"Potter, do you think you could take your hands off of her for one moment!"
All Harry does is grin at me like he is saying, 'I told you so', I really hate that!
"Draco! Speak softly please, I have a headache."
Harry offers his hand to help me from my seat but Draco just pushes him aside & puts one hand in mine & his other arm behind my back.
"Stop being rude or I'm not going anywhere with you!"
"Sorry Sevara."
He assists me down the corridor to an empty compartment, sits me down & turns to close the door. Once it is shut he looks at me worriedly & asks the most outrageous question.
"Sevara, are you pregnant?"
"WHAT!!!!" I jump up & yell which makes me dizzy & I lose my balance.
"Sevara, what's wrong? Are you ok?"
In his arms I've never felt better but I certainly won't tell him that!
"No you think I'm pregnant! How could you think that I'm only 13!"
"Well, you told Potter that-"
"Oh, bugger! It's a muggle phrase, it doesn't mean that I am. I still forget from time to time that I'm in the wizarding world."
"So, your not?" he asks sheepishly.
"No, I'm not bloody buggering pregnant! I've never even been kissed!" I shout, & then regret because the pain is horrid, as is my embarrassment at my admission of having never been kissed.
"You have never been kissed, Sevara? Why, we should find a way to fix that don't you think?" he says with that grin that makes my stomach do flips!
"Uh.. no… that's ok, really! Is it ok if I sit now? I'm a bit tired." Lair! That's all there is to it, I'm a liar, I'm not tired I just don't think being in his arms is a good idea at the moment.
"Are you ok? You are more pale than usual."
"Yes, I'm fine. I just blacked out for a moment."
I notice him staring at me & I really don't like that so I ask why.
"Oh, just looking at you."
"I can tell that, but why? It's just me, the same, dorky, clutzy, freak I've been for the past 13years of my life."
He crosses the small space between us to hug me & whisper in my ear;
"Sevara, you are so much more. And you are not a freak. You are a rare jewel. I knew that the moment I met you."
I pull back from him to look him in the eyes.
"Oh really! You saw that through the horrid haircut, glasses, & baggy clothes? You are so full of it Draco!" I say laughing softly.
"Full of what? I'm telling you the truth." He says wrapping his arms around me again. Oh boy, I'm in deep, deep trouble.
"Oh, I… uh… umm… Draco…"
We both jump apart like we were doing something we shouldn't be, when we hear a cough from the door way. Thank God it's Harry to the rescue!
"Jasz, we are almost to Hogwarts, you may want to change into your robes." As he hands them to me grinning from ear to ear.
"Thanks." I say jumping up & snatching them from his hands.
"No problem Jasz." He says as he turns to leave.
"Oh, Harry."
"Yeah."
"Not a word."
I turn back to see Draco starring at me once again.
"Will you please stop doing that. You are making me uncomfortable."
"That wasn't my goal. I'm just wondering how many guys I will have to beat off you when we get to school."
"I can tell you that, none."
"You are very wrong, because now they will see what I have seen for the past 3 years. They will want to take you from me." This last part he mumbled as if more to himself than to me.
"Hmph, whatever you say. But no worry's I can handle myself quite well, just ask Crabbe & Goyle. I belong to no one." I say the last part hoping that any ideas he has are squashed.
"I know, I would never dream of saying you belonged to me, you deserve better than that."
And he turns & leaves me to change into my robes.