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The train ride was peaceful, at least while the pair of teenagers slept. Draco was comforted by having Deserae in his arms, and she was happy at being held; it kept the nightmares at bay. They don't know who woke up first but when they did, they both blushed and searched for a topic to talk about, although they still lay in each others' arms.
"Des, want to try the Patronus again? I'll be here to help this time." Draco suggested eventually, he smiled at his still sleep dazed friend, who nodded in response. "Right, up we get then. Come on, up." He laughed merrily at her disgruntled expression.
"No. Comfy; Stay." She ordered him; it just made him laugh more. He shook his head, also reluctant to get up. He decided someone needed to make them move, and he would be that person.
"Up before I tickle you." He said deviously, narrowing his eyes and tauntingly sneering at her. Deserae's eyes widened and she went to move from their entangled bodies until Draco lunged for her, lightly tickling her slim waist. Draco would later say she hadn't moved fast enough, but honestly, since he'd come to terms with his crush, he was going to great lengths to get as close to his friend as possible. Seeing they were best friends, it wasn't that hard to make excuses if she started asking about it.
Her laughter filled the compartment and it washed through Draco, making his heart swell at how it sounded. Sure the way to make her laugh like that was quite torturous but she was laughing, and boy did he love her laugh. His fingers slowly stopped tickling and she collapsed against him, still giggling occasionally. He smiled and let his hands rest by her side, so they were softly touching her waist but not obviously to her.
"You're evil; Draco Malfoy and you will bloody pay for that!" She chided him and laughed menacingly, Draco's gut twisted and his heart beat slightly faster. Whatever revenge she would take, it would either be painful or embarrassing.
"Oh Merlin's frilly granny bloomers; I'm sorry! I bought you food though! You have to forgive me!" He gave her his best puppy dog eyes and his lower lip protruded slightly pouting. Draco's sad face was beyond sad, it was heart breaking and Draco knew this. He took pride in his sad face, and if it didn't stop her oncoming slaughter, nothing would.
Her best friend pouted and widened his silvery eyes at her and her heart jumped. It was a very sad face, even though she knew he was kidding around, it slightly upset her. She wouldn't be able to look at that face another moment without crying.
She shook her head at him and stood up, slowly slinking over to the food on the other bench sofa. The prat got chocolate frogs, how can I not forgive him? She thought to herself. She saw him smile and relax back into the plush seat. She opened the chocolate frog and took a bite of it without hesitation or looking at the card. She sat munching away staring out the window at the rushing scenery, still thinking of the upcoming Dementor visit until a hand touched her knee.
Her head whipped round and her eyes met with Draco's. He was giving her the 'I-know-what-you're-thinking-about' look, a mix of scolding and pity. She smiled lightly and shook her head.
"Let's practice Dray. Or else I'm going to sleep and leaving you and Zabini to deal with the Dementors." She said calmly, though the hint of a joke laced her words. She swallowed the last of the chocolate, and then frowned.
"I'm guessing my wand is somewhere on the ground?" She raised her eyebrow at her blonde friend and then her eyes scanned the ground for her Redwood wand. They finally rested on the thin twisted wood at the corner. She smiled, stood and stooped to pick it up.
Get your mind out of the gutter Draco! Don't let her pick anything else up. Unless you enjoy perving on your best friend? His mind whispered and taunted him, and Draco had to shake his head clear. He stood quickly and reached for his wand as well.
"Well, get thinking Blondie!" Deserae smirked at Draco's rather dazed expression, but he mutely nodded. Deserae again thought of the first night with him and his beautiful eyes; she cocked her head and looked into his misty steel grey eyes as Draco searched for his own memory. Once he nodded again she smiled and raised her wand above waist height.
"Expecto Patronum!" The pair said together, both smiling at each other as the mist from their wands began the miniature whirlpool and spun in time. Their eyes caught and both could see the spark lying below the surface of the grey and blue irises.
They began to feel faint after a few moments and they cut the spell off then ungracefully flopped onto the bench sofas.
"So... much... effort!" Deserae managed to grumble, before slowly reaching for her beloved chocolate. She passed some to Draco- well more threw it at his face, not really bothering to aim for his mouth- and slumped back onto the comfortable material.
"Well I rather enjoyed it, and I would say our Patronus' are pretty well done. I know we wouldn't have time for a nap but I would enjoy a lie down. God I feel like an old person!" Draco laughed and relaxed into a more comfortable lying position on his couch.
"Mm, yes, a nap wouldn't be bad. If you want you can, I'm going to practice for a while longer. Don't worry mother, I'll break in between to rendezvous with my sweet chocolate and books. Oh I'm reading a great classic right now, it's about this guy- his brother died, and so did his dad- and he's in love with the king's future wife- are you even listening to me, you prat?" Deserae prattled on until she saw Draco's eyes drooping and his breathing slow into an even rhythmic pattern. She shook her head and reached for her fallen book, flicking through the pages, stopping to read some interesting parts.
Draco fell asleep listening to Deserae's musical voice ramble on about her love of books and chocolate, something he had learned in his first week of knowing her. His dream was simple, he held his beautiful best friend in his arms, and she was looking at him, then looking down at her left hand to a gleaming diamond embedded silver band. This surprised him, but he quite liked the thought of them ending up together.
His dream continued, their entwined bodies surrounded by a shining white light and as they smiled at each other, something seemed to stir within their eyes, and they shone too. Draco's silver eyes reflected the stunning white light like diamonds and Deserae's blue eyes seemed to absorb every ounce of light the room had, and expel it tenfold; showing off the lapis lazuli and topaz flecks within the azurite blue pools. It was the most heart-breaking beautiful sight to Draco. Just them holding each other; engagement ring upon his best friend's finger; her looking so happy to be here, with him, and as always gorgeous. Her hair was splayed over her shoulders and down her sides.
The dream Draco and Deserae moved to the invisible ground, almost like they were floating. They still held each other, but their clutched hands now rested on Deserae's abdomen, cradling her stomach.
Draco didn't get a chance to figure out why they were doing that when he was woke by someone. They were pressing his back up to the backrest of the bench, shifting him onto his side and sliding into his previous space, so he was wrapped over the back of their body. I knew she wanted to nap, and I'm as cuddly as a teddy bear! Heh! He thought with a mental smirk, as he pretended to be asleep still.
He carefully shifted his body enough to conspicuously drape his arm over the small girl's waist, almost pulling her to him tighter. He heard a soft moan from her and he couldn't help smile. Again he gently tugged her with his arm from round her waist, pulling her into the embrace more securely. Images of his peaceful dream flitted behind his eyelids, but sleep did not claim him again, and he revelled in having his friend in his arms safely once more.
Deserae did in fact practice the Patronus Charm, quite a bit more. She felt drained, emotionally, and physically. Her mind couldn't put up with the strain of fading in and out of consciousness every ten minutes, and her body felt like she had ran five miles, forgot to stretch and fell asleep on the rocky ground.
She shook her head, after slumping on the soft seat and stared at her sleeping best friend. His usual haughtiness was eradicated, leaving a peaceful, slight smile on his lips. His pale face showed his almost feminine cheek bones, although his piercing grey eyes refused to be seen as anything like a woman's. Her eyes raked every inch of him. From his tousled platinum blonde hair, that now cascaded his face, flicking into his closed eyes. How badly she wanted to reach out and softly brush it from his beautiful face was ignored and she continued to examine him carefully as she regained some physical strength and comfort.
His pale cheeks were paired with a perfect straight nose, with a little button tip, and pale rose pink lips. They were pouted slightly as he smiled in his sleep, and Deserae wanted to show him how soft her lips were, and she wanted to see if his were soft too. What are you thinking? He is your friend! You are not supposed to be involved with anyone anyhow. Remember what Narcissa taught you, for the love of Merlin's great granny pants! She mentally chided herself. Somehow, she couldn't bring herself to care all that much.
She slowly stood from her bench and shrugged out of her outer robe, for she was getting too warm. Underneath the fitted black robes she had worn a trademark blue top, though it had a sweetheart neckline and straps. She rolled her shoulders and stretched her tired muscles.
She slowly moved her exhausted body to his bench and almost shoved him over, as gently as she could, and took his space at the front of the sofa. Draco's arm was lain straight out and she rested her head on it and relaxed into the soft material couch. She felt rather surprised when Draco shifted and his arm was slung over her hip and his hand hovered close to her stomach. She let out a sort of sigh moan, as her body moulded into his and relaxed further, lulling her into a daze. She was rather startled, but did not move from her comfortable position when his arm pulled her closer into him, her back arched into his toned abdomen.
She soon fell asleep, no dreams, no nightmares. Perfectly happy being cradled while she slept in his arms again. She knew she wouldn't have this luxury when in Hogwarts, because of separate dormitories, so she enjoyed it while she could. Though, how she would manage the nightmares once again, she did not know, frankly, she did not care much either.
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I know it's kind of boring, but it's cute and aw :3
It's also quite repetitive, don't worry that is due to change.
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