I own nothing.
"Draco," Hermione said touching my arm gently, "You two can go now."
"Thanks," I said wiping the sweat off my forehead, "Astoria, do you want to come with me to eat?"
"Sure," Astoria said standing up, "Wait, first can I take a shower and change?"
"Yeah," I said nodding, "I should take a shower too. I'll meet you outside the Great Hall, okay?"
"Okay," she said smiling, "I'll see you soon."
"Bye," I said as she leaned forward and kissed my lips gently.
When Astoria broke the kiss and left the room I smiled softly to myself. I had completely forgotten that Hermione was with me until I started to hear her laugh. I turned to her and gave her a confused look.
"Moving along aren't you?" Hermione said smirking.
"I guess," I said shrugging.
"So, when are you going to tell her you love her?" she asked curiously.
"Where do you get the idea I love her?" I asked with wide eyes.
"Because I can tell," she said rolling her eyes, "Tell her."
"Don't you think that's moving a little quickly?" I asked cocking an eyebrow.
"No," she said shaking her head, "Because she loves you too."
"Damn you're good," I said with a sigh.
"Almost as good as you," she said happily, "Now go take a shower and tell that girl you love her."
"I'll take the shower, but it's too soon to say I love you," I said moving to go to the bathroom.
"I thought we figured that you and her loved each other," she said crossing her arms.
"We might be in love," I said when I got to the doorway, "But I can't say that. Not yet at least."
"You're scared," she said surprised.
"Yes," I said in a whisper, "I haven't told anyone I loved you before. Well, except my mother."
"I'm sorry," she said pulling me into a hug, "I didn't mean to push you."
"It's fine," I said brushing her off, "Just…Let me do this at my own pace."
"Of course," she said quickly.
"Thank you," I said smiling, "Now, I'm going to be late if I don't go now."
"See you later," she said waving.
I walked out of the room and went into the bathroom. Once I got in the room I looked around and saw that it hadn't changed that much. I quickly started the tub and stripped out of my clothing.
It didn't take me long to take the bath, but when I was done I remembered that I hadn't brought any clean clothing with me. Taking my wand out of my pocket I used a spell to get my clothing here.
Once my clothing came to me I got dressed and dried my hair. I looked into a mirror and took a deep breath. I was going out on a date with a girl I had just met that I already loved.
I got down to the Great Hall and saw Astoria standing outside the door. She was wearing a dark blue silky shirt and black pants. I stopped when I saw her at first and then walked over to her.
"You look beautiful Astoria," I said brushing her hair out of her face.
"Thank you," Astoria said blushing, "You look nice too."
"I know this isn't a good date, but…" I said opening the door to the Great Hall.
"It's perfect," she said kissing me gently.
When the door was all the way opened I saw the lights had been dimmed and there was a small table in the middle of the room with two chairs. I shook my head and laughed when I saw this. It had Hermione written all over it.
"Hermione," Astoria said smiling.
"That's what I thought," I said pulling a chair out for her, "She's out done herself."
"I agree," she said nodding, "But I do like it better."
"Me too," I said laughing, "Now, do you think she figured what we're going to eat?"
Once the words were out of my mouth food appeared on our plates. Astoria and I looked at each other before laughing again. During the dinner Astoria and I talked mostly about our pasts.
I was scared that once Astoria got to know me she'd want to leave, but she just grabbed my hand and smiled sadly. While she was comforting me I realized that I might have been scared about saying I love you, but it wasn't too soon.
"Thank you Draco," Astoria said looking away.
"Anything for you," I said not thinking about it.
"Hermione was right," she mumbled softly.
"Hermione was right about what?" I asked confused.
"That I love you," she said before gasping, "Did I really just say that out loud?"
"Do you mean that?" I asked my eyes wide.
"Yeah," she said blushing, "I know it's too soon…"
"No," I said standing up and walking to stand next to her, "It's not too soon. I love you too. Hell, I know that we've barely knowing each other and it's scary to have fallen in love this quickly, but I do love you and I'm not afraid of saying that now. Not now that you've said it."
"Yeah," she said nodding, "But we don't have to do anything else, right?"
"Of course not," I said kneeling next to her, "I will never make you do something you don't want me to."
"Thank you," she said hugging me tightly, "I love you so much."
"I love you too," I said hugging her back, "I had a lot of fun."
"Me too," she said pulling away and letting me go.
"I'll walk you to your room," I said taking her hand.
"Thank you," she said smiling.
We walked in silence. It didn't take long for us to get to the Room of Requirements When we got there I sighed softly. Astoria must have heard me because she kissed me.
I ran my fingers through her hair and deepened the kiss. I could remember Astoria saying she wanted to take things slow after saying I love you so I pulled away after awhile.
"I love you," I whispered against her lips, "Goodnight."
"I love you too," she said kissing me once more before leaving.
When she went into the room I let myself grin. Once Astoria said 'I love you' I felt like a weight had been removed. Astoria and I were in love and for the first time since I had realized I loved her I wasn't scared anymore.
I walked to the Slytherin Common Room and move to lay on the couch. As I rested there I let my mind wonder. After a few moments of resting I fell into a deep, calming sleep allowing me to dream of Astoria.