Heart of Gold

Before the Second Task

~Tessa's POV~

The weeks after the Yule Ball were absolutely amazing.

Draco and I were closer than ever. But we were still hiding things from Harry. Like the fact that I've had my first kiss. And my second. And a lot more after that. (Lol why is that funny to me)

Harry still didn't seem completely okay with my relationship though. Anytime Draco and I were near each other he'd go into super protective brother mode.

Harry and I were walking down the hall one day, heading to class. Harry seemed lost in thought so I decided not to talk to him much.

It was completely silent when I felt something grab my waist and pull me behind a wall. I let out a scream.

"Tessa?" I heard Harry question.

Whatever grabbed me pushed me against the wall, laughing. I soon realized who it was and glared at him.

"Draco Malfoy! That is not funny! You almost gave me a heart attack!" I yelled at him. He just laughed and kissed me.

I kissed back immediately. I couldn't stay mad at him. He pulled back and smirked.

"This is never gonna get boring is it?" I asked him. He shook his head

"Never"

Harry came around the corner and scowled.

"Seriously Malfoy?" He grumbled. Draco's smirk widened.

"Problem Potter?" He asked

"I have so many problems with this actually" Harry replied

"Please don't start fighting" I said softly.

Only to be ignored.

"Get your hands off my sister" Harry growled.

"And if I don't?" Draco said, pulling me closer.

"Then I'll make you suffer"

Draco tsked "you and what army?"

Harry took out his wand and pointed it at Draco's neck

"Hands off" he growled.

Draco took his wand out too and pointed it back at Harry, letting go of me.

"Hey! Put your wands away!" I yelled at them.

They ignored me.

"I am sick of you always getting your way" Harry spat at Draco

"I'm sick of you in general" Draco replied.

They both growled and went to cast spells when I yelled

"Levicorpus!"

They both gasped as they shot into the air by their feet.

"Would you two stop fighting???? Ugh I am so sick of listening to this! This is my life! I will be with whomever I want! And neither of you have any say in what I do!" I yelled, practically steaming at the ears.

Both boys, hanging upside down, looked at me in surprise. They both mumbled apologies

I dropped them, grumbling.

They both grunted in pain and watched as I stormed off

~Draco's POV~

I watched as Tessa walked away. I sighed and looked at Harry.

"Look. If my relationship with Tessa is going to work, maybe we should set some ground rules" I said to Harry.

"Okay. Don't touch my sister if I am anywhere near you. If you see me, don't touch her" he said, glaring at me

"Okay. Well you can't be around her all the time then. If I'm going to have to restrain myself when you're around, you're going to have to not be around a lot"

"Fine." Harry rolled his eyes, "I do have one very important rule."

"And what's that?"

"She stays innocent until we graduate from this school. Got it?" He said, pointing his wand at me again

"Yeah okay" I rolled my eyes

"I mean it Malfoy." He said

"How do you know we haven't already done it?" I asked with a smirk

Harry growled.

I shrugged and walked away

~Tessa's POV~

I growled lowly as I walked through the corridors. My head was pounding. I don't know if it was from anger or what.

I stopped walking with a small sigh and leaned against the wall.

I heard footsteps and looked up to see Cedric Diggory coming toward me.

"Hi Cedric" I said to him.

"Hey Tessa. Did your brother tell you what I told him?" He asked

I shook my head

"Oh... Well I wanted to return the favor for helping with the dragons" he explained, "And... I suggest taking the egg to the prefect's bathroom on the fourth floor... It's a good place to take a bath... Just take the egg and think things over in the hot water" he said before beginning to walk away, "oh and Tess? You look nice today." He added before disappearing around the corner

I stared at where he left in confusion.

"Good place to take a bath?" I asked no one, "What does that mean???"

(I mean seriously. Harry told Cedric straight up that the first task was dragons. Why couldn't Cedric do the same instead of giving them a freaking riddle??)

I groaned and rubbed my head