I sat in the Potions classroom, waiting patiently for Mystaya to show up for our study session. I checked my watch, it was five minutes to seven. I hoped she would hurry up. While I waited, I thought about talking to her by the lake in the afternoon. She was so easy to talk to and to be around.
The classroom door opened and Mystaya walked in with her brown hair pulled back from her face in a ponytail.
'Gosh, she's pretty,' I thought to myself.
"Hi, Draco, thanks again for helping me with my potions work," Mystaya said, sitting next to me.
"You're welcome, Mystaya," I said. I meant it, too. I was happy to help her. It was strange, I'd dated Pansy and Millicent, but neither of then ever made me feel this way.
"Call me Misty, Draco," she said.
"Ok, Misty, lets get to work."
For the next couple of hours, I showed Misty a few of the potions, I'd noticed she'd had trouble on in class. Misty concentrated on what I was saying as I explained one of the more complex potions. As we worked, hair from Misty's ponytail began to work loose and hang around her face. I couldn't keep my eyes off her. She caught me staring at her a few times.
Misty looked up and caught me staring at her again.
"What are you staring at?"She asked.
"You," I answered with a smile.
"Why're you staring at me?" Misty asked.
"Because you're beautiful, Misty. I've thought you were beautiful since the first day of term." I blurted out.
"I'm flattered, Draco," She said, slowly. 'I am such a fool!' I moaned to myself. Misty smiled, "I've liked you since the frist day too," she confessed.
I kissed her gently. I couldn't help it, she was so pretty, sitting there after just telling me that she liked me that I had to kiss her. I pulled back with a smile. She leaned in and kissed me back, just as gently.
I was surprised, "What about Harry?" I asked, "He won't like us seeing each other."
"He'll get over it," She said, kissing me again.
"The Weasley's and Granger won't like it either," I cautioned. I liked her and I didn't want her to lose her friends over me.
"So, neither will Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy or Blaise," she said, naming a few of my friends.
"I don't give a fuck what they think," I told her, "I love you."
"I love you too," Misty said.
"Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me for the first weekend?" I asked.
"Sure," she answered. We talked and laughed together for a few minutes and then the classroom door opened and Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny walked in. They looked surprised to see us laughing together.
Harry's eyes darkened with anger when he saw me put a hand on Misty's thigh.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Malfoy?" He yelled pointing his wand at me.
Misty jumped up, placing herself between Harry's wand and me. She knew Harry wouldn't hex her like he would me.
"Put your damn wand away, Harry James Potter!" She yelled, "Draco wasn't doing anything wrong, he loves me!"
Harry's jaw dropped and I could almost hear the thoughts running through his mind. He watched as I stood up and put my hand on Misty's shoulder.
"Calm down, love, Harry's just trying to protect you," I said.
Harry put the wand away when he realised that Misty wasn't about to back down.
"Fine, I'll back off, but I swear to Merlin, Malfoy, if you hurt her, I'll kill you," Harry said to me. Ron nodded his agreement.
In the following two weeks, most of the school got used to seeing the blonde Slytherin Seeker and the brunette Gryffindor Chaser walking hand-in-hand around Hogwarts. Misty'd been right though, my friends didn't like her and didn't speak to me outside of the Slytherin common room.
Her friends, however, accepted our relationship and the six of us often sat together by the lake, talking. Harry and Ginny had started going out shortly after Misty and I, as had Ron and Hermione.