Chapter 7:Room of Requirement

Jade's breath fogged up the window. Derek glanced at her, smiling. Her face was pressed up against the cold window, and yet, the emerald-eyed girl slumbered on. "Jade." Derek whispered.

" Wuzzup?" Jade murmured back sleepily.

"Babe, your face is pressed up against cold glass."

"So?" Derek chuckled at his girlfriends antics. He gently grabbed her, and Jade's eyes flew open. She yawned, turned around, and put her head on his lap. Derek laughed. "Rub my head."

"Okay, what ever you say, Princess."

"Damn straight." was her reply. Grinning, Derek began to do as she said, and Jade fell back to sleep. They still had quite a few hours to go until they reached Hogwarts, and Derek knew how tired she was. They had partied hard last night (A/N- BTW, it's January 2nd) and Jade must've had a massive hangover. Derek kissed the top of her head. Jade slept on. Grumbling angrily, Jade viciously stabbed at her steak. Natalie was watching her with an amused look on her face.

"I'm pretty sure it's already dead, Jay." Jade glared at Natalie. She was cursing everything. Curse the lights, curse the loud noise, curse her friends! 'Argh!'Jade thought angrily. She grabbed her goblet of Pumpkin Juice, and took a sip. Her eyes began to scan the Great Hall before landing on Derek.

He had been chatting with his friends, but when he felt someone's eyes on him. When he noticed that it was Jade, he gave her a gentle smile. And despite everything, despite the noise, despite her blinding headache, despite her mood, Jade smiled back. There was something about Derek that made her wanna smile. And it frightened her.

Jade flopped down onto her bed wearily. She was supremely tired, and it was only her first full day back! She sighed and irritably blew back a rebellious piece of hair. She stretched out her protesting muscles, and decided to go for a walk. Walking around the corridors, Jade gazed at everything, taking it all in. She was reminded with a pang that, after next year, there wasn't going to be a Hogwarts. They'd be out there, in the real world. Jade sighed, then almost shrieked as she was pulled into someplace dark- a broom closet, she presumed. A warm hand covered her mouth, and a breath tickled her ear.

"What's wrong?"Asked a concerned voice, and Jade immediately relaxed. It was Derek. She turned around, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. He pouted when she pulled away, and Jade laughed. He chuckled, then immediately turned serious once more.

"What's wrong?" Jade sighed, as she slipped her arms around his waist and put her head in the crook of his neck. She snuggled against him and sighed again.

"Oh, it's nothing bad, honestly. I was just thinking about the fact that after this year, there won't be any more Hogwarts." Derek kissed the top of her head, and held her tighter. Jade closed her eyes, feeling utterly protected and safe in Derek's arms.

"Don't worry, Jade, everything will be okay." He whispered.

"How do you know? We've never really been out in the real world. After next year, there'll be no Quidditch Games, no professors..." Jade chuckled.

"No homework." Derek laughed. "Are you upset about that?" Jade smacked his back.

"Oh shut up." She growled, although her boyfriend could tell that she was grinning.

"Wanna go to the Room of Requirement." Jade (reluctantly) opened her eyes and lifted her head to look at Derek. She cocked an eyebrow as if to say 'You know about that?' but smiled and nodded.

"Alright. Let me just go grab my homework (she ignored his groan) and then I'll meet you there." Derek nodded, and they sadly became untangled from each others arms, and went their separate ways.

"I'll meet you there in 20 minutes." Derek said. Jade nodded, and they began to walk away. She turned, and ran back to him. He was surprised, but didn't protest when Jade kissed him feverishly.

"Sorry, felt like I had to do it." She muttered, blushing but grinning. Derek laughed.

"Well, I most certainly don't have any qualms about it." He joked, holding up his hands. Jade rolled her eyes, grabbed his tie, and pulled him in for another kiss. They stood there and snogged for a good 5 minutes.

"I'll see you soon." Jade gasped when she pulled away. Why were her knees weak?

"Yeah." Derek whispered huskily. Jade licked her lips and nodded. She walked away, and didn't look back that time. And all of a sudden, everything in life seemed great.

Jade walked to the Room of Requirement, and was surprised when there was already a door there. She shrugged it off, and pulled open the door. Derek was already inside, and was sitting on the comfortable-looking couch, reading. Jade grinned, and silently padded over and dropped her bag that contained her books and her homework. Derek still hadn't noticed her, and Jade pouted, then grinned impishly.

Well, THAT most certainly would have to change, now wouldn't it? She gently took the book from his hands, and sat down in his lap. She put the cover in the page to bookmark it, and turned to her boyfriend and kissed him.

"Hey." She whispered against his lips.

"Hey." Derek whispered back. They continued to snog, and before Jade knew what was happening, she was underneath him, snogging the daylights out of each other. Derek began to take off her tie, and began to unbutton her shirt. He paused, and looked at her. She was out of breath, and she knew where this would lead to.

"Do you...?" Jade nodded.

"I do." She said him.

Yes, she was scared, but she trusted Derek with everything she had. Derek's eyes widened.

"Are you sure?" Jade nodded.

"Just, don't forget to do the spell. And please be gentle with me." Derek nodded, and whispered a spell. He kissed her neck while unbuttoning her shirt.

"Jade?" He whispered hoarsely.

"Yes?" Jade asked. She licked her lips out of nervousness again, and mentally congratulated herself when she saw how well it affected Derek. She giggled, and he blushed.

"Jade...I, uh...I love you." Jade paused, and stared into his silver eyes. She leaned up and kissed him.

"I love you too, Derek. I trust you." Derek kissed her, and their night progressed. Quite obviously, it was one that neither of them would forget any time soon.

Jade opened an eye, and glanced around her. There was a blanket wrapped around her naked body, but no Derek. She frowned. Did he run away? Was he avoiding her because of what they did? Just as these thoughts swirled around her, her boyfriend walked in, carrying a plate of food. He grinned at her. Jade smiled back.

"Hey, Babe. We missed dinner, so I went down to the kitchens. You were asleep, and I didn't have the heart to wake you up." Jade smiled as he stripped down into his boxers and crawled into bed with her, the tray of food hovering behind him. She sat up, and clutched at the sheets. A blush formed on her cheeks, and Derek smiled. He kissed her passionately on the lips. Jade almost melted right there and then.

"Go on and put on your underwear. You can wear my shirt if you like." Jade nodded.

"Alright." She agreed, and then slowly climbed out of the bed, still clutching the sheet. Derek merely sat back and watched.

"Enjoying the view, are we?" She teased, while she loosened up the sheet in order to put on her underwear. Derek grinned wolfishly at her.

"Very much." Jade laughed, and dropped the sheet (her back to him, of course)while she slipped on his black shirt. She smiled and breathed in the scent of her boyfriend. It smelled like his cologne. Derek smiled while she padded back to the bed, and began to eat. He was absentmindedly stroking her thigh while she ate, and Jade knew exactly what he wanted. She finished eating, and grinned at him.

"Ah, what the hell." She said, laughing, and they resumed what they had been doing before.

When Jade awoke yet again, Derek's arm was wrapped around her protectively, and the sun was just beginning to peek through the windows. She glanced at the watch on her wrist. 6:03 am. She smiled, and turned around to watch Derek sleep. Jade put her head on the crook of his neck, and she smiled slightly when she vibrated with each deep breath he took.

Her arms were already slipped around his waist, and she closed her eyes for a moment to remember what they had done last night. That was it. She had given up Derek her innocence. She smiled. It was probably the best night of her life. While she was comfortable, they had to sneak up back to their dormitories.

"Derek."She whispered in his ear. He stirred slightly.

"Derek." She whispered again, only slightly louder. This time, he woke up. He smiled down at her, and she smiled back.

"Good morning." He said, and kissed her on the lips.

"Mmmm..." Jade mumbled, and Derek laughed. He crawled out of bed, and began to get dressed. Jade sat back and grinned.

"I do believe the roles are reversed." She said, laughing. Derek merely grinned impishly at her. He grabbed her things as well, and she grabbed them and began to get dressed as well. She looked at her bag, then shrugged. Well, her homework wasn't due for another two days. Hopefully, the teachers she had today wouldn't give her too much homework.

"I don't have classes until 10. What about you?" She asked.

"I have 2 classes now. Then I have a free period, another class, a free period after lunch, and another class. Then, I'm done." Jade smiled.

"I have a free period after lunch too." Derek waggled his eyes suggestively at her, and Jade laughed, and threw a pillow at him.

"No, Mr. Malfoy! Maybe this weekend, if you're lucky, buddy!" Derek pouted, and Jade laughed again. She kissed him on the lips, and then pulled away, grabbing her bag as she did.

"C'mon, Derek." She said, grinning. They walked out of the Room of Requirement, and the door faded away. He grabbed her hand, and squeezed it. Jade smiled, and kept her eyes ahead of her. They stopped a little while later, from where Jade knew the Slytherin Dungeons were located. Derek kissed her again.

"I love you." He said, and Jade knew he meant it. She smiled, trying to keep herself from squealing in glee.

"I love you too, Derek." He grinned, and kissed her again.

"I'll see you at breakfast, alright?" Jade nodded, and with one last kiss, walked away. Jade grinned as she headed to Gryffindor Tower. The Fat Lady raised an eyebrow when she saw her.

"I fell asleep at the Library." Jade said, lying smoothly. The Fat Lady nodded. "Hummingbird." Jade said, referring to the password. The Lady opened, and to her luck, the Common Room was completely empty. Jade crept up to her room, and unluckily for her, all of her friends were up, and eagerly waiting her arrival. Amanda was grinning like the Chesire Cat, as was Natalie. Their other two roommates were still sound asleep.

"Well well well..."Amanda said, grinning. Jade blushed.

"How was he?" She asked. Jade smiled, and she got a dreamy look.

"Oh my god, Amanda, Nat, he was...amazing." She squealed happily.

"Guess what?" She said. Amanda raised an eyebrow, while Natalie said,

"What?"

"He told me he loved me!" Jade squealed, grinning and jumping up and down. Amanda joined her, while Natalie laughed and shook her head, grinning good-naturedly all the same.

"Alright, I must go take a shower now." Jade said, grinning. Her friends nodded and grinned.

"Oh, and please don't tell Gio about that." Jade grimaced.

"He'd kill Derek. Gio's only just gotten used to the fact that his little sister (A/N-Jade isn't really his baby sister, BTW) is dating a big, bad Slytherin." Her friends nodded, and Amanda made a zipping motion with her hands. Jade smiled gratefully, and slipped into the shower. She washed her hair and body, while thinking of Derek.

She loved him, there was no doubt about that. She laughed aloud. If someone had told her in the beginning of the year that she and Derek Malfoy would be getting married, have sex, and fall in love with each other, Jade would've either beat them to a pulp, or told them to go to Madam Pomfrey to go get their head checked. Smiling, she hopped out of the shower 15 minutes later. She dried her body, and began to get dressed in clean clothes. Their roommates were just beginning to wake up, and greeted Jade. It was quite obvious that Lily and Gina hadn't noticed that she had been missing from the dorm. Good.

The less people that knew that she and Derek had spent the night together, the better. Jade threw her hair up into a high ponytail, and making sure she looked alright (and not guilty) she headed down to the Great Hall. All of her friends were there. Jade greeted them all, and smiled at Giovanni. She began to eat ravenously, and Giovanni raised an eyebrow.

"Hungry?" He teased. Jade laughed.

"Shut up." She said, grinning. Her only guy friend just shook his head good-naturedly. The emerald-eyed witch then looked up and over at the Slytherin Table. Derek grinned and winked at her, and Jade felt a dark blush creeping on her. Amanda kicked her, and Jade remembered that Giovanni was sitting across from her, and could notice that she was blushing. She looked down, and ate hurridly. She did not look up at the Slytherin Table again. After breakfast, Jade gave a chaste kiss to Derek, ran up to the 6th year Gryffindor Girls Dorm, and grabbed her bag. Luckily, none of her other friends had a free period now, so she was free to do as she liked. Jade headed down to the Library, and smiled. It had been far too long since she had been here. She sat down to do her homework, and quickly became immersed in it.

"Jade?" A voice questioned a little while later, and Jade jumped. Melissa stood across from her, grinning from ear to ear. Jade breathed in, and held a hand to her chest.

"Merlin, Melissa, you scared me!" Melissa merely shrugged.
"Sorry." She said, taking a seat across from her sister.

"Jay, did you and Derek do it?" She asked bluntly. The quill fell from Jade's hand.

"How did you-...?" She asked weakly. Melissa smiled gently.

"I figured it out. You were practically glowing this morning at breakfast. Plus, you kept on glancing at Derek and blushing."

Melissa said, grinning. Jade blushed brightly. She sincerely hoped no one else had noticed the emerald-eyed witches abstract behavior this morning. Melissa started to laugh, her brown eyes sparkling as she did so. Jade smiled. Although she and her sister constantly saw each other during Quidditch Practice, and they said

"Hello" whenever they passed each other in the corridors on their way to their class, they rarely had time to just really talk. Yes, they hated to be compared to each other, but they still loved one another.

"Well, Jay, I'm happy for you. It seems like a playboy has finally tied down a playgirl, and vice versa." Jade started to laugh, and Madam Pince shot her a look. Jade ceased immediately.

"I promise we'll have this talk again. This weekend, it's a Hogsmeade weekend. We'll go to the Three Broomsticks, and talk." Melissa nodded, stood up to give Jade a hug, and then ambled off. Jade watched her do it, and sighed. She knew her sister wouldn't tell her dad. Melissa wasn't like that. No, it was other people that Jade was worried about. After all, Derek was in Slytherin. Plus, it wasn't like everyone accepted their relationship. Jade sighed again, and looked down wearily at her homework. Well, she finished the essay that was due the soonest. She packed up, feeling like her arms were made of lead. She hoped her dad didn't find out...dating, he could handle. But what they had done yesterday? Jade repressed a shudder at the thought. Jade hoisted her bag onto her shoulder and headed down to the kitchens. She could use a snack to calm her nerves.

"Jade Potter! What can Rori do for you?" A house-elf squeaked to Jade. The girl looked down tiredly at the eager house-elf.

"Just a turkey sandwich with lettuce and mayo and some Pumpkin Juice, please." The elf nodded and scurried off to go get Jade what she wanted. A couple of minutes later she was sitting at a table, munching slowly on the sandwich. Ugh, she only had another hour of freedom...NO! Jade quickly finished her sandwich and gulped down her Pumpkin Juice before going to Gryffindor Tower. She was somewhat tired, but there was nothing that she could do about it now.

After all, she only had another hour until her first class, Care of Magical Creatures, started. She sighed, irritated. Hogwarts gossip chain was huge, and people would probably find out by the end of the day. Jade sincerely hoped not. She laid down on her bed, and thought. Well, what did she care if people found out? It wasn't any of their business. Jade sighed, and wearily put a hand over her eyes.Today was getting far too stressful, and it wasn't even close to the afternoon. Jade ate lunch quietly, which didn't go unnoticed by her friends. Giovanni scooted over and put an arm around her shoulders.

"JP, somethin' the matter?" He asked, concern shining in his warm brown eyes. Jade looked at him and shook her head.

"No, I'm just tired." She murmured. Something nagged at her mind, and Jade had been trying to figure out what it was when Giovanni interrupted her.

Once he went back to Amanda and Natalie, the three speaking in low tones, Jade resumed trying to find out what she was forgetting. 10 minutes later, the raven-haired witch gave up. Perhaps she would remember what it was sometime later during the day. The bell rang once more, and Jade heaved a sigh, and headed to Transfiguration.