Drarry - Rumor has it

Part 2

I step out of the Great Hall and see Malfoy coming my way. I stop, puzzled. For days now I've been having weird thoughts about him, about what he maybe does with other dudes. I look at him blankly ; he stops and raises an eyebrow elegantly.

"Yes, Potter? (I start.) Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Er, I, not really." I stutter, blushing. "I... How are you doing?"

His second eyebrow joins the first one.

"I'm fine –thus a little bit tired. What about you?"

I look at his face. He doesn't seem so fit indeed. He has dark, deep rings under his eyes and he's never looked so pale, almost waxy. A nasty voice sniggers into my head.

Maybe he's exhausted from working at night?

I shake myself to chase this thought.

"I'm fine, thanks."

His gaze flickers from me to the door of the Great Hall, and to me again.

"All right then... if that's all you needed to know, I'd like to grab something to eat before class starts" he sneers.

"Yeah, sure, sorry" I stammer.

I step aside to let him in, he walks past me with an amused gaze.

This story is driving me crazy.

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In my bed, staring at the ceiling, I wonder who could be Malfoy's clients. Seamus said they were dudes, okay. But who?

Would he sleep with some of his Slytherin's mates? I find that hard to believe. He wouldn't stand to be submitted to the ones he used to rule. Gryffindors? Nah. He hates us all, he has always said Gryffindors are unbearable.

He despises Hufflepuffs and only tolerates Ravenclaws. I don't see anyone else in Hogwarts he could have sex with. Yeah, this rumour is just a fake, he wouldn't do it with students and-

I freeze as the truth hits me brutally.

Shit!

I haven't thought about this until now but... what if he sleeps with...

...teachers?

I shiver in horror. No. Impossible. That can't be true.

I have to be certain of that. I don't know why, but I have to know. And I am ready to investigate myself to be sure.

I need to know if Draco Malfoy is a tart.

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"Oh, hi Harry! How are you doing?"

"I'm fine Cho. It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"Yes."

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I have a question to ask you. Is it true you told Marietta about Draco Malfoy's... difficult situation?"

She looks surprised.

"Well... You mean, the fact that he must have a hard time with his father on the loose and his mum under house arrest? It's no secret."

A different version again. The other week Seamus and Dean were saying Narcissa Malfoy was ill, and now I hear she is forced to stay at home. What's true, what's wrong? I am determined to dig as much as necessary to know the real version of the story.

"No. Actually people keep saying that Draco is... selling his body for money."

Her jaw drops in shock.

"What? I've never heard that! Who's spreading such a rumour?"

"Eighth years Gryffindors have been talking about it for a week now, they heard it from Marietta."