Lovers and Friends.

Chapter Three

It had been three months since Mistie had been put on the Slytherin team. She had still failed to mention it to her boyfriend. Draco walked down the hall in search of Mistie. He found her in the Great hall and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear. "Come on…come back to the common room…I have a surprise for you." He said and she smiled. She turned around and looked at him.

"And what would this surprise be?" She asked and he shrugged. She smiled and nodded. She threw a glance over in the direction where she knew he was. There he was staring at them. If looks could kill she was sure that her and Draco would be dead. She mouthed 'I'm Sorry' to him but he just rolled his eyes.

She looked back at Draco and smiled. Over the past few days she couldn't help but notice the attraction that grew between them. She would dream at night that she was wrapped up in his arms. When she kissed her boyfriend she often wished when she opened her eyes it would be Draco. She shook the thought from her head.

Draco smiled as he saw her staring at him. "What's wrong can't stop staring at me? Want me that badly?" He said and smirked. Oh how she loved that smirk. It was made for his lips. Soon they got into the common room and he pulled her straight for his dorm. He sat down on his bed and patted the spot next to him.

She sat down and looked at him, "What?" She asked and looked around. He pulled out a large box and handed it to her. "What's this?" She asked.

"Just think of it as an early birthday present." He said and she smiled. She opened the box and inside were two shoebox sized boxes and a smaller one on top. She opened the smaller one on top and found a necklace that three little dolphins made sort of a cage with a green gem stone in it.

"Oh my god." She said and covered her mouth. He smiled.

"you like it?" He asked.

"I love it." She said and took it out of the box. She handed it to Draco and turned around so he could put it on. She held up her hair and sucked in air as his fingers grazed her neck. "Thank you so much." She said hugging him.

"You still have two more to go." He said. He hugged her tight. Mistie smiled and thought of how good it felt to be held by him. She shook her head and pulled away.

She grabbed the next box and pulled out a small book. The book was the darkest blue she had ever seen. On the front of the leather cover was a dolphin. It looked as if it was really swimming. "I saw it and knew you'd like it." He said and Mistie smiled.

She finally picked up the last box and opened it. Inside was a black crystal rose. "Oh wow…." She said and lightly touched it. Draco smiled.

"Mistie I wanted to know if you wanted to go to the dance with me. I know you have a boy friend but it wouldn't be anything like that. We could go just as friends." He said looking at her. She looked at him. She kissed his cheek. "Thanks…I'll think about the dance.

The next morning Mistie looked around and saw him. "Your going to the dance with me right." He said. Mistie looked down.

"Draco wants me to go with him…" She said. She fiddled with the necklace Draco had given her.

"What… are you going with him?" He asked.

She huffed. "I don't know I want to go with him. But I want to go with you. But I don't want him to find out about me and you." She said. "I couldn't take it if he got mad at me." She said and looked into his eyes.

"Please. Please. Baby I really need to just go with Draco." She said. He sighed and nodded.

"You know what. I don't care. I'll take someone else." He said. She frowned and nodded.

"You still mean everything to me." He said and tucked her hair behind her ear. She smiled and kissed him.

"You mean everything to me too. Thank you for giving me mine and Draco's friendship back." She said and kissed him again. She got up and walked back to the Slytherin common room. He sighed.

"Good. What about our relationship." He said to no one but himself.

Mistie ran into Draco's room and jumped on his bed.

"What would you do if I said yes I will go to the dance with you?" She said and smirked.

Draco rubbed his eyes, "Babe its to fucking early." He said and she laughed.

"I told my boyfriend I wanted to go with you. " She said and he looked at her.

"Is he mad…." Draco said slowly sitting up and stretching. Mistie stared at his chest. It was like it was chiseled out of stone.

"Um…yea he was kinda pissed. But I told him it was just friends." She said and looked at him. She knew this would be hard for him to get over. But she couldn't risk Draco finding out about him until she could break it to him slowly.

"OK cool." He said. Mistie smiled and walked to the window. She started humming a song and Draco smiled and looked at her. "What are you singing?" He asked

"It's a muggle song." She said and he nodded.

"Well I think its pretty. What's it called." He asked.

She laughed, "its called Have You Ever." Draco nodded.

"Come on we have Quidditch practice." He said and she nodded.

The night of the dance was their first game. She knew she had to tell Draco before then. Something was bound to happen. She was a Beater. She was playing against her boyfriends team. She knew this was going to be bad.

Later that night in the middle of a conversation they were having she said she had to go and she slipped out. Draco followed her. He saw her duck around a corner and he slowly followed her.

"I'm sorry I'm late." She said. Draco looked into the door to the library and his mouth dropped.

He walked in and looked at them. "So this is who your dating." He said his eyes were slits.

"Fucking Aye." Mistie said and leaned back. Draco looked to the boy sitting next to Mistie with his arm around her.

"Hello Malfoy." The voice said and he pulled Mistie closer.

The librarian came by and told them to be quiet and get out. Mistie packed up her bags and rushed out of there. The two guys finally broke the glare and chased after her.

"Mistie WAIT." Draco yelled and ran after her.

"Don't talk to my girlfriend, I've been more than nice letting you spend you fucking time together because you were such great friends…but now it needs to stop." He said.

"I swear to got if you don't let me go right now I'll kill you Potter." Draco snarled and Mistie dropped her bag and ran over to the boys.

She pulled Harry's hand off of Draco's cloak. "STOP JUST STOP." She yelled.

Both looked from the other to her and the gaze grew softer.

"Listen Harry please just stop this. I told you nothings going on between me and Draco." She said and Draco looked at her. She reached behind her and grabbed a hold of Draco's hand and gave it a squeeze. She grabbed Harry's hand too.

"Listen. Harry you are my boyfriend." She said looking at Harry, "And Draco you are my best friend." She said looking at him. Her eyes pleaded for him to forgive her. "I'm not asking you two to become best friends…just please leave each other alone. I love both of you in your own way." She said and let go of the guys.

Harry shook his head, "No way am I letting you hang out with him anymore." He said. "Stupid ferret more than likely puts you under a curse and rapes you every night. He doesn't care about you…he doesn't care about anyone. He just wants you to screw. Mistie why cant you see that." Harry screamed.

Draco pulled out his wand and pointed it to Harry. "Adava…" He started and Mistie jumped in front of the wand.

"No Draco…" She said. His eyes were the most silver she had ever seen. She was starting to get scared. "Please….Bam Bam…..for me?" She asked and walked up to him and hugged him. Draco's arm fell, giving into the silly muggle nick-name their parents had given them, and wrapped his arms around Mistie. "I'm sorry," he said and she nodded.

Harry's wand was now pulled out. "You do have something for Draco!." Harry yelled. Mistie shook her head tears flowing down her face.

"Shut up shut up!" Mistie screamed covering her head. She collapsed onto the ground and both guys bent for her. They were both calling her name.

"Please wake up…Mistie I'm sorry I acted like a git." Harry said whispering to her pulling strands of hair out of her face.

"Pebbles. You were the first girl I really loved. You taught me there's not all to a girl but sex. Please wake up. You taught me how to care." Draco said and ran his fingers along her cheek.

Her eyes slowly fluttered open. "Ow." She said rubbing her head.

"Come on you need to go lay down." Draco said and Harry actually handed her over into Draco's arms.

"Can you get her bag." Draco asked and Harry grabbed it and put it on Draco's shoulder.

He looked at Mistie. "I'm sorry…" he said and kissed her forehead.

She smiled slightly and melted into Draco's arms. He looked at Harry and turned and walked to the common room.

"I have a lot of things to explain to you…" She said looking into Draco's eyes.

He looked down at her and frowned, "Yeah.." he said.

"Draco please don't frown….all I want to see right now is your smile. That smirk you make when I make you think about something you shouldn't be." She said.

Draco smiled and laid her down on her bed. "I guess you want it from the beginning." She said and sat up against her pillows. "Well…two summers ago I met Harry in Diagon Ally." She said and he nodded. "Well we started talking….then writing…then meeting…and then dating…." "But we planed on braking up over this year because I was going back to America and he was staying here. Then my father said he wanted to move to England. And then I found out I was coming here. And so we stayed together. But then you remembered me. And I just can't get you out of my head. I had the hugest crush on you when we were little and now its like I stepped back in time." She took a deep breath and looked at him. "I want to be with you every moment I can." She said and looked into his eyes.

"Then why are you still with Potter…you know I like you…" He said with a confused look on his face.

She took a few deep breaths and looked at him. "Because if I left him he threatened to kill me…and you." She said and looked down. "I'd rather be with him then lose you all together." She said and he frowned.

He had never known her to be scared of anyone. She would even stand up to him. HIM. Draco Malfoy. But Potter comes along and she's scared of him. He sat on the couch next to her and dried her tears. "Sh… Go to sleep," He said and her eyes drooped shut. He didn't know what to do. He guessed he would have to actually take the back seat on this one.