Potter's Shadow (Draco Malfoy)

Chapter 33

London was visible through the train carriage window. We were almost at King's Cross. My stomach turned and flipped. I'd tried to speak to Harry again before we boarded the train and for a moment he stilled. Probably taking in the purple bags under my eyes and the pale complexion I now sported. I still wasn't sleeping. He barely opened his mouth to answer me, when Ron hissed in his ear, probably reminding him about Draco. It was only then that he wordlessly turned around and boarded the train. 

I'd spent the first half of the journey curled up over Blaise and Draco's laps catching up on sleep. After that first night in their dorms I'd returned to my own, I knew they wouldn't say it but they were all fed up with me waking them throughout the night. Crabbe and Goyle had said so when they cornered me the next day and told me to not return to their dorm again if I was going to scream at all hours of the night. Draco had been running his hands through my hair, which had lulled me to sleep. When I woke up 3 hours later, nightmare free, Draco was still running his hands through my hair. 

I'd then excused myself, to a lot of Draco's protest and one long kiss later, to Ginny's carriage. I joined her, Luna and Neville a few carriages down for the remainder of the journey. I heard the door slide open. 

"Baby Potter," My head shot up and my eyes welled with tears as the twins stood there smiling at me. I hadn't spoken to them since the Draco reveal. The tears spilled when they opened their arms allowing me to fling myself at them. 

"I missed you two," I sobbed on them, "I thought you were going to be mad forever." I pulled back looking at them. 

"George and I did some thinking. Didn't we Georgie?"
"We decided that it was alright you dating Malfoy." 
"Next time just tell us before you start snogging someone."
I laughed before George added, "And now you can help us stage pranks in their common room. You have been to their common room." 
I nodded wiping the tears from my cheeks, "Wicked."
"Here are you bet winnings." Fred offered me a bag full of coins. A lot of coins by the looks of it. 

It didn't feel right earning money off a tournament that somebody had died in. Cedric's death. I shook my head before I could picture anymore else, "Keep it. Think of it as my first investment into your prank boxes. Puking Pastilles, wasn't it?"

The train rumbled to a stop. I reached up and grabbed my bag walking arm in arm with Ginny off the train. We made our way to the luggage cart, where they were loading off trunks. Since Ginny and I were one of the last to arrive for the train, our trunks were one of the first off. 

I scanned the platform, smiling when I saw Draco coming off the train. "I'll meet you by the adults," I smiled at Ginny. She followed my eyeline before nodding at me. 
"Want me to take your trunk?"
"Are you sure?" I eyed the two big trunks. 
"Of course. Go say bye to honey," she teased, grabbing my trunk and pushing me towards Draco. 

I walked up to him. Stopping in front of him. "I guess this is goodbye for the summer," I frowned. 
Draco pulled me into a hug, "Where are you staying this summer. Maybe I can visit." 
"I'm not sure. I'll owl you, as soon as I get wherever I'm staying and let you know," I smiled. 
Draco laughed, "You'll need to owl me a lot more than that. I'm going to miss you."

I couldn't tell him how much I was going to miss him so I leaned up and kissed him. This was the first time I had kissed him first and I knew he was loving every second of it. My hands crept up around his neck and I felt his come to rest on my hips, yanking me into him so there was no gap. 

Blaise's dramatic fake cries broke us apart. "Whatever will I do with out Rose all summer. I shall die before the summer is over. I feel Death coming to claim me now," he placed his hand to his forehead and faked a swoon.