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"Holy crap, Harry!" I yelled as I smacked him in the arm. He just kinda snorted. Stupid asshole.
"Easy to scare, I see." Was all he replied. The grin died down as I glared.
"What?" I snapped, a little pissed off he'd scared me like that. I may be over reacting but hey, somebody had too.
"Just wanted to ask if you were alright was all." He muttered as he stuck his hands into his pockets. I didn't answer for a second, watching him jump nervously from leg to leg. He wasn't looking me in the eyes, either.
"I'm fine. Just got a little weird." I replied slowly. I was still watching him shift back and forth. I had to make sure that I wasn't doing the same thing, little blossoms of heat started up in the pit of my stomach.
"Well I saw Ferret boy staring at you pretty hard. Just got worried when you rushed out of the room. Didn't eat much." He was just about mumbling so I leaned closer. He was suddenly watching me with very large eyes. His nervous shuffling had stopped finally. I raised a brow.
"What? You were mumbling." I raised both brows. He was just watching me now. It wasn't quite like Malfoy's stare, I was just watching him watch me...
"Ferret boy's a little rude, don't you think?" I jumped as did Harry. Second time today, goodness sake I need to get better at these things. I looked over to see Malfoy himself looking back at me with a bit of a smile. It was like he was trying to be friendly but had forgotten how to smile. Kinda adorable in a way.
"Better than Mudblood." Harry barked out causing Malfoy to look away from me to him. I was released again and began to try and covertly look around at his wand...his literal wand, Brain.
"Things have changed. Situation is different, Potter." He sighed, looking at Harry. Harry just rolled his eyes.
"Right. Sure it has." Harry spoke with a sarcastic tone, obviously not believing him. I couldn't blame him though I hadn't dealt with Malfoy, just heard of his adventures with them. Malfoy just shrugged, looking away from Harry...back to me.
"Off to herbology, Ara?"Malfoy was talking to me again, softly. It was rather odd to be fully addressed by him. I kinda liked the way he said it.
"I'm walking her there." Harry stated sounding just a little pissed off. I sighed at this. Kinda understand how Luna feels when I'm always the one in conflict and she gets to watch her sister yell fight me at someone.
"You've not got Herbology, Potter, and the bell is about to ring. You'll be late." Malfoy stated firmly, he looked down to me and I shrugged. Harry kinda let out a mixture of a frustration sound and a 'fine!' as he stomped off.
"You called me by my first name." I was the first to speak as we took the steps slowly.
"I saw you got mail this morning. Landed right on the plate." ...that was his response? He seriously was going to avoid that?
"Yup! Yes it did. It was Luna's." I responded gruffly as I clapped my hands together in front of me. I was trying to find something to distract me.
"Are you sure?" He sounded like he knew something I didn't know. It bugged me.
"Yeah. No way my dad would ever send me something that yellow." I said the word yellow with slight disdain, it looked bloody awful on me.
"...might not have been from your father then. Just someone who mistakenly thought you'd like a happy yellow thing." He said sounding a little pissed off as he stomped away and into the greenhouses. I raised a brow and sighed as I followed him in. Eventually we wouldn't have classes with moody Slytherins...maybe.
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"Ara?" I was heading out of Herbology, kinda missing Luna. She didn't take this class and elected to take it during fifth instead of first. Said something about magical creatures, I knew she was hoping to find some of the ones her and dad always talked about. Turning around I saw a Malfoy that looked to be almost...slow motion jogging? Like his hair was flowing in the breeze... Well! That sounded ridiculous.
"Can I walk with you?" He asked smoothly, already starting to walk with me apparently. I wonder what would happen if I just said 'no' and walked away. I shrugged.
"Malfoy?" I was about to ask if I could ask him a question, and I've just now realized how ridiculous that sounds.
"Draco." Was all he replied, suddenly silent. For some reason I'd always remembered him as being loud, obnoxious, and talkative. However, now he seemed quite reserved.
"Why?" I questioned, see I can talk in one word sentences too. Suck on that, time to watch him figure out whats happening.
"I feel we should be on a first names basis by now." Words just kinda flowed out of his mouth with it barely moving, they sounded pretty.
"Why?" I posed the question again, hoping for another answer.
"I heard you have a birthday coming up soon. " He had jumped off onto another subject.
"Yup." I sighed and looked around at the greenery. I could hear the crunch of gravel under my shoe as we went up the rock way, the smell of damp dirt and grass drifted up and down my face. It was autumn again.
"Malfoy, why are yo-" I started, fully turning towards him and stepping off the path. I wanted some answers. However he ended up just cutting me off.
"Draco." He corrected and I sighed, facepalming myself. I was getting no where with this guy. He was like a stone wall for answers.
"Draco, why are you here? We're not exactly BFF's." I started again, watching him walk a few steps then stop to look back at me.
"I think it'll make more sense later. " He supplied as I watched him stand completely still. I almost let out a growl as I stared at him, nearly stonefaced. All that gave him away was a small smile cropping up on the side of his left area. It was a smirk but a little more friendly still.
"That makes no sense." I stated a little miserable he was hiding whatever it was. If I knew more, I could have the upperhand and it seemed like he wasn't budging.
"I wish I could explain it but some things are better left alone." He nodded to himself and I sighed, walking past the box of puzzles.
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"Ara!" I turned around from the chest, Luna was calling out to me. I raised a brow and looked at her shuffling with bunny slippers. Our 'dormmates' were out or downstairs or just else where. Though even when it was night time, if I was around they didn't speak to us.
"The gift was for you. Its full of your gardening things and a few books. There was also some candy but I'm afraid I've eaten most of it." She explained as she knelt under her bed and pulled out the gift basket. It was wooden and nearly black, the paper covering it had been yellow but the ribbons were green. What an ugly colour, yellow. It didn't go with anything. So happy and...florescent. It was just so ugly.
I looked inside the basket to see a collapsible cauldron, some seeds, little floating pots, bubble baths soaps and fizzies. I shifted those out of the way to see peppermint hen eggs. Damn. She had eaten every bit of them. A black card was dropped in front of me, I looked up and smiled at Luna's looming face. She was adorable sometimes.
"I've been meaning to ask, honestly. Who is dragon?" She asked, sounding both curious and like her mouth was full. The name Dragon threw me. I thought back to the dream, it was so vivid and loud.
"Luna...are you eating those still?" I questioned, watching her chew then suddenly stop. She swallowed and grinned at me, shrugging.
"I don't know who he is. It must have gone to the wrong person." Was all I replied to her answer. I stood up, waving my wand and having the bag tie itself up again with the card landing perfectly on the top.
"But you know its a he?" She was poking around again. I narrowed my eyes and faced away from her.
"Dunno. Just assumed." Was all I responded as I shrugged. I was taking it down stairs to the house elves, hopefully they'd know where it was meant to be sent.
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A few weeks had passed, my dreams weren't about Dragon but...they weren't entirely about Ced either. I was starting to feel guilty for not having the raging nightmares and tears I'd been dealing with in the past few months. Infact the hole felt like it was near closing. It was almost that Sunday. Almost our birthdays. Umbridge had gone a little off the deep end. My favourite time being when she studied Professor Snape's class, the look he wore was a mixture of bad acid reflux and distaste. I felt a little of the same, I hadn't been feeling so hot for the past week or so.
Draco and I were apparently getting closer. At least according to Harry anyways, it seemed to him that we were almost too close.
"Hey, Ara...I uh..I wanted to ask you something." Harry wasn't sitting but he was standing. Right behind me. It was kindaaa weird for me, everyone was staring and chatting about him lying, as usual. I'd fight over Luna and as much as I liked Harry, it was hard to fight for him when he didn't really care if others believed him and his story. I did simply for Ced. I knew he wouldn't have died for him other wise.
"Yeah?" I raised a brow as I picked up a grape and bit down on the front end. Harry's eyes spanned over to Draco, he was suspicious and was still jumping nervously.
"What indeed, Potter?"Draco bit out, he had apparently taken to sitting with us. I wasn't sure why and Luna was always quiet in the mornings so I didn't bother to ask her. She didn't comment on it other than I seemed to have lucky ability to avoid the Nargles and their mischief.
"Malfoy." Harry addressed him gruffly, standing still now. I took another bite of grape, watching them interact. Sometimes other people talking were just as interesting as talking to them.
"I wanted to ask if you would come with me to Hogsmeade, f-for your birthday." Harry stood strong until he reasoned. I shrugged, no harm in it. I didn't think it would turn date material.
"Why not? See you after detention." I smiled as he let out a breath and turned back to the food. As he walked past I could smell the cologne, which felt weird but also a little awesome. I cansmell things now.
"Seriously?" He had gone silent for a tick and put his hand on my arm to get my attention.
"What?" I looked at him then looked back at Luna, she shrugged and went back to reading. Now he just looked irritated. My bad.
"Ugh. You'll see." He got up and stormed out. I just watched him go with raised brows.
"Is it just me or is he moody?" I looked back at Luna and she nodded.
"Maybe hes got some wrackspurts in his ears again. I know he had them quite often last year. " She supplied and went back to reading. I shrugged, maybe. Maybe not. He had changed a lot though.
