Chapter 2 The Night Walkers-DAY TWO
Paige woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning and got in the shower. She looked in the full length mirror at her 5 foot 2 inch body frame. She had long nicely layered brown hair. A bit of freckles. Her eyes were an icy blue almost white color. She stared at herself and her eyes for the longest time. 'He said I have gorgous eyes.' She couldn't get that off of her mind. This boy was special she could tell. She threw on a pair of faded blue flare jeans, but they were a bit too long, so she flipped up the bottoms a little bit, and a red tank-top with white writing saying 'Hollister'. She slipped on her socks and tennis shoes. Opened up her trunk, pulled out her wand, and put it in her back pocket. After a reassuring check in the mirror, she started down the stairs. Malfoy, she saw, was standing over by the portrait hole, leaning against one of the walls. She walked over and smiled at him. He was wearing faded baggy jeans and a light blue t-shirt. 'He looks so adorable' Paige thought to herself.
"Ready to go to Herbology?" He asked her. "Sure. I guess?!" Paige replied not knowing what the heck Herbology was. Though she figured it had something to do with plants. They walked out of the castle and to the greenhouses. Where they met Professor Sprout. "Well hello there Peyton!" she said spunkily. "Finding your way around the castle and grounds well I suppose?!" she said. "Very much so." Paige replied. Taking a glance at Malfoy across the table. The rest of the class, Sprout had them take notes and repot Mandrakes. They had already gone over this before, according to Hannah Abbott, who was a Hufflepuff. But Sprout thought it better to redo the lesson. Hinting that it might come up in a later test in the year. The bell sounded and Paige followed Malfoy and Crabb and Goyle out of the greenhouses and up the slope of the grounds to the castle.
"Ready for Potions? Professor Snape is our Head of House. Hopefully he won't be too hard on you like he is on that winch Granger and dopeheads Potter and Weasley." he laughed. "When you meet them you'll know what I mean." He added seeing the look on Paige's face. She smiled at him, and followed him into one of the dungeon classrooms. Sat down next to Malfoy with Crabb and Goyle in front of them. "Ahh, I see that we have Peyton in this class. I ask you Draco to explain some of the potions we are doing in class today to her. As I suppose she doesn't know them." he said in a drowling voice. "Yes sir." Malfoy replied.
The potion-making they did do today was a Healing Potion for Minor Burns. Malfoy did most of the work while Paige watched. The bell rang, and they all went off to lunch. While sitting next to Malfoy at the lunch table, she felt a warm spot cover the spot right above her knee. She looked over at Malfoy and smiled. He smiled back. His hand was resting right above her knee. After lunch was afternoon classes again with Sprout and Snape. This time Paige did the Healing Potion for Minor Bites. Malfoy had to help a little though. They went to dinner and this time Paige sat by Malfoy instead of Parkinson and Zaberin. She looked down towards them and they glared at her. She shook her head and ate the rest of her dinner.
After dinner, she told Malfoy she would meet him in the common room. She hung back a little ways to talk to Parkinson. "Hey girl!" Paige said. Parkinson ignored her. "Hey, are you angry with me or something?" she asked. "Yep!" Parkinson mumbled. "Why?" asked Paige. "You're messing around with Malfoy aren't you?" she stopped and asked Paige. "No. He's just showing me around for the first week." Paige replied. "Well, all I have to say is stay away from him if you know what's good for you. Every one knows I like him a lot. So now you know too. And now you know to stay away from him. He doesn't like you. He never will." Parkinson argued. "I don't have to stay away from him. We're friends. Maybe more soon. So you have no right to tell me to not hang out with him. He doesn't like you. As far as I know. And you don't know if he likes me or not because you haven't had the chance to talk to him at all today because I was with him all day!" Paige retorted. Parkinson glared at her and stalked off towards the Slytherin common room. Paige smiled to herself, knowing she got to her and walked to the common room also.
She walked in and went up to her dormitory and changed into a pair of short red shorts and a white cami. She grabbed a book and walked back downstairs and sat down on the same chair she sat in last night. After reading for an hour she looked around and saw that the common room was empty except for a shadow walking down the boys dormitory stairs. Her heart jumped as Malfoy came into the light. A smile came to his lips and she smiled back. She looked at the clock. It read 12:06. "'bout time Mr. Malfoy. I thought you were gonna stand me up!" Paige joked while laying down her book and standing up. "Now why would I do that?" he replied. "Who knows. According to Parkinson, you..don't like me." Paige laughed. "Haha!" Malfoy laughed too. 'Does this mean that he likes me like as a girlfriend or as just a friend?' Paige thought to herself. "Anyway, are you ready to go explore?" Malfoy asked in a mysterious voice. "Definately." Paige replied smiling. He followed her over to the portrait hole and they stepped out. Malfoy pulled her closer to him and threw the invisibilty cloak over their heads. "This will be so much fun." he whispered. Paige's heart jumped.
They walked in silence through the dungeon halls until they came to a dead-end of a bookcase. "This is my secret room. Me and Crabb and Goyle are the only ones who know about it." Malfoy said. Paige nervously smiled. She was beginning to get nervous. What if they were caught, even though they had on the invisibilty cloak?! He pulled out a silver and white book and the bookcase slid to one slide. He led her through and the bookcase slid back over the opening. Paige looked around. There were more bookcases in here. A fireplace. And dark green furniture. Also four tables in each corner. It was a cozy little room. Malfoy took the cloak off of their heads, and walked to one of the couches and laid it down on the arm. He then sat down on one of the chairs. Paige stood nervously beside the secret bookcase. Then swallowed her fear and went to sit down on the couch. Neither of them said anything. "So.." Malfoy started. "So what?" Paige asked trying to joke around. But she was so nervous that she didn't feel funny at all. He shrugged his shoulders. She curled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them. Malfoy looked at her funny. "Are you cold?" he asked. "Just a lil'." Paige replied. He got up and went to sit down next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "Yes. Well, this is so much better!" she joked. Finally feeling funny. He laughed. Silence fell. He kissed the top of her head. She could feel the steady beat of his heart. It was so calming. So relaxing. Like she was back at home, looking out her bedroom window at the ocean. Next thing she knew, she had fallen asleep.
When she woke up about an hour later, Malfoy was laying down against the back of the couch and she was laying in front of him, resting her head on his arm. "Malfoy. Get up." she whispered without moving. "I already am." he whispered back. She smiled knowing that they had fallen asleep together. "Do you want to go back?" she asked him. "Not really. I like it fine here." he said opening his eyes and smiling at her. Then she knew he was definately special and different. She had only known him a little more than a day, and she felt that tingling butterfly sensation right behind her navel. She had never felt this before. And she knew now that it was sincere. She knew she wouldn't be able to go to any classes without thinking about him. She promised herself she wouldn't let a boy interrupt her studies. But now, she had to break her promise. All she wanted to do was stay in this room forever with Malfoy. "You know, you have the most beautiful eyes." he whispered to her. "You already told me." she whispered back to him. "I know." he said. She smiled. She stood up and stretched. Malfoy stood up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Malfoy, you jerk, get off me!" Paige laughed trying to get out of his grasp. "Nope. Don't think I will." he joked back. He spun her around so that she was now facing him. He wrapped his arms back around her waist. She rested her hands on his arms. They stared at each other for a few seconds then Malfoy leaned closer and pressed his lips against hers. The kiss lasted only a few seconds. But it seemed forever to Paige. He backed off and grabbed the cloak, and flung it over their heads.
He opened the bookcase and they stepped out. Malfoy wrapped his right arm around Paige's waist, and they started walking back to the common room. They stood away from the portrait a little so the guy holding the snake wouldn't hear them. Malfoy turned towards Paige under the cloak, and kissed her again. But this time, it was a french-kiss. It lasted 2 minutes. But this time it really did seem like forever. Paige knew now she wanted to be with him. Even though she had just met him. She knew that he was the one. He moved down to her neck and then to her ear. "I love you.." he whispered. Paige kissed his neck to show she heard him. "Let's go to your dormitory!" she whispered back. He kissed her lips one more time. Then they walked back through the portrait and up to his dormitory. He put the cloak in the bottom of his trunk. He took off his shoes and threw his shirt on top of the trunk and laid down on the bed. Paige put her tennis shoes in front of his trunk and climbed in beside him. He pulled the covers on them. Paige laid her head on his arm, and he wrapped his other arm around her body. They fell asleep like that. Paige dreaming of the day to come.
Paige woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning and got in the shower. She looked in the full length mirror at her 5 foot 2 inch body frame. She had long nicely layered brown hair. A bit of freckles. Her eyes were an icy blue almost white color. She stared at herself and her eyes for the longest time. 'He said I have gorgous eyes.' She couldn't get that off of her mind. This boy was special she could tell. She threw on a pair of faded blue flare jeans, but they were a bit too long, so she flipped up the bottoms a little bit, and a red tank-top with white writing saying 'Hollister'. She slipped on her socks and tennis shoes. Opened up her trunk, pulled out her wand, and put it in her back pocket. After a reassuring check in the mirror, she started down the stairs. Malfoy, she saw, was standing over by the portrait hole, leaning against one of the walls. She walked over and smiled at him. He was wearing faded baggy jeans and a light blue t-shirt. 'He looks so adorable' Paige thought to herself.
"Ready to go to Herbology?" He asked her. "Sure. I guess?!" Paige replied not knowing what the heck Herbology was. Though she figured it had something to do with plants. They walked out of the castle and to the greenhouses. Where they met Professor Sprout. "Well hello there Peyton!" she said spunkily. "Finding your way around the castle and grounds well I suppose?!" she said. "Very much so." Paige replied. Taking a glance at Malfoy across the table. The rest of the class, Sprout had them take notes and repot Mandrakes. They had already gone over this before, according to Hannah Abbott, who was a Hufflepuff. But Sprout thought it better to redo the lesson. Hinting that it might come up in a later test in the year. The bell sounded and Paige followed Malfoy and Crabb and Goyle out of the greenhouses and up the slope of the grounds to the castle.
"Ready for Potions? Professor Snape is our Head of House. Hopefully he won't be too hard on you like he is on that winch Granger and dopeheads Potter and Weasley." he laughed. "When you meet them you'll know what I mean." He added seeing the look on Paige's face. She smiled at him, and followed him into one of the dungeon classrooms. Sat down next to Malfoy with Crabb and Goyle in front of them. "Ahh, I see that we have Peyton in this class. I ask you Draco to explain some of the potions we are doing in class today to her. As I suppose she doesn't know them." he said in a drowling voice. "Yes sir." Malfoy replied.
The potion-making they did do today was a Healing Potion for Minor Burns. Malfoy did most of the work while Paige watched. The bell rang, and they all went off to lunch. While sitting next to Malfoy at the lunch table, she felt a warm spot cover the spot right above her knee. She looked over at Malfoy and smiled. He smiled back. His hand was resting right above her knee. After lunch was afternoon classes again with Sprout and Snape. This time Paige did the Healing Potion for Minor Bites. Malfoy had to help a little though. They went to dinner and this time Paige sat by Malfoy instead of Parkinson and Zaberin. She looked down towards them and they glared at her. She shook her head and ate the rest of her dinner.
After dinner, she told Malfoy she would meet him in the common room. She hung back a little ways to talk to Parkinson. "Hey girl!" Paige said. Parkinson ignored her. "Hey, are you angry with me or something?" she asked. "Yep!" Parkinson mumbled. "Why?" asked Paige. "You're messing around with Malfoy aren't you?" she stopped and asked Paige. "No. He's just showing me around for the first week." Paige replied. "Well, all I have to say is stay away from him if you know what's good for you. Every one knows I like him a lot. So now you know too. And now you know to stay away from him. He doesn't like you. He never will." Parkinson argued. "I don't have to stay away from him. We're friends. Maybe more soon. So you have no right to tell me to not hang out with him. He doesn't like you. As far as I know. And you don't know if he likes me or not because you haven't had the chance to talk to him at all today because I was with him all day!" Paige retorted. Parkinson glared at her and stalked off towards the Slytherin common room. Paige smiled to herself, knowing she got to her and walked to the common room also.
She walked in and went up to her dormitory and changed into a pair of short red shorts and a white cami. She grabbed a book and walked back downstairs and sat down on the same chair she sat in last night. After reading for an hour she looked around and saw that the common room was empty except for a shadow walking down the boys dormitory stairs. Her heart jumped as Malfoy came into the light. A smile came to his lips and she smiled back. She looked at the clock. It read 12:06. "'bout time Mr. Malfoy. I thought you were gonna stand me up!" Paige joked while laying down her book and standing up. "Now why would I do that?" he replied. "Who knows. According to Parkinson, you..don't like me." Paige laughed. "Haha!" Malfoy laughed too. 'Does this mean that he likes me like as a girlfriend or as just a friend?' Paige thought to herself. "Anyway, are you ready to go explore?" Malfoy asked in a mysterious voice. "Definately." Paige replied smiling. He followed her over to the portrait hole and they stepped out. Malfoy pulled her closer to him and threw the invisibilty cloak over their heads. "This will be so much fun." he whispered. Paige's heart jumped.
They walked in silence through the dungeon halls until they came to a dead-end of a bookcase. "This is my secret room. Me and Crabb and Goyle are the only ones who know about it." Malfoy said. Paige nervously smiled. She was beginning to get nervous. What if they were caught, even though they had on the invisibilty cloak?! He pulled out a silver and white book and the bookcase slid to one slide. He led her through and the bookcase slid back over the opening. Paige looked around. There were more bookcases in here. A fireplace. And dark green furniture. Also four tables in each corner. It was a cozy little room. Malfoy took the cloak off of their heads, and walked to one of the couches and laid it down on the arm. He then sat down on one of the chairs. Paige stood nervously beside the secret bookcase. Then swallowed her fear and went to sit down on the couch. Neither of them said anything. "So.." Malfoy started. "So what?" Paige asked trying to joke around. But she was so nervous that she didn't feel funny at all. He shrugged his shoulders. She curled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them. Malfoy looked at her funny. "Are you cold?" he asked. "Just a lil'." Paige replied. He got up and went to sit down next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "Yes. Well, this is so much better!" she joked. Finally feeling funny. He laughed. Silence fell. He kissed the top of her head. She could feel the steady beat of his heart. It was so calming. So relaxing. Like she was back at home, looking out her bedroom window at the ocean. Next thing she knew, she had fallen asleep.
When she woke up about an hour later, Malfoy was laying down against the back of the couch and she was laying in front of him, resting her head on his arm. "Malfoy. Get up." she whispered without moving. "I already am." he whispered back. She smiled knowing that they had fallen asleep together. "Do you want to go back?" she asked him. "Not really. I like it fine here." he said opening his eyes and smiling at her. Then she knew he was definately special and different. She had only known him a little more than a day, and she felt that tingling butterfly sensation right behind her navel. She had never felt this before. And she knew now that it was sincere. She knew she wouldn't be able to go to any classes without thinking about him. She promised herself she wouldn't let a boy interrupt her studies. But now, she had to break her promise. All she wanted to do was stay in this room forever with Malfoy. "You know, you have the most beautiful eyes." he whispered to her. "You already told me." she whispered back to him. "I know." he said. She smiled. She stood up and stretched. Malfoy stood up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Malfoy, you jerk, get off me!" Paige laughed trying to get out of his grasp. "Nope. Don't think I will." he joked back. He spun her around so that she was now facing him. He wrapped his arms back around her waist. She rested her hands on his arms. They stared at each other for a few seconds then Malfoy leaned closer and pressed his lips against hers. The kiss lasted only a few seconds. But it seemed forever to Paige. He backed off and grabbed the cloak, and flung it over their heads.
He opened the bookcase and they stepped out. Malfoy wrapped his right arm around Paige's waist, and they started walking back to the common room. They stood away from the portrait a little so the guy holding the snake wouldn't hear them. Malfoy turned towards Paige under the cloak, and kissed her again. But this time, it was a french-kiss. It lasted 2 minutes. But this time it really did seem like forever. Paige knew now she wanted to be with him. Even though she had just met him. She knew that he was the one. He moved down to her neck and then to her ear. "I love you.." he whispered. Paige kissed his neck to show she heard him. "Let's go to your dormitory!" she whispered back. He kissed her lips one more time. Then they walked back through the portrait and up to his dormitory. He put the cloak in the bottom of his trunk. He took off his shoes and threw his shirt on top of the trunk and laid down on the bed. Paige put her tennis shoes in front of his trunk and climbed in beside him. He pulled the covers on them. Paige laid her head on his arm, and he wrapped his other arm around her body. They fell asleep like that. Paige dreaming of the day to come.