Stolen Innocence

Chapter Fifteen

Draco chased after Hermione through the large castle. He could still hear her sobs, and used them to track her. He'd been following her for at least half an hour and the last class of the day was due to let out soon. He just hoped he'd find her before then.

Draco stood at the Great Staircase, waiting for the stairs to change back so he could persue her more. He felt so bad for what he'd done, he wished she hadn't seen it.

It wasn't even like he'd wanted to sleep with Pansy, what he'd told Hermione about them had been true. He and Pansy were not together, and hadn't actually been together since the summer. He didn't want to be with Pansy, but it was inevitable due to their blasted arranged marriage.

Draco hated himself for causing Hermione pain. He couldn't stand himself knowing that he was the reason she was crying, yet again. Maybe if he could find her he could explain everything.

But what was there to explain? That he fucked Pansy on the couch the Heads shared just to get her to shut up and leave? She probably wouldn't believe it, even if it was the truth.

As the staircases changed back and Draco began to run down them, he heard the unmistakable sound of classes letting out. Students flooded the corridors, causing Draco to push past them, straining his ears for sounds of Hermione.

Draco pushed past a group of startled first years, knocking one or two over. But he didn't care, he needed to find Hermione. He needed to make it all better. So what if he knocked over some first years in the process?

Draco found an empty corridor and stopped to listen for the crying girl. He heard a soft sob from around the corner. After checking to be sure that no one was following him, (it seemed like someone was always following Draco Malfoy) he set off at a run in the direction of the crying.

He could hear the sobs getting louder, just up a little bit more. That's when someone came out of nowhere and forcefully grabbed Draco's arm, causing him to stop abruptly.

Draco turned around and with a sneer came face to face with the Weasel himself.

"Let go of me, you filth." Draco said coldly, tugging at his arm.

"Where you running of to so fast, Malfoy?" Weasley asked, equally cold. He eyed the blonde suspiciously.

"What's it to you?" It was taking all Draco's strength to not punch that pervert right in his freckled face.

"Someone's in a hurry. Got another happy couple to destroy?" He said with a mocking tone.

"I'm not the one who destroyed it, you sick fuck." Draco spat. If he could just get Weasley to strike him first, then he could pound him within an inch of his life.

"You watch your mouth you fucking Death Eater or you'll be in the same boat as your precious daddy." Weasley replied.

"Shut the fuck up!" Draco shouted, feeling his anger start to reach boiling point.

"So what exactly did you say to Hermione, Malfoy? Did you fucking brainwash her like your Lord does to you filth? Or did you perform the Imperius on her?" He asked, his face dangerously close to Draco's.

"I didn't have to do shit. You're the one who fucking beat her and raped her." Weasley tighten his death grip on Draco's arm.

"Is that what that little bitch told you?"

"Don't you talk about her like that!" Draco shouted. Weasley had hit a nerve. "I saw you try to rape her you fucking git." Weasley gave a cold laugh which could give The Dark Lord himself a run for his money.

"You think that's what that was? Well you're wrong. That little slut likes it up the ass, rough and dirty is her fucking style. If you would've stayed a little longer you would have heard her whimper and moaning my name."

That was it. Draco exploded. He saw red. He snatched his arm out of the other boy's grasp and quickly pulled back his fist which powerfully connected with the red head's jaw. Weasley fell backwards, clutching his face.

Weasley went to stand but Draco pushed him back down to the stone floor and got on top of him. He pounded the Gryffindor's face with his fists, rebreaking his nose. He just kept hitting him, letting out all his anger, hatred, and frustration. It felt so good to have his blood on his hands again. And this time, he was going to be sure that that piece of shit didn't mess with him again.

Weasley stopped moving after a few minutes, so Draco got off him. He double checked that he was still breathing (unfortunately) and then ran in the direction he had been headed in before he was inurrupted.

As he was running, Draco pulled out his wand and magicked the blood off his hands. It took him a few minutes to find the sounds of the sobs, and it was even more difficult to hear over his adrenaline pumped breathing.

Draco ran around in a circle three times before he realized that the sobs were coming from what used to be a wall, but a door had appeared there.

He stood at the plain brown door for a few minutes, confused. Then he realized that he'd stumbled upon the Room of Requirement.

Draco hesistated at the door, not certain he wanted to enter. He didn't know what he'd find, or how he'd find Hermione. He slowly approached the door and opened it.

The room wasn't anything what he expected. It was a dark, feminine red in colour, with no windows and dim matching red candles lining the ceiling. The soft sound of a violin played quietly in the background.

Draco stepped inside the dark room, closing the door behind him. He could hear Hermione's sobs, though they had died down quite a bit.

"Hermione?" He called softly, not very keen on barging in on her peaceful sactuary.

"Go away." Was her tearful reply. Draco thought about leaving, but he couldn't. He needed to make things right, so he cautiously walked towards her.

"Please, just listen to me." He asked when he was right infront of the corner she was sitting in. She kept her face in her knees, not even looking up at him.

"I don't want to listen to you." She told him stubbornly. Draco let out a sigh of frustration.

"This isn't going to get us anywhere." Draco stated. She always had to be so damned difficult.

"Glad you agree, now leave." She said coldly, her voice hoarse from crying.

"I'm not leaving." Draco folded his arms across his chest, even though she probably couldn't see him.

"Well we're not speaking." Hermione said, still not looking at him.

"Hermione, don't be like this." Draco pleaded, trying so hard to avoid a fight.

"I'm not being like anything. I am just not discussing this with you."

"Come on-"

"No."

"Hermione-"

"No."

"Will you please just fucking talk to me?" Draco half shouted, losing his temper. Hermione raised her head and looked him dead in the eye. Draco averted his eyes from her puffy, lifeless ones. He just couldn't look her in the eye after what he'd done.

"You want me to talk to you, Draco?" She asked, an angry look on her face. She stood up, his hands clenched into fists at her sides. Her expression made Draco take an involuntary step backwards. "You want me to talk to you about what I'm feeling? About how I'm doing? About all my fucking problems? Huh? Do you?"

Hermione took a step towards him, causing Draco to again step back. She had no wand, so he knew he was in no mortal danger, but the memories of her punch were still vivid in his mind from third year.

"I, uh-" Draco stammered, not sure what to say. He'd never seen her like this before.

"No, let's talk about this," Hermione spat. "Let's talk about how you fucked everything up in my life, made me hate the love of my life, because of you I can't even talk to my best friends anymore. My grades are slipping, I've had no time to do any extra assignments for my classes. You tell me you care about me and that you and Pansy are finished and then I catch you fucking her senseless on the couch we share in OUR common room. There, have we talked enough Draco? Is your fucking good deed of the day complete?"

Draco was backed up against the wall. He'd never seen Hermione so angry in all the times they'd fought. He didn't know why she cared so much if he and Pansy were together or not, it just didn't make sense to him.

"Why does it matter to you what my relationship with Pansy is?" He asked, trying with all his might to keep his voice calm.

"Because you lied to me!" Hermione answered with a shout.

"What does it matter? Weasley lied to you for months and you still claim you loved him!" Draco replied, getting angry.

"You don't know anything about mine and Ron's relationship!" Draco let out a forced laugh.

"I know he beat and raped you every chance he got!" Draco retorted, hitting a nerve. Hermione burst out into tears, covering her face with her hands. "No, shit, don't cry." Draco walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her tight.

"No, you're right. Of course you're right." She sobbed. Draco smoothed her hair back from her tear stained face.

The two didn't speak for a while, neither feeling it nessasary. Draco just stood there, holding and rocking Hermione while she cried. Maybe all she needed was a little comfort, and it sure felt nice to have her in his arms.

Draco didn't know how long they stayed like that for, an hour? Two? It felt like forever, but he didn't mind. He liked the thought that it was just the two of them, with no interruptions. As far as he was concerned, they were the only two in the world.

To Be Continued...

That's all for tonight, hope you all liked it. I think this one's a little bit longer, I think, so you should like that. Thnxx goes out to:

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