"Heaven holds a sense of wonder"
Chapter XV Almost a kiss
Some say that love's a little boy
And some say it's a bird,
Some say it makes the world go round,
And some say that's absurd,
And when I asked the man next-door,
Who looked as if he knew,
His wife got very cross indeed,
And said it wouldn't do.
("Oh tell me the truth about love" by Auden)
After having breakfast, they just sat together and talked.
"Why haven't you been in Hogwarts?"
He seemed to be really interested in her.
Hermione had to be very careful with her answers.
Her worst fear was to tell too many lies and after she would not know what she had said.
"My mother didn´t want me to go.
She thought it would be better if she or a private teacher would teach me."
"That´s a pity. I would have know you earlier."
He grinned.
"Do you like Quidditch?"
Hermione smiled.
She couldn´t fly on a broom, but being married to a Quidditch player and best friends as
Quidditch fans, she knew a lot about it.
But the thought of Quidditch made her sad.
It remembered her of Oliver.
~here you sit, having fun with the murderer of your daughter and husband. This is not right.~
~I have to do this for the Order.~
~The mission is to gain information. Not to flirt with him!~
~But that is the safest way.~
~.......~
~But please be very careful. Although he didn´t tell you that he is a Malfoy, he still is.
And Malfoy means danger to you.~
"Hey, Fee, earth to Fee. Where are you?"
"Oh, sorry, I did not listen."
She smiled weakly.
"I noticed."
He pretended to be hurt.
But then he looked at her teasingly.
"You have eaten too much. You need a little walk. Come on."
He stood up and reached for her hand.
"Now? I am tired, and as you said, I have eaten too much."
She looked pleadingly up at him.
"Show mercy."
"No, I don´t show mercy, and don´t try to make a puppy face. Won´t work."
He raised her up, his sudden movement made her lose balance.
So she crashed almost to the floor, but he held her tightly around her upper arms.
Her face was on the level of his chest, her hand placed upon his shoulders,
looking for balance.
She could smell his male scent.
~Fuck, he smells good.~
~No, You have not thought that!!!~
~But he does.~
~Maybe, but he is DRACO MALFOY!!! Forgotten?~
~No, what a pity.~
"Hey, everything ok down there?"
His voice was soft and it even sounded a bit concerned.
~I have never known that his voice could sound like this. Like he would care for me.~
~Uhmmm, I don´t want to interrupt your romantic thoughts,
but you are on a mission, this is not a real date as you said.~
He carefully lifted her up, until their faces were on the same level.
He bent his head down, it was just a little movement,
but in Hermione´s head, it started alarm signals.
~Fuck, he is going to kiss me.~
~Fuck, he is going to kiss you.~
~At least one time were are in the same opinion.~
~Hey, it is my job to tell you what you are doing wrong and help you to think clear.~
~First of all, you don´t help me to think clear,
and secondly this is surely not the right place or time to discuss things like that.~
~YOU were the one who started it.~
~Grr. Shut up, or help me!~
~Try to avoid it somehow.~
~Thanks, I was that far too. But how the hell?~
~don´t yell at me!~
~grrr~
His face was now damn close to hers.
But before his lips could meet hers, she shifted her position a bit and turned quickly away.
"I am so sorry. I am really stupid.
I can´t even stand up without almost falling.
What a luck that you caught me."
She smiled at him.
"Yeah,"
Hermione meant to see disappointment in his eyes.
But for the moment she was really happy that the moment was gone.
"Then, lets go."
He took her hand again and led her out of the door.
***************************
"I can´t anymore. I am tired."
Hermione collapsed on a bank in St. James Park.
"Me too."
Draco managed to answer, he was breathing hard.
He collapsed next to her.
"You are good. I never thought a girl could run this fast."
He glanced at her.
~Oh my God, why did I agree to run through St. James Park with Draco?~
~You don´t want to hear my answer.~
~Right, I don´t. It was just a rhetorical question.~
"Felicitas,"
"Hmm?"
"What about a Hot Dog?"
Hermione smiled.
"Great idea. Are you going to get one?
I can´t stand, I just want to sit here and relax."
She sighed.
They sat on a bank at the lake.
Hermione watched the swans swimming and the ducks diving.
"Wait a minute."
Draco disappeared behind a tree.
About two minutes later or so he sat next to her again.
He held two Hot Dogs in his hands.
"Where did you get them that fast?"
"Forgotten what I am?"
He grinned from ear to ear.
"It is really useful to be a wizard if a Lady next to you is hungry
and to lame to get something by herself.
Although she is a witch."
He grinned at her while handing the Hot Dog to her.
She took a bite.
"Delicious"
she said through a mouthful.
"I know. I am good in making food."
"With a spell or can you cook?"
"I, My Lady can cook *and* hex food."
"Shall I believe you?"
She frowned.
"Of course, a Lady believes every time what a gentleman says to her."
"That, my dear Draco, would mean you consider you a gentleman."
~She called me my dear Draco.~
~You are a Malfoy. You don´t fall that fast for a girl.
No Malfoy does.
By the way, you haven´t told her yet that you are one.~
~Shut up. I will tell her early enough.~
"Do you think I am not?"
She owed him the answer.
She just grinned at him.
"I see, you don´t believe me."
He pouted.
~Fuck, he looks cute when he pouts.~
~Hermione, back to reality, please.~
~He does, no matter if he is a Malfoy of not.~
~Means it doesn´t matter to you if he is a Malfoy or not?
You just flirt with him?~
~Hell no! It means just that he looks cute when he pouts, no more and not less.
And by the way, I am not really flirting with him.~
~You are.~
~Please shut up if you do nothing else than blaming me.~
"What about a diner?"
"Now?"
Hermione looked so shocked that Draco had to laugh.
~It sounds nice when he does it.~
~Tsss~
"No, not now. I mean tomorrow.
I haven´t show you all special sights of London.
So we could continue that little tour tomorrow and afterwards I´ll take you out for diner."
He looked at her expectantly.
She pretended to be thinking.
"I have that guide about London."
"Are you telling me, that you prefer a book over me?"
"I don´t know."
"Please, don´t tell me that!"
He made a hurt face.
She laughed at the sight of it.
~it sounds nice when she laughs. I would give everything to make her laugh more often.~
"Ok, I prefer you. Better?"
"Much better."
**************************
They walked slowly through the park.
Under a tree that was not easily seen, they stopped.
"I guess I can apparate her safely."
Hermione said.
Draco nodded.
"Then, where do we meet tomorrow? And when?"
"A bit later than today.
I am so tired, I don´t know if I can stand up early tomorrow."
Hermione smiled.
~For him you would stand up in the middle of the night.~
~I said you should shut up. And it is not true.~
"Okay, what about 10 a.m.?"
Hermione nodded.
"Okay, then see you tomorrow.
Night Draco."
~I love the way she says my name.~
"Bye Felicitas.
Sleep well.
Dream of me."
But his last words she did not hear.
She already had disapparated and left him alone in the night.
******************* TBC******************
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Chapter XV Almost a kiss
Some say that love's a little boy
And some say it's a bird,
Some say it makes the world go round,
And some say that's absurd,
And when I asked the man next-door,
Who looked as if he knew,
His wife got very cross indeed,
And said it wouldn't do.
("Oh tell me the truth about love" by Auden)
After having breakfast, they just sat together and talked.
"Why haven't you been in Hogwarts?"
He seemed to be really interested in her.
Hermione had to be very careful with her answers.
Her worst fear was to tell too many lies and after she would not know what she had said.
"My mother didn´t want me to go.
She thought it would be better if she or a private teacher would teach me."
"That´s a pity. I would have know you earlier."
He grinned.
"Do you like Quidditch?"
Hermione smiled.
She couldn´t fly on a broom, but being married to a Quidditch player and best friends as
Quidditch fans, she knew a lot about it.
But the thought of Quidditch made her sad.
It remembered her of Oliver.
~here you sit, having fun with the murderer of your daughter and husband. This is not right.~
~I have to do this for the Order.~
~The mission is to gain information. Not to flirt with him!~
~But that is the safest way.~
~.......~
~But please be very careful. Although he didn´t tell you that he is a Malfoy, he still is.
And Malfoy means danger to you.~
"Hey, Fee, earth to Fee. Where are you?"
"Oh, sorry, I did not listen."
She smiled weakly.
"I noticed."
He pretended to be hurt.
But then he looked at her teasingly.
"You have eaten too much. You need a little walk. Come on."
He stood up and reached for her hand.
"Now? I am tired, and as you said, I have eaten too much."
She looked pleadingly up at him.
"Show mercy."
"No, I don´t show mercy, and don´t try to make a puppy face. Won´t work."
He raised her up, his sudden movement made her lose balance.
So she crashed almost to the floor, but he held her tightly around her upper arms.
Her face was on the level of his chest, her hand placed upon his shoulders,
looking for balance.
She could smell his male scent.
~Fuck, he smells good.~
~No, You have not thought that!!!~
~But he does.~
~Maybe, but he is DRACO MALFOY!!! Forgotten?~
~No, what a pity.~
"Hey, everything ok down there?"
His voice was soft and it even sounded a bit concerned.
~I have never known that his voice could sound like this. Like he would care for me.~
~Uhmmm, I don´t want to interrupt your romantic thoughts,
but you are on a mission, this is not a real date as you said.~
He carefully lifted her up, until their faces were on the same level.
He bent his head down, it was just a little movement,
but in Hermione´s head, it started alarm signals.
~Fuck, he is going to kiss me.~
~Fuck, he is going to kiss you.~
~At least one time were are in the same opinion.~
~Hey, it is my job to tell you what you are doing wrong and help you to think clear.~
~First of all, you don´t help me to think clear,
and secondly this is surely not the right place or time to discuss things like that.~
~YOU were the one who started it.~
~Grr. Shut up, or help me!~
~Try to avoid it somehow.~
~Thanks, I was that far too. But how the hell?~
~don´t yell at me!~
~grrr~
His face was now damn close to hers.
But before his lips could meet hers, she shifted her position a bit and turned quickly away.
"I am so sorry. I am really stupid.
I can´t even stand up without almost falling.
What a luck that you caught me."
She smiled at him.
"Yeah,"
Hermione meant to see disappointment in his eyes.
But for the moment she was really happy that the moment was gone.
"Then, lets go."
He took her hand again and led her out of the door.
***************************
"I can´t anymore. I am tired."
Hermione collapsed on a bank in St. James Park.
"Me too."
Draco managed to answer, he was breathing hard.
He collapsed next to her.
"You are good. I never thought a girl could run this fast."
He glanced at her.
~Oh my God, why did I agree to run through St. James Park with Draco?~
~You don´t want to hear my answer.~
~Right, I don´t. It was just a rhetorical question.~
"Felicitas,"
"Hmm?"
"What about a Hot Dog?"
Hermione smiled.
"Great idea. Are you going to get one?
I can´t stand, I just want to sit here and relax."
She sighed.
They sat on a bank at the lake.
Hermione watched the swans swimming and the ducks diving.
"Wait a minute."
Draco disappeared behind a tree.
About two minutes later or so he sat next to her again.
He held two Hot Dogs in his hands.
"Where did you get them that fast?"
"Forgotten what I am?"
He grinned from ear to ear.
"It is really useful to be a wizard if a Lady next to you is hungry
and to lame to get something by herself.
Although she is a witch."
He grinned at her while handing the Hot Dog to her.
She took a bite.
"Delicious"
she said through a mouthful.
"I know. I am good in making food."
"With a spell or can you cook?"
"I, My Lady can cook *and* hex food."
"Shall I believe you?"
She frowned.
"Of course, a Lady believes every time what a gentleman says to her."
"That, my dear Draco, would mean you consider you a gentleman."
~She called me my dear Draco.~
~You are a Malfoy. You don´t fall that fast for a girl.
No Malfoy does.
By the way, you haven´t told her yet that you are one.~
~Shut up. I will tell her early enough.~
"Do you think I am not?"
She owed him the answer.
She just grinned at him.
"I see, you don´t believe me."
He pouted.
~Fuck, he looks cute when he pouts.~
~Hermione, back to reality, please.~
~He does, no matter if he is a Malfoy of not.~
~Means it doesn´t matter to you if he is a Malfoy or not?
You just flirt with him?~
~Hell no! It means just that he looks cute when he pouts, no more and not less.
And by the way, I am not really flirting with him.~
~You are.~
~Please shut up if you do nothing else than blaming me.~
"What about a diner?"
"Now?"
Hermione looked so shocked that Draco had to laugh.
~It sounds nice when he does it.~
~Tsss~
"No, not now. I mean tomorrow.
I haven´t show you all special sights of London.
So we could continue that little tour tomorrow and afterwards I´ll take you out for diner."
He looked at her expectantly.
She pretended to be thinking.
"I have that guide about London."
"Are you telling me, that you prefer a book over me?"
"I don´t know."
"Please, don´t tell me that!"
He made a hurt face.
She laughed at the sight of it.
~it sounds nice when she laughs. I would give everything to make her laugh more often.~
"Ok, I prefer you. Better?"
"Much better."
**************************
They walked slowly through the park.
Under a tree that was not easily seen, they stopped.
"I guess I can apparate her safely."
Hermione said.
Draco nodded.
"Then, where do we meet tomorrow? And when?"
"A bit later than today.
I am so tired, I don´t know if I can stand up early tomorrow."
Hermione smiled.
~For him you would stand up in the middle of the night.~
~I said you should shut up. And it is not true.~
"Okay, what about 10 a.m.?"
Hermione nodded.
"Okay, then see you tomorrow.
Night Draco."
~I love the way she says my name.~
"Bye Felicitas.
Sleep well.
Dream of me."
But his last words she did not hear.
She already had disapparated and left him alone in the night.
******************* TBC******************
AN: So, what do you think?
I hoped you liked this chapter. Please tell me!!!
I need your reviews, they are really good for my ego!!!! ;o)
I love reviews, I live for them!!!!
Disclaimer: I own no one. I already know, and I guess you know as well as I do.