camellia withlock│draco malfoy ✓

43│hugs and kisses

CHAPTER 43: hugs and kisses

The sun was shining bright but gave no warmth on this cold winter day. Melia and Draco were on their way to Hogsmeade. She was going to the meeting but needed Draco to cover for her while she was there. Umbridge needed to see her come back with him and not the others. It took a lot of convincing, but in the end, he said yes after she promised him lots of hugs and kisses. He went into the Three Broomsticks while she went for the Meeting place.

When Melia went inside everyone stopped talking and stared at her. Hermione got up from her chair and hugged her, "I'm glad you could make it. How are you? I heard from Draco you got sick."

"I'm alright, it went over fast," she said, smiling at her before going to sit in the front with the two boys. Ron hugged her too and asked if she was alright. She smiled at him and said she's alright. Harry just gave her an awkward wave, but she didn't return it. They were still waiting for a few more people to come before they could start. Everyone who came in glared at her, but by now she's gotten used to it and brushed it off. When everyone arrived, Hermione started the meeting.

"Um... hi. So, you all know why we're here. We need a teacher... a proper teacher, one who's had real experience defending themselves against the Dark Arts-"

A younger boy cuts her off, "Why?"

"Why? Because You-Know-Who is back, you tosspot!"

"So he says," he nods towards Harry.

"So Dumbledore says--"

"So Dumbledore said because he says. The point is, where's the proof?"

"If Potter could tell us more about how Diggory got killed..." a creepy looking guy says and Cho stands perfectly still, refusing to cry.

Harry gets angry, "I'm not going to talk about Cedric. So if that's what you're here for, you might as well clear out now." He then turns to Hermione, "Let's go. They're just here because they think I'm some sort of freak--"

"Harry, wait-"

Then Luna speaks up, "Is it true you can produce a Patronus Charm?"

"Yes. I've seen it. A fully-formed stag Patronus," she looks at Melia, "Melia can also perform one."

"Blimey, I didn't know both of you could do that," neither did Harry and Ron and looked at her with surprise.

"He- he also killed a Basilisk with the sword in Dumbledore's office!"

"It's true!"

"And third year he fought off about a hundred Dementors at once!"

"And last year he did fight off You-Know-Who in the flesh!"

"Wait. Look--it all sounds great when you say it like that. But the truth is, a lot of it was luck. I didn't know what I was doing half the time, I nearly always had help."

"He's just being modest," Harry shuts her down. "No, Hermione. I'm not. Facing this stuff in real life...it isn't like school at all. In school, if you make a mistake you can just...try again tomorrow. But out there...when you're a second away from being murdered...or watching a friend die right before your eyes...You just...you don't know what it's like."

"You're right, Harry. We don't. That's why we need your help. Because if we're to have any chance of beating V-Voldemort..." Melia flinches by the use of his name. She has almost forgotten that he's called that since she's so used to calling him 'My Lord'.

Nigel, a young Gryffindor speaks up, "Is he really back?" Harry nods his head at him. Then The four in front write their names on the list before sending it around. 'Dumbledore's Army' is written on top of the parchment. After everyone had written their name, Hermione put the spell on Melia's name. She smiles gratefully at her. Almost everyone had left and a few were still standing.

"You should be there at the first lesson, Melia."

She looks at Harry a little surprised, "Oh, yes. If you'd like that. I'll be there." Melia said goodbye to them and went to the Three Broomsticks. Draco had ordered pumpkin juice for her and she smiled widely when she saw it. She kissed him in the lips before sitting down. This is their first date. They have never been able to have one. In third year, they weren't even together yet. In their fourth year, Melia had so much more to think about than going on a date. And her state after that summer didn't make her want to go on a date. So now, after almost one year of dating, they get to go out on a real date.

They drank up their drinks before going around Hogsmeade. Melia hadn't been there much, so Draco showed her around and they even got to take a picture together, but Draco snatched it from her before she was able to, saying that she would get it later. She pounded, but let it go. The last place they went to was the bookshop. They tried to find a book they could read later, as an end to their date. After a long time of looking at many, many books, they chose one. Then they went back to the castle, tired and cold.

When they came back, they went right up to Draco's room because his is warmer than Melia's. Melia flicked her fingers and her clothes changed into some sweatpants and his sweatshirt. "That's unfair," she sticks her tongue out at him and moves over to his bed. "And is that my sweater? I wondered where it went. I even had to ask for a new one. When did you even take it?"

"Before Christmas last year..." he chuckles before taking one of his other sweaters over his head. Then he moved over to the bed and kissed her. She melted right into the kiss. He moved so he was over her. She smiled into the kiss and he moved off her. "I thought we were going to read."

"I like this better, and you did promise me hugs and kisses," she cups his cheeks and starts kissing him again. "Yep, I definitely like this better."

(A/N) Some of the lines in this chapter are from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie script, which mean that I don't own it. Everything else is written by me.