CHAPTER 13~ A Sweet New Years
Draco and Hermione were walking down the corridor away from the Gryffindor Tower. Hermione was still seething at Ron and Harry, and Draco was extremely shocked at how Hermione had acted toward the two boys.
"Hermione wait!" they heard Ron call.
"Keep walking," Hermione hissed to Draco, who gladly obliged.
"Hermione!"
There was the sudden pounding of feet against the hard stone of the floor, and Hermione was quickly pulled from Draco's grasp. Ron was holding her wrist tightly, but she ignored the pain as she glared at the redhead in front of her.
"Get your filthy hands off her, Weasley," Draco demanded.
"Not till she listens to what I've got to say."
"Let her go!" Draco's eyes turned to ice as he glared at him. He really wasn't in the mood to fight with the Weasley boy, but if he had to he would.
"Hermione, I'm really sorry-"
"Don't, Ron," she cut him off. "I don't wanna hear it right now. If you really were sorry, you would have never been such an ass in the first place." She pulled her wrist out of his firm grasp and once again took Draco's hands. "Come on."
With a last glare toward Ron, Draco turned and once again headed off down the corridor with Hermione by his side. Ron was left standing dumbfounded and very alone.
~
There was an owl in the common room when Draco and Hermione returned. It was silver with amber eyes-beautiful really.
Draco looked at it skeptically before taking the letter from its leg.
Draco,
The Dark Lord is very disappointed with your mother's little interruption a few days ago. I can't believe you got out of there, it was a near possible escape, yet you and your Mudblood girlfriend managed. When Blaise and I get back to school, we will all need to talk-the Mudblood included. Next time you pull a stunt like that our Lord won't be as easy on you.
Can't wait to see you again, Jeremy
"Asshole," Draco murmured.
"Excuse me?"
"Jeremy's an asshole. This is the guy that claimed to love you, and now he's calling you Mudblood again and being a rich, stuck-up prat. He wants to have a little talk when he and Blaise return from break."
"With who?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Just Blaise, you, Jeremy, and I. Don't worry about it though. What are we gunna do for New Years?"
"I don't know. What do you wanna do? I'm not really big on parties and planning things and such. I'm not very creative."
Draco looked thoughtful for a minute. "Do you think we could charm the walls to produce music, or is that against some rule or something?"
"I've never read something about it, and I've read Hogwarts: A History cover to cover at least ten times, and I can't remember anything about it. What kinda music do you want?"
"I was thinking we could have it playing non-stop all day and have a mix of rock and slow stuff. And we could have some of the house elves bring food up to us throughout the day and have our own private party-just the two of us."
Hermione smiled. She knew Draco would come up with some good idea if she let him. "That sounds absolutely perfect."
~
On New Years, the first thing Draco did was charm the walls even before Hermione woke up. It was soft, so a sudden loud sound pounding in her head wouldn't scare her. The thought had crossed his mind, but he knew she would bitch at him if he had done that.
After the music was on, Draco tried to wake Hermione, but she seemed to be knocked out. Trying to figure out the best way to wake her, he decided on shining a bright light on her. He opened the shades to let in the sun. She just flipped onto her other side. Figuring that she wouldn't wake up any other way, he shot water from the end of his wand onto her angelic face.
"Ugh, you're such a prick," she moaned as she opened her weary eyes.
"That's it? That's the only reaction I get from you?"
"Well did you expect me to get up and start screaming at you because you poured water on me and messed up my hair and now I gotta dry my pajamas? Like oh my gods, Draco how could you do such a thing?" she mocked the voice of some of the ditzy girls she had encountered over her summer breaks.
"Okay, never do that again."
Hermione laughed and sat up. She heard the music coming from the walls. "So the plan's already in effect then?"
"Of course."
"So what's for breakfast?"
"I don't know, I haven't told Dobby to bring anything up yet. I wanted to make sure you were up and wanted something before I actually asked him to bring up our food."
She nodded as he kissed her and left her to dress. She just put on baggy jeans and a t-shirt, and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
The mirror didn't reflect the girl she had remembered the year before. Instead of the bushy haired, tired looking girl she had once known, there was a girl with sort hair, and a look of happiness that she had never seen before. She never really liked mirrors much, they had never helped with her self-confidence any, but now she looked healthier than she had ever remembered.
After brushing her teeth, she went back down to the common room and sat down on a couch and put her head on Draco's shoulder. "Change this shit," she demanded. "I can't stand this slow crap for too much longer and you only just put it on," she commanded.
Draco laughed at her sudden demand and quickly changed the music over to rock. "Now this is what I call music," Draco nodded.
"So did you order breakfast yet? I am so hungry!"
"Yeah, it should be up here soon. At least that's what Dobby said. We're gunna have eggs, bacon, toast, and melon."
"Sounds good."
Most of the day passed by relatively uneventful. There wasn't much to do since they didn't really feel like leaving the confines of their common room, but neither was bored. As long as they were together, they were perfectly content. They did have an argument about which bands were better than others, but that ended in a make-out session.
As the sun set out on the horizon, Hermione sat on the windowsill and stared out at the beautifully painted sky. The colors blended together in such a way Hermione had never seen before. It was the most beautiful sunset Hermione had ever witnessed, and Draco sitting with his arms wrapped around her made everything all the more better.
A light snow began to fall on the already white grounds. The moon illuminated every flake as they traveled softly to the ground making them look almost yellow in color.
Hermione sighed as she leaned back against Draco. He kissed her neck softly as his fingers traveled along her body. As he started to push her shirt up, she said, "Not now. We can do this later."
"At midnight?"
"Yeah, that sounds like a good time to me."
Draco smirked as he stood and brought Hermione with him. "Care to dance?" he asked.
"To this?"
"No, to this." He switched the song to "Truly, Madly, Deeply" by Savage Garden.
"That works."
Draco wrapped his arms around her waist while hers went around his neck. Draco sang along with the music.
~*~
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope
Be your love me everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning, yeah
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
And when the stars are shining
Brightly in the velvet sky
I'll make a wish send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all
Pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the
Comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
Oh can you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cause it's standing right here before you
All that you need will surely come
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I want to live like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
~*~
When the song came to a close Hermione kissed him softly. "You have a really nice voice," she commented.
Draco's cheeks flushed a little. "Yeah, well, my mother gave me singing lessons when I was younger even though my father didn't approve. I also learned how to play piano. You're the only person who knows about that. The Slytherins would all say dumb shit to me if they knew, and that wouldn't be too cool."
"You and your damn ego," Hermione joked as she ran her fingers through his soft hair.
"Hey, I happen to be proud of my overly large ego, thank you very much! It's what makes me me."
They left the slow music on for a while. The next song was "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Neither of them had really enjoyed dancing, but the fact that they were in each other's arms made everything all the more special.
As midnight came nearer, they turned down the volume of the music, and just let it play softly in the background. When Hermione's watched beeped to sound that it was midnight, Draco leaned in and kissed Hermione passionately. She soon found herself lying on the couch with Draco's warm body on top of her.
He slid his hands up her shirt and pulled it over her head. His hands massaged her soft skin and slid them to the underside of her back to unclasp her bra. As he moved his hands over her breasts, she pulled his shirt off of him.
Their hands continued to explore each other's bodies, but the kiss never ceased. Hermione unbuttoned Draco's pants and slid them slowly down his strong legs tantalizingly slow. He moaned at her soft touch.
His hands slid lightly over her stomach, which almost made Hermione giggle. She would have if her mouth hadn't been occupied. He pulled her pants off in one swift motion and her panties soon followed. She decided to tease him a bit first. Her hands went to his waistband and she just held her hands there without moving them. He moaned when he realized what she was doing, but she refused to move her hands any farther.
Growing more impatient by the minute, he moved his hands to hers and forced her to slide them off him. She gave in and pushed them off the rest of the way.
Without warning, he slid into her. Once she stopped squirming beneath him, he moved slowly in and out of her. She moaned into his mouth at the feeling of ecstasy he gave her.
Not being able to breathe correctly, Draco tore his mouth away from hers, and groaned as she moved her hips to his steady rhythm. She urged him to pick up the pace, and he did so willingly as her name rolled off his tongue and his eyes shut tightly.
Their bodies moved together as one as they continued to move to a rhythm only their bodies could create.
Hermione arched her back, which brought their bodies closer together if that was possible. "Mm. Harder!" she groaned as her legs wrapped around his slim waist. The pace quickened and Draco let out a gasp as she arched her back yet again.
There was no way to describe how he was feeling. All he knew was that he was in a state of pure bliss. No one else had ever come close to making him feel so good.
His body started to shiver, which made Hermione scared at first, but he insisted that he was alright and proved it by increasing the tempo once again. With one final thrust, he filled her, and they both let out a scream.
Both were shaking uncontrollably, so Draco summoned a blanket and wrapped it around their naked bodies. With one final goodnight kiss, they fell asleep in each other's arms.
Draco and Hermione were walking down the corridor away from the Gryffindor Tower. Hermione was still seething at Ron and Harry, and Draco was extremely shocked at how Hermione had acted toward the two boys.
"Hermione wait!" they heard Ron call.
"Keep walking," Hermione hissed to Draco, who gladly obliged.
"Hermione!"
There was the sudden pounding of feet against the hard stone of the floor, and Hermione was quickly pulled from Draco's grasp. Ron was holding her wrist tightly, but she ignored the pain as she glared at the redhead in front of her.
"Get your filthy hands off her, Weasley," Draco demanded.
"Not till she listens to what I've got to say."
"Let her go!" Draco's eyes turned to ice as he glared at him. He really wasn't in the mood to fight with the Weasley boy, but if he had to he would.
"Hermione, I'm really sorry-"
"Don't, Ron," she cut him off. "I don't wanna hear it right now. If you really were sorry, you would have never been such an ass in the first place." She pulled her wrist out of his firm grasp and once again took Draco's hands. "Come on."
With a last glare toward Ron, Draco turned and once again headed off down the corridor with Hermione by his side. Ron was left standing dumbfounded and very alone.
~
There was an owl in the common room when Draco and Hermione returned. It was silver with amber eyes-beautiful really.
Draco looked at it skeptically before taking the letter from its leg.
Draco,
The Dark Lord is very disappointed with your mother's little interruption a few days ago. I can't believe you got out of there, it was a near possible escape, yet you and your Mudblood girlfriend managed. When Blaise and I get back to school, we will all need to talk-the Mudblood included. Next time you pull a stunt like that our Lord won't be as easy on you.
Can't wait to see you again, Jeremy
"Asshole," Draco murmured.
"Excuse me?"
"Jeremy's an asshole. This is the guy that claimed to love you, and now he's calling you Mudblood again and being a rich, stuck-up prat. He wants to have a little talk when he and Blaise return from break."
"With who?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Just Blaise, you, Jeremy, and I. Don't worry about it though. What are we gunna do for New Years?"
"I don't know. What do you wanna do? I'm not really big on parties and planning things and such. I'm not very creative."
Draco looked thoughtful for a minute. "Do you think we could charm the walls to produce music, or is that against some rule or something?"
"I've never read something about it, and I've read Hogwarts: A History cover to cover at least ten times, and I can't remember anything about it. What kinda music do you want?"
"I was thinking we could have it playing non-stop all day and have a mix of rock and slow stuff. And we could have some of the house elves bring food up to us throughout the day and have our own private party-just the two of us."
Hermione smiled. She knew Draco would come up with some good idea if she let him. "That sounds absolutely perfect."
~
On New Years, the first thing Draco did was charm the walls even before Hermione woke up. It was soft, so a sudden loud sound pounding in her head wouldn't scare her. The thought had crossed his mind, but he knew she would bitch at him if he had done that.
After the music was on, Draco tried to wake Hermione, but she seemed to be knocked out. Trying to figure out the best way to wake her, he decided on shining a bright light on her. He opened the shades to let in the sun. She just flipped onto her other side. Figuring that she wouldn't wake up any other way, he shot water from the end of his wand onto her angelic face.
"Ugh, you're such a prick," she moaned as she opened her weary eyes.
"That's it? That's the only reaction I get from you?"
"Well did you expect me to get up and start screaming at you because you poured water on me and messed up my hair and now I gotta dry my pajamas? Like oh my gods, Draco how could you do such a thing?" she mocked the voice of some of the ditzy girls she had encountered over her summer breaks.
"Okay, never do that again."
Hermione laughed and sat up. She heard the music coming from the walls. "So the plan's already in effect then?"
"Of course."
"So what's for breakfast?"
"I don't know, I haven't told Dobby to bring anything up yet. I wanted to make sure you were up and wanted something before I actually asked him to bring up our food."
She nodded as he kissed her and left her to dress. She just put on baggy jeans and a t-shirt, and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
The mirror didn't reflect the girl she had remembered the year before. Instead of the bushy haired, tired looking girl she had once known, there was a girl with sort hair, and a look of happiness that she had never seen before. She never really liked mirrors much, they had never helped with her self-confidence any, but now she looked healthier than she had ever remembered.
After brushing her teeth, she went back down to the common room and sat down on a couch and put her head on Draco's shoulder. "Change this shit," she demanded. "I can't stand this slow crap for too much longer and you only just put it on," she commanded.
Draco laughed at her sudden demand and quickly changed the music over to rock. "Now this is what I call music," Draco nodded.
"So did you order breakfast yet? I am so hungry!"
"Yeah, it should be up here soon. At least that's what Dobby said. We're gunna have eggs, bacon, toast, and melon."
"Sounds good."
Most of the day passed by relatively uneventful. There wasn't much to do since they didn't really feel like leaving the confines of their common room, but neither was bored. As long as they were together, they were perfectly content. They did have an argument about which bands were better than others, but that ended in a make-out session.
As the sun set out on the horizon, Hermione sat on the windowsill and stared out at the beautifully painted sky. The colors blended together in such a way Hermione had never seen before. It was the most beautiful sunset Hermione had ever witnessed, and Draco sitting with his arms wrapped around her made everything all the more better.
A light snow began to fall on the already white grounds. The moon illuminated every flake as they traveled softly to the ground making them look almost yellow in color.
Hermione sighed as she leaned back against Draco. He kissed her neck softly as his fingers traveled along her body. As he started to push her shirt up, she said, "Not now. We can do this later."
"At midnight?"
"Yeah, that sounds like a good time to me."
Draco smirked as he stood and brought Hermione with him. "Care to dance?" he asked.
"To this?"
"No, to this." He switched the song to "Truly, Madly, Deeply" by Savage Garden.
"That works."
Draco wrapped his arms around her waist while hers went around his neck. Draco sang along with the music.
~*~
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope
Be your love me everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning, yeah
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
And when the stars are shining
Brightly in the velvet sky
I'll make a wish send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all
Pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the
Comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
Oh can you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cause it's standing right here before you
All that you need will surely come
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I want to live like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
~*~
When the song came to a close Hermione kissed him softly. "You have a really nice voice," she commented.
Draco's cheeks flushed a little. "Yeah, well, my mother gave me singing lessons when I was younger even though my father didn't approve. I also learned how to play piano. You're the only person who knows about that. The Slytherins would all say dumb shit to me if they knew, and that wouldn't be too cool."
"You and your damn ego," Hermione joked as she ran her fingers through his soft hair.
"Hey, I happen to be proud of my overly large ego, thank you very much! It's what makes me me."
They left the slow music on for a while. The next song was "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Neither of them had really enjoyed dancing, but the fact that they were in each other's arms made everything all the more special.
As midnight came nearer, they turned down the volume of the music, and just let it play softly in the background. When Hermione's watched beeped to sound that it was midnight, Draco leaned in and kissed Hermione passionately. She soon found herself lying on the couch with Draco's warm body on top of her.
He slid his hands up her shirt and pulled it over her head. His hands massaged her soft skin and slid them to the underside of her back to unclasp her bra. As he moved his hands over her breasts, she pulled his shirt off of him.
Their hands continued to explore each other's bodies, but the kiss never ceased. Hermione unbuttoned Draco's pants and slid them slowly down his strong legs tantalizingly slow. He moaned at her soft touch.
His hands slid lightly over her stomach, which almost made Hermione giggle. She would have if her mouth hadn't been occupied. He pulled her pants off in one swift motion and her panties soon followed. She decided to tease him a bit first. Her hands went to his waistband and she just held her hands there without moving them. He moaned when he realized what she was doing, but she refused to move her hands any farther.
Growing more impatient by the minute, he moved his hands to hers and forced her to slide them off him. She gave in and pushed them off the rest of the way.
Without warning, he slid into her. Once she stopped squirming beneath him, he moved slowly in and out of her. She moaned into his mouth at the feeling of ecstasy he gave her.
Not being able to breathe correctly, Draco tore his mouth away from hers, and groaned as she moved her hips to his steady rhythm. She urged him to pick up the pace, and he did so willingly as her name rolled off his tongue and his eyes shut tightly.
Their bodies moved together as one as they continued to move to a rhythm only their bodies could create.
Hermione arched her back, which brought their bodies closer together if that was possible. "Mm. Harder!" she groaned as her legs wrapped around his slim waist. The pace quickened and Draco let out a gasp as she arched her back yet again.
There was no way to describe how he was feeling. All he knew was that he was in a state of pure bliss. No one else had ever come close to making him feel so good.
His body started to shiver, which made Hermione scared at first, but he insisted that he was alright and proved it by increasing the tempo once again. With one final thrust, he filled her, and they both let out a scream.
Both were shaking uncontrollably, so Draco summoned a blanket and wrapped it around their naked bodies. With one final goodnight kiss, they fell asleep in each other's arms.