Draco lay in his bed as once again his thoughts strayed to Rose. She was spending more and more time with him, and less and less with her brother and his posse. He had seen the worried looks that Potter had been sending her during dinner though.
On the topic of her worse half, he seemed to be rather worried about Draco's lack of malice lately. Aside from blaming him for the dye that had turned Ron completely green, they had nothing to pin on him for close to a year.
He smiled. This was almost better then torturing them directly. They were worried, and he didn't have to do anything to keep them that way.
All three of them had been watching him carefully. For heroes they were pretty dense. Couldn't they see that he was just to busy to bother them anymore?
Suddenly the bed sank on one side. He jumped to his feet and glanced around as he heard a laugh.
"You're slightly jumpy, aren't you?" asked a bodiless voice from his left.
"Rose?" The bed returned to its former position. He gasped lightly as phantom lips brushed his.
"Hullo Draco." Rose appeared suddenly sitting back down on his bed. She was folding a bunch of silvery material. It almost seemed to flow…
"You have an invisibility cloak?" he exclaimed. He had never actually seen one himself, though he had heard a lot about them.
"Yeah," she replied quietly. "It was my mothers." He sat gingerly beside her on the bed. She turned to him and gently placed it on his lap. He brushed his hand over it gently.
"Wow. I've always wanted one of these," he said in awe.
"Well, you're welcome to borrow it when ever you'd like…as long as you don't use it to hurt Harry," Rose offered, shrugging.
"I won't." He smirked at her. "But what about Weasel?" he asked.
"Go ahead, you have my blessing," she stated coldly, green eyes flashing. He frowned. Rose seemed naturally vibrant, but it was at times like these where he could really see how introverted she was. You would never know how much she hated Weasley by looking at how she acted around him. She was a fantastic actress.
"I would, if I wouldn't get expelled. He's being very cautious since the dye fiasco. That was quite amazing by the way. I must get you to teach me that later," he paused before continuing. "He treats you worse then a Slytherin and the others aren't much better, Potter excluded." He though fleetingly of the way there was never a seat for her at the table except for way down by the first years, and the diary entry he had read. And that was barely scratching the surface.
Rose turned away. He saw he swallow, blinking rapidly.
"Not…not everyone," she denied, refusing to meet his eyes.
"Yes everyone!"
"I… I hate it! It's not my fault I'm Harry's sister. I don't even know what it is I do but they all hate me! I can never do anything right with them. It's like I live in another world…" Her torrent trailed off slowly as Draco pulled her into his arms.
"I know."
"You know, I actually believe that. I…can I tell you something?" she looked at him nervously.
"Of course." He smiled at her. He sighed inwardly. It was appalling how easy it was to do that around her.
"I wasn't…supposed to be in Gryffindor. I'm supposed to be a Slytherin. Dumbledore made the hat change." Draco stared at her in amassment.
"What? But why?" he asked.
"Can you imagine what would happen if Harry Potter's sister was in Slytherin? The world would not be happy." She picked at his bed spread dismally.
"No, I suppose not," he mused. Draco watched Rose carefully. That explained a lot about her personality. She always seemed so cautious, and clever. She always seemed so…unGryffindorish. She looked at him oddly.
"What?"
"You're beautiful you know that?" he asked quietly.
"I…" he interrupted by gently placing his lips on hers. She responded immediately, pulling herself closer to him. He felt a wave of possessiveness flow over him. She was his, no one else's. He took a deep breath, and finally admitted it, if only to himself.
It isn't just for the money anymore.
FINALLY! Lol. Anywho, here is the latest chapter, i hope youenjoyed it. I know it's really short, but it seemed complete right there, so i'm make it up to you by posting another one really soon...like later today probably. Thank you to my TWO! TWO now, reveiwers! I really appreiciate it! Keep up the good work ;)
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