Harry Potter - Fanfiction

Year 5 - Fight and Flight

With our final examination finished we all walk out of the Great Hall feeling a little lighter, but certainly still anxious with a lot of stress for our results.

"I'm glad it's over," sighs Tracey. "I was hoping they'd let us all stop our exam though when Harry fainted."

"We should never be so lucky," I say, noticing Hermione and Ron run up the marble staircase towards Harry.

"Want to go find out what that's about?" She gestures towards them.

I shake my head taking a deep breathe in and then out. "I just want to go to the lake and relax out there in the sun. Want to join?"

She nods as Draco comes walking towards us with that boyish grin of his.

"Nyx, I was wondering if we could go do something a little later before dinner seeing that we now have free time again," he asks giving me a hug.

"Of course, meet up in the Astronomy Tower?" I answer with a smile.

"Perfect, Umbridge has called a meeting with the Inquisitorial Squad –" Tracey and I both groan in displeasure – "in half an hour, shouldn't take long though," he finishes with a chuckle.

As we head out of the entrance doors, Tracey sighs next to me, "I wish he would hug me like that."

"Like what?" I ask confused.

"The way he pulls you so tightly against him, like he is afraid you might go somewhere. I like hugs like that," she says dreamily.

"I won't lie so do I," I say thoughtfully, "it's quite different from the twins. They just hug you like a bro, a bone crushing bear hug."

"I get those too from them," she answers happily as we near the lake. "But I want a hug like that from Draco."

"Then ask him for one," I shrug.

"What, no. He might think I like him or something," she answers hastily. "Which I don't of course. I just find him attractive, that's all."

"You find a lot of boys here attractive." I raise an eyebrow.

"Well, wizards have a certain air about them compared to Muggles, not that I have seen many Muggle boys, so I can't really compare." Tracey and I sit down in the sun, not far from the bank of the lake. She continues to stare dreamily over the water. "I'm sure Draco kisses like that too."

"I'm s-sorry?" I ask choking on my own spit.

"The way he hugs," she explains, "I'm sure he pulls you close like that while he kisses as well. Eliminating all space between you two and continues to pull you in like you're still too far away." Her eyes not veering from the rippling water, as though she is hypnotized by it.

She has me wondering though. It certainly does sound dreamy to be kissed like that; As though you're present, but also not at the same time, so he is continuously tugging on the small curve of your back pulling you upwards towards him while you stand on your tiptoes to reach his lips, and you're both smiling, and you can feel it as you kiss each other. It's the type of indescribable kiss that just leaves you gasping and asking for more, but at the same time feeling so wholesome –

"Nyx!" Tracey cries out.

"Wait, what?" I ask dazed.

"What are you daydreaming about," she laughs. "You zoned out on me for like a good minute."

"It's your fault." I swat her arm. "You had me wondering."

"Ooooh, about the kiss?" She wiggles her eyebrows.

"Yes! About the kiss," I laugh. "And I got carried away okay."

"When do you think you guys will kiss? When you meet up later?" she asks intrigued.