Vanessa's POV
I woke up to Blaise shaking my shoulders, "Nessa, come on we want to get started training Drake early."
"How the hell did you get in here?" I mumbled as I ignored his requests to get up and rolled over to the other side.
"I lied to Granger about having 'head boy/girl' duties with you." He explained
I didn't acknowledge that he answered my question as I was trying to go back to sleep. That was before he started jumping on my bed, not allowing me to go back to sleep.
"What time is it?" I screeched as I pulled my duvet up over my head.
"It's about 7:30. Granger was not very happy that I was knocking on your door so early in the morning." He explained as he continued to try to get me out of bed.
"Stop jumping. You're making me nauseous." I said pushing him off my bed before getting up out of bed. He plopped back down on my bed as I started getting ready for the day. I walked into the bathroom and hopped into the shower. After my shower, I fixed my hair and did some light makeup. Then I put on some skinny jeans, a cream cropped sweatshirt, and some black booties. Once I was finished, I walked out of the bathroom to see Blaise still lying on my bed.
"Why are we doing this so early?" I asked, walking out of the bathroom.
"We want to be as inconspicuous as possible, so we are trying to start as early as possible." He explained and I nodded as I pulled him off my bed.
"Well come on let's get going!" I laughed as we left the room and I pulled Blaise out into the corridor. We walked outside to the outer perimeter of the grounds where we saw Pansy and Draco firing spells at each other. When Draco noticed we were here he let his guard down to look over at us while Pansy shot a final spell making him fly backwards a few feet. Once Pansy won, she walked over to greet us.
"Hello, nice of you to join us." She smirked while looking over at Draco who was stumbling onto his feet.
"Sorry, someone didn't want to get out of bed this morning." Blaise joked as I rolled my eyes.
"What the hell was that for Pans?" Draco said as he made his way over to where we were standing
"You were distracted. If you don't think either the other champions or someone else won't shoot a spell because you're distracted you've got another thing coming." Pansy explained while patting him on the chest. Draco came over to stand by me but before he could get too comfortable, I drug him away so I could help him train.
"Come on, let's get started." I said getting into a dueling stance, "Don't go easy on me." I smirked at him with a wink.
"Oh, you know that's not in my nature!" He winked back before firing a spell towards me which I quickly deflected and sent another one flying towards him. We continued dueling for at least five minutes before we were both shot with a spell that sent us flying backwards in opposite directions.
"What the hell was that?!" We both asked as we got up off the ground
"I was getting bored." Pansy replied, "Can we get into the real training?"
"Okay, did you bring your broomstick?" I asked looking towards Draco
"No, why?" He asked looking confused
"I have a feeling that this one is going to be the most difficult, along with the swimming. The running/ground portion should be easier for you. You know the war and things… So, we can start on the flying portion today and we can bother Severus for some Gillyweed and do the swimming part another day." I explained
He nodded and acioed his broom and it came flying into his hands. He hopped onto his broom and Pansy, Blaise, and I started firing spells at him while he tried to dodge them. This went on for a little bit until one of Pansy's spells hit him and knocked him off the broom. He fell until I quickly slowed down his body until he was levitating a few feet from the ground. I let him out of the spell and he landed with both feet on the ground.
"Honestly, you did better than I thought you would." I smiled at him
"Did you forget I am the resident Slytherin team seeker? Quick reflexes are part of the job description." He laughed
"I don't know what I expected, but you did better than I would." I joked
"Okay we've done enough for right now, it's almost 10 people will be out and about soon." Pansy suggested.
"Yeah, we can come back later at dusk. We can all meet back here." I suggested and the rest of them nodded. Blaise and Pansy started walking back up to the castle, but Draco and I hung back for a while. As we watched Blaise and Pansy walk into the castle, Draco picked me up and swirled me around before putting me back on the ground, taking my face in his hands, and pulling me in for a passionate kiss.
"Are you planning on going to Gordes today with your friends? I hear it is like the French Hogsmeade" He asked as he broke the kiss and we started walking along the perimeter of the grounds. (I just picked a random French city don't come for me)
"I was planning on it, why?" I asked with a grin
"Let me steal you away, take you somewhere." He replied
"Where are you going to take me?" I asked again
"I want to show you around the city."
"You know the city?"
"My family vacationed here all the time when my sister and I were young."
"Oh, so you know this city well, huh?" I smiled
"Oui" He smiled down at me
"You know French too?" I teased
"The Blacks come from a long line of French wizards. Sirius probably speaks fluent French too."
"You're fluent!?" I exclaimed
"Bien sûr, je parle couramment, mon amour. Le français est ma première langue." He said without even thinking
"Okay, I believe you but what did you say?" I asked with a laugh
"Of course, I speak fluently, my love. French is my first language."
"I'm impressed, did you mom teach you?"
"Yeah, she taught me French and then my father had to slowly transition me to speak in English. I used to get headaches from speaking in English for so long, but they have eased off as I got older. My mom was the only one in my life that spoke French, so it wasn't very effective for me to speak French. Especially in father's line of work. I wouldn't have been useful at Beauxbatons, that's a main reason why I came to Hogwarts."
"Draco, your father knows you are better than what you've done. How is he doing, your father?" I asked
"Well, I'm not sure. I haven't been to see him since he's been in Azkaban..." He replied looking down at the ground.
"You haven't seen him?"
"I have no desire to go back there again. After I was held there before my trial, I don't know if I can go back." He answered honestly. "I honestly don't even know if I want to see him again." I had completely forgotten that before Draco had his trial, where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and I vouched for him and his mother, that they were both held in Azkaban.
"Draco no matter what he did in the war, you know that he did really care for you."
"I can never remember a time where I actually thought that." He responded
"I think you need to go see him one last time. Even if it is just to tell him how you feel about him." I suggested "I can come with you, if you want."
"I'll think about it."
"That's all I ask" I smiled up at him
"It's getting late, people will be looking for you. Let's get back up to the castle." He said as he bent down and kissed the top of my head. We started back up towards the castle hand in hand until we could start seeing people walking through the corridor. Then we split up to go in to separate doors of the castle. I got maybe five steps through the door before I was bombarded by Ron asking questions about where I had been with Hermione and Harry following close behind him.
"Nessa, there you are! Where have you been? We couldn't find you anywhere!" Ron screeched as he grasped me in a hug.
"Chill out, Ron I was just walking around the castle exploring. I wanted to see what I could find here!" I explained to them as Ron let me out of the hug. "Come on, we should get headed to Gordes." I suggested pulling Ron towards the main door that all the students are leaving to go to the town. Harry and Hermione followed closely behind us as we walked out the door. On our way to Gordes, we ran into Fred and George who were also headed into town.
"Hello family," Fred announced as we walked up to join them.
"What are you two up to today?" I ask as I let go of Ron before walking in between the two twins.
"We are planning on going to an empty lot and look at expanding Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to France." George explained
"That's so exciting! I'm happy for you guys!" I exclaimed
All of us continued walking towards the town before the twins broke off to look at their plot of land and the rest of us went to get lunch. We walked into this French cafe where we saw a few Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang students; including Draco, Blaise, Pansy, Arabella, Marius, and a few other Beauxbatons students all gathered around a long table. The four of us waited to get a table and sat down when we were escorted to our table.
"So, what are you guys doing after lunch?" Ron asked Harry and I
"I am supposed to be meeting with Blaise to discuss some Head and Prefect duties for while we are here." I lied
"I have some homework from Herbology that I have to finish." Harry announced but gave me a side eye, so I knew we would be talking later. The waitress brought us our food that we ordered and we all started eating. After we finished our lunch Hermione and Ron headed off to the castle, but Harry and I stayed behind for a little bit.
"You okay?" I asked
"I think so. How are you with Draco being chosen and everything?" He asked
"I think I am okay. Draco and I made up after he was chosen, but I'm still so scared for how Ron, Hermione, Fred, and George are going to take it. His friends all know about us. Sirius and Remus know about us. Dad and Minerva know about us. Severus knows about us. You know about us. Everyone in my life knows except them, but they are who I'm worried about. I am terrified about what they are going to say and do. I don't know if I can handle them not understand or being angry because I love him and if they make me choose, I don't know if I can choose them." I told him honestly and quietly as I watched him intently staring towards Draco and his friends.
"I think you should tell them because prolonging it will only make the situation worse." He gave his opinion and I nodded agreeing with him. "Well, I need to head up to the castle to start on my homework. Don't get lost down here." He smiled down at me as he stood up to leave the table. When he left, I just kept sitting at the table trying to think about how I was going to tell Ron, Hermione, and Fred and George about Draco and me. That was until Draco came and sat down in front of me at the table.
"What's on your mind?" He asked, grabbing my hand
"Just thinking." I smiled, "How was your lunch?" I asked, trying to get the topic off me.
"It was fine, but I am more interested in what's got you so down." He said as we got up from the table to explore the city.
"It's not a big deal Draco…" I argued desperately trying to get out of the situation.
"I just want you to know you can talk to me. I'm here for you."
"I understand, but I just would rather not right now."
"Okay, then let's go see the city." He smiled as we walked out of the cafe and onto the street. The two of us walked around the city and he showed me all the places he would go to when he was a little boy. We walked around until it was time for us to meet with Pansy and Blaise again. Draco and I quickly walked back to the edge of the castle to see the two of them waiting for us.
"Look who decides to finally show up." Pansy joked with us. "Come on lovebirds let's get to work so Vanessa and I will have time to get ready for our formal dinner tonight."
I laughed as Draco summoned his broomstick and we got to work working on his flying exercises. The four of us continued the exercises until it was almost time for dinner.
"Let's stop for the night, we have to get ready for dinner." Pansy said about an hour and a half after we started. We all agreed and headed up towards the castle, then the three of us parted ways to get ready for dinner. When I walked into my room, I heard Hermione in the bathroom so I decided to use my vanity in my room. I magically straightened my hair, then did a gold and black cut crease eyeshadow look, and finally put on some nude lipstick. Once I was finished with my hair and makeup, I put on my gold and white strapless, midi dress. I then finished the look off with some gold heels and gold jewelry. I then walked out of my room to see Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Jordan sitting in the living room with a bottle of Firewhiskey.
"Oh yay! Toss me the bottle!" I laughed as Ron handed me the bottle. We laughed and drank until it was time to leave for dinner. We all got down to dinner and saw everyone dressed up and took a seat at a table. The five of us chatted with our other table mates who were from Beauxbatons until the food appeared onto our plates. We all ate our food and then soon after got dismissed to bed.
"Nessa, I'm going to sleep in the boys' room tonight." Hermione informed me as we all headed off to bed. I nodded and waved them goodbye as Harry, Ron, and Hermione all walked down the corridor to their room. While they were walking away, Draco came up behind me and grabbed my waist. I turned around, hugged him, and smelled in his scent.
"Hermione is sleeping in the boys' room, stay with me tonight?" I asked, still gripping him in a hug.
"Of course, love"
We both went into his room first so that he could get some clothes and then we headed to my room. Draco and I changed into pajamas and laid down in my bed. Draco wrapped his arm around me and I fell asleep as he was stroking my hair.