Pairing - Pansy/Theo
Prompt - Chess Piece
Word Count - 300
Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Gone
"Pansy?"
"What?"
"Will you go to Hogsmead with me?"
"We're in second year, Nott, we aren't allowed to Hogsmead yet."
"Oh. Yeah. Damn."
xxxx
Such a small, simple conversation started it all. From then on, he was forever asking me on a date. Would I go to the library with him? Did I want to go to the kitchens? On and on it went. Of course, when we got into third year, he upped the ante, asking me at least once a week for a date. I held him off. He irritated me, I didn't like him, I was going to marry Draco. It's funny how things work out.
xxxx
"Fancy a game of chess, Parkinson?"
"Sure, I've got nothing better to do."
"You wound me, you really do. White or black?"
"White."
"Fancy a bet on the outcome?"
"Prizes?"
"If I win, you go on a date with me."
"And if I win, you leave me alone."
"Um. Okay."
xxxx
I watched triumphantly as the king fell, happy that he would finally be off my back. If I had known all it took was for a chess piece to fall, I'd have played him a long time ago.
As time passed on, and Theo kept his word, I felt myself...missing him. It's strange but true, you don't realise what you've actually got until you lose it.
It was the last hogsmead visit before Graduation, and I knew I had to do something. I sat beside him at breakfast, and with a nervous feeling in my stomach, I asked him.
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"Theo?"
"What?"
"Will you go to Hogsmead with me?"
"Whatever game you're playing Parkinson, stop."
"No games, I swear."
"Why now?"
"Because I finally realised what I've been missing. Come to Hogsmead?"
"Alright. Oh and Pansy?"
"What?"
"Thank you."