Chapter 4: The confession

The next day you decided to get your books and other necessary things for 6th year, so you all headed for Diagon Alley.

You just finished purchasing your books when you heard someone calling your name.

"Lil!"

"Hermione!"

"Ron, Harry, look, Lil is here!"

"Hey guys! Haven't seen you in a while. "

"What's up, Lil?"

"Nothing much. I really missed you guys."

"Same here."

"You can't imagine how irritating Harry was becoming. I'm glad we finally met up 'cos he wouldn't stop talking about you. Can be a pain in the butt after a while."

"Oh, shut up, Ron!" Harry silenced his mate by punching him in the arm.

"If it isn't Mudblood, Saint-Potter and Weaselbe." Appeared Malfoy from behind a bigger bookcase sneering at the mentioned group.

"Shut it, Malfoy."

"So little Potty has a crush on Sparks. How delightful."

"It's none of your business Malfoy. Don't you have other things to do?"

"Oh, I've got, but being here is much more fun."

"You're spending the week at them, aren't you?" Hermione asked you quietly while the boys were arguing with each other.

"Yeah, as usual."

Realizing that things were getting a little out of hand, the boys' wands already drawn out, you decided it was time for you to interrupt.

"C'mon Draco, we'd better go."

You realized you called him "Draco" a little too late. You were calling each other by your last names for some time now. But it just slipped. Not bothering with this, and hoping he didn't even notice, you pulled him out of the shop.

"See you all, later!"

"See you Lil!"

After saying goodbye to your friends you continued your way on Diagon Alley with Malfoy.

"So now we are on first name basis...Has my charm melted that ice heart of yours?"

"Um, nope. It just slipped out, you know." You admitted honestly.

He leaned towards you and whispered in your ears:

"But I'm always at your service, Sparks."

"I'm flattered but I think that would make your little fangirls jealous..." You said pointing at the running Pansy behind Draco.

"Drakie! Drakie! What are you doing with her?!" Pansy shouted from some distance.

"Shit, Sparks, help!" You couldn't stand not to laugh out loud.

"The famous Draco Malfoy is afraid of a girl?"

"She's not just a girl. She's a real monster."

Finally you had pity on him and grabbed his hand, pulling him into Madame Malkin's. (The wizarding robes shop) You two hid behind some new models and waited for Pansy to go away.

Luckily, there were quite a few people on the street so she had difficulty reaching the place you had been standing a minute ago. She looked around utterly confused and threw quite a tantrum. Finally, she turned in the opposite direction and disappeared in the crowd with a deadly offended face.

"Nice one, Sparks. You don't know how painful she can be."

"Trust me on this one, I know."

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You spent the rest of the afternoon with him. You ate some ice cream and bought the things you still needed. Later, you caught up with Blaise and the others and went back to the manor in really good moods.

You retreated to your room, organized your stuff a little and checked on Stubby.

After a couple of minutes, spent doing nothing, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Hi Lil."

"Hey Blaise. What's up?"

"Nothing much. Had a great time at Diagon Alley today?"

"Yeah, it was fun." You told him truthfully. "And you?"

"It was okay, I guess. After some time Pansy found us and I couldn't get her off me. She said you and Draco hid from her. Is it true?"

"Yes. Draco didn't want her to find us."

"I can understand that." Blaise smiled at you. "Lil, I've got something to tell you."

"Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, of course...It's just... I wanted to tell you for a long time that I like you."

"You know I like you too, silly. You're my friend."

"No, I mean more. I fancy you a lot."

"What?"

"I know it's quite unexpected, but I like you since our 3rd year. I wanted to ask you out for ages."

It was quite a shock to you. Hermione kept telling you that Blaise behaved more than a friend but you always dismissed the thought.

He wouldn't be your first boyfriend, you went out with Olliver for a year, but with Draco acting strangely and Harry too... You weren't sure of what you wanted.

A lot of possibilities popped into your mind, but you tried to stay calm. With more or less success.

"Well, if it is a bit too sudden for you I can wait. With the Flint thing and so..."

You'd never thought it would turn out like this. You always considered Blaise as an older brother. But now?

"Look, Blaise, it was a bit fast-forward, but I will think about it."

"Um, of course. Well, then let's talk about something else."

"Kay."

But the conversation was not the same as before. You couldn't act like nothing has changed. Blaise probably felt the tension too as he soon bid goodnight and left.

You decided to have a shower so you went into your bathroom. You had a private one which was a pretty good thing. You stayed there for a long time, trying to wash away your problems. Why did he have to tell about his feelings now? You were enjoying yourself so much, without anything to worry about...

Finally you got out, put on your favourite green pyjamas and crawled in your bed. You couldn't sleep for a long time, just kept turning and feeling uncomfortable.