A ray of moonlight shone brightly through the painted window panes of the
Hospital Wing. The moon's light shone across Draco's peaceful yet bloodied
face. His pale skin seemed to glimmer with an ivory sheen. A corner of
Draco's lips curled and a quiet groan escaped from his mouth. With each of
Draco's soft breaths in a slow steady rhythm Hermione's hand lifted upwards
and downwards. Her hand moved from his half bare chest, the buttons undone
and the shirt slightly spread apart. Draco's eyes slowly opened and gleamed
with happiness at the beautiful sight of Hermione sleeping and dreaming in
happiness. He grabbed her hand and kissed while the other sifted slowly
through her bushy chocolate-hued hair. Her eyelids parted and her lips
widened into a joyous smile with the dreams that still remained fresh in
her smart mind.
~*~*~*~*~
Stirring within her head were images of her past and things from her own vivid imagination. She saw her mother with the other man. He had short cut curly hair; Hermione personally quite enjoyed using the phrase 'poodle hair' to describe his choice of hair design. She saw her father with a long gash nearly from one ear to the other. With that thought still writhing within her mind she sat in the Gryffindor Common Room as she had before, no one around, the embers of the long extinguished fire in the grate still remaining and glowing upon her depressed tear streaked rosy face. Her eyes still welled up with tears as the portrait hole swung open with the Fat Lady protesting angrily about non-Gryffindors breaking into the Common Room in the middle of the night. Hermione looked up, her vision blurred by the tears in his irises. She attempted to blink away the sadness but failed. It seemed as though the tears wouldn't ever stop flowing. But when Draco wiped the tears away they did stop and the depression within her heart momentarily dissipated with the kiss that followed the gentle brush of Draco's hand against her crimson blushed cheek. Their lips locked in a seemingly never ending kiss. Draco's fingers traced intricate paths along her robed back while Hermione's arms wrapped slowly around his neck. They pulled each other closer though without taking any notice except for the feel of each other's hearts beating, their chests heaving quickly outwards and backwards in the same motion and the heat of each other's bodies along with the sweat mingled with nearly dried tears. Hermione parted her lips and Draco's tongue slid into her mouth, gently caressing her own. Draco fumbled with the buttons on her robes while Hermione did the same. He tore away quite a few buttons on accident while he attempted to undo them. Just as Draco pulled away the last button Ron hurried down the stairs from the Boy's Dorm. With extreme rage such as neither Hermione nor Draco had ever seen before upon his face he lifted his wand into the air. He aimed the tip of his wand level with Draco's chest as he and Hermione tore apart slightly. A flash of green light and a jet of the same color shot like a bolt of lightning at Ron...
~*~*~*~*~
Draco kissed softly on the lips and quickly pulled apart to enjoy the wonderful sight of Hermione incredibly gorgeous face. His eyes traveled along the curves of her cheeks down to her neck, to her waist and to the lower half of her body. His gaze lingered on her round chocolate eyes until their lips met once again and their eyes closed. The sheets and the blankets covering Draco and partially covering Hermione shifted and fell to the floor they kissed with flaming lust and passion, renewed from the last time that they had a full fledged 'snog' so to speak. In each other's arms they fell asleep, warmly embracing each other with their heads upon their shoulders.
~*~*~*~*~
Dumbledore stood and silenced the whole of the Great Hall in a single motion of his hand. Only Dumbledore could quiet the entire hungry, eating student body of Hogwarts with such a simple gesture of his arm. His silvery beard shone a bright white with the torchlight. He raised his head higher into the air as Professor McGonagall lightly tapped her silver wine glass with a spoon.
"I have a rather unfortunate and displeasing announcement though it is an announcement none the less." Said the Headmaster.
Complete silence.
"As you all know the Dark Lord Voldemort has indeed risen again to the peak of his power. He is massing his Death Eaters and sending them to Hogwarts. Trolls and Giants shall guard the entrances to the castle as well as Aurors. These Aurors will protect the students of this school and will be under the direct command of Minister of Magic Arthur Weasley as the Head of the Magical Law Enforcement Department has just recently come to a very sad and untimely end."
Yet another pause followed the portion of Dumbledore's speech and the Hall remained absolutely silent during the pause.
"Now that you are all enlightened about the upcoming events of the school's protection you may proceed to break your fasts as you wish!"
With a sharp clap of his hands the forks staring clanking and the knives started cutting and the pumpkin juice began to flow again. The Trio sat together, Ron and Harry's noses bandaged and bruises covering Ron's entire face. But Harry was sitting particularly close to Ginny beside him. He raised his glass of juice and smiled.
"Hermione and Ron, I have something to tell you, along with Ginny here. Me and Ginny have been really 'close' lately and now we've become so close that we are together now!"
Ginny nudges Harry in the stomach.
"Nicely put Harry. Simply said we're an item now. A little bit of info to lighten up the mood after Professor Dumbledore's speech."
Harry and Ginny quickly kissed while Ron and Hermione laughed and clapped. Hermione stole a glance at Draco at the same moment he looked toward her.
~*~*~*~*~
Stirring within her head were images of her past and things from her own vivid imagination. She saw her mother with the other man. He had short cut curly hair; Hermione personally quite enjoyed using the phrase 'poodle hair' to describe his choice of hair design. She saw her father with a long gash nearly from one ear to the other. With that thought still writhing within her mind she sat in the Gryffindor Common Room as she had before, no one around, the embers of the long extinguished fire in the grate still remaining and glowing upon her depressed tear streaked rosy face. Her eyes still welled up with tears as the portrait hole swung open with the Fat Lady protesting angrily about non-Gryffindors breaking into the Common Room in the middle of the night. Hermione looked up, her vision blurred by the tears in his irises. She attempted to blink away the sadness but failed. It seemed as though the tears wouldn't ever stop flowing. But when Draco wiped the tears away they did stop and the depression within her heart momentarily dissipated with the kiss that followed the gentle brush of Draco's hand against her crimson blushed cheek. Their lips locked in a seemingly never ending kiss. Draco's fingers traced intricate paths along her robed back while Hermione's arms wrapped slowly around his neck. They pulled each other closer though without taking any notice except for the feel of each other's hearts beating, their chests heaving quickly outwards and backwards in the same motion and the heat of each other's bodies along with the sweat mingled with nearly dried tears. Hermione parted her lips and Draco's tongue slid into her mouth, gently caressing her own. Draco fumbled with the buttons on her robes while Hermione did the same. He tore away quite a few buttons on accident while he attempted to undo them. Just as Draco pulled away the last button Ron hurried down the stairs from the Boy's Dorm. With extreme rage such as neither Hermione nor Draco had ever seen before upon his face he lifted his wand into the air. He aimed the tip of his wand level with Draco's chest as he and Hermione tore apart slightly. A flash of green light and a jet of the same color shot like a bolt of lightning at Ron...
~*~*~*~*~
Draco kissed softly on the lips and quickly pulled apart to enjoy the wonderful sight of Hermione incredibly gorgeous face. His eyes traveled along the curves of her cheeks down to her neck, to her waist and to the lower half of her body. His gaze lingered on her round chocolate eyes until their lips met once again and their eyes closed. The sheets and the blankets covering Draco and partially covering Hermione shifted and fell to the floor they kissed with flaming lust and passion, renewed from the last time that they had a full fledged 'snog' so to speak. In each other's arms they fell asleep, warmly embracing each other with their heads upon their shoulders.
~*~*~*~*~
Dumbledore stood and silenced the whole of the Great Hall in a single motion of his hand. Only Dumbledore could quiet the entire hungry, eating student body of Hogwarts with such a simple gesture of his arm. His silvery beard shone a bright white with the torchlight. He raised his head higher into the air as Professor McGonagall lightly tapped her silver wine glass with a spoon.
"I have a rather unfortunate and displeasing announcement though it is an announcement none the less." Said the Headmaster.
Complete silence.
"As you all know the Dark Lord Voldemort has indeed risen again to the peak of his power. He is massing his Death Eaters and sending them to Hogwarts. Trolls and Giants shall guard the entrances to the castle as well as Aurors. These Aurors will protect the students of this school and will be under the direct command of Minister of Magic Arthur Weasley as the Head of the Magical Law Enforcement Department has just recently come to a very sad and untimely end."
Yet another pause followed the portion of Dumbledore's speech and the Hall remained absolutely silent during the pause.
"Now that you are all enlightened about the upcoming events of the school's protection you may proceed to break your fasts as you wish!"
With a sharp clap of his hands the forks staring clanking and the knives started cutting and the pumpkin juice began to flow again. The Trio sat together, Ron and Harry's noses bandaged and bruises covering Ron's entire face. But Harry was sitting particularly close to Ginny beside him. He raised his glass of juice and smiled.
"Hermione and Ron, I have something to tell you, along with Ginny here. Me and Ginny have been really 'close' lately and now we've become so close that we are together now!"
Ginny nudges Harry in the stomach.
"Nicely put Harry. Simply said we're an item now. A little bit of info to lighten up the mood after Professor Dumbledore's speech."
Harry and Ginny quickly kissed while Ron and Hermione laughed and clapped. Hermione stole a glance at Draco at the same moment he looked toward her.