"What do you want, Parkinson?" Draco asked. He was already tensing up for whatever shenanigans that she had planned. Pansy Parkinson slowly rose up from where she sat on one of the sofas in the common room. Her cloak fell off her shoulders and she didn't make an attempt to reach for it. She started walking towards Draco.
"Now, Drakkie," Draco fists clinched tight when he heard her use the little pet name she had come with to make people believe that the two were in a relationship, such that she could give him a nickname, "I know that you know the answer to that question."
Sadly, Draco did know the answer that Pansy was referring to. She had made it no secret that she wanted Draco Malfoy.
"Parkinson, don't you have a boyfriend that you should be snogging with?" Draco said, trying to distract her. With every step that she took to get closer to him, Draco took another step back away from her.
"Ha! Are you talking about Blaise Zabini? He's just something to pass the time with until you wake up from whatever she has done to you and quit hanging around that Mudblood," Pansy's lips curled with disgust as she said the word, "And come where you belong."
Draco could feel disgust of his own start to fill him. He absolutely detested hearing anyone use that term. Draco could feel the wall against his back. Pansy had a wicked smile on her face. She threw her straight, black hair over her shoulder with a flick of her wrist.
"Come on," she said as she continued to walk closer to him, "Quit playing games with me, Drakkie." She was within reaching distance of Draco, by the time she finished her sentence.
First, I have to deal with Ron acting weird all day. Now, I have to face Pansy and her obsessive ways? Give me a break!
Pansy extended her arm out and slowly caressed Draco face, from his jaw to his pointed chin. She was standing toe to toe with him. Her dark eyes stared into his eyes.
"You know that I am better for you. More than she will ever be." she whispered to him. Then, Pansy tried to close the little distance between them with her slender body.
Draco's anger flashed through him. He pushed her away from him. Pansy had gone too far with all her snide comments. She looked up at Draco from the floor. Her eyes burned with fury. He stepped around her and made his way over to the exit. Draco turned back to look at her.
"Pansy Parkinson, don't you dare call her that again," he sneered. Then, he turned to the door. "And she hasn't bewitched me, slipped me a potion or anything of the sort. So, you need to get over it. We will never be together."
As he reached for the door, he heard Pansy taking in sharp breaths behind him. He turned to see that Pansy's shoulders were shaking and her eyes were starting to overflow with tears. She was trying to maintain her anger, but Draco could see that it was slipping away with her tears.
"Every…everything I did…f-for you…" she said in between her sobs, "B-being on the…Quidditch teammm…Becoming a-a…Prefect…" Tears continued to fall from Pansy. "W-why am I…not g-good enough?"
Draco faced the door when he answered.
"I think you know the answer to that question, Parkinson." Draco said. Then, he walked out of the common room, leaving Pansy crying on the floor.
Draco felt bad about what he did to her, but she needed to stop dogging his steps and throwing herself at him. He walked through the dungeons and up to the ground floor in a daze.
I may have been harsh, but she needed the wake up call.
"Draco, you know it isn't safe to walk around Hogwarts and not pay attention. You might wonder into trouble."
He looked up to see Luna. She was standing on the last step on the flight that lead to the ground floor from upstairs.
"You could walk into one of Peeves' traps." she said. Then, she jumped down to the floor. "But it seems to me that you have already been through something."
Just when did she start paying so much attention to me?
"I had to deal with Pansy Parkinson…again." Draco said with a sigh. He walked over to Luna and sat down on the step that she had just jumped from. She lowered herself and joined him on the stair.
"I'm sorry." she said. Luna patted him on the back a couple of times. Then, she interlocked her fingers together and put her hands in her lap. Groups of students passed by them, heading to the Great Hall.
"Hope you two haven't caused mischief while I was gone." Hermione asked. Draco and Luna turned to see her at the top of the stairs, one hand on her hip.
"Without you, we wouldn't dream of it, Hermione." Luna answered. Hermione smiled as she made her way down the flight.
Draco wasn't going to tell anyone else about what happened with Pansy. He had enough on his plate as it was. More students kept passing them, going to supper.
"There's not going to be any food left if we don't hurry up." Luna said jokingly. Hogwarts hadn't run out of food at any gathering that was held in the five years that Draco had spent in the school.
Hermione and Luna went to their table and Draco sat with Crabbe and Goyle while he ate. Occasionally, he would look over to check on the girls. (Even though, it was more like he wanted to keep his eyes on Hermione.)
"Yeah, Pansy won't come out of the dorm." a girl's voice said, not too far from where Draco sat.
"Well, did she say why?" a male voice asked.
"No, she won't. Wouldn't tell me why she was crying either." the girl continued.
Draco saw Millicent Bulstrode, one of Pansy's lackeys, talking to Blaise Zabini.
Great. Draco propped his elbow up on the table and rested his forehead in his palm. He got up and left the Great Hall. Draco was going to wait for Hermione and Luna out in the corridor.
There was a light drizzle of rain that was beating against the windows. As Draco walked over to the staircase, the sound relaxed him, somewhat. Draco leaned against the wall and slid down to sit on the floor. He closed his eyes. Then, he proceeded to ignore the chatter from the Great Hall and focused on the rain.
Just what am I going to do?
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