Jade looked around for Draco while they were all stepping off the carriages. She tried not to look too eager while she was waiting for him. Hermione stood next to her with Ginny. Ron and Harry had left with the rest of the boys. As soon as they heard the word 'shopping' they left faster than Harry could catch a snitch.
"What are we standing here for again?" Ginny asked checking her watch. Hermione saw Draco walking towards Jade and she kissed Jade's cheek, taking Ginny away.
"Bye Jade! Have fun at the bookshop!" Hermione said taking Ginny away.
Jade waved goodbye and watched them leave. She turned around to see Draco standing in front of her and she straightened her posture, wondering if her hair was all right.
"Hello." He said politely, not as warmly as he had done before.
"Hi." Jade croaked like a frog. She cleared her throat and smiled at him, hoping that he would return to a better mood. The last time she saw him like this, he pushed her into a mountain of books, one wrong move, and it'll be her head.
"Shall we?" he asked gesturing towards the open street in front of them. Jade started to walk as he walked with her. He was silent throughout the whole time, not asking her anything, not commenting on anything, not even going to tell her what books he was going to buy. So Jade thought she might break the ice for once.
"So how was your week?" Jade asked. She didn't want to ask about the dance right away, it might sound too desperate on her part.
"The best I ever had." He said rolling her eyes.
Jade winced and looked away. Silence swirled around them again and Jade went to ask another question.
"What kind of books will you be getting?" Jade asked hoping that this awkward moment will pass.
"I'll see when I get there." Draco said. He stopped in front of the bookshop and opened the door for her.
"Am I annoying you? We don't have to do this if you're still mad at me. I only wanted to apologize to you…that's all. If you want my money to shop…" Jade said taking her pouch out and handing it to Draco who looked perplexed.
He pushed her outstretched hand away but Jade insisted. She instinctively went to grab his hand and when she did she thought of what happened the last time. She dropped his hand and stumbled back, going to fall. Draco grabbed her hand and placed his other arm around her waist to keep her from falling.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to-"
"Don't be scared of me Jade." He told her softly.
She stared at him with wide eyes one of her hands in his and the other clasped on his shoulder, touching the soft and warm cashmere cloak.
"I-I'm…n-not." Jade stuttered. He smiled and pulled her back on to her feet, releasing his hand from her waist. She still stared at him with her hand around his shoulder and her other hand holding on tightly to his. He felt so strong and warm against her, Jade felt that she could withstand anything if she were standing like this with him.
May it be Voldemort sending Unforgivables on them, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, the end of the bloody world for all she cared, she'd be unscathed standing where she was if he was with her.
"I actually don't mind if we stand around like this for the whole time." Draco joked grinning. Jade raised her eyebrows and finally looked at what she was doing.
"Oh." She said releasing him quickly.
"I'm sorry." She mumbled.
"It's quite all right. Ladies first." He said opening the door for her. They walked in and Draco handed back Jade her pouch.
"You honestly didn't think I was going to make you pay did you?" he asked tucking the pouch into her bag.
"But how am I going to make up for last time when I can't buy you anything?" Jade asked taking her pouch out again.
"Merlin, woman you'll get easily hoodwinked by flashing a money pouch like that. Put it in there like a good girl. You're not going to pay for anything today and that's final." Draco said as Jade glared at him.
"You're not being fair." Jade told him, looking around the bookshop.
"I know. I was thinking if I should tell you before today but I was afraid that you might cancel on me. I'm even surprised you came you know. You, just like every other girl was supposed to go shopping for dresses." He said seeing her turn to him.
"Well in case you didn't know, I wanted to be here. I had no intention of cancelling on you." Jade said seeing him smile. He took a step towards her and swept his eyes over her face.
"Because you wanted to apologize?" he asked meeting her eyes.
"It was rude of me to-"
"I'm the one that pushed you and you're calling yourself rude." He said shaking his head. Jade shrugged feeling uncomfortable that they were talking about last time's incident.
"Can I show you why I pushed you?" Draco asked as she stepped back.
"No, I'm really okay with not knowing. I swear I'll do anything to apologize-please don't kill me!" Jade squeaked when he took her hand gently away to a secluded area in the bookshelf.
"You're crazy, has anyone ever told you that?" he asked taking his cloak off.
Jade stared at him wide eyed and went to stop him. He was taking things very far than what she had hoped for. It was a little too soon to be intimate now, she hadn't even kissed him!
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? We can't shag in the bookshop!" Jade whispered fiercely. Draco stopped rolling up his sleeve and stared at her with pure shock and delight.
"I was only going to show you my knife wounds." He said. Jade looked down at his arm and didn't know whether to start fussing over his injury or die in embarrassment. She looked up at him and scowled when she saw him fighting off a laugh.
