Here is a little look at the boys. I love these boys so much it hurts. Hope you like it, I kept it kind of short.
Theo stood in his dorm that he shared with Zabini and Dean Thomas. He was looking at his reflection in the mirror. Zabini came up behind him. "I thought I was the vain one."
Theo rolled his eyes. "I just want to make sure this isn't horrible." He looked at his deep green long sleeved shirt and black trousers.
"You look good mate." Zabini took a look at himself. He pushed his sleeves up to his elbows. He looked himself up and down smiling until he got to his left arm. His chocolate covered skin was marred horribly by the dark mark. It would never go away. Zabini pushed his white sleeves down.
"I can't look at mine either," Theo commented.
Zabini shrugged. "I don't know what you mean mate." Theo just bit the inside of his cheek. He stuffed his hands into his pockets, balling his hands into fists. He thought then, how Bell was lucky. She didn't have a permanent reminder of the worst thing she had ever done, not that this war did not mark her in other ways.
They stepped out and went to the common room to meet up with Bell so they could all go to Hogsmeade together. Malfoy was reading with a book balanced on his knee on one of the leather chairs in the common room. A cup of tea hovered just above the arm rest and he took a sip every now and again.
"Where are you two off too?" Malfoy did not even look up from his book.
Theo sighed heavily through his nose. "Come on Malfoy, we are going to Hogsmeade. Come with us." Malfoy did look up at that.
"You want to step foot in that town again?"
Zabini ducked his head low, the big mouthed Slytherin had nothing to say. "Bell needs to go. We all need to go." Theo tried to calm his breathing, feeling a tightness in his chest. Bell had wanted to help with the rebuilding of the town, and Theo agreed to send money to some of the shop owners. They didn't know who was giving the money, they probably would not have accepted it if they knew it was from the Nott family.
Malfoy let out a loud sigh. "Come on mate," Zabini urged, still looking at the floor.
Malfoy closed his book and shooed away the tea cup. "Fine." Theo didn't notice but Zabini did when he finally took his eyes off the floor, Malfoy smiled. It was nothing big, but it was still there. The three of them had been friends since first year, yet he still felt far from Malfoy. Malfoy had always been cold and aloof. Though, most of the time he was loyal. It was always begrudgingly, or the image of begrudgingly, but he would always drop anything for his mates. Zabini respected that.
They shifted awkwardly for a moment before Campbell came down the stairs from the girl's dorms. She had pulled her hair up into a bun and some of her soft hair fell around her face. Her shirt was grey and cropped to show off a small sliver of her middle. Her shorts were black and flowy and looked a little short for Theo's liking, but it was her body. She had strapped on some black heeled boots. They clicked against the stone steps as she descended.
"Took you long enough Little Nott," Blaise joked, still not at his full height but with that wicked smile on his face.
Campbell scoffed. "You are going to lecture me about how long it takes to get ready?"
Blaise put his hand to his heart. "You wound me Little Nott."
She smiled at her friend. "Yeah, yeah, you'll get over it. You're a big strong boy." Joining the boys she smiled widely. Theo knew it was a real smile. "You joining us Malfoy?" She quirked an eyebrow in surprise.
He looked back at her with a bored face but a strange intensity in his grey eyes. "I wouldn't miss it."