Chapter Nine
Malfoy Moves In
Kerry walked with me down from breakfast to the dungeons.
"Elixa, can't you see what's going on?" She exclaimed.
"What? That Malfoy has suddenly realised I've got a brain and is taking interest in it?" Kerry was jumping around me, waving her arms in a manner I'd rarely seen.
"Isn't it obvious?" She squeaked.
"What?" I asked, stopping to let her say.
"Malfoy fancies you!" I laughed.
"Yeah right, as if he's going to fancy someone who's older than him, and has insulted him on many occasions."
"He does! I was waiting for you last night, and he stayed to talk to me. He was asking questions about you."
"Questions? What sort of questions?" I asked much more seriously.
"Like which Quidditch team you support and stuff like that." I knew Malfoy had bought his way onto the house team as a seeker the other year, but that was more or less it.
"Well we'll just have to see, won't we?" I told Kerry.
I realised after a couple of lessons, that Malfoy must have found out my timetable. I saw him each time I changed lesson. At break everyone met up in the courtyard. Kerry had been particularly friendly in the past few days, it surprised me slightly, but I appreciated the new stronger friendship she was showing. We stood against one of the stone pillars.
"Did you tell Malfoy my lesson timetable?" I asked Kerry. She looked round after swallowing a chocolate frog.
"He didn't have to ask. When you and Snape left the other night, you left it on the table for everyone to see." I remembered the lenimentus audio potion and drew it out of my robes.
"What's that?" Kerry asked.
"Extra potions work." The emerald liquid had turned slightly purple and when I held it up to Kerry and asked her to shout at it, I saw it turn so darker purple it was almost black. I made a mental note and returned it to my robes.
"Elixa, look, its Malfoy." Kerry pointed Draco out. He was walking alone towards us, which was unusual.
"I'll give you two some space to talk." Before I could stop her, Kerry had walked away towards her old gang.
"Morning Elixa." Draco greeted.
"Morning. I haven't thought of anything yet, I'll tell you if I
do." Malfoy smiled.
"That's fine. I wondered if you were going to watch the Quidditch match this weekend?" I blushed slightly, which annoyed me.
"Who's it between?" I asked, trying to redeem myself.
"Gryffindor and Ravenclaw."
"Oh, I thought you'd be playing?" Malfoy gave a slight smile.
"Unless you wanted to sit with Crabbe and Goyle, I wouldn't ask you…" I felt he wanted to add 'yet' onto the end of that sentence.
"I hadn't thought of it. If I can, I will. I'll probably know by tomorrow." Malfoy nodded.
"You'll know where to find me." Draco patted my arm and left. I felt I was being watched and looked up. Snape was standing, looking down at me from a first floor corridor which was open to the courtyard. If Draco wasn't following me, it was the Professor.
"What?" I mouthed, but as I did he turned away and disappeared into the shadows. I frowned angrily, and turned to see Kerry coming back towards me.
"So what did he say?" She asked, an excited look on her face.
"He asked if I was going to the Quidditch between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I said yes I would."
"He asked you out?" Kerry exclaimed.
"I don't know if I can go yet." She looked at me oddly.
"Is there somewhere we can go, I need to tell you something important."