Chapter 11. A new feeling
It's been a few weeks since the peace was settled between Draco and Ravenna. Christmas was coming soon and school was so lively. Ravenna and Draco had so much fun. They spent evenings by the fire, drinking hot cocoa and talking about their plans for the holidays and the presents. On weekends they had tea and wrote letters home together. Draco wrote letters to his mother, left all alone after Lucius was caught and sent to Azkaban, and Ravenna – to the muggles, who raised her and who she called parents. Draco changed a lot. He didn't hate muggles anymore and he stopped calling Hermione mud-blood. Now they learned to get along. Also Draco was being nice to Harry and Ron. They just couldn't believe it. Everybody was shocked that a Slytherin and Griffs were spending so much time together. They spent their free time by the lake or visiting Hagrid, who was still sad of Dumbledore's death. It was so hard to believe that the same boy, who hated Hagrid so much and called him overgrown monster, cheered him up and tried to help him get better. Everybody was amazed by how much Draco had changed. And Draco himself, felt very happy now. He finally had friends and maybe even more. He gazed at Ravenna hoping she wouldn't notice. But she did. Ravenna took her eyes of her bucked-sized teacup and their eyes met. She smiled at him and turned away to talk to Hagrid. Draco couldn't take his eyes away from her. She was so beautiful, so good and loving. He couldn't believe how happy he was that she was back in his life. Since then he had changed a lot. He became a better person and blood wasn't the most important thing to him anymore. He became friendlier, more understanding and polite. He learned to keep his mouth shut and don't argue without a need. She was his teacher, his friend, his life. He kept wondering what was that soft feeling inside him, that made his stomach jump every time he saw her, that gave butterflies in his stomach every time he touched her, that made his heart pound harder every time he was with her. He didn't know. It was a new feeling for him and he never felt it before. He thought he loved Pansy, but now he understood it was so little that he felt to her comparing it to what he felt to Ravenna. After long thoughts he suddenly understood what this brand new feeling, that made him so happy and that changed him so much, was. It was love. He fell in love with Ravenna. Suddenly he felt very happy. Even if she doesn't love him back he finally found it. He finally knows what it means to love and care for somebody. It was something his mother never had. He kept wondering what was it like and now he knows. He's in love!
