"Where did Granger say we have to go again?" Draco complained, ruffling his now, ginger, hair with one hand.
Ron groaned. "Malfoy, how the bloody hell would I know?" He looked ahead of them distastefully. "All she said was 'no sweets'."
"Whatever, Weasley."
"Well, Hogsmeade isn't exactly the best place for grocer's shops if you ask me!" he shot back.
"Whatever, Weasley." Draco smirked.
"Okay, how about I go to the Three Broomsticks, and you bugger off!"
Draco looked thoughtful for a moment, and then responded with a slow sneer. "We're going to Comestus' Brasserie."
"What's that?" Ron asked with confusion.
However, Draco decidedly ignored him, and instead began to walk down into the center of the village, where all the shops remained. Several people were already out, most of them gravitating toward Honeydukes Sweetshop. Ron's stomach groaned with longing. "Where are you going?!" he shouted.
Draco turned once, with a victorious look on his face. Before he could get questioned further, he went back around, and turned left.
"That bloody git!" Ron swore to himself, following him grudgingly. "Who does he think he his?"
He had a mindset to shake that prat until the smirk wipes off his face. He traveled a bit behind him, until they reached a tiny brick building, covered almost entirely with green moss.
He hid quickly behind it as Draco looked over his shoulder a couple times, but he eventually walked through the door.
'I've never been here before...' Ron thought. After a few moments he entered, himself, and his jaw dropped open. It was incredibly large and opulent on the inside, despite its shabby exterior, and the walls offered a refreshing shade of green. There were several tables littered behind the counter, where he could see Draco ordering just a few feet away. 'This is like 'Mione's bag, except in a Hogsmeade shop!'
Suddenly, Draco whirled around and stared right at him, walking towards him irritably. 'The hell...' Ron backed away, startled.
"Give me that shit." He said, snatching Hermione's bag from him.
"Bitch, please!" Ron snarled back. "You didn't even bloody tell me what you're getting."
"Whatever, Weasley." Draco responded, for about the millionth time, and stalked over to the counter smugly.
'I'm going to bloody strangle him, if-'
"Hello, how are you doing today?" The voice of a woman said behind him.
He turned around instantly, and resisted the urge to groan with annoyance. "Fine, thanks."
"Would you like to order-?" Her voice dripped with faux delight, and she sounded as though someone spiked her tea with too much sugar. "No, thanks." Ron replied shortly, and he exited that restaurant as quickly as he could. 'I was suffocating in there!'
He tapped his foot impatiently, and waited for Draco to come out...practically empty-handedly. "Where the bloody hell is all our-" He started indignantly.
"In her bag, Weasley, settle down. We all know you eat away your problems." He stuffed Hermione's beaded bag in her pocket, and sniggered.
Ron had had enough. "OI!" He shouted, launching himself at Draco and sending him tumbling—hard, down to the ground.
"Get your filthy hands off of me!" Draco protested, rolling over, so that he was on top of Ron, who continued to pummel him furiously, with his two fists. He tugged at his dirty-blond beard, and Ron yelped in pain. "You prat!"
"Excuse me!" Ron recognized the syrupy sweet voice from only minutes earlier.
Draco immediately glanced up at the woman in shock. Ron took the opportunity to push him off, roughly, and he landed on the ground once more. He got up to his feet shakily. "We'll er...we..." Ron started.
"We tend to fight a lot; my apologizes. Now, we'll be going!" Draco said briskly, ignoring the skeptical look on the woman's face, and grabbing Ron's arm.
"Nice work, Weasley." He muttered under his breath, pushing him along.
"I can't believe I have to live with such an idiot!" Ron panted, his face reddening.
"Well, I'm sorry to say, but Granger and I were perfectly fine without you and...what do they call him now? The Chosen One? The-Boy-Who-Saves-All-Our-Arses, is that it?" Draco sneered.
"Don't you dare talk about Harry like that!" Ron fumed. "And in case you hadn't noticed, Hermione's only tolerated you because she wanted to find us!" he shoved Draco away, and began to walk towards The Three Broomsticks.
Draco stood there, stunned. He watched Ron slam open the door and rush inside, and he felt resentment fuel up inside of him. He clenched his fists, and decidedly refused to follow him in. 'I've always hated that place.' He told himself resolutely, walking stiffly in the opposite direction, to a place that seemed even smaller than the Shrieking Shack.
"The Hogs Head", the sign read, which looked tattered and as though it hung from the shop by a magical thread.
'It's better than being with that Weasel...' he contemplated, entering the pub. Surprise, surprise—that dirty, little place was empty. He sat down on one of the wooden chairs anyway, and rested his head on his hands, which he had propped up on his table. It seemed...almost...comfortable here. He wondered if anyone from Hogwarts came here. Hogwarts...he never missed a place he'd hated more in his entire life. He imagined how all the students would be lined up at their tables in the Great Hall, feasting on the endless amounts of food, and chattering excitedly with their fellow Housemates. How he ached to be back at Hogwarts. He could just-
"What part of closed did you not understand, sir?" A gruff voice said behind him.
Draco turned around, and looked up guiltily at the pub's owner. And then he looked back again. Into his bright, piercing blue eyes. The same ones that almost...twinkled sadly on the Astronomy Tower. The ones that were usually partially obscured by silver, half-moon spectacles. The bright, piercing blue eyes of-
"Dumbledore?"
Author's Note- Hi. I can't think of anything snarky to say, so...bye!...Oh, wait, wait! I forgot to tell you, the "Give me that shit!" & "Bitch, please..." parts are from this gif that I so dearly love. That part's much funnier if you've seen it. ;) Here's the link:
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Just remove the spaces :)