=====Draco=====
I woke up early the next morning, even though I slept late. I woke up while the sun was still rising, so I knew no one was downstairs. I changed and went down to the common room. It was deserted, just as I suspected. I sat down in front of the fire, feeling the warmth of the flames. It seems like I was lost in a room of silence when I heard footsteps coming down from our dormitory. I looked up and saw Derek and Jacob, walking toward me.
"Hey Draco! What are you doing?" Derek greeted. He looked pretty cheerful, for once. "Nothing" I replied. "How long have you been down here?" Jacob asked. "Quite a while. Why?" I asked. He shrugged. "I heard you go down about half an hour ago," he said, sitting down on the chair to my left. "So, is it fun doing nothing?" Derek asked, smiling. I looked at him.
Jacob raised his eyebrow. "What exactly do you mean?" he asked, sarcastically. Derek frowned. "I was just joking." he said, picking up the Quidditch magazine on the wooden table in front of the fire and starting to read it quietly. Jacob grinned. "So, how was last night?" he asked me. "What do you mean "last night"?" I asked back. He shrugged. "I heard you were sent to look after Granger when Madam Pomfrey and Professor Snape were out" he smirked.
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. Derek looked up from reading, staring at me. Jacob grinned with triumph. "Well.it was just for a while." I said nervously. These two were VERY aggressive AND persuasive. They might spread what happened in a matter of seconds. Derek laughed. "For a while? Are you sure Draco? Or is the clock in the Hospital Wing broken? Five hours is not a "while"" he said.
I glared at Derek. "You have to go around messing up people's lives don't you?" I asked stiffly. He grinned triumphantly. "So it really did happen!" Jacob said. I scowled. "So?" I asked. Derek eyed me. "So?? Are you mad? We wanna know what happened!" he said maliciously. My eyes grew bigger. "WHAT?" I exclaimed. "Why? What's wrong with asking you what happened? We're only your best friends, anything wrong with asking?" Jacob asked me innocently.
I frowned at him. "You know, if you were in my situation, you'll know that a question like that is like.asking a person if you could borrow their toothbrush" I said, trying to keep it as simple as possible. They both raised their eyebrows at me. "Awww, come on Draco! What happened?!" Jacob begged. "You're not fair!" Derek cried. They both gibbered on until I couldn't take it any longer. "ALRIGHT!!! Just shut up!" I cried, as they both stopped bickering.
"So? What happened?" Jacob asked.again. I groaned. "Nothing much. I just stared at the ceiling, out the window, at the nearby beds, anything except her" I lied. They looked at me for a moment. Then it started all over again. "What? Come on stop kidding around. You can't have stared at everything for five hours" Jacob argued. "You did a WHOLE lot of staring" Derek added.
I sighed heavily. "Come on! Any social interactions? Any talking? Some conversation? Anything!" Jacob cried. "Except staring," Derek said. They nagged and begged and nagged some more. "OKAY. FINE. WHATEVER" I shouted. They looked eagerly at me. "Yes?" They said at the same time.
"We talked, we chatted, we interacted, we said goodbye, end of story," I said quickly. "What, you mean no arguing?" Jacob asked, surprised and disappointed. I scowled at him. "I said END OF STORY," I said firmly. Jacob shook his head. "You're losing it man. You're not keeping up with Slytherin's tradition for arguing with Gryffindors," he said. Derek nodded. I snorted. "Poppycock. You made that 'tradition' up," I pointed up. "But it's still true!" Jacob protested.
"Whatever" I shrugged. Suddenly, we heard footsteps coming down from the girls' dormitory. The three of us looked up and saw Pansy coming down from the last landing. "Hey guys," she said sleepily. "Hey" we said lazily. "Watcha doin'?" she asked, as she sat down next to Jacob. All of us shrugged. She frowned. "Come on. Tell me something I don't know" she said. Then, Jacob suddenly sat up. "I just got a BRILLIANT IDEA!" he said. All of us stared at him. "Wow. I didn't know you could think up brilliant ideas. I thought only me and Draco can do that" Pansy joked. "Come to think of it, I don't think he has ever thought of a single brilliant idea in his life" Derek remarked.
"Speak for yourself Pea brain" Jacob said, throwing a pillow at him. All of us laughed. "So, what's your 'idea'?" Pansy asked. "Well, before you came down, we were talking about last night in the Hospital Wing, when Draco and Granger were together" Jacob sneered. I rolled my eyes. Pansy smirked. "So it's true then! The rumors were true! Draco and Granger sitting on a tree." she chanted. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Derek continued. "HEY!" I cried. They all laughed. "Not funny," I said, "how many people know?" I asked, dreading the answer. "All of Slytherin knows," they both answered.
I slapped my forehead. They both smiled sheepishly. "Come on! We haven't got all morning! Tell us your idea already!" Pansy said impatiently. "Alright, alright" Jacob said. "I want to make a bet," he said. Pansy and Derek shot him intrigued glances, but I shot him an annoyed one. "I bet that Draco can't make Granger fall in love with him by the end of the first week of December" Jacob sneered. Pansy and Derek grinned mischievously. I frowned at them.
"Good idea!" Derek exclaimed, punching his fist in the air. Pansy smirked. "I bet twenty Galleons Draco can't do it," she said. "Me too!" Derek said. "Count me in!" Jacob said, giving Pansy a high five. I shook my head. 'No way! Herm-I mean Granger? You're kidding!" I exclaimed. They all shook their heads. I suddenly scowled. "Are you challenging me?" I asked them suspiciously. They all nodded. "Come on Draco. Or else we'll spread rumor that you've got a crush on her" Pansy threatened.
"That's blackmail!" I protested. "Come on Draco! Don't be a kill joy" Derek said matter-of-factly. I sighed heavily. "Look, if you do it, which we all really doubt, you get sixty galleons. Twenty from EACH of us" Pansy said. Jacob and Derek shot her worried glances. "But, if you don't, which we hardly doubt, you will pay us twenty galleons each" she continued. Derek and Jacob relaxed and smiled. I sighed and nodded. What have I got to lose?
I woke up early the next morning, even though I slept late. I woke up while the sun was still rising, so I knew no one was downstairs. I changed and went down to the common room. It was deserted, just as I suspected. I sat down in front of the fire, feeling the warmth of the flames. It seems like I was lost in a room of silence when I heard footsteps coming down from our dormitory. I looked up and saw Derek and Jacob, walking toward me.
"Hey Draco! What are you doing?" Derek greeted. He looked pretty cheerful, for once. "Nothing" I replied. "How long have you been down here?" Jacob asked. "Quite a while. Why?" I asked. He shrugged. "I heard you go down about half an hour ago," he said, sitting down on the chair to my left. "So, is it fun doing nothing?" Derek asked, smiling. I looked at him.
Jacob raised his eyebrow. "What exactly do you mean?" he asked, sarcastically. Derek frowned. "I was just joking." he said, picking up the Quidditch magazine on the wooden table in front of the fire and starting to read it quietly. Jacob grinned. "So, how was last night?" he asked me. "What do you mean "last night"?" I asked back. He shrugged. "I heard you were sent to look after Granger when Madam Pomfrey and Professor Snape were out" he smirked.
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. Derek looked up from reading, staring at me. Jacob grinned with triumph. "Well.it was just for a while." I said nervously. These two were VERY aggressive AND persuasive. They might spread what happened in a matter of seconds. Derek laughed. "For a while? Are you sure Draco? Or is the clock in the Hospital Wing broken? Five hours is not a "while"" he said.
I glared at Derek. "You have to go around messing up people's lives don't you?" I asked stiffly. He grinned triumphantly. "So it really did happen!" Jacob said. I scowled. "So?" I asked. Derek eyed me. "So?? Are you mad? We wanna know what happened!" he said maliciously. My eyes grew bigger. "WHAT?" I exclaimed. "Why? What's wrong with asking you what happened? We're only your best friends, anything wrong with asking?" Jacob asked me innocently.
I frowned at him. "You know, if you were in my situation, you'll know that a question like that is like.asking a person if you could borrow their toothbrush" I said, trying to keep it as simple as possible. They both raised their eyebrows at me. "Awww, come on Draco! What happened?!" Jacob begged. "You're not fair!" Derek cried. They both gibbered on until I couldn't take it any longer. "ALRIGHT!!! Just shut up!" I cried, as they both stopped bickering.
"So? What happened?" Jacob asked.again. I groaned. "Nothing much. I just stared at the ceiling, out the window, at the nearby beds, anything except her" I lied. They looked at me for a moment. Then it started all over again. "What? Come on stop kidding around. You can't have stared at everything for five hours" Jacob argued. "You did a WHOLE lot of staring" Derek added.
I sighed heavily. "Come on! Any social interactions? Any talking? Some conversation? Anything!" Jacob cried. "Except staring," Derek said. They nagged and begged and nagged some more. "OKAY. FINE. WHATEVER" I shouted. They looked eagerly at me. "Yes?" They said at the same time.
"We talked, we chatted, we interacted, we said goodbye, end of story," I said quickly. "What, you mean no arguing?" Jacob asked, surprised and disappointed. I scowled at him. "I said END OF STORY," I said firmly. Jacob shook his head. "You're losing it man. You're not keeping up with Slytherin's tradition for arguing with Gryffindors," he said. Derek nodded. I snorted. "Poppycock. You made that 'tradition' up," I pointed up. "But it's still true!" Jacob protested.
"Whatever" I shrugged. Suddenly, we heard footsteps coming down from the girls' dormitory. The three of us looked up and saw Pansy coming down from the last landing. "Hey guys," she said sleepily. "Hey" we said lazily. "Watcha doin'?" she asked, as she sat down next to Jacob. All of us shrugged. She frowned. "Come on. Tell me something I don't know" she said. Then, Jacob suddenly sat up. "I just got a BRILLIANT IDEA!" he said. All of us stared at him. "Wow. I didn't know you could think up brilliant ideas. I thought only me and Draco can do that" Pansy joked. "Come to think of it, I don't think he has ever thought of a single brilliant idea in his life" Derek remarked.
"Speak for yourself Pea brain" Jacob said, throwing a pillow at him. All of us laughed. "So, what's your 'idea'?" Pansy asked. "Well, before you came down, we were talking about last night in the Hospital Wing, when Draco and Granger were together" Jacob sneered. I rolled my eyes. Pansy smirked. "So it's true then! The rumors were true! Draco and Granger sitting on a tree." she chanted. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Derek continued. "HEY!" I cried. They all laughed. "Not funny," I said, "how many people know?" I asked, dreading the answer. "All of Slytherin knows," they both answered.
I slapped my forehead. They both smiled sheepishly. "Come on! We haven't got all morning! Tell us your idea already!" Pansy said impatiently. "Alright, alright" Jacob said. "I want to make a bet," he said. Pansy and Derek shot him intrigued glances, but I shot him an annoyed one. "I bet that Draco can't make Granger fall in love with him by the end of the first week of December" Jacob sneered. Pansy and Derek grinned mischievously. I frowned at them.
"Good idea!" Derek exclaimed, punching his fist in the air. Pansy smirked. "I bet twenty Galleons Draco can't do it," she said. "Me too!" Derek said. "Count me in!" Jacob said, giving Pansy a high five. I shook my head. 'No way! Herm-I mean Granger? You're kidding!" I exclaimed. They all shook their heads. I suddenly scowled. "Are you challenging me?" I asked them suspiciously. They all nodded. "Come on Draco. Or else we'll spread rumor that you've got a crush on her" Pansy threatened.
"That's blackmail!" I protested. "Come on Draco! Don't be a kill joy" Derek said matter-of-factly. I sighed heavily. "Look, if you do it, which we all really doubt, you get sixty galleons. Twenty from EACH of us" Pansy said. Jacob and Derek shot her worried glances. "But, if you don't, which we hardly doubt, you will pay us twenty galleons each" she continued. Derek and Jacob relaxed and smiled. I sighed and nodded. What have I got to lose?