A/N: I do not own anything. All characters are owned by J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 8

After taking his shower, Draco slowly made his way towards the Slytherin Common Room. Despite him getting a separate room, he still had access to his house Common Room.

On the way, he passed an empty classroom. Draco was about to take no noticed about it, but he noticed some noises coming from inside the room. He looked into the room through the window. Instantly, he wished he hadn't.

Cho was sitting on Harry's lap in the middle of the room. They had their arms around each other and were kissing.

Draco felt his heart wrench it self out of his body and drop to the floor. He had such strong feelings for Cho, how could she do this to him?

But his hurt was soon replaced by a burning anger for Potter. It seemed that whatever he wanted, Potter always snatched it away from him.

Disheartened, Draco continued to head towards the common room.

As he entered, he was greeted with a shower of groans and sneers. "You missed the snitch by an inch, Draco," Goyle said.

Draco chose to ignore that comment. "Is Alexa around?"

The crowd parted, revealing Alexa sitting on an armchair in the middle of the room. Her legs were crossed and she was filing her nails.

Alexa was a very beautiful girl, an exchange student from the American institute for magic, Salem.

Every head in the common room was turned towards them as they watched in anticipation to see what would happen. Almost everyone knew that Alexa had only dated Draco last year on a bet. Draco had found out and had dumped her.

Alexa stood up as Draco neared her.

"Come outside with me for a while," Draco requested. Alexa said nothing but followed Draco out into the dungeon hallway with a smug smile on her face.

"Go with me to the Yule Ball?" Draco asked bluntly.

"I was wondering when you were going to ask," Alexa replied. "Yes, I will go with you!"

"Great," Draco said half heartedly as he started to leave. "Pick you up at seven"

"Wait!" Alexa said. Draco turned back, and she out her arms around his neck.

In this half-light, Alexa looked very pretty. She was Eurasian, with black hair like Cho's.

Draco felt his heart beat accelerating. His breath came out in short gasps.

"I always knew you'd come to your sense and take me back," she whispered seductively, her face mere centimeters from Draco's.

Draco drew in a sharp breath. Alexa moved her face forward and her lips met with Draco's. They started kissing passionately. Draco felt Alexa's tongue entering his mouth.

It felt so good to Draco. He hadn't kissed like that for a long time. He forgot all about Cho. He slipped his hand inside Alexa's robes.

Just then, the stone wall covering the Slytherin common room slid open and Pansy Parkinson stepped out.

Draco pulled away from Alexa. He was breathing heavily and had a red flush set upon his neck. "Oh, shit"

Pansy had a huge crush on Draco for forever and everybody knew it. Draco had dated Pansy before, but she didn't suit his taste, so he had dumped her. But Pansy could never accept that fact that Draco didn't like her.

When she saw the scene before her – Draco and Alexa both with ruffled hair, both breathing heavily and Alexa's lip gloss on Draco's lips, she burst into tears.

Seeing Pansy cry made Draco drop back down to reality. He remembered Cho and Harry.

Pansy ran off.

"Draco, let her go. Where were we?" Alexa said.

"No, Alexa. See you at the Ball," and with that, Draco walked away.

He didn't love Alexa. His love was for Cho and always would be.