CHAPTER ELEVEN: Busted
Mystyk and Harry parted at the first landing as always after their usual evening rendezvous. Mystyk quietly snuck back to Slytherin House dormitory while Harry went on to sneak back into his Gryffindor House dormitory.
She was almost near the large portrait hole when a flash of white materialized from the dark, causing Mystyk to have a heart attack. Thankfully she quickly recognized who it was and gave a feint smile, clutching her hand to her chest to stop her heart from pounding rapidly against her ribcage.
"Oh Draco, it's only you. What are you doing skulking in the dark?"
"Waiting for you, what else?" he snarled.
"W-waiting for me?" Mystyk stammered.
"Yeah. I know you and Potter have a date every night. I'm surprised no one has caught you two yet."
Mystyk's breath got caught in her throat.
"Y-you're not going to tell me on, are you?" she's more scared for Harry than for herself. From what Harry told her of his hi-jinx at Hogwarts since he started, she knew he's walking a mighty thin line right now, especially since Professor Snape holds some sort of grudge against him.
"And give me a good reason why I shouldn't." Draco challenged.
"Because if you were in my shoes you would feel the urge to sneak out at night too."
"No way!" he denied profusely.
Too late. Mystyk already read his thoughts before he spoke. He too is screaming to become as carefree like Harry and herself, but he has a reputation to uphold.
"Why do you have to live up to what people expects of you?" she asked without bothering to think twice of what she was saying. "Draco, you're not really...I mean, I can sense that you're not at all that bad inside. Why not try to be friendly to others instead of acting inferior towards them?"
"You don't know what you're talking about." he snapped irately and turned her back to her, walking ahead of her back to their dormitory.
Mystyk tried to follow say something else before he was a few feet away from her, but she decided at the very last minute to keep her mouth shut. She obviously touched a very raw nerve somewhere and it's enough right now. She continued walking after Draco, oblivious of being watched by someone more inferior than Draco Malfoy.
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~*~ sorry for another short chappie. i am running out of ideas for this chappie, but i think i opened up another secret...well, as far as my productive mind's concerned i am thinking of writing a sequel to this...hehehe--yeah, and i am not even close to finishing THIS fic yet...hehehe, oh well, as always i look forward to read all your reviews of the story so far... ~*~