(well here is year three. Might not be as long as the other two... Oh well. There are two lemons in this chapter. Read, enjoy, review.)
Chapter Three
I walked through the house. Something was missing. I had sent a letter to Harry and he had responded back, we had corresponded a bit. I went into the kitchen.
"Dobby?" I called. He popped in front of me.
"Yes, mister Draco, sir." I shrugged.
"I was just wondering where you were." I said.
"I is at Hogwarts, mister Draco. Master Malfoy senior freed me. I have been working for Master Dumbledore." He said.
"Oh, well then, go on back to Hogwarts." I said.
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We had gone shopping in Diagon Alley and I hadn't seen Harry. I saw several 'Wanted' posters with Sirius Black on them but no Harry Potter.
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"Good-bye Mother, Father. I might see you during break." I boarded the train I saw Harry board a few carriages down.
I might have to visit his compartment just to say hi. I found a compartment with my fellow Slytherins in it.
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"Draco, you and I should date. We would be good for each other." I rolled my eyes at Pansy.
"I would prefer not Pansy." I said, looking out the window.
It suddenly got really chilly and the train came to a sudden stop. I froze as a dementor walked by the door, physically and mentally.
The life went out of the room, the happiness gone. I thought about Harry and wondered it the same thing happened to him.
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The school had a choir singing before Dumbledore made his speech. I leaned across the aisle and whispered to Harry.
"Potter! Potter! Is it true you fainted?" I searched his eyes, sincerity lacing my words. Blaise pretended to faint next to me, I rolled my eyes at him. "I mean you actually fainted?"
"Shove off Malfoy." The Weasel said pulling Harry back towards the table. I shrugged it off though I was actually concerned for him.
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I was excited, once again we had most of our classes together. We gathered around Hagrids hut. I insulted Hagrid. Harry turned and approached me, telling me to shove off.
I approached him as well, then looked past him, fear suddenly in my eyes. "Dementor! Dementor!"
Harry jumped and whirled around. I saw the fear envelope his body and I felt bad immediately, but the look of disgust on Granger's face reminded me that Harry and I were only friends in private.
Hagrid cleared his throat, then introduced us to a hippogriff. Then he asked for a volunteer. Everyone stepped back except for Harry. I gulped, that thing did not look safe. Hagrid had Harry bow to the beast and then he had Harry reach out and pet it.
I gulped again when he had Harry ride the beast. When Harry came back after riding it. I felt the urge to do something stupid. So I approached the beast, and insulted it. I got my comeuppance though.
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I played up the pain even though it was gone as soon as Madam Pomfrey looked at it.
I watched Harry as we had DADA class. Professor Lupin talked about the boggart, then he had us face the boggart. A few people went against it, then Harry went against it and it turned into a dementor. The professor jumped in front of the boggart and took care of it then he dismissed class.
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Our first trip to Hogsmead was a blast. We got back to the castle. Then the castle was barricaded and all the students were sent to the Great Hall. The Griffindor room had been attacked. Sirius Black had been in the castle.
I was awake as the professors discussed that they had searched the castle for Black. Then they discussed whether or not Harry should be warned.
I shivered. My cousin-of-sorts was after Harry.
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Classes resumed as normal, mostly. Severus walked in to the DADA class and told us to turn to page 394. We opened our books and Harry asked where Professor Lupin was. Severus answered vaguely and repeated the command. Weasel questioned it and then Granger said something know-it-all like again.
I rolled my eyes as she answered Severus's question beginning the lesson. When she mentioned the call of its own kind, I couldn't help but let out a werewolf howl. I drew a picture and sent it to Harry. I had charmed it so that it would show two messages. The insult that he and others would see, and the message asking him to meet me in the library with a specific time on Sunday that only he would see.
I groaned when Severus assigned two rolls of parchment on werewolf due Monday. Harry protested that it was quidditch tomorrow. I smirked, Granger or I would help him with this assignment, either way it would be done.
I watched as Harry opened the note, he looked at me and I arched my eyebrows at him. He nodded.
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The next day, at the quidditch game. I watched for Harry, though it was a bloody downpour. The game ended when Harry fell off his broom and was barely saved by Dumbledore.
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I was at Hogsmead with Crabbe and Goyle. I walked with them towards the shrieking shack.
I saw the Weasel and Granger looking at the Shack. I commented on how they were shopping for their new home and how it was a bit grand for them. I commented that we should teach Weasel how to talk to his superiors and Granger stepped in and insulted me with her tone.
I snipped at her, "How dare you talk to me, you filthy little mudblood."
I got hit with a snowball then. I looked towards the source of the snowball and shouted, "Who's there?"
I was answered by another snowball hitting me in the chest. I yelled at Crabbe and Goyle to do something. Then they started getting picked on by an invisible person. Crabbe ended up on the ground and I tripped over him. Then I was being dragged by my feet towards the shrieking shack.
Weasel and Granger were laughing at us. I felt the pressure on my ankles release and I scrambled up back towards Crabbe and Goyle.
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I walked around the common room anxious for my meeting with Harry.
The fear from yesterday had gone, when I realized it was probably a trick Granger had conjured up.
I picked up my bag and left the room, going to the library. I went made it to the library at about the same time Harry had. I smiled at him and we made our way to our usual table.
I opened my mouth to say something, but he beat me to it. "Sorry about yesterday, but you know how it is."
I was confused slightly. "What do you mean?"
He looked up at me, "At the shrieking shack. I threw the snowballs at you and then I pulled you towards the shack."
I smirked, "You also terrified Crabbe and Goyle."
"They don't matter as much. But I truly am sorry about what I did to you." He blushed and I smiled at him.
We worked on our essays, I finished before him and so I helped him finish. We separated shortly after we finished the essays.
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I watched with Crabbe and Goyle at the top of the hill to Hagrid's. I turned when I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and faced the trio. Insulting them, then Granger threw her wand at me angrily threatening me with it.
Harry spoke up, "Hermione no!"
Weasel spoke as against her as well. She lowered her wand and turned away. I let out a relieved chuckle. And she turned back and hit me in the nose. My head hit the stone we had been hiding against. That hurt. Crabbe and Goyle panicked and ushered me back to the castle. As I passed Harry, he gave me an apologetic look. I nodded and carried on.
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I looked around the Great Hall for Harry. I didn't see him but I heard rumors that he was up in the hospital wing. I suppressed a groan. He was up there again!
After breakfast, I went up to the hospital wing to see if the rumors were true. I stopped outside the hospital wing. The doors were open and I saw the back of Granger's head and the mop of red on the bed. I shifted a bit and saw Harry talking to Weasel. He looked up when he was done talking, he saw me and said something to Granger.
I moved away from the doorway so she couldn't see me. I could still see the Trio, but they couldn't see me. I watched as Harry approached me, taking in his dark mess of hair, his semi-tanned skin. His beautiful emerald eyes watched where he was going.
I looked away from him, feeling a flutter in my stomach. I walked a bit aways away from the door and leaned against a pillar and waited for Harry to come out.
"Hey Draco," He said as soon as he saw me.
I nodded and waited for him to be standing next to me. "Hey," I said, my voice low in volume.
Harry hesitated, his eyes darkened. He blinked his eyes a couple of times, as if to clear his thoughts. He smiled at me weakly.
"So, how long away did Granger give you?" I asked keeping my voice quiet.
He smirked. "I told her and Ron I was going for a walk, and that I might be in the library studying for the final exams. They just nodded and let me go."
I smiled. "Well, shall we?"
He nodded.
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We considered going to the lake, but it was so nice out that there was a lot of people at the lake already.
So we went to the library which was practically empty. We went to our usual table, we started giggling when we remember neither of us had brought stuff to study.
We dealt without, we weren't bored as we chatted about numerous amounts of stuff. We realized it was getting late, and that we would have to separate soon. I stretched and stood up. Harry was still seated.
He looked up at me. "Draco, can I ask you something?"
I raised my eyebrow and nodded. He bit his lip, then ran a hand through his hair. I worried for a moment about his question.
He stood and looked at me, into my eyes as if searching for an answer to the question he hadn't asked yet. He leaned closer to me, and I realized that he had suddenly become very close to me and that I wasn't uncomfortable with it. "Don't hate me," He whispered.
I raised an eyebrow again as he crashed his lips to mine. I reacted without thinking, wrapping my arms around his waist, closing my eyes and kissing him back after a moment's hesitation. I felt his hand touch my face. Then he broke the kiss. I kept my eyes closed as he pulled out from my arms.
I bit my lip, he would hate me for reacting the way I had. Stupid crush. Just because I have had feelings for him since we first met doesn't mean he returns the feelings.
I opened my eyes. I wasn't surprised he had left, but I felt like I had been rejected again, like it was the very first week of school all over again.
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We finished our exams, and Professor McGonagall let us talk for the rest of the class period. I looked over to Harry, he hadn't spoken to me since we kissed. I looked around the room for a moment. I saw a charmed paper swan fly over to me. I caught it and opened it to read it.
-Library. Usual place. After dinner tonight.-
I looked over to Harry. He wasn't looking at me, but talking to Granger and Weasel. I charmed the paper, so that it showed the original message only to Harry and that it also showed an insulting message to anyone who tried to read it.
I got up and walked over to Harry. Clearing my throat I said, "What is the meaning of this, Potter?"
I saw Weasel look at the note, "Clearly it is meant as some sort of insult, Malfoy."
"Shove off, Weasel." I glared at him before returning my gaze to Harry. "Well, Potter. What is the meaning of this?"
He looked at me, "The meaning is exactly what it says."
I nodded and walked away.
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I walked into the library and headed to Harry's and my usual table. I suddenly got nervous, but I masked my features when I saw Harry sitting at the table.
I sat down next to him. I waited for him to make eye contact with me. It took a bit of waiting before he actually responded.
"Hey." I blinked at him, that was it?
I returned the 'hey' though. He met my gaze. "So you remember last week?" I nodded and he continued. "Well, the question I was going to ask, was how would you feel if I did that?"
I nodded, "Well, I'm glad you didn't ask it." He gave me a look of confusion. I placed my hand on his cheek, leaning closer to him. "I probably would have lied, and not told you how I truly felt about it. But if I recall correctly, I did kiss back. And if you don't recall that," I leaned in close to him, our lips a hair's breath away. "It felt like this."
I kissed him. His eyes fluttered shut, and he returned the kiss. It lasted longer than the first time, and when we broke apart, we were breathing heavy.
I opened my eyes and saw him staring at me with dark green eyes. "So, you would have lied about that?" He whispered smirking. I nodded, feeling light headed and dazed.
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I watched as a couple of owls flew in carrying what looked like a broom. They headed for Harry. I glanced at him he met my gaze before he was mobbed by people wanting to see his new broom.
I left the Great Hall and went out to the court yard.
I was standing outside as Harry came out leading the crowd of people and carrying the new broom. I watched as he climbed on it and sped off. It was a Firebolt. I smirked as he let out a whoop high in the air. Maybe he would be able to use it this summer.
(hope you enjoyed. Chapter four will be out between now and Thursday. -Luvs Cassy.)
