Peppermint

Sleeping in Class

I open my eyes to someone tapping me on the shoulder.

"uh class is over," Blaise said. I quickly snap my head up and take in my surroundings. Of course, I fell asleep in potions again.

I lazily pull myself out of the stool and pack my stuff. Just as I'm about to leave I feel another tap on my shoulder.

"What!" I say annoyed unit I realize its Matt. "oh hi matt I'm sorry I just woke up"

"yea I know" I hadn't talked to matt in a while he's been with Luna ever since they're officially an item.

"here take my notebook you can copy the notes but I need it back tonight to study so just do it right now during lunch," he says shoving the notebook into my hands.

"right okay thanks," I say taking the notebook and ignoring my hungry tummy as I make it to the library to start copying the notes. Yes, I have been eating, but not sleeping, I don't know why but I can't sleep in my dorm alone. Emily is visiting her family, so she hasn't been here. But even than the nightmares of my parents and now my grandfather still come.

I enter into the empty library and grab a table in the back and begin to start copying his notes into my notebook.

It feels like hours and hours of writing, that is until I hear someone entering the library. I snap my head up and start to scan my way to the door and then feel my heart drop when they see his light blond hair. Draco.

He walks in and takes a seat across from mine about 3 feet away and doesn't say a sound as he flips through his book.

We continue in silence until a small piece of paper come in contact to fast with the tip of my finger.

"ouch," I say holding my figure, and breaking the silence making Dracos eyes meet mine as he rushes over to the seat next to me and pulls it up so it is closer to mine.

"Are you okay??" he says grabbing my hand and examine it.

"Yea just a paper cut," I say giggling at how much he is worried.

"Here," he says putting the small barely visible cut up to his mouth. I could feel my blush as he kisses my small cut searing the pain away.

"Better?" he says meeting his eyes with mine. I can't seem to get out any words, this is the most he has touched me, or even been near me, in so long.

"um yea, yea thanks," I said pulling my hand away.

His eyes leave mine and shift down to what I'm writing.

"Why the hell do you have Matthews notebook," he says in an angry tone.

"I fell asleep in class so I needed the notes," I said staring down at the paper.

"Why did you fall asleep," he asked.

"because I was tired?" I say looking at him with a duh face.

"Are you not getting sleep," he says crossing his arms over his chest.

"are you?" I said trying to meet his eyes.

"not really" he says

"me either, I have nightmares of my parents and my, my Grandfather," I say. Even after everything, I still will always trust Draco.

"Sev I'm sorry about your family" He finally says.

"It's okay really, and I'm sorry about your dad," I say grabbing his hand in mine.

"thank you, Severa," he says looking into my eyes.

"listen Draco there is something you should know," I say well he leans closer. "When my Grandfather passed I had to take his magic, and my summer training was that unforgivable curse because taking his magic was going to be worse than that, and it was. And there was a chance I might've died" I see Draco tense up at this. "And after I just lost my parents and Now my Grandfather, I just felt like everyone was dying around me Draco like I don't know, I was bad luck, I didn't want to say yes to you cause everyone who got close to me died, and I couldn't live with myself if anything ever happened to you. An I didn't want you to feel the pain of losing me if I didn't survive the magic transfer." I say taking a breath. "But I would have said yes to being your girlfriend," I say being vulnerable for the first time in a long time.

Draco Pov:

"I would have said yes to being your girlfriend" Right when she said that my first emotion was happiness. She had wanted to say yes all along, She was just too scared of life around her. I love her so much and I have never stopped, And I can relate to her in many ways, cause just like her I would never let her be hurt. But right now, Even if I could keep the dark lord out of my head. It just too risky. Cause I wouldn't know what to do with myself if something happened to her. Gosh, a small paper cut just freaked me out and wanted to make me throw that Bloody Matthews notebook into the fire.

When she told me she could have died taking her grandfather's magic, my heart sank. She had to do all of this alone. Just like me. We made each other feel not alone. But it always seemed like everyone wanted us apart. And it hurt my heart to hear she wasn't getting any sleep either, I guess the nightmares haunted us both.

All I did is nod my head and look away.

"that's all?" she says the hurt in her voice. Please Sev doesn't make this any harder than it already is.

"I have to go," I said getting my stuff and leaving but right before I could I heard her.

"Malfoy!" She yelled stabbing me with my last name. I stopped and turned around to face her eyes not even daring to meet mine.

"I want my ring back" my heart shatters. I love that ring, it's the only Christmas gift I have ever gotten. And it reminds me of her so much. I constantly run my figures over the cute engraving on the inside.

"no," I say in a stern voice. There no way in hell I'm giving her the thing that reminds me most of her.

"why too scared to fetch it from Pansy" she snapped. I couldn't help but laugh. I remember when Pansy took off my ring, but I also immediately took it back.

I raised my left index finger showing her the silver ring, her ring.

"I don't know how she got it but right when she did I took it back, I would never let her even touch it," I say talking towards her.

"oh," she says looking down. WIthout control, I move my thumb to her chin and pull it up so her eyes meet mine. RIght when her soft blue eyes meet mine, I lost all control over my body and instantly crashed my lips to hers.

She did hesitate to grab my neck and deepen the kiss. I felt a million bolts of lightning shoot through me as I backed her up into the bookcase, making some books fall. She took a breath letting my tongue enter into her soft mouth. I felt myself smiling against her strawberry lips. But then I thought about for the slightest second what I was doing. And it took all my strength in me to pull away from my panting gorgeous girl, but I did.

"This was a mistake" and just like that, I exited the library without another word.