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478. (song title) If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away – Justin Moore
He looked across the great hall. She was there, sitting Potter and the Weasel. Even though the table was just across the room, it felt as though it were a million miles away, a distance he could never hope to cross.
She laughed at something. He dreamed he could hear her from his seat. He continued to watch her, her smile, her every movement. It was like hell being so far from her, hell only being able to watch her from afar.
He didn't dare go near her, not if he valued his life. Potter at least had some skill. He blinked. She'd risen, her long legs walking towards the exit. She's just going to the loo, he told himself. He didn't listen to that little inner voice. Instead, he rose also, following her out. She was standing just outside the doorway.
"Spill it, Draco, what do you want?"
"I don't know what you mean, Granger." Had she seen him watching? Did she feel the same way, a sense of longing he couldn't describe.
"You've been staring at me all breakfast, and all dinner last night. Did you think I wouldn't notice?"
"Maybe I was staring at Potter," he challenged. He hated Potter, really. She laughed.
"Don't go fooling yourself, Malfoy. I'm pretty sure you're not staring at Harry, not with that look in your eyes."
"What look?" he asked. Heaven, she smelled like heaven. He wondered if he could figure out a to replicate her perfume.
"The one where you dream of kissing me, of doing more," she stated leaning closer to him. Merlin that fragrance was intoxicating. He wondered what he smelled like, he couldn't remember he'd put on cologne this morning or not.
"With you?" Yes, he wanted to kiss her, right here, right now. She smiled, it wasn't a bad smile, he thought her teeth looked amazing, they had looked perfect before she'd fixed them, but still. Before he knew it, her lips were touching his. He blinked returning the kiss.
"Well? Was it everything you'd been dreaming of?" she asked as they parted. He looked into her eyes, surely this was some joke the Weasel had put her up to. Instead all he saw was his own eyes reflected in hers.
"Yes," he allowed himself to admit. Maybe Heaven wasn't so far away after all, he decided as Granger kissed him again.