Title: Daunting
Pairing: Harry and Draco
POV: Draco
Summary: I knew in the end I would fight for him, kill for him and probably die for him, but I didn't care because he saved me from my worst possible enemy…myself.
Rating: T for now
Disclaimer: I do not own harry potter if I did I would not be on here doing this.
Author notes: Hello everyone, this is a warming to just say now's the time some sensitive issues are going to start. Warnings of abuse in relationships and some language.
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Chapter 10
A month had passed since "The first date!" and I could honestly say I had never felt more relaxed, calm, myself. He somehow brought out the best in me, I could see my whole future just shining in his eyes, and he looked at me like he could see my heart just pounding out of ….
"OI, Malfoy, I've been talking to you for the past 5 minutes and you have not heard one single word have you?" Blaise shoved my shoulder, nocking me successfully out of my thoughts.
"That's cause you're so bloody boring," I snapped back at him. He laughed outwardly at that, earning him a stern look from McGonagall, they were currently meant to be studying for exams but were having a hard time going about it.
"Seriously, stop thinking about him for two minutes and just listen," I nodded, set my quill down and faced my best friend, turning in my seat, I guess I had been a little distracted lately.
Blaise didn't say anything straight away, he just looked down at the desk in front of him for a moment before looking back up and then back down, all very odd.
"What's up Blaise?" I asked curiously.
"I know your all in love and stuff now but your friends kind of miss you," he said after a while.
I couldn't believe this; I was with him now wasn't I? "What do you mean? We hang out all the time still."
"No we don't, I only see you if he's busy, what about Ginny? Or Hermione? Or Ron? Do you see any of them?" he asked softly, not looking me directly in the eye.
"Well no but, I …"
"I'm not saying you should see less of him Dray but a little more of us would be nice."
*Page Break*
"He said what?" Seamus yelled at me, I had just finished explaining what Blaise had confessed to me
"I guess he's right Shea," I spoke softly, hoping that the other boys temper wouldn't flare any more than it already was.
"Right? Right? You think that absolute twat is right?" he took a step towards me.
"Hey, what's all this about hey? I'm not saying I'm going to spend less time with you am I? I'm just saying that I do want to see my friends more," he said nothing for a few moments, just looked at me intensely, before he suddenly took another step towards me, I forced myself to stay still and not move as he moved closer.
He continued to stare at me for a few moments before he smiled softly, "Sorry I'm being a twat lately," he said as he brought his arms up to wrap comfortably around my waist, I stepped closer to rest my head on his shoulder, "You can see your mates any time want baby, I'm just being jealous."
*Page break*
He grabbed my waist and walked me back to the wall, his lips never leaving mine, I moaned, hoping he would give me something of what I wanted.
I brought my hands up to rest on his shoulders, but before I could bring them up any further, maybe to run through his hair, he caught both my wrists in a tight grip and slammed them high above my head onto the stone wall behind me.
"Now, now, be good," He smirked.
*Page break*
"Are you happy?" Ginny asked me suddenly, I looked up from my bench, the cold stinging my face as I look over to the younger girl. We were sitting by the lake, the weather cold but the company pleasant.
I thought about her question for a moment, "Why wouldn't I be happy?"
"I just wondered that's all," she went back to looking out to the icy waters but I did not stop looking at her.
"Gin, why aren't you with Potter?" the question came from nowhere.
"Why so interested in my love life all of a sudden?" she laughed but I could tell it was hollow.
"I just thought you were a thing that was all," I looked out towards the water, wondering why I wanted to know so badly, why it interested me as much as it apparently did.
"He doesn't know what he wants, he thought he wanted me but I wasn't fooled, I'm not stupid, nor am I a little girl anymore that can be tricked into believing things that aren't real you know," I nodded the only indication that I had heard her at all, "he'll realise what he wants one day."
*Page break*
Hermione smiled at me from across the table as we watched Ginny and Blaise flirt. I'm not sure if either party knew they were doing it but me and know-it-all did. We watched intently as Blaise tried to impress and Ginny cling on with every word, I watched fascinated as the red head looked to my best friend with low eyes and a soft smile, I watched the boy I had grew up with glow brighter in the with her attention, looking more alive than I had ever before seen him.
It made me wonder did I look the same. Did my eyes shine that brightly? Did I look so happy and content just to be in his presence?
I knew the answer before I had even finished the question.
I went back to my work, suddenly darkened by the mood set in my head.
There was a bang that sounded near the door; I looked up from me work, distracted by the sudden noise, I looked up to see Potter standing by the door, he was glancing across the room to where we were sitting, he looked around at us one by one until he got to me, we locked gazes from across the room and for a second I stopped breathing, for one moment he didn't look at me as though I were the bane to his existence, for one moment he looked at me and he saw just me, just like a was seeing just him.
I was suddenly pulled from his gaze by the feeling of a hard hand pressed against my knee, gripping tightly; I ripped my gaze away from the-boy-who-lived and focused once again on my work. The hand on my leg relaxed but I would not let myself, a silly slip would be the end of me and I knew it.
*Page break*
"I love you," he exclaimed it so suddenly that I almost didn't hear it, I looked up to the sandy haired Irish boy, and he grinned at me.
"I love you to," I said. It was times like these in which I could forgive his temper, his harsh attitude and snide words, it was times like these where no one but us mattered. Times like these which I lived for, the times when he looked at me and I knew he felt what I felt.
"Are you happy," was I happy? Could I lie? Would he know?
"Yes."
*Page break*
"Can I ask you a question?" Seamus stopped his action of running his fingers through my hair when I piped up to ask the question.
"Sure."
"Why don't I ever see you with Dean? Or Ron? Or Harry? Do you not want to hang around with your friends anymore?" I asked the question cautiously, not sure want reaction may bring. After a few tense minutes, the Irish boy resumed running his fingers through blond locks, it was oddly soothing, not a feeling I was at all use to when around the taller boy.
"I just think that spending time with you is more important."
Liar.
*Page break*
Seamus stormed up the Hogwarts steps while I trailed somewhat behind him, I had given up trying to catch up the seething Irish, he obviously
"Shea, what's up?" I asked him confused, he continued to storm down the corridor and I continued to follow him.
Students shrank away from the angry Irish boy as he stormed passed them.
"You were looking at him," I was so confused I had no idea what to say, he was being ridiculous, I almost laughed. He had stormed into a secluded corridor and that was when he slowed to a stop and turned around to face me.
"I wasn't looking at anyone, you're being silly ," I regretted it as soon as it left my mouth.
The slap echoed around the room and I raised a hand up to feel the sting that lingered on my cheek, I cast my eyes to the other boy, the one that I trusted and cared for, he stared back at me coldly.
"Never say that again," and I could do nothing but nod.
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