First I want to say Thank You for the Birthday wishes! You guys are too kind! Second I want to say sorry sorry sorry sorry times a million! My job sucks and I have little to no free time. But I needed to give you guys something so here is Chapter 10...i'm sorry if its terrible :x

Chapter Ten

After that fiasco of a breakfast, the day went by very slowly. It seemed like everyone could tell he was in a bad mood and they decided that their life would be better off if they didn't interrupt whatever thoughts were going on in his head. That is until History of Magic when Harry felt someone sit down in the chair beside him.

"I was ecstatic that I got to catch this morning's show, what was the weasel mad about this time?"

Harry brought his head up from the desk to glare at Malfoy.

"Just because we called a truce does not mean you can go around calling my friends name!" By the end of his sentence his voice was nearly at a shout and he looked down to collect himself. He didn't even know why he was so angry, it's not as if it was a new nickname and it really had nothing to do with him…this day just needed to be over.

"Lesson number one Potter, never let anyone see your emotions; you're like an open book."

"I know how to guard my emotions." Harry replied sharply.

"Sometimes you do, but if someone is looking long enough they can understand everything that you are thinking. For instance, when you are confused about something your head tilts slightly to the left and your eyebrows scrunch together and your mouth forms a straight line and your jaw muscles tick when you are upset but not angry. Angry, of course, is the glare you are shooting me now and the clenching of the fists."

Harry was loathe to admit that he was indeed clenching his fists and as his thought process continued he felt his face form the look of confusion that Malfoy had so observantly told him about. He instantly corrected it.

"How do you know all of that?"

"You know…know your enemies and all that rot" Malfoy replied.

Harry knew that Malfoy was trying to sound aloof but he couldn't help but notice a very small tinge of pink on his cheeks. Well that's something to investigate.

"And how well do you think you know me? Hmm?"

Harry saw Malfoy lift his head to look at him with a smirk on his face.

"Oh I think I know you well enough" Draco shifted closer to Harry to, presumably, not interrupt the class but Harry couldn't help but notice the shrinking distance between them. With Malfoy being this close, it was hard for Harry to not notice the other boy's looks. He really was the best looking guy in school and this flirting was making him more desirable.

"So what else do you think you know about me?"

Draco scooted even more close and tilted his head so that the soft light of the classroom caught in his gray eyes and Harry had to stifle a gasp. Malfoy's lips were right by his ear and Harry had to wonder how no one in the class noticed what was going on.

"I know that you don't know lesson two, never let someone know you are interested in them before you know for certain that they are interested in you."

Before Harry could respond, the bell rang and Malfoy was already across the room leaving out of the door.

When the day had finally ended, Harry couldn't have been happier. After the fiasco of a breakfast with Ron and then his complicated feelings for Malfoy, Harry definitely needed a break; too bad for him that just when he was crossing the entrance hall to enter the dungeons when Snape appeared out of nowhere blocking his path forward.

"I expect you to meet me in the Forbidden Forest at eight. You will think twice about being late."

And with that, Snape turned away quickly and headed to the stairs leading to the higher levels of the school. I've got to learn how to make an exit like that. As Harry was pondering the speed to turn ratio of getting your cloak to billow behind him, he didn't hear anyone behind him until they spoke.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Harry looked in the direction the voice came from and was startled to see Malfoy leaning casually against the wall. He had no idea how long Malfoy had been standing there or how on earth he found the one spot in the dungeons that had just the right amount of light to make his hair shimmer.

"Oh just thinking about Snape."

Malfoy raised an eyebrow and Harry hurried on to explain further "No! I was just thinking about the way he walks…I mean his cloak…"

Malfoy strode over to where Harry was standing and said "Well well well….looks like you have a crush on two Slytherins…I didn't know we were your type Mr. Potter."

"I don't know what you are talking about. I don't have a crush on ANY Slytherin, let alone Professor Snape!"

"And the other Slytherin? Do you have a crush on them?" Malfoy replied

"Well as I learned today, I'm not supposed to let on that I'm interested in someone until I know that they are interested in me."

And before Malfoy had a chance to respond Harry continued down the hallway, for once walking away before Malfoy had the chance to do it first.

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