Hey guys, I'm so sorry this has taken so long to do but I have my Hannibal fic on as well and my school work :/ Anyways, again this chapter is for LeahPoll. Please read and review her work she's a much better writer than myself. Erm... Oh Happy Australia Day!

Draco walked through the darkened common room, lipstick still smudged on his cheek and lips. He smiled with glee as he remembered the evening they – he and Leah - had shared. This could be the first relationship I actually have… the first relationship not just concentrating on sex…

"Evening, Mr. Malfoy." Draco jumped at the voice and looked into the darkness; he eventually spotted Holly, lying on the sofa with a rare copy of Advanced Potion making in her hands. She settled it on the arm of the sofa and walked over to him.

"Holly! What are you doing there hiding in the dark?"

"I just wanted to see how your date went… from the looks of you it went well." She straightened up his tie. "You have some lipstick on you, dear."

She took the handkerchief from her cardigan pocket and began to wipe the lipstick from his face before he violently snatched it from her hand and finished it himself.

"Where have you been anyway? You're uniform doesn't look that smart either, you know…"

"Hmm, yes, well I did some duelling practise with Professor Snape and I must say he's quite the opponent. Now, Draco…" She sat him down on the sofa, sitting down next to him. She was a friendly distance away from him; not too close, not too far away. "Draco, I want to know everything. How did it go?"

"That's none of your business, Chase."

"Okay then. I'm taking that as an I-really-loved-it-I-want-to-see-her-again. Am I right?"

Draco became more flustered and stood, walking away from her.

"Holly, just… leave it. Go get your gossip elsewhere." Holly raised her eyebrows and sighed before leaning back on the sofa and finishing her book.

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Leah smiled as she passed Harry and Ron, running to catch up with Hermione who had already started making her way to advanced defence against the dark arts.

"Hey, Hermione, wait up."

She turned around and smiled at the red head, her eyes sparkling with her usual cheerfulness.

"Hi, Leah, So, are you ready for Professor Snape's final duelling exam today?"

"Oh, bloody hell… I completely forgot about it. Hermione, what am I going to do?"

They stopped outside the dark arts classroom and looked at the paper that was held against the old stone wall.

"Well, you're one of the last to duel. So you'll have time to sit down and catch up on some of the spells… I don't know how you could forget them all in one evening I mean you spent most of last night practising them."

Leah gave a short, awkward laugh.

"Yeah, I know… It might just be the stress"

"Hey, girls, how are we all this morning?" The two Gryffindor girls looked at Holly, the only smiling, happy Slytherin here.

"Hey, Chase, I'm okay I guess."

"No worries about this exam then?"

Hermione answered with a confident "No."

"What about you, Shepard? Did you get a lot of revision in last night?" Holly asked with a wink and Leah blushed before answering,

"Yeah, loads." Chase smiled and entered the classroom.

Snape had set up a long duelling stage along the length of his classroom. He stood in the centre, his robe having been discarded on the stone banister leading up to the office. He stood in his usual long black tunic, the edges of his white shirt cuffs and collar peeking out, his trousers well-tailored to his skinny form and his wing tip shoes obsessively polished. The girls looked up and his face and shoulder length, black hair when he began to speak.

"Granger! Lovegood! You're both up first, get ready to duel."

It had finally come down to two students, two girls: Holly Chase and Leah Shepard. Holly gave a sly smile to Shepard as the pair bowed before turning and pacing back.

"One…Two…"

Leah was the first to turn around and cast.

"Stupefy!" Holly turned around just in time to cast a silent protego charm and moved into her stance to cast again.

"Expelliarmus" Leah dodged the spell and quickly cast back, her stupefy hit Holly directly and she flew back off her feet, landing at the feet of Severus Snape who harshly picked her up by the robe and pushed her back into the duel.

Without warning Holly cast Levicorpus. However, Leah managed to cast protego just in time, it rebounded off the shield and went back to hit Holly, who wasn't fast enough to stop it. She had dropped her wand and couldn't cast the counter-curse. She dangled upside-down by her ankle, a mixture of laughter and some swearing in Swedish could be heard.

Snape walked passed Holly, casting the counter-curse with a quick flick of his wand as he went to dismiss the class. As Leah went to move off the stage Holly scrambled from her wand, picking it up she went to cast.

"Sectumsempr…."

She never finished the spell as Snape had cast Silencio stopping Holly from completing the curse. Leah looked back in shock before all but Holly went running out of the classroom. Hermione was waiting outside for her.

"Did Holly just try and cast…" Leah nodded; they could still hear Snape shouting as they hastily made their way down the corridors. They stopped at the grand staircase.

"Well, I've got a free period right now, what about you?"

"Oh… I... I promised to help a fourth year out with a couple of spells."

"Oh, alright, well I'll see you in potions later?" Shepard smiled.

"Yeah, sure." Hermione bounded up the stairs towards the Gryffindor common room. When she was out of Granger's sight she ran, maybe a little too eagerly, down the staircase towards the dungeons. She gave the password to the portrait and snuck through the secret passage, then onwards towards the Slytherin common room. As she turned the corner someone grabbed her shoulders and pulled her into the dark alcove. As she went to scream soft lips crushed her own.

The kiss was broken and she opened her eyes and was met with the glistening blue-grey eyes of Draco Malfoy. She smiled slightly, now less worried and afraid, before pulling him into her by his tie and kissing him again.

"Morning Draco… I didn't see you at breakfast today." She finally said, breathless, as they broke the kiss.

"Yeah, sorry about that… I had some things to do; I needed to get some potions done." She raised an eyebrow in scepticism before nodding and saying,

"Of course, Draco…Now shut up and kiss me again." He did as he was told, pressing his lips to hers, gently tasting her as his tongue ran over her sweet lips. She moaned quietly, her hand moving to the nape of his neck, gently stroking the hair there. He continued to kiss her, his soft lips moving over her jawline and up to her ear. He bit down on her earlobe gently before slowly kissing down the line of her jugular and nuzzling his head into the crook of her neck.

She gasped and pushed him away when she noticed the two figures staring at them, a huge grin on the ginger one's face and a look of complete shock on the other ones.

"Bloody hell! Leah, what are you doing?" She quickly began to fake disgust and slapped Draco hard on the cheek, unsteadily walking towards Potter and Ron. Her breathing was rapid as she fell on top of Harry, flinging her arms around his neck and crying into his shoulder.

"He…he just…" She sobbed loudly. "I don't know it all happened so quickly." Harry hugged her and gave Draco daggers as they began to walk away with Leah sobbing.

"You'll pay for that one, Malfoy." Ron stated before following Harry and Shepard down the corridor. Neither of the Gryffindor's noticed as Shepard gave an apologetic smile and a wink to Malfoy as they left.

So... I'm afraid that's all I've got so far. Feel free to review or PM me with ideas :) Hope you enjoyed it guys ...