Out of the Shadows (G)
Title: Out of the Shadows
Author: mandy-jg
Rating: G
Word Count: 800
Notes/Warning: Follows Control, Jealous, Power, Endings, Maybes, & Habit. Romantic Kiss.
Out of the Shadows
Draco wasn't sure where it happened, or when, but somewhere along the line this little thing had changed.
At the beginning it had been nothing more than an interest, something that he couldn't ignore. So he'd acted on it, and it changed it there and then. Suddenly it was like she was his, and seeing her fooling with her friends had sparked something within him that he wasn't in control off. Then he'd let her go, with her agreeing completely, but he couldn't, and it seemed that neither could she. They had somehow ended up with this, it seemed like most of his time nowadays was spent in the dark with her. It had evolved from just kissing her in the shadows, and now they seemed to spend half of the time just sitting there. Sometimes they would talk, but most of the time was spent just sitting there together.
He didn't want to think so, but it had seemed to unintentionally become a relationship.
That was impossible though, them? Together? You could hardly start a relationship like that, and he didn't want to. Not that he wanted her to go away, he had become too attached for that. Still something needed to be done, they couldn't continue to carry on like this.
He decided to do something about it, he was going to change it. So he followed her and her dimwit friends to the library, and watched them start to study, well Granger started to study. Before too long she had ventured into the stacks to get a different book, and he had snuck in after her.
"Granger."
She turned quickly, "What are you doing? They could come in any second."
"True," he smiled, sitting on the ledge. Looking at the books on the shelf, "But you know they won't, why would they?"
"Fine," she nodded. "But you should go all the same."
"In a minute," Draco said, pulling a book off the shelf.
"Don't open that one," she said quickly, trying to take it out of his hands.
"Why not?" He asked, a smile on his face as he held it up out of her reach.
"Because it's on Banshees, and every time you open the damn thing it screeches at you," she sighed. "It's truly awful, and will have everyone in this aisle in seconds."
"Right," he nodded. "A deal?"
"Why?"
"Because I want too, you kiss me right here, and I don't open it."
"That's a lousy deal."
He shook his head, "I'm opening it Granger."
"FINE!" She exclaimed, coming over and kissing him quickly. "Done?"
"Properly Granger," he grinned. "You can do better than that."
Hermione grumbled under her breath, looking around quickly, before she gave him a better kiss. He wrapped his leg around her, pulling her closer, letting the book slip from his grip. Realising quickly that she wasn't joking, an awful racket filling the area around them as the book tumbled to the floor. She pulled away instantly, trying to push his leg away.
"Draco! Move!"
"You know what, I don't think so," he said slowly.
"What?! Are you completely mad?"
"Would it be the end of the world if they knew? Because right now I don't really care, I'm not a fan of those shadows anymore Granger. What about you?"
"Okay, hiding isn't so much fun anymore, but them finding out? Painful, for you."
"Alright, but I don't care. It seems like forever that I've been pretending, doing one thing while I want to do something else. I don't want to do that anymore," Draco said as his leg fell down. "In about ten seconds those gits will come around the corner, it's up to you what they see. Just me sitting here wondering where that noise came from and pretending some more. Or you, letting me be honest for once."
"It's not my decision."
"In this case it is, not long to run away now Granger."
He heard her swear softly, "God you are infuriating," she smiled, before leaning forward and kissing him again. He saw the idiots came around the corner as his eyes closed, heard their indignant spluttering as Hermione pulled away to turn to them. "Sorry about the noise," she said, picking up the book and closing it. "Got a little carried away."
"Uh Hermione..."
"That's Malfoy!"
"Yes, I aware that this is Draco."
"Then, what the hell is going on?"
Hermione turned back to him, a soft smile just for him, "We aren't pretending anymore."
And that's the end. :D