Chapter 9 – Stop tormenting me –
The next morning Draco woke up in the common room on a couch. He was too tired to get up last night and he felt asleep there. People were passing by the couch but no one dared to wake him up. He got up and went to take a shower. He then went to the great hall to eat some breakfast and after that he had Potions. He didn't want to se Snape but he had no choice. And he also knew that she would be there. He still couldn't believe she decided to listen to her parents instead of being with him. By now all the school knew about their relationship but he couldn't care less. He just wanted to disappear and not see her face again.
"That's a fucking lie!" he yelled to himself. He wanted to see her face, he wanted to touch her, kiss her, tell her she is beautiful but she decided they can't be together so he had to respect her choice. He felt like nothing makes sense, like the world stoped moving. He thought that maybe if he didn't suggested to come to the lake that night, things may be different. Why did he had to tell her the truth? It was better then when he didn't know the feeling of her touch, the taste of her lips, the smell of her hair and the sparkle in her eyes. All these things were tormenting him inside and he felt the rage to scream. He was sitting at the table with his fork in his hand and playing with his food.
"Aren't you eating something Draco?" Pansy Parkinson decided to join him at the table.
"Leave me alone Pansy. What are you doing standing next to me? I told you last month that I don't want to talk to you anymore." He didn't care if he hurt her feelings, a girl hurt his too.
"Fine Draco, be like this. I really don't care" she said angrily.
"I don't give a tiny rat's ass if you care or not, just fuck off" he screamed at her making everyone look at him. Especially Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"What do you think? Should we talk to him or something?" Hermione asked the guys.
"Are you crazy? He will kill us. Leave him alone and we'll be fine. Besides, it's better for us that he is sad and can't concentrate, maybe this way we ca figure what he's up to." Ron said
"Don't be so mean Ronald! He is clearly suffering because of Emma and we should talk to him."
"Well you talk to him if you feel so talkative today. I don't get it Herms, he is Malfoy for God's sake. He won't talk to us."
"Believe it or not Ronald, I talked to him a few months ago and he seemed nice enough." The boys were looking at her like they just saw a turtle winning a marathon.
Emma was feeling like shit, she didn't want to go to classes today, she didn't want to make eye contact with him, not after what she did to him. She felt horrible and wanted to die.
"Come on Emma, let's go or will be late for Potions" Mia told the unhappy girl. They went together and Mia took a seat next to a Ravenclaw friend of hers leaving Emma alone. She didn't know where to sit but she sure didn't want to sit next to Draco.
"Sit here if you want, it's not taken" Harry offered her the seat next to him seeing she was clueless. Not having where else to stay she took a seat next to him.
"What's bothering you?" he asked her
"You really don't want to know, believe me."
"Ok, if you don't want to tell me then I won't force you. You'll tell me when and if you want."
"Thank you" she said. He looked puzzled at her
"For what?" he asked
"For not trying to find out what's wrong even though everyone else knows"
"Hey, it's not my business if you don't want to share. It's your problem and you have to decide who needs to know and who doesn't." he smiled at her and for his surprise she smiled back.
Draco entered the room along with Ashley and Derek. The couple went by their usual seats and Draco to his. He looked over at Emma and saw her talking to Potter and he felt the urge to hit him in the face. He shouldn't be jealous of Potter, she would never go out with him but he still felt it.
The class began and everyone was paying attention to the professor. Draco kept looking towards Emma and sometimes she felt his gaze upon her and looked back at him. He would look away from her every time she looked at him. But one time he didn't look away and she didn't either. He felt the urge to go and kiss her right there if front of everyone. But he couldn't. He looked away once again.
"Stop tormenting me" he whispered but not slowly enough because Blaise, who was sitting next to him, heard him.
"I didn't do anything" he said
"What?" Draco asked confused
"You said to stop tormenting you"
"I was talking to myself." He said and looked back at his book.
The class went by and the other classes as well. At dinner Draco eat a little and after that he decided to go for a walk on the corridors. As he was walking he heard someone crying so he started to search the corners. In a dark corner was a girl, a very familiar blonde girl.
"Why are you crying?" he asked the girl
"Why do you care?" she responded
"You know why" he said
"Well because of what I've done. What I've done to you, me, us" she said and cried some more.
"Well I don't think I'll ever understand why you decided to chose what your parents say instead of me but I sure can't hate you." He tried to fake a smile.
"You mean you'll talk to me again? We can be friends?" she asked full of hope
"I guess we can try, there's not harm in that. But it will take me time to get used to the idea" he smiled again this time a real smile appeared on his face. She responded with the same smile and got up from the floor. They walked together to the common room silently.