Get Out Alive // Draco Malfoy

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I entered the greenhouse and quickly ran to my seat next to Lia. Professor Sprout was already standing at the end of the table and looking at me sternly. Apparently she was just waiting for me to finally come to class.

"Is it true what the others are saying?" whispered Lia as she moved closer to me so Sprout wouldn't hear her.

"If you tell me what it is, maybe," I answered her, already guessing what she was talking about.

"Well that you kissed one of the Weasley twins?" Curious, Lia looked at me and slid back and forth in her seat quite excitedly.

"Yes, that's right," I confirmed and her eyes grew wide; a sly smile crept onto her face.

"First Malfoy and then a Weasley... Anna, I wasn't expecting that." she laughed, "But which of the twins was that?"

"Not so loud, Lia. Not everyone needs to know that I kissed Malfoy. Besides, that had just been Fred," I explained to her quietly.

"Ohhhh, this is all so exciting. But since when did you have a crush on Fred? In general... Since when did you even know the twins well enough to kiss one of them. I thought you guys just talked from time to time but not much else."

"Well, since you've been with David, I hardly see you anymore. You're always doing stuff together and you're God knows where. Don't get me wrong, I'm the last person who would have a problem with that but I miss you. After all, you're my best friend and obviously you've missed a lot... Since then, I've been seeing Fred and George more often when I wasn't with Ethan, Laurean and Viktor."

"I know, I'm sorry. I miss you too... Why don't we go to the Great Hall together this afternoon when everyone signs up for the tournament and throws their name into the chalice. Then we can catch up on what we missed. After all, I'd like to know what's going on between you and Fred," Lia said, twitching her eyebrows at the mention of the redhead. "Is he a good kisser?"

When Lia asked that, I blushed a little and had to grin at the thought of kissing him. "Pretty good actually," I admitted, which elicited an "uhhh" from my friend.

"But do you know what's going on with Malfoy? He's been giving you that weird stare. Did he see you with Fred and now he's jealous or what's his problem today?" said Lia jokingly, directing my attention to the blond boy.

When I looked at him, his gaze was already on me and he was looking straight into my blue eyes with his grey ones. His gaze was as cold and expressionless as ever, so I couldn't interpret what was going on inside him. However, I was sure that he was thinking about something that concerned me. Why else would he stare at me all the time?

I kept eye contact with him for a little while longer, but just as I was about to look away, his expression changed and he had put on his typical Malfoy grin, which made me a little uncomfortable. After all, that never meant anything good. Confused, I drew my eyebrows together and shook my head before turning back to Lia to answer her question.

"I don't know what's wrong with that dumbass again but -"

"Miss Johnson, Miss Moore, if you have nothing to contribute to the class, please close your mouth already. You can talk to each other during breaks or when we are repotting the plants, but please pay attention now!" Professor Sprout admonished us sternly, silencing us for the rest of the lesson.

After Herbology, we had Divination with Trelawney, which is why I went to the classroom on one of the upper floors with Lia, David and the other Slytherins . Lia and David were listening to Zabini talking about a plan he had about asking one of the girls from Beauxbatons out to the Yule Ball. For some reason he asked for everyone's opinion, though I didn't understand why, after all Zabini was usually very confident about this. But since I have heard this story about five times in the last few days, I tuned out and sank into my thoughts. They went back to the kiss with Fred and my whole body tingled again as I remembered his hand stroking my body during it.

Suddenly I was drawn out from my thoughts as I was pulled into an empty classroom we were walking past. The door slammed behind me and I looked annoyed at Malfoy.

"Seriously? What's your problem, Malfoy? Why are you always dragging me into some room? That's not normal," I complained, looking at him uncomprehendingly. I waited for an answer but instead the tall Slytherin came running up to me and pushed me against the wall.

"I hate to admit it, but that was clever of you. The way you kissed that Weasley so no one would talk about you fancying me again... but you can't fool me," Malfoy said in a low, almost threatening voice. As he spoke he took my hands in his, raised them above my head and pressed them against the wall.

"And why did you drag me in here now?", I asked him innocently.

"Oh, Moore, you know exactly why," he answered me as a smirk crept onto his face. I tried to keep looking serious but since I knew what the boy was talking about, I couldn't help but grin as well.

"I think you should jog my memory," I retorted provocatively and Malfoy moved closer to me, our hands still on the wall above my head.

"You wish," he murmured in my ear. Malfoy moved closer and closer to me until our lips were only a hairsbreadth apart and he stopped. I knew he was teasing me with that and the tension it built was almost unbearable.

"Are you sure you're not the one catching feelings?", I said provocatively, trying to make my voice sound as innocent as I could. "After all, you're the one who keeps intercepting me somewhere to -"

Before I could finish my sentence, I was interrupted by Malfoy and his lips landed on mine.

"I'm sure," Malfoy murmured into the kiss and I had to smile. Maybe I'm right this time, I thought. But before I could think about it further, someone yanked the door open, causing us to jump apart.

A little boy from Hufflepuff was standing in the doorway with his mouth open, probably a first year. He looked at us with wide eyes and pointed his finger first at Malfoy and then at me. I furrowed my eyebrows and put my hand on my forehead as I turned around.

"Fuck... Oh fuck... Why does this keep happening to me?", I cursed under my breath. I guess this was it for good, it flashed through my mind, now everyone will know about me and Malfoy and that idiot will surely make it out that he was right all along and I had a crush on him. The thought of it made me feel sick to my stomach.

"Listen very carefully... if you tell even one soul about what you just saw, I will make your life hell. Now get out of here before I curse you." Malfoy was talking at the boy in such a threatening voice that even I got goosebumps.

"I - I - yes, I -" the little Hufflepuff began to stammer fearfully while Malfoy ran towards him, his wand pointed at him.

"Get out of here!" he nagged at him and the boy ran off with tears in his eyes. "And we should go too. We'll be late for Divination. The others must be wondering where we are."

I quickly picked up my bag that was lying on the floor and ran after Malfoy. "Why did you do that?", I asked him.

"Why did I do what?" he replied, looking at me in wonder.

"Well why did you tell the first year not to say anything? I thought you'd be happy for everyone to know that you were right and the rumours weren't lies after all," I explained, which made him grin again.

"I don't know. I kind of like keeping it a secret... and you obviously like it too."

I didn't reply to his statement, even though he was right. As much as he usually got on my nerves, he was an extremely good kisser and I liked it. By now I realised it was pointless to avoid Malfoy, because somehow we kept getting into these situations and why shouldn't I enjoy it when it was happening anyway.

We walked the rest of the way to the Astronomy Tower in silence and when we entered the classroom, everyone went to their seats. Malfoy sat down with Crabbe and Goyle, while I sat down behind Lia and David with Zabini.

"What did he want from you?" asked Lia as she turned to me.

"I don't know. Just something stupid about Fred and I.", I said quickly, hoping Lia would believe me.

"You've been gone a long time for that," she replied, slightly sceptical, but I just shrugged my shoulders and was glad that Trelawney was starting her lesson before Lia asked any more questions.