Love in All Forms

Chapter 7: Caught in the Act

The dormitory was quiet that night. Everyone had fallen asleep except Morgan. She threw back her blankets and got dressed. Maybe some fresh air would help her restlessness. She put on a light blue sweater and some flared jeans. Double checking that no one was a awake, she crept down the stairs and out of the common room.

Outside the castle the stars were amazing. The moon reflected of the lake. She decided to go and sit by the lake.

It was chilly outside and she pulled her robes closer around her. There was a big rock so she sat on it. It was almost completely silent except for the water lapping slowly against the shores. She heard a rustle. Morgan turned around quickly and who was sitting there, but Draco Malfoy.

"Hey, hun," he said softly.

A smiled crossed Morgan's lips slightly. "Hello Draco," she replied.

"Come over here, sweetie," he said. He waved her over slightly. The traditional Malfoy smirk on his face.

She walked over slowly. Her bright green eyes met his ice blue. A thought seemed to pass between them for a moment. Draco pulled her into his lap. Morgan had to restrain a scream, she was so startled.

Draco snickered slightly. "I'm not that scary, am I?" he whispered into her ear. He pulled Morgan closer too him and wrapped his arms around her. "What are you doing out here so late at night?"

"I couldn't sleep. So I am came out to get some fresh air and think about some stuff," she said.

"What do you need to think about?" he persisted.

"Oh, stuff, nothing important or to do with you."

"You know you can talk to me. I'm here for you and I will listen to you and not make quick judgements. Please tell me."

"I really don't want to discuss this with you Draco," she said, getting a little frustrated with him.

"Fine then!" he said. He pushed her off his lap onto the ground and stormed off back into the castle.

Morgan's eyes began to tear. She had never seen Draco Malfoy's quick temper and she didn't think he would be that harsh to anyone, especially someone he supposedly cared about. She wiped her eyes and sat on the rock he had been sitting on. Suddenly, she felt calm all over again, just gazing at the stars.

She hardly noticed when another person began to approach her. At the last minute, she heard a rustle. "Harry!" she exclaimed.

"Shhh!" he whispered. "I just saw Malfoy storm into the castle. What happened?" Harry grinned, trying not to laugh.

"Oh, he was being stubborn about something I didn't wish to discuss with him. So I told him off, and he got mad and left," she explained.

"Now that sounds more like the Malfoy I know," Harry sighed.

Morgan shrugged. "I guess I expected more from him. I should have listened to you, Hermione, and Ron. He just seemed so nice that I didn't want to believe it. I'm really sorry, Harry!"

Harry smiled at her. "You don't have to apologize. He is very tricky. I knew you would come around eventually." He pulled out his wand. "Accio boulder!" A boulder just big enough to sit on appeared next to Morgan.

"Now that's what I call gentlemen like! Draco just made me sit on his lap. How nice was that?" Morgan laughed.

Harry shrugged.

"So, Harry, what do you want to do once you get out of Hogwarts?" Morgan asked.

"I'm not sure. I think I might want to be an Auror. But there are just so many options. And maybe it would be better for everyone if I just went to some other country, away from Voldemort."

"Harry! You can't just run away from it. Where would that leave your friends? Don't leave!" she said sadly.

They continued to talk late into the night, discussing the future, music, movies, anything and everything. Around 3:00am, they decided just to lay on the grass and look at the stars. Soon, Morgan fell asleep. Harry picked her up softly and brought her back into the castle. The predicament came when he needed to take her to her dorm. He just decided to bring her into his dorm.

He put her in his bed, and he slept in the armchair next to his bed.

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The next afternoon Morgan woke up at 1:00. Harry was still asleep next to her. Ron, Seamus, and Neville were gone. She looked at the clock.

"EEEKKK!" she screamed.

Harry instantly woke up. "What? What? OH MY GOSH IT'S ONE! WE MISSED BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND CLASSES!"

Morgan ran back to the girls dorms. They both got dressed quickly and were running down the steps. They almost hit the common room, but at the bottom of the steps was none other than professor Mcgonagall.

"Professor!" Harry gasped.

"Yes Mr. Potter. What are you and Miss Starr doing? Why haven't you been at breakfast, lunch, or any of your classes today?" she asked the students.

"We were up late last night studying together and we must have overslept," Morgan said quickly.

"Mr. Potter?"

"It's true Professor. We have a huge um…care of magical creatures paper coming up. Morgan was helping me because I couldn't remember the colors of the periwinkles," Harry assured her.

"Don't let it happen again or both of you will have dentention. Now both of you, get to class!"

The two hurried off, breathing sighs of relief.

"That was close!" Morgan said as she as she breathed a sigh of relief.

Harry began to laugh.

"What's so funny! We almost just got detention and now McGonagall's gonna be watching us all the time!"

Harry just continued to laugh.