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Chapter 3
A couple weeks into term a Hogsmeade trip was announced. Even if I had no one to go with I was still going to go regardless. School had been progressing as usual, most students were ignoring me, besides from the regular potions lessons with Harry; who despite most Slytherin's impressions, was a pretty decent guy. Also the increasing number of encounters with Draco was beginning to drive me insane…
I woke up on the morning of the Hogsmeade trip early, in time to avoid my room mates and have the bathroom to myself. I dressed in a black skirt which came to just above my knee and a white singlet top with a grey cardigan. Then as I was sneaking out of the common room to breakfast I heard a familiar drawling voice:
"Where are you going?" asked Draco, sitting up from his place by the fire place.
"Out" I replied simply, and then continued on my way to the entrance.
"Wait" he began, running over to me.
"What?" I turned to face him, my eyes burning. What was it this time?
"Its 7am!" he exclaimed. "Where could you be going at 7am on a Saturday morning" he stated. At that moment I realised how close we were standing, between Draco and I were only a few short steps.
"Breakfast"
"At 7am?" he asked again.
"Yes!" I responded exasperatedly, "I was trying to avoid them" I said finally pointing to my dormitory room.
At this Draco smirked, "Oh, so you were hoping to see me"
I rolled my eyes, "No, I assumed you'd be asleep still…"
For a split second I thought I saw Draco's face fall but it was all to quickly gone.
"Wait, what are you doing up?" I asked suddenly.
"Same thing you are" he said.
"Avoiding people? As if" I scoffed. He merely nodded in reply. "Oh…" I paused.
"Well I'm going to go have breakfast now" I said.
"Hang on, I'm coming" he said grabbing my arm as I turned to leave.
I gave him an extremely weird look.
"What?" he asked.
"Aren't you afraid that being seen with me will ruin your reputation?"
"No, how could that be possible of 'Draco Malfoy' " he laughed, somewhat sadly, mimicking girls like Pansy.
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In the Great Hall, Draco and I were two of the seven people sitting eating breakfast, and the only two sitting on the Slytherin table.
"So what's changed?" I asked him out of the blue.
He gave me a confused look. "Changed?"
"Yeh, why are you suddenly talking to me again?" I asked, taking a bite out of some toast.
Draco looked down at the table for a minute, thinking, gathering his thoughts maybe? Then finally he replied, "I missed…I miss talking to real people…"
"As opposed to?" I urged him.
"Well… for example Pansy…Everybody I know is so fake, except you, you're the only person I know that's not afraid to be herself" he added looking back up at me.
I frowned. "I'm not a very good example".
He laughed slightly. "No, I don't know how you do it…how do you not conform to everybody's standards? You don't fit in, because you don't want to, not because they made you an outcast"
I blushed. "Draco, you don't want to be like me".
We both looked at each other again, thoughtfully.
"Remember when we were little and those boys who lived next door to you?"
Draco shook his head.
"Remember how they chased me up a tree then I got scared and wouldn't come down"
He laughed, "Yeah, and I climbed up there to get you down and you still wouldn't come down, so we just sat up there all night"
I joined in his laughter. "Until your mum found us the next morning up in that tree and we'd fallen asleep".
"You were always the one who got us into trouble!" he pointed and laughed at me.
"You were friends with those brats!" I giggled, shaking my head.