Working for Malfoy

Chapter 10: Visiting Alcatraz

I climbed off Hermione and looked back at her. She had her legs bent, a hand over her mouth, and her eyes closed. She was crying.

After taking a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm down she spoke. "You stopped?" Her tone was surprised but scared.

"I told you I would if you wanted me to." I answered softly but continued with a question. "Why didn't you tell me to stop?"

She looked towards the window. "I was scared."

"Of what?"

"Everytime someone would do something like that, I would ask for them to stop. I got hit everytime." She replied, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes.

"Hermione, look at me." She slowly opened her eyes to look at me. "You have to believe me when I say that I would never hurt you. I would never dream of it. Do you believe me?"

She nodded stiffly. "Hermione sit up." She does as I say and puts her hands in her lap. "Come here." I gently pull her closer to me. She leans into my chest and I wrap my arms around her.

"Everything is going to be ok." I whisper into her ear.

"How can you be so sure?" She asks.

"Because I am going to get you out of this mess." I answer her.

After a few minutes, her breathing deepens. I look at her and see that she has fallen asleep. I try and move her as little as possible as I pull back my comforter and put her into my bed.

Once she is settled I go around and climb in on the other side. I keep as much distance between us as possible so that she doesn't freak out when she wakes up. I fall asleep 5 minutes later.

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When I wake up, there is an added weight to my stomach. I squint my eyes and lift my head just enough to see Hermione's head on my stomach. I smile slightly and turn to look at the time. It was 8:15 in the morning.

Hermione stirred. She must have blinked because I could feel her eyelashes moving on my stomach.

After propping myself up on my elbows, she lift up her head and looked around. Upon seeing me, her eyes widened and she jumped up. Her breathing quickened and she was trying to cover herself with my blanket.

I sat up completely. "Hermione, it's ok. Nothing happened last night. You are still fully clothed." I try and calm her.

"How do I know you're not lying." She asked.

She got me there. "Well, let's just say that if anything happened you wouldn't have clothes on."

She opened the blanket slightly just so she could see herself. She sighed when she realized that I wasn't lying to her. "What happened last night?" She asked.

"Well, I had a nightmare and fell out of bed. You came in here and woke me up. After I thanked you, I went and took a shower. When I got back out here, I asked you to stay with me for the night. You didn't answer so I asked you to sit on the bed, and you did so." I explained. I was about to continue but stopped immediately. I wasn't sure whether or not to tell her what happened next.

"That's not it. Is it?" She asked me. I shook my head no. "What happened next Draco." She pressed.

"Well, I told you to tell me when to stop." She gave me a puzzled look. "I wanted you to know that you could trust me, and to be honest I was scared too. But I slowly moved my hand to your waist before kissing your nose. I moved to your neck and and jawbone." I stopped and contemplated on whether or not to tell her what happened next. I opened my mouth to continue talking when she stopped me.