I Know You Fancy Me ||D.M.||

Part 8

I try different positions, but it all doesn't help. I grab my wand. "Lumos" I say making my wand light up a little, thinking reading may help. I read a bit, but I just cannot focus. I get up and get dressed. Maybe some fresh air will help. I walk to the door, looking at Hermione if she is still asleep. Yup still fast asleep. I open the door slightly and pushing myself through before closing it again. I walk down the stairs to the common room, which is empty as I expected. I open the painting and look to see if there are no students or professors walking around the castle. Knowing that if I get caught I would be in trouble. Keeping the light on my wand dim, to also not wake any paintings I walk down the stairs and try to be as quiet as I can to make my way to the courtyard. I get to the castle's door and open it slightly, bloody this thing is heavy. I slip out and the cold winter air hits my face immediately. Closing the door behind me and pulling my coat closer to my body, hoping for more warmth. I walk out into the snow that was laying in the courtyard. It looked so beautiful with the snow, the whole castle was pretty with the snow on its roofs and all over the ground. I hear something moving. Making me jump, but I walk towards it anyway, wanting to know what it is. As I walk closer, I see that it was a student moving. "Hello?" I whisper to the person, who was clearly not in the mood for company looking at me for just a second and looked away. But in that little second I could see, also because of his hair, not one other student had the same hair as he did, making it rather easy to make out it was Malfoy who was sitting there. All by himself, probably not being able to sleep either. I walk up to him, he must've noticed since he stands up and walks away. "Wait Malfoy, come on it's me. Your favorite person in this castle." I joke making him humph. I walk up to him, since he isn't walking very fast it's easy to get beside him. "What are you doing her Soulton?" he asks irritated. "Just walking with you. What about you." I say cheerfully, annoying Draco even more. I put my hand on his arm stopping him, and making him turn to me. "Come on Draco, its me, what are you doing here so late?" I say, seeing him look at my hand, still resting on his arm, when I realized this I took it back and pulled my coat closer to me again. "Same as you I suppose. Not being able to sleep. Decided to get some fresh air." he says still a bit annoyed by the company, but seemed to have relaxed a bit. "Come let's sit." I say shivering a bit because of the cold. "Yes let's." he replies and sits down. I sit down next to him, on the other end of the bench not wanting to seem eager to sit close to him. "Come on I don't bite, sit a little closer." he says, making me laugh a little, making him smile. But still not doing as he said, making him sit closer to me. "So couldn't sleep huh?" he says. "No, I guess I just miss my mom. I know it's been only a week, but its the longest I have been apart from her since, I guess, forever." I admit, feeling my eyes prick because of the couple of tears in them. I looked away not wanting Malfoy seeing me cry. "Hey I get it, it was hard for me too the first year. But you will see her this Christmas won't you?" he says trying to comfort me. "I suppose, I just wrote her a letter today." "Oh that was what you were writing in the library?" he asks. I nod. Now looking back at him smiling a little. He isn't as bad as he pretends to be. Why does he act like that?  He gives me a little smile back. I shiver again. He must've noticed because he moved a little closer making our legs touch. My leg burns where his leg touches mine. Why does he have this affect on me? I yawn a little but trying to hide it so it doesn't seem like he is boring me. "So Malfoy, why can't you sleep?" I ask. "Honestly I don't know. I guess I wasn't that tired." he says now yawning. "So, I make you tired huh?" I say joking. Making him look at me with a smirk on his face. "Never." he says almost so soft I couldn't hear it, but I did. I shivered again, pulling my coat even closer to me if that even was possible. "You are cold come on let's get back inside. Don't want you to catch a cold now do we?" he says standing up, making my leg feel cold again. Holding his hand out for me to grab it, I let go of my coat and almost grab his hand but then bow down to grab an hand full of snow and throw it at him. I jump up and run around the tree we were sitting in front of, right before Draco could throw a snowball at me. I laugh and run around the courtyard, away from Draco who is still trying to get a snowball even remotely near me. I stand still to make one myself but as I turn around I am hit by a snowball right in my stomach. I pretend to be extremely hurt and fall to the ground. As I see Draco running towards me, with a look of, what is it? Guilt?! On his face. Getting down on his knees right beside me, I burst out in laughter and sit up. "You idiot, I thought you really were hurt." he says. Draco helps me up from the ground, still laughing. Him laughing a little too. I made his mood change, not from happy to angry this time, but the other way around. How? He was still holding me when we hear the doors open and see Mr. Snape walk out. Bloody hell, we are in trouble I think.