Chapter 2

I jumped out of my seat at the sound of the compartment door smashing open.

"Lana!"

Breathed a very relieved Draco Malfoy.

"Draco" I said with a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?" he asked, pulling me into a hug.

I nodded my head, trying my hardest not to reveal how terrified the dementor had made me feel.

Draco looked into my eyes, "I'm sorry I shouldn't have left you on your own" he said sincerely.

"Its fine" I tried, attempting to avoid the subject of me being a loner. "Why are you here anyway?"

"I came to look for you..." he said.

"Since when have you cared about my whereabouts?" I asked harshly.

Draco looked dumbfounded, "I…" then angrily he replied "Whatever Lana, no wonder you have no friends" and with that he stormed out of the compartment.

As the compartment door slammed shut before me, I couldn't help but feel guilty for snapping like that towards Draco, after all, he had come looking for me. But his presence made no sense; he'd always kept his and my lives separate at Hogwarts. His sudden appearance into my school life had been a shock and a mystery to me.

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It didn't take much time at all for school routine to become familiar again, I was sitting in potions, scribbling in my sketchbook whilst Professor Snape was up the front assigning everyone to a potions partner.

I tore my eyes away from my current sketch to listen for my name;

"Reeves, Lana and Potter, Harry" called Snape.

I looked over to my new potions partner, who was a tall boy with dark, messy hair and black rimmed glasses, hiding behind them a lightening bolt shaped scar.

Then Professor Snape called again, "These partner's I have assigned to you today will be your potions partners for the rest of the year", the class groaned in response.

I looked over to Draco, who was wearing a less than satisfied expression as he had been paired with Pansy Parkinson, who wasn't shy about showing the fact that she had a huge crush on 'the hottest guy in Slytherin'. Draco caught my stare and shot a glare at Harry as he took the seat beside me.

"Hey, I'm Harry" he said as he sat beside me.

"Lana" I replied, holding out my hand. He took my hand with a smile then noticed my sketchbook lying open on the desk.

"What's that?" he asked motioning to it.

"Oh, nothing just some scribbles" I said as I hurriedly closed the book.

"They look really good" he said.

"Thanks" I replied, trying my hardest not to blush.

"GET OFF ME!" screamed Draco catching the attention of the class. Pansy could be seen drawing back from Draco, obviously having been denied a kiss from Draco. Snape looked over to the two with a smirk and ordered the class to continue with the work, not paying the two anymore attention despite Draco's attempts to be assigned a new partner.