Secret-Santa One-shot (2018)

Lyra Weasley X Draco Malfoy

*Made for the 2018 " Secret-Santa One-shot"*

Twas the night before christmas and all throughout the castle were sleeping, well, mostly. You see, there happened to be a Slytherin who had decided to stay up and explore, her name was Lyra Weasley and she was dressed in her emerald green sweater that had the letter "L" engraved on it, black pants, and black shoes. As she crept through the halls she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind her, she quickly turned, her long wavy brown hair moving around behind her as she dashed behind a statute.

"Where did she go?" Lyra heard a voice quietly say. She could recognized that voice anywhere, it was the voice of non-other than Draco Malfoy.

"How the hell did she get out of my sight so fast? I've been tailing her since she left the common room..." Draco quizikly asked himself as Lyra hid.

As Lyra contemplated wether to come out of hiding and question him, Draco suddenly took a step in her direction and dragged her out of her hiding place.

"Ly, why were you hiding from me? Where were you going?" Draco asked her as she tried to escape his grip to no avail.

"I wanted to explore but then I heard footsteps so I hid." She replied. "Also, while we're asking questions, why were you stalking me?" She asked him.

He just shrugged and said, "I saw you sneak out of the common room and followed you to find out why."

"Well now you know, now go away." Lyra replied.

"Now why would I do that when we were having such a great time chatting?" Draco replied.

"Oh? I thought that me and my "blood traitor" ways repulsed you." She questioned.

"Yes, well, while I might dislike blood traitors, I don't dislike you." He replied.

"Oh really?" She questioned as she started to walk again.

"Why yes." He replied as he started walking beside her.

She just shook her head and continued walking. As they walked, they took in some of the sites, never really talking much to each other. Eventually they reached a corner when they suddenly heard the sound of light taping alongside heavy footsteps. They quickly hid when they heard it, they peaked out of hiding as the footsteps got closer and saw the cause of it.

"Those stinkin children. If only the old discipline methods were still allowed, we could string them up by their thumbs Mrs. Norris." Filtch said to his cat companion as they stopped.

"Meow." Mrs. Norris replied. "I know, I know, Mrs. Norris." Filtch replied.

As the duo continued their seach for out of bed students, Lyra and draco sat in their hiding place trying to stay out of notice of the two searchers.

As Filtch and Mrs. Norris left, the pair of Slytherins came out of their hiding place and sighed in relief.

"They're gone now." Draco said.

"Yeah, I know." Lyra replied a little shaken at how close they had been packed together moments ago.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked her as he noticed how she was acting.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine..." She replied unbelivingly.

"Sure you are." Draco said disbelievingly.

"Come on," she said. "we should get back to the common room." She said as she tried to figuire out why she was feeling the way she ways.

"Fine, but you're not out of the interrogation yet." He replied.

As they returned to their common room, Lyra tried to sneak to her room without notice but Draco was faster and grabbed her arm, stopping her from escaping his interrogation.

"Let me go, Draco!" She quietly yelled at him.

"Not until you tell me why you're acting like this, I thought we were actually having a good civil time together until you started acting weired." He said sternly.

"..."

She sighed, knowing he was serious but not wanting to tell him why she was acting so.

"Fine, I like you alright." She said shakingly.

"That's it?" He asked.

"That's it?" She mimicked, "what do you mean 'that's it?'?!?" She asked angrily.

"Calm down, I didn't mean like that," he replied. "I happen to like you too you know."

"...."

They were both silent for a moment, neither able to say anything to the other. Both just stood there, watching the others reaction when suddenly..

"Hmmm? What's all the noise about?" They hear a tired voice say from the direction of the dorms. Quickly they hid and sneakly look to see who it is, only to see Daphne Greengrass come out from the girl's dorms as she tiredly scanned the room for the source of the noise.

"Hmm... Am I just hearing things?" Daphne asked her self after she finished her scan to no avail. She just shruged to herself and headed back to her room again.

Lyra and Draco eventually come out of their hiding places after they're sure of Daphne's absence. They both look at each other and quietly chuckle to themselves. Once they settle down again, they looked to each other and sighed.

"So, umm..." Lyra said awkwardly.

"Yes?" Draco replied asking.

"If we both like each other does that mean we can be a..." She asked as she started to mumble and look towards the floor as she spoke.

"A couple? If you want us to be then yes." He replied.

She looked up at him and shyly smiled. "Good, I mean yes, I would like that.." She softly said.

They both just smiled at each other happily, hugged, then headed off to their respective dorms so they could sleep.

The end.