In The Arms of the Monster

Chapter Nineteen The Murderer

Hermione's Point of View
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        I did not sleep very well that night and I constantly woke up and when I did I'd walk out and turn on the TV and watch the news. Around two a.m they mentioned Ron and said he'd been convicted but then he'd escaped. I run to my room, "Draco!" I shout. He sits up and grabs his wand off the bed stand. "Hermione, what's wrong?" "He escaped, I haven't been able to sleep and I was up and watching the news and they convicted him and he ran." I say rapidly as I throw on clothes. "Get dressed, we need to go back to the Weasley's I'm sure they'll still be up." He throws on jeans and a shirt quickly and I apparate us to our friends. "Harry! Ginny! George! Charlie! Bill! Angelina! Percy! Fleur! Mrs. Weasley! It's Hermione and Draco hurry up downstairs now!" Everyone stumbles out of their rooms in various states of disarray. I stand in the middle of the room, and say, "I'm sorry but Ron was convicted for the murder of Mr. Weasley and Luna Lovegood and now he's escaped just thought you should know." Mrs. Weasley looks faint and Ginny and Harry look terrified. I glance at everyone else, they look resigned. I grab Draco's hand to leave but Mrs. Weasley says, "I'm sorry, would you like to stay?" "I don't mind as long as Draco doesn't." "Second family by now." He mutters to me only, "Okay, fine whatever, Hermione do you think you're old room will do?" "If no ones in there." I say. "No one is, whenever you feel like going to bed you can." Mrs. Weasley tells us. Draco and I stumble up to the room and when we lay down he throws an arm around me, "I'm sorry about Weasel. I really wish it had been someone else, and I'm sorry about Luna." I nod before i fall quickly asleep.
        I wake up in the morning and Draco is already changed into different clothes and has a pair of mine. I take the clothes and throw them on, "What time is it?" "It's around eleven in the morning, and everyone except for us and Mrs. Weasley it seems, is hungover so Mrs. Weasley invited us to stay for the day to help take care of everyone, I don't know how long I can handle them but I said we'd stay for a while." He says. "Oh fun, Geroge is bad enough sober and when he's hungover he'll be even more needy." "Great," Draco says sarcastically before we walk down the stairs into the kitchen where brunch is being served. Everyone was in various stages of being hungover so as Harry and Ginny were not very hungover they helped us feed everyone else and take care of them until we can't take it anymore. "We've gotta go, I'm sorry." I say around three o'clock in the afternoon. "I understand," Harry, Ginny, Charlie, and Mrs. Weasley say when we leave. We get home and I lay down on the couch with my head in Draco's lap, he runs his fingers through my hair. I lean up and kiss him softly, I sit up and put my legs across him. He pulls my shirt up slightly and rubs his hands across my stomach and my back. He reaches for the clasp on my bra and undoes it. I slip my arms out of the straps on the bra and it slides onto his lap, he throws it on the couch and continues kissing me stopping only to pull my shirt over my head. Somehow his shirt had disappeared during this time too. "Beautiful." He muttered before he kissed me again.
I woke up some time later, on the couch, in Draco's arms. I lean over to pull a blanket over us. His arm tightens around me and I roll myself closer to him. "Goodnight Draco." "What time is it?" "It's," I look at the clock, "ten o'clock. We should go to our room." "I'm not moving." He says. "Fine." I grab my wand from the table and levitate him towards the room. He swears, "Hermione! Put me down!" He's hovering over the bed and I drop him quickly onto the bed. He rolls off of it, "Damn it Hermione!" He says. "Sorry," I say laughing. "Shut up," he growls. He stands up and crawls into bed, although he no longer looks tired. "I'll get you for that," He says, staring very hard at my face, as I hadn't bothered getting dressed, and neither had he. I stare determinedly at his face instead of looking at his abs. He smirks, "Good-bye Hermione." He apparates and I hear a pop behind me just after I realize what's going on. I'd apparate to the burrow but someone would see me. He starts tickling me and when I turn around he kisses me and pushes me back onto the bed. I let him slowly move his hands over my body before he pulls back and says, "You sure?" He asks his eyes glazed over. I roll my eyes and pull him closer to me, "it's not the first time." He flicks off the light.
When I wake up the next morning I hurt all over and when I roll over towards Draco before shooting upright, "Shit!" I shout. "What's wrong?" Draco asks snapping up. "I forgot to do the spell, last night either time." "Shit!" Draco shouts, realizing what's going on. "How long after do you have to do the spell?" I ask. "I'm pretty sure it's about five hours." "That means, it's eight in the morning, that means it's been seven hours since the first time and I didn't do the spell. Draco," I turn to him fear in my eyes, "I'm sorry Draco, I just fell asleep." "It's fine," he says though he looks terrified. "Hermione I will not leave you and an unborn child if you're pregnant." I nod at him and he kisses me, "It's okay, go back to bed." I nod at him and roll over, "I love you." "I love you too Hermione." I click off the light and think that maybe this is a mistake but it'll be the greatest mistake of my life.