Haha. Chapter 2 up! (: Review please?
"Did it go well?" Hermione asked lightly as she placed Magical Curses: Their counter curses back onto the tiny table, which was already creaking due to the weight of all of the books. Harry shook his head, trying his best to will away the smile. Hermione arched an eyebrow.
"You seem happy. Did something happen?" She asked, smiling too. "No. I know that look. You're in love!" Hermione squeaked excitedly. "It can't be Ginny, right? No…is it someone I don't know? Cho! Romilda is out of the question, though…" Hermione got the kind of look that she had whenever faced with a difficult question. The I'm-thinking-and-I-can't-figure-it-out-now-but-when-I-get-it-I-will-have-you-on-blackmail-look. Harry gulped slightly. He'd forgotten how perceptive the bushy-haired girl was. She smirked suddenly.
"IT'S A SLYTHERIN ISN'T IT?! HARRY JAMES POTTER I HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT!" Hermione practically shrieked and luckily no one else was in the common room (Ron was in the toilet) or Harry would've hexed her back to first year. Nodding shamefacedly, he blushed at his knees like they were the discovery of the century. She smirked the ha-ha-I-have-you-on-blackmail-dance-my-puppet-dance-smirk at Harry, who had the expression of being undeniably trapped on his face.
"And it's a guy too." Hermione had calmed down sufficiently, and stated her theory. "And by your behavior, it's Malfoy. Oh my fucking Merlin, I'm right." Harry snorted. "Since when did you start swearing?" "Since when I'm excited." "Whatever." "You don't want Ron to know, right?" "Duh." "Don't want me to know what?"
Both turned round to see Ron at the boys' dorm's entrance. He flopped onto the nearest sofa. "Gaagh. I've got bloody food poisoning. House elves got the wrong target. I think they were aiming for 'Mione." Hermione flushed, remembering S.P.E.W. "What didn't you want me to know about anyway?" Hermione sighed theatrically. Harry stared.
"Harry's just found out that he likes Cho again. He was afraid of your teasing, Ron." The redhead then chuckled. "Cho? Mate, I thought you were over her, man." Harry gave Hermione a thankful glance.
"Draco?" "Hmm?" "Why are you so distracted? Blaise's just asked you how you're feeling five times at least." Pansy said, shooting Draco a worried look. He shrugged. "N.E.W.T.S are nearby. A fellow can't help thinking about them." Blaise arched a sandy eyebrow at the pathetic excuse. Draco growled. Potter was invading his thoughts, and who in the entire Slytherin house needed that? "Speaking of which, Potter came by today." Draco said, watching his friends' reactions carefully.
"What for, Draco?" Pansy asked, guessing that Draco was thinking about his rival. "He wanted to make peace with us." "A little late, I've made friends with Hermione already." The eyes popped out of some people's sockets. (Draco's not included). "The smart mudblood?" Pansy sniffed. "She's as smart as any of us, Draco. And if she weren't a muggle-born she'd be in Slytherin. And she knows gossip really well." Draco gave a what-the-fuck-is-she-talking-about-look to Blaise, who gave him a I-don't-really-know-why-the-FUCK-are-you-asking-me?!-look.
"It's dinner. Let's go." Draco went out of the common room, flanked by his friends.
Harry glanced at the Slytherin table, right at the Slytherin blond. It was dessert now, and they had a variety of chocolates to choose from. Draco had chosen white chocolate. Harry couldn't help but watch him eat. There was something decidedly delicious about the way the blond chewed, licked his lips and fingers…he gave up trying to look away and watched Draco's tongue dart out to lick the melting chocolate. Hermione noticed and smirked. Somehow she knew that Harry was watching Malfoy. Partially due to the fact that he had hardly even started eating his own dark chocolate. Ron, who was devouring a macadamia nut chocolate buttermilk cookie, didn't notice much.
Draco noticed Harry's gaze, and smirked. Tongue darting out, licking, caressing, taking the entirely too-small slab of chocolate into his mouth, sucking… it was too much for Harry to take and he completely lost focus of everything as his world shrunk so that the only thing that existed was Malfoy.
TBC!!
