Grey Gaze

*Chapter Four*

by Ashley (Hype)



Lavender and Draco abruptly stopped kissing and turned to see who had interrupted them....

I turned my head to see who interrupted us. There stood poor Seamus Finnigan, tears forming in his bright blue eyes.

"So it`s true," he began, his voice cracking. "You and Malfoy really are together. God, Lav, I thought you would at least pick someone better than the Slytherin`s pretty boy over me..."

Draco`s eyes flashed dangerously at the Irish boy. He wrapped his arms tighter around my waist, pulling me closer to him. Then, in a low voice, he said something that made me want to slap him. "I always get the girl, Finnigan. Miss Lavender Brown is no exception."

Seamus gave Draco the finger and quickly looked at me and whispered, "How could you, Lav?" before he tore from the library. I nearly cried. I looked sharply at Draco and slapped him. "How could you?" I snapped at him. "He`s so sweet! He`s my friend, Draco!"

"Feisty, aren`t we?"

"Answer me!" I demanded, pounding my fist on his chest. "Or I won`t go to the damn ball with you!"

He sighed. "Haven`t you noticed, Lavender, that I always do that?"

His grey gaze was almost to much for me to handle. His eyes were sad and forlorn as he looked upon my eyes, almost searching for an answer. It was true; he always did mean things. "Why do you do that?" I asked him in a sad tone of voice.

He closed his eyes and leaned his head back a bit. "I don`t know. I suppose I take after my father.."

"You don`t have to."

He brought his head back and rested his forehead against mine. "It is expected of me. It`s a habit; a terrible one, I know."

"Draco, I don`t want you to do that anymore. Not to anyone- especially Gryffindors. I`m not asking you to be nice to us. Just ignore us."

"How could I ignore you?" he asked, a devilish smile crossing his lips.

"Just be like the rest of my many admirers," I grinned back. Picking up my beloved purse on the table next to us and left Draco Malfoy gawking after me as I strode out of the library.



I couldn`t believe it. I was actually smiling in Potions. Draco was being nice to Hermione, his assigned partner. I looked over my shoulder at them. It seemed as though she couldn`t believe it either. Her eyes grew particularly wide when Draco offered to cut the cloves for the potion for her. His face was still grim, but at least he was making an effort. I smiled wider to the point that my cheeks hurt. Perhaps that little talk in the library last night did him some good.

I turned back around and began to cut my own cloves. I sighed. Crabbe wasn`t much help. Oh well. I looked across the room to see Seamus staring blankly at me. He blushed when he realized I was returning his gaze. I mouthed 'I`m sorry' at him. His gazed quickly shifted back at the cloves he was cutting. I really was sorry.

Draco gave me another surprise later in the evening. We were in the Great Hall sitting down to eat our dinner. The hall fell silent and I looked up from my plate of food. There was Draco Malfoy, casually walking towards the Gryffindor table with his plate in hand. I nearly fainted when he sat next to me. As a matter of fact, several people did faint- most of them being Slytherins and Gryffindors. Pansy Parkinson even screamed before she fainted. Her head fell in her soup, splattering it across the table and a few people near her.

He put his long and muscular arm around me and started to eat his dinner. I was sure that my face matched the color of the scarlet table cloth perfectly- at least I matched. Parvati was giggling and grinning so madly that she couldn`t eat her food. It was a very silent dinner. Only the clicks of the utensils could be heard echoing across the Great Hall. Nearly all eyes were on us and most people had abandoned their plates of food.

Draco, however, calmly continued eating. His cheeks weren`t even flushed. How can he do that? I wondered, looking at him as he began to cut into his steak. How can he just sit there as if he does this sort of thing everyday? Like it`s nothing?

I looked back down at the food in front of me. It suddenly didn`t seem as inviting as it had been minutes before. I pushed the plate away from me and looked hopelessly at Parvati. She just grinned back and winked.

I looked miserably down the long table that the Gryffindors always sat at. They were all staring at me. All save Seamus who was quietly eating, his blue eyes never leaving his plate. George Weasely looked particularly shocked. His eyes were wide open and his mouth hung, making the shape of a large "O". Fred looked rather amused. He drew out his wand and shot something in my direction. It was a note that landed in my lap. I opened it.

My favorite blond,

Why didn`t you tell me? You sly little devil, sneaking around with the devil child. No hard feelings though. I have something very important to tell you. Meet me in the common rooms at midnight. Make sure no one follows you.

Your favorite Weasely



I raised and eyebrow and looked up from the note to where Fred was. He wasn`t there. Just George, still the same shocked expression on his face. I shoved the note deep in my leather purse, hoping Draco hadn`t noticed. He hadn`t. He lazily started on his green beans, same calm face he had kept throughout dinner.

I shifted in my chair, taking his arm off of my shoulders. He looked up at me with those penetrating grey eyes, waiting expectantly for my excuse. "Er.. Draco, I need to go powder my nose with Parvati. At the mention of her name, Parvati spilled her pumpkin juice across the red table cloth, giggling madly. Draco looked strangely at her, then back down at his food and began eating again.

Parvati jumped up from her seat and followed me out of the Great Hall; all eyes were on us until we had left them completely. Parvati nearly burst with words as we rounded the corner that lead to the girls` bathroom. "What was that about?! Have you two gotten closer than I think you have?!" she said excitedly. "I want all the details!"

I blushed. "There`s really no details... We kissed...."

"YOU KISSED?!"

"Mmm hmm..."

"French?"

"Yup. In the library. Seamus caught us."

"Oh, no!"

"And that nasty Cho Chang spied on us!"

"NO WAY!"

"Way. She saw everything."

"I always knew that bitch was up to no good!"

I nodded and began to reapply my mango- flavored lipstick. We were now in the bathroom alone. I fetched to note Fred had given me from my purse and handed it to her. She read it. "Devil child, eh? I like that," she laughed. "What`s this all about?"

"I don`t know. C` mon, lets go to the common room." She nodded and followed.

Since the Great Hall had just let out, the Gryffindor common room was buzzing with conversations. Unfortunately, they all seemed to be about Draco "crossing the boarder line" and what happened at dinner. The chatter of people seemed to come to a dead halt when I stepped through the portrait hole. It didn`t last long, though. The silence was almost instantly replaced with whispers. I sighed and started up the steps to the girls` dormitory. There I would wait until midnight came.



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