Ok, so this is what you have all been waiting for... Kinda. lol. This leads up to it, anyway. IMPORTANT: Ok, not really, I just wanted you all to read this. Because you all are amazing readers and review and favorite and follow, I am giving you the second part to this tomorrow, if not tonight. I just can't leave you hanging for too much longer, you know? So, because I love you so much, that is your gift. :DD

Now, I know this is kinda rushed and not very detailed, but the next chapter, I think, turned out alright. ;)

Anyway, on with the chapter.

It was cold out still as I sat up in the Astronomy Tower, music playing from my iPod. I wrapped my arms tighter around my legs to ward off some of the cold.

It had been month since my talk with my dad and things were pretty quiet… aside from all of the sex. It was like people had realized that there was a war coming and they might not make it so they decided that they didn't want to die virgins, or something. I grimaced in disgust at the thought.

I let out a soft breath as Just A Game by Birdy began to play in my ears. I leaned back from my knees and rested against the wall, my eyes slipping closed and I sang softly.

Thinking back over the last month, I let a sigh slip past my lips as I smiled gently. Severus and I had gotten on great after our tear filled moment in his office. I had taken to visiting with him, helping him brew on Fridays after our lessons with Harry. Other times, I would simply go to see him and we would talk about mom and their time together. I thought that it helped him get past his guilt and sorrow over losing her.

In the Great Hall, I would see him and Jasper together at the Head Table, chatting about one thing or another, completely engrossed in each other. After some pestering on my part, Severus finally snapped and said that he had agreed to let Jasper 'woo' him. I hadn't stopped smirking at him until he had kicked me out.

Blaise and Edward were almost inseparable. Blaise could always been seen cuddling Edward as Edward just soaked it up like a sponge. There were times that the Light Veela in Edward would make him growl at Blaise, but it wasn't a threatening noise, just old instincts that came to the surface sometimes. Apparently, for the first time ever, the Light and Dark Veela in Edward had the same mate: Blaise. There had never been a case where a Light Veela bonded to a Dark Veela, but Edward had, yet again, trumped the odds in his favor.

It was rather adorable to watch them, though. They were the cutest things I'd ever seen.

Emmett and Neville had moved incredibly fast, and you could hardly catch the two apart, except when Neville had class. Seeing the two of them together made me a true believer in all of the lovey-dovey Soul mate crap people –Alice- spouted. While it wasn't nearly as adorable as Edward and Blaise, the fact that Emmett treated Neville like a he was a precious artifact, something that Neville still griped at Emmett about, saying he wasn't a girl and could take care of himself, was indeed, very cute.

I smirked again, chuckling evilly as I thought next about Hermione. After my talk with Severus, I had talked to Pansy, who I knew had a crush on the know-it-all Gryffindor, about just what I had observed of Hermione over winter break.

If the smirk on Pansy's face was anything to go by, Hermione was in some serious trouble.

Not three days later, I was walking down the hallway and heard a moan coming from one of the alcoves ahead. Walking towards it, I saw Pansy pinning a flushed Hermione to the wall. They were so distracted by each other that they didn't even notice I was there. Instead of breaking up their fun, I had just walked away, intent on teasing Hermione later.

I had given Blaise, Pansy and Theo their gifts and they had liked them, though they were nothing they couldn't have gotten themselves. I mean really, what the hell do you buy for people who have everything they'll ever want and you don't really know anyway?

I had gotten Blaise some really nice gloves for when he played Quidditch, seeing as how his pair was old as hell. Theo had gotten a gift certificate to any apothecary in the magical world for whatever the hell he wanted. Pansy had gotten a gold necklace with a pendant that was so blue it was almost purple, the color of her eyes.

Harry's Dark Arts lessons with Severus were going amazingly well. Harry used Dark spells as though he was born for it. I pitied the Death Eaters that got in his way. At first, Harry had shown obvious signs of being drawn completely into the seduction of the Dark Magic, but on Saturdays, I had also included a little lesson of that on my own. Having taught myself to resist the Dark magic, I gave Harry some tips on how to do it himself. He was doing exceedingly well now, and was well on his way to being able to take on Voldemort and his Death Eaters. I was truly amazed at just how fast Harry learned when he felt strongly for something.

Other than that, classes were the same as they always were: boring. The only real difference was the aforementioned sex, the new relationships, and the fact that I had my wonderful family here.

Now, I was facing my next problem. Draco's birthday was two days from today, which would mean it was Saturday. And I had no clue what to get him.

This wasn't like Christmas, where neither of us had gotten each other anything. This was Draco's birthday, the day where he would officially be 17. I was almost positive that Draco wouldn't care if I got him anything, but damn it, I wanted to make it special!

That's why I was currently sulking in the Astronomy Tower. I had to come up with something that would be special to a boy that had enough money to buy the world.

It was nearly midnight when the idea hit me like a freight train. I almost smacked myself at how long it took me to think of it.

I smirked as I thought that this would be a very special birthday for one Draco Malfoy.

The next two days seemed to drag on as my nerves mounted. I had even contemplated asking Alice what happened just to calm myself. I mean, what if he didn't like the idea? What if he thought it was too soon? What if I wasn't ready for this? Quite a few times I was forced to strengthen my resolve.

Finally, Saturday was here, February 5th. I woke up and immediately bolted out of bed, getting ready and heading out to meet Harry by the kitchens so he could ask the elves to help me out.

I really loved house elves. They were… cute in a… creepy way, and while it kind of scared me when they punished themselves, they were all sweet little creatures that loved serving Harry Potter. I smirked at him as they praised him, making him scowl at me and tell me that next time he wouldn't help me if I didn't stop laughing at him.

At around ten, I headed up to the seventh floor to prepare for the night. I had been and would continue to purposefully ignoring Draco all day, which I hope he didn't take too much offense to, so that I could surprise him. Otherwise, I'd have told him just to ease the stress that was building inside of me.

By the time dinner came around, I was very nearly shaking as I made my way down to the Great Hall, catching sight of Draco walking in the door. I snuck up beside him and gripped his hand, jerking him to the side and into a hidden corner just before he had stepped inside.

He spluttered as he fumbled for his wand with the opposite hand that he usually uses, having a little bit of trouble.

"Hey, Draco, relax. It's just me." I said softly, smiling at him.

He seemed to relax slightly, only to tense again as his face and eyes hardened against me. "What do you want, Bella?"

Damn it. My ignoring him had offended him. Well, we couldn't have that, now could we?

I sighed softly and smiled apologetically. "Come on. I have a surprise for you." My smile grew into a faked beam. I was trying to push down the guilt that I had upset him, but I should have known that being ignored by the girl you loved on your birthday would be more than a little upsetting.

He protested as I pulled him away from the noise of the Great Hall, but didn't fight my hold on his hand. He let me lead him to the stairs, but I stopped before we could go up them.

I turned around and said, "Sorry, but I want to keep this a secret for as long as I can." Seeing as how he was so much taller than me and I couldn't hold my hands over his eyes comfortably, I spelled a blindfold over his eyes and moved slowly up the stairs, directing him for when to step.

It warmed my heart the Draco trusted me enough to let me do this with him having no real idea where we were going.

Up seven flights of stairs, I led him down the hallway to the Room of Requirements. "Now, wait here. And no peaking!" I said as his hand made for the blindfold.

"Bella…" He sighed, almost whining. I laughed.

"No. We're almost there, I swear." I couldn't keep the smile out of my voice as I paced three times in front of the expanse of wall.

When the door appeared, I swung it open and took Draco's hand again, leading him inside.

Letting go of his hand, I reached up with gentle fingers and stroked across his cheek before slipping the blindfold off.

"Happy Birthday, Draco." I whispered softly, watching as his eyes widened as they moved around the room.

The room was done in black and green, a large king sized, four-poster bed taking up most of it. Off the right, there was a fire place, a warm fire already burning. I had set up the food from the kitchens in front of it on a blanket, like an indoor picnic. The other standard furniture, dresser, bed side table, were on the opposite side as well as a door that led to a large bathroom with an amazing tub.

Draco eyed the food for a minute, probably remembering that the Room of Requirements could give anything but food, and I laughed softly. "Don't worry, love. I brought that here from the kitchens earlier today."

Draco relaxed again and looked back at me. "You did this for me?"

I rolled my eyes, not being able to resist. "No, I did it for Dumbledore," I said sarcastically before laughing at his expression. "Yes, I did this for you, Dray. You didn't really think I would just ignore your birthday, did you?"

I stepped closer to him and he wrapped his arms around me. "I didn't see you at all today… I tried not to let it bother me, but…" Draco said softly.

I rested my head against his chest. "I'm sorry. I wanted to surprise you and I didn't think that I could look you in the eye and pretend that it wasn't your birthday."

I looked back up at him and reached up to grip the back of his neck, bringing him to me so that I could kiss him.

We pulled apart after a few moments. "Come on, love. Let's eat." I whispered.

The house elves had really out done themselves for Harry, making everything they thought we would like and anything that I requested they make. Draco's favorite was lamb, while mine was steak and the elves had made sure to pack an abundance of it, wrapped in status charms to keep it fresh and warm. They had also included wine, one of the very best brands, and a multitude of desserts, which included many different fruits and chocolate to dip the pieces in; a small vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream icing with Draco's name spelled across it, and an assortment of different chocolates. Did I mention we both loved chocolate?

We ate our fill, eating most of the chocolate, before we opened the wine. Draco met my eyes as he poured my glass and I couldn't help but blush at the heated look he was giving me. We were sitting close, our hands almost touching as we leaned back on them, our legs curled loosely to the side of us.

I almost couldn't look at Draco as I thought about the rest of his gift. It was something that I had been thinking about for a few weeks now, and I truly felt like I was ready… I was just nervous as to what he would say.

Soon, we were both done with our first glass and Draco asked me if I wanted more. "No, love, I'm finished." I said softly. I refused to get drunk if I was to do this.

Draco didn't refill his own glass, either, simply putting the wine to the side and looking back over at me with a small smile on his face.

His hand reached out to me and cupped my cheek, his thumb stroking over my skin. "Thank you, Bella. This was wonderful." He leaned forward and brushed his lips against mine.

I bit my lip as he pulled back. I stood up and reached down for his hand. He accepted my hand, but he didn't actually use my help to get up.

I led him over to the bed, actually shaking now as my nerves mounted even higher. I felt like a virgin sacrifice and it was pissing me off at the same time that it was scaring me.

I turned to look at him as I stopped by the side of the bed. His eyes were alight with something that I couldn't quite place. "There… there is another part to your present, Dray."

With that, I stepped close to him, pressing myself against him and leaning up to kiss him. Draco immediately wrapped his arms around my waist and hoisted me up to his height. I wrapped my legs around his waist and arms around neck, putting everything I was feeling into the kiss.

Draco pulled back first, breathing heavily against my lips as he looked deep into my eyes, like he was trying to see into my soul. "Bella… You don't have to do this if you're not ready. I can wait as long as you need me to." He whispered his voice filled with a love I had never felt from anyone else.

It was that, that selflessness that made me want to do this. But at the same time, I felt a small amount of fear. I didn't know why, but I figured I needed to know before we went any farther.

I looked away from his gaze as I let my mind wander to my emotions.

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