Slytherins were lounging around the common room, none of them taking notice of Lacie who was curled into the corner of one of the sofas, her book in her hands. The live fire did nothing to warm her as she shivered in the cold that the night had brought but still she never moved from her spot. The rational part of her was telling her to go to bed whilst another part, deep inside of her, was telling her to wait until Draco returned. After being alone for so long it was only natural that she was falling so fast and hard for the Slytherin prince as he was the one that was finally giving her the attention that she deserved.

As it got later people left the common room and headed to their dormitories so that they could sleep or just talk amongst friends from the comfort of their beds. A couple of third year girls were still in the cold room though and were just joking around with each other whilst Lacie's eyelids drooped and her hold on her book became limp. She told herself that she was just going to rest her eyes for a bit but couldn't help as she fell into a light slumber.

Lacie had been asleep for nearly an hour by the time Draco finally entered the common room. He had a new game plan and was going to put it straight into motion but then he noticed the brown haired girl sleeping peacefully on one of the sofas. He couldn't help but smile softly before jogging to his dormitory and hiding a rectangular box away in his drawer. Draco walked back to the common room to the joy of the three third year girls that giggled and whispered to each other as they saw him returning. He wore that infamous smirk as he stepped closer to them.

"How long has she been in here?" He questioned, addressing just one of the girls. He pointed to Lacie on the sofa and the girls began giggling when they noticed her.

"We didn't even know she was there," The Slytherin said and Draco frowned in annoyance causing her to stutter her next two words, "Sorry, Draco." The blonde never said anything else as he walked away from them and over to his sleeping beauty. He heard the girls scuttle off to their dormitories, thinking that they'd angered him and Draco couldn't help but smirk to himself as he heard their concerned words.

As he got close to Lacie though he smiled slightly and pulled the book from her fingers as it was dangerously close to falling from her grasp. He dog-eared the page and kneeled down next to the sofa so that he was at the same level as her. He reached out and couldn't help but trace the soft skin of her lips with his finger tip. The ticklish feeling caused her to stir though and Draco pulled himself from his demeanour quickly.

"Lacie, wake up," He uttered, moving his hand to her shoulder to gently shake her. Brown eyes slowly fluttered open and a lazy smile graced her lips as she took in the prince before her. She couldn't stop herself from closing her eyes again though and wanted to just go back to sleep as she curled tighter into herself.

"Don't go back to sleep Lace, you need to go to your dormitory," Draco said softly, holding back a small laugh at the reluctance in Lacie when he tried to get her to move.

"No I'm comfy. I don't want to move," She mumbled, trying to push Draco's hands from her to no prevail.

"Come on," He said softly and pulled Lacie into his arms, cradling her against his chest as he stood up. He wasn't as strong as some thought though and staggered slightly. Lacie reached her arms up around his neck, holding onto him without much enthusiasm as she closed her eyes again, nuzzling into Draco's top. There was a charm on the girl's dormitories so that Draco wouldn't be able to enter them and so he had to made a quick decision to take her to his own dormitory instead. At the end of the day, it'd hopefully help his progress with the bet and he was sure Lacie wouldn't complain either as long as he never tried anything on with her.

"Are you taking me to bed?" Lacie asked, already half asleep again.

"Mmhm," He murmured as he struggled to push the sixth years boys dormitory door open with his foot. As he entered he took note of how the four other beds already had their curtains drawn around them for privacy as the boys slept.

"Are you okay?" He asked softly as he placed the brunette on his bed and then sat beside her.

"Why are we in your dorm?" Lacie uttered sleepily as she opened her eyes and glanced around her.

"Because there is a charm on your dorms that stops guys from entering them. You can go back to yours if you want though, it was just easier for me to bring you here."

"Oh," Lacie looked at Draco and then closed her eyes again with a yawn, "Well goodnight then." Draco looked blankly at her before chuckling slightly.

"Aren't you at least going to get changed Lacie?" He questioned as he stood from the bed, going over to his trunk.

"No, I haven't got any clothes in here now have I?"

"Well I was going to give you one of my shirts to wear. It'll be incredibly uncomfortable to sleep in jeans," Lacie cracked open her eyes to see that Draco was holding out a black shirt to her.

"But I can't be bothered to get changed," Lacie mumbled, becoming stubborn with her tiredness. She stretched her arms out as she turned over onto her back, not wanting to move.

"Well tough. You can go and change in the bathroom so that I can in here. Unless you'd rather just see my naked body," Draco winked at her and chuckled slightly as she began to pull herself up and off of his bed.

"Fine, fine. I'm up," She uttered although she had to admit, she wouldn't have minded seeing Draco completely naked and vulnerable.

It turned out that Lacie was going to be the vulnerable one though. The shirt of Draco's that she wore barely covered her thighs whilst Draco wore dark green sweatpants and a plain white t-shirt.

"Like green?" Lacie mumbled with a lazy smirk on her lips.

"Shut it you," Draco said playfully as he pulled the heavy curtain around his four poster bed. Lacie slipped under the thick duvet, shivering slightly as her eyes immediately fell shut.

"Goodnight Lacie," Draco uttered softly as he slipped under the duvet also.

"Goodnight Draco," Came her soft reply just before she felt his arms slip around her small frame. She relaxed and let herself be engulfed by his scent. Lacie turned onto her side, placing a hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat and the way his chest rose up and down as he breathed rhythmically.


A/N: Big difference to the last chapter. Do you hate Draco, or do you like him? Fluffy Draco is just pure lovable :')