Then it hit her. The day before with Malfoy. What a great day it was. She never thought it possible that she would enjoy time with him.
She kept recalling his smile. His beautiful smile. She stopped herself right there.
"There is no way I will allow myself to fall for him. No way at all." She was tired of being hurt. She was tired of being walked over. Of being taken advantage of and used. She was drained.
She promised herself that friends would be all that could be.
She rose out of bed and went to greet the morning.
She found his door open and him already gone.
Where could he be again?
She ate breakfast and walked into the study. She found him there. Asleep on the couch with an opened book in his lap.
He looked so soft and gentle. So different.
She began to think thoughts she didn't want to. Of how she wanted him to hold her in his arms. She shook away the feelings and tried to think of something else. How would she be able to read with him in here? She didn't want to shake him. Because she would have to touch him and she knew if she touched him that she would want to keep touching him.
So she grabbed the poker from the fireplace and poked him. He mumbled and rolled over. She poked him again and he awoke.
"Wha…where…What in the bloody hell are you doing?" He asked looking at her like she was mad.
" I was making sure you were still alive. You weren't moving and I couldn't tell if you were breathing." She said , quickly.
"Oh , honestly Granger." He smirked.
She walked over to the wall behind him and began to browse the books.
Things were quiet so she assumed that he walked out. But she was sadly mistaken.
She suddenly felt fingers tickling her. She couldn't get away from his grip. And she was laughing uncontrollably. "Draco! Please! Stop! I ….can't….breath!"
He let go and she chased after him.
"You can't catch me! Why are you even trying?!" He yelled back at her. With him saying that, it made her want to go after him more.
By now, they were outside running in circles. He ran towards a pier and stopped right at the end. But she was going to fast to stop and ran straight into the water. It was cold and the weight of her clothes kept bringing her down. Her foot got caught on a root and she panicked and let out the air she held in.
Draco was laughing out loud. He saw bubbles appear.
"Very funny, Mione. That's enough."
But she didn't come up.
He felt a strong feeling of foreboding. He tore off his shirt, pants and shoes and dived in quickly.
At first he couldn't see anything, but he saw her finally with her hand still stretched upwards. He swam briskly towards her and pulled her to the surface.
When he got her to shore, he checked her breathing.
There wasn't any.
He had to give her C.P.R.
He lowered his lips to hers and breathed into her. Suddenly she gasped and rolled to her side and puked.
Coughing she said, " I win."
He smiled softly at her. "Don't ever do that again. You scared me."
"The great and powerful Malfoy was scared?" She mocked.
"What would I tell Dumbledore?"
He had her in his lap and was staring into her eyes. The beautiful rich brown eyes. They warmed his soul. Her arms encircled around his neck , she tried to help herself up. She fell back because she got dizzy and her lips were centimeters from his.
He looked into her eyes more deeply and leaned in slowly. Their lips met and electricity surged through their bodies.
They stared at each other the entire time. They couldn't break away.
Their kiss deepened when he slid his tongue along her lips and pushed his way in. Massaging his tongue with hers, she moaned softly.
They pulled away moments later, out of breath.
"What just happened?" She asked, looking away.
"You looked short of breath, I thought I'd help you."
"Oh, that's rich." She snickered.
"What are we doing, Granger?"
"I don't know, Malfoy." She said softly. "But I like it."
