Pure as Snow

chapter 25 : Draco

“Draco,” she whispered as I put my face in her shoulder.

I just couldn’t help it. The thought of having to break things off with Hanna just so I could murder Dumbledore was just something that I didn’t want to do. I admit that I had cried before this. I was sitting in the room of requirement when Potter of all people walked in on me crying. He didn’t see who it was of course. I couldn’t let him see me at my most vulnerable when he would just flat out tell everyone. I had promised myself that I wasn’t going to cry when I saw Hanna next and broke things off with her. I didn’t mean to kiss her like that. It just happened.

“Draco,” she said again, which made me look at her. “I don’t know what’s been going on with you, but I’m here for you. I love you and if you choose not to tell me what’s going on right now, then I’ll respect it. I just don’t like to see you like this,” she then sniffed, holding back tears of her own. “If you let me in, I just might be able to help. You can take a risk with me.”

Take a risk with her? That’s exactly what I had planned not to do. When it came to Hanna, there was no risk taking. I needed to protect her from everything, from the stuff in my life especially. As good as she was for me, I wasn’t good for her. Yet, there she was taking away the dark and replacing it with light. She was as pure as the snow that was falling around us, and I wanted to be greedy and keep all of that for my selfish desires. I wanted to feel alive again, just like I do with Hanna. I didn’t want it to end, but all good things must come to an end, right?

“Hanna,” I whispered, looking deeply into her beautiful brown eyes, “I can’t tell you. I’m sorry,” I said, before kissing her again.

“Draco,” she said, pushing me away. “You don’t have to sleep alone tonight if you don’t want to. I could take care of you.”

I was about to protest, but spending just one night with her didn’t seem too bad. We could just sleep, right? Then again it would be too tempting to go to bed with her. I had to distance myself away from her and if we did go through with it, then I don’t think I could let her go. I was so weak when it came to her, and I didn’t want that to change. She was my only weakness, the only one that I wanted. So, I nodded in response to her suggestion. It was just one night, right? Nothing major could happen from just one night.

“Your dorm or mine?” she asked with a small smile.

I was about to say hers, but if someone had seen her sneaking me in, especially Potter, then her reputation would be compromise. So, we went to mine. It was much easier to sneak her in there. I had snuck plenty of girls into the Slytherin dungeons plenty of times. Not that I’m proud of it. It’s actually rather embarrassing now.

“So this is your room?” she asked, plopping herself down on my bed. “It’s so much…darker than the Gryffindor dorms.”

“Well, it is a dungeon,” I pointed out, pulling out a shirt from my dresser and tossing it to her. “You can sleep in that if you want. I presume that jeans aren’t the most comfortable to sleep in.” I then pulled off my shirt and tossed it into my pile of dirty clothes on the side of my dresser. I then turned back to Hanna, whose face as a blaze. “What?” I asked.

“I, uh,” she stuttered. “I’ve never seen you without your,” she paused to swallow hard, “shirt.”

I laughed. Not at her, but because she was so cute. Her innocence is what’s so attractive about her. I’m guessing that she’s never been with a guy before, or at least not with one that could easily rock her world, if you know what I mean. I pulled of my jeans and got into bed with her. Her face seemed to have gotten more red at the sight of me in my boxers. She had covered her face with my shirt. She was just too damn cute. I couldn’t stand it any longer. I gently pulled the shirt away from her face and placed kisses all over it. Her beautiful face seemed to lighten up, and she seemed less nervous, if pulling me to her is any indication. Her lips met mine in perfect sync, and I had no trouble getting permission to explore her mouth. She pulled me on top of her as she fell back onto the pillows. I tugged at her shirt, which she pulled off herself without a second thought. I peeled my lips from her in order to kiss her down her neck and her shoulder. She gasped when I kissed her collar bone. Liking the sound of that, I continued farther down, making her shiver with excitement. I pulled off her jeans and went back to kissing her. Quickly, we had shed all of our clothes and melted together in a hot mess on my bed. We both were panting and looking at each other. I don’t know about her, but that was the best I had ever had. She was the best I had ever had.

“Draco,” she whispered, tracing the features on my face. “I love you.”

I smiled, wrapping her in my arms. “I love you too.”

We fell asleep in each other’s arms, enjoying the heat that we had just created. I had never felt so content in my life. That was perfect, and I wished that everyday could be just as perfect, making love and holding her in my arms until she fell asleep. When I woke in the morning, she was still asleep. I didn’t want to wake her, but we did have class that morning.

“Hanna, darling,” I gently shook her. “It’s time for you to wake up now.” I then kissed her on the nose and her eyes opened with a smile. “Look who’s awake,” I smiled at her.

“Morning, Drake,” she said, reaching up and kissing my cheek. “Last night was perfect. Simply perfect,” she then sat up and kissed me on the lips. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” I said before pulling the blankets off of me and heading over to my dresser for something to wear.

We walked to breakfast hand in hand. Guess who was waiting for me outside the Great Hall? You guessed right. I was that prick Snape. I told Hanna I would see her later and approached the git, who then turned and dashed down the hall. I was growing sick of meeting him then following him to other places just to talk. When we reached an empty classroom, he turned to me with anger written all over his face.

“You two have become closer, I see. Won’t take a warning, will you? You’re a damn fool, Draco. Who would’ve thought that Lucious Malfoy’s son would turn out to be a brainless idiot? I did, for one. Puppy love is one thing, Draco. It’s entirely different when you bring it into this mess-“

“But it’s not puppy love, okay? This is honest-to-goodness true love. I’ve never felt like this before. What I had with Pansy was puppy love. That wasn’t shit. I’d do anything for Hanna, absolutely anything. I would have never done that with Pansy. Never,” I said, feeling the anger build inside of me. “So, leave me be. I am doing just fine. I don’t need your help, your advice, or whatever the fuck it is you want to call it. I’m not going to let you steal my glory.”

I walked away right after that and straight to the statue on the third floor. I had to get my plan in motion before Snape could take control of the situation. I was the one that needed this mission. My family was being pushed off into a corner. If I succeeded, then we would be brought out of that corner. Does the douche-bag even understand that? There was one place that understood that, and that was Borgin and Burke’s. That opal necklace was looking better and better to me, despite how evil it had looked before