The days passed roughly and Jade didn't have time to sleep and it wasn't as if she could anyways from the kicking her little boy was doing. Jade went to the library to research and find herself some time alone because she was constantly hounded by Harry and his questions on where she was and what she was doing. She stood near a shelf placing a hand on her stomach because her little boy kept kicking. When he stopped momentarily Jade went to reach for her book.
"One thing, I am really short and I can't reach for any books and if I do try and climb up the ladder I'll risk losing you and I won't do that…stop kicking! You're just like Harry…stupid seekers." Jade muttered.
"Do you always talk to yourself like a madwoman?" Draco asked leaning himself against the shelf. Jade jumped up startled and dropped a book.
"MALFOY! You…ow stop it!" Jade said as Draco looked around himself wondering who she was referring to.
"Weasley…are you going mad? I can drop you off at the Hospital Wing." he said seriously making her laugh.
"No…no it's just that if you have a little weight kicking sharply inside of you…it…really hurts." Jade said breathing in and out.
"What is it?" Draco asked seeing her go on her tip toes to get her book.
"A…boy." Jade said letting out a breath.
"You know you could have asked." Draco said walking towards her. He stretched his arm to the shelf and Jade was trapped near the books and his broad chest.
"What book Weasel?" Draco asked looking around on the shelf.
"Oh…the…one with the forbidden curses and forbidden traditions…something like that." Jade said as Draco handed her the book.
"Forbidden Curses and Traditions…what for Defense Against Dark Arts and History of Magic?" Draco asked and Jade nodded.
"Hermione said it would help tons." Jade said as Draco got another copy.
"Wonder how Granger knows this stuff." Draco said and Jade shrugged.
"Don't ask me how she does…she just tells me and I follow." Jade said putting a hand on her stomach. They both walked along the aisle and chatted about their classes.
"Oh by the way the homework exam that Lupin gave us that you helped me on long before?" Jade asked and Draco thought back and remembered how he helped her and also got Potter angry.
"Yeah…I remember. What about it?" he asked and Jade grinned.
"I got an O and the others surprisingly Hermione and Harry both got average grades." Jade said and Draco smirked.
"Obviously…who taught you? I was also the same with my class and Lupin told me that you and I were the only ones that had an O on everything." he said and Jade nodded.
"Seems like even a day in the library won't help match up against Draco Malfoy…which is why I wanted to ask if you can help me with some questions please?" Jade asked sweetly.
"Ough I am not Potter by the way you talk to me!" he said sarcastically making her laugh.
"How would you like me to ask you then?" Jade asked. Draco smirked.
"I suppose you wouldn't know how a Slytherin girl would ask a Slytherin boy." Draco said, seeing her eyes widen but she couldn't help but smile.
"You suppose right Mr. Malfoy and watch it, I'm a married woman." Jade said.
"And is that supposed to be my fault? Why do you Gyrffindor women take everything so seriously?" he asked seeing Jade cover her mouth from giggling out loud. He smiled, seeing students start to look at them, clearly annoyed and perplexed at the same time to see the two sharing a joke.
"Harry would kill me if he saw me like this with you." Jade whispered, looking around.
"Why? Are we in some sort of compromising position with our clothes off?" he asked with a grin. Jade softly slapped his wrist and motioned for him to be quiet.
"Sit here and laugh, I'll get my things." he said and Jade nodded, still giggling. She took out her things and took out the tough questions that she had for homework.
"Now let's see." Draco said sitting in front of her. Jade gave him the question sheet and he nodded taking his own sheet out.
"No, I don't want to copy, I just want to understand and learn." Jade said seeing him give her a crazed look. "What?" Jade asked and he shook his head.
"I forgot you weren't normal like the other 7th years. Okay…first question." he said. He explained everything to her very clearly and Jade understood everything very well and appreciated that Malfoy was actually there to help her.
"Now mistletoe believe it or not helped to cease a series of rape cases in the late 1800's discovered by, I don't know, some bloke but mistletoe has a chemical property to inhibit aggressive sexual urges in men." he said slowly seeing it made her stop and stare at him. "Er…sorry but that's what I know." he said and Jade nodded understanding.
"It's a little weird isn't it? We use it to have an excuse to kiss someone and here it says it stops others from doing more than...that." Jade said writing it down and jotting down notes. Draco nodded not sure of what to say. Jade burst out laughing at a thought and Draco looked up wondering why she was suddenly so happy.
"Are you going mad again?" Draco asked seeing her shake her head and grin.
"I never was…shut up Malfoy. No I remembered how I had to actually kiss Hermione this Christmas because Fred and George thought it would be fun to watch two girls kiss each other. They obviously you know were the inventors of the shrilling mistletoe." Jade said and Draco nodded.
"Of course, Weasel…we had ten of those shipped into this castle and it was completely torturous." Draco said.
"Who was the worst person you had to kiss?" Jade asked seeing him sink into his seat from embarrassment.
"I don't have to tell you. Next question." he said and Jade took his paper away.
"Tell me." she said and he glared at her. "I swear never to tell anyone!" Jade said.
"Weasel if I ever hear one word I'll run after you and…kill you or something." he said and Jade nodded vigorously. Draco sighed and said "Longbottom." Jade gasped and stared at him in shock and he wondered why he even told her.
"You…kissed-"
"Shh! I don't want to talk about it and this is between us and only us." he said and Jade nodded.
"I won't tell anyone but…blimey, when?" Jade asked.
"This Christmas; I wanted to know why it was shrilling behind me and Longbottom that was running around and I had to otherwise people would suspect." he said. Jade covered her mouth laughing silently and he rolled his eyes.
"Ok…ok…but still it could have been Filch." Jade said.
They both studied a bit more and Jade helped him out on a few things. Harry was getting impatient by the minute waiting for Jade. She said she would be back but she missed dinner and he got up to look for her.
"What's up Harry?" Ron asked seeing him jump up and down and jittering.
"Jade…have you seen her?" Harry asked and Ron shook his head.
"Hermione said she saw her in the library studying…its okay." Ron said and Harry got up and ran out. He walked to the library and opened the doors seeing her talking to Malfoy smiling a bit as he talked back to her. Harry stomped towards them and hissed her name. Jade turned around to see Harry and smiled.
"Hey honey." Jade said but her smile vanished when she saw him furious.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked looking at Malfoy with hate.
"Well Malfoy was tutoring me…why?" Jade asked and Harry grabbed her arm.
"What was so important that you had to miss dinner?" he growled.
"Harry…stop you're hurting me. I didn't even notice dinnertime pass by." Jade said feeling as if her arm was going to cut off by the way he was squeezing it.
"Get up and let's go." Harry said yanking her up.
"Harry!" Jade said as he shoved her away. He packed her things in her bag and glared at Malfoy.
"Potter calm down, I was helping her with her homework and she helped me with mine." Draco said and Harry pointed a finger at him.
"I know what kind of studying you both were doing. Stay away from my wife you filthy fuck." Harry said and Draco got up to start something.
"Stop it! Harry we-"
"Shut up." Harry said grabbing her arm again. Jade tried to push away but Harry was stronger and he pushed her out of the doors, his anger elevating when he saw her cry. "Stop crying!" he roared.
"Harry you're hurting me! What the fuck is wrong with you?" Jade asked and Harry turned her violently.
"I'll show you." he said opening a door. It was the Room of Requirements and he threw her in the room and shoved her up a wall and grabbed her neck. "Don't you dare talk to me like that ever again." he spat looking into her brown eyes. They were silent the whole time and Harry calmed down letting her go. Jade fell on the floor and whimpered trying to hold onto something.
"I don't want to do this to you…I just don't want you to talk to Malfoy because he makes my blood just boil." Harry said.
"I don't understand Harry…he's nice to me-"
"Because he probably wants to get in your pants! What happened with the man that raped you in that alley? You can't trust anyone but ME! You can't talk to any men unless he's related to you. Do you understand? Otherwise I'll leave you and the bastard you're raising from another man." he threatened. Jade looked up scared out of her mind and he nodded grabbing her cheeks and squeezing her face in his hand.
"You are NOT ever going to talk to Malfoy again…is that clear?" he asked and Jade nodded weeping.
"It better be." he said letting her go. He grabbed her hand and took her back to the common room.
