A/N: I OWN NOTHING!

Chapter 19

The World Resolves Itself

I was taking Sirius's advice when I got back to Hogwarts, I was moving on…hanging around with Seamus more and more, and leaving Draco alone.

But I still couldn't handle what Seamus asked of me a week after I got back to school. I was wearing the new t-shirt that Blaise got me for Christmas that said in silver letters "Prefectionist" (get it, I'm a prefect, Prefectionist?).

"So then I said, 'Harry, let it go'!" I said, laughing as I finished a funny anecdote over what happened on my way into Hogwarts for the second part of term, on the Knight Bus with Tonks and Mad-Eye Moody.

Seamus laughed "Gods, Hannah, where did you learn this sense of humour?" he asked me.

I shrugged "Spending time with my little Slytherin Sister helps a lot." I said, smiling.

Seamus shook his head "Man, Hannah, you're nothing like the other girls in this school." he said, smirking.

I shrugged "In a good way?" I asked.

Seamus nodded "Yeah. I like spending time with you."

I smirked "I like spending time with you, too, Shea." I said.

Seamus blushed and looked to the ground "I, uh, I know you may not say yes, what with the break-up still being fresh for you and all, but…"

I turned to him "What?" I asked.

Seamus turned to me "I haven't been completely truthful with you."

I nodded "Uh huh…?" I asked.

"I kind of…fancy you." he admitted, making my jaw drop.

"Uh…and?" I asked.

"Hannah, will you…will you, be mine?" Seamus asked.

I bit my lip. "Uh…" I stammered.

And before I could get out an answer, Seamus kissed me.

I froze in shock, closing my eyes in consideration to Seamus' feelings when:

"FINNEGAN!"

I broke off and saw Draco standing there, livid as when Fyaro Delmonte snogged me in the previous term.

I was still frozen when Seamus stood up "What do you want, Ferret?" he demanded.

"Just as I would ask you, Finnegan. I'd like to ask what your lips were doing on my ex's." Draco sneered. "Clearly, that was unwanted physical contact."

I blinked as Seamus said "Well, she's not yours anymore, Malfoy, you can't stop her from snogging people she wants to snog." Seamus said, pulling out his wand.

"You keep off her!" Draco snapped, drawing his wand.

I was shocked. If I didn't know any better, Draco was, jealous.

But, that was impossible! Draco didn't love me, he couldn't have been jealous!

But, the way he jinxed Seamus made it seem pretty convincing that he was.

"EVERTE SANTCUM!"

Seamus went flying to the other side of the corridor, Draco glaring at him.

"T-Tarantalegra!" Seamus shouted.

"Protego!" Draco said, swishing his wand and making the jinx bounce back on Seamus.

Seamus started dancing uncontrollably and he snarled, pointing his wand straight at Draco's heart "RICTESEMPRA!"

This jinx got Draco straight in the chest…a Tickling Charm.

"A-Alarte Ascendare!" Draco choked in between fits of laughter.

He missed Seamus, instead making a sword from a suit of armour levitate and crash to the ground, narrowly missing Seamus, had he not moved out of the way, Seamus would have been stabbed.

Seamus snarled. "ANTEOCULATIA!"

I gasped and pulled out my wand, knowing what that hex did. "PROTEGO!" I bellowed before turning to Draco and lifting the Tickling Charm off him "Finite Incantatem!"

The jinx rebounded off my Shield Charm and hit Seamus, turning his sandy hair into a set of antlers.

Seamus turned to me, a look of pure anger etched on his face as he started towards me, raising his wand.

"ARESTO MOMENTUM!" Draco shouted to Seamus, making the latter slow down. "Petrificus Totalus!"

And then Seamus' limbs snapped together, making him fall stiff as a board to the floor.

I stood there silent for a few moments before glaring at the two boys "Five points from Gryffindor, Mr Finnegan." I said, turning to Seamus. "And be grateful I don't turn you in to McGonagall, Malfoy, duelling with a Gryffindor!" I said, turning on my heel and starting off.

"Hannah, wait!" Draco said, turning me around.

"What do you want?" I demanded, glaring up at him and crossing my arms.

Draco took a deep breath and started "I know there isn't any proper way for me to say this, and it is very odd for me, seeing as I have never truly done this, being a Malfoy, learning from a very early age that Malfoys don't do this and especially not to girls-"

"Get to the point, Malfoy, I have to get ready for patrol!" I snapped.

Draco took a deep breath "I'm sorry, ok? Sure, I know you'll say I'm entitled to my opinion, and I will stand by what I said about Umbridge, but I really shouldn't have dragged Potter into the argument."

I raised my eyebrows "Really now?" I asked "What about snogging Scarlett in front of me and slapping me?"

Draco sighed "Look, you may not believe me, but Zimmerman used the Imperious Curse on me to make me snog her, and say all those things to you, and…" Draco shuddered "slap you."

I laughed "A likely story." I said sarcastically.

"No, I'm telling the truth!" Draco said, taking something out of his robes. "You see this?"

I nodded "Yes." I said simply.

"You know what this is?" Draco asked.

I gave him the worst look I could muster "It's Veritaserum. It forces the drinker to tell the truth." I said bored.

"Good, glad your Potions brilliance isn't lacking." Draco said, downing the Potion in one. "Ok, ask me any question and I'll be forced to tell you the truth."

I thought for a second "Why did you really slap me?"

Draco took a deep breath "Granted, I was a little mad over what had happened with the argument and all, and Zimmerman came in and started talking about me wishing I had kissed her in fourth year, which she did, by the way, she was lying to you. Then she cast the Imperious Curse on me and made me snog her. And she also made me say all those things to you, and she made me slap you, I was honest to Merlin under the influence of the Imperious Curse when I snogged her and slapped you."

I creased my eyebrows together "Then what do you want?" I asked.

"I want you back." Draco said simply, without missing a beat. "I miss you, Hannah."

I blinked, completely shocked. "Why should I take you back?" I asked.

"Because slapping you, no matter how out of my usual state of mind I was, was the worst mistake I've ever made, especially with your history of being beaten by the Muggles. I…" Draco paused "I love you. Beautiful, brilliant, astonishing you."

I blinked "Why didn't you say so before?" I asked.

Draco shrugged "You were so tight-knit with Finnegan, Potter, Granger, the Weasleys, Duff, Alexander and Capodebt. I couldn't get near you without them ganging up and beating the ever loving shit out of me."

My eyes watered "Harry will kill you if he finds out we're at it again." I said.

Draco smirked "Nobody has to know." he said simply. "So…" he muttered something under his breath "what d'you say? Can a man be lucky enough a second time for you to be his?" he asked, tucking his wand away and pulling a dozen red roses from behind him.

Sirius was right! Draco came back! The planets seemed to settle back into their normal positions as a smile reached my face before throwing my arms around his neck.

"Do I take that as a yes?" Draco asked in my ear.

I shook my head, making him lose his smirk. "You can take that…as a hell yes!" I said happily, kissing his forehead.

"And Potter won't know?" Draco asked, his smirk back in place again.

I nodded "Absolutely." I said proudly. "Come on, we have patrol tonight, remember?"

Draco nodded "No more splitting up?" Draco asked.

I smirked "No more splitting up, it may take longer, but it'll work. We have a lot of catching up to do." I said.

Draco raised his eyebrows "Shall I carry the princess down to the dungeons to get her cloak and a change of boots?"

I laughed. Now that was the Draco I knew and loved. "Yes. Yes you shall." I said.

Draco rolled his eyes and bent down "Hop up, then, love." he said.

I beamed and jumped up on his back "To the dungeons!" I said happily. "I have music to listen to!"

As Draco carried me down the steps to the dungeons, I was still wrapping my head around what just happened. Draco and I…were back together!

All was well again. And when Draco set me down in the dungeons…I got my appetite back!

"Hang on, I'll be back!" I said, racing up to the dorms and taking out my junk food stash and packing Oreos into a plastic bag as I pinned my Prefect's badge on and jammed my dragon hide boots on.

Once I had some snacks to keep me going, I put the Oreo bag (in which I also packed a few packages of Swedish Berries, a couple of chocolate bars and a load of other Muggle candies.) and a couple of bottles of Coke in a paper bag and walked out of my dorm, cloak in hand.

Draco eyed the paper bag and gaped "Holy, are we hungry or something, Oreo?" Draco asked, smirking.

I beamed when Draco used my pet name (it made the make-up so much more real.) "I guess. C'mon, if you hurry up I'll share with you." I said, starting out of the dungeons.

I fastened my cloak with one hand and unscrewed a bottle of Coke before taking a swig "Want some?" I asked Draco.

Draco made a face "What the hell is it?" he asked.

I laughed "Coke." I said, taking another swig "It's Muggle pop, you'll like it." I said, holding the bottle out to him.

Draco hesitated "You didn't spike it, did you?" he asked.

I burst out into a fit of giggles "No, of course not, silly!" I said in between giggles "I'm not that evil!"

Draco rolled his eyes "You never know, you may be trying to get revenge on me." Draco said, taking the bottle and taking a swig. "Not bad, but Butterbeer is better." he said, handing me back the bottle.

I stuck out my tongue "Oh, screw you, I like it." I said, taking another sip before tucking the bottle back in my bag and taking out my Oreo bag "I know you've missed these." I said teasingly, waving the bag in Draco's face.

"Give me those!" Draco said, trying to wrench the bag from me. "Damn straight I missed those!"

I smirked and took one for myself "Ok," I said, taking a bite of one "I'll share with you if you play a game with me." I said giggling.

Draco creased his eyebrows together "What sort of game?" he asked.

"Song talk." I drawled "We can only speak in song." I explained.

Draco groaned "Awe, man!" he groaned "Ok, I'll play." he griped, contemplating for a moment before smirking "It's Friday, Friday-"

"SHUT UP!" I shouted, belting Draco one over the head for picking the most annoying song in the world, Muggle and wizard "You ever sing that song again I'll shoot you through the heart, and you're to blame, baby, you give love a bad name, bad name! I'll play my part, you played your game, you give love a bad name!" I sang.

Halfway through our patrol I beamed "Whoa, we're halfway there, oh, oh, living on a prayer, take my hand, we'll make it I swear, oh, living on a prayer!"

Draco sighed "Bon Jovi again, Hannah?" he asked "That's so dumb. I think you're reaching the fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark. Finally I can see you crystal clear, go ahead and sell me out."

"Adele!" I squealed "That's so fabulous, that is my simple request all things fabulous bigger and better and best!"

"We need something inspiring to help us get along, we want a little fabulous is that so wrong?" Draco and I sang together, stopping our patrol for a moment to spin around like a couple of complete morons.

"Wow, I just acted like Crabbe and Goyle." Draco said, cautiously "I must be love, got me love you got me lovesick, got me got me love, got me love, you got me lovesick, turn it up, turn it up turn it up, you turn it up."

I laughed "I guess you belong to me, my Snow White Queen, there's nowhere to run, so let's just get it over, soon, my love you'll see, you're just like me, don't scream anymore my love cause all I want is you!"

Draco smirked "I guess you do love me, love me, say that you love me, fool me, fool me, oh how you do me, kiss me kiss me, say that you've missed me, tell me what I want to hear, tell me you love me. Now I guess they're will be one less lonely girl."

I laughed and handed Draco a couple of Oreo cookies "That was fun." I said, smiling as Draco took the cookies before becoming serious "What did you say about Scarlett?" I asked.

Draco turned serious as he ate my cookies "Zimmerman…she's a Death Eater. I saw her over the Christmas holidays and she was in my house. Her assignment was to befriend you and convince you to go to the Dark Side."

I blinked, suddenly worried "In you letter, it stopped-" I started

"Zimmerman found me and I had to send it before she saw what I was writing." Draco explained "But believe me, she's a Death Eater. I told you under Veritaserum, I couldn't lie to you if I tried."

I nodded "I guess I have to talk to Scarlett tomorrow." I said, turning the corridor one more time "C'mon, patrol's over." I said "Let's go down to the dungeons."

Draco took my Coke out of my bag and took a gulp out of it (this coming from the boy who said that Butterbeer was better?) and smirked "Yeah, let's do that."

I snatched back my Coke and let him lead me back down to the dungeons.

I was almost asleep by the time we got back to the common room, no sugar could keep me awake at that point.

Draco smirked "Someone's sleepy." he said teasingly.

"Shut up." I muttered lazily, looking up at him with half open eyes.

Draco shook his head "Come on." he said, picking me up and carrying me to the girls' dorm.

I was half asleep when Draco laid me in my bed and wrapped the blanket over me, making me open my eyes.

Draco smirked and brushed his lips over mine, brushing my hair out of my eyes, giving me a better view of his lip curling.

"Go to sleep, love. We've got a lot of sneaking around to do tomorrow."

I smiled "So Harry won't know this time around?" I asked sleepily.

Draco smirked and kissed me again, harder this time "Not this time. He'll try and stop us. And we don't want that, do we?"

I shook my head "Never." I said, smirking as my eyes closed again.

Draco kissed me hardest yet, really making me feel it before I fell asleep. And the last thing I heard before I fell asleep:

"I missed those lips. And they're mine…all mine, again."

I fell asleep with a smile on my face. Draco and I were back together…and all was well with the world again.

I had the deepest and best night sleep in months that night. And I swore I heard Draco one more time that night and he said:

"Sleep well."