Spotted: Draco Malfoy snooping around the Gryffindor Common Room after midnight last night. I wonder who he was sneaking about to see? Maybe the Fat Lady has a story she'd like to tell. Stay tuned, you know you love me.

~ xoxo, Gossip Witch

Draco eyes grew wide as he stared at the piece of parchment in his hands. The small little planes appeared out of thin air and landed in front of everyone in the Great Hall. Balling the piece of parchment up in his hands, Draco shoved the ball deep into his pocket and cautiously looked around the room.

It wasn't apparent that people were staring at him, but he could feel their eyes on him. As he looked around the room, the only person who met his gaze was Granger. Of course it was Granger, he thought to himself. His only hope was that no one would catch them staring at each other. They didn't need any more questions to be raised about what was going on here.

"You're looking a little pale, Malfoy," Theo noted, patting Draco on the back as he sat down beside him at the table. "Everything okay?"

Draco nodded his head quickly as he turned to look at Theo with a smile on his face. "Everything is fine."

"So you aren't panicking about that Gossip Witch blast about you that is currently in the hands of every student on campus?" Blaise teased, pulling up a seat on the opposite side of the table. "What were you doing last night?"

Draco rolled his eyes and sighed in disgust as his eyes flitted between Blaise and Theo. They were his best friends, but he knew that they would never understand. Slytherins and Gryffindors aren't supposed to get along, so he had no reason to be in their common room after dark. Except for the one reason he was certain that was front and center on everyone's mind.

"So?" Theo insisted, nudging Draco with his fist.

Draco glanced at Theo out of the corner of his eye and shook his head, pushing himself away from the table. As he stood up, he gathered his things and stormed away, mumbling incoherently as he went. He ignored the voices of everyone calling after him as he walked out of the Great Hall.

"Why did it have to be me?" he groaned as he collapsed onto a bench in the main corridor. He carded a hand through his hair before reaching into his pocket. He extracted the ball of parchment and unfolded it, reading it over once more.

He thought back to his actions last night and couldn't for the life of him recall seeing anyone in the common room or corridors as he returned to his dorm. In fact, the only person, ghost, or creature he had seen last night was the Fat Lady and she was barely awake when he left. In fact, she didn't even acknowledge him as he was leaving.

When he was leaving last night, Draco could have sworn he was in the clear, but now he was going to have to deal with everyone questioning his every move - at least until the next Gossip Witch blast came out, which he found himself hoping was going to be very soon.

"Draco?" a soft voice called, pulling him out of his thoughts. Draco lifted his head to see a smiling face looking down at him. "Do you want to go somewhere and talk?"

"Are you sure you want to be seen with me? You might end up in the next Gossip Witch blast," Draco replied, raising a brow as he stood from the bench.

"You're just walking me to class," his visitor replied. "What kind of gossip is that for her to report?"

A smirk pulled at the corner of Draco's lips as he nodded his head. "I like the way you think."

~ xoxo, Gossip Witch ~

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