Draco found himself staring into hazel eyes that were tinted blue around the edge. He'd been fascinated by her for months, but he'd never got close enough to look at her face in detail. She had a round face framed by layered long dark brown hair that was naturally straight. He knew that her mother was European and her father Chinese, however she looked neither of these. She looked...exotic. With her tanned skin and big almond eyes framed by some of the longest eye-lashes he had ever seen she certainly was exotic looking.
He realised he had been staring at her too long, entranced by her face.
"Don't make eyes at her Malfoy she's way out of your league" sneered Harry.
"Don't you mean your league Potter?" Draco sneered back. "After all you're the one in here with her when no-one else is around" he said suggestively, wiggling his eye-brows.
From the corner of his eye he saw Amy duck her head slightly.
Both boys had their wands out and at each others' throats milliseconds later.
Amy hastily tried to step between them. "Let's not let this get out of control ok?" she said, placing a soft hand on each of the boy's chests as she attempted to push them back.
"You know Potter, if you didn't have this nice girl here protecting you I'd make sure you weren't in anyone's league, even the Weasleys" he said with another one of his famous sneers.
"And why do you care about her Malfoy? She's only another Gryffindor?" Harry taunted him.
"That's my own business" he said, narrowing his eyes, suddenly on the defensive.
"That's enough" Amy said loudly and gave each of their chest a firm shove that she hoped would send them flying backwards but actually only made them move back a step. "If you two start something we'll all be out in detention and I really don't need that right now" she stated. "I'm going back to the common room. Are you coming Harry?" she turned towards him.
Harry cast one more, distrustful glance at Draco then nodded and grabbed her bag so that he could carry it for her.
Draco watched the two leave the library until they walked out of the door. He saw the silhouette of Amy pause and turn her head to look back at him, her hair flicked around her in a way that he recognized as she turned to look at him one last time as she walked away.