CHAPTER 9~ The Prefects Meeting
DRACO'S POV~
"JUSTIN!" I yelled. "Get in here and close that door now!" He did as he was told and looked very scared. "If you breathe a word of this to anyone, I will personally make your life a living hell. Got it?"
"Y-yeah, I-I won't tell anyone. I s-swear," he stuttered.
I turned to look at Hermione. She was holding her breath and not moving. "Hermione, it's okay. You can breathe," I whispered softly. "He won't do anything. Please breathe." I pulled her close to me and she released the air that was occupying her lungs.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled. "I got scared."
"You don't have to be afraid of him. You scared the shit outta me though."
She gave me a weak smile. "I didn't mean to."
"I know you didn't"
"How long have you been going out?" Justin asked cautiously.
"Only five days," Hermione answered.
"That's like since the day before we came back. How'd you manage that?"
"To make a long story short, we both ended up at the Leaky Cauldron the week before school started and we got to talking and fell in love," I said. "No one is supposed to know though, 'cause if my father finds out he'll kill her. That's why you can't say anything."
"I won't, I promise."
The other prefects, head boy and head girl came in. The Head Girl was Cho Chang and Head Boy was a Hufflepuff named Jeremy.
"Good Morning everybody!" said Cho happily. "Today we will be giving you your assignments for the winter ball."
"The fifth years will be doing music, sixth years decorations, and Cho and I have theme," Jeremy informed us. "Sixth years, you won't be able to discuss decorations until we give you a theme, so you're off the hook for a little while."
"At nights we will have two people from each year go out and search the halls. This will get things done a bit faster. You will alternate every other night," Cho said. She paired up the fifth years and then got to us. "Justin and Padma and Hermione and Draco. I know you two aren't the best of friends but please try to get along."
"Fine," we muttered together. I was actually hoping she would pair me up with Hermione. I probably would have killed her if she put me with anyone else.
"Okay, that's all," said Roger. "Enjoy your weekend. The pairs we mentioned first will go out tonight. We'll call our next meeting when we need you."
I left the room after everyone else and hoped Hermione would wait for me. When I walked out of the room, she was leaning against the wall and talking to Padma. "Hey Draco," said Padma in a singsong voice.
I nodded to her in response. "Can I borrow Granger? We need to talk."
She looked at me quizzically and then at Hermione. "Um, sure as long as she's in one piece when you're through with her."
"I'll be alright," Hermione reassured her. "He can't do anything to me, and if he tries, I'll hex him into next year." She smirked at me.
"Sure you will, Granger. Come on, let's go." I grabbed her upper arm and dragged her while she pretended to struggle. Padma watched for a little bit and then turned and walked the other way.
"Does this mean we can't sneak out at night anymore?" Hermione asked.
"Nope. What our friends don't know won't hurt them. Besides, I wouldn't be able to stand not seeing you for the whole night."
"Draco, you are truly pathetic," she joked.
"I try," I answered smirking. She rolled her eyes and started walking again. "Oh come on, you know you wouldn't be able to sleep unless you saw me first."
"I've managed to do that for sixteen years. What difference would one night make?"
"It would make me cry."
She couldn't control herself anymore. She started laughing and it didn't look like she would ever stop. "Draco, that is extremely hilarious!" She continued to laugh, and I really didn't think she would stop. I watched her lean against the stonewall and crouch down to try and catch her breath.
"I never knew you could laugh like that. You're always so serious."
"I'm not always serious," she answered defiantly. "I know how to have a good time."
Do you really?" I asked curiously. "I know a secret path out to muggle London. How about we go to a club tonight?"
" I don't dance, Draco."
"I'm not saying you have to dance, just follow my lead."
"Which means I'm gunna be dancing, doesn't it?" she asked.
"It might mean that, but I'm not a great dancer myself," I answered.
"Fine. But what am I gunna wear? I mean, don't you have to dress semi- nice to go to those places? I don't exactly have 'nice' clothes."
"As long as you're wearing black jeans you'll be fine. This isn't one of those stuck-up, preppy people, rap music clubs. It's geared more toward punks. If we leave now, we can actually walk around a bit and have dinner and stuff first."
"Do you have any muggle money though? I always change mine to wizard money."
"Of course I do. I've been to muggle London tons of times. I always carry around some muggle money. Come on, I have to go somewhere before we go to dinner."
HERMIONE'S POV~
He grabbed my hand and pulled me around until we reached a large painting of a cityscape that I had never seen before. "Muggle London," Draco said. The painting opened and revealed a long tunnel. We walked in. It was very long, but after about fifteen minutes, we reached a dead end.
"Oh, great, Draco," I said sarcastically. "Just where I wanted to be."
He looked at me with a smirk planted on his face and pushed on the wall. It opened to reveal the city of London. "Is this where you wanted to be?"
"How'd you find out about this?" I asked looking at him in total shock.
"I stumbled across it one day. I was walking around cursing everything about muggles and about London and it just opened. At the time I had nothing better to do so I walked down the hall. I reached the wall and thought, 'Great another stupid fucking passage that leads to no where in the damn school.' I leaned against the wall and it just opened to reveal this. I come here every now and then to get away and clear my mind."
I had been to London before, but being with Draco made things so much more exciting. "So where was it you wanted to go?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, there's this place I wanted to go that does tattoos and piercings. I wanted to go there. There's this tattoo I wanna get and I've been dying to get my eyebrow pierced."
"No way! Me too!"
"I'll buy them for you," he said grinning.
I wanted to protest but he wouldn't have let me. We walked down a few blocks until we came to the place Draco was looking for. When we walked in, we were greeted who had tattoos and piercings all over his body. "Hey what can I do for you?"
"We both want a tattoo and we both want our eyebrow pierced," Draco said.
"All right. Take a seat and we'll be with you in a minute."
We sat down and waited for him to call us."
~*~*~*~*~
After we were finished, Draco took me out to dinner. Draco got a tattoo of my name in a heart on his right arm and I got a silver and green dragon on my right ankle. We both got our eyebrow pierced and had a barbell that was silver with a silver ball on one end and a green ball on the other.
I had been to the restaurant he took me to once before. A muggle boy from my street took me there once (he just thought I went to boarding school for the school year). He broke up with me when he took me home that night because my parents told him I was a witch.
"What're you thinking about?" Draco asked as we sat down.
"The last time I came here," I answered.
"You've been here before?" He sounded shocked and a little disappointed. I guessed that he wanted him to be the first to bring me.
"Yeah. Last summer my ex-boyfriend took me here."
"Oh." He looked down at the table.
"What's wrong, Draco?"
"I just thought it'd be special to take you somewhere you've never been before. That's all."
"Believe me, I'd much rather be here with you than with him. He dumped me when my parents told him that I'm a witch." I took his hands in mine and he looked into my eyes. "You make everyday of my life special."
He smiled at me and was about to say something when the waiter interrupted, "Can I take your order?" We placed our orders and talked throughout dinner.
After dinner we walked about two blocks until we came to the club Draco was talking about. When we walked in, the music was blasting and there were people jumping all around. Most of the people there were dressed like Draco and me, baggy jeans, spiked hair, dark clothes. It was pretty cool to see so many people who were somewhat like me. I say somewhat because I don't think many of them were witches or wizards.
Draco dragged me out into the middle of the dance floor and we were soon jumping around and dancing like everyone else.
After a long while I said, "Draco, I need a drink."
"Alright."
We wound our way through the mass of people until we reached the bar. "What can I get you?" asked the bartender.
"Two Coronas," Draco stated casually.
"I'm gunna need to see some id," he said eyeing us suspiciously.
I watched as Draco pulled two cards from his pocket; obviously fake ids.
"Alright then." The bartender popped open the two drinks and handed them to us. Draco thanked him and we made our way over to a small, unoccupied table.
"Let me see those," I demanded.
"See what?"
"Don't play stupid. I know those were fake ids."
He pulled the two cards out of his pocket. "They're pictures of us, don't worry. I wasn't going to make you some ugly, fat chick."
"How'd you do it?"
"I have a wand. I simply put it to good use." He smirked at me and took a sip of his drink.
When we finished our drinks, Draco took my hand and pulled me back out to the dance floor. We were jumping around and dancing once again. All of a sudden, I felt myself being pulled away from Draco. I got very scared; I wasn't planning on leaving Draco's side. All of a sudden, this tall guy with black hair and brown eyes came up to me and said, "Hey hottie, wanna dance?"
"Um, no. Actually I don't. I'm looking for my boyfriend. Now get out of my way."
"What'd he ditch you for some hot, blonde chick?" He chuckled and I gave him a disgusted look.
"No, he didn't. Now move!"
"Well what if I don't wanna move? What if I like tormenting you so you can't get to your pretty-boy boyfriend? He probably doesn't even care about you. I can show you what a real man's all about."
"Draco is not a pretty-boy and he could kick your ass any day of the week, asshole!"
"Draco? That's his name? Cute, real cute. Is that a nickname or something? Is that what you call him in bed?"
Instead of answering I turned around and attempted to go the other way. He grabbed my arm and pressed his body against mine. I could smell alcohol on his breath and he bent down as if he was going to kiss me. I never got a chance to find out if that's what he was going to do because I kneed him in the groin and he doubled over in pain. I then kicked his legs out from under him and the on-lookers began laughing. I searched all their faces, but I still could not find Draco.
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DRACO'S POV~
Hermione and I were dancing and jumping around with everyone else in the club. Before I knew it, I was being pulled away from her. I tried to pry my way through the crowd, but I couldn't seem to find any holes. I tried to remain calm on the surface while I was looking for her, but inside I was freaking out.
After a few minutes, I saw a crowd all huddled together and laughing. I broke my way through to see what all the commotion was about and to see if Hermione was somewhere among them. She was. She was towering over a man who was moaning and whining on the floor, and she looked pissed. "Hermione!" I called. She didn't hear me so I called her again. "Hermione!" She looked up, smiled and walked over to me.
"Where'd you go?" she asked as she threw her arms around my neck.
"I don't even know what happened. Come on, let's get back."
"Alright I was just gunna suggest that myself."
I smiled a little and took her hand as we left the club. I was very curious as to what happened and asked her, "What happened back there? Why did you look so pissed off? Why was that guy on the floor?"
I saw her smile and look down at the ground. "Well at first he was attempting to hit on me, and then he was saying shit about you even though he didn't know who you are. I turned around and was gunna walk away, but he grabbed me and was gunna kiss me, so I kneed him in the groin and then kicked his legs out from under him. Apparently everyone found it funny."
I winced a little. "You wouldn't do that to me, would you?"
"If you deserve it I just might have to." She smirked at me and I gave her a fake pout. "I'm joking, Draco. I wouldn't dream of doing that to you."
"Good, 'cause if you did that to me, who else would have your kids?" I didn't mean to say that, but it slipped out and there was no going back on it.
She looked slightly perplexed. "Excuse me?"
"Uh what?"
"What did you sat about kids?" she asked calmly.
"Oh uh I didn't mean to. It just kinda slipped out." She looked at me and I mumbled, "If you kicked me there it would be kind of hard for you to have my kids." I stopped and pushed on the wall that would lead us back to Hogwarts.
"You want me to have your kids?"
"Well, yeah, eventually."
"Draco, are you embarrassed?"
I looked down and I could feel the color rising to my cheeks. "Um."
She stopped and turned to face me. "I wanna have your kids, too," she whispered. I looked up and she smiled at me. "When you gave me this ring it was obvious that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me."
I leaned down and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss. After what seemed like forever she broke away and said, "Draco, we should really get back. It's almost two already."
"What if I don't wanna go back yet?" I whined. I knew I sounded very juvenile, but I really wanted to stay with her. "Going back means I have to leave you."
"We'll see each other tomorrow. We have duty tomorrow night anyway. It's almost two am and no one has seen us all day, and I'd bet anything that either Harry or Ron is in the common room waiting for me so I can be lectured about being up after hours. They're very hypocritical."
I finally gave in. "Fine, I see how it is. Leave me so you can talk to them."
"I've been with you all day. Don't you want a break?"
"No," I answered shortly. "But if you need a break we can go." She had the ability to make me feel guilty without meaning to.
"It's not that I want to leave you. It's just that I don't think we'd get a great response if we didn't turn up tonight, and it would also be pretty bad if I woke up in your dorm."
"Who said anything about my dorm?" I asked grinning.
"Um-I-well-uh-"
"Wow, good job. You can't even back up your statement. Good job!" I started to walk, but she didn't move. Once again she looked confused. "Okay, fine." I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. "I guess I'll just have to help you along."
"Draco Malfoy, you put me down this instant!" she shrieked, but she was laughing at the same time, so I continued to carry her.
I carried her till the end of the hallway and put her down once we were through the picture. We walked hand-in-hand until we got to the Gryffindor Tower where I kissed her goodnight. I watched the Fat Lady for a while before I turned and headed back to my common room.
I managed to get back to the dungeons without any problems, but that's probably because 2:30 was kind of late to be out of bed. Luckily, no one was in the common room, so I was able to get upstairs without any problems. I fell asleep quickly and had sweet dreams of Hermione.
DRACO'S POV~
"JUSTIN!" I yelled. "Get in here and close that door now!" He did as he was told and looked very scared. "If you breathe a word of this to anyone, I will personally make your life a living hell. Got it?"
"Y-yeah, I-I won't tell anyone. I s-swear," he stuttered.
I turned to look at Hermione. She was holding her breath and not moving. "Hermione, it's okay. You can breathe," I whispered softly. "He won't do anything. Please breathe." I pulled her close to me and she released the air that was occupying her lungs.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled. "I got scared."
"You don't have to be afraid of him. You scared the shit outta me though."
She gave me a weak smile. "I didn't mean to."
"I know you didn't"
"How long have you been going out?" Justin asked cautiously.
"Only five days," Hermione answered.
"That's like since the day before we came back. How'd you manage that?"
"To make a long story short, we both ended up at the Leaky Cauldron the week before school started and we got to talking and fell in love," I said. "No one is supposed to know though, 'cause if my father finds out he'll kill her. That's why you can't say anything."
"I won't, I promise."
The other prefects, head boy and head girl came in. The Head Girl was Cho Chang and Head Boy was a Hufflepuff named Jeremy.
"Good Morning everybody!" said Cho happily. "Today we will be giving you your assignments for the winter ball."
"The fifth years will be doing music, sixth years decorations, and Cho and I have theme," Jeremy informed us. "Sixth years, you won't be able to discuss decorations until we give you a theme, so you're off the hook for a little while."
"At nights we will have two people from each year go out and search the halls. This will get things done a bit faster. You will alternate every other night," Cho said. She paired up the fifth years and then got to us. "Justin and Padma and Hermione and Draco. I know you two aren't the best of friends but please try to get along."
"Fine," we muttered together. I was actually hoping she would pair me up with Hermione. I probably would have killed her if she put me with anyone else.
"Okay, that's all," said Roger. "Enjoy your weekend. The pairs we mentioned first will go out tonight. We'll call our next meeting when we need you."
I left the room after everyone else and hoped Hermione would wait for me. When I walked out of the room, she was leaning against the wall and talking to Padma. "Hey Draco," said Padma in a singsong voice.
I nodded to her in response. "Can I borrow Granger? We need to talk."
She looked at me quizzically and then at Hermione. "Um, sure as long as she's in one piece when you're through with her."
"I'll be alright," Hermione reassured her. "He can't do anything to me, and if he tries, I'll hex him into next year." She smirked at me.
"Sure you will, Granger. Come on, let's go." I grabbed her upper arm and dragged her while she pretended to struggle. Padma watched for a little bit and then turned and walked the other way.
"Does this mean we can't sneak out at night anymore?" Hermione asked.
"Nope. What our friends don't know won't hurt them. Besides, I wouldn't be able to stand not seeing you for the whole night."
"Draco, you are truly pathetic," she joked.
"I try," I answered smirking. She rolled her eyes and started walking again. "Oh come on, you know you wouldn't be able to sleep unless you saw me first."
"I've managed to do that for sixteen years. What difference would one night make?"
"It would make me cry."
She couldn't control herself anymore. She started laughing and it didn't look like she would ever stop. "Draco, that is extremely hilarious!" She continued to laugh, and I really didn't think she would stop. I watched her lean against the stonewall and crouch down to try and catch her breath.
"I never knew you could laugh like that. You're always so serious."
"I'm not always serious," she answered defiantly. "I know how to have a good time."
Do you really?" I asked curiously. "I know a secret path out to muggle London. How about we go to a club tonight?"
" I don't dance, Draco."
"I'm not saying you have to dance, just follow my lead."
"Which means I'm gunna be dancing, doesn't it?" she asked.
"It might mean that, but I'm not a great dancer myself," I answered.
"Fine. But what am I gunna wear? I mean, don't you have to dress semi- nice to go to those places? I don't exactly have 'nice' clothes."
"As long as you're wearing black jeans you'll be fine. This isn't one of those stuck-up, preppy people, rap music clubs. It's geared more toward punks. If we leave now, we can actually walk around a bit and have dinner and stuff first."
"Do you have any muggle money though? I always change mine to wizard money."
"Of course I do. I've been to muggle London tons of times. I always carry around some muggle money. Come on, I have to go somewhere before we go to dinner."
HERMIONE'S POV~
He grabbed my hand and pulled me around until we reached a large painting of a cityscape that I had never seen before. "Muggle London," Draco said. The painting opened and revealed a long tunnel. We walked in. It was very long, but after about fifteen minutes, we reached a dead end.
"Oh, great, Draco," I said sarcastically. "Just where I wanted to be."
He looked at me with a smirk planted on his face and pushed on the wall. It opened to reveal the city of London. "Is this where you wanted to be?"
"How'd you find out about this?" I asked looking at him in total shock.
"I stumbled across it one day. I was walking around cursing everything about muggles and about London and it just opened. At the time I had nothing better to do so I walked down the hall. I reached the wall and thought, 'Great another stupid fucking passage that leads to no where in the damn school.' I leaned against the wall and it just opened to reveal this. I come here every now and then to get away and clear my mind."
I had been to London before, but being with Draco made things so much more exciting. "So where was it you wanted to go?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, there's this place I wanted to go that does tattoos and piercings. I wanted to go there. There's this tattoo I wanna get and I've been dying to get my eyebrow pierced."
"No way! Me too!"
"I'll buy them for you," he said grinning.
I wanted to protest but he wouldn't have let me. We walked down a few blocks until we came to the place Draco was looking for. When we walked in, we were greeted who had tattoos and piercings all over his body. "Hey what can I do for you?"
"We both want a tattoo and we both want our eyebrow pierced," Draco said.
"All right. Take a seat and we'll be with you in a minute."
We sat down and waited for him to call us."
~*~*~*~*~
After we were finished, Draco took me out to dinner. Draco got a tattoo of my name in a heart on his right arm and I got a silver and green dragon on my right ankle. We both got our eyebrow pierced and had a barbell that was silver with a silver ball on one end and a green ball on the other.
I had been to the restaurant he took me to once before. A muggle boy from my street took me there once (he just thought I went to boarding school for the school year). He broke up with me when he took me home that night because my parents told him I was a witch.
"What're you thinking about?" Draco asked as we sat down.
"The last time I came here," I answered.
"You've been here before?" He sounded shocked and a little disappointed. I guessed that he wanted him to be the first to bring me.
"Yeah. Last summer my ex-boyfriend took me here."
"Oh." He looked down at the table.
"What's wrong, Draco?"
"I just thought it'd be special to take you somewhere you've never been before. That's all."
"Believe me, I'd much rather be here with you than with him. He dumped me when my parents told him that I'm a witch." I took his hands in mine and he looked into my eyes. "You make everyday of my life special."
He smiled at me and was about to say something when the waiter interrupted, "Can I take your order?" We placed our orders and talked throughout dinner.
After dinner we walked about two blocks until we came to the club Draco was talking about. When we walked in, the music was blasting and there were people jumping all around. Most of the people there were dressed like Draco and me, baggy jeans, spiked hair, dark clothes. It was pretty cool to see so many people who were somewhat like me. I say somewhat because I don't think many of them were witches or wizards.
Draco dragged me out into the middle of the dance floor and we were soon jumping around and dancing like everyone else.
After a long while I said, "Draco, I need a drink."
"Alright."
We wound our way through the mass of people until we reached the bar. "What can I get you?" asked the bartender.
"Two Coronas," Draco stated casually.
"I'm gunna need to see some id," he said eyeing us suspiciously.
I watched as Draco pulled two cards from his pocket; obviously fake ids.
"Alright then." The bartender popped open the two drinks and handed them to us. Draco thanked him and we made our way over to a small, unoccupied table.
"Let me see those," I demanded.
"See what?"
"Don't play stupid. I know those were fake ids."
He pulled the two cards out of his pocket. "They're pictures of us, don't worry. I wasn't going to make you some ugly, fat chick."
"How'd you do it?"
"I have a wand. I simply put it to good use." He smirked at me and took a sip of his drink.
When we finished our drinks, Draco took my hand and pulled me back out to the dance floor. We were jumping around and dancing once again. All of a sudden, I felt myself being pulled away from Draco. I got very scared; I wasn't planning on leaving Draco's side. All of a sudden, this tall guy with black hair and brown eyes came up to me and said, "Hey hottie, wanna dance?"
"Um, no. Actually I don't. I'm looking for my boyfriend. Now get out of my way."
"What'd he ditch you for some hot, blonde chick?" He chuckled and I gave him a disgusted look.
"No, he didn't. Now move!"
"Well what if I don't wanna move? What if I like tormenting you so you can't get to your pretty-boy boyfriend? He probably doesn't even care about you. I can show you what a real man's all about."
"Draco is not a pretty-boy and he could kick your ass any day of the week, asshole!"
"Draco? That's his name? Cute, real cute. Is that a nickname or something? Is that what you call him in bed?"
Instead of answering I turned around and attempted to go the other way. He grabbed my arm and pressed his body against mine. I could smell alcohol on his breath and he bent down as if he was going to kiss me. I never got a chance to find out if that's what he was going to do because I kneed him in the groin and he doubled over in pain. I then kicked his legs out from under him and the on-lookers began laughing. I searched all their faces, but I still could not find Draco.
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DRACO'S POV~
Hermione and I were dancing and jumping around with everyone else in the club. Before I knew it, I was being pulled away from her. I tried to pry my way through the crowd, but I couldn't seem to find any holes. I tried to remain calm on the surface while I was looking for her, but inside I was freaking out.
After a few minutes, I saw a crowd all huddled together and laughing. I broke my way through to see what all the commotion was about and to see if Hermione was somewhere among them. She was. She was towering over a man who was moaning and whining on the floor, and she looked pissed. "Hermione!" I called. She didn't hear me so I called her again. "Hermione!" She looked up, smiled and walked over to me.
"Where'd you go?" she asked as she threw her arms around my neck.
"I don't even know what happened. Come on, let's get back."
"Alright I was just gunna suggest that myself."
I smiled a little and took her hand as we left the club. I was very curious as to what happened and asked her, "What happened back there? Why did you look so pissed off? Why was that guy on the floor?"
I saw her smile and look down at the ground. "Well at first he was attempting to hit on me, and then he was saying shit about you even though he didn't know who you are. I turned around and was gunna walk away, but he grabbed me and was gunna kiss me, so I kneed him in the groin and then kicked his legs out from under him. Apparently everyone found it funny."
I winced a little. "You wouldn't do that to me, would you?"
"If you deserve it I just might have to." She smirked at me and I gave her a fake pout. "I'm joking, Draco. I wouldn't dream of doing that to you."
"Good, 'cause if you did that to me, who else would have your kids?" I didn't mean to say that, but it slipped out and there was no going back on it.
She looked slightly perplexed. "Excuse me?"
"Uh what?"
"What did you sat about kids?" she asked calmly.
"Oh uh I didn't mean to. It just kinda slipped out." She looked at me and I mumbled, "If you kicked me there it would be kind of hard for you to have my kids." I stopped and pushed on the wall that would lead us back to Hogwarts.
"You want me to have your kids?"
"Well, yeah, eventually."
"Draco, are you embarrassed?"
I looked down and I could feel the color rising to my cheeks. "Um."
She stopped and turned to face me. "I wanna have your kids, too," she whispered. I looked up and she smiled at me. "When you gave me this ring it was obvious that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me."
I leaned down and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss. After what seemed like forever she broke away and said, "Draco, we should really get back. It's almost two already."
"What if I don't wanna go back yet?" I whined. I knew I sounded very juvenile, but I really wanted to stay with her. "Going back means I have to leave you."
"We'll see each other tomorrow. We have duty tomorrow night anyway. It's almost two am and no one has seen us all day, and I'd bet anything that either Harry or Ron is in the common room waiting for me so I can be lectured about being up after hours. They're very hypocritical."
I finally gave in. "Fine, I see how it is. Leave me so you can talk to them."
"I've been with you all day. Don't you want a break?"
"No," I answered shortly. "But if you need a break we can go." She had the ability to make me feel guilty without meaning to.
"It's not that I want to leave you. It's just that I don't think we'd get a great response if we didn't turn up tonight, and it would also be pretty bad if I woke up in your dorm."
"Who said anything about my dorm?" I asked grinning.
"Um-I-well-uh-"
"Wow, good job. You can't even back up your statement. Good job!" I started to walk, but she didn't move. Once again she looked confused. "Okay, fine." I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. "I guess I'll just have to help you along."
"Draco Malfoy, you put me down this instant!" she shrieked, but she was laughing at the same time, so I continued to carry her.
I carried her till the end of the hallway and put her down once we were through the picture. We walked hand-in-hand until we got to the Gryffindor Tower where I kissed her goodnight. I watched the Fat Lady for a while before I turned and headed back to my common room.
I managed to get back to the dungeons without any problems, but that's probably because 2:30 was kind of late to be out of bed. Luckily, no one was in the common room, so I was able to get upstairs without any problems. I fell asleep quickly and had sweet dreams of Hermione.