Chapter 12
This month passes by quickly. I hate it, tomorrow is my birthday and I do not like that. I hate my birthday and I hate the idea of getting older. At least I'll be 14 here and not 13. Being 13 is never a good age for me. Anyway, I am going to stop talking about my birthday. I am in potions sadly. Like usual I'm about to fall asleep. I take out one of my muggle pens and grab Draco's hand. I draw a small heart on his hand, then go to my hand and start drawing. I don't do this much but when I do I pretend they are tattoos on my hands.
"Why did you draw on my hand?" Draco whispers to me.
"Because this lesson is boring and I am trying to keep myself awake. Also it's just a small heart, if you don't like it you can go wash it off when class is done."
"I'm not going to wash it off, only out of spite."
"That's bullshit." I whisper. Draco takes the pen from my hand, then grabs my hand and writes Draco with a little heart beside it.
"Now if people try to flirt with you they can see that you are mine." He says while handing my pen back to me. I look over to Parker's table. Ron is giving me a death glare like usual. What the hell is his problem?
The bell rings, so I get up, grab my stuff and head to the library for once. I have to finish my homework before the last week of May or I'm going to get into trouble so I'm using this time to finish it. I wish these places weren't scattered everywhere. All of my classes are literally scattered across the castle. Why am I talking about this? I bump into someone by accident, causing me to get out of my thoughts.
"Sorry." I say to Ron, who was the person I bumped into.
"Whatever. By the way, stay away from Fred. You've cost him too much already." He yells, catching me off guard.
"I-"
"I mean it, Wilhite. I don't usually care about my brother but I know you are going to screw up his life."
"You know Ron, I think you should stop worrying about my flin- love affairs and start worrying about yours." I say deathly calm.
"Not going to happen when you keep fucking around with my brothers head. Go be a slut like Malfoy. Surprised you haven't turned into him yet." He turns around and leaves without another word. I stand there frozen watching him leave. Someone puts their hand on my shoulder and asks if I'm ok, making me jump. I turn to see Fred and George behind me.
"I'm fine. I'm going to go to my common room. Bye guys." I push through them and head back to the dungeons, purposely getting lost so I can think. I wish Ron would stay out of my business. I nearly called Fred a fling. I am such an idiot. I say the password to the common room and walk in. I head to my dorm, but as I walk by Draco's dorm I hear muffled crying. I walk to his dorm and slowly open the door. I see Draco sitting on the floor, without a shirt on, breathing heavily and crying. Pushing away my feelings, I run over to him and sit next to him, taking his hands in mine. I rub my thumb over his palm, while saying words to calm him down. I put his head to my chest and tell him to match my breathing, like he did for me at the beginning of the year.
"It's ok, Draco. It's ok." After a couple minutes, his breathing slows down and he stops crying. He wraps his arms around my waist and we stay there quietly. I run my hand through Draco's hair, hoping to keep him calm.
"Thank you." He whispers.
"You're welcome. Do you want to talk about it?"
He shakes his head. "No, I just want to sit here with you."
"Ok. Just talk when you are ready." He nods his head, then moves a bit to get into a comfortable position. I lay my head backwards on the bed and close my eyes.
"My dad sent me a letter saying he was angry with me. I don't know why, but it hurt a lot." Draco says after about a couple of seconds. I picked my head up and looked at him, while he did the same.
"I'm so sorry Draco."
"It's fine, I hope."
"I'll be there with you to deal with your dad if you need me to."
"There's nothing either of us can do when he's mad at me."
"I know." He cups my cheek, then pulls me into a kiss. It was sweet and passionate, but different from his normal kisses. His hands traveled to my hair, holding me in place. After a couple of seconds, we both pull away from each other. He lays his head against mine, both of us breathing heavily.
"I love you." He whispers, making me blush.
"I love you too." He gives me a quick kiss, then stands up and closes the door. He puts a shirt on, then he extends his hand out to, so I take it and he helps me up from the floor. He pulls me closer to him, our faces inches from each other.
"I don't think we've ever been this close." The words slip out and I have no clue why. We have been closer than this.
"I mean we could be a little bit closer." He smirks and moves a bit closer to me.
"I- I'm still not ready for that, love."
"That's not what I mean but I know. I'll be ready when you are, just know that." I blush from embarrassment.
"Thank you." I give him a quick kiss, then lead him to the bed. I lay down and Draco comes and hovers above me.
"You know, I thought people were supposed to do something relaxing after a panic attack."
"Who said that?" He smirks before rolling his eyes.
"You about a month ago."
"Hm...I don't remember saying that." I roll my eyes. He smirks at me, then carefully lays down on top of me.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Hm." He hums in response.
"How many panic attacks have you had since we started dating?" I say my words carefully.
"A few I guess." My heart sank. He could've told me. God, I feel so selfish now. He's helped me through most of the panic attacks I've had this year, but this is the only time I've helped him. I'm an idiot.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to help." I respond quietly.
"Don't be. I didn't really want you to see me like that." He gets up, to where he is hovering over me again.
"How many times are we going to end up in this position?" He gives me his famous smirk. "Never mind, don't answer that." He starts laughing and lays beside me.
"So, what do you want to do tomorrow, for your birthday?" Great! (Hint the sarcasm).
I shrug. "We have school tomorrow so I'm going to say nothing."
"Come on, you have to do something."
"No I don't."
"And why not?"
"Because I really don't want to." I shrug before climbing over him, staying just above him. Looking into his eyes. They're red and puffy from crying but the redness makes his eye color pop out more.
"You know I kinda like this view." His eyes stay on mine though I know what the joke is implying.
"How can you be so cute but so irritating at the same time?"
"Ask my parents, they can answer that."
"I'm not asking them anything, anytime soon. They don't like me."
He shrugs. "Got a point." I look up at the clock and see the time.
"Shit. Our free hour is up, we're late to defense against the dark arts." I get up, with him following me. I wait for Draco to get his robes on, then we both leave the room and run to defense against the dark arts. We get there a couple of minutes later, we get to the classroom and try not to make too much noise.
"Ah. Ms. Wilhite and Mr. Malfoy. Glad for you to join us." Professor Lupin says as we walk in.
"Sorry Professor. We lost track of time. We were studying together." I reply.
"Studying more like fucking each other." I hear Ron say. I know he was saying it quietly but people still heard it. I see Parker smack Ron on the arm, making me laugh a bit.
"Come in and sit." I nod my head and sit down in the back, with Draco sitting next to me. Lupin continues the lesson. I'm not exactly sure what he is talking about but I'm still trying to pay attention. I take out a piece of paper and start drawing. I'm not sure what I'm drawing this time but it's a drawing. I guess. The bell rings and everybody gets up and grabs their stuff.
"Draco, Felicity stay behind please." Lupin calls before we walk out.
"Yes sir." We say at the same time. We put down our stuff in the seats we were in then walk up to Professor Lupin's desk. Lupin waits for the students to clear out, then takes a deep breath in, then out.
"All of your teachers have noticed this. You two have been skipping classes or been late to classes more often than you should. Due to Dumbledore's request your parents will not be informed about this for unknown reasons. Students have said some things about you two. I'm not asking you to confirm it. I'm only asking what is going on?"
"Everything is fine and what the students are saying is not true. We just lose track of time sometimes." I reply quickly.
"We just want to make sure. Your mother was a bit of a player when she was in school, the other Professors want to make sure you aren't doing the same."
"Fortunately I'm not like my mother. Now me and Draco have class. Good day Professor." I turn around, dragging Draco with me and grab my stuff, quickly leaving the classroom. God, him comparing me to my DR mom. I'm not like my DR mom. I don't want to be compared to that vile woman.
"Felicity!" Draco shouts.
"What?!" I stop and look at him.
"First off we aren't really going the right way, second what he said doesn't matter."
"I don't want to be compared to my mother. You might like being compared to your parents but I can't stand it."
"Look, it's fine."
"You know what, I want to go bake something. Come on." I take his hand and start heading to the kitchens. He reluctantly follows me, griping along the way. We enter the kitchens and go talk to one of the house elves. A.k.a Dobby.
"Miss Wilhite, it's been a while. Mister Malfoy." Dobby quivers seeing Draco. I forget Draco used to be his Master.
"He's not here to hurt you Dobby. He's with me. Is it ok if we use the kitchen for a bit? I am in the mood to make something."
"Of course Miss."
"Thank you Dobby. Also please don't call me miss. Felicity is fine." He nods his head, then leads Draco and I to a section of the kitchen that was cleared out. I start grabbing some ingredients for a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
"What are you making?" Draco asks as he watches me grab ingredients.
"Chocolate chip cookies. Or biscuits. I think that's what I've heard Mcgonagall call them."
"Ok?"
"Anyway, let's get to baking." I get out some bowls and start putting the ingredients in, hopefully in order. Draco stands beside me and watches me do everything, but every so often he will grab something for me when I ask him to.
"You know I'm pretty sure this flour is as white as your hair. Wanna test it?" Before he can answer I grab a little bit of flour and pour it on his hair.
"Really. Ok, if you wanna play like that." He grabs a bit of flour and blows some in my face. I grab a little bit more and throw it in his face. We both start laughing.
"God, we have a huge mess to clean up."
"Oh well." Draco lightly pushes me against the counter and kisses me. The taste of flour is on his lips and most likely still on mine. He pulls away from me after a couple of seconds.
"Come on. I wanna try some of your cookies." He says, kind of mocking me.
"You're not funny." He laughs at my comment, while I turn around and get back to work. He wraps his arms around my waist from behind me. He starts kissing my neck lightly, kind of distracting me. I try my hardest to concentrate on baking and not give in to Draco. Soon the dough is put on the baking sheets and into the oven. I turn around and face Draco.
"Now we wait."
"More time with you then."
"First we need to wash up a bit." He nods his head, then walks over to the sink, with me following him. I wash my hands and face off then get a towel to dry off. I put the towel away then go find a broom closet to get a broom. I quickly find one, while Draco watches.
"You could help me, you know."
"Ok." He takes out his wand and gets the floor and desk cleaned up without having to move.
"I forget you've probably never had to clean up anything in your life." I put the broom away then walk over to Draco and lean against the counter. Draco walks over to where he is standing in front of me.
"How bout we get back to what we were doing?" He cups my cheek and pulls me in for a kiss. We pull away after a couple of minutes. He rests his head against mine.
"I could look in your eyes forever." He whispers.
"I could look at yours forever." I look over Draco's shoulder and see Fred standing near the entrance of the kitchen watching Draco and I. I look back to Draco.
"What are you staring at?"
"Nothing, I thought I saw a teacher but it was one of the house elves."
"Ok." I give him a quick kiss, then turn my attention to the oven. After about 20 minutes, the cookies are done, so I take them out of the oven to let them cool. Once the cookies are cooled, I get a spatula and take the cookies on a plate.
"Go ahead. Try one." He takes one off the plate and takes a bite from it.
"Not bad."
"Thanks."
"Are you going to get any?" He says grabbing another one.
"No. I'm good. I'm probably gonna give some to Parker."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"How do you, Parker, and Ethan know each other?" I freeze. I'm going to have to lie.
"We -uh met one summer when I was little. I used to come back and forth. From America to London."
"And you stayed in touch?"
"Yeah. Is that hard to believe?"
"Felicity. I know there are things you aren't telling me. I remember that day in the hospital wing, when he dragged you out of there to talk. The things you said. They make it seem like you have history."
"Look, I just used to like him and I thought he liked me. But I was wrong and some of the things he did. I was still mad at him."
"Ok." I pull him into a hug and rest my head against his chest. He wraps his arms around me.
"You ok?"
"Yeah. I am. Come on, let's get these put away. I want to go walk around. By myself." I pull away from him and grab a plastic bag to put the cookies in. He takes my hand making me look at him.
"What's wrong?" He frowns but that doesn't make me want to talk to him about what I'm feeling. In all honesty I don't know.
"Nothing. I want to be by myself, just for a little bit."
"Ok."
"Hey. Look, how bout we promise each other to not hide from each other when it comes to this?"
"I promise, I guess." I roll my eyes, then get back to putting the cookies into the bag. Once I'm done, I hand the bag to Draco and tell him to take them to Parker. We walk out of the kitchen, heading separate ways. I head out to the black lake. I'm pretty sure the astronomy class is going on so I don't want to go up there. I get to the spot and use my wand to move the bushes like usual. No one was at the spot so I stood there by myself looking over the edge.
After a couple of minutes, I hear the bushes moving behind me. I know it's Fred. He's the only one, other than me, to know about this place. Obviously.
"You know I wonder how deep that is, down there. Here would be a good place to go cliff jumping."
"It's not very deep. I've checked. Got the same idea when I found this place." Fred replied. He walks up and stands next to me.
"Who are you lying to? Me or him?" I breathe out a shaky breath. Why does it feel like I'm lying to both of them? Well more like I'm lying to myself I guess.
"We promised, we would stay friends." I respond.
"I think we both broke that promise that night on my birthday."
"You know I'm curious to know if Angelina knows that you aren't in love with her."
"Who said I wasn't?"
"Who said I wasn't in love with Malfoy?" I paused for a second. He takes in a deep breath and lets it out.
"I think we both need to stay true to that promise. We are just going to cause each other a lot of unnecessary drama between me and you, and I don't want that. And you probably don't want that either. So please..." I continue.
"I agree. It's better this way. Besides, not everyone can enjoy the pleasure of being with Fred Weasley." I snort a little trying not to crack up laughing.
"What? It's always a pleasure to be with me."
"I'm not saying anything." I start laughing. Fred joined me after a couple of seconds.
"I have to go, I'll see you later." I say after calming down a little bit.
"Alright. You better be at dinner. I'm not joking."
"Ok." I turn away from him and walk out of the spot. I head to the Slytherin common room, so I can get some sleep before dinner. I take my time not wanting to miss anything. Even though I've been here for a whole year, I haven't really paid attention to my surroundings. I've always been focused on what's going on in my head. It's sad. The place is so beautiful. I wish wizarding schools were real in my real reality. It would be so cool.
I get to the common room a few minutes later. I walk in and find Draco, Pansy, and Blaise, sitting on the couches talking. Draco turns his head and sees me.
"Felicity, come here." I nod my head and come sit by Draco. He wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him.
"You know it's funny, she still acts like a slut, just like at the beginning of the year." Pansy comments. Her intentions are very clear. I won't let her talk about me like this. And definitely won't let her ruin our relationship.
I glare at her. "I'm not a slut Parkinson."
"Really? I thinking fucking that Weasley twin, while you're dating Draco, makes you a slut." I grip onto the couch out of anger.
"Pansy, stay out of our business. It's not yours to dig into. Besides, I trust Felicity." I smile and calm down a little bit, releasing the couch.
"I've seen her with him."
"And I didn't bring Felicity over here for you to call her a slut. Now leave before I make you leave." Draco says angrily. She gets up with a huff and leaves, going to her dorm.
"Do you have anything to say Blaise?" Draco asks, turning his attention towards Blaise.
"Nope. I'm good." Blaise puts his hands up in defense.
"Good." I lay my head on Draco's shoulder, while Draco and Blaise start talking about random things. I grab Draco's hand and start fiddling with his rings.
"Hey Wilhite. I've been curious, what's up with the look?" Blaise said, making me look up at him.
"What do you mean?"
"The short dyed hair, the weird piercings."
"You think these are weird, just wait till you see the piercing I'm going to get this summer. Also I prefer to look this way I guess." I snort at the thought of his reaction.
Draco snaps his head toward me. "You didn't tell me you were going to get another piercing this summer."
"I told you I was taking you somewhere after the quidditch game."
"I'm going to watch you get something pierced."
"You'll just have to wait and see." I give him a small smile, then get up and go to my dorm. Leaving the boys alone. I walk in, Pansy is surprisingly asleep and Parker is nowhere to be found. I lay down on my bed and grab my pillow to snuggle up to. After a couple minutes, Draco walks in the room and lays down beside me, putting his arm around my waist.
"You know I wish I was where that pillow is right now."
"Are you jealous of a pillow now?" I turn over to where I am facing him.
"No. I'm not jealous of a pillow."
"Mhm. Sure." I shake my head, then bury my face in the crook of his neck. I close my eyes, letting this moment be a moment. I don't want it to end. I like the feeling of being in someone's arms like this. I could stay like this forever. I take a couple of deep breaths, then let myself fall asleep.
Natural lighting floods my vision. I look around. I'm in my old room. What am I doing here? I get up and walk to the living room. My dad is sitting on the couch watching t.v like he used to every morning.
"Dad?" I ask. I don't understand why I'm here.
"If you're sick you should be in bed. I let you skip school to rest." My dad responds. I want to cry hearing those familiar words. I miss him.
"Right. I'll get back to bed. I just wanted to grab something to eat." I turn around and walk the short distance to the fridge. I open it looking around, seeing most of the things we used to keep in the fridge. I close the fridge. Nothing that is in there I want.
"Do we still have any cookies?" I ask.
"I think your sister ate them all."
"Oh. Ok. Well I'm going back to bed now."
"Ok." I go back to my bedroom and lay on my bed, shutting my eyes.
I open my eyes and see Draco asleep in my arms. His head is laying on my chest. It's late, maybe about twelve o'clock. I sigh. I don't want to move but I don't want to fall back asleep. I hate having dreams of my dad. It makes me miss him more in my real life. It feels like he's actually there when I dream about him. And the dreams never last so it makes it a lot worse. I never say what I want to say to him. I wish I knew how to Lucid dream so I could talk to him and tell him what's been going on in my head. I need to stop thinking about this or I am going to start crying and I don't want to do that. I love how at the beginning of the year I would keep that stupid motto in my head but ended up crying more times than I can count. I hate crying. To me it does make you look weak. Well make me look weak. When I see other people cry I try to help, but I'm not good at that I guess. Anyway, slowly my eyes drift back to being closed and I fall back asleep.
I'm woken up the next morning by Parker.
"Good Morning and Happy Birthday." I rub my eyes for a second to try and wake up.
"Good morning. And thanks." I respond.
"Come on. Draco is already getting ready for breakfast. You need to get up." She says while pulling me up, by the arm.
"I'm up." I grumble.
"Did you sleep in your school clothes again?"
"By now I'm pretty sure I've only used my pajamas once. Anyway I'm going to get changed." I get up and walk to my dresser, grab some clothes and walk to the bathroom. I get changed quickly, then walk out and put my old clothes away. I walk out with Parker, Draco joining us as we head out of the common room. Draco wraps his arm around my shoulder, earning a glare from Parker. The two act like siblings sometimes. But I am not going to say that out loud because I know they both would kill me.
We walk all the way to the great hall. As soon as we enter Parker drags me to the Gryffindor table, where we all know Draco won't follow. I sit next to Hermione and start grabbing some food to eat. Anything out of arm's reach form the twins. I still don't trust them when it comes to food. I grab a piece of toast and some fruit and start eating. I get halfway done before Fred hops up on top of the table and screams out, "Hey everyone listen it is Felicity Wilhite's birthday." He sits back down. My face is completely red. I swear to god I am going to kill him.
"So Felicity, what do you want to do today?" He says turning to me, acting as if nothing happened.
"Hm let's see, murder you. Then go to classes." I smirk.
"Wrong. You are hanging out with me and George all day."
"I'm going to fail if I skip anymore classes, so I can't."
"You are coming with me and George today. Sorry." He smirks at me, then goes back to eating. What the hell does Parker have planned? I know this is Parker's doing in some way. I go back to eating, then turn to Hermione and start talking about the homework.
"Alright I'll see you in class Hermione if the twins let me go." I say at the end of our conversation.
"I wouldn't count on it." She says as I stand up to leave. I give her a questioning look but she responds with a shrug. I turn around and walk away so I could head to my dorm to grab my stuff. As soon as I am halfway to the door, the twins get up and start following me. I stop just outside the door and wait for the twins.
"Are you going to be following me everywhere today?" I ask as they walk out the door.
"Yep. Now come on we are going to the black lake for a while and then who knows where the day will take us." Fred says.
"Oh dear lord." I whisper under my breath. I follow them on the long walk to the black lake. I don't know why the black lake but oh well. I seriously want to go to sleep or go to class. Maybe even sleep in class. That sounds good.
"What are we going to the black lake for?" I ask.
"Exploring."
"How bout we go to the forest then? I haven't been there so I want to see what it's like." I suggest.
"I like the sound of that. What about you Georgy?"
"I like that idea." They gave each other a mischievous smirk.
"I swear to god if you plan to leave me there, I'm going to find you and kill you." I say.
"You know I didn't see why they put you in Slytherin. Now I do." I shake my head slightly and give him a light punch on the arm. As we drew closer to the forest you could see the increasing shadow looming around it. The forest always seemed dark, even during the day. I find it quite cool but I'm scared to go in there by myself, for obvious reasons. I would die within a few seconds because I'd probably forget my wand, or some other dumb reason. Why I'm going into the Forbidden Forest with Fred and George Weasley, I have no idea. I don't know why the words even came out of my mouth.
We got to the edge of it, the twins getting there first, stopping so I could catch up. I look at the forest, a moment of hesitation crossing through my mind. I'm going to get myself hurt.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Fred asks.
"It's quite scary there. Giant spiders, red caps, centaurs. Many dangerous things." George jokes. I gulp down the lump in my throat.
"Yeah. I said I wanted to go in. I'm going to do it." Fear settled into the pit of my stomach as we entered the forest. The energy in the forest is more gloomier than what we just walked out of. It's dark and has that feeling of doom surrounding you. I can see why anyone would be scared of this place but in a way it's also very beautiful. The trees seemed so still and everything was quiet. Almost deadly quiet. As we are walking, I hear a chitkting noise coming from the bushes. I stop and look to where the noise had come from. A small niffler comes out of the bushes and comes up to me.
"Hi." I say as I bend down to look at it. I extend my hand to it, letting him sniff my hand, like I do with dogs to get them to trust me. I don't know much about nifflers, I just know that they like gold or shiny things if I remember correctly. The niffler puts its head in my hands. I think it trusts me. I start petting it, the creature enjoying the attention.
"I'm sorry I don't have anything for you. I didn't know I was coming in here. Also please, not the rings, they're special to me and I don't want to go running after you." The niffler makes a little noise, kinda like a little laugh. It does a little turn, then lays next to me.
"I guess you love to get pet. I feel like you were someone's pet at one time. I have to go ok. It was nice meeting you." I stand back up, the niffler making a little whining noise.
"I'm sorry." I turn towards the way I was originally going and find the twins staring at me. I walked past them, acting as if nothing happened. Nothing did happen but they were probably secretly laughing at me. I mentally rolled my eyes and continued on the walk. As we got deeper into the forest, I drew my wand to make sure that if anything comes to attack us, I'll be ready. I turn around and face the twins, fear now getting the better of me.
"I think I'm ready to go back." I say.
"Awe. Come on. Just a little bit further." George replies.
"Yeah. Come on, Feliz. There's a pond up ahead that we can check out, then we can go back." I nod my head, then let the twins go ahead of me. I turn around, following closely after them. We walk all the way to the pond where Sirius and Harry nearly get their souls sucked out by the dementors. We walk around the pond, me looking at the rocks. Out of nowhere the water starts to freeze and that familiar heart penetrating cold comes in. Cloaked figures appear from the tree tops surrounding us. We all take out our wands, hoping it would keep them away. I start thinking of very happy memories and let them fill me up. I have to do the spell.
"Expecto Patronum!" I shout. A gleaming silvery blue osprey comes from my wand and drives the dementors away. I sat down a second, feeling all the energy drained out of me. How on earth did I do that?
"How did you do that?" Fred says from beside me.
"I have no idea. I wasn't expecting it to work."
"Well that was bloody awesome." George responds.
"I guess yeah. It was really draining though. I think we should head back now." They both nodded. All three of us stand up, Fred helping me balance myself for a second. Thankfully, we got out of the forest quickly, before something else happened.
The rest of the day we mainly stayed on the quidditch pitch. Fred somehow convinced me to ride on a broom with him. Fun fact, riding a broom is worse than riding Buckbeak. It is not pleasant and I don't know how anyone could ride a broom. It's so uncomfortable. Anyway, thankfully, I can go back to my dorm now. Hopefully.
To my dismay the twins decide to drag me in a different direction. Oh great. No sleep for me. They drag me all the way up to the astronomy tower. As I got to the last step I am met by Parker and a small party with our small group of friends. Surprisingly, Draco was standing near one of the edges watching the party go on.
"You didn't have to do this Parker." I say, looking around the room.
"Yes I did. Now come on. I made you your favorite dessert." She drags me to the small table she set up, where there are a bunch of snacks. Chocolate strawberries, some type of fudge, and lots of chocolate. Parker and I love chocolate so that's no surprise. I grab some food, then walk to the back to talk to Draco.
"Hey."
"Hi."
"You're uncomfortable huh?" I ask.
"A little bit but for you I'm trying not to snap at anyone. Especially Pottah and Ron. They've been huddled in the corner talking the whole time."
"You don't have to be here if you don't want to. I hope you know that. I know your relationship with anyone in this room isn't good. Yeah."
"I love you for making sure I'm comfortable but I'm fine really. Go enjoy your party ok."
I nod my head but I still don't believe him. "Alright. If you do decide to leave, I'll meet you in the common room after the party."
"Ok." I take a quick look at him, then walk over to Hermione, Ginny, and Parker. We talk about random things. Laughing about practically nothing. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm usually to myself but I like hanging out with my friends like this.
After about an hour or so the party died down and people started heading back to their dorms. Fred, George, Parker and I cleaned up the table and trash people left. It didn't take long thanks to our wands. We walk out of the astronomy tower, laughing and talking. Having a good time. Parker and I separate from the twins, them going to their common. Us going to ours.
"Thanks Parker for the party."
"You're welcome." Hmm. Now I need to plan something for her. I have to talk to the twins about that tomorrow. If I can remember. We walk into the common room and part ways. Parker goes to her dorm and I walk over to sit on the couch. The only occupant of the couch, Draco Malfoy, sitting right where I expected him to be. He is looking at the fire, thinking. The light of the fire illuminating half of his face. I sit beside him and lay my head on his shoulder.