Daddy issues

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Playing a dangerous game

*Annabella's POV*

Draco and I stepped out the other side of the Leaky Cauldron, which I was thankful for as it had smelt rather odd and looked quite unpleasant... dirty, even. I glanced to Draco with a grin on my face as we looked at the world in front of us. It was so strange, everything there seemed to be moving, it was all so busy; the gentle hum of traffic and conversation of passers by, the distant beeping of horns and sounds of shoes tapping against the pavements as people walked. It was nothing like the alley, but I liked it. I started to walk further down the street we were on to where I saw a lot of people crossing roads and carrying bags. We weren't completely unaware of the muggle world after all. While Lucius taught us to hate them and that we should steer clear of their world, he still thought it prudent to educate us on them. Therefore, we knew about all of their weird inventions and, in fact, that is why I had brought us there. I read about it in an article published by none other than Mr Weasley, it was about something to do with music. A device you could portably listen to it on. I was intrigued and that was the main reason I wanted to persuade Draco to come here into this new world. I thought it may open his eyes a little as well.

Draco followed close behind me. He seemed nervous as he quickly linked his hand with mine, giving it a small squeeze.

"So where are we off to?" He asked, protectively pulling me a little closer to his side.

"No idea. We'll just follow everybody else." I admitted.

"Wait so you don't have a clue what you are doing here? We don't know where we are! How do you expect to-"

I cut him off by pressing a finger to his lips and leaning in to his neck, placing small kisses down to his shirt collar and up to his ear -nibbling on the lobe a little. I pulled back and smiled at him,

"Thank you for doing this for me. I know you don't understand them but they are kind of cool... Plus, why does it matter if we know where we are going or not? It'll be an adventure!" With that I grabbed his arm and yanked him down the street until we were standing in the middle of a bustling crowd.

"Left or right?" I asked, looking around us.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said, left or right?"

"Left"

"Okay. Let's go left then." I grinned at him as he admired his surroundings while we walked. Our shopping bags from Diagon Alley had a charm on their logos so that muggles couldn't see them, they only revealed themselves to those who knew about the wizarding community. It was quite smart actually, it was the same charm used on the Leaky Cauldron's sign. He noticed me staring at him all lost in my thoughts,

"Merlin, you want me so badly don't you? You can't keep your eyes off of me..." he cooed in my ear as he wrapped an arm around my waist. He was starting to get comfortable with the fact no one knew us, I could tell.

"Oh yeah, is that so?" I rolled my eyes, trying to hide the fact that I was embarrassed I had been caught.

"Definitely Bella. Just admit it. You want me and I want you." He continued as we carried on walking down a street, taking a left and then two right turns, then crossing another. I was slightly shocked at his confession, I had my suspicions but I didn't expect him to be so blunt. Especially since he had only apologised to me that morning, although, we did seem to go straight back to where we left off. That's what I loved about him.

"Okay then... If you can tell how badly I want you, then why haven't you made a move yet? I'm sure it would make our families very proud to have us 'finally uniting for the good of the wizarding world'... That is what they say isn't it?" I smirked at him, pulling him over to the side of the pavement next to a wall, placing my hand on the nape of his neck and lightly tugging on his hair. He let out a groan.