After breakfast, Claire went back to the Slytherin common room and gathered up her things for her first class, Transfiguration.
"What do you have first?" she asked Draco and Pansy
"Transfiguration."
"Cool, so do I." She said. They started walking there together.
Claire's day went by really quickly. She found she had all her classes with either Pansy, Draco, Hermione, Ron or Harry. At the end of the day, they all headed to the Great Hall, and Claire sat at the Slytherin Table. After dinner they headed to the common room and did homework, before going to bed.
Over the next few weeks, Claire got into her routine of classes, doing homework and spending time with her Slytherin and Gryffindor friends. At night, after they had both finished their homework, Claire and Draco had started to become good friends. It amazed her how different he was alone to when he was with other people. The two talked about lots of different things, and became very close, although they both wanted there to be more between them.
One day, Claire had Care of Magical Creatures out in the Hogwarts grounds with all her friends, not just her Slytherin ones. It was the last class of the day, before dinner. During the class when Hagrid was explaining something, Draco came over to her and whispered in her ear.
"Come with me after class. I want to show you something." She nodded to him. The class finished and she made up an excuse, saying she wanted to see the creatures for a bit longer. Draco did the same. They walked a little way away from Hagrid's hut, then stopped. Claire looked at her friend.
"What did you want to show me?" she asked. Before he knew what he was doing, Draco had grabbed Claire's hand and was leading her to a bushy area in the grounds. They stopped behind the clump of bushes and sat down on the grass.
"I wanted to show you the sunset." He said shyly.
"How sweet!" she said, grinning. Then she gave him a hug. He was surprised at first, then hugged her back, smiling.
They settled down to watch the sunset.
"This is so beautiful, Draco." Claire said, staring at the golden sky above them.
"It reminds me of you." He replied, without looking at her. She looked over at him. His cheeks were a bit pink. He turned his head to look at her and smiled. They kept staring at each other, inching closer, until their lips met slightly, and then pressed together more firmly. A gust of wind blew a strand of her hair onto her face, and they parted. Claire let out her breath slowly, still staring into those deep blue eyes. Draco moved the strand of hair back behind her ear, then kissed her again, and she kissed back. They looked into each other's eyes for a long moment, then Claire sighed and looked at the sky. The sun had almost set.
"You don't know how long I've wanted you to do that." She said cheekily.
"You don't know how long I wanted to do it." He replied, smiling. She giggled, and snuggled up to him to watch the sun go down.
Claire sat up properly, and looked at Draco.
"Does everyone need to know yet? Or shall we wait?" she asked him.
"Lets wait." He replied
"Okay." She said, giving him a kiss.
He got up and held his hand down for her. She held it and got up, not letting go. They walked back to the castle and into the common room to drop off their bags before going to dinner.