A/N I was feeling generous so here is another chapter! Keep those reviews coming, my loves!
Warning: This chapter is M at the end! If you don't like reading smut then don't read the end.
Draco POV
I see Briar standing in front of the Slytherin Common Room entrance as her lips quickly say the password. Granger and Potter look in awe at the concealed stone wall that quickly turns into an entrance way. After waiting a few moments, I go to the wall and say "Pureblood" with confidence before strolling into the common room. Seeing no one in there, I take a moment to admire a room that has held many memories over the years. Looking to the enchanted window that shows the bottom of the Black Lake, I see a giant squid swimming by in the dark, watery depths. With emerald greens tones and silver being present around the entire room, I can understand why green quickly became my favorite color after attending Hogwarts.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I realize I have never been to Briar's dorm and probably won't be able to get to it since the girl's dormitory staircase has a spell on it to send boys down a slide.
But then, how did Potter get to her dormitory?
Go towards the boy's dormitory. My dormitory is hidden behind the painting of the forest with a doe. Yes, that was Snape's doing. The password is aquamarine.
I let out a chuckle while shaking my head when I hear the playfulness in her voice. Following her instructions, I make my way up the winding, stone stairs that would lead to the boy's dormitories. Keeping an eye out for the painting she mentioned, I make my way up the stairs and around the corner that would bring me to my dorm when my eyes see the painting a few steps away. I study the painting for a moment and take in the details of a doe hiding behind a tree surveying a meadow in front of it. The doe moves its head around the tree before crouching so it is hidden by a bush of brightly colored flowers. Curious, I think with a raised eyebrow.
Looking around to make sure no one is around me, I whisper "aquamarine" and see the painting open a crack towards me. Opening it a little more, I slide inside the painting and stand there in awe at what I see. Her dormitory is easily bigger than mine is by half a room size. I see emerald green and silver is the color scheme like the common room, but she has some black mixed in as well. In the far corner by the window that looks into the Black Lake, there is a King-sized bed with an emerald green duvet with black trimmings with plush, silver pillows adorning it. Glancing at the window, I see her room is significantly closer to the surface than the common room is so you can see rays of sunlight shining in the water. A vanity sits across from her bed against an emerald green wall which is similar to the other walls. The only portion of the room that isn't covered in emerald green paint is the ceiling which is light silver. A black velvet, two-person sofa sits facing a clear, crystal, spherical table. Moving my eyes to the floor, I see it is a black, Papua ebony floor that picks up reflection from the water outside her window, making it seem like the floor was rippling like the water.
"What is Malfoy doing here?" Potter whines out. I roll my eyes and stroll into the room towards the two-person sofa where Briar is sitting. I look to the velvet black chaise lounge to see Granger sitting with her legs crossed at the ankles with her hands on her lap while Potter sits with his back to me as he looks at Briar from the velvety black, medium sized Acosta Swivel Barrel chair. I smirk and sit next to Briar who leans into my shoulder immediately. I wrap my arm around her shoulder to bring her closer and kiss her forehead before turning to smirk at Potter who looks like a pouting five-year-old.
"What's the matter, Potter? Afraid I might come up with a better idea than you?" I can almost feel Briar rolling her eyes at me for my comment. I keep smirking at Potter as Briar shoves my side in annoyance with her elbow.
Stop being a prat before I kick you out, Malfoy.
My smirk drops and I look down to see Briar looking at me with a serious scowl on her face. I give her a small smile to show I'll try to behave and give her another kiss on the forehead.
"I didn't think you were serious, Bry, but you were," Granger says. I look to her in confusion before Potter speaks up.
"Yes, he's just a teddy bear under disguise. Can we figure out what we're going to do about Sirius? I need to go help him!" Potter says with exasperation. I open my mouth to spit something back at him, but quickly close my mouth and lean back to rest against the back of the couch with my right knee crossed over my left. Now in my casual position, Briar leans into me and I find myself smiling at her as I feel her warmth seep into my side. Looking at her, I see the sunlight reflecting off the water from the window onto her face making her eyes shine more brightly than normal. My left hand soothingly rubs her arm as she leans into my left side and I can feel the goosebumps raising on her arm as her eyes are glaring at Potter.
Wait, glaring at Potter? What did I miss?
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! He's all I have left, Briar. I'm not going to lose him!" I can feel Briar's shoulders huff in frustration as she tries to keep her temper in check.
"Harry, I have a bad feeling about the vision. Something…wasn't right. I can't figure out what it was, but…"
"Exactly! You can't figure it out because you couldn't feel his pain like I could! He was being tortured Briar. He was dying and you want to waste time debating this?! I need to get to him NOW!" I snap my head to Potter after he finishes yelling at Briar and see him pacing back and forth with his hands clenched in fists at his side.
"Watch your tone, Potter," I growl out. I feel Briar's hand rest on my left thigh after I uncross my legs, ready to jump up if need be.
"We should get in contact with him then before we do anything," I hear Granger's voice float through the room. Potter rolls his eyes as I continue to stare him down as his eyes flit between me and Briar in frustration before settling on Granger in defeat.
"And how exactly are we supposed to do that Hermione? Everything is being monitored from the owls, to the floo network, and I don't trust the mirror he gave me to not be monitored too. Umbridge has everything on lock down so she can watch every little move we make."
"Not in Umbridge's office," Granger says. We all turn to look at her in shock at what she's suggesting. "Umbridge has a floo network in her office. If we can just get into her office and use it then we can contact Sirius and see if Briar is right about something being off or not. It doesn't hurt to be safe."
"And how exactly do you suggest we get into her office, Hermione? Have you forgotten she hates me, you, and Briar? The only person here she likes is Malfoy because he became one of her cronies," Potter says snidely. I clench my hand in anger, but try to stay calm for Briar's sake.
"I can sneak you in," I say before I realize what I'm saying. Now it's their turn to stare at me in shock.
"Dray?" Briar whispers softly to me in concern. I look down and smile at her reassuringly as my left hand finally stops rubs her arm. I sit forward and rest my elbows on my knees with my hands clasped together and start to nod my head as a plan forms. In my peripheral vision, I see Potter sit back down and wait anxiously to see what I will say.
"In two hours Umbridge will be out of her office to patrol the halls with Filch. The bloke is in love with the little toad and has been requesting weekly appointments to make sure everything is to her liking so I can sneak you in while she's with him. Their meetings are only normally half an hour though so we need to have a concrete plan before then," I say with an air of nervousness at the end. I glance up and see Potter nodding his head and Granger looking at me in shock still, but her eyes flit to Briar who is silent. I look back at her and see she is staring at me in awe with a smile on her face. She nods her head when her eyes meet mine and she turns to Granger.
"Mione, you need to contact Neville, Ginny, Luna, and Ron. We can use all the eyes we can get to stand guard and make sure Umbridge doesn't slip through her office doors without us knowing. Harry, you need to understand I think this is a trap. I don't think Sirius is in trouble, but you're right. We need to make sure he is okay so the second we get into that office, you need to make contact as fast as possible. We only get one shot at this," she says and I can feel my heart swelling with pride seeing her take charge like this. She turns her head to me. "If anyone suspects you're on our side, that evil little toad will not hesitate to hurt you and then I'll have to end her. No one wants to see that side of me so if we're caught, I need you to go along with it. I can't have you getting hurt if our cover is blown. Do you understand me?"
I smirk at her bossy tone and raise an eyebrow at her suggestively as I find this side of her incredibly arousing.
"I understand, Ms. Griffin," I purr at her and I see her cheeks heat up as her mouth opens to say something before closing it in a huff. She smirks at me and turns to Potter and Granger to make sure they understand what needs to happen within the next hour. After staring at Briar's face and watching her cheeks return to their normal tone, I hear her front door close. I pull my attention away from her and see the painting is now closed and Briar and I are alone. She stands and walks towards her bed so I stand with my eyebrow raised suggestively at her retreating form. I follow her to the side of her bed and faintly hear her closing a drawer on her bedside table before she turns. She gasps as she sees I'm right in front of her, but she doesn't have a chance to say anything before my lips have descended on hers stifling anything she was about to say.
I clutch at her hips desperately and hear something thud to the floor as her arms wrap around my neck. She jumps into the air and I catch her under her thighs with a grunt before walking forward and softly placing her on her silky duvet. I crawl over her and settle between her parted knees as her hands clutch at my hair at the nape of my neck. Soon, I find myself getting light headed from lack of air so I release her lips with a puff of air and move my lips from her jaw, down to the soft, delicate flesh on her neck. She lets out an appreciative moan when I worry the skin there between my teeth in a teasing nip before continuing my journey down. With each small peck down the expanse of her neck, I feel my body grow warmer with each needy push of Briar's hips into mine. I lightly trace my tongue against the plane of her collarbone and breath in the intoxicating scent that is so uniquely Briar. Vanilla and something that smells intoxicatingly like sunshine and the outdoors.
"Dray," she gasps as my lips trace the delicate chain of her dragon necklace. I feel her grab and tug at the back of my shirt so I sit up on my knees and tug my dress shirt off impatiently, not even bothering to unbutton it. I stare down at her with darkened eyes and she quickly rips her black sweater off in a hurry and I can hear her shoes fall to the floor as I hum hungrily at her royal blue lacey bra. I lean down to trail kisses from her collarbone to the hem of her black jeans and quickly unbutton them before dragging them off of her. My hands caress her soft legs from her ankle, all the up to her thighs before my fingers brush the edge of a thong that matches her bra. My concentration is broken when I feel a hand on my chest. I glance up and see her sitting forward while staring intently at my necklace. I look at her in concern when I see the mistiness of her eyes.
I lean forward and kiss her forehead, her nose, and then her lips. She leans back, tugging me with her and soon I find myself under her covers with just her panties between us. I pull back from her heated kiss and stare into her eyes that are still misty. I caress her cheek soothingly and her eyes close as she leans her cheek into the palm of my hand.
"What's wrong, my doe? We don't have to do anything if you don't want to. I'm perfectly happy just snogging you until we have to meet up in forty minutes" I whisper. I hear her sniffle and I start to get concerned. "Briar, what happened?" She looks up into my eyes and shakes her head slightly.
"Nothing, I've just never…I don't want to disappoint you," she says in a low whisper. I let out a chuckle and lean forward to give her a soft kiss on the lips before pulling back to rest my forehead on hers.
"I've never either, baby girl," I say with a small smile on my face.
She looks at me in shock and sputters out a confused "But Parkinson…" I chuckle again and start to explain.
"Parkinson was very drunk and we never went past snogging. Everyone assumed we slept together so we just let the rumor run rampant since it helped my image that father wanted me to uphold. I've never been with Parkinson even though I'm pretty sure she thinks I was. I've never been with anyone," I confess.
"But those other girls?"
"Those other girls are lying through their teeth. For the longest time, I thought they were doing it to get on Parkinson's nerves since no one likes her, but it turns out they just wanted the attention that came with them allegedly sleeping with 'The Slytherin Prince.' I've never been with anyone. We're both on the same level of inexperience here."
Briar's POV
Hearing Draco confess that he has never been with another girl makes the tears well up in my eyes more. I grasp his neck and pull him down on top of me and move his hand to the string of my thong. He pulls back to look into my eyes curiously and I nod my head in confirmation. Once he has removed them, he lays down closer so I can feel every inch of him warming my skin. His hand reaches between us and I find myself gasping his name in pleasure. Sealing my lips with his, he rubs my clit and soon slips a finger inside causing me to groan against his soft lips. He speeds up and adds two more fingers. I pull away from his lips and he rests his forehead against mine as I pant out his name. I close my eyes and focus on the deep warmth that is starting to spread throughout my body.
"Come on, love. I've got you," Draco whispers in a husky tone. I open my eyes in shock and feel myself shattering around his fingers. When I come down from my high, I let out a shocked gasp of pain as I realize he used my orgasm as a way to push inside me with the least amount of pain possible. When he's fully inside me, we both groan. He stares into my eyes and wipes the tear that escaped from my cheek before waiting for me to give him the go ahead and soon, I find myself frantically nodding my head as I feel the pain change to a deep, pleasurable burn.
"Dray, move. Please," I whimper and with a groan, he pulls out before slowly pushing back in. With a frustrated huff, I grab his back and wrap my legs around his waist with my feet settling on his thighs to encourage him to move faster. He lets out a chuckle.
"Inpatient, my little minx?" He teases. I lock eyes with him and when he thrusts forward, he hits a place inside me that has me whimpering in pleasure. I see his eyes darken at my needy whimper and soon I find myself unable to stay quiet as he thrusts in and out at a fast pace. I can hear the headboard lightly tapping the wall behind us and it makes the experience even more intense. With every tap, I can feel myself getting closer and closer to my climax. Soon, we're both panting and I can feel the warmth starting to spread throughout my body again. I can feel Draco starting to thrust faster, but in shorter thrusts.
"Draco, I'm going to…" His eyes connect with mine as he groans.
"Fuck, me too. Come with me, baby girl," he says in a needy growl. I gasp at his words and I feel his hand slip between us to rub my clit. I groan out his name and feel him coax out my orgasm as he breathes my name in a deep groan into my neck. His thrusts slow down as I feel him empty inside me as my walls pulse around his softening member. After one last thrust, he pulls out and collapses on top of me. I wrap my arms around him and both of us take a moment to catch our breath as his lips place lazy kisses against my neck.
After playing with his hair at the nape of his neck for a few moments, he pulls back to grab his wand. Waving it, he cleans us up and casts a contraceptive spell. Placing his wand back on the night table, he leans back on top of me and rests his head on his right palm to look down at me while his left hand pushes my hair back from my face. I smile and lean into the palm of his hand as he gazes down at me with a sleepy grin.
"I could get used to seeing you like this," he says in a suggestive tone as he glances down my body to appreciate me with nothing on except for his necklace. My eyes flit down and see him in a similar state with his necklace dangling close to mine. I let out a chuckle and smirk up at him while tracing a finger from his cheek to the center of his chest before groaning in appreciation at his toned body.
"You're not so bad yourself, Mr. Malfoy," I say in a low purr. He groans and leans down to place a kiss right over my heart, but he lingers with his lips close to my nipple as he raises his eyebrows at me teasingly.
"You know, we have enough time to get one more round in before we have to leave in…ten minutes," he says with a frustrated huff realizing we wouldn't have enough time. I giggle and shove him to the side so I can sit up at the edge of the bed, facing my nightstand. I toss a smirk over my shoulder when I hear him groan.
"What? See something you like, my dragon?" His hand reaches out to draw a line down my spine with one finger before resting right above the small of my back, creating goosebumps in his wake.
"No," he says before smirking. I give him a look of confusion before he finishes his thought with a soft smile. "I see something, or rather someone, I love." I give him a small smile and lean forward to give him a lingering kiss on the lips. I pull a few inches away from his face and caress the side of his face.
"I love you too," I say with a serious edge to the tone of my voice. I stand up and bend over to pick up what I dropped when Draco surprise attacked me a half an hour ago.
"Okay, now you're just not playing fair. You can't bend over while you're not wearing any clothes and expect me to not jump you again, love." I chuckle and use my wand to summon Draco's button down shirt. Pulling it on, I turn to face him with my hands holding my surprise behind my back. I walk towards the bed and kneel in front of him by his torso with a smirk.
"Better?" My question is met with a huff and a negative shake of his head.
"No, worse. You look even sexier with my clothes on." Chuckling again, I realize I haven't felt this happy and care free in a very long time. He notices I haven't removed my hands from behind my back and he raises an eyebrow. "What are you hiding there, beautiful?"
"The thing I wanted to give you before you seduced me," I say with a sassy edge in my voice. He hums and leans forward to place a kiss on my knee where his button up fails to cover.
"You have that very wrong. You walked to the bed first, but I didn't exactly see you complaining unless it was to beg me to speed up if I recall correctly?" He leans forward to kiss my lips, but I pull away knowing I will most likely not allow him to leave this bed anytime soon if he kisses me right now.
"Nope, focus. We only have a few moments before we have to get going and I want to give you this." I pull the package from behind my back and I see his eyes light up at the fact he got a gift. "You're such a child!" I giggle out as he snatches it from my hands, sitting up with the sheets of my bed pooling around his hips.
Ripping the paper open, he reveals a small frame with a picture of us cuddled together on his couch at home in front of the fireplace. The moving photo starts with our foreheads touching before Draco is seen whispering something to me causing me to laugh and throw my head back as Draco stares at me with a huge smile on his face. It's one of my favorite memories from Christmas break and it ends with me leaning forward to kiss his nose before cuddling into his arms that wrap around me while he places a kiss on my forehead.
"How?" He looks at me in awe and I smile softly as I crawl closer to straddle him over the covers.
"Your Mom. I owled her the other day about sending it in a frame so you could have it to always remember how much I love you for who you are. Not who your father wants you to be, but the Draco I've come to know. The one who is obsessed with anything made of chocolate," I say teasingly as he chuckles and wraps his arms around my waist. "The one that won't admit he isn't a huge fan of the dark which is why you would hold me closer at night when we snuck into each other's bed at night over break. The one who is brave, loyal, and protective no matter how often I have to remind you I'm yours and not another guy's." He hugs me tighter and kisses my lips.
"Bloody right you're mine," he says in a childish pout. I laugh and push his shoulder in a playful way. We both look at the photo and smile before I realize we need to get going soon. With a sigh, I look at him and kiss his cheek since he's still smiling at the photo.
"Dray, I want you to promise me something," I whisper as I lay my body on top of his and lift my hand to brush some hair away from his eye. He looks at me slightly concerned, but nods his head.
"Anything, love," he exclaims seriously.
"I want you to promise me to never be anyone but yourself." At his confused look, I press on before he can ask questions. "I want you to promise me that no matter who your father wants you to be, you'll do what you want to do. Be who you want to be. No matter what, I want you to promise me that you'll continue to choose yourself and not your father's version of you. Can you promise me that? No matter what?" He stares at me for a few moments before leaning forward to place a lingering kiss on my lips before laying his head back down on his pillow.
"I promise to choose me. You have my word, Briar." His eyes stare deep into my eyes like he's looking for answers that I know I can't give him so I slide off of him and stand to start getting dressed without meeting his eyes.
"We better get going. You can leave the photo here for safe keeping if you want until later," I say as I place my clothes back on my body while throwing his button down at him. With a huff, he places the framed photo on my night stand before pulling his clothes on behind me. After we are both redressed, we walk to the door together before he gives me one last lingering kiss and another look of concern. Opening the door, he walks through the painting and I glance back at the photo of us on my night table. Glancing around the room, I feel melancholy as I silently say goodbye to my bedroom and say goodbye to Hogwarts. I say goodbye to Draco.