"

" I was worried that he was regretting what we did. Then he told me he had been wanting to do that since he was 13 or 14! How am I supposed to deal with that?"

" Since he was 13?" Ginny thought about it for a second. " That makes no sense. He was always such a pratt to you doing school. Usually when I like someone, I don't treat them like garbage for 7 years."

" I know, it makes no sense."

" What are you going to do now? Do you still want to see him?"

" Yeah, I think I do. I don't want to give up sex like that… But I feel like I need to talk to him first. What would you do?"

" I would talk to him. I think you guys would be really cute together. It may have just been a misunderstanding."

" Yeah. I should go talk to him."

" Blaise is over there now. If you are going up, have him come down to get me. We came together."

" You two are getting serious?"

" I like him a lot, but I'm not sure how serious it is." Her friend turned a few shades lighter than her hair. Hermione could tell that she did like Blaise a lot.

" Okay, I will tell him you are waiting for him."

DPOV

Blaise and him were in the middle of their talk, when the doorbell rang.

" That's probably her, don't you think?" Asked Blaise.

" I'm not sure. I thought you said she was with Ginny?"

" She is…"

Draco walked to the door and there she stood. Looking as gorgeous as ever. Her chestnut hair fell past her shoulders in soft curls. She was breath taking.

" Hey," she said to break the silence. He hadn't noticed that he was staring.

" Hey," He said back.

" Can we talk about last night?"

" Yeah come in. Blaise you have to leave," he said rather rudely.

" You can go down to my apartment. Ginny is waiting for you." Trying to make it seem like he wasn't getting thrown out of his best friends apartment.

" Thanks Mione. You are by far, less rude that my friend here," he said, slapping his friend on the shoulder. He left, and Hermione and Draco were once again staring at each other in silence.

" I'm sorry about last night," Hermione said, breaking the silence.

" No," he said, taking a step towards her. " I am really sorry. I didn't want to make you think that I regretted anything we did."

" I know you don't. But that's not the part I really want to talk about." Taking a seat on his large couch, she looked over at him. He looked stressed and uncomfortable. He obviously didn't want to talk about it. " You said that you have wanted me since you were 13?"

" Yeah…"

" And…" She waited for him to continue. But when he didn't she continued. " I never got that idea that you did. You weren't very… Nice to me." The walls finally came down. He came to sit next to her.

" I know, and I have regretted that everyday since then."

" Then why did you treat me like I was lower than the dirt on your shoe."

" I didn't really think that of you."

" I am pretty sure you used those exact words."

" The way my father was, made it impossible. Some of my "friends" in school, would send him updates on what I was doing. Like when you punched me in the face, I got the beating of a life time. I had " shamed" him by not retaliating. I couldn't hurt you back physically, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself. So the only thing I could do was verbally assault you. I could hardly live with myself for doing that."

" But you never gave me any hint of any sort of feelings you had. That's why I was so shocked by what you had told me."

" I know, and I am sorry. About everything. From the way I treated you in school, to being too rough with you last night, to not going into that conversation better. I didn't know how to tell you how I felt."

" I just wish you wouldn't have treated me like that all through school. You were the main reason my self esteem was so low. You made me feel like I was the ugliest person in the world, and that no one would want me. So I settled for Ronald, I didn't even try to get anyone else."

He felt so ashamed of himself. He had torn her down so badly, that she stayed with the worst person he could imagine for her. How did he ever get her to trust him enough, to let him do what he did last night. If he were her, he wouldn't want to come with in 5 feet of her. but that shows how forgiving she is and how wonderful she is.

" I know. I would understand if you would never want to see me again." He stood up and faced away from her. He couldn't even bring himself to look at her.

He felt her hand on his back and he turned around. Her chocolate brown eyes bore into him. It was as if she could see into his soul. She didn't look mad or upset, but understanding.

" Draco, if I didn't want to see you again, I wouldn't be standing here. I wish I had known what you were going through in school. I would have understood and it wouldn't have hurt so bad. Every time I was around you back then, I had this feeling. I always thought it was anger. But then I felt it again when I woke up in your room, in the elevator and even right now. I don't know what the feeling is, but I know it's not anger or resentment." She wrapped her arms around his waist, " I want to see where this goes. If that is what you want also."

He wrapped his arms around her, lifted her off her feet and swung her around the room. He couldn't have been happier with the way the conversation went. He dipped his head to kiss her lips. After their scorching kiss, he rested his head against hers. " Thank you for giving me a second chance. I am going to do my best to make you happy."

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