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Beneath Your Window by Crookshanks.x
 Books » Harry Potter Rated: T, English, Romance & Humor, Draco M., Hermione G., Words: 89k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 432, Published: Jun 10, 2007 Updated: Jun 6, 2008
 1,044 Chapter 14: The Mentor
Disclaimer: You know the drill: Give me an 'I', Give me a 'don't', give me an 'own'. What does that spell? I DON'T OWN!
A/N: GUESS WHO! I'm so so so so so so so so very sorry for taking this long! I've been in a major block, so it took ages to write this. Plus, when I had written 2 pages my laptop died and I had to get a new one, so the two pages I had struggled to get down was completely gone and I had to start a new :(
Chapter 14 / The Mentor
Her head snapped up in surprise when a small, neatly wrapped package suddenly obscured her view of the book resting against her thighs. She found him standing by her chair, peering down on her as his hands were fidgeting slightly in their clasped grip.
"Happy Birthday," he said quickly, a small, crooked smile showing briefly on his face.
"How did you know?" she asked in awe, taking the small package in her palm.
He shrugged slightly, fixing his eyes on the present instead of meeting her gaze.
"I picked up more at the Order Headquarters than you think."
"Can I open it?" she asked excitedly, looking up at him with expectation.
He raised his eyebrow questioningly.
"Of course. That's usually what presents are for," he commented, watching her remove the silver string with immense care.
She didn't take notice of the slightly dry comment, her whole attention now focused on the small object unravelling before her eyes. She stared at the silver rod with the translucent orb swirling at the end. It felt light in her palm as she moved it around in awe, staring dumbfounded at it as the orb swirled its misty grey substance.
"How...? It's a curse detector," she breathed, finally removing her eyes from it as she looked up towards him.
When he just smiled sheepishly, she turned her eyes back to the wondrous object resting in her palm.
"These are so rare, I've been trying to get one for ages. Thank you so much!"
She beamed at him as she rose quickly from her seat. With long steps she moved towards the fireplace and put the curse detector carefully down on the mantle.
"You're welcome. It's nothing big," he shrugged.
"Are you kidding me?" she exclaimed with a warm laugh. "You have no idea how long I've been searching for one just like that."
"Come have a drink with me," he suddenly said when she was working her way back to where he stood.
"Sure," she replied in surprise, giving a slight yelp when he grabbed her wrist and yanked her along.
She let him lead her out the door, feeling his hand slowly letting go of her wrist just to move downwards. His fingers ran gently along her palm before they laced with her own fingers. She looked up to find him staring straight ahead towards town, giving her a chance to study his sharp profile. It was strange how everything she used to find a distraction of symmetry in his features now seemed to compel her the most. Small quirks that used to trigger negative associations in her now seemed to be what made him so beautiful in her eyes. She found it so strange how different a person could look when you changed your opinion on them as a whole. There wasn't a thing about him she would change now. Everything about him played an equal part in why she felt so comfortable around him, why he attracted her so much.
