Scorpius closed his vibrant grey eyes. He took a deep breath through his nose.
He knew full well Weasley was watching him, but she had been following him for a few weeks now, he almost liked the audience.
Deep breath.
Happy thought.
Happy thought.
C'mon Scorpius, this can't be all that hard.
He scanned the school grounds, hoping for some inspiration.
"Expecto Patronum!" He called out to the wind. A wispy spark shot out of his wand, but disappeared before he could see what animal his Patronus was. He had been trying for weeks, but nothing ever worked.
He needed to know the Patronus, he had been waiting far too long.
Happy thought.
Draco thought of the time Weasley did a bad job in potions. Even though her doing poorly was a rare occurence, it still happened. He smirked.
"Expecto Patronum!" He hissed.
Nothing happened.
Weasley was still watching him, but Scorpius was so far past the point of caring.
He thought of the letter his mum sent him when she found out he was in Slytherin. There we go!
Scorpius shut his eyes, counted to three, and…
"Expecto Patronum!"
Scorpius felt a wave of pure happiness shoot though his body and sprout out his wand. When he slid his eyes open, he saw a fox, parading about the grounds looking at everything with what Scorpius saw as a smirk.
"A FOW? A DAMN FOX!" Scorpius ran up to the Patronus and waved through the waves of energy. Despite the feeling of happiness rushing through him as he came in contact with it, he was still smoldering.
A fox, really? He had been hoping for something a little more... I don't know. Manly? A lion, maybe? But as a Slytherin, his father would have never approved of that anyway. But why a damn fox? He would have even taken a ferret, like his father!
He whipped around to face Weasley head on, but she was gone. "Maybe she didn't see…" He mumbled as he ran his hand through his bright blonde hair.
He was still mumbling about Weasley until he made it to the library.
He burst through the door and ran to the section he was looking for. He was indeed going to find a way to change his Patronus.
He was in for quite a shock when the book labeled Patronus Control was being flipped through by none other than Rose Weasley, red hair and all. How peculiar, it was almost as if he was the one following her now.
"Well well, Weasley." He spat out at her. When she turned around, he grabbed the book from in front of her and turned to leave.
"Malfoy! I was reading that!" Scorpius smirked and turned around.
"You know what I find interesting, Halfblood? You following me around practically everywhere lately, and just when you see me conjure my Patronus, you seem to want to change yours. Strange." He sarcastically chuckled.
Scorpius watched her and she took a few steps forward and shoved her finger up to his face. She smelled divine. "You listen here, Malfoy. I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't intend to find out. Just give me that damn book back, before I find better uses for my finger."
At first, he thought he heard her wrong, until he saw her blush. The famous Weasley blush. She must've been actually trying to threaten him, with her finger? Ahh, her face was started to turn a lovley shade of purple. Weasley, Weasley, Weasley.
"What, are you going to pick my bloody nose?" Scorpius burst out laughing. So much so, he had to bend over and clutch his stomach. This action made him drop the book.
He stopped laughing abruptly as he watched Weasley bend down; pick up the book, and turn to leave. Before she had the chance, he grabbed her shoulder.
"Excuse me, but where do you think you're going? And why would you want to control your Patronus? What is it, anyway? A damn mouse?" Scorpius shook his head, partly because he was pretty sure he was right, and partly because of her feeble attempts to escape his grasp. "I would want to change that one too, to be honest." He chuckled.
"Does that mean I get to leave?" Weasley looked up at him hopefully, with bright blue eyes.
"Ha Ha, no." Scorpius shot back, tightening his grip.
She looked disappointed, which made Scorpius feel… weird inside. He loosened his grip and turned her to face him.
"Look Weasley, I'm just a little curious, that's all." He mumbled, smirking all the while.
"Malfoy, since when does my life matter to you in the slightest?" she retorted. "And if you really, really, must know, I am in dire need to change my Patronus."
This took Scorpius a moment to sink in. Why did she need to do that? More importantly, why now? When he needed to also? What was her Patronus, anyway?
But before he could clear his head enough to say anything back to her, she had left him.
With the damn book.