Chapter Two: Aiden makes his move
Jun 18, 2012 23:48:58 GMT -5
VampireWitch and blue moon1128 like this
Post by Alexa Raven on Jun 18, 2012 23:48:58 GMT -5
Hermione's heart had thumped hard in her chest as she realized who he was. She had been watching this man for a while now not sure who he was. She knew he had looked familiar to her but now she knew for certain and it both made her angry but also made her heart soften.
She knew of course what had happened the previous year at Malfoy manor and that it seemed to everyone in the wizarding world that Draco Malfoy had disappeared after the horrible night when they had found his father killing his mother and trying to kill him as well. She had wondered where he had gone off to.
Now she knew as she looked at Draco curiously as if she was studying him a moment before she realized she was staring and looked away. She took a calming breath and decided she was going to have to find out what was going on.
She knew that he had changed his name to Aden and she wondered why Aden of all things. She stopped as she met the table and she asked softly.
"May I join you Aiden?"Draco looked up at her and nodded as she took a seat. She grew quiet the tension filled around them as they both looked at each other a moment. He sipped his coffee a moment so he could think of something to say to her.
Draco knew that here it was, the moment he had wanted above all others but also dreaded. He tried to act casual and not flustered.
"Hello Hermione how are you?"He asked as he did he saw her eyes looking him over. He sighed and shook his head. He had a feeling this was not going to go well at all. Hermione opened her mouth to speak as she did she heard her name being called.
She looked over and saw Reid Garwin,a friend of her brothers calling to her. She smiled despite herself in that moment. Draco had seen this and he frowned a moment. Reid seemed to however not notice as he walked over and put an arm around Hermione a moment.
"Here you are, why you come here when you know it's boring is beyond me. But I guess it's better than that library."Reid made a gesture at a snore and tilted his head closing his eyes a moment. Despite herself Hermione laughed a moment and she took a calming breath.
She took that moment and saw Draco frown and for some reason it made her stomach feel like it was in knots. She didn't know why as she shook her head at Reid.
"Actually Aiden and I are studying together, can you call me later and we'll get together with Caleb and the rest of the gang and do something. I really need to get this paper finished and Aden is helping me on it."Hermione said this to Reid sweetly as he grinned and kissed her cheek. Reid then nodded to Draco and made his way out of the cafe throwing on a pair of sunglasses and Hermione sighed a moment and shook her head then placed it on the table in front of her.
For a moment she kept it buried there unable to look at Draco. She raised it after a few moments and it was evident her face was still lightly pink as she answered him.
"I'm fine just it seems that today is full of surprises is all. So why Aiden? I mean it's a nice name of course. I never thought I'd find you here in a million years Draco. Is everything ok you look like you aren't feeling right?"Draco's face had paled when what he considered a clone of himself as he used to be, had come and kissed her cheek and he took in the way she had giggled and smiled and lied. She had lied why did she lie like that? Did she really want to spend time with him ?
Did she really want to spend time with her former enemy? And why was Reid Garwin of all people kissing her like that? He knew that he had no right to tell her who could kiss her or not since she wasn't really his but dammit in his heart she was his and always would be. He took a calming breath a moment to relax before answering.
"Well Aiden is my middle name one of them, as for how I am? Well I was fine until it seemed Daphne was tired of my rejection of her and started a spectacle here in front of everyone, now I'm just.. No before you ask she's not and never has been one of my girlfriends. I'm not interested in a relationship right now with any of them to be honest. As for lying to your boyfriend you didn't have to do that you know."Draco finished as he began to gather up his notes and put them in a bag and he shook his head a moment. As he did this he looked at Hermione a moment intently. In doing so he saw that her brown eyes were now more of a cinnamon color and they had golden specks in them.
He froze as he looked at her. To any passing bystander the effect would have been humorous as his hand was in mid motion clutching papers putting them in his bag. It was as if somehow someone had immobilized him.
Then it would seem that time sped up in another instant as Draco despite all of his reservations, despite his nervousness and his fear of rejection, moved and he kissed her full on the lips. As he did this he knew he might be hexed, he for the moment didn't give a damn as he kissed her now.
He felt her for a moment squirm and stop struggling after a moment. She seemed to him to even be giving in to the kiss as he felt her lips pressing back to his. His tongue snaked into her lips that had parted in shock and yes she was kissing him back now. He opened his eyes to see hers had closed and he grinned against her mouth as he raised a hand and caressed her cheek softly a moment.
He groaned as he broke off the kiss and waited for the slap or punch she would give him. He was surprised when it had never came. Instead he saw her look at him in surprise and she covered her mouth a moment with shaking fingertips. He took a breath and noticed she was breathing as ragged as he was. She had the look of a deer in headlights as her eyes had widened .
He wondered what was going to happen now? What was she thinking? He saw her get up and she gathered her laptop and made her way out of the cafe as fast as her legs would carry her.
Draco sat there and shook his head as he watched her leave. Now he knew there wasn't a chance at all He however in the back of his mind wondered why she was dating Garwin, it was obvious that he was the exact opposite of herself, that he was like..
Draco sighed as he finished gathering his book and laptop saving his entry and made his way out of the cafe intending to just aparate back to his flat. He knew he had to think now as he for a moment despite himself closed his eyes an covered his lips with his own fingers and relived the way she had felt and tasted and he knew that this was far from over.
He knew that now he would fight if he had to to win her affection. It would be no other way as he had now tasted the forbidden nectar of the most forbidden fruit. He saw her and when she closed her eyes he made the decision in that moment. He needed to talk to her and would.
Hermione was afraid, very afraid as she got outside and for a moment had to take a calming breath. She closed her eyes and wondered how that had happened. She wondered if it had been reality or if it was a day dream. She knew she had been having quite a bit of them since she had come to Salem and first saw Aiden Black.
She for a moment realized how absurd it was that she had not thought of it before now that Draco's mother Narcissa had been a Black and Sirius's own cousin. She knew that the kiss had done something to her. Had he learned how to imperious through lip contact?
She shook her head knowing that she could not be imperioused in anyway. But what had compelled her to kiss him back, To kiss Draco Malfoy now Aden Black back and more so, to have enjoyed it?
Hermione was confused as she went over to the aparation place located in a nearby alley and she knew she needed to think. She closed her eyes and concentrated on a place and as she was about to aparate she felt a hand on her shoulder.
She screamed as she aparated and she opened her eyes and was sprawled on top of a man, she looked down at him and she let out a horrified gasp. She felt conflicted a moment. It seemed that the object of her thoughts was sprawled beneath her and she was mad of course but also it seemed relieved he had come after her.
She just for a moment looked down at him and felt compelled to kiss him again. That snapped her out of that thought as it seemed he had the same idea and she scrambled off of him before his lips descended on hers again.
can't wait to read more 