"Ready to see where magic is made?", Draco smirked as he turned his doorknob.
"I'm pretending that you're still young and mean a different type of magic."
They walked into Draco's room, which was a lot like Briana remembered it. The dark green walls, the dark hardwood floor, his bathroom to the left, his closet to the right, his gigantic black and green bed, and of course, the balcony that looked over to the Brightsman manor.
"Your room is exactly the same, but... different."
"And what in the name of Merlin should that mean?"
"Well I mean, it's more like a teenager's room now.
There's quidditch posters everywhere now. It was just one wall before!"
"Maybe you've failed to notice, but things change over a span of five years."
"Oh, I've noticed."
They eyed each other and both found a smirk forming on their faces. It wasn't exactly inaccurate to say that Briana and Draco found one another attractive. Briana took a seat on the hard floor of Draco's bedroom as he sat on his bed.
"Don't you want to sit somewhere else?"
"I've actually grown fond of this floor."
"...Was that some kind of a joke?"
"If you want it to be."
"Blimey, you're much more sassy than your younger self."
"Perhaps you've failed to notice, but things change over a span of five years, Draco," she smirked as she mimicked him.
"No, Briana, I've definitely noticed."
She couldn't ignore the question any longer, "What do you mean by that?"
"Let's just say I think there's some sort of... erm... sexual tension."
"Dray, I'm not gonna have sex with you any time soon."
"That's not exactly what I was insinuating."
"Enlighten me, then."
"Admit that you find me attractive," he smirked at his best friend.
"Why would I do that?"
"Because you know it's true."
"Alright. I find you attractive."
"Thanks, I am pretty damn good-looking."
Briana laughed at him, "Whatever! Now say it to me! You know you do!"
"Okay, Bri, I find you attractive."
"I know you do," she smiled at him and he rolled his eyes, but smiled too.
"I never really knew you could look that much different," Draco commented while trailing his eyes over her again.
"Don't look at me like that; you're still my best friend."
"I know, but why can't we be best friends with benefits?"
"Fine, okay, whatever. You've always had benefits, though!"
"Like when?! We haven't seen in each other in years!"
"You kissed me like, a week before I left when we were eleven!"
"We were eleven! That hardly counts! We weren't even in school then! And you kissed me back!"
"We still kissed! What was that even about anyway?"
"You were leaving and I thought I'd sneak a smooch in there before you were gone forever."
"You amaze me. Didn't know you had thoughts like that back then."
"They were always there sometimes, although they were much more innocent back then. Like the thoughts I'm having now are about a million times worse than the ones I had when we were like nine."
"Merlin's beard, are you a womanizer?"
"I get around, if that's what you mean."
"If I go to Hogwarts, will I be hearing things like 'Draco Malfoy: School heart-breaker and womanizer'?"
Draco laughed at her words, "You might hear something like that, but you're a smart girl. You know not to believe everything you hear. Just most of them."
"Right. Just please don't come running up to me one day saying that you're gonna be a father before we even graduate."
"How do you know I'll even get a chance to?"
"Why wouldn't you?"
"What if you knew before me?"
"How would I know before... DRACO!", she realizedwhat he meant.
He laughed at Briana as she made a shocked face. The two of them sat there for a while, neither of them saying anything.
After a couple minutes of a nice silence, Briana walked up to his bed andface-plantedonto Draco's soft and clean-smelling bed. She closed her eyes and breathed softly, enjoying the smell of his dark green and black comforter.
"What are you doing?", Draco asked her.
"Inhaling the scent of your bed."
He scrunched up his nose at her, "Why are you doing that?"
"I dunno, it just smells good. Smells like you."
"So you think I smell good?"
"Yeah, you do."
"Brilliant."
"Hey, Draco?"
"Can you please put your head up? I can barely understand you."
Briana rolled her eyes and sat up, "I have a question for you!"
"What is it, dear child?"
"What do you think is like, the best club around here?"
"The best club? That's easilyAparecium,which is about 15 minutes away from here. Why?"
"My best mate from America told me to get a look around and find the best club around."
"Oh, so you found someone worthy of my replacement, did you?"
"Come off it, you know I wouldn't sit there, friendless for the rest of my life, waiting to be reunited with you. Of course I'd find a best mate in America! You trying to tell me that you didn't find other friends and another best mate this whole time?"
"Of course I found other friends, I'm Draco Malfoy. And I suppose my best mate has been Blaise Zabini. He's like my brother. You know that's not what I meant anyway; you'd be barking to not get new friends, Bri."
"Yes, yes. Well that's all cleared up, but you're still my actual best friend, Draco, okay?"
"I know. You are too. But honestly, I like it better when you call me your nickname. Suits your voice better."
"Alright, Dray," she smiled, but more to herself than him. And he was smiling inside, just as brightly as she was on the outside.
Draco stood up and grabbed Briana's hands, making her stand up as well.
"What are you doing? Where are we going?"
"We're going to our special place. I haven't been there since you left."
She gasped, "Yes! I can't wait! I almost forgot about our special place, I was so busy with you."
"We weren't doing anything that'd make youthatbusy. Not yet, anyway."
"Oh, Dray, I love you, but I'm still getting used to your maturity."
"Can't you imagine how hard it is for me? That dress looks perfect on you."
"See, now that is definitely nothing the young Dray would've said."
"Ah, but it's something this Dray would've said."
"I'll get used to it."
The pair of them walked down the stairs and to the front doors, about to leave to their very special place, the place for just the two of them.
Briana and Draco.
Not one person more, nor one person less.