CHAPTER 7~ The Astronomy Tower
HERMIONE'S POV~
I couldn't think during the entirety of the Arithmancy lesson. Well, I couldn't think about Arithmancy anyway. I did my best to make it look like I was taking notes, but in reality, I was drawing Draco's name inside of little hearts. Every now and then, I would glance over at him, and it looked like he was listening attentively. With every waking minute, I knew I wanted-I needed Draco more and more. I needed him so much; it was like an obsession that I just could not get rid of.
That night, I pulled on baggy black jeans, a black t-shirt, and a black sweatshirt over it (hey, I like to be color coordinated). I still wouldn't let anyone see my scarred left arm. At 8:30 I told my friends that I was going out to do my nightly rounds and they let me go without a word. They believed anything I told them that had to do with school. I stealthily made my way up to the Astronomy Tower, so that I wouldn't get caught (it wasn't my night to do the rounds). When I got there, Draco still hadn't arrived, so I sat on the windowsill and looked up at the beautiful, starry night sky. "It's beautiful," I said to myself.
"Just like you," came a voice from near the door.
I blushed slightly, but he couldn't see because it was so dark. "So why did you want me to come up here?" I asked while crossing the room to be held in his arms.
He leaned down and kissed me. "Does that answer your question?"
"Mmhm," I managed to get out before kissing him again. He picked me up, and I wrapped my legs around his torso as he carried me over to an old couch.
"I want you," he whispered as he began to kiss my jaw and he made his way down to my neck.
"I can tell," I answered. I couldn't see, but I felt him smirk as he continued to kiss me. "I want you too."
"Those are the magic words." He kissed my lips again as we began to discard each other of our layers of clothing. He did a protection charm, and that night Draco made me his and he became mine.
After he reached his climax, he laid on top of me breathing deeply. We were both drenched in sweat and were trying to catch our breath. We laid in silence for a while, and eventually I was able to say, "Wow!"
"Wow is good or bad?" he asked skeptically.
"Wow is definitely a good thing." I ran my fingers across his nicely toned chest and he looked into my eyes and smiled.
"I love you, Hermione Granger."
"And I love you, Draco Malfoy."
~
DRACO'S POV~
That was the best feeling in the world, lying there with Hermione after our first time. I couldn't think of a single moment in my life where I had been happier. I had just claimed the girl I loved as mine forever. I felt like I was the luckiest man alive.
At about midnight, we started to put our clothes back on. It probably already looked weird that we were gone for half the night, imagine if we didn't show up in our common rooms at all. There would have been hell the next morning. I walked her down to the Gryffindor Tower, where I kissed her good night, and then I headed for the dungeons.
When I came upon the wall that led into the Slytherin common room, I mumbled, "Mudbloods Suck," and walked into the calm darkness of the deserted common room. I walked up the stairs to my dorm feeling extremely light-hearted and tired and went to sleep.
The next morning, I woke up in a great mood. I took a shower and had to fight every urge in me so I wouldn't jump off the balcony that separated the dorms from the common room.
"Who's the girl?" Blaise Zambini asked as I flopped down onto a chair with one foot hanging over the arm.
"Who says a guy needs a girl to be in a great mood?" I answered he question with one of my own.
"Draco, I've known you for what, sixteen years, and in all that time I have never seen you so incredibly happy. I ask you again, who's the girl that did this good deed?"
"Blaise, I'm simply in a good mood because I woke up to the bright sun beating down on my face, and I thought, 'What a great day to be alive!'"
"Bullshit! You hate the sun. It quote, 'Messes with your gorgeous features.' Don't lie to me. I know that there is definitely a girl involved and that is why you didn't come back until well after midnight."
"I told you before I left that I had hall duties," I said innocently as I smirked at her.
"How come you were never this happy when we went out last year?"
"Blaise, I love you like the sister I never had. You've always been around and that's why the only thing we did was hug in those three hours that we did go out."
"It was only three hours. I could have sworn it was four," she joked.
I rolled my eyes at her. "I'm hungry. I'm gunna go to the Great Hall to get something to eat."
"Oh, so your late night session with mystery girl made you hungry as well?"
"Shut up," I said unenthusiastically as we headed upstairs to the Great Hall.
~
HERMIONE'S POV~
I woke up feeling extremely light-hearted. I felt absolutely no pain about anything. It felt like I could fly. "What's with you this morning?" Parvati asked.
"What d'ya mean?"
"You're smiling the brightest smile that I've ever seen anyone wear, and you don't look upset about anything at all like you usually do," she answered.
"I guess I'm just in a really great mood then," I said before skipping off to take a shower. When I felt all clean and refreshed, I got dressed and ran down the stairs into the common room.
"Hey, 'Mione," Ginny, Harry, and Ron greeted me as I flopped down onto a chair.
"Gooooooood morning."
"Why are you so jovial this morning?" Ron asked me.
"I feel like being happy."
"How come you didn't come back until really late last night?" Ginny interrogated.
"Oh, I had a long, heated discussion with Malfoy." I didn't exactly lie; I just didn't go into details either. It was best to leave it that way.
"'Mione, did that bastard hurt you in any way. I swear if he did I'll kick his ass!" Harry said loudly.
I laughed to myself. "Harry, do you seriously think I'd be in such a great mood of he hurt me? Think about it. If he hurt me, don't you think I'd be upset right now?" None of them answered, but they were obviously thinking about something. "Well while you sit here and ponder your answer, I think I'll head down to breakfast."
"Yeah, I'm going too. I need to get some food too," Ginny agreed.
The boys didn't attempt to move. They just sat there staring off into space. It was kind of weird, but we decided to leave them there.
In the Great Hall, I noticed Draco talking animatedly to some of his friends. He looked over at me and winked. About half way through breakfast, Harry and Ron finally showed up and began wolfing down their food while talking about Quidditch. Ginny leaned over and whispered, "What's with Malfoy looking at you? We've been back for two days and every time I look at him he's staring at you."
"Maybe he has a staring problem," I suggested. "Or maybe my hair disgusts him so much that he can't take his eyes off of it. How should I know? It's not like I live in his brain."
That day, all of my classes were with the Slytherins. Care of Magical Creatures and Charms before lunch and Transfigurations and Defense Against the Dark Arts after lunch. Ron and Harry moaned, but I remained indifferent. They hardly took notice of me anyway.
After breakfast, Ron, Lavender, Harry, and I walked out to Hagrid's hut. They were still complaining about the schedule. When we reached the hut, Hagrid wasn't there yet, but the Slytherins were. When we arrived, we heard a familiar drawl. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Wonder Boy, Mudblood, and their precious Sidekick with his muggle-loving ditzy girlfriend."
"Fuck off, Malfoy!" I interjected loudly.
"Ooh, Granger, getting a little feisty are we?"
"Oh yeah, Malfoy, very," I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes.
"You better watch that sarcastic mouth of yours around me, Mudblood."
"Aw gee, I'm sorry Your Highness. I didn't mean to offend you and your overly large ego. How very un-thoughtful of me. God, Ferret Boy, you really need to get a life."
I turned to leave, but he grabbed my left wrist and I winced in pain. The cuts I had made over the previous week hadn't all become just scars yet. He saw me wince and pulled my hand instead. Again he whispered in what appeared to be a harsh manner, "Same time, same place."
I silently agreed with my eyes and then pulled away from him. "You are a sick, perverted bastard."
"Not likely since I know that son of a bitch who calls himself my father." I almost laughed at his comment like most of the Slytherins were doing, but I coughed instead. He noticed this and smirked at me.
Harry and Ron were about to say something, but Hagrid came out and began the lesson. "We will be discussin' dragons fer the greater part o' the year." The whole classes eyes widened. Some-well most in fear, but a few in delight. I had always wanted to study dragons, and now it was actually going to happen. I was so excited. Hagrid continued, "We will learn some o' the basic anatomy 'fore we actually get t' see a real dragon. Tha' o' course won' happen till later this year. 'N' o' course we won' be able to see a full grown dragon, we'll be studyin' the babies"
I stole a glance at Draco, and I saw that he was delighted. I figured he would be since his name did mean "dragon" in Latin. For the first time, he would probably pay attention in class instead of torment me. That day, we began looking at pictures of some of the parts of a dragon. Before the end of class, Hagrid said, "Alrigh', next class I'll be puttin' yeh in pairs. They'll be interhouse pairs 'n' I don' wanna hear no complainin' from any of yeh. Understand?" Everyone nodded their head and then we took off back to the castle for charms.
Professor Flitwick made us take notes all period on the charm we would be studying the next class. The notes were on everything from the maker to what year it was made in to what it does. All in all it was a very boring lesson.
The day went by very quickly. Pictures of Draco were running through my head all day. I couldn't wait to get back up to the Astronomy Tower again. When I was with him, I was safe from the world. I felt like nothing would be able to harm me.
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DRACO'S POV~
I hated having so many classes with Hermione. Every time I looked at her, I wanted to kiss her and bury her in my passion. I knew we'd be together that night, but that didn't stop me from wanting her for the rest of the day. So many times I was tempted to pull her into an empty classroom, but she was always with Potthead and Weasel. They never ever left her alone.
I left the classroom at 8:30 and headed for the Astronomy Tower. I arrived at 8:55 and Hermione was sitting in the same spot as she was the night before. Making sure to keep quiet, I tip toed up behind her and put my arms around her waist. She jumped slightly and turned around to face me. "Don't do that!" she warned.
"Do what?" I asked innocently while kissing her.
She wrapped her legs around me once again and ran her fingers through my hair. I picked her up and carried her over to the same spot I had the night before. We stripped each other of our clothes and I slipped inside of her (after a protection charm of course). She moaned my name in pleasure and I moaned hers. I loved being so close to her in this totally sacred, yet totally forbidden love.
It reminded me so much of the muggle story, Romeo and Juliet. We were star- crossed lovers. The only problem was, their relationship ended up in death. I hoped that ours would have a much happier ending.
Once again when I had reached my peak, I just laid with her in my arms. I was perfectly content to just lie there all night and just hold her close to me. Her body fit so perfectly in mine; we were made for each other. I knew that no matter what my father or anyone else said, I would forever lover Hermione Granger.
HERMIONE'S POV~
I couldn't think during the entirety of the Arithmancy lesson. Well, I couldn't think about Arithmancy anyway. I did my best to make it look like I was taking notes, but in reality, I was drawing Draco's name inside of little hearts. Every now and then, I would glance over at him, and it looked like he was listening attentively. With every waking minute, I knew I wanted-I needed Draco more and more. I needed him so much; it was like an obsession that I just could not get rid of.
That night, I pulled on baggy black jeans, a black t-shirt, and a black sweatshirt over it (hey, I like to be color coordinated). I still wouldn't let anyone see my scarred left arm. At 8:30 I told my friends that I was going out to do my nightly rounds and they let me go without a word. They believed anything I told them that had to do with school. I stealthily made my way up to the Astronomy Tower, so that I wouldn't get caught (it wasn't my night to do the rounds). When I got there, Draco still hadn't arrived, so I sat on the windowsill and looked up at the beautiful, starry night sky. "It's beautiful," I said to myself.
"Just like you," came a voice from near the door.
I blushed slightly, but he couldn't see because it was so dark. "So why did you want me to come up here?" I asked while crossing the room to be held in his arms.
He leaned down and kissed me. "Does that answer your question?"
"Mmhm," I managed to get out before kissing him again. He picked me up, and I wrapped my legs around his torso as he carried me over to an old couch.
"I want you," he whispered as he began to kiss my jaw and he made his way down to my neck.
"I can tell," I answered. I couldn't see, but I felt him smirk as he continued to kiss me. "I want you too."
"Those are the magic words." He kissed my lips again as we began to discard each other of our layers of clothing. He did a protection charm, and that night Draco made me his and he became mine.
After he reached his climax, he laid on top of me breathing deeply. We were both drenched in sweat and were trying to catch our breath. We laid in silence for a while, and eventually I was able to say, "Wow!"
"Wow is good or bad?" he asked skeptically.
"Wow is definitely a good thing." I ran my fingers across his nicely toned chest and he looked into my eyes and smiled.
"I love you, Hermione Granger."
"And I love you, Draco Malfoy."
~
DRACO'S POV~
That was the best feeling in the world, lying there with Hermione after our first time. I couldn't think of a single moment in my life where I had been happier. I had just claimed the girl I loved as mine forever. I felt like I was the luckiest man alive.
At about midnight, we started to put our clothes back on. It probably already looked weird that we were gone for half the night, imagine if we didn't show up in our common rooms at all. There would have been hell the next morning. I walked her down to the Gryffindor Tower, where I kissed her good night, and then I headed for the dungeons.
When I came upon the wall that led into the Slytherin common room, I mumbled, "Mudbloods Suck," and walked into the calm darkness of the deserted common room. I walked up the stairs to my dorm feeling extremely light-hearted and tired and went to sleep.
The next morning, I woke up in a great mood. I took a shower and had to fight every urge in me so I wouldn't jump off the balcony that separated the dorms from the common room.
"Who's the girl?" Blaise Zambini asked as I flopped down onto a chair with one foot hanging over the arm.
"Who says a guy needs a girl to be in a great mood?" I answered he question with one of my own.
"Draco, I've known you for what, sixteen years, and in all that time I have never seen you so incredibly happy. I ask you again, who's the girl that did this good deed?"
"Blaise, I'm simply in a good mood because I woke up to the bright sun beating down on my face, and I thought, 'What a great day to be alive!'"
"Bullshit! You hate the sun. It quote, 'Messes with your gorgeous features.' Don't lie to me. I know that there is definitely a girl involved and that is why you didn't come back until well after midnight."
"I told you before I left that I had hall duties," I said innocently as I smirked at her.
"How come you were never this happy when we went out last year?"
"Blaise, I love you like the sister I never had. You've always been around and that's why the only thing we did was hug in those three hours that we did go out."
"It was only three hours. I could have sworn it was four," she joked.
I rolled my eyes at her. "I'm hungry. I'm gunna go to the Great Hall to get something to eat."
"Oh, so your late night session with mystery girl made you hungry as well?"
"Shut up," I said unenthusiastically as we headed upstairs to the Great Hall.
~
HERMIONE'S POV~
I woke up feeling extremely light-hearted. I felt absolutely no pain about anything. It felt like I could fly. "What's with you this morning?" Parvati asked.
"What d'ya mean?"
"You're smiling the brightest smile that I've ever seen anyone wear, and you don't look upset about anything at all like you usually do," she answered.
"I guess I'm just in a really great mood then," I said before skipping off to take a shower. When I felt all clean and refreshed, I got dressed and ran down the stairs into the common room.
"Hey, 'Mione," Ginny, Harry, and Ron greeted me as I flopped down onto a chair.
"Gooooooood morning."
"Why are you so jovial this morning?" Ron asked me.
"I feel like being happy."
"How come you didn't come back until really late last night?" Ginny interrogated.
"Oh, I had a long, heated discussion with Malfoy." I didn't exactly lie; I just didn't go into details either. It was best to leave it that way.
"'Mione, did that bastard hurt you in any way. I swear if he did I'll kick his ass!" Harry said loudly.
I laughed to myself. "Harry, do you seriously think I'd be in such a great mood of he hurt me? Think about it. If he hurt me, don't you think I'd be upset right now?" None of them answered, but they were obviously thinking about something. "Well while you sit here and ponder your answer, I think I'll head down to breakfast."
"Yeah, I'm going too. I need to get some food too," Ginny agreed.
The boys didn't attempt to move. They just sat there staring off into space. It was kind of weird, but we decided to leave them there.
In the Great Hall, I noticed Draco talking animatedly to some of his friends. He looked over at me and winked. About half way through breakfast, Harry and Ron finally showed up and began wolfing down their food while talking about Quidditch. Ginny leaned over and whispered, "What's with Malfoy looking at you? We've been back for two days and every time I look at him he's staring at you."
"Maybe he has a staring problem," I suggested. "Or maybe my hair disgusts him so much that he can't take his eyes off of it. How should I know? It's not like I live in his brain."
That day, all of my classes were with the Slytherins. Care of Magical Creatures and Charms before lunch and Transfigurations and Defense Against the Dark Arts after lunch. Ron and Harry moaned, but I remained indifferent. They hardly took notice of me anyway.
After breakfast, Ron, Lavender, Harry, and I walked out to Hagrid's hut. They were still complaining about the schedule. When we reached the hut, Hagrid wasn't there yet, but the Slytherins were. When we arrived, we heard a familiar drawl. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Wonder Boy, Mudblood, and their precious Sidekick with his muggle-loving ditzy girlfriend."
"Fuck off, Malfoy!" I interjected loudly.
"Ooh, Granger, getting a little feisty are we?"
"Oh yeah, Malfoy, very," I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes.
"You better watch that sarcastic mouth of yours around me, Mudblood."
"Aw gee, I'm sorry Your Highness. I didn't mean to offend you and your overly large ego. How very un-thoughtful of me. God, Ferret Boy, you really need to get a life."
I turned to leave, but he grabbed my left wrist and I winced in pain. The cuts I had made over the previous week hadn't all become just scars yet. He saw me wince and pulled my hand instead. Again he whispered in what appeared to be a harsh manner, "Same time, same place."
I silently agreed with my eyes and then pulled away from him. "You are a sick, perverted bastard."
"Not likely since I know that son of a bitch who calls himself my father." I almost laughed at his comment like most of the Slytherins were doing, but I coughed instead. He noticed this and smirked at me.
Harry and Ron were about to say something, but Hagrid came out and began the lesson. "We will be discussin' dragons fer the greater part o' the year." The whole classes eyes widened. Some-well most in fear, but a few in delight. I had always wanted to study dragons, and now it was actually going to happen. I was so excited. Hagrid continued, "We will learn some o' the basic anatomy 'fore we actually get t' see a real dragon. Tha' o' course won' happen till later this year. 'N' o' course we won' be able to see a full grown dragon, we'll be studyin' the babies"
I stole a glance at Draco, and I saw that he was delighted. I figured he would be since his name did mean "dragon" in Latin. For the first time, he would probably pay attention in class instead of torment me. That day, we began looking at pictures of some of the parts of a dragon. Before the end of class, Hagrid said, "Alrigh', next class I'll be puttin' yeh in pairs. They'll be interhouse pairs 'n' I don' wanna hear no complainin' from any of yeh. Understand?" Everyone nodded their head and then we took off back to the castle for charms.
Professor Flitwick made us take notes all period on the charm we would be studying the next class. The notes were on everything from the maker to what year it was made in to what it does. All in all it was a very boring lesson.
The day went by very quickly. Pictures of Draco were running through my head all day. I couldn't wait to get back up to the Astronomy Tower again. When I was with him, I was safe from the world. I felt like nothing would be able to harm me.
~
DRACO'S POV~
I hated having so many classes with Hermione. Every time I looked at her, I wanted to kiss her and bury her in my passion. I knew we'd be together that night, but that didn't stop me from wanting her for the rest of the day. So many times I was tempted to pull her into an empty classroom, but she was always with Potthead and Weasel. They never ever left her alone.
I left the classroom at 8:30 and headed for the Astronomy Tower. I arrived at 8:55 and Hermione was sitting in the same spot as she was the night before. Making sure to keep quiet, I tip toed up behind her and put my arms around her waist. She jumped slightly and turned around to face me. "Don't do that!" she warned.
"Do what?" I asked innocently while kissing her.
She wrapped her legs around me once again and ran her fingers through my hair. I picked her up and carried her over to the same spot I had the night before. We stripped each other of our clothes and I slipped inside of her (after a protection charm of course). She moaned my name in pleasure and I moaned hers. I loved being so close to her in this totally sacred, yet totally forbidden love.
It reminded me so much of the muggle story, Romeo and Juliet. We were star- crossed lovers. The only problem was, their relationship ended up in death. I hoped that ours would have a much happier ending.
Once again when I had reached my peak, I just laid with her in my arms. I was perfectly content to just lie there all night and just hold her close to me. Her body fit so perfectly in mine; we were made for each other. I knew that no matter what my father or anyone else said, I would forever lover Hermione Granger.