Plenty of fish in the sea.
"But…I love you." He grabbed her hands and looked at her right into her eyes.
She stayed in silence, shocked by those strong 3 words.
"Listen to me, Astoria, please."
"I am so sorry Draco but… I…I don't."
She gave him a strong kiss in the cheek and ran away. Draco stood silently confused with all the rain pouring on his brand new black suit, heartbroken. How could he love her that much?
He snapped out of his thoughts and sat down at a comfortable black chair nearby and waited for his best friend, Blaise, arrive. It had been exactly 5 months after his heart broke but he still remembered the moment like if it had just been yesterday and hurt exactly alike.
Suddenly he saw the dark-skinned boy heading to him with his blonde muggle-girlfriend. Disgusted by the muggle, he stood up and completely ignored her. He greeted Blaise with a strong manly hug.
"Months after the last time I've seen you, Malfoy!" he put his arm around his muggle-girlfriend.
"Yes, I see you brought your girlfriend back." Draco looked at her with a fake smile.
"Of course! What would I do without her?" he gave her a kiss on her soft blonde hair.
"Magic maybe?"
Blaise nervously chuckled and let go of his girlfriend.
"Honey, why don't you go to McDonuts and save us a seat?"
"McDonald's" she corrected him. "I do not think it is necessary but fine!"
As soon as she left, Blaise smile was gone.
"Can you at least try to be nice to her and do not mention magic around her?"
"It is not my fault she is a muggle. Stupid muggles, if you did not have that bloody girlfriend, we could fly on brooms not on thos bloody flying giant things with air on their name."
"Airplanes." Blaise corrected him annoyed by the way he insulted his lovely girlfriend. "She is a darling, you should not judge muggles so much."
"You use to hate muggles too before you met her!" he said with a higher tone.
"No one chooses who to fall in love with!."
"Damn you, Zabini."
They stayed in silence. Blaise stared at him angrily and said:
"You know what? I am going with my 'bloody' girlfriend to Mc-whatever it is- now, would you excuse me? Meet us when you are in a good mood."
"Whatever." He rolled his gray eyes while the dark skinned young man left to Mc-whatever.
Airport. He was at an airport. The bloody airport. If there was one thing Draco hated the most was: muggles. Muggles here, muggles there. Muggles, muggles, and muggles at the muggle airport. If Blaise did not have that stupid girlfriend of his, he wouldn't be here. Damn Blaise. Damn his muggle girlfriend, Alison. The worst was that he was not allowed to use magic around her because 'she did not like it'.
Spoiled brat, he thought to himself and sat on the same chair of before. He tried his best on not getting Astoria in his mind. He was tired of thinking so much of her. Astoria here, Astoria there. How could he not get over her? She was just so beautiful, so gorgeous, so…Whoa.
Was that Granger? A young woman exactly like her passed near him pulling her luggage. She was identical expect for her hair, it was nicer, it was so fragile unlike the old Hermione's hair and was almost blonde. Also, she was more…female. She had her hair tied up in a perfect bun and was wearing a neat tight skirt with a, most likely, expensive blouse and a café jacket and red heals. It all matched perfectly, she looked…elegant. She even had makeup on! Her lipstick was deep red and her cheeks seemed more pink than usual. Even though it is hard to believe, she looked…gorgeous.
She stopped and took a look at her muggle watch. She was expecting someone, it seemed. She waited impatiently moving her foot and with a worried face. Draco stood up, fixed his completely black suit and headed to her.
"Granger!" He stretched his arms wide open.
Hermione recognized that voice immediately. Malfoy, she thought to herself.
"Hello, Malfoy." She turned and faked a smile.
"We haven't seen each other for probably a year and this is how you greet me?"
"Right. I don't see you since you and your parents cowardly ran from the battle of Hogwarts." She said in a sarcastic tone. "Hello, Malfoy!"
Draco's smile faded away.
"So what is Malfoy doing in an airport?"
"Blaise's girlfriend is a muggle." He murmured as loud for Hermione to hear.
She laughed slightly exaggerating.
"Be quiet. What are you doing here?"
"None of your business, By the way, have you seen Ron?"
"No, I haven't actually…" He was interrupted when Ron covered up Hermione's eyes from the back.
"Who am I?" Ron asked excited.
The typical who-am-I bloody game.
"Ron!" Hermione took his hands off of her eyes and quickly turned to him.
They were kissing and hugging deeply. Definitely girlfriend and boyfriend. Well, he expected it, he noticed that they loved each other since the beginning.
He felt uncomfortable, they kissed and hugged and then kissed again for 10 bloody minutes.
Finally, they stopped. They turned to Draco; Ron grabbed Hermione from the waist firmly. They were chuckling and giggling but as soon as Ron saw Draco he gave him a nasty look, he remembered all the times Draco had teased him and his friends for their whole bloody school life.
"Hello, Weasley." Draco said firmly staring at how he grabbed Hermione from the waist and oddly, wished it had been him who was grabbing her.
"Malfoy." Ron noticed how he was staring and grabbed her strongly. "What are you doing at an airport, may I ask?"
"None of your business," He quit staring and fixed his suit. "Well, I will let you two keep kissing and hugging and…whatever. I am leaving, pleasure to see you again, Granger and Weasley." He turned and headed to McDonalds.
Granger.
She could not get out of his head the whole 'lunch'. Blaise and Alison were kissing and cuddling the whole time and he could do none than ignoring them.
Finally it was time to leave that damn airport. Surprisingly, he saw the happy couple of Hermione with Weasley asking for a taxi. Ron had his arm around Hermione while she laid her head on his shoulder. He could not stop staring at Hermione for much he tried.
Ron turned to her and took her bun out and gave her a small kiss smiling. Her hair dropped to her shoulders slowly and perfectly. It was not as messy as before. It was neat now. She seemed to take care of it now. Her curls were perfect. Her hair was perfect. She was perfect...No she was not.
Draco quickly snapped out of his thought when he heard himself saying those last words. He noticed Blaise and Alison were at the taxi already but to busy kissing to notice he was standing next to the taxi like an idiot.
Granger.
There she was again, in his mind. The whole ride to Blaise's apartment he was thinking of her. The whole damn ride. Was he falling for her? No, impossible. It was Granger, a member of the Golden Trio, best friends with Harry Potter. Anyways, he promised himself not to fall in love after he had his heart broken by Astoria Greengrass. He loved her and she rejected him, it hurt just to think about it.
Finally, they were at Blaise's apartment. Draco went right in without saying goodbye but Blaise stayed to say goodbye to his girlfriend.
"Goodbye, love." He gave her a small kiss.
"Bye, I will miss you." She returned the kiss.
The car quickly left from their sight.
Draco was starving; he had not eaten anything at the airport since he hated muggle-food. Blaise always had normal food in his fridge, so he took out some sweets and ate most of them quickly. Blaise was at the couch exhausted and Draco sat next to him.
"Tired of kissing, eh?" he said chewing .
"Piss off, Malfoy. I bet you do the same with Astoria."
Draco stayed in silence and his smile faded away.
"Did, we…uh…broke up."
"Sorry man." He took a sweet from his hand and ate it up. "But there are plenty fish in the sea, right?"
"I guess so…"
Every time they mentioned Astoria, he felt broken down. He stood up and headed to the guest room. He lay on the bed and stared at the window hoping he could get out of the muggle world as soon as possible. He hated this place, just like the old Blaise. Yes, old, he had changed too much because of that bloody girlfriend of his. He used to hate muggles as much as he did.. He could barely notice he was a Slytherin now. But probably, he was acting harsh. Blaise was his best friend; he had to be happy for him. But how could she change him that much?
He escaped from his thoughts, closed his eyes, and fell asleep immediately.
