just for you (years 5-7)

chapter 18

"good luck with that one" daphne sighs under her breath, standing as well and stalking away to the ravenclaw table, where she takes a seat with some of her other friends. i look back over at draco, who's still staring nervously back at me

"what did you say?" i raise my eyebrow

"i just-" he clears his throat, "you always use his first name-"

"you've got to stop it with that-"

"and the way you danced together-"

"are you talking about the party? draco, you know that was just to make you jealous-"

"on your end, yeah, but- jesus- the way he looked at you-"

"we danced once"

"he has a thing for you" he scowls, "always has"

"well, tell adri- pucey, i'm not interested" i shrug, "i only have a thing for you"

draco meets my eyes again, smiling slightly, "yeah?"

"one hundred percent" i nod, "i've never even thought of him like that"

he clears his throat, smirking and nodding his head as he looks back down to his food

"don't get too big of a head" i roll my eyes, "you're still being an ass"

"sorry" he mumbles, looking up at me through his eyelashes, "i get... nervous" he says quietly. i raise my eyebrow and he continues, "about you leaving me again..." his voice trails off, his eyes turning away again

"and i fucking hate pucey." he adds under his breath, still not meeting my eyes

"draco, you know i'm not-" i clear my throat, reaching my hand across the table to rest over his. he looks back up, "please, don't think like that" he nods slowly, letting my hand fall off of his as he reaches up, leaning his head against his hand

"i'm sorry i didn't tell you about quidditch" he mumbles, "i have to focus on... you know" he takes in a breath, "and at the time you didn't know about that so i wasn't sure how to explain..." he begins to ramble, trailing off at the end and shaking his head, "i'm sorry"

"apology excepted" i nod, bringing my hand back to my side of the table, "you're shit at apologies" i smirk, and he looks up at me with a chuckle

"i'm working on it"

"sure you are"

we smirk at each other for a second more before the bell rings, calling our attention away from each other. i look back to him and he raises his eyebrows, already standing and grabbing his things, "time for potions" he smiles, gesturing for me to stand as well.

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we walk into slughorns classroom, draco's hand on the small of my back as he leads me through the doorway. i see theo, pansy and blaise already standing at our normal table, talking amongst themselves as we approach. as they notice us, they quiet down. theo clears his throat, his eyes darting between us anxiously

"we aren't fighting anymore, so you three can stop staring at us like that" draco drops down his bag, going to stand at the other end of the table

"yeah- um... what he said" i add timidly, smiling slightly to take the edge off of his words. our friends nod, continuing on with their conversation as i walk over to draco, taking my usual place by his side

theo meets my eyes, raising his eyebrow, questioning if i'm alright. i nod back at him and he looks down, nodding his head in approval and then turning back to pansy