Chapter 34
I do not own Harry Potter in any way.
A/N - I feel like most of this chapter is just meh. I like the last section.
The months began to turn colder, much like Rosalie and Draco's relationship.
She had taken to spending more time with her brother and his friends, while still maintaining her Slytherin friendships.
"So are you and Draco…not together anymore?" Hermione asked her one day.
"I honestly don't know. Draco is and was my first love. I can't just give up on him like that", Rosalie said, "I just…I don't know". Rosalie looked over at the Slytherin table, where Draco sat.
Blaise was talking excitedly about something and Draco was ignoring him.
Rosalie missed Draco. She missed his lips against hers. She missed falling asleep in his arms.
Since the first day of school, she hadn't had another vision thankfully.
Rosalie was startled out of her thoughts by Hermione snapping at Ron. "Do you ever stop eating?" she asked him.
"What? I'm hungry", Ron said.
Harry walked up to them.
"Harry", Hermione said.
"Can I join you?" he asked.
"Pardon me, professor, but what exactly are you insinuating?" they heard Umbridge say.
They all filed out into the hallway, where McGonagall and Umbridge were having a disagreement on the stairs.
"I am merely requesting that when it comes to my students you conform to the prescribed disciplinary practices", McGonagall said.
By this time, many of the students of Hogwarts had things etched into the back of their hands.
"So silly of me, but it sounds as if you're questioning my authority in my own classroom Minerva", Umbridge said.
"Not at all, Dolores, merely your medieval methods".
"I am sorry, dear. But to question my practices is to question the Ministry and by extension, the minister himself. I am a tolerant woman but the one thing I will not stand for is disloyalty".
McGonagall took a step down and said, "Disloyalty".
Umbridge turned to the group of students gathered at the base of the stairs. "Things at Hogwarts are far worse than I feared. Cornelius will want to take immediate action".
Rosalie could tell this was not going to good.
As Rosalie was making her way to her next class, she heard someone call her name.
Normally she would've kept walking, but there was no one else in the hallway and nowhere to hide.
She stopped and turned around, blue eyes meeting another pair of blue eyes.
"Hey", Draco said.
"Hi", she said.
"Rose…I…" he said.
Rosalie smiled and leaned up to kiss him.
Draco wrapped his arms around her, connecting their lips. "I love you Rosalie Snape", Draco told her, "Visions and all".
"And I love you, Draco Malfoy", she said, "Cockiness and all".
Draco chuckled and hugged her close to his body. Rosalie had missed his arms around her.
"I'm sorry. I'm just scared is all. I don't understand why all this is happening", Rosalie told him.
"That's why I'm here. You don't need to shoulder all the load. I'll help you in any way I can. Just let me in".
"One thing you have to understand Draco is that Harry is my brother and nothing it going to change that. I'm a Potter whether I want to admit it or not. As much as I want to deny it, I have a connection with him. I don't know when he's going to find out or when I'm going to tell him, but either way, you're going to have to deal with him for the rest of our lives".
Draco sighed. "I promise to try", Draco told her.
"Remember when you said you weren't your father? Prove it me. Show me that you're not just a carbon copy of your father. You're incredibly sweet Draco. You should let people see that more often".
Draco kissed her head. "I still can't believe you're a Potter. Do you think you'll ever go back to your birth name?"
"Honestly? No. James and Lily Potter might be my biological parents, but my father has given me the best life he could. If he had just left me there, I would have been separated from Harry anyway. Maybe I would've never had the chance to come here…I…I would've never met you. I can't imagine my life without you Draco".
Draco leaned down and kissed her again, pouring all the love he could into the kiss.
It almost made Rosalie weak in the knees and it made her lightheaded.
"I…I need to get to class", Rosalie told Draco.
He kissed her one last time, before letting her go.