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Obsession

Chapter 8: Relax

I was sitting in the Slytherin Common room waiting for Blaise to show up. I can't believe I agreed to hanging out with Potter and She-Weasel tonight. But if it means that I get to be with Hermione, then I don't really give a shite!

"Hey Drake." Damn! I didn't notice Blaise sitting in front of me.

"You're not going to believe this Blaise." I run my hand over my face, still in shock you crazy fuck!

"What?" I don't say anything. Damn it man, talk already! Fuck! Now I'm talking to myself! "Drake, man, what's wrong? You don't look too good. Do you need to go see Madam Pomfrey?"

"No." Say it! "Well, here it goes." I pause for a moment. "Potter stopped me on my way down here." Blaise was watching me, trying to decipher if it was a good thing or a bad thing I suppose. "He and She-Weasel have invited me to hang out with them tonight…..with Hermione." Wait for it…wait for it. Ah, there it is!

Blaise had a look of shock on his face. Then….it….passed? He looked like he was in awe of the situation. "That's great!" What? No, it's not great. It's fucking crazy! "I mean, obviously they wouldn't have a problem with it. As long as Weasel King doesn't know."

"That's what Potter basically said." I go through what happened between me and Potter. And…..is Blaise…..smiling?

"They want her to be happy! Otherwise, Potter wouldn't be trying to keep you two together! So, midnight huh?"

"Yeah, midnight."

Blaise looked excited. He's fucking excited because I'm spending the night sitting back with Potter? What the hell? "You've got five minutes to get up there. Good luck, my friend. Oh! And don't get caught sneaking up there." He stood up and stretched. "I'm off to bed. Tell me how it goes tomorrow."

I'm not thrilled about it, but I get up anyways and head out. I will have Potter's arse if she's not there.

It doesn't take me too long to get up to the Room of Requirement. Nobody out patrolling the corridors where I was running through. Luck was on my side tonight. I knock on the door that I was facing. And who better than Potter to greet me at the door. Ugh! I'm not going to survive the night!

"Hey, come on in. I'm just waiting on Ginny and Hermione to get here. They shouldn't be much longer."

I walk in past my enemy. He's not the enemy anymore! You've got to get along with him, for Hermione. Sitting down, I notice that Potter hasn't left from where he was standing. Although, he did close the door. That was a little bit of progress. I still don't say anything to him. How could I? We've never had anything decent to say to one another since we first arrived to this damned school six years ago.

"Look, Dr-Draco," What did he just call me? "I want to try to get along. Just for Hermione. I don't think she would be too happy if her best friend and boyfriend didn't get along." Hands on his waist he looks back to the door. "I think it will be a little hard for us, but I think to start, we should call each other by our first names. Which also means for Ginny too. None of that Weasel shite. And she'll give you the same respect." Did Potter just say 'shite'? I think I'm just hearing things now. "Well?"

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea….Harry." He breaks out into a smile. "What?"

"I believe the last time you said my first name was when we were eleven." He starts laughing. I realize that he's right. I can't help but to laugh as well. Neither of us notice the new additions to the room.

"Nice to see the two of you getting on so well!" She-Weasel, I mean Ginny was standing in front of the closed door with Hermione standing next to her. Ginny was smiling and Hermione looked a little nervous. Okay, a whole lot of nervous.

"What's going on here?" Hermione asked, fidgeting slightly.

Potter smiles at his friend. "Well, I thought it would be cool to invite Draco to hang out with us tonight. That is okay, isn't it Hermione?"

She eyes me cautiously. "I suppose it's okay." She bites her lower lip, staring at the floor for a minute. "Since when do you call him 'Draco'?"

Potter wraps his arms around She-Weas- damn it! Ginny, as she'd just sat next to him. "We have made a little agreement, that's all."

"Oh….okay." That's all? No, 'thank you'? She walks past the plush chair I'm sitting in to go sit in the one across from me.

"Oh hell!" I grab her around her waist before she gets out of arms reach and pull her into my lap. "It's not like they don't know. Might as well get comfortable and not make this awkward for all parties, Hermione."She blushes that deep red that I love so much. I see Po-Harry and Ginny smiling from the corner of my eye. So they find us entertaining eh? "What? Not going to kiss me love?" She glares at me, warning me not to push my luck. Too bad Miss Granger! I'm going to get a kiss weather you like it or not! I bring her lips to mine for a short kiss. I've been dying to kiss her since earlier this morning. And I'm in absolute heaven in that split second that our lips touch.

I hear wolf-whistles coming from Harry and Ginny and Hermione is blushing a new shade that she's yet to introduce to me, and to them from what I can tell.

"Hermione, it's okay. You can kiss him if you want. We're not here to judge you." Ginny says, trying to reassure my love. "We want you to be happy. And we can tell that Draco makes you happy."

"It's just really awkward for me to be here like this," Hermione indicated to me below her. "with you and Harry here."

"No awkwardness, love. Harry and I have already gone over this and we are anti-awkward. We will have none of that." This shite just get weirder and weirder! Harry nods in agreement with me. "So sit back and relax. We're here to have a good time with friends."

She nods and leans back into me, snuggling into my side before leaving a kiss on my neck. I can't help but to smile a real smile for once with more than just Hermione or Blaise around. "Well that's a first." Harry whispers to Ginny. I couldn't help but to notice how in love they looked at that moment. I wished me and Hermione could look like that all the time without the worries of what the rest of our world would think. "So I take it that your father doesn't know about this new development?"

"No. And if it ever got out, lets just say that Hermione would have to settle with Ginny's brother." I notice Harry and Ginny's eyes widen. Yes, they heard me right. I'll be killed.

"Who else knows?" Ginny, always the nosy one of the Weasels.

This time Hermione answered. "Just Blaise Zabini." We both notice the look the couple on the couch share. "He's completely supportive of this. He'd never tell unless it was forced due to suspicion."

They both nod and smile in agreement that Blaise is another one from enemy lines that they can trust. After the short line of questions shot by the future Mrs. Potter and Harry, everything seemed to get better and the four of us relaxed and spent most of the night laughing and joking, sharing stories and house secrets. All in all, I could see myself doing this on a regular basis. Me, Draco Malfoy, getting along with Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, and loving it! Who would have thought?