Vanessa's POV
I rolled over and felt around the bed but couldn't find Draco. My eyes slowly opened and saw that I was sitting in an empty bed, but when I looked out the window, I noticed it was still dark outside. I cast a wordless Tempus to realize it was only four in the morning. Where has Draco gone off to? I slowly got out of bed, grabbed one of my fleece blankets, and shuffled out of my bedroom. I was shuffling into the living room, but I froze when I saw Draco sitting on the window seat staring out of the window in the dark. I quietly walked over to him, and softly put my hand on his shoulder. He jumped around and I was met with his face, even in the dark I could see his bloodshot eyes and tear stained cheeks. He relaxed when he saw it was me and then grabbed me by my waist and pulled me into his lap. He rested his head on my shoulder and I laid my head back onto his chest.
"Did I wake you?" He asked as I settled into his arms
I shook my head no.
"I rolled over to cuddle with you and realized you weren't there. Bad dream?"
He nodded and sighed. It was a while before he started to explain, but I didn't push him. If he was going to tell me I was going to let him do it in his own time.
"I keep seeing him. I keep seeing him kill you. Over and over again. He would kill you and then bring you back and then kill you again. He was torturing me and he knew it. He wanted to see me suffer. I woke up hyperventilating but I didn't want to wake you up, so I came out here to try to calm myself down." He said looking out the window.
"You should have woken me up." I told him
"I didn't want to bother you…"
I turned around so I could look him in the eyes.
"Draco listen to me. You can never bother me… I love you." I said very determined
He looked slightly surprised at my declaration but grabbed my shoulders and wrapped his arms around me in a hug.
"I love you. More than you can ever know…" He said squeezing me tight
"Come on, you need some sleep." I told him and he started to protest, but I stopped him before he could continue.
"I'll keep the nightmares away…" I smiled at him and he laughed before nodding in my direction. I stood up, took his head and guided him back to my room. We laid down on my bed and he snuggled close to me, laying his head on my chest and pulled me as close as he could. Once he was comfortable, he let out a breath I didn't know he was holding inside. I ran my fingers through his nearly white hair and it didn't take long before his breathing evened out and he was asleep. After he fell asleep, I let my eyelids close and let sleep take me over too.
The next time I woke up it was to Blaise opening my bedroom door.
"Oh sorry… Did I wake you?" Blaise asked
I shook my head no, but he could obviously tell I was lying.
Blaise pointed to Draco and looked confused because he knows how early Draco normally wakes up, but he soon realized what had happened.
"Nightmare?" He asked again
I nodded and looked back to Draco who was still sleeping like a baby. Blaise nodded back towards me and slowly backed out of my door and closed it silently. I looked down to Draco and smiled. He started moving around until he retch his arm over towards me, once he found me, he pulled me close to him. Once I was snuggled close to him, he opened his eyes and gave me a slow kiss. I kissed him back until we both pulled away because we both knew we were already late for breakfast.
"Good morning to you too" I laughed at him
"Good morning, love." He said
"How'd you sleep?" I asked cautiously, not wanting to overstep the recently torn down wall.
"Actually, pretty good. Come on we should get changed and go get some breakfast." He said as he started to get out of my bed. I nodded in agreement and got out of bed and walked into my bathroom where I quickly showered, did my makeup, fixed my hair, and put some mom jeans and a green and white stripped sweater on. Once I was dressed, I walked out of the bathroom to see Draco sitting in the love seat with his head in his hands. I walked over to him and put my hand on his neck.
"Are you okay?" I asked him
He just stood up and grasped me in a big bear hug, resting his chin on top of my head.
"I love you… so much." He said while squeezing me tight
"I love you too, but what's wrong?" I pushed him
"I'm just thinking about last night. After everything, I can't… I can't lose you."
"Draco, I'm not going anywhere, I promise."
I raised my head so that I was looking at him I noticed he was crying, softer than he was this morning, but crying nonetheless. So, I stood on my tiptoes, and gave him a gentle reassuring kiss.
Third Person POV
There weren't fireworks like the first kiss they shared together. There was tears and fear, but most importantly there was love. There was love and passion. So much of it that neither of them could contain themselves anymore. Draco's hands found their way to Vanessa's ass, and pulled her onto him. While Vanessa wrapped her legs around Draco's torso and her hands moved their way up to Draco's head to grasp his head with great force, like she would die if their kiss was to end. He started moving them both to Vanessa's bedroom, in case Blaise was to come back from breakfast early. Draco wordlessly cast a silencing charm around the room and accioed a condom from Blaise's room. Once they were both in Vanessa's room, she got off Draco while Draco shut the door. Immediately after the door was closed Vanessa was pulling at the hem of Draco's shirt. They quickly ridded themselves of their useless clothes and climbed into Vanessa's bed. Draco looks at Vanessa before they get started.
"Are you sure, Vanessa? We don't have to if you don't want to…" Draco asked cautious
"Yes, Draco. I want you and I want you now." Vanessa practically begged him.
Draco smirked at her and quickly applied his condom. Vanessa smirked back up to him and grabbed his dick pumping back and forth with her hand while Draco inserted a finger into Vanessa's wet vagina. Once Draco felt that she was ready he added another finger into her. After a few moments, Draco slowly inserted his dick into Vanessa, and when he did, she let out a soft moan. He was thrusting slow and soft, careful not to hurt her until she pulled him down onto gave him a sloppy kiss.
"Fuck me, Draco. Fuck me, hard." She pleaded as Draco smirked down at her and thrusted into her with great force. Vanessa let out a scream of pleasure while Draco continued to fuck her harder and harder. Vanessa's arms swung up to grab the posts of the headboard while her hips were raising up with pleasure.
"Fuck, Draco. Draco…"
Draco could feel her tighten around his dick, and then suddenly Vanessa let out another scream of pleasure. Draco felt her walls clench around him when she came. Draco pulled his dick out of her, and Vanessa used her finger to stroke his still very erect cock. Slowly, she traveled down the bed and licked the tip of Draco's cock before taking the tip of his length into her mouth. Draco groaned and moaned with pleasure while Vanessa worked her way up his cock. He groaned as he felt his cock hit the back of her throat. She gave him a violent suck and his back arched up from the bed and his hips thrusting into her mouth.
"Va… Vaness… Ness… I'm going to…" Draco tried to warn her but before he could get the words out, she gave him another violent suck, and he lost any self-control he had in the moment and he felt himself release into Vanessa's mouth. She felt the liquid flow into her mouth and then swallowing the cum. She then made her way back to the top of the bed to give Draco another wonderful kiss.
Vanessa's POV
"I bloody love you." Draco said as he grabbed me with both of his strong arms and pulled me closer to his naked body.
"I love you too, but we can't stay up here all day." I smirked at him
"And why not?" He asked with a chuckle, already knowing the answer
"People will realize we are missing and Blaise will come back at some point." I reminded him, he huffed and slowly got out of my bed and started putting his clothes back on. I also got up and walked over towards him and gave him a kiss on the cheek before heading into my bathroom to take yet another shower before getting ready for the day again by putting on a black denim skirt, a tan cropped sweater, and the high knee boots I got for my birthday. I opened the bathroom door to Draco waiting on my bed with some bagels and cream cheese. I looked at his curiously, but before I could ask, he answered my intended question.
"I went out into the living room to see these sitting out with a note from Blaise." He said and handed me a note with a smirk on his face. I took it from him and read what Blaise had written.
Hope you two had fun. Lord knows it sounds like it.
-BZ
I started laughing and Draco did the same.
"He's never going to let me live this one down." I said smiling and Draco nodded in agreement while still laughing. I took his hand and started to drag him out into the corridor.
"Come on we better get going!" I said and he followed my lead until we bumped into Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Jordan. He quickly let go of my hand, but my hand still grasped him open palm tightly.
"Nessa! Where have you been?" Ron asked
"Yea, we missed you at breakfast!" Hermione mentioned.
They continued to ask me questions until Ron noticed Draco standing slightly behind me because I hadn't let go of his hand yet.
"OI! What's the ferret doing here?" Ron questioned
"I have as much of a right to be here as you do, Weasley." Draco said in his rich boy tone that makes me laugh.
"Is he bothering you Nessa? Why don't you just do us all a favor and stay the bloody hell away from us!" Ron said started an argument
"What makes you think that you can tell me what to do?" Draco questioned him
"Come on, let's just go. He's not worth our time." Harry came in to save the day. He gave me a small wink and the others turned around and headed down the corridor. Hermione looked back at Draco and I like she was waiting on me, so I told Draco a short bye and followed them down the corridor. While we walked down the corridor, Ron had started to complain about Draco.
"I really can't stand that ferret. I don't know if I could ever stand him." Ron complained and he continued complaining about him for a good ten minutes before Harry stepped in so I wouldn't lose my mind.
"Ron, we know you hate him. If you hate him so much just shut up about him. Someone might get to thinking you actually have a crush on him." Harry said in a joking manner
All of us laughed, except Ron, who went to defending how he was "definitely not crushing on the ferret! Who in their right mind would?"
"Anyway, I can't believe that today is our last day at Hogwarts until the spring." I said trying to change the subject
"I know this first part of the year went by so fast." Hermione agreed.
"I really don't want to leave." I said
"Me either. I wish we could just not do it at all." Harry agreed with me
"How are we getting to Beauxbatons?" Jordan asked
"Oh, the Heads and Prefects came up with the idea to take one of the big double decker buses, like the ones in muggle London, and enchant it to make it fly." I told them all the plan we came up with.
"That's a good idea! Who came up with it?" Harry asked
"Well, one of the Hermione mentioned the bus and then a Ravenclaw prefect brought up the idea of making it fly." I explained
"That's bloody brilliant, Mione!" Jordan said
"Thanks!" Hermione said and we continued down the corridor, but when we reached the library Hermione and I stopped.
"I have to finish my Defense Against the Dark Arts essay that Snape assigned last week." I told them
"I should get started on some assignments that are due soon too." Hermione said and then we said our goodbyes to the other and crossed the threshold into the library. Hermione and I found our way to an empty table where I pulled my scroll, quill, and ink out of my backpack and started on my essay. Hermione tried to pretend to be working on homework, but when I looked back up at her she was staring at me.
"Hello?" I said kind of confused
"What's going on with you?" Hermione asked
"What do you mean?" I asked as I looked in her direction.
"You've been acting different all morning. What's going on with you?" She clarified while she looked back down at her homework.
"I don't know… Maybe life's finally going my way. Maybe this is my year." I responded, trying to not look to untruthful. I just don't feel comfortable telling anyone about Draco and me just yet. They won't understand, and I don't want them to ruin everything that we have together.
"Come on. It's lunchtime and the others will be looking for us". I said as I stuffed my scroll back into my bag and grabbed Hermione's hand to drag her out of the library. It wasn't long before we found Harry and Ron, seeing as they were heading down the same corridor as we were.
"Where have you two been?" Ron asked while continuing to walk to the Great Hall.
"Weren't you listening when we told you two, we were going to the library for about an hour and a half ago." I said while looking at him oddly.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." He answered me truthfully and we all continued towards the Great Hall.
When we all got there, we sat down at the Gryffindor table, sat down in our usual spots, and started eating our lunch. I was talking to everyone when I looked over to the door and saw Blaise and Draco walked into the Great Hall. Draco strutted over to the Slytherin table and kept stealing side glances at me inconspicuously. When we finally met each other's glance, I gave him a small smile before going back to the conversation with Hermione, Ron, and Harry.
"I'm bored!" I whined like a small child.
"Hey, since it's a Sunday, why don't we go to the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer." Harry suggested a solution to my boredom. I nodded and we all got up and headed out the door. When Draco noticed I was leaving, his head shot up and I motioned to follow. Once he was out of the Great Hall, I told my friends I was going to go to the bathroom before we left and headed in the direction of the bathroom and Draco. I saw him standing against the wall to the bathroom with his head looking down to the ground, but when he saw me, he lifted his head up and slowly walked over to me. When we finally got to each other he picked me up in a hug, kissed my neck, and twirled me around.
"Hey" He whispered in my ear.
"Hey, we are gonna go to the Three Broomsticks for a bit, but meet me at the lookout next to the Shrieking Shack at 3?" I asked him with a smile.
"Of course, love" He responded and threw it a kiss for good measure.
I laughed and kissed him back before hurrying back to my friends.
"What took you so long?" Hermione inquired.
"Oh, I ran into Blaise on the way there and just told him where I was going." I lied, but she just nodded and we started towards Hogsmeade. I walked with Hermione in front of Harry and Ron who were talking about Quidditch.
"So, Nessa you're joining the Quidditch team?" Harry pestered. He's been annoying me about it ever since one of his teammates quit the other day.
"I told you I don't know, Harry."
"Come on, Ness, it's going to be fun!" Ron chimed in.
"I will let you know tomorrow is that okay?"
"Yeah, that's fine. I just want you to practice with the team before the next match!" Harry said excitedly.
"I never said I was for sure joining the team!" I argued while he just smiled and shook his head. We had made it to Hogsmeade by this time, went through the threshold of the Three Broomsticks, and sat down at a table. We all started to order our drinks and everyone ended up getting butterbeer. While we were waiting on our drinks, we continued to talk about anything and everything under the moon. Once we were finished with our drinks, I pulled out my phone and looked at the time.
"Well, this was fun but I have something to do. So, I will see you guys later." I told them excusing myself from the table. They all said their goodbyes as I left the Three Broomsticks and headed towards the Shrieking Shack. When I got there, I saw Draco leaning up against the fence, looking towards the shack. I snuck up behind him and wrapped my arms around him.
"Hello, my love." He said without missing a beat.
"How'd you know it was me?"
He turned around to face me and smiled down at me.
"No one else would have the nerve." He joked, leaning down to peck my lips.
"Wow, how romantic!" I laughed and stood on my tiptoes so he didn't have to bend down as far. I grabbed the back of his head to bring him more into the kiss and before I knew it, we were making out. We continued like this until we heard something that made us jump apart.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON?"
We jumped apart to see Ron, Harry, and Hermione all standing there sporting three very different emotions. Ron's emotion was anger; however, Harry's was guilt and Hermione's was just pure shock. Draco and I exchanged quick looks before Ron started yelling again.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING MALFOY?"
He started walking towards Draco.
"Ron, hold on, let me explain." I tried to interject but before I could get another word in Ron was throwing punches and they were both rolling around on the ground.
"Ron! Stop! Ron!" I yelled, trying to get them to stop fighting. I looked over at Harry in panic and he snapped out of the shock and ran over to pull them apart. Ron tried to get out of Harry's grasp, but Harry held him back. Draco got up off the ground and we all just stood there for a minute until I spoke "Draco, go back up to the castle and I'll meet you up there soon."
He nodded and started off towards the castle.
"Well, explain." Ron demanded and I just looked at the ground trying to figure out how to explain.
"Look Ron he's changed…" I started but Ron interrupted me
"He's changed! That's all you have to say? He's changed! He made all our lives a living hell for years! People like that don't change!"
I looked at the ground and squeezed my eyes shut. I felt the tears streaming down my face. Without even meaning to, I opened my eyes and realized that I wasn't outside near the Shrieking Shack anymore. I looked around and realized I was standing in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place. Before I could apparate back to Hogwarts, I heard the kitchen door swing open and turned around to see Sirius standing there.
"Vanessa! What's wrong?" He said, walking over and bringing me into a hug.
I didn't trust myself to speak, so I grabbed him tight and bawled into his shoulder. He rubbed my back and whispered soothing words into my ear. When I calmed down, I pulled away from the hug and started to talk, but not before Sirius ordered me to go up to the spare bedroom and change into more comfortable clothes. So, I walked up to the bedroom took off my original clothes, grabbed a pair of leggings and a big comfy sweater, and put them on. Once I had my clothes on, I put my hair into a bun and started down the stairs. I walked into the living room and saw Sirius sitting on the couch and two cups of tea on the coffee table. When he noticed I was there he stood up, walked over to me, and guided me over to the couch.
"So… Are you okay?" He asked, handing me the tea.
"Ron and Hermione found out… About Draco and me…"
"Oh… I take it they didn't take it well?"
"Ron started a fight with him. A fist fight." I sighed
"Oh Vanessa… I'm sorry. I know how much your friends mean to you. They'll come around. I promise." He said, grabbing my shoulder and hugging me.
I smiled as the tears fell down my face, "What am I going to do? They hate him and I love him!"
"Just give them some time to process it all. They'll come around." He assured me
I set my teacup down and gripped him in a hug and cried onto his shoulder again. We stayed like that until we heard a 'POP' in the kitchen. I looked up at the kitchen door and saw Harry as the door swung open.
"Nessa! We were so worried about you! We didn't know where you had gone!" He exclaimed
"I'm sorry. I didn't really mean to come here, it was an accident." I explained
"You don't need to apologize, Vanessa. You needed to get away." Sirius said sternly, looking at Harry.
"Hey, I didn't beat up her boyfriend!" Harry joked holding his hands in the air. I let out a small laugh, "We better get back to the school, don't want to get you into trouble."
Sirius nodded and gave me a final hug before I went over to Harry and we apparated to Hogwarts together. The next thing I knew we were standing at the entrance to the Great Hall right before dinner time.
"I'm going to go talk to Draco." I told Harry and he handed me the Marauders Map as he walked into the Great Hall. I opened the map and saw that Draco was sitting outside in the Transfiguration Courtyard. I started walking to the little blip that said 'Draco Malfoy' and when I got there, I saw him sitting underneath a tree then I went up and sat down beside him.
"So, our secret's out…" I sighed
"It was nice while it lasted." He joked
I laid my head on his shoulder and we both let out a sigh.
"Maybe we should take a break…" Draco suggested
"No." I said decisively as I stood up off the ground and Draco followed in my lead.
"Vanessa, your friends hate me. Weasley actually fought me today. This is never going to work out."
"They will come around Draco! Please don't do this." I practically begged him.
"Vanessa, I love you but I don't want to make your life miserable." He said as he leaned down to kiss me before turning around and walking away. I sat back on the ground and let the tears freefall from my face. I didn't even notice someone walking up behind me until they put a blanket wrapped arm across my shoulders. I looked to my side and saw Harry smiling over at me. I turned towards him and aggressively gripped him in a hug and cried and cried and cried until there were no more tears left to cry.
"Do you wanna go to bed, Nessa? It's getting pretty late." Harry asked when I was calmed down. I just nodded and we both got off the ground and he escorted me to my room.
Draco's POV
I was sitting on the ground of the Transfiguration Courtyard when Vanessa came up behind me and sat down beside me.
"So, our secret's out…" She sighed
"It was nice while it lasted." I joked
She laid her head on my shoulder and we both let out a sigh.
"Maybe we should take a break…" I suggested
"No." She said decisively as she stood up off the ground and I followed her lead.
"Vanessa, your friends hate me. Weasley actually fought me today. This is never going to work out."
"They will come around Draco! Please don't do this." She begged
"Vanessa, I love you but I don't want to make your life miserable." I said as I leaned down to kiss her before turning around and walking away. I walked to the Slytherin Common Room and flung the portrait hole open and saw Blaise sitting on the couch. As soon as everyone else in the common room saw my face, they made a quick exit out of the common room. I fell onto the couch and laid my head back onto the back of the couch.
"What happened to you?" Blaise asked
"Weasley found out about Vanessa and I." I explained
"And?"
"I broke it off with her."
"Why?"
"It wasn't going to work out. Her friends hate me. They are never going to accept us together."
"Drake, they just need some time. Time to process everything. They'll come around."
I nodded, got up off the couch, and headed to my bedroom.
Vanessa's POV
When we got to my room Harry gave me one last hug and then we said our goodbyes. I opened the portrait hole and saw Blaise sitting on the couch waiting for me.
"Come here, sweetheart." He said, holding open his arms
I walked over to him and laid in his arms.
"You wanna talk about it?" He asked and I shook my head no.
"Dunno what I'd say…" I answered honestly.
He nodded and just held me. I relaxed into his touch as he rubbed my head and whispered soothing words of encouragement until I fell asleep.
When I woke up next Blaise was carrying me into my bedroom. He sat me down on my bed and handed me one of my t-shirts. I took off my sweater and pulled the t-shirt over my head and fell back onto the bed. I noticed Blaise was still standing there watching me before he climbed on top of my bed and pulled me close. He held me again until I fell asleep.