Notes: Well I'm reading the last chapter to get inspired.to get a nice
visual in my head of what to write..alright.SHIBBY! I'm ready to get
writin' ! I was extremely inspired to write when I was babysitting tonight
so I wrote about 9 pages handwritten while the little girl watched
cartoons.
On we go with the story
Disclaimer: I own nothing. It's JKR's!
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Chapter 4 - The Lion and the Serpent
Draco woke that morning with butterflies in his stomach. He got out of bed and went down to the prefects bathroom. He hopped in one of the showers then dried himself off and went over to the mirror. No one else was in the bathroom, which pleased him. He had never liked bathing or dressing himself in front of other people. He had always risen early at school so he'd have the bathroom to himself. He examined himself in the mirror. His skin was slightly pink from the steaming hot water of the shower, but it had become lightly tanned over the summer holiday. His skin was clear and his eyes, the same grey as always. His hair was a pale blond, as it always had been, but lately it hadn't look so bad, not quite so albino. It was quite long, almost to his chin, it had always been rather long, being told it was traditional wizarding style. It was slicked back, tightly gelled to his head. Draco had looked through pictures of his parents as teenagers and come across picture of his father, same coloring and build, same hairstyle, same clothing style, all traditional of a young man of Malfoy blood.
Draco quickly slicked back his hair and dressed himself in time to head back up to his room to get his books for Potions. He sat down at the Slytherin table and enjoyed a small breakfast, trying to suppress his nerves. All attempts to calm himself were failing. All he could think about was her. He rested his head on his hand and immersed himself in thought. He noticed a few minutes later the group of Gryffindors entering the Great Hall..she wasn't with them.
Nicole hurried to get to Potions, picking up a gleaming red apple stacked neatly in a bowl in the Gryffindor common room to eat on the way.
She speedily walked, ok she ran, to the dungeons, running through the door as the bell tolled through the castle, signaling the start of first block. She took the only available seat, next to Hermione Granger.
"That's another one of your ..unique outfits, Nicole." Hermione said flatly, raising an eyebrow. Nicole did stand out quite a bit from the rest of the class. She was wearing her knee length red "scarf skirt", it had a empire waist chiffon lining with 3 layers of "scarf-looking" pieces attached to the waist, all of different shades reds with material of chiffon and silk. She wore a black ribbed button up sweater with a deep red tank peaking from underneath. She added some extra flare by wearing maroon laces on her black combat boots. She adorned herself with her usual jewelry, more than an other one of her conservative classmates. She topped it off with her Hogwarts robe.
"Well, Hermione, I'm guilty of being unique. Haven't seen too much.flare for self-expression and freedom around these parts." She retorted as she arranged her Potions materials. Professor Snape emerged from his office in a rush, his robes billowing behind him.
"Hello again, students. I hope you enjoyed your summer holiday. I know we met last, or most of us anyway, when you took your O.W.L.s. Some of you," his glance quickly shifted to Draco Malfoy "tested outstandingly. Others not quite so well." Snape's sneer turned to Neville Longbottom and Seamus Finnigan, who hung their heads in embarrassment.
Nicole had her gaze set on Draco Malfoy who was listening to his Head Of House attentively.
"I would like to welcome Miss Joyce into the class," Nicole straightened her posture and returned her attention to Snape, who was speaking to her coldly. "I'm sure a new Gryffindor like yourself will.find her place in this class." Nicole responded with a small nod, concluding his announcement and commenced the class.
The entire class was spent taking notes and asking Gryffindors questions on obscure potions, he knew only Granger would know. A few spiteful glances were thrown at Nicole from Hermione when she would nonchalantly answer the hardest of questions. Snape's intense teaching required concentration, making Nicole's thoughts of her plans for after class to be forced from attention. As the class concluded and she gathered up her materials she noticed Snape calling Draco into his office. As the bell rang, she hurried out of the class with the horde of students, minus Draco. She breathed in the fresh air as she made her way down the field towards the huge Quidditch pitch. She cautiously looked around for other students but found none, even Hagrid, the giant of a gameskeeper was nowhere in view. She strolled to the back of the playing field, the side facing the lush forest rather than the castle. She sat down in the grass a few yards from the multicolored stands. She plopped herself down and calmed herself by lightly playing with the wildflower in front of her. She suddenly knew for some reason that Draco was approaching 'It's ok, Nic, you knew he was coming.he said he'd be here.' she thought to herself, still somewhat confused how she knew he was coming, he still wasn't at the front of the quidditch pitch. She instinctively straightened her skirt and brushed the dust off her Hogwarts robe she was sitting on and waited for Draco.
Draco Malfoy walked casually out of the dungeons, not drawing attention to himself. He continued to the quidditch field, knowing she would already be there. The fresh air was soothing to him and his thoughts wandered to the beautiful girl only a few meters away. He rounded the corner and found her sitting on her robes, lightly fingering a small purple wildflower's silky petals. She jerked back her head to face Draco, letting her mane of hair bounce against her back.
A smile spread across her face, making her lightly freckled face glow, her blue eyes shimmering in the sunlight. "Hey there, Blondie," she said said sweetly, the words flowing out of her mouth, followed by the same genuine smile as before, showing off her perfectly straight teeth. 2 years of braces had paid off.
"Why hello." He returned the smile as he walked over, holding his Hogwarts robe over his shoulder, displaying clearly his overall pristine attire. He had pressed black dress pants, shined black shoes, a starched and ironed white shirt with a green and silver Slytherin tie, knotted perfectly. He wore a clean grey v-neck sweater vest with the Hogwarts emblem on the left breast. He, as always, had his flawless, gleaming blond hair slicked hard against his head. He looked the part of the heir to the Malfoy fortune, the next generation of a notoriously rich and powerful wizarding family.
He neatly folded his robes next to her and sat himself down. "So you like flowers, do you?" Draco said smoothly, about to take out his wand and conjure her a bouquet.
"Well yes, I love them, they're beautiful, but usually only when they are still planted. I've never really liked conjured or magically altered flowers, ya know? There is something so pure, so real about natural flowers. They grow as they're supposed to be, with flaws and irregularities." She said lightly touching a broken petal in the flower. "I guess that's one of the reasons I've been negative about this place, Hogwarts, I mean." Her gaze reverted back to Draco who was listening intently. "My old school was so different, it was this big tall building in the heart of the city but whenever we didn't have a class we'd go up to the roof, ya see, we had a garden up there."
"You mean there was a garden at your SCHOOL? Your school had hired GARDENERS? For their rooftop?" he questioned in disbelief.
She giggled and nudged him in the shoulder "No you silly boy! We would plant every plant ourselves! I'll have to show you pictures of it, our garden had the nicest flowers, roses, geraniums, violets, orchids, and even my favorite, daisies." She blushed "I'm sorry Draco, I'm sure I'm boring you about gardens.." She continued with a chuckle.
"No! Please, I'd like to hear about it.it sounds lovely" he said softly.
"Well we put little café tables and chairs throughout the garden, it was like our own beautiful Eden. We wanted something to represent us, so we all picked out this beautiful statue of the goddess Diana, the queen of Witches. We have a little alter in front of her where we put seasonal items and light candle in honor of all the witches and wizards throughout history." She continued explaining with excitement in every word.
"This place sounds like it's a nice sight to see. I'm sure a school full of witches could make a beautiful garden easily. We even learned a few basic botanical charms last year in Herbology."
"Actually, the whole garden was all done without magic, no charms, no transfiguration, just the love and commitment we all put into it. You have no idea who proud of this place we all are. Our time and energy created something, we got dirty, we would mess up a few times, but this garden is something that we've come to see as more that that. It all started out to teach us about how witches used to live, hundreds of years ago, when they would live by themselves out in the woods, far away from the oppressing muggles. They would grow herbs and flowers for everyday use and healing and devotion to the gods. That was before magic became so common. Draco, back then, they would live for nature, and the magic that comes from it. It was more out of appreciation. Today we use magic for the most common things, separating the worlds of muggles and wizards. Back in the city, we are in such close proximity, we didn't use too much magic out of school. I miss it so much, everything here is so cold, everything is entirely magical, nothing of simplicity. I just don't know how I'm going to survive at this place. I want to go home so badly, be in my garden, take walks through Central Park, I'm sure this doesn't make sense to you at all because of your upbringing but please understand that I don't have anyone here. Just Ginny, and hopefully you." She looked up at him with a tear dripping down from her eye.
Draco reached out and wiped away her tear. "Nicole, I want to be here for you. If you'll be here for me. And I did understand what you're saying about muggles and wizards, I don't really know how but I understand." He replied.
"I hope sometime you could come back to New York with me, I was showing Ginny pictures we took and posted them on a webpage, she's probably surfing the net on my laptop right now!" she giggled as she noticed Draco's utter confusion. "Oh Draco, I think I'm going to have to show you a few things before taking ya back home..you'd be so confused. OOO! That reminds me! My CDs!" She took out her portable CD player and a case of CDs "Here, take them. I actually made copies of most of them. I bet you'd like a lot of this stuff, but I put in a few of my more mellow stuff. It's very relaxing" she said pointing to a John Mayer CD.
"Thanks so much, I'll have to buy one of these music player things soon so I can get this one back to you soon. And the little Weasel fancies muggle things, well her father does so it doesn't surprise me!" Draco said.
"Hey! She's my friend! You're not at all cute when you're nasty. And Draco, I have to tell Ginny about today. She mentioned something about how you're so mean and stuck up and arrogant but I couldn't defend you. I don't care if you don't like her brother and his friends, hell I don't like them too much either, but just because someone can't buy their children all the nicest things, it makes them bad people? And you don't know Ginny, she doesn't know you. All she knows is that you're mean and nasty to her family and humiliates her. Draco, please, I know you're better than that." She said with hurt in her eyes.
"I'm..I'm sorry. I think it was Lucius talking. I'm beginning to realize most of the things I do are entirely my father. I don't know who I am, Nicole. I'm turning into my father! Everything about me! If I showed you a picture of him at my age, you'd be amazed. We are like the same person, down to every detail. I know I cannot hate like that. Just being around you, I feel it, I can't be that.that evil." He said avoiding her eyes.
She reached over and lightly brought his face up so their eyes locked, Nicole's bright blue locked with Draco's grey. She quickly noticed the touch of cyan blue in them. "There is something so wonderful about you. It's something in here" she gently rested her hand on top of his heart, feeling his heartbeat. "but you never let it out. I don't want you to feel you have to hide yourself from me."
"There is something about you that makes me feel so comfortable, I've never ever felt this way before, I've always been tough, and you're turning me into a softy, Nicole" he smiled at her, she lightly chuckled at his words. "Meeting you has given me hope."
"Meeting you was a hidden miracle." She said as she gazed into his eyes, her hands creeping up from his chest and settled on his hard shoulders. He leaned into her placing his hands aorund her small waist. Their faces were inches from each other. Nicole shut her eyes and Draco's soft lips brushed hers, sending shivers through her whole body. Draco too had a tingling sensation coming over him. Nicole gently parted her lips feeling his tongue tasting the sweetness of his mouth. Draco's hands caressed her back as Nicole's rubbed the back of his neck, the ends of his hair pricking her fingers. Their tongues came into contact and briefly massaged each other. Nicole and Draco both slowly closed their mouths breaking their first kiss.
"Well Mr. Malfoy, it looks like I've gotta head over to my next class. But can I send you an owl when I get back?" she said, still flustered by the kiss.
"Why of course, Miss Joyce. But I want you to understand we need to lay low about this until the time is right, my dear, until the time is right. I'm sure my father won't be too happy about this."
"What about me corrupting his son he's raised to be a snobby little brat?" she laughed at Draco as he collected his things.
"No, I think its that I've got a radical Yankee halfblood girlfriend.that is ..if you will be...my girlfriend, I mean" Draco replied with a smirk.
Nicole gave him a quick sweet kiss on the lips. "I hope that answers your question..Yes, I will be your girlfriend." She giggled and stood on her toes to reach his cheek and gave him a peck.
"I think I'm going to hang out here for a few minutes, listen to a song or two before tending to some business in the greenhouse with Professor Sprout."
"And Draco, I won't tell Ginny if you don't want me to." Nicole said to Draco before she walked off.
"If you really trust her, fine then. As long as she doesn't tell the other Gryffindors."
"I don't want them to know, if they knew how wonderful you are, they'd be trying to steal you away." She joked as she gave him a goodbye kiss.
Draco watched as she walked off, almost in a skip, her robes flowing behind her.
He looked down at her CD player and saw that a blue CD was already in the portable CD player. It was one she had made herself. It read in permanent black marker:
Nic's Mix - A Jumble of Songs from my First Day at Hogwarts
Draco opened the case of CDs and found a small note on a purple post-it note.
Draco - listen to the first track of the CD I left in the player. It represents my feelings for you. It's such a cheesy pop song (don't laugh!) but it really touched me, just like you did. I was up till 1am downloading songs till I found the prefect one for my emotions. Just seeing you on the train made me feel this about you.
Love, Nicole
He smiled and pressed the small play button on the CD player. The lyrics rang in his head.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd (the crowd)
Try as they may they can never define
What's been said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
(You say it best when you say nothing at all
You say it best when you say nothing at all..)
The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know that you need me..
Draco was numb as the song ended. She really felt as strongly as he did?
He gathered his things together and started heading off the field and pressed repeat, as if the words of the song were coming right from her beautiful smiling mouth. He felt as though he had found something some people search their whole lives for. He breathed deeply, as though he hadn't relaxed in years.
Nicole went up to her dorm in Gryffindor tower after 2 more classes. Ginny greeted her, suddenly a huge owl carrying a large parcel swooped to Nicole's window before she had even sat down.
"Nicole! It's for you!"
Nicole untied the box from the owl and let it fly away. She apprehensively opened the box. A smile spread across her face as she removed the contents of the package and note.
Nicole -
May this gift represent the 2 worlds growing together. The seeds are purple daisies, which if I remember correctly, are your favorite.
-Draco
She set down the gift on her desk.
"It's a flower pot with dirt and seeds! At least the flower pot is nice. Hey! It's got your initials painted on it! Who sent it to you?" Ginny questioned.
"My amazing boyfriend." She replied, her teary eyes glued to the gift.
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Song credits go to Ronan Keating. I wuv that song, I had to add it.
What ya think? It's fluffy, but I have such a sappy romantic imagination.
You might say Draco is WAY out of character but its because he's changing without realizing it.
It's my story so I'll write what I want. (
On we go with the story
Disclaimer: I own nothing. It's JKR's!
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Chapter 4 - The Lion and the Serpent
Draco woke that morning with butterflies in his stomach. He got out of bed and went down to the prefects bathroom. He hopped in one of the showers then dried himself off and went over to the mirror. No one else was in the bathroom, which pleased him. He had never liked bathing or dressing himself in front of other people. He had always risen early at school so he'd have the bathroom to himself. He examined himself in the mirror. His skin was slightly pink from the steaming hot water of the shower, but it had become lightly tanned over the summer holiday. His skin was clear and his eyes, the same grey as always. His hair was a pale blond, as it always had been, but lately it hadn't look so bad, not quite so albino. It was quite long, almost to his chin, it had always been rather long, being told it was traditional wizarding style. It was slicked back, tightly gelled to his head. Draco had looked through pictures of his parents as teenagers and come across picture of his father, same coloring and build, same hairstyle, same clothing style, all traditional of a young man of Malfoy blood.
Draco quickly slicked back his hair and dressed himself in time to head back up to his room to get his books for Potions. He sat down at the Slytherin table and enjoyed a small breakfast, trying to suppress his nerves. All attempts to calm himself were failing. All he could think about was her. He rested his head on his hand and immersed himself in thought. He noticed a few minutes later the group of Gryffindors entering the Great Hall..she wasn't with them.
Nicole hurried to get to Potions, picking up a gleaming red apple stacked neatly in a bowl in the Gryffindor common room to eat on the way.
She speedily walked, ok she ran, to the dungeons, running through the door as the bell tolled through the castle, signaling the start of first block. She took the only available seat, next to Hermione Granger.
"That's another one of your ..unique outfits, Nicole." Hermione said flatly, raising an eyebrow. Nicole did stand out quite a bit from the rest of the class. She was wearing her knee length red "scarf skirt", it had a empire waist chiffon lining with 3 layers of "scarf-looking" pieces attached to the waist, all of different shades reds with material of chiffon and silk. She wore a black ribbed button up sweater with a deep red tank peaking from underneath. She added some extra flare by wearing maroon laces on her black combat boots. She adorned herself with her usual jewelry, more than an other one of her conservative classmates. She topped it off with her Hogwarts robe.
"Well, Hermione, I'm guilty of being unique. Haven't seen too much.flare for self-expression and freedom around these parts." She retorted as she arranged her Potions materials. Professor Snape emerged from his office in a rush, his robes billowing behind him.
"Hello again, students. I hope you enjoyed your summer holiday. I know we met last, or most of us anyway, when you took your O.W.L.s. Some of you," his glance quickly shifted to Draco Malfoy "tested outstandingly. Others not quite so well." Snape's sneer turned to Neville Longbottom and Seamus Finnigan, who hung their heads in embarrassment.
Nicole had her gaze set on Draco Malfoy who was listening to his Head Of House attentively.
"I would like to welcome Miss Joyce into the class," Nicole straightened her posture and returned her attention to Snape, who was speaking to her coldly. "I'm sure a new Gryffindor like yourself will.find her place in this class." Nicole responded with a small nod, concluding his announcement and commenced the class.
The entire class was spent taking notes and asking Gryffindors questions on obscure potions, he knew only Granger would know. A few spiteful glances were thrown at Nicole from Hermione when she would nonchalantly answer the hardest of questions. Snape's intense teaching required concentration, making Nicole's thoughts of her plans for after class to be forced from attention. As the class concluded and she gathered up her materials she noticed Snape calling Draco into his office. As the bell rang, she hurried out of the class with the horde of students, minus Draco. She breathed in the fresh air as she made her way down the field towards the huge Quidditch pitch. She cautiously looked around for other students but found none, even Hagrid, the giant of a gameskeeper was nowhere in view. She strolled to the back of the playing field, the side facing the lush forest rather than the castle. She sat down in the grass a few yards from the multicolored stands. She plopped herself down and calmed herself by lightly playing with the wildflower in front of her. She suddenly knew for some reason that Draco was approaching 'It's ok, Nic, you knew he was coming.he said he'd be here.' she thought to herself, still somewhat confused how she knew he was coming, he still wasn't at the front of the quidditch pitch. She instinctively straightened her skirt and brushed the dust off her Hogwarts robe she was sitting on and waited for Draco.
Draco Malfoy walked casually out of the dungeons, not drawing attention to himself. He continued to the quidditch field, knowing she would already be there. The fresh air was soothing to him and his thoughts wandered to the beautiful girl only a few meters away. He rounded the corner and found her sitting on her robes, lightly fingering a small purple wildflower's silky petals. She jerked back her head to face Draco, letting her mane of hair bounce against her back.
A smile spread across her face, making her lightly freckled face glow, her blue eyes shimmering in the sunlight. "Hey there, Blondie," she said said sweetly, the words flowing out of her mouth, followed by the same genuine smile as before, showing off her perfectly straight teeth. 2 years of braces had paid off.
"Why hello." He returned the smile as he walked over, holding his Hogwarts robe over his shoulder, displaying clearly his overall pristine attire. He had pressed black dress pants, shined black shoes, a starched and ironed white shirt with a green and silver Slytherin tie, knotted perfectly. He wore a clean grey v-neck sweater vest with the Hogwarts emblem on the left breast. He, as always, had his flawless, gleaming blond hair slicked hard against his head. He looked the part of the heir to the Malfoy fortune, the next generation of a notoriously rich and powerful wizarding family.
He neatly folded his robes next to her and sat himself down. "So you like flowers, do you?" Draco said smoothly, about to take out his wand and conjure her a bouquet.
"Well yes, I love them, they're beautiful, but usually only when they are still planted. I've never really liked conjured or magically altered flowers, ya know? There is something so pure, so real about natural flowers. They grow as they're supposed to be, with flaws and irregularities." She said lightly touching a broken petal in the flower. "I guess that's one of the reasons I've been negative about this place, Hogwarts, I mean." Her gaze reverted back to Draco who was listening intently. "My old school was so different, it was this big tall building in the heart of the city but whenever we didn't have a class we'd go up to the roof, ya see, we had a garden up there."
"You mean there was a garden at your SCHOOL? Your school had hired GARDENERS? For their rooftop?" he questioned in disbelief.
She giggled and nudged him in the shoulder "No you silly boy! We would plant every plant ourselves! I'll have to show you pictures of it, our garden had the nicest flowers, roses, geraniums, violets, orchids, and even my favorite, daisies." She blushed "I'm sorry Draco, I'm sure I'm boring you about gardens.." She continued with a chuckle.
"No! Please, I'd like to hear about it.it sounds lovely" he said softly.
"Well we put little café tables and chairs throughout the garden, it was like our own beautiful Eden. We wanted something to represent us, so we all picked out this beautiful statue of the goddess Diana, the queen of Witches. We have a little alter in front of her where we put seasonal items and light candle in honor of all the witches and wizards throughout history." She continued explaining with excitement in every word.
"This place sounds like it's a nice sight to see. I'm sure a school full of witches could make a beautiful garden easily. We even learned a few basic botanical charms last year in Herbology."
"Actually, the whole garden was all done without magic, no charms, no transfiguration, just the love and commitment we all put into it. You have no idea who proud of this place we all are. Our time and energy created something, we got dirty, we would mess up a few times, but this garden is something that we've come to see as more that that. It all started out to teach us about how witches used to live, hundreds of years ago, when they would live by themselves out in the woods, far away from the oppressing muggles. They would grow herbs and flowers for everyday use and healing and devotion to the gods. That was before magic became so common. Draco, back then, they would live for nature, and the magic that comes from it. It was more out of appreciation. Today we use magic for the most common things, separating the worlds of muggles and wizards. Back in the city, we are in such close proximity, we didn't use too much magic out of school. I miss it so much, everything here is so cold, everything is entirely magical, nothing of simplicity. I just don't know how I'm going to survive at this place. I want to go home so badly, be in my garden, take walks through Central Park, I'm sure this doesn't make sense to you at all because of your upbringing but please understand that I don't have anyone here. Just Ginny, and hopefully you." She looked up at him with a tear dripping down from her eye.
Draco reached out and wiped away her tear. "Nicole, I want to be here for you. If you'll be here for me. And I did understand what you're saying about muggles and wizards, I don't really know how but I understand." He replied.
"I hope sometime you could come back to New York with me, I was showing Ginny pictures we took and posted them on a webpage, she's probably surfing the net on my laptop right now!" she giggled as she noticed Draco's utter confusion. "Oh Draco, I think I'm going to have to show you a few things before taking ya back home..you'd be so confused. OOO! That reminds me! My CDs!" She took out her portable CD player and a case of CDs "Here, take them. I actually made copies of most of them. I bet you'd like a lot of this stuff, but I put in a few of my more mellow stuff. It's very relaxing" she said pointing to a John Mayer CD.
"Thanks so much, I'll have to buy one of these music player things soon so I can get this one back to you soon. And the little Weasel fancies muggle things, well her father does so it doesn't surprise me!" Draco said.
"Hey! She's my friend! You're not at all cute when you're nasty. And Draco, I have to tell Ginny about today. She mentioned something about how you're so mean and stuck up and arrogant but I couldn't defend you. I don't care if you don't like her brother and his friends, hell I don't like them too much either, but just because someone can't buy their children all the nicest things, it makes them bad people? And you don't know Ginny, she doesn't know you. All she knows is that you're mean and nasty to her family and humiliates her. Draco, please, I know you're better than that." She said with hurt in her eyes.
"I'm..I'm sorry. I think it was Lucius talking. I'm beginning to realize most of the things I do are entirely my father. I don't know who I am, Nicole. I'm turning into my father! Everything about me! If I showed you a picture of him at my age, you'd be amazed. We are like the same person, down to every detail. I know I cannot hate like that. Just being around you, I feel it, I can't be that.that evil." He said avoiding her eyes.
She reached over and lightly brought his face up so their eyes locked, Nicole's bright blue locked with Draco's grey. She quickly noticed the touch of cyan blue in them. "There is something so wonderful about you. It's something in here" she gently rested her hand on top of his heart, feeling his heartbeat. "but you never let it out. I don't want you to feel you have to hide yourself from me."
"There is something about you that makes me feel so comfortable, I've never ever felt this way before, I've always been tough, and you're turning me into a softy, Nicole" he smiled at her, she lightly chuckled at his words. "Meeting you has given me hope."
"Meeting you was a hidden miracle." She said as she gazed into his eyes, her hands creeping up from his chest and settled on his hard shoulders. He leaned into her placing his hands aorund her small waist. Their faces were inches from each other. Nicole shut her eyes and Draco's soft lips brushed hers, sending shivers through her whole body. Draco too had a tingling sensation coming over him. Nicole gently parted her lips feeling his tongue tasting the sweetness of his mouth. Draco's hands caressed her back as Nicole's rubbed the back of his neck, the ends of his hair pricking her fingers. Their tongues came into contact and briefly massaged each other. Nicole and Draco both slowly closed their mouths breaking their first kiss.
"Well Mr. Malfoy, it looks like I've gotta head over to my next class. But can I send you an owl when I get back?" she said, still flustered by the kiss.
"Why of course, Miss Joyce. But I want you to understand we need to lay low about this until the time is right, my dear, until the time is right. I'm sure my father won't be too happy about this."
"What about me corrupting his son he's raised to be a snobby little brat?" she laughed at Draco as he collected his things.
"No, I think its that I've got a radical Yankee halfblood girlfriend.that is ..if you will be...my girlfriend, I mean" Draco replied with a smirk.
Nicole gave him a quick sweet kiss on the lips. "I hope that answers your question..Yes, I will be your girlfriend." She giggled and stood on her toes to reach his cheek and gave him a peck.
"I think I'm going to hang out here for a few minutes, listen to a song or two before tending to some business in the greenhouse with Professor Sprout."
"And Draco, I won't tell Ginny if you don't want me to." Nicole said to Draco before she walked off.
"If you really trust her, fine then. As long as she doesn't tell the other Gryffindors."
"I don't want them to know, if they knew how wonderful you are, they'd be trying to steal you away." She joked as she gave him a goodbye kiss.
Draco watched as she walked off, almost in a skip, her robes flowing behind her.
He looked down at her CD player and saw that a blue CD was already in the portable CD player. It was one she had made herself. It read in permanent black marker:
Nic's Mix - A Jumble of Songs from my First Day at Hogwarts
Draco opened the case of CDs and found a small note on a purple post-it note.
Draco - listen to the first track of the CD I left in the player. It represents my feelings for you. It's such a cheesy pop song (don't laugh!) but it really touched me, just like you did. I was up till 1am downloading songs till I found the prefect one for my emotions. Just seeing you on the train made me feel this about you.
Love, Nicole
He smiled and pressed the small play button on the CD player. The lyrics rang in his head.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd (the crowd)
Try as they may they can never define
What's been said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall
You say it best.. when you say nothing at all
(You say it best when you say nothing at all
You say it best when you say nothing at all..)
The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know that you need me..
Draco was numb as the song ended. She really felt as strongly as he did?
He gathered his things together and started heading off the field and pressed repeat, as if the words of the song were coming right from her beautiful smiling mouth. He felt as though he had found something some people search their whole lives for. He breathed deeply, as though he hadn't relaxed in years.
Nicole went up to her dorm in Gryffindor tower after 2 more classes. Ginny greeted her, suddenly a huge owl carrying a large parcel swooped to Nicole's window before she had even sat down.
"Nicole! It's for you!"
Nicole untied the box from the owl and let it fly away. She apprehensively opened the box. A smile spread across her face as she removed the contents of the package and note.
Nicole -
May this gift represent the 2 worlds growing together. The seeds are purple daisies, which if I remember correctly, are your favorite.
-Draco
She set down the gift on her desk.
"It's a flower pot with dirt and seeds! At least the flower pot is nice. Hey! It's got your initials painted on it! Who sent it to you?" Ginny questioned.
"My amazing boyfriend." She replied, her teary eyes glued to the gift.
~*~*~*~*
Song credits go to Ronan Keating. I wuv that song, I had to add it.
What ya think? It's fluffy, but I have such a sappy romantic imagination.
You might say Draco is WAY out of character but its because he's changing without realizing it.
It's my story so I'll write what I want. (