Author's Note: Penultimate chapter!
Prompts: (plot theme/action) ice skating on a lake/(dialogue) "I once wanted to be an atheist but then I gave up. They have no holidays."
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Still Waters
"Aren't we supposed to be keeping, 'this' a secret?" Draco asked as he followed Hermione across the frozen grounds of Hogwarts. The two had returned to complete their final year of Hogwarts and had at first found some solace in each other's company. That had slowly escalated into feelings with far deeper roots.
"Practically everyone has gone home for Christmas, you know that, and besides I'm sick of sneaking around. I want to go ice skating and you are coming with me."
Draco knew better than to argue with Hermione when she had her mind set on something and simply followed where she led, transfiguring his shoes into skating boots when instructed and following her out onto the lake, albeit a little shakily.
Hermione skated with a grace that was unusual, especially on such uneven surface, but she quickly explained that she had taken lessons before and her skill suddenly make sense.
"Tell me something else I don't know about you," he insisted as she skated backwards pulling him gently along with her.
She thought quietly for a moment listening to the directions he gave so they wouldn't crash into the shore. "Well I tried to be an atheist once," she mused, "that's someone who doesn't believe in anything, but I didn't like it."
"No?"
"I thought it would be easier because you know how much I prefer science to, well, everything, but eventually I realised it wasn't worth it."
"Why?"
Hermione looked up at him cheekily. "Because atheists have no holidays."
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