Harry stared at his empty plate blankly. He heard chatter and commotion around him, but it wasn't as light-hearted and cheery as the years before. Every few minutes he would look over to the Slytherin table, glancing at Draco, who seemed to be doing the same as Harry. But Dracowould then loom up at Harry, and he would have to look back down at his plate awkwardly. Ron soon noticed this and nudged him with his elbow.
"Still thinking about what Krum said?"
"About what?"
"About Draco."
"Oh... yeah that," Harry stammered.
"Harry, you have no reason to be awkward," Hermione said. "Whether it was you or not, you're with Ginny now, so ignore him."
Harry looked back down at his empty plate and sighed.
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The classes didn't feel the same anymore. It was as if a heavy cloud was pressing down on everyone, ruining the normally friendly atmosphere of the classrooms and corridors. Although they school was victorious in the battle of Hogwarts, there were still many students missing. Colin's energy was gone. Lavender's enthusiasm was gone. And Fred...
Whenever Harry did see Draco, it was while in the corridors, and they'd both avoid eye contact with each other. However, Harry found himself looking over his shoulder after Draco had walked past. Sometimes Ron and Hermione would notice and glare at him, and Harry would just pretend nothing happened. Thankfully, when he was with Ginny she wouldn't notice. But one time she did.
Ginny had grabbed Harry's hand and brought him out to the Quidditch field. Harry had let her take him where she wanted to take him, and soon they were both sitting at the top of one of the Quidditch stands. "No Quidditch today," she smiled at him. "We can have some nice alone time up here."
She kissed him, throwing her arms over his shoulders and he kissed back. This had carried on for a few minutes until he saw something moving in one of the other Quidditch stands. Not wanting to alert Ginny, he moved so he was sitting on one of the seats with Ginny in front of him. He could see what was across the field and he instantly recognised who it was from the platinum hair. Draco was sitting down on one of the seats, and he looked like he was covering his face with his hands, his shoulders shaking. Perhaps he was cold? But then he looked up and Harry froze. Draco immediately looked back down.
Ginny noticed and stopped. "What is it?" She looked over to wear Draco was sitting, and quickly got off of him. "Is that... Malfoy?"
"I... uh..."
Ginny quickly grabbed his hand again and pulled him down the stairs so they were under the ceiling and they sat on the stairs. "Did you see him there? How long do you think he was there for?"
"I don't know, I only noticed a few seconds before you did. I don't think he was doing anything though."
"Well... we'll carry on later."
Ginny waved while descending the stairs. Harry felt bad for lying to her, but he also didn't want to tell her how long he had been there. Harry climbed back up and spotted Ginny from her flaming red hair running back to the castle. He looked back at where Draco was, who looked up at him, and now, with no one else around, neither of them broke eye contact.
Hello! Long time no see! I've started to map out the chapters now, and the story will probably only be around 5 chapters long, with a similar length to this one. 5 more favourites and the third chapter will be posted :)