With Or Without You

Fourteen

Draco's POV

Did he just kiss her? Did she just let him kiss her? When the heck did they get together? I swear if they are, I might just explode.

As Potter walked away, I waited for him to be a lot farther away. That door wasn't closing so I decided to walk in. I didn't see her. I heard soft singing. I didn't know the song but the voice was angelic. It was calling me toward the door, but when I was about to open the door, Tess opened it first. She was only in a towel and her hair was wet.

"What the hell Malfoy," she said while making the towel tighter around her body. I couldn't help myself allowing my eyes to wander down her body. "Hey," her fingers snapped in my face. "My eyes are up here," she said.

"Sorry," I said quickly.

"What are you doing here Malfoy?" she asked. Why does she keep doing that?

"Why do you keep calling me Malfoy?" I asked.

"Well, you keep calling me Silverstone so I thought we were on a last name basis," she said. We just kept staring at each other until she spoke again. "Can you go out into the hall so I can get dressed?"

"I just need to talk to you, please. One normal conversation, like it used to be," I grabbed her hand and her face went pink. She shook her head and yanked her hand out of mine.

"Fine, I'll call you in when I'm done," she pushed me out the door and I stood there waiting.

It didn't take her long to call me back in. She was dressed in a white buttoned up blouse with a black skirt and her Slytherin robes over it.

"What did you need to talk about, Draco?" She said.

"Why did you kiss Potter?" she looked down and fiddled with her hands.

"That's none of your business," she said. "And were you watching me?"

"Tess, come on," I complained. "Him?"

"What do you even want?" she was getting angry. "After all these years of you bullying me and treating me as if I didn't exist. It hurt me Draco. You have no idea how much you hurt me. Now what? Harry finds interest in me and so now you come to talk to me? You're a coward." She really is angry now.

"Tess, listen-"

"No, go back to your girlfriend. She'll be waiting." She turned around. Was she jealous?

"I don't want to be with her," I said honestly.

"Out of all the girls you chose to be with, it had to be Parkinson. The girl who made my years at Hogwarts a living hell. You chose her?" She finally looked up to me and I saw tears. I was honestly hurt. I didn't realize that she would be hurt like this. I only wanted to get my father off my back about being with a good pureblood with a good family.

"I don't want to be with her," I said again.

"Bull! You know, I thought that you liked me or something, but I guess I was wrong. You have no right to complain about Harry when your with that stupid pig. Ugh, I can't believe I fell in love with you." She slapped her hand to her mouth. She stared up at me for a bit before she said, "Um... I have to go."

I was too surprised to move. She loves me? Me? After all this time, she would love me?

I walked out of her room. The hall was quiet and no one was around but her. I saw her walking quickly. I sped down the hall.

"Tess, wait," I yelled. "Tess please just wait."

She stopped and turned around. Her eyes were angry as if they were on fire. "What?" She yelled. "Okay, I know I shouldn't have said that. That was a really stupid thing of me to say. But Draco, it's the truth. I tried to hide it and I tried to pretend it was fake but I can't. It's too hard. You were so nice to me and then the next year you started acting like a jerk toward me. Like who-" I couldn't hold it back anymore. I cupped her face and connected her lips with mine. She was hesitant at first but soon I felt her relax as her arms went around my neck. As she pulled herself closer, I allowed my hands to go to her waist.

This felt right to me. She was tugging at my hair as I pulled her closer. She felt like home, like this is the thing I was missing for so long. I needed more of it. I wanted to have more of her and me. I wasn't used to feeling these emotions and it was weird, but it felt right. 

After a moment, she let go and looked at me. We were both out of breath and panting. Her face was slightly red. She looked cute.

"This doesn't change anything. You're still with Pansy and you've hurt me too many times," was all she said before running off. I wanted to chase after her, but I knew she was right. So what did I do? I went to Parkinson and cut our ties.

Teresa's POV

I can't believe I kissed him back. What was I thinking? Why did I have to rant about me being in love with him? Why couldn't I just have shut up? I'm an idiot. What if someone saw that? Oh my I'm a mess.

Ugh, why does he do this to me? He's still with Parkinson and he just kissed me? What an idiot?

But do I really love him? The words just slipped out and now I will never be able to take it back. Why do I do this to myself?

I started to walk to my next class slowly, taking the long way. I didn't want to run into anyone. I knew both Harry and Draco were going to be in this class. I was a bit worried about everything. I was confused and worried about the both of them. Harry was probably the closest thing I had for a friend and Draco... well I don't know exactly what I think of him. I hate him but I love him? It's confusing.

As I walked in, I saw Harry's, Draco's, and even Pansy Parkinson's sad eyes look at me. Parkinson's eyes were red like she had been crying. She looked mad and straight into my eyes. They were cold and it made me shiver but I kept walking with my back straight and chin up. 

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Word Count: 1105

A/N: I know... I haven't been posting. I had my Japanese exams this week and I had been studying A LOT. I had finally finished all tests and exams so I will have more time to write. The next chapters are exciting so I hope you like them. 

Hint: It's a lot more backstory

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