Stolen Innocence

Chapter Twelve

Hermione was on edge all day. She was jumpy and nervous, expecting Ron to explode any time she was near him. she sat as far away from him as she could in her classes with them, and wouldn't sit near Harry in the classes without Ron.

Hermione had an unnerving feeling in the pit of her stomache telling her something was wrong. She knew Ron would talk to Harry and then he'd be against her. And she also knew that Ron never let things lie, he was a revenge sort of guy. She knew that soon, he would act on his impulse, but when?

She waited for it all day, half hoping that he'd just get it over with. But he didn't, he wouldn't even look at her. She knew this was far from over, eventually his cool facade would break, and with that, she would break too.

By the end of the day, nothing out of the ordinary had occured. She returned to her common room after classes, loaded with homework. She went up to her room and sat at her desk, determined to hand her assignments in the next day.

She heard Draco enter the common room not much later. She half expected him to call her down and ask how her day went, but he didn't. Instead, she heard him talking to someone else, a voice she couldn't quite put her finger on.

Just over an hour later, Hermione had most of her homework for the day finished. She decided to make an appearance in the common room before dinner, so she threw off her school robes, double checked that her glamour was still strong, and made her way down the stairs.

She was nearly all the way down when she heard the voice again, a shrill, high pitched, female voice.

"Come on, Draco, you never spend any time with me anymore, you just sit here in your dorms all day, just this once ?" Asked the voice of Pansy Parkinson. Hermione froze, no way was she going down there when the Slytherin Slut was there, she'd curse her to oblivian before Hermione could even glance her way. Not that she was faster then Hermione, no she wasn't, but she was ruthless, and rumour had it she had no qualms about using Unforgivables.

"Pansy, no, I told you, I'm not in the mood to fuck you. Why'd you even come here? If that's all you want, you and I both know you can get that somewhere else." Was Draco's reply. Hermione didn't know why, but it made her smile to hear him turn down his long time girlfriend.

"Draco, I am your girlfriend, you should NOT be turning me down!" Pansy scolded him, irritation evident in her voice.

"Just because we are arranged to be wed does not mean we are dating." Draco told her, getting annoyed.

"You never had any problems sleeping with me before." Pansy said in what Hermione could only assume was meant to be a seductive voice. She heard some soft giggling followed by a rustle of clothes. She heard the couch which they were sitting on squeak, indicating someone standing up.

"Pansy, that's enough. I don't want to have sex with you, now if all you're going to do is throw yourself at me, then I suggest you do what you usually do and go back to the dungeons, put on one of your slut outfits, steal some firewhiskey and fuck the first guy who glances your way." Draco then walked over to his staircase and began to walk up the stairs. Just when he was almost at the top, he turned around and locked eyes with Hermione who was still frozen on her staircase. Hermione felt herself blush as his grey eyes burned into her brown ones. She looked away, feeling self concious. He then nodded at her and finished climbing the stairs to his bedroom.

Hermione heard a grunt of annoyance from Pansy who then straightened her skirt out and stormed out of the common room, more then likely to do just what Draco had suggested.

Hermione made her way into the common room and sat down on the couch, closing her eyes and massaging her temples. She'd had a stressful day and wished she had some herbal tea to calm herself down. She sat relaxing for a few minutes and then heard Draco descend his staircase. She opened her eyes to find him sitting beside her on the edge of the couch.

"Tough day?" He asked, smoothing some hair away from her face. She felt her cheek tingle at the feeling of his hand brushing against the soft skin.

"Oh yeah." She replied, closing her eyes again.

"Sorry about overhearing your little lover's quarrel." Hermione said after a few minutes, slightly embarassed that he'd seen her.

"Wasn't exactly a lover's quarrel, more like Pansy trying to bed me." He put on a scowl at the memory.

"I thought the two of you were dating?" Hermione asked, slightly confused. It had been widely known in Hogwarts that Pansy and Draco were a couple and had been since they were thirteen.

Draco gave a very unMalfoyish snort, turning red at his rude display. "Pansy and I are not a couple. We've been arranged to be married since we were toddlers, a tradition in the Malfoy family to preserve our precious bloodline."

"Wow, that must be terrible." Hermione commented.

"Not really, I find it comforting to know that I have security like money and a wife, even if it is Pansy." He told her.

"So the two of you aren't a thing?" Hermione asked, slightly embarassed that she actually cared.

"No, we simply keep up appearances, and until we graduate, we be with whoever we want. In the past we've chosen to have our fun, but that's over now," He informed her, causing her stomache to give an excited flutter. "But enough about her, did anything happen today with the Weasel?"

"No, nothing. He wouldn't even look at me." She said, not being able to keep the sadness out of her voice. She felt ashamed that she cared whether Ron and her were on good terms, but she'd been his friend for so long. They'd been through everything together.

"Don't worry about him, so what if he's mad? Maybe now he'll get it and leave you alone. Just be careful around him, okay? Don't be alone with him." Draco said, concern in his voice.

"I know, I know. I just miss him, that's all."

"You miss him?" Draco asked, not believing his ears.

"Yes, the old him. The one I used to laugh with, the one who actually cared about me. I miss the Golden Trio, I guess." She bowed her head in shame. Draco gently picked up her chin, making her look him in the eye. Those beautiful, deep, grey eyes.

"You don't need him, believe me, you're better off without him." He told her. She nodded her head, knowing he was right.

"Come on, let's head down to dinner, you look like you haven't ate in weeks." He said with a playful smile. She gave him a playful little shove as he helped her up, pulling her into a tight hug. She returned the embrace, becoming more and more used to his displays of friendly affection when the two were alone. He gave her a kiss on the top of her head, then led her out of the common room and towards the Great Hall where the two parted ways, Draco to Slytherin where Blaise and Pansy sat waiting, and Hermione to Gryffindor, to sit alone and eat her dinner.

To Be Continued...

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