Chapter Two

The next morning Alaya woke up before any of the other girls in her dorm so she gathered her things and headed to the bathroom to take a shower before breakfast. Once she was done she took her time getting ready before grabbing her books and heading to the Great Hall to see of Blaise was awake yet. Before she walked out of the common room Natalia hollered for her to slow down so they could walk together.

"Morning sleepy head." Alaya laughed looking at her friend. "Ah shove off Alaya. I couldn't sleep last night." Natalia said looking at Alaya with tired eyes. "Why not? I slept fine." Alaya smiled. "You, fortunately, can sleep through almost anything. Amber was snoring so loud I thought she was going to bring the castle down." Natalia laughed.

Once they reached the entrance to the Great Hall Alaya felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around her from behind pulling her into the owner.

"Morning." Blaise whispered in her ear kissing her on the head. "Morning Blaise." She smiled turning to face him. "Come on Alaya let's go have some breakfast." She smiled kissing her before the two of them walked into the Great Hall and taking a seat at the Slytherin table.

As the two of them sat and ate flirting with each other when a seventh year prefect told Alaya that Professor Flitwick wanted to see her to talk about her schedule. She said her goodbyes to Blaise kissing him before she left the Great Hall and going to Professor Flitwick's office.

All the other sixth and seventh year Ravenclaws were waiting outside the Professors office. It didn't take long for Flitwick to get to Alaya to discuss her class schedule.

"Ah welcome Miss Livingston." Professor Flitwick smiled when she entered the office. "Morning Professor." Alaya smiled. "So now Miss Livingston you passed all of your classes with outstandings. So you can take any classes you like." The professor smiled at her. "Well I'd like to take the next level of each of my classes that I took last year." She smiled. "As I thought you would. Here is your schedule." Professor Flitwick smiled handing Alaya her schedule. She then made her way back to the Great Hall to see if she could find Blaise before her first class began.

"Ah there is my beautiful girlfriend." Blaise said coming up behind her with Shane and Malfoy with him as well. "Hey Blaise. What class do you have first?" Alaya asked putting her arms around him. "Double potions. You?" he asked. "Same." She smiled kissing his neck. "Would you two stop, it's disgusting." Malfoy said cringing. "Oh shove off." Blaise said lightly pushing him. The four of them then headed down to the dungeons to make it to class on time.

"Well now take a seat the four of you we need to get class started." Professor Slughorn said as they entered the classroom. They quickly took their seats in the back as Professor Slughorn began a lecture on how the year would go.

"Hey Alaya want to take a walk after class during break?" Blaise whispered to Alaya from the seat beside her. "Sure." She smiled back making his smile grow bigger.

"Ah now to assign your partners for the year. This is who you will sit with from now on." Slughorn said picking up a piece of paper. He went through the short list of names quickly till finally he paired Shane with Blaise and her with Malfoy. She turned to look at Malfoy who was sitting behind her and he only gave her a smirk which gave her butterflies. She quickly shook off the feeling and grabbed Blaise's hand from under the table.

From behind them Malfoy silently snorted at the two of them making it appear he could care less about them being in a relationship when in all reality every time he saw the two of them together he felt a pang of jealousy for Blaise. Every time the thought of it crossed his mind he attempted to shake it out of his head not wanting to notice his feelings for Alaya that he had hidden from everyone, even himself. He had no idea where the feelings came from but he shoved them aside and tried even harder to ignore them.

Finally the bell rang dismissing class. Malfoy quickly left the classroom leaving everyone confused but shook it off. Blaise then grabbed her satchel of books carrying them with his and putting his free arm around her waist leading her out of the classroom and into the hall.

"It's a shame that Malfoy will be getting to spend so much time with you seeing as you're his potions partner. I hope he doesn't hog up all you time." Blaise teased. "He won't, I promise. You are my priority, well after my classes that is." She giggled kissing his cheek. "That's good to hear." He said stopping by a window near her next class, Ancient Runes.

The two of them sat on the ledge beside each other cuddled up talking until the warning bell that classes would be starting in five minutes. He walked her to the door handing her books to her and kissing her cheek before he headed to his next class, Divination.

When she walked in the classroom was all but empty except for Malfoy who was sitting in the back of the class. Soon Gryffindors and Huffelpuffs came running in past her. A few Ravenclaws were in the class as well but none Alaya talked to so she took a seat beside Malfoy.

"No boyfriend with you in this class I see." Malfoy said smirking at her. "No, and I see no Parkinson following you either." She laughed making him roll his eyes. "So you and Blaise, never thought I'd see the day where you two would finally be official." He said looking at her with a smirk. "Yeah." She smiled looking away quickly due to the fact his smirk gave her butterflies. It confused her. She liked Blaise and he gave her butterflies to a degree but not to the same level that Malfoy was beginning to.

As the class dragged on Malfoy kept stealing glances of Alaya. She made his stomach do somersaults every time he looked at her. He didn't know why now he was beginning to have feelings for her. As for Alaya she could feel Draco's eyes on her when he looked at her. It made her spine tingle. She just shook the feeling off and tried to listen to the droning professor.

Finally the class bell rang and Draco quickly left as he did after potions. Alaya grabbed her books and found Blaise waiting outside for her. He walked her to lunch and they sat together as they did at breakfast.

"How was Ancient Runes?" He asked kissing the side of her head. "Okay, Malfoy has been acting weird today." She said looking up to see him entering the Great Hall. "Malfoy always acts weird." Blaise laughed filling his plate with food. Alaya laughed as she got chills down her spine when Malfoy smirked at her taking the seat beside her.

The rest of Alaya's day went by fairly quickly until it was time for dinner. After dropping her books off at the common room Alaya met up with Blaise for dinner. After eating the two parted because Blaise had Divination homework. Alaya made her way to her dorm to change before going to walk around the castle before curfew.

She changed into a pair of sweat pants, black tank, and black flats. She threw her hair up in a pony tail and grabbed a jacket before heading off to take a walk by the lake. On her way out she bumped into Malfoy.

"All alone Livingston. Where's your boyfriend?" Malfoy asked smirking. "Doing homework. I finished mine during a break earlier so I have nothing to do." She laughed. "Oh such a shame Blaise is letting his beautiful little girlfriend wander alone with no one to keep her company." He smiled beginning to walk with her towards the lake. "I think I can handle myself Malfoy." She smiled looking up at him getting butterflies in her stomach. The two continued to talk until they reached the Black Lake. The continued to talk until it was almost time for curfew and Malfoy walked her back to the main hallway. He bid her goodnight as she headed for her common room. He stood watching her till she was out of sight before he headed to the dungeons to his.