FORBIDDEN LOVE

Ch 7 MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS

I woke up feeling the luckiest girl in the world. I felt so safe in his arms. I wished I could sleep this good every night. Last night I saw a new side of Draco Malfoy, a side that probably no one ever got the chance to see. We told each other everything.

I could tell now that he was keeping all of that to himself, he had no one to talk to. All the horrible things he had to do, that he still had to do.

He was very curious about my life. He kept asking questions, he was interested in the small things.

It was very different as to how he grew up. It was very sad for me to know that his parents didn't have time for him, when he was a child.

I had all the love he ever wanted. My parents loved me, all my brothers adored me. I was very lucky, I still am.

But Draco, no. No one ever loved him unconditionally. No one ever defended him. Not even his parents.

Yesterday something changed in the way I see him.

I don't see him anymore like the evil git who bullies everyone. I see him like the defenseless teenager, who was forced to make a horrible choice, a choice that no one at that young age should have to make.

I was sure of one thing: I was beginning to like him. I wasn't sure  how much yet. 

For the next week, we would spend together every night, chatting and telling each other how our days were. It was so easy to talk to him.

I could tell him anything, and he would try to understand.

He understood why Neville, Ginny, Seamus and I stood up to the Carrows. He knew it was the right thing to do. He just couldn't do it himself.

Seamus got another detention this week. That night I stayed in the Gryffindor common room, waiting for him to come back.

With Ginny's help, I managed to make a healing potion. It was not so strong, but still, it was something.

After that night, we decided to calm down for a week or two.

It was mid-October and the weather became colder, the days were shorter, and it would always rain.

I was doing the potions homework with Draco in our common room. This week, we had become very good friends. Of course, no one could know that. Only Luna knew because I told her, and she was fine with it.

We were given extra homework in potions because I got distracted and put the wrong ingredient in the cauldron. Draco was laughing at me, so Slughorn gave him double homework too.

He had no idea that I was too busy staring at him, rather than pay attention to what I was doing.

As soon as I realised that I focused my attention to my parchment again. I was beginning to think that I liked Malfoy and not as a friend. I still couldn't believe that I had let myself into this mess. If Ron or Harry would ever know ... I couldn't even think about it. 

What was I thinking? Oh right, I wasn't! What an idiot I was! Did I think we could put our differences aside and be together?

He probably doesn't even feel the same way either.

I am so dumb. Seriously--

"What are you thinking?" He said, breaking my fight with myself.

"Nothing" I lied.

"That doesn't look like nothing," he said, pointing at my parchment.

It had a hole! Great.

"Hear, let me fix it" he took it gently from my hands.