She saw him and burst into tears again, Draco looked on helplessly at the mess he'd made.
"Pansy…" she turned slowly to face him; her friend looked between them with a mixture of concerned faces and disapproving ones. She looked Draco in the eyes properly for the first time since they had broken up. "Look, I'm really sorry ok?" he really meant it and just like it had when they broke up, they were attracting a crowd already, he glanced around to see Harry near the back.
"I'm sorry, I shouted at you and I feel so horrible, honestly, so could we just, y'know, go back to being friends…" he tilted his head slightly, waiting as patiently as he could for her answer because he couldn't go any longer with everyone glaring at him. He was used to people disliking him but not so openly at least now he knew how they all felt. He risked a glimpse back in Harry's direction he was nodding slowly. Draco suppressed a grin and shot his head quickly back to Pansy who was sniffling.
"Draco, you were horrible…" she stated, a few head stirred in agreement, had he really been that bad? Draco didn't question it but felt very hurt by what she had said; it had stung more than he would have thought. Even if she was the most annoying, self-centred girl in the entire school, he still liked her as a friend. Nothing as far as he could see would ever really change that, they had known each other for years now and there were some things you can't go through without being friends and that sort of devotion was one of those things.
"I think we should be friends…" she smiled feebly at him, completely ignoring the looks of absolute outrage on some of the onlooker's faces. The fact that she had accepted him apology meant so much to him, he didn't know that he had cared about her so much. Before, he thought she was just an obnoxious, mousy haired girl who insisted on following him around everywhere, but now they had firmly and properly established a friendship. Seeing as Draco had never had too many friends, this felt very, very good and he was glad that it was Pansy.
He smiled back at her, warmly and genuine, pansy let out a small sniff then was caught by surprise at an embrace. Draco had stepped up and wrapped his arms around her for the first time acknowledging that they were not complete strangers. Pansy, of course, started crying again but still hugged him back which really felt good for reasons that Draco can't quite understand.
The spectators broke into a small applause and slowly dispersed, some congratulated them on becoming friends and other cast them judging looks, shaking their heads. Most people had returned to their previous affairs and pansy had resumed a slightly more cheerful conversation with her friends who were smiling at her as encouragement, even if it was reluctantly…
Harry stood by a door to the broom closet; Draco caught his eye and grinned. A subtle movement of his head and he had disappeared through the old wooden door that was almost invisible if you hadn't known that it was there. Draco followed slowly then closed the door behind him, shutting him in with Harry Potter in the darkness.
All of a sudden he felt warm lips pressed against his own lightly but always making him want more. Outside the door was like a whole other world, they were here, together, in the darkness and it could barely be more perfect.
"I'm so proud of you." Whispered the rich voice of the dark haired boy from the dimness, Draco could feel his warm breath of his face as their foreheads leaned gently against each other, Harry laughed softly and backed away towards the door. Draco wanted him to stay more than anything but he knew that they couldn't, for a start, what would everyone else think? The light bled quickly through the gap in the old wood and before either of them could even say goodbye, Harry was gone, mixed perfectly among the crowd headed to their next lesson on the beautiful sunny day. Draco stepped out from the closet smiling like a Cheshire cat, shook his head in a slight disbelief and weaved through the crowd towards the awaiting class.