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Late Night Wandering	By : snowblind12 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 34930 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Another heavy chapter, especially the end. Bear with me...
Wednesday Evening continued...
Hermione smiled softly at Draco. "That was nice, Draco."
He smiled back at her and pulled her into a hug. He smelled her hair and felt his arousal building. He dipped his head and kissed her again. After a minute she pulled back. "Draco, I want to talk to Professor Snape. I have some questions for him. How about you and I see each other tomorrow. We can work on the potion after classes. We'll have to let one of the potions go, though. Without a third, it will be hard to maintain one in the dungeons and one in the room of requirement."
Draco had already resigned himself to not potioning her on the days they worked on the assignment, so he no longer had need of the room of requirement anyway. "Yeah, I guess we'll just focus on the one in the classroom lab and not fool with the room of requirement anymore. C'mon. I'll walk you to Severus's study."
Draco contemplated briefly giving her the potion but realized now was not the time, even though he was aroused and really wanted her. She was falling for him as he knew she would. He would have her willingly soon enough, and if she was prudish about sex, he would just potion her. He promised Severus he would hide the potion and he had. But he kept a small amount hidden nearby that he could access pretty quickly if he needed it.
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Hermione couldn't get over this wizard walking beside her. He was so sweet and it touched her to know he had been harbouring feelings for her. Maybe all would be ok, after all. What had happened was terrible and mortifying, but maybe with her friends, and someone like Draco at her side, she could get through it.
They approached a door further down the hall than Professor Snape's classroom. Draco knocked and smiled at her. Professor Snape opened the door and when his black, stern eyes went from Draco to Hermione, he gave her a small smile.
Hermione spoke, suddenly insecure about knocking on his door. "I'm sorry to bother you, Professor, but I wonder if you have a few minutes to.."
"Certainly, Miss Granger. Please come in." He stepped aside and gestured for her to enter. As she started to walk in, He looked at Draco. "Mr. Malfoy? Are you visiting as well?"
Draco shook his head. "No, I just wanted to see Hermione safely to your door."
"Thank you, Draco. I will see her safely to her common room after we are done speaking."
Draco said goodnight and headed back to his dorm as Professor Snape shut the door.
"Can I offer you a beverage, Miss Granger? Some tea?"
"No thank you, Professor." Hermione looked around at the professor's private study and was in awe. He, like Draco, had a large window which had a spectacular underwater view of the lake. It was dark outside, yet for some reason there was still some light in the water and the view really was beautiful. There were several tall bookshelves lining the walls filled with books. He had a fireplace with a leather sofa and two wingback chairs.
He gestured towards the sitting area and she chose one of the wingback chairs. He took the other.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Professor, but I didn't know who else to ask. I know Professor Dumbledore is very busy with this situation."
"It is no trouble Hermione. Please ask any question you like."
"Well, I'm really struggling with not knowing what happened to me. I wondered if there might be a way for you to use occlumens on me to get to the memories. Maybe you could then put them into a pensieve for me to view?" Hermione started wringing her hands together and her voice started to tremble as she spoke. "I've tried to remember, but I can't and I just hate not knowing."
"Miss Granger, If your memories have been obliviated from your mind, they are lost. I can not retrieve what has been removed."
"I see." She swallowed,"would there perhaps, be a way, to ask or force Blaise...to place his memories of his attack on my person into a pensieve for me to view?"
He studied her for a moment, considering the implications and intricacies of what she was suggesting. "Are you sure you want to know, Miss Granger?"
Hermione looked at her hands and replied softly, almost a whisper, "no." She looked up at him, "but, I would like to know if it's an option."
"That, Miss Granger, I can not answer. It would be up to Blaise and his legal council. They would never allow him to do anything self incriminating, at least if he is pleading not guilty."
"Can he be forced to take verituserum?"
"He can not be forced. It is frowned upon and considered an admission of guilt to refuse, however, if he has more in his history to hide, he will likely refuse and simply plead guilty to the crimes he has been accused. Then again, he might agree to the serum if he confesses and has nothing to hide."
"What if,... what if, I agreed to not press charges. I haven't yet. I've given my statement, but I've not filed any charges yet. Would he consider just...just telling me what happened to me."
Snape leaned forward and spoke very sternly, "Miss Granger, why on earth would you ever offer him such an out?"
She sighed. "He's going to likely be accused of rape by multiple witches. I'm just one of many. He will still be punished."
"But, he won't be punished for what he did to you specifically."
Hermione let out a small sob, "but that's just it, I don't even know what he did to me!" She blinked back her tears. "For all I know, he didn't even touch me, but whored me out to a room full of wizards." She started crying. Snape stood and walked towards her. He sat on the end of the sofa that was near her chair. Out of her pocket, she pulled the handkerchief Draco had given her and dabbed her eyes and nose.
He spoke softly. "Hermione, there are going to be counselors arriving for the students tomorrow. I want you to talk to them." He patted her hand. "If after speaking to them, you still want to bargain with Blaise for his memories, I will help you in any way that I can. Perhaps Blaise will make this easy on everyone and plead guilty. Perhaps he'll provide pensieve memories to his victims in return for a lighter sentence." He sat back and looked at her. "Have you discussed any of this with your parents?"
Hermione looked up. "No! Absolutely not. They'd pull me out of this school so fast."
Snape studied her. "Miss Granger, take comfort in your friends. Take comfort in Draco, whom I know has come to care a great deal for you." He stood up and walked to the bar and poured her a glass of muggle brandy. He walked back to her and handed it to her. "Here, drink this. It will help you sleep tonight."
"Thank you, Professor." She took the glass and sipped it.
"Hermione, I don't mean to upset you, but I want to caution you. If you decide to press charges, you will need some sort of proof that he assaulted you. Missing underwear and a sudden loss of virginity doesn't prove that you were raped. It's all circumstantial unless you can get proof."
Hermione considered what he said and sipped her brandy. "I understand. Of course, you are absolutely right." She swallowed the last of it. "Thank goodness Ginny brought that sneak-o-scope. At least he won't be able to deny what happened last night. I'll testify for Susan and Trixie if they decide to press charges for the other attacks that I heard."
She turned her head and looked into the fire. "I wish someone had witnessed my attack and would come forward for me."
Her comment gave Snape an idea. It was risky, but might work.
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20 minutes later, Professor Snape was walking back to his chambers after escorting Hermione to her common room. Hermione had provided him with a lot of insight into how she would proceed. He now knew she was driven by her need to know what happened. The problem lies in the fact that Blaise was never with Hermione and therefore can't produce a memory, even if he wanted to. Perhaps Draco could provide Blaise with a memory that he could say was his own. However, that would be very risky and tricky to pull off. If only there were someone who would provide false testimony or witness...
He entered his chambers and prepared for bed. The best case scenario would be if she somehow could decide it was best to try to move on and put this whole thing behind her.
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Thursday Morning
Hermione headed to the common room, anxious to find Ginny. Ginny was not in her dorm when Hermione returned the night before and she wasn't in her dorm this morning. There was a sign in the common room that said classes were cancelled today and tomorrow. Counsellors were arriving and would be available to all students and any arriving parents, who would likely start arriving at any minute since the owls were sent out late yesterday. Hermione shook her head with visions of panicked parents coming to check on or retrieve their daughters. She hoped her parents got her owl which told them not to worry and not to come. She lied to her parents and told them she wasn't involved in any of it. Hopefully, they would believe her and stay away.
Just then the portrait door opened and in walked Ginny and Harry, holding hands and looking like they both just woke up. Harry waved at Hermione as he yawned and headed up the stairs to his dorm."Hey Mione", he mumbled groggily.
Ginny smiled at Hermione and gave her a look, that practically screamed, 'Harry and I had sex!' Hermione's jaw dropped and then morphed into a smile. "Tell me everything!" Hermione demanded. Ginny collapsed in a fit of giggles next to Hermione.
Ginny stopped laughing and looked at Hermione. A look of pure joy on her face. "Well, last night Harry and I were laying in his bed talking. And, I told him that one of the things that upset me was that he wasn't my first." Ginny put her head on Hermione's shoulder. "And then Harry said that he could absolutely be my first, because I wasn't really there when I was attacked. I was physically there, yes. But not mentally, and that meant that I was really still a virgin in his eyes."
"Oh, Ginny, that's so..that's so great! What a great way to look at it!"
Ginny nodded. "I love him so much, Mione. I told him I wanted to make love to him. That I wanted his touch to be my most recent physical touch, not the touch of a monster... So he took my hand and led me to the room of requirement. It was so beautiful. The room had a huge, beautiful bed, there were candles and a bathroom with a huge claw foot tub." She yawned and then continued. "He was so tender, and loving, and he held me all night. He kept telling me how much he loves me and how beautiful I am. He said what happened to me was unspeakable and terrible, but that he would always consider himself to be my first."
Hermione hugged her friend. "Oh, Ginny. That's just perfect. I'm so happy for you both."
After Ginny went up to bed, Hermione thought about her own situation and wished she loved and had someone who loved her as much as Ginny and Harry loved each other. Her mind went to Draco. He had been very sweet last night, and she really did like him. Perhaps if she had sex with a wizard by choice it would help her move past what had happened. She wished she could just forget it had ever happened, but she knew herself and knew it wasn't possible. She could usually find the answer to any question. But, the questions that were haunting her right now, might never be answered. How was she supposed to live with that?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she started to feel. How dare someone do this to her! She was desperate to know if it was only Blaise or Blaise and one other, or was it a group of several. Was one of her potential attackers someone she spoke to every day? A Gryffindor perhaps? Cormac McGlaggen maybe? She knew he wanted her.
She also felt dirty. She had taken a bath after she left the infirmary the day before and again last night after Professor Snape walked her back to her common room. This morning she had taken a shower instead. But, she still felt dirty and used and just..unclean. She felt herself starting to panic. Her heart was racing. The tears started to fall down her cheeks and she balled up on the sofa, closing her eyes to the world.
"Mione?"
She could hear Ron's voice but just couldn't bring herself to look at him.
A hand reached out to touch her shoulder and she swatted it away. "Don't touch me." She demanded, anger in her voice as the tears fell and her eyes remained closed.
"I'm gonna get help. Stay with her." It was Ron's voice.
She heard Neville reply. "I'll watch her Ron, go get MGonigall."
She felt herself rocking back and forth on the sofa. She just wanted to lay in this ball and be left alone. Her mind started to race. She could leave this school. She could go where no one knows her. Where she would never have to worry about being in the presence of someone who had raped her and her not know it. She could go to America. There were good wizarding schools there as well.
She heard a deep voice. "Mr. Weasley, I will handle this. I told you, Professor McGonigall is meeting with the Headmaster and a group of parents. I will take care of her."
Ron's voice was panicked. "Just leave her, I'll take her to the infirmary."
Hermione felt strong arms lift her and she felt herself being cradled and carried. After what felt like a while, she could tell they were going down steps. She opened her eyes to see familiar black robes and looked up to see Professors Snape's face. His face was tense.
"Professor, I'm ok. Just put me down. I, I want to leave. I can't stay here."
"Sshhh, Miss Granger. It's going to be alright. I'll take care of you. Close your eyes."
His voice, it calmed her. Where he used to terrify her, now he brought her peace. She closed her eyes and took a deep calming breath. It would be ok. Professor Snape would help her.
I think this is it for the really depressing chapters.
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