"Look, Deedee" I said and he made a face at one of the many pet names I had given him over the years. "You may not want to tell me what's going on but just know that I'm always here if you need me, okay? I love you" I said with a smile as his cheeks began to blush a deep red. I never understood why those three words always made him do that but I found it funny. He really was too adorable to be scared of. He was about to say something when I stopped him. I put my hands on his face, one on each cheek, and squeezed them.

"Now say it back." His eyes went wide at my words but he made no attempt to get out of my grasp. It also made his cheeks get redder than they already were. "Go on, say it" he didn't say anything just merely shook his head under my fingers. I sighed as if disappointed, rolled my eyes, and then looked at him again, his eyes were still wide. I didn't know why but I always got a lot of amusement watching him like this; it reminded me of the Draco I used to know, the little boy who wasn't worried about what others thought. "Say. It."

"No" he said, a bit muffled by me pressing on his cheeks, but I could've sworn I heard a slight laugh as he spoke. This really was like old times. I never understood why he always protested though, seeing as I always got him to say it.

I sighed an exaggerated sigh and squeezed his cheeks together once again. And I did this for every word I said "Say. It. Draco. Say 'I love you.' Say. It. Say. It. Say. You. Love. Me. Say it. Say it. Say it. Say-"

"Alright! I'll say it!" he said taking my hands away from his face so I couldn't press on it again. I laughed and he did too as we both knew I had won. He always ended up doing what I wanted in the end. He always did when it came to me. "Fine, you want me to say it? I'll say it. Katerina, I-"

That was all he said before we were interrupted by a knock on his door. We turned to see Draco's roommates alongside Pansy walking into the room. I watched as their faces turned from casual expressions to ones of shock. I followed their eyes to see that Draco had been holding my hands. I guess he must've forgotten to let go after he took them off his face. He must not have noticed either as followed their stares too and quickly let go of my hands.

"I thought I told you guys to leave me alone!" Draco yelled at them, turning back into his grumpy self. Great, I thought, and just as I was making some progress.

"Well, um technically you aren't alone so…" one of the boys said pointing my direction

"Get out!" he screamed and they all left, Pansy staring at us until the door was completely shut. Normally I would've scolded him for being so mean to them but he was just embarrassed. It was probably not often that he was caught holding hands with a girl in his room, and blushing on top of that. He didn't like showing that side of himself to other people.

"You know, you're never going to make friends like that" I said poking his cheek so he would turn around to look at me. He smiled a little but said nothing else. "Well I should probably go, it's getting late" I said and turned to leave when his hand stopped me.

"Wait… Umm…" he muttered, trying to find the right words to say, but was lost. He must have still been embarrassed as he looked into my eyes. In these times I honestly couldn't find what people saw that scared them about Draco. He was so cute and sweet and while he could be a jerk from time to time there was just something about him that made me want to hug him. So I did.

"I know" I said letting go of him and kissed him on the cheek. His eyes widened a little but not much. We said our goodnights to each other and I walked out of the room. Waiting outside were Draco's roommates but no Pansy. I said goodnight to them as well, minus the kiss of course, and headed for my own room.

When I got there Daphne, Millicent, and Pansy were all already there. They all looked at me but didn't say anything, Pansy's look being more of a glare. I greeted all of them and sat down on my bed and started getting ready to sleep. I heard whispers coming from their side of the room but made no attempt to stop them. All my life people had been saying things behind my back; this was nothing new for me. Besides, I hadn't done anything wrong so why worry about it.

"So I heard you found Draco" Daphne said in a quiet voice so only I would hear. Apparently it had been Millicent and Pansy whispering on Pansy's bed which was the farthest from mine; Daphne's was right next to mine. "You alright?" she asked and I smiled and nodded in response. She did the same and went to bed. I looked up to say goodnight to all of them but Daphne was the only one who replied. At least now I knew who among them wasn't just pretending to be my friend...