The Half-Blood Princess
Chapter 3
Gwen walked slowly over to another part of the castle where the head boy and girl common room were located. She stopped at a portrait of a regal looking man wearing a red velvet cloak. His white shirt was mostly hidden by the elaborately embroidered black and gold vest. His crisply pressed, black pants were cut off by the tops of the tall, polished black boots. The large, golden frame twinkled from the lit torches in the hallway. The man's face was rather handsome, with a neat, clipped, black beard that hugged the bottom of his face. His shoulder-length black hair was neatly pulled back with a black ribbon. His largish nose somewhat overshadowed his gentle smile and kind hazel eyes.
"Password, please." He said.
"Esto perpetua."
"Don't worry about these times. Everything will be all right. You'll soon see." He said giving her a reassuring smile as he opened the passage way to the Head Boy and Girl Common Room. She went through the small cloak chamber to the common room.
Gwen entered the common room. The stone walls were draped with beautiful tapestries of long ago. Tapestries of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, of the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer and of Beowulf all surrounded the soft black carpeting and the two large red leather sofas and cherry wood coffee table. The large white marble fireplace on the one wall was lit with a warm and comforting blaze. She opened the heavy oak door to her room and flopped onto the large, red and gold down comforter atop the bed. She looked around at the layers of heavy, red, velvet hangings that would keep her warm come the winter, or keep the sun out if she wanted to sleep in. The oak wood dresser and desk stood in their respective corners of the room. She went over to dresser and took out a warmer set of pajamas. She stripped out of her robes, and put on the silky black pajama pants and long silk black shirt. She put on her red satin dressing gown on over the pajamas and went back into the common room to see Draco sitting on the sofa. He turned to look at her as she walked down the stairs. She sat down next to him.
"I brought some cocoa." He said placing a mug in front of her.
She sipped the mug. "Mmmmm." She said after swallowing some of the drink. They sat together, drinking their cocoa. She put her mug down.
"I'm getting tired, love." She said yawning. Draco got up and turned to face her.
"Here," he said helping her up off of the sofa. "Let me help." He picked her up, and took her up to her room. He gently laid her onto her bed, moved the sheets and blankets back and placed them over her body. He gave her a kiss, and started to leave.
"Wait." Gwen said as Draco turned around, grabbing his arm. "Stay with me."
Draco went over to the other side of the bed, and tucked himself in next to her. Their bodies were spooned together. Perfect. Just like they hoped that their lives would be one day.
All right, I hope that you all enjoyed that small update. First, "Esto perpetua" means "Let it be forever" in Latin. I will be working on updating more frequently, but there are no guarantees. Second, I obviously don't own any of this, but Gwen, and perhaps my regal portrait man…..
Well, that all for now folks!!!
Dumbles : )