Draco set down his cup and pulled out his wand.
“Come along, darling,” he said. “Let’s go kill a journalist.”
Draco set down his cup and pulled out his wand.
“Come along, darling,” he said. “Let’s go kill a journalist.”
“It could have been worse.”
While she’d been licking her wounds, Draco had been licking… other things.
“I mean,” he drawled, “MALFOY’S COCK was right there.”
“It could have been worse.”
While she’d been licking her wounds, Draco had been licking… other things.
“I mean,” he drawled, “MALFOY’S COCK was right there.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck, tugging him closer, and he grinned against her lips.
Forget the Snitch. She was the best thing he’d ever caught.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, tugging him closer, and he grinned against her lips.
Forget the Snitch. She was the best thing he’d ever caught.
“Have you really thought this through?”
“Three”
“Because you were the one who insisted we keep this quiet.”
“Two.”
“Oh, go on then,” she smiled.
“Have you really thought this through?”
“Three”
“Because you were the one who insisted we keep this quiet.”
“Two.”
“Oh, go on then,” she smiled.
“You’ve got five seconds to push me away. After that, I’m going to kiss you. Five—”
Her eyebrows shot up. “Kiss me?”
“You’ve got five seconds to push me away. After that, I’m going to kiss you. Five—”
Her eyebrows shot up. “Kiss me?”
“Malfoy?” She blinked, rising from her seat. “What are you—?”
“Malfoy?” She blinked, rising from her seat. “What are you—?”
“Yes,” Draco murmured, replaying the moment Granger had smiled as Krum swooped past. “Yes, I have.”
“Yes,” Draco murmured, replaying the moment Granger had smiled as Krum swooped past. “Yes, I have.”
“Draco would have caught it by now. Wouldn’t you, son?”
His father clapped him on the back, causing his view through his Omnioculars to bob. He quickly refocused on Granger, sat with her friends across the stadium.
“Draco would have caught it by now. Wouldn’t you, son?”
His father clapped him on the back, causing his view through his Omnioculars to bob. He quickly refocused on Granger, sat with her friends across the stadium.
“Merde!” Lucius hissed as Bulgaria scored again. “Roche better catch that snitch soon if Laurent plans on letting every Quaffle through tonight.”
“Merde!” Lucius hissed as Bulgaria scored again. “Roche better catch that snitch soon if Laurent plans on letting every Quaffle through tonight.”
He smiled at her. Smiled!
Suddenly, the thought of facing the day without coffee seemed worse than another few minutes with him.
“Fine," she conceded. "But I reserve the right to throw it on you at any minute.”
He smiled at her. Smiled!
Suddenly, the thought of facing the day without coffee seemed worse than another few minutes with him.
“Fine," she conceded. "But I reserve the right to throw it on you at any minute.”
Click.
He pressed the crosswalk button behind her, then pulled away. The noise all came flooding back.
“Coffee?” he asked.
Click.
He pressed the crosswalk button behind her, then pulled away. The noise all came flooding back.
“Coffee?” he asked.
“I just saved your life!”
“You nearly dislocated my shoulder!”
They stood, chests heaving, the city roaring around them.
“I just saved your life!”
“You nearly dislocated my shoulder!”
They stood, chests heaving, the city roaring around them.
But the light had already changed.
Malfoy’s hand shot out, yanking her back just as a string of taxis revved by, horns blaring.
One driver yelled out the window, “WATCH WHERE YOU’RE FUCKING GOING!”
But the light had already changed.
Malfoy’s hand shot out, yanking her back just as a string of taxis revved by, horns blaring.
One driver yelled out the window, “WATCH WHERE YOU’RE FUCKING GOING!”
“Yes.”
“No!”
“Why not?”
She crossed her arms. “Refer back to the trying to kill me, et cetera."
“Just let me buy you another. I have the money. I’ll buy you five, even.”
“Yes.”
“No!”
“Why not?”
She crossed her arms. “Refer back to the trying to kill me, et cetera."
“Just let me buy you another. I have the money. I’ll buy you five, even.”
“Do you want to get coffee?” he called after her.
She stopped dead. Spun around.
“What?”
“I asked if you wanted to get coffee.”
“Do you want to get coffee?” he called after her.
She stopped dead. Spun around.
“What?”
“I asked if you wanted to get coffee.”