Days flew into weeks at Hogwarts, Umbridge was getting tighter and tighter and the "squad" was making no progress. I found it difficult to keep any real interest in it now, my intense anger for Potter had dwindled and now I was just upset really. Upset that he never thought he could come to me and talk to me, whatever was going on. Umbridge was obsessed that they were trying to build up some sort of group for a rebellion but even I knew that wasn't true. Harry had no interest in the ministry, with the recent break out at Azkaban I knew he would have much more important things on his mind. I had no intention of making a mends with Harry, everything had gone too far and he still really had hurt me. I knew he wanted me to have no part of whatever he was doing, probably because he doubted my trust being a Slytherin and here I was proving him right. I also had no intention of talking to Draco or Pansy about this because I already knew as soon as I mentioned Harry's name the conversation would be shut down almost immediately.

Things with Draco were just as good although after our talk at the Astronomy Tower, I could see that his mind occasionally was elsewhere. I would be lying if I said I wasn't the same, even though Draco had reassured me a thousand times it was a theory and a worse case scenario I couldn't help but allow it to consume my thoughts with ifs and buts. I knew there was nothing I could do to help him figure out what was going on, that was down to Draco.

I worried that things were going to get a lot worse soon, the power had gone to Umbridge's head like you wouldn't believe the amount of new rules she was enforcing constantly was barbaric, I had tried my best to talk to Draco to make him see that what she was doing wasn't right. She was taking over! I think even he saw it for a moment when she had tried to get Professor Trelawney banished from the grounds. He didn't say anything but I could see it in his face.

I really didn't know what the future held for Hogwarts, Umbridge was like a hawk when it came to people even uttering you know who's name and there was a lot of whispers going around about Dumbledore's position as Headmaster. I know that we didn't see eye to eye right now but god I would take him a hundred times over before Umbridge.

The morale had disappeared, things that seemed to matter no longer really did. Peoples faces had never looked so gloomy and the buzz of the Great Hall had diminished.

Sooner rather than later it would be summer and who knew what that would bring.

I sat in front of the roaring fire in the common room, it was nice to have a feeling of warmth in a time that felt so cold. I was pretty sure everyone was either in their rooms or outside as not a single soul had passed through the room in the 30 minutes I had been here. I sprawled my legs up on to the sofa and rested my head watching each flame rise and fall.

"Room for one more" I jumped out of my skin at the noise

"Christ! Draco you're going to give me a heart attack one of these days" I spun myself round and jolted up quickly.

"Don't move on my account" he graced himself round the sofa and threw his body back onto the sofa at the end where my feet had been. He slapped his knees as a command to lift my legs back up to where they had been.

I shuffled myself back to position and rested my legs across Draco's lap. Even though I was comfortable I was suddenly more aware of my self conscious ways. With my head laid on the cushion my eyes were out of sight of his eye contact and his expressions.

"So how are you?" I tried to break the silence.

"Well, I was doing ok but now I have a view that is making it very hard to concentrate." It took a moment for me to figure out what he meant until I moved my hand around to behind where I realised my skirt had slipped up.

"Oh shut up!" I laughed whilst readjusting myself. I couldn't help but blush, thankfully he couldn't see my face as I just knew he would take full advantage of that.

I felt his hand clasp around my ankle, even though I should be used to his touch by now. I wasn't. I was ready to speak again until I felt his hand begin to move slowly and smoothly along the seam of my sock.

The slow speed in which he was moving was sending my desire to unbearable levels. Eventually he reached very top of my thigh high sock, he forced his finger in between the material and my skin. His fingers continued to move running the full circumference of my leg, each small movement pulled the goosebumps up out of my skin.

I had the urge to speak but no words to say, even though I know here wasn't the place for anything like this my anticipation had taken the better of me. His finger stopped as soon as it reached the inner of my thigh, even though such a small section of my skin was being touched my whole body felt on fire.

His finger moved again but this time it was coming closer to me, trailing the gap where my thighs met. His fingers traced along my skin like velvet, my core suddenly craved his touch more than ever before. The ache inside me tightened my legs together forcing my back to stiffen.

My voice was weak with passion "Draco..I want you"

"I know" just as his fingers reached the lace hem we heard a huge crash that shot us both up in panic.

"WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE! UMBRIDGE SHE FORCED IT OUT OF CHO! COME ON QUICK!" like a flash Pansy was gone again.

My stomach suddenly sank.

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