Chapter 8 - The Meeting

Caitlin spent the entire next day trying to think up something for Draco to do, but she kept drawing a blank. It wasn't till lunch till she got an idea. 'That's it!", she cried out mentally, "That's what he can do!"

She went through the halls the rest of the day with lighter footsteps, the weight of her heavy thinking off her shoulders. Soon the time that she had planned to meet Draco drew near, and she was practically skipping to the library.

She was sitting at a table, her books in front of her as she waited, deciding to do an essay that had been assigned to pass the time. At 6 exactly, Draco walked into the library and over to her. She smiled happily at him, closing her books to turn to him, "I have an idea, it's the only one I can come up with, but you might not like it."


Draco had been pacing outside the library for 10 minutes, he didn't want to show up too early and risk looking over egear, so just as 6 rolled around he walked into the library and made his way over to her.

She was surrounded by books and had ink on her hand as she wrote what appeared to be an essay, but even covered in ink, she was beautiful to him. When she put her books and essay away and smiled at him, his heart melted until he heard the words she said. He then froze, not knowing what was going to happen, but nodded to show he was listening.

She seemed to take a deep breath, "My idea is this, if you don't like it, I can try to think of something else, but I feel like this is a good idea. My idea is that for a month you pretend to date me, publicly. As I am a muggleborn, if you can convince the school that you care for me, it will be a huge step in the right direction."

Draco paled and blushed at the same time. She wanted to date him? Or, at least, pretend to do so? He'd be a fool to say no, and he wasn't planning on saying no, this was a chance of a lifetime. He could ditch the plan he and Blaise had made and instead use this to convince Caitlin of his changed ways and of his feelings, and maybe by the end of this month, they could be dating for real.

While Draco's thoughts were running a rampage, Caitlin was still talking, "Of course, you can tell your friends that it's pretend, as I will be telling my friends that. Is this plan ok for you?"

Draco snapped out of it and nodded, "Yes, it sounds like a good idea to me. So, should we meet in front of the Great Hall before breakfast tomorrow and walk in together to show the school that we are 'dating'?"

Caitlin nodded and smiled, "I'll meet you there."

(A/N: Short chapter, but it's just a filler to set up the next chapter. The next one will be longer.)