Chapter 14: part 14
Draco pulled back slowly, staring into Hermione's brown eyes. They stood there for ages, him still pinning her against the wall. He slowly let her go but didn't move. Instead he leaned in to kiss her again. She didn't stop him. Instead she wrapped her arms around his neck, letting him hold her by the waist. She moaned as he deepened the kiss. She pulled back slowly and reluctantly.
"What's wrong?" he whispered stroking her cheek with his finger.
"It's..." Hermione began but stopped herself.
Draco nodded, "The Pansy thing."
Hermione nodded, "It's silly but it hurt Draco, I thought we were, you know, getting along and getting somewhere but then you..."
"be idiotic and flirt with the whore," Draco finished. "I know, Hermione I'm sorry but I wasn't going to do anything but flirt. I swear it was just to piss you off because you pissed me off. I didn't mean for you to get hurt. When I saw you were hurt I tried looking all over for you, all day! I wanted to apologise, then I saw you with Weasel and I lost it."
"Ron poked me, I told him to stop but I'm ticklish so I laughed, I wasn't flirting," Hermione replied.
"Oh," Draco sighed. "Great now I feel even guiltier then I already did."
"You should," Hermione said pushing him off her.
"Hermione I'm sorry," He said softly as she sat on her bed. He sat beside her. "I'll spend all my life making it up to you..."
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"Why what?"
"Why do you care?"
"Hermione," Draco said softly, "You're going to be my wife..."
"Oh I get it, I'm going to be your wife so we have to get along for the sake of..."
"Will you let me finish a sentence?" Draco snapped. Hermione glared at him. "Thank you. I was saying you're going to be my wife, we're going to spend our lives together. At first I was appalled at the idea, I mean me and you!"
"I get it," Hermione said.
"Yea, but then you helped me, with my father...I started caring for you, even though I fought the feelings. I don't know if I'm falling for you but I feel something, something so strong...I like being with you...you keep me on my toes...and when we kiss..." Draco smiled as Hermione blushed. "I guess you get the point."
Hermione nodded, "Yea I get it, but Draco promise me you won't go around flirting with every girl, just because you're mad at me!"
"I won't, I promise," he whispered leaning in.
"Fine," Hermione smiled as he kissed her lightly. "Wait does this mean we're a proper couple?"
"Granger, we're engaged," Draco reminded her.
"You know what I mean," Hermione blushed.
"Yea, if you mean like Potty and Freckles, like that sure," Draco smirked.
Hermione grinned as he kissed her again.
"Hermione can you fix my bed," Draco said after a few kisses.
"Yea," Hermione raised her wand and fixed the bed and the lamp.
"Remind me never ever to cross you again," Draco laughed.
"You ever flirt with anyone and I'll blow you up like I blew up the lamp," Hermione smiled.
Draco smirked standing up, "Fine but do me a favour."
"What?"
"Don't ever hurt me," Draco said seriously. He was staring out of the window again.
Hermione moved to stand beside him, "I won't."
He held her hand and then pulled her into a hug.
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Meanwhile Lavender had just seen Hermione and Draco kissing. She had gone after Hermione to see if she was ok. As far as she could see, she was more then ok. She was happy that her friend had finally found someone. She returned to the life class, she had gone after Hermione during her toilet break.
"How is she?" Ginny asked.
"Fine," Lavender smiled. "Her and Draco are getting along."
"That's good," Harry replied. Ginny however understood what Lavender was saying.
"How can she get along with him? He's a maniac!" Ron argued.
"Only because he was jealous!" Lavender smiled.
"Jealous?" Ron and Harry repeated.
"Yea as in he thought Hermione was flirting with Ron so he was jealous," Lavender explained.
"And she was jealous of Pansy this morning," Ginny added. "Bless they're so cute."
Ron and Harry looked at each other with pure confusion.
X
"We could be doing so many other things," Draco moaned. He was sitting in front of the fireplace in the common room. Hermione was leaning against him reading her potions book.
"N.E.W.T.s are important!" Hermione said. "And we can do other things later."
Draco smirked, "Dirty mind Granger."
"Shut up!" Hermione blushed. "I didn't mean that!"
"Sure you didn't," Draco grinned reading his book. He couldn't help but smile at how red Hermione had gone. He was loving it.
"What's a Canitadora potion?" Draco asked.
"Lust potion," Hermione replied.
Draco nodded as the common room door opened, they both turned their heads. It was just Lavender and Ginny.
"Hey guys," Lavender smiled sweetly.
"How are you?" Ginny grinned.
Hermione blushed.
"We're fine," Draco replied. "You two can stop smiling now."
Lavender and Ginny continued to smile.
"The guys are off for Quidditch Practise, Luna and Blaise are in the library and I think me and Gin will head there too," Lavender smiled.
"Bye guys!" Ginny smirked.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Lavender added before leaving.
"Nice friends," Draco said.
"Excited, boy crazy friends," Hermione corrected.
Draco smirked and turned to her, "We have the whole dorm to ourselves."
Hermione blushed, "Quiet...for revision." I want him!
"In your dreams Granger," Draco smirked as he kissed her slowly.
Hermione smiled but pulled back, "Draco I'm not doing that yet."
"I'll wait," Draco replied. "But I'm still going to snog you!"
Hermione giggled as he kissed her, "Come on get off!"
Draco reluctantly moved back, stroking her cheek with his finger, "Your beautiful you know that?"
Hermione blushed as she leaned back on Draco, "Thanks."
"I mean it," he whispered.
Hermione continued to blush, and Draco smirked.
"We should get back to working," Hermione said softly.
"Is that all you do?" he teased.
"In all the years you've known me, isn't that what I've always done?" she asked.
"I've known you but I don't really know you," he replied. "Does that make sense?"
Hermione nodded, "What do you want to know Draco Malfoy?"
"What's your favourite thing in the whole world?"
"Hogwarts, I fell safe here," she replied. "You?"
"Yes same here," he grinned.
"What are you scared off?"
"Losing the people I love."
"Yea," she agreed quietly.
"The last few years when I've tormented you..." Draco began.
"It's the past," Hermione faced him.
Draco smiled, "I'm still sorry about it. I've changed since then, well sort of changed."
"Of course you've changed, otherwise we wouldn't be having a civil conversation like this, now would we?"
Draco grinned, "We wouldn't be doing this either..." he captured her lips with his own once more. She let him kiss her for a few minutes before pulling back.
"Time to work," she said.
"Bossy," Draco muttered picking up his parchment and quill.
"I heard that," Hermione smiled as she kissed him lightly before working again.
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