Chapter 4: Reactions

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"I'm going home for Christmas."

"Oh, well I'll be going home too, so…"

There was a pause while an unsettling expression flicked thought his eyes, Hatred, fear and then determination. He shook his head and planted a small smile on his face.

"I won't be able to see you till we get back, but I'll write everyday okay."

I just smiled, I still can't believe he loves me. I don't think I'll ever get use to knowing it.

"Well, I'm going to go to bed now. See you in the morning okay."

"Okay"

He leaned in and gave me a quick peek on the cheek before heading upstairs to his dormitory.

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The train ride home was… quiet. Rosella had decided to remain at Hogwarts, so it was just me and Draco in our compartment. Draco seemed to be daydreaming, he didn't notice at all when I sat down next to him and slipped my hand into his. It took me saying his name three times before he looked at me, and even then it seemed he couldn't see me. I gave him a small shake and whispered his name in his ear. At that he looked at me in surprise while franticly blinking. He stared at me for a minute or two before suddenly launching him himself at me and attacking my lips with his. I didn't react for a second as he had taken me completely by surprise. He usually only kissed me on the cheek, only sometimes on the lips and never with this much passion or haste. When I started to kiss back, with just as much passion might I add, he started to ease me into laying down on the seats , while he leaned over me. I didn't notice for a while, until I felt something hard rub against my inner thigh. My senses come flooding back to me as I gently push him off me. We sat there breathing heavily and staring at each other. Me with confusion, and him with, well, lust.

"I'm sorry Astoria, I - I don't know what got into me."

"It's ok, I was just.. Surprised , that's all."

He gave me another of his small smiles. "Come here."

And there I stayed, laying in his arms for the rest of the trip home.

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Only three days had passed since I had arrived home, and already I was desperate to get away from my parents. Daphne had let it slip to them that I was currently dating Draco, so of course nothing is too good for me now, I get whatever I want, no matter what it is. As great as this sounds, I despise my parents sudden attention as it's only because I have 'made them proud", think I preferred them ignoring me.

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Draco was even more quite on the train back. He looked, well, hagged. He'd gotten paler, if that was even possible, and had defiantly lost a little weight. He refused to speak after saying hello, but never allowing me out of his reach. It seemed he had to have contact with some part of me at all times, it was scaring me slightly. He'd never acted this dependent on anyone like this before as far as I knew.

A/N: yeah, it's been a long year since I updated. A lot happened, but yeah, I finally got round to updating :D

SiF xox