Livvy learned that the Ravenclaw quidditch team was having tryouts for seeker, so she decided to try. She was pretty good at flying and wanted to try out. She told Harry and he thought it would be fun.
"That sounds fun, I'm the seeker for Gryffindor so if you make it, we'll be playing each other," he said.
"Are you sure you're okay with that? I mean, I don't want you to think that I think I'm better than you," Livvy said.
"I'm sure, if you want to do this, I'm fully supportive," Harry said, holding her hand.
Livvy smiled.
"Draco might not think too highly of it though," she said.
"He's a Malfoy and they don't like competition, especially from girls," Harry replied.
She had told Harry that she and Draco had become friends again and he was okay with that as well. Livvy looked over at Draco from her place in the Transfigurations classroom. He gave her a smile and she grinned in return. She was glad that they were friends again and she didn't want to jeopardize it by becoming a seeker for her house team.
I'll talk to him at lunch, she decided.
At lunch, Draco went to the library and Livvy followed him.
"Hey Draco," she said.
"Oh, hello. Something you need?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, I need to ask you something," Livvy said, getting nervous.
Draco could see that she was nervous and he led her to a table.
"Sit down before you faint," he said.
"What do you think about me being the Ravenclaw seeker?" Livvy asked, sitting down.
"You're the seeker?" Draco asked.
"No, I want to try out for the position. I wanted to know what you would think about it," Livvy said.
Draco seemed to think about it for a minute.
"I think that's brilliant. I could beat you and Potter at Quidditch," he smiled.
Livvy smiled and lightly slapped him arm.
"Don't make fun of me even though we both know that I'm very bad at that game. I'm going to try though," Livvy said.
Draco smiled and hugged his friend.
"If you aren't that good, you probably won't make it anyways," he said.
Livvy looked at him.
"So much for having faith," she said, then got up and left.
Draco didn't understand what she meant, but she was most likely mad at him again. He went back to doing what he came to the library for. He took out a piece of parchment and began to write a letter.
Dear Livvy,
I'm writing to tell you that I think I'm in love with you. I won't tell you who I am because you would probably freak out. I just need you to know that I love you.
Anonymous
Draco went to the owlery and got a school owl from its perch.
"Take this to Livvy Weller in Ravenclaw. She's either sitting with Potter at the Gryffindor table or her table," he said.
Draco gave the owl a treat and watched it leave.
In the Great Hall, Livvy was sitting with Harry and they were talking about Quidditch.
"Draco was such a jerk. At first we was happy for me, and then he said that I most likely won't be very good and wont' make the team. I can't believe he would say something like that," Livvy fumed.
"Livvy, he is a Malfoy. I mean, don't get me wrong, but he's a jerk all the time," Harry said.
"But we're friends again, why must he be so un-supportive of me?" Livvy asked.
Harry was about to answer, but an owl landed in front of Livvy.
"This is a school owl," Harry said.
"Yeah, it is. I wonder who the letter is from," Livvy wondered.
She took the letter from the owl's leg and gave it a treat. It hooted and flew off. She read the note and gasped.
"Harry, I have to go. I'll see you in class," Livvy said.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, I just have to do this thing," Livvy replied.
Livvy knew who wrote the letter, the writing was one of a kind. She ran to the library and found Draco reading a book.
"You!" she whispered furiously as she sat down.
"What?" Draco whispered.
Livvy threw the letter at him.
"You wrote this!" she whispered.
Draco read the letter and smiled.
"Someone likes you, so what?" he asked.
"You wrote it," Livvy said.
"No I didn't," Draco said simply.
"You did! I know this writing!" Livvy was furious with him.
"Livvy, I didn't write it," Draco replied.
Livvy made a noise of frustration and got up. She left the library and heard the bell ring. It was time for Double Potions with Snape. She sat in the back row and waited until Harry came in. When he did, she grabbed his arm and pulled into the seat next to him.
"I think Draco wrote the letter I got this morning and he isn't fessing up to it," she said.
"Oh, well it could have been him, seeing as how he wasn't in the Great Hall this morning," Harry replied.
"Gosh, he and I have been best friends since before we started school here and now he's trying to tell me he didn't write a note that I know he wrote. I know his writing like the back of my hand. I've seen too many times for him to tell me that he didn't write it," Livvy said furiously.
Harry smiled and then looked over at Draco, who had just walked into the classroom. Harry glared at him, but didn't say anything.
"Today, we will be starting a new potion that will require four weeks to make. I will not allow you work alone or pick your own partners. Everyone stand at the front of the class and I will put you with a partner," Snape said.
The whole class stood up and moved.
"Potter, Parkinson; Weasley, Goyle; Thomas, Crabbe; Patil, Bulstrode; Granger, Finnegan; and Weller with Malfoy. The directions are on the board, read them carefully and get your supplies," Snape said.
The class got to work and Livvy didn't even talk to Draco. She wrote down the steps to making the potion and let Draco get the supplies. While they worked, Draco kept trying to get Livvy to talk to him, but she continued to ignore him. When it was time to clean up, Draco cornered Livvy in the supply room.
"You haven't spoken to me all class period. I want to know what's wrong," he said.
"You're what's wrong. You wrote that letter this afternoon and you know it. I know your writing like the back of my hand so you can't tell me that you didn't write it. I don't care for the fact that you feel that way about me. In case you haven't noticed, Harry is my boyfriend, Gryffindor or not. He cares about me; he supported me on the decision to try out for the Quidditch team. He didn't tell me that if I'm not good enough I won't make it anyway. You're supposed to be the one to tell me that you're happy for me. You are my best friend," Livvy said.
Livvy wiped away the tears that fell and walked away. Draco sighed and followed.
"Okay, I wrote that note. I've felt that way about you since first year. Could you not notice? I was always there for you. When Lucius told me that he wanted to kill you… I couldn't let him do it. I told him that he couldn't. I told him that I would get you to change your mind, but in reality, because of you, I don't want to be a Death Eater. I want to work for the ministry and become an auror or something. I don't care that the Gryffindors hate me, but I do care that you do," Draco said.
"I don't hate you, I never have. You're my best friend Draco and lately you've been treating me like crap. Yes, we became friends again, but in the library… You lied to me. Friends don't lie to each other. Friends tell each other that kind of thing. If you would have told me that before yesterday, you would have known that I felt the same way. But I have Harry now and I'm happy with him," Livvy said.
Draco didn't know what to say. He had just lost his best friend to the one person he hated the most.
