A Lion and a Snake

Chapter 22

Draco's POV

"On the lips." Millicent added, almost like an afterthought.

Kiss Weasley?!! That was-outrageous, horrible, and-

And better than giving even a sliver of chance of my father finding out about me and Harry. Not that there IS a me and Harry, but...

I sighed, and got up, walking toward Weasley, who was staring at Millicent, shock plastered all over his face. It was as though he were still trying to process what she had said.

"Oh, honestly, Ronald, it's not that bad." Granger said, giving Weasley a shove to get him to stand. I resisted the urge of saying, "why do you say that? You want to kiss me too, Granger?" Because A) I knew she most certainly did not, B) because that would just aggravate Weasley, who I was supposed to kiss, and C) because I knew what Granger could do. She had punched me in the face third year, about the same time I had had a crush on Pansy. It had been gone within a week, but it had been there.

"Right, you're not the one who has to kiss Malfoy." Weasley said, standing up and wrinkling his nose.

I rolled my eyes. "I'll have you know, my kissing abilities are more than satisfactory." I said, smirking when Weasley turned pink.

"I never said they weren't, Malfoy, but your attitude could use a tune-up sometimes." Weasley retorted.

"Sometimes?"

"Well, you are a lot nicer than you were before-but that doesn't mean we're all buddy buddy."

"Oh, shut up, and kiss already!" Millicent shouted. "I happen to like gay stuff, and this works for me."

Weasley stood there, waiting. I rolled my eyes and pecked his lips softly, before pulling away and wiping my mouth. Weasley wiped his quickly then kissed Granger softly once.

I rolled my eyes and sat down.

"Go, Draco, it's your turn." Harry said after a moment. Was it just me, or did he look-jealous? Angry?

It was definitely just me.

Right?!!

"Oh, right." I said, glancing around the room before my eyes locked on Neville Longbottom.

"Neville, truth or dare?" I said. I had used his first name since he and Blaise had gone to Hogsmead, about five weeks ago. Merlin, it had only been about five weeks ago!!

"Er, truth." Neville said, looking at me nervously.

I smiled. I guess I'd met Neville off easy, just this once. Not super easy, but easy. "Have you and Blaise used the 'l' word yet?"

Neville blushed. "I-yeah, we have." I smiled and glanced at Blaise. He was glaring at me, probably because him and Neville dating wasn't that well known, I mean, most people thought they had only started really dating a week ago. Or maybe they'd only noticed it then.

"Cool," I said, watching as Neville chose his person.

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Harry's POV

The rest of the game went smoothly, nothing very interesting happening at all. It was weird, but when Draco has kissed Ron-even though it was clear neither of them wanted to-it had hurt. It had felt like someone had branded my heart with a white-hot rod. And that feeling didn't make sense-not just because of how I had felt in sixth year when Ginny was dating Dean times ten-but because I knew that Draco and Ron didn't like each other. They tolerated each other, and Ron admitted that Draco was, in fact, not such a pompous git all the time-but Ron didn't even like guys in that way.

And why was I feeling like this over Draco Malfoy, and nothing when Blaise had dared Joshua to make out with Goyle. Well, nothing but sympathy for Joshua.

Anyway, the game had taken to kissing after Bulstrode had dared Draco. It never went farther than that, however, maybe because no one particularly wanted to watch anything like that, maybe because everyone was still getting used to getting along with all the other houses. Even the Hufflepuffs were still adjusting slightly.

"Right, well, maybe we should make this an annual thing-although not always play truth or dare." Hermione suggested.

"I suppose I could be alright with that, Granger." Pansy said, grinning. "After all, truth or dare gets a little boring after a while."

"I-I suppose," Hermione said, surprised by Pansy's politeness. "Anyway, goodnight Ron." Hermione kisses Ron lightly before making her way up to the girls dormitory.

"Right, night." Pansy said to Draco and Blaise, hugging them before she went upstairs as well.

Soon everyone was upstairs except Joshua and me, but the guilt eating away at my stomach made it hard to look at him. Joshua had said that his old boyfriend had cheated on him.

I had just done the same thing, but the strange thing was, I didn't want to apologize. I wanted to break things off with Joshua. I wanted to end it.

And yet I didn't.

I knew that it was bad to keep holding on to Joshua like that, but he had helped me. Ever since I had started dating him, my nightmares had been less frequent. Sure, the few times I had them, they were worse than usual, but at least I could sleep most nights.

And it was wrong, it was wrong to cling onto Joshua like that, for that reason. If I still felt the pull toward him, if the feelings had still been there, even the slightest bit, then it wouldn't be a problem. But I didn't. I had no feelings but friendship for Joshua.

None.

Who did I have feelings for, you ask?

Well-I think I had figured it out during the game.

I thought I knew.

I hoped I was wrong, but I had known for a while now, and I was kidding myself if I said it wasn't true.

Draco bleeding Malfoy.

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