The Riddle: The Philosopher Stone ( Shifting Script/ Harry Potter Fan-fiction )

Chapter 8:

He was stumbling with his words

Draco: " Well, Potter is annoying and besides, I was joking with him! I didn't suspect him to actually take it seriously!"

Sage: " Uh Huh, and what about Cedric, hmm?"

Draco: " I- i... look Turner, it's complicated."

Sage: " Complicated!?"

She said stomping on the floor

Sage: " Do you think this is the time to tell me you punched an innocent boy who was trying to help Hazel because it's... COMPLICATED!?"

Draco: " Diggory is NOT innocent. Did you see his hand on Hazel's hand? That's not being friendly, you could tell Hazel was uncomfortable as she was blushing from embarrassment."

I was not embarrassed

Sage: " She wasn't even embarrassed!"

She waits for a while trying to cool herself down from all the yelling, Draco, um, I mean Malfoy was complaining to Sage as she was looking around the room to calm herself down, she then relaxed her face and turned to Draco instantly, interrupting him,

Sage: " Oh my merlin..."

Draco looked confused

Draco: " What?"

Sage: " Oh. My. MERLIN!"

Draco looked at her with wide eyes

Draco: " What's wrong with you Turner?"

Sage smiled a little

Sage: " You like Hazel. I knew it."

I'm sorry, did I hear that correctly? No, I probably couldn't have.

Draco: " What? No, I do not like Hazel!"

Yah, that's what I thought. That seemed more like Draco-MALFOY.

Sage: " Mhm, and could you tell me why you just called her Hazel and not Riddle?"

My eyes widened. I just realized that. He never calls people he's not VERY close to by their first name.

Draco: " I- i... I called her Riddle! You're mad!"

Even I knew that was a lie.

Sage: " Draco! You cannot like, MY, best friend! Not only is she not some toy you can play with, but she is the only person you don't own from me!"

Draco scoffs

Draco: " That's not true!"

Sage: " Yes it is! And we both know it!"

Draco stood there not saying anything. Wow, he likes me. I mean same , but I never thought to see the day!

Draco: " Fine, I was jealous that she was friends with Diggory and that she likes him. She doesn't even want to be friends with me, happy Turner?"

He said, sounding annoyed. Sage just kept shaking her head side to side looking down, licking her lips. She was pissed.

Sage: "Yah sorry Malfoy, but you are not going to be friends with her. Not until the day I step foot off this planet. NOT UNTIL I DIE!"

She starts stomping back to come back in the room. I panic and step a little back so it seems that I just wanted to go outside recently. She came in and almost bumped into me saying

Sage: " I dealt with Malfoy, is Cedric ok?"

Oh my god I am a horrible friend, I forgot Cedric this entire time.

Me: " Yah, Madam Pomfrey's got it covered, um, i'm going to the bathroom. Stay here Flitwick says."

She nods and goes off to see how Cedric is doing. I go outside and see Malfoy leaning against the wall. When he looks over my direction, he stands up straight. Looking at me come over to him. His cheeks look like they have blush on. I grabbed his arm without giving him a face or saying anything. He stumbles a little when I pull him and then looks around to see if anyone saw him. I drag him to the nearest empty hall getting stares from multiple people. I drop his arm and he says

Draco: " What the bloody hell Haze- uh-Riddle"

He messes up his words. I smile and he just looks at me with wide eyes. I say

Me: " Relax Draco, I decided. It wouldn't be so bad being your friend."

He looks at me in confusion, thinking I've gone mad.

Draco: " Um, Ha-Riddle, is there something wrong?"

I look at him deeply in the eyes. He does the exact same. We stay there for over ten seconds, like in Charms class. And then I say

Me: " No, I just realize I shouldn't be quick to judge. I've given everyone a chance and they've given me a chance. Why shouldn't I give you one. You aren't your father. Or mother."

I smile a little. He gives me a genuine smile. It looked amazing on him, he should smile more often.

Draco: " Ok Ha-Riddle, deal"

He holds out his hand. I was about to shake his hand when I remembered, the last name game was not a good idea.

Me: " I want to get rid of the last name situation, it's ridiculous."

He scoffs and rolls his eyes

Draco: " Fine, and also, we can't be friends in front of Sage, she doesn't like us together."

I was thinking about it, Sage my best friend? That seemed horrible. But I could tell that this relationship, this relationship with Draco meant something more. I was going to have to be very careful. I knew that Sage would be absolutely heartbroken if I did this to her. Really, I would never think to do such a thing, but like I said. I had a good feeling about this relationship. I said

Me: " Fine, Deal."

And we shook our hands like we were responsible adults. When I first felt his hand, I got a tingle in my body and I could see that Draco did as well. We stared at each other just holding hands for over five seconds until we heard more noises of footsteps on the granite floor. We separated our hands and walked to the Great Hall together, not speaking a word.