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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 16: The Twist
Disclaimer: I live with a terrible secret... I am not JK Rowling and I'm just making a non-profit fanfic. -sob-
A/N: I'm in the middle of my exam weeks, and I've been doing hardcore studying for most of November. It sucks how life gets in the way sometimes. Grr. But here it is, finally. And things are calming down, so the next chapters shouldn't be too far away!
Chapter 16 / TheTwist
"If you refuse to leave my house, will you at least start speaking?" Hermione asked haughtily, striking past the two sulking figures who lay in each corner of her couch.
It was 9 AM in the morning, and the two of them were still as quiet as they had been last night. Despite refusing to utter a word, they had not budged from her home, which had been a hassle since Hermione could hardly do the horizontal samba with Draco while her two livid friends were brooding downstairs. He had been forced to leave, when all she wanted to do was cling to him so tightly he could never get away.
She had seriously thought she would have to let him go, thinking he couldn't possibly feel the same. Hearing him say the words had sent her heart into a wild beat mysteriously sounding like She Loves You by The Beatles. The feeling couldn't be described by any words she knew, and that was a very unfamiliar situation. She liked words. And now words were falling short.
As she looked over her shoulder where she stood in the kitchen frying eggs for breakfast she knew some of the euphoria from last night had gone. Yes, it was amazing to feel this way, and it was amazing to have it returned, but Ginny and Harry reminded her of what the reactions would be. She couldn't hide up here for the rest of her life; she was too attached to her job and Wizard London, and besides she would have to see friends and family again at some point.
Honestly; it scared her. Around here it was easy to pretend the past never happened. No one except a selected few knew who Draco really was, and their relationship was as private as it would ever be, considering no one knew he was here at all. Would they survive the attention, and all the people working against them? She found it hard enough fighting against the wrath of Ginny and Harry, let alone the entire wizarding world.
"Breakfast," she announced briskly, putting their eggs on the table in front of them.
She turned her back to them, sitting down by the table facing the window and his house. There were no stalker tendencies left in her at that moment, only a vacant expression as she was lost in thought. Her vision became unfocused, as her mind raced around like a confused snitch. She was not going to give up on her relationship with Draco just because Harry and Ginny couldn't grow up, but she didn't enjoy the silent treatment. They always stood by her, and for them to be so obviously against this was tearing down her resolution to make this work.
A sudden pop broke the eerie silence in the room, and she turned around in haste. Draco stood there in his blue chequered pyjama pants and white t-shirt, his haired looking messed up and he was noticeably unshaven. Her heart was trying to river dance.
"Lola is banging on my door," he groaned, pulling a hand through his hair, making it even less tidy. "The last time I saw her she was begging for a second date. Shit."
Hey; her resolution was back! This was just like magic.
"The answer to her demand shouldn't be too hard to find," she commented dryly before raising her eyebrow. "No."
"Of course I want to say no..."
"Okey, I don't like that statement. It involves an expression of a wish, and it gives me the promise of an upcoming 'but'."
