Chapter 7-
She was held in a warm circlet of arms, though whom they belonged to she couldn't remember. She was lying on her side, snuggled into the side of someone and they were holding onto her for dear life. She didn't know who this person was, but she knew that she never wanted to let go of them.
Groaning, she opened her eyes and immediately closed them again, as a stream of bright light flooded her eyes. "Urgh," she muttered, and the person beside her shifted. Whoever it was stood up, and Lilly immediately let out a cry of protest, and eyes still tightly shut to protect her from the bright light, reached out and grabbed their leg.
The person tripped, laughing and Lilly searched for a memory of that laughter. She had heard it once before, but where?
"Let go Lilly," the amused voice came. "I have to close the curtains."
She suddenly recognized the voice. Draco! Her mind shrieked. Draco Malfoy? Her eyes flew open to be greeted with the semi-darkness of a room with curtains closed. Draco Malfoy stood at the door.
She realized she was lying on a bed. "Draco?" she squeaked, mind still catching up. "What- what-" with a sudden stream of memory, the events of late flew back into her head. He sat in the lotus position, watching her with an amused smile.
"Oh. Hello," she said somewhat awkwardly.
"Hello."
"Er, how are you this morning?" In reply, Draco stood, pulled her up and kissed her hard on the lips. It only took a split-second for her to react, arms sliding around his neck as he supported her gently at the waist. She smiled dreamily through the kiss, for it seemed so familiar and so right that when they came up panting for air, she almost growled in frustration before going back for another.
Half an hour later, Draco pushed Lilly away, smirking.
She looked at him, disappointed. "Why'd you do that?"
"The light has returned in case you haven't noticed. We have to go and find out what that whole thing was about."
"Why?" She tried to pull his head down to her level, desperately wanting to caress his lips again.
He pulled up reluctantly. "Because there may have been something dangerous that caused it."
"Do you care?" she growled, reaching up on her tip-toes.
"Lilly, we have to go."
"Fine then." She ran a hand through her hair and buttoned up her top which had somehow 'fallen' open. She pulled on her cloak and watched as Draco went through the same procedures. "Draco?"
"Mmmn?"
"Are we going to tell the others about this?"
His expression became serious. "I don't mind Lilly. People in Slytherin will react, but I'm not really good friends with anyone, except maybe Parkinson." A frown passed over Lilly's face; he almost laughed. "But I know that you Gryffindor's are a lot closer, so if you think this will ruin friendships we'll keep it secret."
"I- I think I'd rather just keep it between us for a while. Is that okay?"
"That's fine." He pulled her to him and kissed her warmly. "Let's go."
She slipped her hand in his almost automatically, but when he looked down sadly at her she realised what people would think if they saw them holding hands. She released it, and felt strangely empty with no part of her in contact with him.