A/N: I can't say sorry enough for the typos, I really tried my hardest to remove them all..T_T

So how did you find chapter 5? There's so much drama in there right? Guess everyone now knows that things have changed between them ヽ(^。^)ノ

Disclaimer: I bought Harry Potter...nah, just kidding!

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Chapter 6 - Emotions

What did I just say?!

What's with that cheesy line?!

'Want to be my sleeping princess?'?!

Come on Draco, you can do better than that!

My inner demons kept arguing in my head. One wants to become sweet and the other likes to be cocky. Ugh, what the bloody hell?! This is what Granger currently makes me feel. I want to tease her, I want to make her smile..it's driving me crazy!

"Really, Malfoy?" she said, her eyebrows raised, her face quizzical.

"If you don't want..then I can be the princess"

What? What the hell is wrong with you?! Can't you think of other things to say? Merlin, I really want to slam my head down on the table. I can't think straight, my stomach is still churning, it reaches my chest and throat. Feels like there's a filter in my throat that selects cheesy lines that my uncontrollable mouth explicitly spats out.

"..uh..sure..if you really liked being the princess...I'll write it here and send it to the professor..."

I somewhat heard her say, but I was busy battling with myself that all I did there was sit and smile at her. Trying very hard not to show her my inner argument.

"Now that's done, I have here the list of the ones taking the sleeping potion..

"...Potter, Blaise, Smith, Finnigan, Greengrass and Malfoy.." I heard the professor say.

Malfoy...Malfoy...

Did I hear that right? I facepalmed in my head. Damn it..This is what happens when I don't focus. Now the positions I intended for us to portray are mixed up! Way to go there dumbass...

"Hey, you still in there?" She said to me as I was in a daze.

"Uh yeah.." I smiled. I've got to keep it together. We've a lot on our hands right now.

I calmed my inner demons. Breathing in and out.

"Um..I'll be going to Advanced Arithmancy class now" she said, "you have Alchemy right?"

"Yeah.." I said. Why does the time fly so fast these days. I hardly get to see her. Especially now that she has prefect duties, it's hard to talk to her alone.

She smiled at me "Why the long face, Malfoy. Don't you forget, you are to accompany me tonight in my patrol."

She grabbed her things and stood up, "See you later." she waved and went to Weasley and Potter.

Weasley..on his outburst this morning. It's great he calmed down a bit. That's one problem almost gone. Now, I have my own problems to fix.

"See you." I replied and went to Blaise and the gang.

I saw Blaise arguing with Pansy and Greengrass, they were near the classroom doors. Their voices tense.

"Did you two really have to do that?!" Blaise exclaimed.

"What am I supposed to do? She stole him from me!" Pansy said

"We didn't even do much to her!" Greengrass said in defense.

"Yeah right" I said as I arrived in between them. "You slapped her, in the face! You also messed up her hair!" I shouted at Pansy.

The students passing us were whispering, gossiping on to what's the cause of the heated argument.

"Draco!" Pansy turned to me, "You're really on her side now?"

"What's wrong with you, I thought you all have changed?" I replied. "I thought you all want to have a peaceful life now?"

"But..but..." she started crying, I felt bad, she was one of the first friends I had here. They were always there for me, we did mischievous things together with the gang during our younger years. "..You know that I love you...for so long now...why...why her.." she sniffled.

"Are you and Granger an item now, Draco?" Blaise asked.

I sighed, "It's not like that..I..I just need her now...It's hard to explain.."

"..You need her now...so you mean..all this is just temporary?"

"No...I don't know..." It pains me to choose between Granger and my friends, I know this is how she feels right now. But Ron is the only one she's worried about..and I've got..the whole Slytherin house on my shoulder..It's really hard being branded as the bad guys even though we were just doing what was told of us, by our parents.

"She's different...I need her" I said to them.

"And what you need from her..we can't, as your long time friends, could not give?" Blaise asked.

His eyes fixed hard on me. I want to apologize to them. It's not like I did not welcome their help. It's just that I'm more comfortable talking with Granger about all my problems. One cannot just choose which person they want to trust. You just feel it. I felt it with Granger, and right now, I want to be with her. Not as her boyfriend..yet..but she said I got a choice to love her or not. She didn't push me like others did. I like it that she was open for me to decide what I want, which is refreshing to me.

"Blaise..I don't know..I really don't have an explanation to what's happening right now" I said to them, "All this, I acted based on what I currently feel. Therefore if anyone of you are offended by it, please don't take it out on Granger"

I pleaded them, hoping they'll understand. I did not wait for their answers, I want them to think on this hard. Besides, I'm late for Alchemy..and Granger wouldn't like me being late to a class.

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Good thing the others have a different special subject today, only I had to go to Alchemy class. I had a long time to think and argue with my self.

What Pansy said earlier is true, I can share this emotions with them. But, maybe the fact that Granger is on the other side of things..the fact that she is someone who has opposed me since day one..maybe I felt that she won't force me to things, like everyone does on our side, or have been brought up by in the same way.

Being with her is refreshing, like her aura is spreading through me. If she smiles, I smile...I guess it's to the people who you're with that makes you different. If I were to be with the same gloomy people as I have been with for the past seven years, then I think I will never change at all. I'll be in battle with my self all my life. I know when I'm with her, I can change...I can be an approachable person too.

These feelings I have for her now...is this what they call love lr is it only her affection affecting me. If someone else approached me with the same kindness, will I feel this way with them too? Maybe this time...this time...I can talk to others...Being in Alchemy class is a perfect opportunity.

Noticing now..a certain Indian girl is sitting beside me. I think I have seen her in Gryffindor before.

I breathed in. Okay..this is it..relax..just be...uh..be..polite?

I breathed out..right.

I slowly turned to her and said in a low voice, "hey.."

She spun her head towards me in what I can describe as pure utter confusion and shock. I knew she would be surprised that I suddenly talked to her.

"uh.." she mumbled, "..what?"

This is crazy, she must be thinking..Me, talking to her? It's unheard of!

"Can you tell me what the professor said about the philosopher's stone?" I started, "I...didn't quite catch it.."

I really didn't as I was busy with my thoughts.

"..uhm...well..he said that only one known stone which have existed before.." she replied, "..and uh..it was made by one Nicholas Flamel.."

"Oh, is that right.." I said.

"..yeah..uh.." she said, "but it has already been used by Harry last year..you know..when Voldemort killed him"

I didn't know that fact..I just assume Potter was lucky to dodge a killing spell from him when he surprised us all as he sprung back to life.

She seemed nice, I think I can talk to her.

"Thanks for that" I replied.

"It's nothing" she said.

Okay..here I go.."Are you in Gryffindor?" I asked.

She threw me a bewildered look and pointed to her neck tie.

"Oh" I exclaimed, "Ravenclaw". Stupid!

"That was my twin sister you saw, maybe." she said, "I'm Padma and she's Parvati."

Bloody hell, that was really stupid of me. 7 years, and I didn't remember their existence here. Guess I was too pre-occupied of being the bad guy that I displaced all information on my fellow students and just focused on our plot to get Potter.

"Sorry, I missed that part" I smiled. My first smile to another person, besides Granger and my friends.

"You're one crazy person, Malfoy" Padma laughed.

Having that conversation with her made it easy for me to talk to her during class. It was great that we were not in any way caught by the professor.

When class was dismissed, we went out together, talking about what transpired during the lesson and how amazing it was that a person can create something, out of nothing! I mean Alchemy is great, even in Magic, one cannot create out of nothing, there are rules for that. But, hell, Alchemy is just in another level.

We were so engrossed with our talk that I didn't notice we were already by the Great hall.

"It's nice and surprising to have talked with you, Malfoy." she said, "I'll be going to my next class now" she smiled and waved.

"Thanks too" I replied, "see you around."

Smiling to myself that I made one other friend today, I turned towards the 3rd floor stair case to the Advanced Muggle studies class.

Yes, Advanced Muggles studies.

I asked the Headmaster three days ago of I can add the subject to my electives, as I wished to broaden my mind about how Granger has been brought up outside the wizarding world. Of course, I didn't tell Professor McGonagall about my ulterior motives, but she was quite surprised and pleased at the same time.

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On my way there, I saw a familiar bushy haired girl sourcing her bag for Merlin knows what, and seeming that she still can't find what she was looking for, she took out her wand from pocket and exclaimed, "Accio hair band."

And zooming into her hand was a black hair band which she immediately used to tie up her hair.

"Ugh, it's became this messy!"

"Tying up your hair like that is nice" I said as I came up to her. I can't help but smile at how cutely irritated she looked.

She looked at me, dumfounded.

"Malfoy! Wh-what are you doing here?"

'I came here to be with you' is what I want to say. But not wanting to creep her out, I replied, "I'm going to class."

Her brows furrowed, "Class? But the only class here is—

Smirking to myself as I knew how brilliant this have turned out, I walked past her to the classroom door, "I don't want to be late Granger."

I heard her walk in a hurry behind me as she called, "Wait for me, you cunning little brat!"

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"You know, it's interesting" I said as we watched the stillness of the lake.

After Muggle studies, I asked Granger to go with me by the lake to talk about our Potions task, seeing that it'd be a great opportunity to talk to her about what had happened this morning with Pansy and Greengrass, as well as for me having found a new friend.

"What is?" she asked.

"The muggle world" I replied.

Her eyes widened, "You think so?" she asked me.

"Well...yeah.." I said "I kind of want to see that box thing you use to send mails"

She looked bemused, "You want to see a mobile phone?"

"Is that what you call it?" I asked.

"You know, I have one of those back at home" She laughed.

"Then..I might just pay you a visit during the holidays" I said to her.

She smiled at me again, Merlin, I never get tired of seeing her. "Might as well prepare yourself for that, Malfoy."

I will most definitely sure will. I told myself.

I laid on my back, feeling the soft green grass beneath me. The cold breeze as dusk begins swept through us.

I gathered my strength and turned to Granger, her hand was near mine. My fingers inched towards it, and slowly, I held it softly within my grasp.

I was afraid to see her expression to the sudden move I made, so I just focused my eyes on our now intertwined hands and said, "I'm sorry for what happened."

"..No...It's alright." I heard her say.

She shuffled a little in her place and started to lie down on the grass. Our bodies shoulder to shoulder now.

"I explained everything to them" I said, "I tried to make them understand...that...I want to change

"That I think I have a better chance of it being done..when I'm with you."

I turned my body to face her and my hand touch the part of her cheek where Pansy had slapped her. She turned to me too, her eyes softly looking into mine.

"Malfoy..just remember.." she started, "I do not want you to lose your friends over you friendship with me."

I sighed, I knew she would say that, but hearing it from her made me feel relieved. She knew the importance of having your friends support your every endeavor.

"Yeah..." I whispered.

A few minutes passed by as the two of us lay silent. That I suddenly remembered to tell her that I made a new friend.

"I made a new friend today" I said.

Her face turned to me, her eyes sparkling in excitement, "You did?!" Her smile beaming across her face as she sat up.

"It's one of the Patil twins from Ravenclaw." I said while sitting up too, "I wanted to try talking to somebody, and perfectly, I knew few Slytherins who signed up for Alchemy."

"Oh my god, Draco Malfoy, that's wonderful!" she clapped her hands over her lips.

Hearing her say my name, I felt my stomach churn again, in a good way. I know that the one thing I wanted to try since we talked intimately, is for her to call me by my name.

"Draco..." I said in a low voice.

"Hmm?"

"Call me, Draco" I asked her.

She smiled at me and raised her eyebrows, "You want me to call you what?"

"Come on, it's not like we're strangers now" I explained, "you call your friends by their first names, right?"

I felt my heart race. My eyes traced her lips. Recalling how my lips touched her soft ones, how moist and sweet they are. How warm they feel against mine. I am trying my hardest not to pull her into my arms and just dive into her all out. There it is again, I don't know if it's just the hormones or actual love.

She breathed out, "okay...I know this is gonna sound weird.."

I smiled at her and said, "Try me."

She inhaled, and in one fell swoop she said, "Draco!"

Merlin! At the sound of her saying my name, I felt a wide grin plastered on my face.

"That.." I started "..My name..sounds so good, when you're the one saying it."

She laughed and pushed me a little, "What?! You're overreacting!"

"No, I'm not" My face became serious and I glued my eyes on her. I saw a blush forming on her face as she tried to avert my eyes. But I cupped her face and moved closer to her.

I inhaled her scent as I drew close to her, I felt her pulse racing over my hand. Her breathing, getting heavier. I closed my eyes.

Then I felt them. Her soft lips against mine again. I started as gently as I can, so that I can immediately stop myself if she resisted.

I'm glad she didn't.

I felt her hand rest over mine, then slowly moved to my cheeks. She is liking this as much as I am.

Her scent is driving me crazy, wild! I felt all the blood rising to my face as the pace of our kiss got faster. I feel like an entirely different person who doesn't care if someone sees us. Hell, we were out in the open!

My craving for her intensified and I can't help myself to just try to push this a little further.

Bit by bit I started to lick her lips in between kisses. She twitched a little and I somewhat heard a soft whimper from her.

Merlin! My hormones!

My tongue traced her soft lips, they're so soft...It's like an addiction.

I can't stop any longer.

I moved my hands to the back of her neck, my fingers intertwined with bits of her hair. Then I pulled her closer as I slowly inserted my tongue into her mouth.

It was much warmer than her lips, much wetter and sensual.

For a second I thought she'd back away, but I felt her hand grasp my arm, then her threaded up my hair and she caressed it until she found a spot where she grabbed some of my locks.

I felt her moan softly as our tongues battled, the mixture of our saliva brought an erotic urge in me which told me to push a little further, more...more...

Still kissing her and caressing her hair, I pushed her down the grass, breaking our kiss.

I looked at her for a second. I raised her hands on the side of her head and held it with mine. Her brown locks sprawled over the grass. It seemed that I pulled her hair band on the event.

My eyes melted with her as we looked at each other. She was breathing heavily. Her face was so red, her eyes glittering as the rising moon reflected on it.

She looks so beautiful. Her skin was glowing from the light of the moon, I felt its softness as I caressed her cheek with the back of my hand. I stopped by her chin and held it, slowly moving in closer to her to gently kiss her on the lips.

"I'm sorry" I whispered as I lifted my face and looked to her, "I got carried away..."

A tear trickled down her eyes, she sniffed and just as I was about to apologise to her again, she bolted upwards and tied her arms around my neck.

"No, I'm sorry too!" She exclaimed, "I know we don't have anything between us..

"..But...I can't help it too...

"..Draco...I love you so much! I love you so much, Draco Malfoy!

"..I wanted to be yours..I wanted you to be mine alone...I'm so selfish! I'm so sorry...

"..I'm so sorry, Draco..."