She had never been a particularly patient person in the slightest.
Her father would often remark that she took after her mother in that respect - she was never the sort of person that would wait around until a conclusion was drawn, but point out to those present that the answer was right under their noses, and that they ought to have looked sooner.
But as she stood there, holding a stack of books and tapping her foot against the marble floor, she wished that she had some amount of patience, as it would've enabled her to wait for him.
The wait between one time that she would see him, and the next time always lingered in her mind, and she constantly find herself looking around corners, and behind herself as though he would come up from behind her. Of course, he never did. He simply was better than that.
She knew which classes she shared with him, which she didn't, and that didn't make the wait better in any way whatsoever. She longed to compete again with him, to even just speak to him properly for a few moments. That was part of the reason that she had jumped at the chance when they had had to do a project together in Herbology. They'd be working together for two whole weeks, and there would be nothing to prevent them from doing so. She wouldn't have to wait for a long time to see him again - she'd be seeing him every single day.
Well, of course, that hadn't been the exact way it had played out...
Professor Longbottom had paired them together.
She had said that she would rather work alone then with him.
He had said the same.
But that didn't stop her from relishing in the fact that the two of them would be together working on a Herbology project for two whole weeks.
"Would you mind explain why you keep stamping on my foot?" she heard a voice say.
Noiticing that he was there, smirking at her, and carrying a stack of books that rivaled hers.
"You could've said something before now," she snapped.
"Why? What would've been the fun in that?"
She glared at him, and took off for the library, him lagging behind her.
If there's one thing Malfoy needs to learn, it's that I'm not going to stand around waiting.