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Alex POV
"Thank Merlin we only have two days left and of course my last session with Professor Trelawney. Speaking of the break, have you received anything from your mum?" I asked Draco as I wrote down an answer for my study guide.
"She hasn't sent an owl it's strange. However, Professor Snape informed me that she will be accompanying us to the Parkinson's Christmas Ball." Draco answered as he looked away from his book to glance at me.
"Do you think something has happened to her?" I asked as I glanced up at him.
We were currently in the common room studying for our tests in the up coming week. I was sitting on the floor with my back against the couch and my things scattered across the coffee table. Draco was laying on the couch I was leaning on.
"I am sure your father would let us know if anything bad has happened to her. He has not said a word, so I believe she is fine. Perhaps she doesn't want to write; maybe the ministry is keeping their eyes on us. Who knows, we can ask her during the break." Draco commented focusing his eyes back on his book.
"Perhaps, hey Draco are you excited to see my manor?" I asked Draco as I stretched out.
"You're manor? Doesn't it technically belong to Professor Snape, at least until you turn seventeen?" Draco asked closing his book up.
"Nope, as soon as dad confirmed that I was going to attend Hogwarts he legally gave me the house. So, yes it is my manor." I stated sticking my tongue out at him.
"Don't tempt me Lexi." Draco warned.
"Or else what?" I asked Draco focusing my attention back to my study guide.
"I might do this." Draco replied.
All of a sudden, I felt Draco tickling my sides and I couldn't control my laughter. I threw the book I was holding on the table and tried to tickle Draco back. Some how I managed to push him off me, but he pulled me down with him.
"Who is tempting who now?" I asked in between pants.
"I don't know, perhaps I wanted to do that." As soon as Draco said that he kissed me and I responded positively.
"That was lovely, wasn't it?" Draco asked as I climbed off him.
"I must concur with your opinion Sir Malfoy." I replied, trying to make myself sound extremely intelligent.
"Did you already make the list for tonight? Or would you like help? This book I am reading is quiet interesting and has a couple of spells you might be interested in." Draco commented as he sat up.
"I've already made the list; I used invisible ink on the parchment, just in case. However, I would love to look at those spells you speak about." I replied leaning my head against Draco's chest.
"Okay, I'll bring my books with me to you manor." Draco said winking and smirking at me.
Later that day we finished up Slytherin's Army practice and I gave them all the lists. That day we had practiced how to perfectly cast the disarming charm, the aparecium spell, and the illegibilus spell. The aparecium spell makes the invisible ink, well visible, while the illegibilus spell makes any text unreadable. I thought this would be more useful incase something were to happen to the lists. The lists included 6 spells, 3 per week. The list included petrificus totalus, protego, protego horribilis, mobilicorpus, ventus, and vulnera sanentur. They weren't expected to be able to perform them, seeing as that is against the law, but they had to at research them and practice pronouncing the enchantment correctly.
"Don't you think these spells are a little to difficult to be performed by well the skill level they have?" Draco asked the next day as we walked back to the common room from our last class of the day.
"I am not asking them to be able to perform them. All I asked was for them to research and practice pronunciation. Yes I expect that by the first session back they can at least perform 4 out of the 6, and it will happen if they did what I asked. If not it will take longer but I can't do much about it, we can only wait and see." I replied as we walked down the stairs.
"You should be a professor, at least your realistic about what we can do." Draco mumbled.
"Actually, at some point in my life I want to be a professor. Maybe potions or DADA or even divinations if I continue to improve." I replied grinning back at him.
"So, you want to take your fathers job? Isn't that a bit risky?" Draco asked as he put his arm around me.
"Nope! My dad supports my decisions, if anything he would quit to give me the job." I started laughing at my statement.
"Whatever, did you already pack?" Draco asked trying to act nonchalant but obviously failing.
"Yes I did! All I have out is my dress for tonight. You are accompanying me right?" I asked looking up at Draco.
It's quiet ridiculous that my parents weren't extremely tall, but they weren't short. Mom was 5'7 feet tall and dad was 6'0 feet tall. However, I stood at 5'5, 5'6 at most. It was embarrassing, especially standing next to Draco who was at least 5'8.
"Unless you changed your mind without letting me know, yes." Draco replied pulling me back from my thoughts.
"Of course not silly! Remember we have to be ready by 7:30 so we get there on time." I stated as we walked in to the common room.
"Alright, well I'll go up and get ready. I'll leave at 6:30, to do you know what. Do you want to meet me up there or at the party?" Draco asked me, as he removed his hand from my shoulder to grab my hand.
"How about we just meet there? Just be sure to get there before 8!I don't want to look like a fool understood? And watch out with getting caught by Filch, because if you get escorted in there I will not save you from my fathers wrath." I stated glaring at him.
"What are you talking about! Me get caught by Filch, bloody hell Lexi, have more faith in me!" Draco replied grinning at me.
"I have faith in you, it's just, that's all I've been seeing this week with Professor Trelawney! You being dragged in to the Christmas party by Filch!" I exclaimed, however all he did was laugh at my antics.
"I won't be late, I promise, and I will defiantly not be attending that party with Flich, that would be disgusting." Draco assured me leading me to the girl's dormitory.
"Okay, well I guess I will see you then." I replied leaving to go get ready.
"Wait! Can't I get a kiss, before we part ways." Draco whined from the bottom of the stairs.
"Fine, quickly though!" I replied As I reached him.
"Quickly now? Do you really think that will occur." Draco whispered before he kissed me.
Unfortunately he was right, we ended up making out in the common room for a good 10 or 15 minutes. I was surprised that there was no one in the room, however I realized it was 5 and most people would be either at dinner or getting ready for tonight.
"Okay Draco, that's enough, at least for the moment, I need to get ready!" I said, however I laid my head on his shoulders, not really wanting to leave his arms.
"Okay love, I guess I will see you in a couple of hours." he said waiting for me to leave his arms.
"Okay." I replied, however I did not move an inch.
"Well, you need to move if you ever plan to get ready." Draco stated.
"I don't want to! Please can't we just lay in the couch for an hour!" I pouted my lips out looking up at him.
"Okay, but don't blame me when we arrive late to the party." Draco said.
He quickly lifted me by the waist and took us to the couch. We lay there for thirty minutes, he played with my hair like always, and I with his collar. People would walk in, but this had become the norm a long time ago.
However, this time was somehow different, I kept looking at his neck. I wanted to kiss his neck, maybe even leave a love mark, so I went for it.
"Uh, um what are you doing?" Draco mumbled in my ear, however I did not respond.
"Alex, look at me! Stop!" I could hear Draco saying in my ear, but I couldn't stop.
Something inside of me didn't want to stop kissing his neck, didn't want to stop marking him. I could feel how his blood rushed through his veins; I could feel how my blood rushed at the same time. By this point, he had stopped trying to detain me. However, I could hear movement around us, I could faintly hear voices, but I was only focused on him, on his voice and on his body.
All if a sudden someone pulled me off, and I was in a daze.
"Alex? Alex are you okay?" Pansy was talking to me, but all I did was nod while staring at Draco.
"Draco?" I managed to mumble.
"I'm fine, she wasn't hurting me." Draco stated, however I could tell that his eyes were dilated.
"Bloody hell mate, you two were glowing! Pansy and I tried to get near, but if we tried to get near it got extremely hot!" I heard Blaise say, he was currently holding me back.
"Let her go!" I heard Draco growl, his posture had become rigid and somewhat hostile.
"But, what if it happens again? Her eyes were purple for Merlin's sake!" I heard Pansy say.
"What?" I asked, finally being able to move my eyes.
"I said, let her go Blaise! Don't you ever dare touch her again! She is mine!" I turn my head back to the direction of Draco, and I could tell by the coldness of his eyes, that he was serious.
"Alright, I'll let her go!" As Blaise said that he let go of my waist.
"Go get ready Lex. You two, don't get involved in my relationship with Lexi. Whatever you saw, was a figment of your imagination, don't speak about it, don't fucking think about it. That goes for the rest of the pile of scum in here! Understood!" Draco yelled.
"Yes" everyone in the room mumbled.
Draco looked at me, and I looked at him in the eyes. We didn't speak, but I understood him clearly, go get ready, we will talk later. I nodded my head and moved quickly up the stairs to my room.
Thank Merlin that the Slytherin give a room and a bathroom to each person, we don't have roommates. If we did I would feel so awkward about what happened downstairs. I am felling pretty awkward right now, but luckily I am alone. I quickly looked for my dress and ran into the shower.
If someone were to ask to ask me what happened, I wouldn't know how to respond. However, I knew that Draco would be asking me this either later tonight, or some time during the break I was sure.
I finished getting ready; I had on a flowy green dress that was cinched at the waist. It was a V-neck cut dress with two-inch shoulder straps. My make up was simple, a bit of silver eye shadow, with my typical liner and mascara. I dawned a bit of blush and lip-gloss, which completed the look I was going for, sexy but simple.
I had done my black, normally straight hair into soft waves that matched the flow of my dress. I pinned a small silver and green brooch on to my hair.
I had decided to wear a silver necklace with matching earrings, which emphasized the elegant feel I was going for. I didn't have any silver heels, so I grabbed a black pair and placed them near the door to put on as I left.
As I neared Professor Slughorn's office, I heard someone say my name.
"Oh, hey Harry. I don't mean to be a bitch, but I thought we agreed not to talk outside of you know what." I replied realizing Harry was the one speaking.
"Yeah, but no one is here except you and I. Oh, and my friend, Luna Lovegood. Luna this is..."
"Oh, I know her Harry, I met her on her first day. Pleasure to see you again Joy." Luna cut Harry off.
"Oh pleasures all mine, you look wonderful." I replied shaking Luna's hand.
"As do you!" Luna exclaimed.
"Where's Malfoy?" Harry asked looking around.
"Oh, we agreed to meet here, he might be a bit late, you never know with that boy!" I said as I looked around.
"Don't you think Professor Slughorn might get angry with you? For you inviting a Death Eater... son!" Oh Harry, nice save, not.
"I don't care; he invited me I invited my date. He doesn't have control of what I do, of what I want. He is a Professor, end of story." I replied glaring at Harry.
"Right, well Luna an I are going in would you like to come in with us?" Harry asked motioning towards the entrance with his hands.
"No, I'll just wait for 10 minutes; maybe Draco took a wrong turn or something. Plus, he wasn't invited so he kind of needs me." I replied turning my glare into a grin.
"Okay, well we will see you there." and with that Harry and Luna left.
Those ten minutes went by quickly and it was already 8:10. Where the hell was he! Did Draco freak out and ditched me? No, he would have said something, plus he was too defensive about me earlier on. I swear if Flinch catches that boy I will murder him, with kisses of course.
All of a sudden I felt Draco's arms slither around my waist. He kissed my neck and slowly he reached my cheek.
"Told you I wouldn't get caught by Flinch. You look beautiful." he whispered into my ear.
"You're late." I replied coldly turning towards the entrance of the party.
"I'm sorry, I lost track of time." Draco said, pulling my hand and body back towards him.
I looked up to his eyes, those silvery orbs that showed me all of his emotions. As I lowered my eyes I notched that he was wearing a silky green scarf around his neck. If he loosened the scarf a bit he would look better. He had a black suit on with a white dress shirt topped with green tie, the scarf made it seem like he was hiding something.
"Draco loosen your scarf off, it looks like you are about to choke." I commented reaching up to try and loosen it up.
"Stop, trust me I am only trying to hide the marks you left on me." he replied pulling my hands down.
"Oh, come on we cab use a con concealing charm!" I exclaimed trying to pull it off.
"Alex, stop! I already tried, it didn't work!" Draco exclaimed pulling my hands down again.
"Oh." I said my tone of voice was full of confusion.
"Let's just go in, and get this over with. Tomorrow you have your last session with Professor Trelawney and you know you are not allowed to be late." Draco stated pulling me next to him offering me his arm.
"Yeah, sure." I replied as I grabbed his arm and allowed him to lead the way.