Snivellus

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They pulled apart, Draco looked her deep in the eyes. 'What?'

'I- my memory. It's back.' She whispered then stood up and jumped. 'It's back! It's back!'

Draco quickly stood up. 'How- how can you tell?'

'I just know. It doesn't feel like anything... you know when you walk into a room to get something but you forget what?'

Draco nodded slowly.

'It kinda feels like that, except I know what I forgot.' She beamed and started dancing around the room. 'I could cry right now.' She thrust out her arms again, like before, showing her wingspan.

Draco let out a breath of relief that he didn't realise he was holding in and smiled. He ran up to her and cupped her face. 'I love you so much... even though you are a bit of a Loony.' He grinned.

Darah placed her arms around his neck. 'Loony. I like that.'

'Well it was meant to be a jokey name I gave to that Luna Lovegood but I think it suits you better.' His words fell out of his mouth and she could feel them move along her face, carried by the wind.

'You got a thing for Luna?' Darah smirked, jokingly.

Draco raised his eyebrows and scrunched up his face dramatically. 'What the hell? Ew no.'

Darah smirked even more. 'I think you do.' And she began to tickle him.

Draco let go of her grasp and ran around the tower as Darah giggled, chasing him around. 'It's called a joke.' He screamed defensively as Darah reached him and tackled him the ground.

'You're such a Slytherin.' She reached under his chin, tickling him playfully as he rolled around trying to escape her.

'D!' He gave in and couldn't help but laugh.

'Yes?' She paused, turning her head at him, pursing her mouth.

'I love you.' He pulled her down to where he was laying on the floor and kissed her.

***

Darah and Harry started their lessons with Lupin after Christmas. She was close to perfecting her Patronus charm after a few weeks, prepared incase any dementors came back.

She and Draco had to hide their relationship from Snape. In potions class they would be paired up together but Darah would act as though she had only briefly met Draco because, if not, Snape could easily obliviate her again and maybe next time it would be permanent.

Darah sat in the common room, awaiting curfew as Theodore Nott came bursting in.
'Fricking mudblood!'

She instantly got up of the sofa as everyone else gathered around when Draco came through the door.

'What happened to your face?' She stroked his cheek, it was all red and bumpy.

'Granger.' He said through gritted teeth, trying not to use the word 'mudblood', knowing that Darah was friends with Hermione and didn't like the phrase.

'Wow she really got you good.' Pansy swerved over from the side of the room, pushing in front of Darah, admiring Hermione's work. 'Do you need me to take you to the hospital wing?'

'No.' He shoved her out of the way, going to sit down on the sofas as the crowd dispersed.

Darah followed along behind and sat next to him. 'Where were you?'

'Just beyond the courtyard.' He answered simply.

'I'm gonna go and speak to her.'

Draco looked up urgently. 'Don't.' There was a small amount of panic in his voice.