Chapter 4
"Back at Hogwarts"
You got inside my head
I tried my best to be guarded but i'm an open book instead
and I still see ur reflection inside my eyes
they're looking for purpose, they're still lookin' for life
Draco had been allowed to resit his 7th year at Hogwarts after the Second War. Snape was the headmaster now and he had always liked Malfoy...so, this was no surprise.
After his graduation was the traditional prom.
One week before the prom
Astoria had just finished her 6th year at Hogwarts; finally, she had just one year left. She walked around at school and searched for her best friend Amelia when a guy stepped into her way.
Astoria raised an eyebrow. "What?" She didn't know the guy.
"I – I'm Ricky", said the guy. Astoria stared onto his Ravenclaw school uniform. "Do you want to go to the prom with me?"
Before Astoria was able to put him down, she felt someone behind her placing his hand on her hip and she heard a familiar voice saying: "She already has a prom date."
Astoria turned around and faced Draco Malfoy. "I do?"
She didn't even recognize that the Ravenclaw guy disappeared because Draco kissed her; forceful and passionate. "You do", he said then and left.
Astoria stood at the place where he had left her for a while. She would've never expected Draco Malfoy to be her prom date. Wow. The Slytherin Prince had just asked her out...
They had never been exclusive so she had already tried to accept that he would never ask her to go to the prom with him and that she'd be alone in her dorm room that night, wishing she were with him.
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Draco walked back to the Slytherin common room. Asking Astoria out for the prom hadn't been a big deal for him because he and Pansy Parkinson had broken up two years ago and he needed someone to accompany him. He didn't like prom's, but it kinda was a duty to go there. And Astoria...she was really pretty and he knew that she would never resist him. Never.
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"Amelia!", screamed Astoria when she found her best friend and ran towards her. "You won't believe what happened..."
"What?", asked her best friend who was sitting on the grounds.
"Draco freaking Malfoy just asked me out to the prom."
"No way?", screamed Amelia. "Seriously?"
Astoria grinned. Proud. "Yeah!"
"Wow", laughed Amelia. "Congratulations!...cigarette?"
"Yeah." Astoria took it and lightened it. "What about you, any news?"
Amelia groaned. "No. Looks like I'll have to go with Blaise Zabini."
"He asked you weeks ago, didn't he?"
"Yeah..."
"What's wrong? He's hot!", grinned Astoria.
Amelia shrugged. "Yeah, he's okay."
They remained silent for a while and smoked their cigarettes.
"I...how many times did you sweat that you won't fall for Malfoy again?", asked Amelia then.
Astoria rolled her eyes. "I know. But I feel like this time, it's different. Or...you know what? I don't care! I don't care that he's cold and arrogant and...it's the freakin' prom! I'll go with him."
Amelia laughed. "Don't complain afterwards."
"I won't", smiled Astoria.
"He broke your heart more than once. He just uses you! I don't want you to get hurt. Again."
"Come on", laughed Astoria. "He's hot!"
Now, Amelia rolled her eyes.
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Prom Night
Draco couldn't help it – he smiled when Astoria came downstairs from the girl's dorm rooms to the Slytherin common room where he had been waiting.
She looked gorgeous. She was wearing a tight-fitting, black and green dress which went up to the middle of her thighs and fatal black high-heels. Obviously, she had straightened her normally curly hair, which looked very good. Furthermore, she was wearing silver jewelry.
"You look fuckin' hot", he whispered when she joined him. "Let's go."
All eyes were on them when Draco and Astoria entered the Great Hall; obviously, they were the most beautiful couple.
Astoria tried not to pay attention to the jealous girls who kept looking at her. She smiled because she was the one the Slytherin Prince had chosen - at least for tonight.
They had to join the first dance. Duty. Draco didn't like dancing, at all; so he used it to come closer to the pretty girl he had come with. Astoria blushed when he pulled her closer and whispered lots of dirty things and told her what he was going to do to her later...
After half an hour, they left the Great Hall. Draco pushed her into an empty class room and against the nearest table. Astoria enjoyed his hands all over her body, the desire in his eyes, his forceful actions and the passionate kisses...
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When they entered the Great Hall again, Draco left to talk to Crabbe & Goyle and Astoria joined Amelia and Blaise.
After Amelia had given Blaise a meaningful look, he left to join Draco and his friends.
"Let's go outside", said Astoria. "I need one."
After they had escaped from the school building and had hidden in a corner to smoke, Amelia laughed. "You just had sex, didn't you?"
"How did you get that?"
Amelia tilted her head. "I can see it in your eyes, baby. And you've got sex hair."
Astoria laughed. "Yeah, well."
"And?", asked her best friend. "How was it?"
"Mind-blowing", grinned Astoria.
Before she could say anything else, she heard a cold voice behind her. "Enjoying the cigarettes?"
They both turned around and faced Professor Snape.
"Err...yeah, actually...", stared Astoria.
Snape interrupted her. "Detention. The both of you. Tomorrow. Eight O'Clock. My Office."
Amelia rolled her eyes after he had left. "Great."
They started laughing. "Let's go back in", said Astoria then.
When they came back into the Great Hall and joined the Slytherin boys, Draco didn't pay any attention to Astoria; he didn't even look at her.
I'm falling apart
I'm barely breathing
with a broken heart
that's still beating
"Let's go have a drink", said Amelia and pulled her best friend with her.
"I shouldn't have expected anything else", said Astoria with tears in her eyes and drank her firewhisky with one shot.
Amelia looked at her. "I don't wanna say I told you...but I did."
"That's not helping", snapped Astoria.
"Sorry." Amelia sighted. "So? What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to get drunk", said Astoria and grabbed another two firewhiskys. "What else shall I do."
After a while, Astoria said: "You don't need to sit here with me. I'm pathetic and I don't want to ruin your evening...you can go to Blaise, if you..."
"Are you kidding me?", said Amelia. "Yes, you're pathetic. But I'm gonna get drunk with you; so drunk that you'll forget the asshole. And you know that I've never been that interested in Blaise."
Astoria smiled. "Okay, then. Do you think they would mind if we took the whole bottle?"
"Seriously?", laughed Amelia. "Yes. But who cares?"
Short-time later, they were sitting at the sea; with a bottle of Firewhisky, which wasn't that full anymore, and a package of cigarettes.
They had recognized that everything is way more fun when you're drunk; but this evening, it was extreme.
They were laughing about a bush when Draco Malfoy joined them.
"Here you are", he said and sat down next to Astoria. "I missed you", he whispered.
"Seriously?", screamed a very drunk Amelia. "Stop touching her, you're not good enough for her! I won't let you hurt her again!"
Astoria looked at her. She's right. But while she looked at her best friend, she felt Draco's breath against her neck before he left a hickie.
in the pain is the healing
in your name I find meaning
so I'm holding on
I'm holding on
I'm barely holding on to you
"It's okay", said Astoria to Amelia. "I'm okay."
"You can't be serious? Do...do you want him to hurt you again? Because he will!"
"Stop it", hissed Draco.
"I'm sorry", said Astoria. "Amelia, I..."
"I can't believe you're doing this. Again!", said Amelia, got up and headed towards the castle.
"What's wrong with her?", said Draco with an arrogant grin.
"She's right", hissed Astoria. "I shouldn't -"
"Shht", made Draco and kissed her.
Astoria hated herself for this but she couldn't resist him. She opened her mouth to let him slide his tongue around hers, didn't complain when he came on top of her...enjoyed every single touch.
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It was four in the morning when Astoria entered her dorm room. She felt freaking guilty when she looked at Amelia who was already asleep...she had just tried to protect her.
Astoria grabbed her sleeping clothes and went downstairs again to take a shower.
I'm hanging on to another day
just to see what you'll throw my way..
and I'm hanging on to the words you say
you said that I will
I'll be okay
When Astoria woke up the next morning (it was a Saturday), the dorm room was empty. Crap. She needed to talk to Amelia.
She went downstairs, still dressed in a hotpants and a tanktop, and found her best friend sitting in the common room.
"Hey", said Astoria and let herself fall onto the couch next to her.
"Hi", replied Amelia cool.
"Listen", started Astoria. "I don't want it to be awkward between us because I made some mistakes with a guy. I know that you just wanted to protect me, and I know that you're right! I should'nt have done this, but hell, I couldn't help it, I can't freakin' resist him! It's – it's like I'm addicted or something, you know, I don't know what this is."
"I can't believe you're doing this", said Amelia. "I mean, seriously!"
Astoria sighted. "I know."
"Dude, you're such a freak", laughed Amelia.
"Screw you", laughed Astoria. "You're not better than me, you freak."
"Wanna go downstairs and have breakfast?", asked Amelia, still smiling.
"Do you wanna kill me?", replied Astoria. "I'm fuckin' nauseous. But I've still got the firewhisky upstairs."
Broken lights on the freeway
Left me here alone
I may have lost my way now
haven't forgotten my way home
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Astoria woke up from her dream. At first, she didn't realize where she was; certainly not at Hogwarts where she had been in her dream. She sighted. She hadn't thought about Draco's prom night for ages but in her dream, it had been so real...
She wanted to go back. She wanted her best friend back...
Then her left arm started burning like hell.
The Dark Mark.
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A/N: Did you like this chapter? Yes? Then check out my 2nd story, "Lonely", which is about Draco & Astoria at Hogwarts ;)