Spin-The-Bottle

Spin-The-Bottle

"It's your turn, Harry." Harry Potter looked up. He could hear Hermione Granger's voice but couldn't see his friend.

"Wouldn't it be bloody hilarious if Potter got Crabbe?" joked Draco Malfoy, Harry's arch rival.

"Ewww, now that's just nasty, Malfoy," Ron Weasley replied.

"Yeah, why would I want to kiss Potter?" added Crabbe in disgust.

Harry sighed and rolled his eyes. His friends - Hermione, Ron, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Cho Chang were up in the Astronomy Tower with Malfoy's Slytherin buddies, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson. Malfoy had dared them all to play a game of blind-folded Spin-the-Bottle at midnight. Of course, Harry and his friends couldn't pass up the dare, so they agreed to it. But now he was beginning to have second thoughts. What the hell had he gotten themselves into?

"Good luck, Harry," whispered Cho Chang in his ear. "Maybe you'll get lucky and you'll get me - or Hermione, or even Luna or Ginny." Cho had been sitting next to him, which only made him more nervous.

Harry took a deep breath and found the Muggle soda bottle Hermione had gotten by searching the floor with his hands. He gave it a nice big spin.

Anyone but Crabbe or Goyle, prayed Harry silently to himself as he listened to the bottle spinning.

Harry knew the bottle had come to a halt when he could hear the spinning noise no more. The room seemed to have grown silent, as Harry began to feel the bottle in which direction it was pointing to.

Harry crawled along on the floor, in the direction of the bottle, until he felt a pair of legs. He wasn't supposed to know who he kissed until after he'd kiss them - that was one of the rules of the game - so he lifted his hands up to the person's chest, found the person's lips with the touch of his finger, and slowly pressed his own lips against theirs.

The kiss felt surprisingly good. Whose ever lips he was kissing felt soft and warm. For some reason, he couldn't let go. It seemed as though the other person didn't want the kiss to end for he or she wasn't pushing him away.

That's when Harry heard a groan. "Okay, are you guys done yet already?" demanded Ron. Harry choked a response and quickly pulled away from the kiss.

Gasping for breath, Harry said, "Okay, you all can take off your blind-folds now." There was a quick rasping noise as everyone was hurrying to pull off their eye masks. Harry was the last person to take his off. And to his horror, he was staring right into the eyes of his own arch rival - Draco Malfoy!

Malfoy smirked and licked his lips. "Boy, Potter. I've got to hand it to you, you're a bloody good kisser!"

Harry sat there, staring at Malfoy with his mouth hanging wide open. Apparently, so was everybody else.

"Malfoy?" Harry managed to choke out. "You mean I kissed...I kissed...I kissed you?"

Malfoy nodded and burst out laughing. "Bloody, hell, Potter - you did. And you know, it was pretty obvious you enjoyed kissing me."

Harry could feel his face flush with anger. "I did not enjoy it, Malfoy! I didn't even know it was you!"

Malfoy shrugged. "Doesn't matter if you didn't know it was me. You enjoyed it so deal with it."

"Never," hissed Harry.

"Ah, well then...let's go, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy. We've got to get back to the Slytherin dormitory anyhow."

Malfoy stood up and threw his mask down on the floor beside Harry. Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy rose at Malfoy's order and followed him out of the Astronomy Tower.

As Malfoy left the room, he turned to give Harry a quick wink before slipping out.

"What a git!" spat Ron after the Slytherins left.

Neville nodded. "Yeah - why did we only play the game once? It was my chance to kiss you, Ginny!" Luna sniggered along with Cho at that, while Ginny blushed.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Don't you guys see? This was only an excuse so Malfoy could get Harry to snog him."

Ron made gagging faces. "You mean Malfoy likes Harry?"

"It's completely obvious, isn't it?" she asked.

"It is?" Ron asked, bewildered.

Hermione groaned. "Obviously, Ron...you are so clueless sometimes. I don't even know why I still put up with you."

"Cause you loooove me, 'Mione," said Ron in a singsong voice. He grinned at her and she just rolled her eyes, but also gave him a small smile. "Right, Harry?" Ron turned to his best friend, who had been staring into Outer Space for the past few minutes since Malfoy left.

"Er...he's obviously in shock," Ron remarked, giving Hermione a big, sloppy smooch on the lips.

Luna looked at Harry. "Harry?" she asked, trying to get his attention. Harry managed to snap out of his thinking.

"What?" he asked blankly.

"If you want to go find Malfoy - I'm sure he hasn't gotten to his dormitory yet." Harry stared at Luna for a few minutes, then stood up and walked out of the Astronomy Tower. Hurrying down the steps, he raced through the halls of Hogwarts, looking for Malfoy. He had to talk to him. He had to confront him.

He found Malfoy along with Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy only a few feet away from the Slytherin dormitory entrance.

Harry stepped out into the center of the corridor. "Hey, Malfoy!" yelled Harry, grabbing Malfoy's attention. Malfoy stopped walking and turned to look at Harry. He eyed his friends who hung onto him.

"Go inside," Malfoy instructed. "I'll be there soon...just have to take care of some business."

Crabbe and Goyle nodded, while Pansy just glared at Harry as they slid inside the dormitory. Now Harry and Malfoy were alone in the hall.

"What is it, Potter?" Malfoy demanded, glaring at Harry.

"What was that all about up in the Astronomy Tower, Malfoy?" Harry asked, taking a few steps closer.

"What was what about, Potter?"

"You know - all of that stuff about the kiss?" He paused. "You know it was just a game."

This time Malfoy took a few steps closer. "Well, it didn't feel like a bloody game to me, Potter."

"What do you mean?"

Malfoy hesitated. "You know...the kiss..."

They both stepped closer and closer to each other until they were just an inch away.

"So it's true, then?" asked Harry.

"What's true?" demanded Malfoy.

"You really...er...do love me..."

"I never said I loved you!" spat Malfoy angrily. "Who the fuck told you that?"

Harry shrugged. "Hermione thought that, well..." Harry's voice trailed off. Boy, was he sounding like a bubbling idiot.

"What did Granger think?"

Harry shook his head. "Nevermind," he muttered.

"No, what did the Mudblood think?" Malfoy moved that extra inch closer to Harry. Now there was no room in between them. Malfoy began to snake his arm around Harry's waist. Harry felt shivers down his spine.

The temptation was too irresistible. Harry felt Malfoy's hot breath on his face. Harry was so close to Malfoy that he gazed right into those silver-gray eyes of his.

"Do you want to know what love is, Potter?" Malfoy said suddenly, barely louder than a whisper.

Harry nodded slowly.

"Close your eyes, then." Harry did what he was told, and felt Malfoy's tongue run along his own lips. Harry slowly opened his mouth, moaning as Malfoy slipped his tongue inside and ran it around the inside of Harry's mouth. Malfoy pushed it in further, causing Harry to choke a little, and now their lips were up against each other's, in a very heated kiss. Malfoy had his arms wrapped around Harry's body, and Harry pulled Malfoy closer.

They didn't even seem to notice Mrs. Norris, the school caretaker's mean old cat, slinking around, watching them with her green eyes. It was if nothing else mattered.

~~FIN~~