𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙. // 𝙜.𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙮

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The next few days were restless and nerve wrecking and though Aurora was buried in a pile of homework with so much to study for with the upcoming exams, there was still a part of her that was at ease and she couldn't help but let a smile spread across her face remembering that day.

"My girlfriend, that's what you are. Aren't you?" Draco said looking at her hopefully as a smile formed on her lips and she all could do was kiss him sweetly making him smile too.

But it's just as they say that good things can only last for so long and this was almost too good to be true, it was something that she least expected and the only person who knew was Daphne. However, this feeling of happiness was short lived and she was brought back to reality, she may have been happy with Draco and cleared things with him but there was something else that was nagging her, something else that was keeping her down and that was none other than George; her best friend, her closest friend, her family other than Harry. Ever since that night when they sneaked out of Hogwarts just to sneak Sirius back in and then the next day when he tried to say something but couldn't, she hadn't talked to him not that she was doing it on purpose or she was avoiding him, that was the last thing she would do especially to him but she hadn't been getting the time to see him.

She had been going to lunch and dinner but they were always short because she had to leave to study, it didn't help even when she spent too much time in the Gryffindor common room and it was hard for her to concentrate there so she had to leave with the others for the library to find some quietness there so they could focus. She wanted these difficult weeks to end because she wanted to be normal with George, she couldn't help but feel like there was this unsaid and untouched tension between them that had to be solved right away. She couldn't bear the thought of being away from him or not talk to him because of something that happened weeks ago. Aurora let out a deep breath and rubbed the bridge of her nose, she hadn't been getting sleep at all and nothing was helping at the moment.

She looked up when she felt a presence beside her, a small smile tugged on her lips when she watched the platinum haired boy sit down next to her with two cups in his hands that were issuing steam from it.
"Drink this, it'll help," Draco said while handing her a cup.
"I don't like tea" Aurora said scrunching up her nose a little, eyeing the warm liquid in the cup with dislike. She had always thought that tea wasn't something she got along with well just...not her cup of tea, she had never liked how it tasted and the lingering after taste made it even worse so she avoided it as much as she could no matter how much anyone insisted but at this point all her friends knew better than to force her to drink tea.
"It'll help a bit. Just a bit won't harm you" Draco urged, instead of protesting Aurora reluctantly took the cup from him and gave him a smile as a note of thanks. She inhaled the scent but it was nothing that aroused her senses at least not the way coffee did. Just as soon as she took a sip, she removed it from her lips with a grimace making Draco chortle.

"Draco, there's no sugar! It's disgusting" she exclaimed, setting the cup aside on the table in front of her where there were books and notes scattered. She leaned back against the couch and let out a loud groan, a loud grumble followed after from her stomach making her realise that she had skipped breakfast and that's what she had been doing since the past few days as she stood up abruptly.

"To hell with this" she mumbled moodily.
"Where are you going?" Draco asked, confusingly.
"To the Hall. I don't want to starve" she said over her shoulder, making him stand up with a frown on his face.
"But we were studying"
"And I'm hungry now. Draco, you don't even study that much" Aurora said moodily, she was beginning to grow impatient because her stomach was beginning to grumble uncomfortably.
"If you don't want to spend time with me then just say so" Draco shot at her.
"You're kidding, right?" Aurora said with a humourless chuckle, "stop being so childish. All I've done is spend time with you"
"I didn't force you to" Draco said taking a step back from her, Aurora's mouth hung open. She couldn't believe his attitude and she wasn't going to deal with any of it.
"Okay" she said plainly and left the dungeons to get to the Great Hall.