I was avoiding the astronomy tower. Well, not the tower itself but Malfoy. Since his kiss at Christmas I'd avoided going to the astronomy tower to smoke, instead I had disillusioned myself and crept out into the Hogwarts grounds. This time I was leaning against the railing of the newly restored bridge. As I exhaled a lungful of smoke my eyes fluttered closed as I remembered how pleasant Malfoy's kiss had been. His lips were warm, and he'd tasted of apples and smoke and I'd almost allowed myself to melt into the kiss until an owl had broken our moment and I'd ran away from him.
Truthfully, it was because I ran from him why I didn't want to confront him again. I didn't want to see the hurt in those silver eyes up close. It was bad enough when I taught muggle studies and all I could sense were his eyes boring into the side of my skull.
"Now I understand how you three managed to sneak around the castle all the time," Malfoy's voice called out and I twisted on the spot to see the man in question approaching me slowly. Rolling my eyes I turned back to look out over the lake as I took a deep drag.
"Let me guess Harry showed you the map?" I sighed out.
"Yeah, he found me on the astronomy tower and asked me what was wrong with you, so I told him I kissed you and you ran from me," Malfoy said simply and I gawped at him
"You told Harry?" I groaned, exhaling with a particularly violent puff of air.
"You didn't tell him yourself?" Malfoy questioned raising a challenging eyebrow and I almost growled as turned away from him.
"Sure it would have gone so well if I turned around and said 'Oh hey Harry, so I smoke now, and Malfoy joins me on the astronomy tower for a cig and we've got close, which you sort of knew oh but by the way, he kissed me," I scoffed. Malfoy let out a small huff that sounded somewhere between a snort of annoyance and amusement.
"Well maybe not exactly like that, but maybe I would have avoided nearly being hexed," Malfoy said quietly, and I rolled my eyes though he couldn't see.
For a short while we both stood in silence, neither of us saying anything, but eventually I felt Malfoy cast a warming charm around us and I shivered with delight as the warmth sank into my bones.
"Thank you," I said softly as I vanished the remains of my cigarette.
"You're welcome," Malfoy answered quietly before he sighed heavily, and I finally turned to face him. Malfoy's eyes appeared silver in the moonlight as they flickered over my face and when a gust of wind blew past us, it threw the strands of white blonde hair that didn't quite make his ponytail into his face.
"I…" I started but Malfoy shook his head as he threw the butt away and crossed his arms over his broad chest.
"I'm sorry for kissing you. I must have misread the situation, but I would very much like to go back to being friends. I don't have many of those left and I definitely didn't want to lose you. I… I can ignore my feelings if it means we get to be friends Hermione," Malfoy said quietly, his voice almost getting lost on the wind, but I heard every word and felt a pang within my chest. He hadn't misread anything, I was just scared. Malfoy made to walk past me, but I grabbed hold of his wrist before he could leave and quickly made a decision.
"You didn't misread anything Draco," I said softly. Draco's eyes widened and he stepped back towards me, his free hand coming up to cup my cheek as he searched my eyes. Summoning my Gryffindor courage I reached up with my free hand and cupped the back of his neck to pull him down so I could press my lips against his this time.
With a groan Draco moved, pressing me against one of the pillars on the bridge as his arm snaked around my waist, pressing my body to his and I relished the contact. Draco's tongue traced along my lip and I opened my mouth, allowing him to transition our kiss and I couldn't help the small moan that left my mouth as I felt his hardness press into my stomach causing my thighs to clench together.
"Hermione," Draco's voice breathed as he broke away from my lips and continued to kiss across my jaw and down my neck, lightly sucking at the juncture between my neck and shoulder. Draco's hands roved over my body, one of them coming down to grope my arse as the other knotted in my hair, but I couldn't find it in me to care as my body floated on a cloud of building pleasure.
Then I heard another owl and the bubble popped as Draco froze, his warm breath ghosting over my neck.
"Fuck… Witch… Please say you'll be mine," Draco asked as he lifted his head to look at me. Unable to form a sentence I nodded and Draco's lips crashed back to mine.