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A/N: Hello all! 122 reviews! Woo-hoo! You guys rock! My beta is finally back after an extended grounding. She was spending too much time on the computer. :::Not my fault!::: So this one shouldn't have any errors, let me know if it does. It's very short, and I decided to experiment with cliffhangers a bit. Don't worry, the next chapter will be out later this afternoon, since this is so short.

Enjoy the story.

Ch. 15

Postponing Reality

Draco woke up on Monday morning with the feeling that he had done something really, really strange the night before.

However, since he had woken up with that feeling for the last three days in a row, he pretty much shrugged it off.

He contemplated actually waking up, but then decided he just didn't feel like it. So, he promptly rolled over and went back to sleep.

Four hours later, when the sun was high in the sky, Draco woke again, looked at the clock, and decided that now would, perhaps, be a good time to wake up.

Blinking red numbers filled his vision: 12:00.

Bloody hell! I was supposed to meet Father for lunch!

Draco knew that there was no way he could make it on time, and still look presentable of course. So, he decided to skip it.

Father is probably going to be pretty displeased, better avoid him for a while. It could make things better.

Draco's subconscious liked to lie to him.

He knew it wouldn't make things better.

But for now, it would work.

Mindful of his roommates, he remembered to pull on a bathrobe before making his way out to the shower.

He shared a bathroom with James. Katy, because she had gotten there before both of them, had gotten the master with the en suite.

Draco still wasn't sure why he had agreed to that.

He jumped into the shower and lazily washed himself. All he had to do today was buy his books for school. After that, he was done.

Well, he also had to owl his father with a decent excuse.

He was pretty sure that "Sorry, I decided to sleep in. See you for the Holidays" just wasn't going to cut it.

Oh well, that could be done tomorrow; his brain wasn't quite up to speed yet.

He got out of the shower, toweled off, put his robe back on and headed towards his room.

Along the way, he saw Katy, headed towards the kitchen. They stopped, said good morning, and Draco noticed that Katy was a rather attractive girl. He wasn't given much time to think on this however, because Katy was obviously in a hurry to get somewhere.

Like away from the hot guy in just a robe.

Katy walked into the kitchen and started laying out food for one. About halfway through, she changed her mind.

Why don't I ask Draco if he wants some lunch? We could walk down the street to the sandwich shop by James' work. And I could get to know Draco a little better…He really is hot.

With this decided, Katy headed towards Draco's room, she knocked on the door and waited for him to answer.

Draco walked into his room and picked out something to wear for the day. He stuck with the jeans and a t-shirt combo that had worked the last few days, and as he was pulling the shirt over his head, he heard a knock on his door. Pulling the shirt on all the way, he answered the door.

"Oh, hey Katy, did you need something?"

Katy seemed to be blushing for some reason…Was he missing something? He looked down. Nope, wearing pants and shirt. What is the issue? Oh, she's talking.

"…some lunch? There's this great place down the street. It's got sandwiches and sodas and stuff."

Come to think of it, I am kind of hungry. It sounds ok. But what is soda?

Draco nodded, "Sure. Sounds great. Just let me put my shoes on, ok. I'll be out in a second."

Katy nodded and headed towards the living room to wait. He actually said ok. He said it sounded 'great'. Not just good, but 'great'. Yes!

She quickly composed herself, for fear of Draco seeing her very ridiculous happy dance, and sat on the couch, trying to play it cool.

Draco walked out of his room and saw Katy sitting on the couch. She seemed like she was trying very hard to be calm. It almost seems like she…Oh sweet Merlin no!

The blush that rose on Katy's cheeks when he walked out was a dead giveaway. Not that he had an issue with Katy, he barely even knew her, it was just, well he did have some kind of common sense. He knew that a one-night stand with a roommate would turn out to be very uncomfortable later on.

Especially if James found out.

That could be very messy.

But for now, it's ok. It's good for now. We're just getting sandwiches.

He and Katy walked towards the sandwich shop, everything perfectly fine, but somehow Draco knew it would go downhill from there.

And it did…