All throughout dinner, Claire and Draco could not take their eyes off each other, although no one except Pansy seemed to notice this. She was talking to Claire while they did their homework.
"Someone's a happy little girl today aren't they?" Pansy asked
"What do you mean?" Claire asked her innocently
"I saw you and lover boy leave after Care of Magical Creatures." Her friend said to her with a mischievous glint in her eye. Claire made sure no one was listening.
"We watched the sunset." She replied quietly.
"And? That wasn't why you were so happy and staring at each other all through dinner!" Pansy remarked.
"And…" Claire continued
"Spit it out!" The other girl said.
"And… He…He kissed me." Claire said, even quieter.
"Thought so."
"So then why did you ask?!" she said, exasperated.
"Just making sure."
"Don't tell, we want to keep it quiet."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
Claire spent most of the night awake, thinking about the kiss. She decided she couldn't sleep and went down to the common room, hoping to find Draco there.
"Hey beautiful." A familiar voice said. She looked to make sure they were alone.
"Hey yourself." She answered, walking up to him. She stopped in front of him, wet her lips, and gave him a big kiss. She stepped back and laughed at the look on his face, while he wiped his mouth on his sleeve.
"I'll get you now!" he said quietly.
"Good. I'm all yours." She replied, wrapping her arms around his neck, and kissing him. Then all of a sudden he swept her off her feet and carried her over to one of the lounges, and put her down, then sat down beside her. She turned a bit, stretched her legs out over the lounge, then laid back against his chest.
"So tell me the story of your life." Draco said to her.
"It's long." She said. "And boring."
"Oh well, neither of us is going to sleep, so you might as well."
"Okay then." She continued to tell the story of her Aunt, and how she had taken all of her family's money, and how she was sent to a very cheap school, until the ministry of magic gave her family the money they needed, and sent her to Hogwarts.
"Wow." He said. "How could she do something like that? Hurt you. If she ever came near you again…" he trailed off.
"Don't worry, my parents would deal with her." She said.
"So would I." Draco replied seriously, looking down at her.
"My hero." She joked, smiling. He laughed.
"I love it when you smile. It makes your eyes light up." He said, bending down to kiss her. At the last minute, she licked her lips again, giving him a nice sloppy kiss. He laughed and got her back.