Chapter 6

Perhaps Draco saw her expression, perhaps not. Either way, he packed up his books and rose from his chair. Where was he going? I felt a little disappointed to think he was going to leave. Then, he lowered his bright eyes to me and motioned to follow him. A surge of adrenaline rushed through me. He was already out of the door as I hurried to catch up with him.

"Where are we going?" I asked, trying to control my excitement. I mean, what could be more fun than disappearing somewhere with Draco, running away from Pansy?

Draco paused in front of me. A devilish smile spread over his face as he grabbed my hands. "This way."

We half walked, half ran through the empty castle occasionally looking back to see whether Pansy was behind us. I giggled, this was fun!

We stopped down an old corridor I'd never seen before, with slanting walls and a low ceiling. An old, dark wooden door stood to our right, Draco pushed it open and pulled me inside. I gazed around at it. The tall windows were filled with fragile looking frames, heavy dark curtains were hung haphazardly across them. One or two beams of dusky sunlight shone through the glittery dust in the air.

I turned to Draco. Silence fell all around us. He was looking deep into my eyes, looking happier than I'd ever seen him. I leaned in and kissed him. It was perfect. Well, if perfect meant being with the person you wanted, but hiding it from everyone around you. Still, I don't have to worry about that just yet…

We broke apart and Draco stroked my hair, letting his gaze fall across me. I get really embarrassed being watched so I looked out of one of the windows.

Suddenly, the door crashed open behind us. A figure stood in the doorway, hands clenched and furious. Pansy. She paused, then advanced towards me screaming, "What the hell are you doing in here with him- with my Draco? Get your filthy Gryffindor hands off of him!"

Her Draco? Then I was right- they are a couple! What the hell was he playing at? That was all that had time to cross my mind before Pansy raised her hand and slapped me. I couldn't believe it. No one does that to me!! I raised my hand to my face like a reflex action as tears of shock and pain filled my eyes. Ron would have told me to slap her back, but I couldn't. It wasn't in my temperament. The way Draco was glaring at her however, it didn't look as if I'd have to.

Fury like I'd never seen arranged itself on his well defined face as he glowered at her. He pushed her away from me and she stumbled backwards. I'd never seen Draco this furious. He was reminding me of no other than his own father- the death eater. What was Draco going to do?

"Get out of here! How dare you interfere in my life. It's none of your business what I do, or with whom I do it. There is nothing between you and me and there never will be. Get that into your thick head and learn to keep out of where you're not wanted. If you can't understand that, then you're more of a fool than everyone thinks you are," he snarled.

"But you're making a mistake Draco. Can't you see it? You should be with someone of your own kind, someone who understands the art of darkness- someone you can call an equal…" Pansy tried softly.

"If you think you're my equal, Pansy, you're sadly mistaken," Draco replied stiffly.

Pansy crossed the room and stopped in front of him. I didn't know what to do. I just watched as the two of them brawled in front of me. My heart raced as she raised a hand and touched his face. He's mine!! I wanted to scream at her. But I couldn't. I felt frozen to the spot. "You know we're meant to be together Draco, everyone says so. Your family… my family… all the other Slytherins…" I heard her practically whisper in his ear. She had a point though. Everyone thinks they are together. How can I compete with the strength of her argument?

"Damn what everyone else says. I refuse to listen to this!" He pulled his wand from his robes. God, he wasn't going to use it was he? "Get out of here Pansy."

The look on Pansy's face glared defeat, and she scowled at him. "Fine. Fine, I'll go. You haven't heard the end of this Draco." Her eyes threw daggers at me before she turned and swept out of the room. There was a deadly silence as I tried to get my head around what had just happened. Well, I can confidently say that they're not a couple, but that kind of thing does not happen everyday. What am I going to do? I have a bizarre "thing" with Draco that I know I must hide, and have succeeded in making an enemy of a Slytherin. Great.

Draco tore his eyes away from the empty doorway looked at me. Unscathed and calm, he strode over to me.

"I'll make her pay for this," he promised. He leaned towards me but I froze at the sight in the doorway behind him. As if he sensed their presence, he spun around.

We'd been discovered.

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