Chapter 12 : Paris

The rest of the trip was really great. Pari made us go to some football matches when we were in Spain. In fact, she was begging us to go to a match since we got to Germany. But we just dismissed her. But in Spain, we decided to give it a try. So, somehow, we managed to get the tickets to a match. I was told that getting tickets could be a difficult task. When we watched the match I was pleasantly surprised.

Football was something like Quidditch. Only people were not flying around on broom. There was only one ball, almost the size of a quaffle. Okay, there were many differences in between the games. But the energy in the stadium reminded me of the energy that was there in school before and during the game. So, this game had 11 players on each side. There's one goalkeeper who's like a keeper in Quidditch. There are three defenders - they are like the beaters. There are four players on the forward and three players are called midfielders – they are like the chasers. I was told that the player positions change as per the game strategy except, of course, the goalkeeper. The game was good. Blaise and Theo fell in love with. The girls enjoyed watching the players running around in shorts.

And now, here we are, in Paris. The last stop! We just reached Paris. We decided to come to Paris tonight so tomorrow, we wake up fresh and start enjoying Paris. In Paris, we were staying at the Malfoy Villa. The villa overlooked the Seine. You could see the Eiffel tower as well. It was a spectacular view. Like the girls mentioned, there's just something about Paris. I knew, this is it! If I had to make a move on Pari, I had to make it now. Because once school starts, I don't think, I'll be able to give her much time. This is our N.E.W.T year. I'm hoping that I beat Granger at least this time. Even if, I don't manage to score better than her, I want to work hard and get straight Os. I want to get into 'Healer's Academy' and that is possible only if I manage to get good scores.

Next morning. We visited the Louvre. The museum took up so much of our time and yet we were not able to see the entire museum. We had to take breaks in between to eat and then we would go back again. We did that until closing time. Then we went to one of the bistros and had some sandwiches and coffee.

"Let's go and check out the Eiffel Tower. I've been there so many times but I still love going there." Trace suggested.

"Anything you want, love." Ad agreed and made Trace blush.

Everybody wanted to go there. We decided to apparate to the nearest apparition point and then walk to our destination. Every place, I looked there was at least one couple walking around holdings like nothing else mattered. There were people kissing each other. Millie and Greg and Ad and Trace walked hand in hand. The rest of us were talking and walking ahead of the 'couples' to give them their 'Paris time'. All of a sudden Blaise and Theo offered their hands to Daph and Pans respectively, Daph and Pans eyes them suspiciously.

"We are in Paris, we might as well have some fun, though we are not dating." Blaise smirked as he said that. Daph smiled and gave him his hand.

"What's your reason, Theo?" Pans said.

He looked a little scared when Pans asked him that, "Ummm…the same reason…"

"Not good enough for me." Pans said flatly.

"We're going to the Eiffel Tower, don't you want to be with somebody there? Do you want to go there alone?" Theo teased her.

She looked at me from the corner of her eyes and said, "Somebody, yes! But not with you, Theo. So, bugger off!"

"Uhh…feeling a little lonely in the city of love, are we?" He continued teasing her. She glared at him. "Okay, fine. I'm sorry. You don't have to get angry. Come on, I'm just trying to have a little fun. Neither of have anyone else but each other. Pans, be kind enough and allow me the pleasure your company and escort you to the Eiffel Tower." He said dramatically.

She laughed, "We, Slytherins can't do anything without the dramatics, can we?"

"Wouldn't be Slytherins, if dramatics weren't involved." Theo winked at her.

She gave him her hand like she was doing him a great favour. "You better make this worthwhile or else you'll pay later." She threatened him.

Now that she was leading her, he didn't look scared, "Don't worry, I don't intend for it to be worthwhile." He smirked at her.

This exchange left me confused. I didn't know if I was supposed to hold her hand as well. Damn Blaise and Theo and their dramatics! I looked at Pari from the corner of my eyes and saw that even she was thinking along the same lines. I mean, holding hands subconsciously was completely different from doing it consciously. I took a breath and said, "Shall we?" I offered my hand.

"We shall." She smiled and put her hand in my hand. We walked in silence. Though, we were holding hands the moment of awkwardness was still around. We reached the tower. We stood there for a while just to admire the tower. We went up the tower. The real couples and the fake couples were standing in separate points and admiring the view in front of them. We chose out spot and stood there, taking in everything. We put our hands on railings and stood there. This silence was comfortable. Slowly, we got closer to each other. It was like the city itself was conspiring to bring Pari and I together. I, casually, put my hand around her shoulder. She didn't show any signs of discomfort. I could feel that spark ignite again.

"So, how are you liking Paris?" I enquired.

"I've been here before, you know. I love this city. One of my favourite cities in the world."

She was looking into my eyes and I forgot what I was going ask her. The hand that was on her shoulder, I brought it down to her waist slowly. I could tell she didn't want to stop me. As soon as, my hand went down to her waist, we faced each other. Looking at her, I knew, words need not be spoken. I pulled her closer, if that was even possible. She put her hands on my chest but she didn't push me away. I cupped her cheek with my free hand. I lent down to close the distance in between our faces.

I was moving slowly because I wanted her to have the chance to stop me, if she didn't want what I wanted. Our noses were touching. I ran my nose up and down her nose slowly. It made her smile. I smiled at the sight of her smile. I place a small chaste kiss on her lips. At first, her eyes conveyed shock, slowly, they softened down and finally she closed her eyes, waiting. I kissed her with all the passion I could muster. She wrapped her arms around my neck. I didn't have to ask for any sort of permission to deepen the kiss, she let me enter her mouth and deepen the kiss. That's when I realized that this was a trick to dominate me during the kiss. We both continued fighting for dominance.

After a few minutes, we stopped since we heard giggles around us. We saw that the others were watching us. Pari got embarrassed and she buried her head in my chest. Pans was really trying her best to be fine with this. I grinned goofily at my childhood friends. I wrapped my hands around her protectively. "Okay, show's over. Go on now!" I said.

"We thought, we'd come and call you so we can go to some nice restaurant get some dinner. But looks like you have other plans." Blaised smirked 'a Slytherin worthy smirk' at me.

"No…nothing like that." Pari said in a high pitch. She sounded embarrassed.

"Let's go and get some dinner." I announced to save her from any more chagrin.

The other nodded and turned to walk towards the lifts. Pari was just about to move when I stopped her and kissed her again, this time softly. She moaned while I was kissing and that sound traveled through my body. I was turned on. I was tempted to apparate her to my bedroom and do things that would make her moan even more.

Despite, being turned on, I ended the kiss with a soft peck on her lips and her forehead. I only ended it because the others were waiting. I didn't want to make a spectacle of us twice in one day. I held her hand and we walked quickly to catch up with the others.

"We were going to leave the both of you here so you could enjoy the atmosphere here." Theo teased.

"Enough!" Though my tone was hard, there was mirth in my eyes.

We went to have dinner at a restaurant. We had already informed the elves at the villa that we would be eating out. In turn, the elves made us promise that we would eat at the villa at least once before we left. I, honestly, had no clue where we were going or where we were eating. Heck, I didn't even know what I ate for dinner. Wherever we went, I made sure I was holding her hand. I left her hand only when I was eating my food. Even when I was eating, I kept throwing looks at her. She would do the same. At times, she would give me shy smiles and blush.

Somehow, I felt the time was not moving at all. I wanted to grab her and kiss her senseless. Merlin, time, and my friends were all testing my patience. Why can't we eat dinner quickly and go back to the villa. I had a calm expression on my face but inside I was impatient. My impatience had reached limits when my 'so called' friends decided they wanted to chat for a while before we went to bed. I sat for a while, quietly. When I couldn't take it anymore, I got up and told them I was sleepy and I was to going to bed. I left the room and went to my bedroom.

Apparently, Pari didn't get the message since she didn't follow me to my bedroom. I kept waiting, tempted to go and call her. After waiting for thirty minutes, I growled out her name, not sure if she could hear me, though.

"You called me, Master." Pari spoke from right behind me. For a moment, I got scared and jumped.

She was suppressing a smile, "Don't ever do that." I wrapped my arms around her. I started placing little kisses on her face.

She laughed. "Someone's impatient tonight."

"I've been waiting to do this all evening." I said in between kisses. By now, she started placing kisses on my face too. "Enough talk for now." She chuckled. Her eyes had a spark in them. Could I really make someone this happy? I started kissing her. At first, the kisses were slow and soft. Every second, the passion and the need for each other was increasing. She took off my t-shirt. My hands were on her arse. I picked her up and started walking towards the bed.

We fell on the bed. But we didn't break our kiss. I trailed kissed on her neck, jaw and the back of her ear. She moaned and I really could not control myself any longer. One of my hands went under her t-shirt. I felt the soft skin on her abdomen and it moved upwards. I was just a rib away from touching her breast when she stiffen and broke the kiss. She looked a little startled.

"Master, no. I can't do that. I'm sorry, I'm not comfortable with going any further." She said nervously. She wasn't looking at me.

I took a couple of deep breaths to calm myself, "It's okay. You don't have to be sorry. We will not do anything you don't want to. I'm sorry if I startled you." I said sincerely.

She looked at me curiously, "You're not angry, then?"

I looked into her eyes. "Pari, why would I be angry? You don't want to do something, it's totally fine by me. We don't have to rush into this. We have all the time in the world." I paused for a few seconds and continued. "Of course, that last sentence has a completely different meaning to you."

She giggled, "Yes, it does." I kissed her gently. She responded hesitantly at first. "I guess, I should go to bed."

She started to move from the bed and go to her bottle but I held her in my hands and shook my head. "Stay here. Sleep with me?" I requested.

She looked at me for a long time, "Do you have any ulterior motives?"

"I'm not going to lie, Angel. I have many ulterior motives but I assure you, I'm not going to act on them unless you let me."

She beamed at me. "You called me Angel."

"Yes, I did. That is the meaning of your name. Stating the obvious now, are we?" I smirked and she swatted my hand playfully. I pulled on a puppy dog face and said, "So, now that you have physically abused me, will you sleep with me now?"

She tapped her index finger on her chin, pretending to think, "Yes." She smiled at me.

"Thank you." I kissed her. Then I pulled her into my arms and after finding a comfortable position that suited us, we fell asleep.

After a long time, I slept so peacefully.


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