BONJOUR! HOLA! HEY! sorry i haven't been on in like a million trillion years, school and such. blah. but here it is! took me long enough my god... so you shall find, my super-mega-foxy-awesome-hot readers, that those sad about Blaise being bad and not the good friend of our main man mister Draco (yum yum) Malfoy, you will probably enjoy this chapter :) wink wink nudge nudge, gee i wonder what is going to happen :O
okie dokes imma go now. new chapter hopefully won't take as long. xox hope all is swell!- Brooklyn
Draco dragged his feet over to the crates along with the other students. He felt sick. He'd locked eyes with Hermione for a moment, a simple moment that meant so much to him. But she had looked away; ripping any last hope he may have had from his heart.
He reached the crates only to find there were none left. Every creature had been taken by a student. Draco smiled triumphantly to himself.
"S'alright mister Malfoy!" called Hagrid from a group of two Gryffindors who were sharing an animal "you can share with mister Zabini 'er Miss Parkinson" Draco turned in the direction Hagrid was looking to see Blaise and Pansy standing behind him, each holding a small cage containing one of the animals.
Draco was at a lose of words, and probably looked quite pathetic standing there staring at the pair without speaking a word.
"Get to it then! Chop-chop!" called Hagrid, breaking the awkward silence.
"Right" said Draco raising his chin as to look more put-together. "Which one of you is willing to share?" he tried for a snarl at the "ugly" animals and thankfully succeeded. Blaise smiled lightly.
"Good to see you back mate" said Blaise patting a hand on Draco's shoulder. Draco grunted a response. "We're sorry for what happened…" Blaise began in a very quite voice
"Butitwasfor the best!" said Pansy in a voice louder then needed be. Blaise shot her a look, but she ignored it.
"Pansy, I'm going to share this… beautiful creature" Blaise wrinkled his nose as he repeated what Hagrid had called the animals earlier. Then continued "with Draco, you go… make friends or something"
"I 'ave friends!" she called as Blaise wrapped an arm around Draco and pulled him towards the edge of the forest, the two of them ignoring Pansy as she huffed and stomped off towards the other students.
The reached the forest and Blaise placed his arms back by his sides. "Look mate…" he began looking at Draco's scowl, then rubbing the back of his neck "I really am… sorry, about what happened" Draco didn't buy his words. He stood motionless with a scowl. Then realizing Blaise wasn't going to go into much more detail until he spoke, he finally did
"What exactly are you sorry about Zabini?" Draco's voice had a little more venom then he had intended, apparently more then Blaise expected as well because his eyes widened slightly for a split second before going back to normal.
"I'm sorry I had to break it off between you and Granger" this time Draco truly was shocked, Blaise's voice was gentle and without the slightest edge of venom, he sounded sincerely sorry…
"You're sorry?" was all Draco could manage. Blaise looked up to his old friend. He nodded.
Draco felt his anger bubble inside him, he could feel his heart beating faster, his hands began to shake and he bit his tongue hard, as to not loose his temper. Unfortunately, he lost that battle.
"You've ruined the best thing in my life! You destroyed all that has kept me happy and sane! You think that you can just say sorry for that?" Draco shouted, his hands made fists; it had been a while since he'd lost his temper like this, sure he'd been furious, many times lately, but he hardly ever shouted. Though in his anger and screaming, his voice did tremble, his words were so true it stung him to say what he had been thinking for the last few weeks. Blaise wasn't hurt much by Draco's words. He looked sorry for his old friend, he looked genuinely sorry and Draco did not over look it. He calmed a bit, still with a large ball caught in his throat, keeping him from speaking.
"My mother… she wanted an in with the dark lord. I thought that if I… if I could gain your father's trust…"
"He would help you to become a death eater" finished Draco. Blaise nodded "and you felt you HAD to ruin my life completely to do so?" asked Draco without emotion. Blaise rolled his eyes
"Stop being so dramatic, I didn't ruin your life"
"Feels that way" Draco mumbled, he was hoping to low for Blaise to hear, but he did and he frowned at his depressed friend.
"If I could take it back I swear I would"
"You could have told me" said Draco quickly
"What?"
"Well I could have helped you. Easily" Draco looked up and locked eyes with his friend.
"I wasn't thinking"
"No kidding" the two stood in silence.
Draco really didn't want to forgive him. He had ruined everything. Hermione had been the one thing that seemed to be keeping him sane the last while. She kept him happy and light, she gave him a purpose. His mission to get her to forgive him for the things he has done, his hopes that she would fall for him the way he had slowly fallen for her throughout his years at Hogwarts. She was truly the only good thing in his life. Or at least, was…
Draco hated Blaise for what had happened. Him and damn Pansy, but him and Blaise had been good friends, and for so long, that he could sense the sincerity of his apology. He wished he couldn't, but it was there. In his voice, his facial expression, he even chewed his bottom lip for a split second when Draco had rejected his first attempt at an apology, then stopped when he realized what his regret and anxiety had his teeth doing to his lip.
"Please" the word startled Draco from his thoughts, he blinked away from the trees he had been staring at with great intensity, and brought his eyes back to his friend who happened to have a largely exaggerated, desperate, pout face.
"Merlin Blaise what the hell are you doing?" he asked slightly creeped out by his friend's expression.
"What?" asked Blaise "this is the face I always use to get my way, does it not work on you?" Draco's straight face quickly vanished as he struggled to repress a smirk, of course he failed and a snort of laughter escaped. Blaise grinned, showing his bright white teeth and he chuckled.
"Look, mate" Blaise said finally after a while, his smile fading slowly as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"It's fine" Draco quickly interrupted.
"Really?"
"Yeah" it wasn't really, but Draco was in no mood to discuss this right now. He did accept his friend's apology, and he understood why he did what he did, having been under the heavy influence of a parent and all, but there was still the fact of Hermione… no longer being in Draco's grasp, but the complete opposite. She was back to despising him and no doubt fantasizing of his death.
"What about Pansy?" asked Blaise awkwardly
"I'd actually forgotten about that little twat for a moment there" Draco's choice of word for Pansy granted him some disapproving glares from some passing Ravenclaw girls. He snarled at them and they quickly looked away, no doubt frightened. Draco smirked at that, then he remembered Blaise and their conversation.
"So what about her?" asked Blaise again, not sure whether Draco was listening or off on another planet again.
"Exactly" he said shrugging his shoulders "what about her? I don't see her attempting a true apology, so obviously she is not sorry"
"Draco…"
"No don't, Blaise. Don't. You and I both know she is not sorry. Why would she be sorry for ruining my relationship with Her-" he swallowed the lump in his throat, catching himself before saying her name aloud. "G" he tried but it came out as a mear croak, he coughed loudly into his fist "Granger" he said stronger. Blaise decided it best to ignore Draco's weird acts to saying her name.
"She said she was sorry"
"Not sorry that she did it. She's apologizing in hopes I will forgive her and take her back. But that is not going to happen, Blaise. She is not sorry" Blaise nodded his head, he understood of course where Draco was coming from.
"Alright. I understand," he said speaking his thoughts.
"Thanks" muttered Draco
"Glad we're alright" Blaise said smiling at his old friend.
"Me too mate" Draco returned the smile. They then proceeded to return their creature to Hagrid, unfed, as class had ended. Hagrid gave the pair a disapproving look, mixed with confused sadness, as if he didn't understand why someone wouldn't want to love the creatures.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were returning their creatures at the same time as Draco and Blaise. Harry and Ron glared at the two boys, and the two Slytherins retuned the looks with a pair of snarls. Hermione kept her eyes locked on her shoes, pretending she didn't notice the none verbal quarrel between the four boys.
"Don't worry Hagrid" said Harry looking at Hagrid's hurt expression "boys like these have problems loving anything other then themselves" Draco's eyes non-consciously flicked to Hermione, who just in time looked slowly up from her toes to the scene, to see Draco looking at her. Her body quickly stiffened and her back grew very straight as her eyes widened in shock.
"Um, got to go" she said quickly "bye Hagrid, bye boys" Harry and Ron turned to see a knot of brown curls walking quickly from them, then running up to the castle. Confused, they looked to each other then back at the two Slytherins as Draco spoke.
"Shut it Potter. We're just repulsed by the thought of befriending an ugly, slimy, pathetic excuse for an animal like these" Draco nugged the crates forcefully, causing some odd sounds to escape the creatures, and Hagrid's mouth to gap open at Draco. The two Gryffindors kept their eyes narrowed and faces next to expressionless. "Explains why we aren't friends with you" finished Draco. It remained silent for all of ten seconds before Harry chuckled once in disbelief.
"Oh really?" he asked his eyebrows raising "if I remember correctly, that's not how it went our first day. Do you remember? You wanted to be my friend, and I turned you down. Seems you're the ugly, slimy, pathetic excuse for an animal, Draco" Ron chuckled at his side. Hagrid even struggled against a smile; it would be inappropriate for him to encourage the fight, though he still for some reason remained silent.
Draco barred his teeth "sod off" he snapped before storming off with Blaise on his heels.
Harry and Ron looked up at their giant friend/teacher "sorry Hagrid" the pair said. Hagrid lowered his head, then slightly nodded.
"S'alright boys, that Malfoy s'got a mouth on 'im. Gonna land 'im in a lot o' trouble" Ron and Harry grinned.
"You've got that right, did you see the way he scared off Hermione?" asked Ron, his eyebrows knitting together.
"Yeah that was weird…" said Harry looking at Ron, then Hagrid as he grunted an agreement.
"'Ermione's bin actin' very weird lately if I'm not mistaken?" Hagrid asked looking to Harry.
"Yeah she has, it's weird though, she was acting very skittish and secretive a few weeks ago, and now she just seems, frightened and on edge…"
"She's being extremely exclusive, won't tell us a thing" said Ron looking quite hurt.
"Hmm.. Well you boys best be off. Classes will be startin'" the two hadn't even noticed the rest of the class had cleared out and probably already entering their next class of the day. The two shouted their goodbyes to Hagrid as they ran off towards the castle.
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"Draco..." she whispered "are you awake?" he growled into his pillow. He was having such a lovely dream.
"what do you want?" he groaned ignoring the sound of shuffling bare feet towards the side of his bed.
"Draco i'm scared, can i sleep with you tonight?" this snapped him awake, his eyes flew open. What did she just say?