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"remember when juliet and oliver kissed?"

yeah...currently im with oliver, laney, and bella. it's been three days since the day at draco's dorm. things with oliver and i weren't weird at all. we didn't really specifically talk about the kiss. but it's not like there was much to talk about anyways. it was just a dare- that was it. a dare.

"yeah- yeah." i mumble, keeping my eyes focused on the book im reading.

laney, bella, oliver, and i are all under a big oak tree in the courtyard. we're either reading or studying- it's free period and i convinced them to do something.... productive.

bella tried arguing that smoking a joint is productive but i quickly shut that down. she called me a loser.

"are we ever going to talk about that?" laney chuckles, drawling doodles on a random piece of parchment.

"what's there to talk about?" i smile, looking up from my book.

"uhm the fact you literally were sucking face-" bella tries to elaborate but i cut her off.

"okay- okay. i get it."

oliver snickers, still reading his book.

"what are you laughing about?" i ask, tilting my head jokingly.

"you're so flustered." oliver observes, grinning to himself as he flicks through his reading material.

i furrow my eyebrows, "am not."

but he just a murmurs a "mhm."

i nudge him with my shoulder and bring out my book again to begin reading it once more. but not before oliver has the last word. "but you definitely were flustered."

i throw my head back against the bark of tree behind me and laugh, "i swear to god oliver."

"didn't have to make it that noticeable...my lips are just too powerful, aren't they, hm?" he questions, turning his head to look at me with a giddy smile on his face.

"oh yeah, totally." i play with him, shaking my head.

"of course they are." oliver states as his lips pull into a smirk.

after awhile of sitting there reading my book, i sit up a bit and look over to my side to see laney and bella both sleeping.

i chuckle grabbing my tote bag and placing my books into it. we should get going soon, before next period starts.

as im doing this i notice black boots walking pass us, that makes me look up. i know those- draco.

my head shoots up and i see him strolling by. a book in his hands, while he's focused on reading it.

"hey draco!" i hear oliver yell out from beside me.

i watch draco stop in his tracks and turn his head to the side. his eyes fall on all of us, but they slowly flick over to just me.

his eyes roam up and down my body- it's like he's drinking the sight of me. and it's making me...feel weird.

"come over here- let's walk to class together, yeah. okay get bella and laney up." oliver says to him, while he stands to his feet grabbing his book.

draco starts walking over to us, he still hasn't said a word.

i don't think draco's still mad at oliver for the whole "kissing me" thing. they always have fights but they've been best friends since they were children. so it's hard for them to hate each other for long. like- the day after draco punched oliver they could be spotted getting butterbeers and laughing with each other.

i fix my eyes onto my bag, placing all my items in still sitting down under the big tree. but as im doing this i notice draco's shoes in front of me.

he's standing directly in front of me.

i take a deep breath and stand up to my feet, looking at the bag in my hands- too nervous to meet his eyes.

"hello juliet." he says his first words.

i am now forced to look up- knowing that he's just burning holes into my forehead.

i look up, meeting his unmistakable grey eyes, "malfoy."

looking at him makes me remember. that night. three days ago. where my drunk self not only kissed my best friend oliver, but also my worst enemy. it sounds unbelievable- and it is. it's also really confusing because i can't seem to understand why i didn't pull away when i had the chance.

i could've smacked him. screamed. anything- but i chose to do nothing. well- i choose to kiss him back.

draco's eyes travel around my face, staring at all my features. but i can distinctly notice when he looks down at my lips.

"mmmm- what.." i hear laney mumble from a distance.

i turn my head to see bella and laney still half asleep against the tree while oliver is trying his best to wake them up.

"come on- we're gonna be late." oliver pushes, bending down a little to tug at their shoulders.

bellas eyes snap open and she flips him off, muttering curses under her breath.

later on though we all leave the fateful tree and i head to my last class of the day.

"pull out your textbooks to page 87." the professor at the front of the room shouts at our class.

i huff and flick through the pages.

we're in muggle studies. just me and archie though. oliver, laney, and draco don't take the class. laney and oliver tell me they definitely would if they could. but sadly they can't.

oliver and laney can't take the class because of their parents. it's sucks that their parents hate me. i've never got to go inside their homes, or even meet their family.

their parents are big on pure blood supremacy. that if you're not a pure blood, you shouldn't even be considered a witch or wizard.

similar to draco's. draco though, he won't even lie and tell me he doesn't take the classes because it's about muggles. he straight up told me once, "you think i'd take the class about fucking muggles? that class teaches you about filth, rather not."

he said that to me in the third year. haven't really forgotten it since.

i remember a lot of what he says to me. it's not like i want to- he just has that affect i guess. maybe it's the tone of his voice? or the harsh words he tends to use.

and i only remember hurt from his words.

that's why it's so bizarre to me in why i let him kiss me. i just don't get it- why has it happened twice now. he's kissed me two times.

why did i let him?

"hey, you okay?" i feel archie touch my shoulder from beside me.

i turn and look at him and nod, forcing a smile. "yep, great. sorry, there's just a lot going through my head right now." i sigh, pushing some hair behind my ear.

he nods understandingly, "do you want to talk about it? we can go to the tree broomsticks after class if you want... i've actually been meaning to tell you something." archie offers.

i smile brightly, "actually yeah- i'd like that a lot."

"thank god- i've been fucking deprived of those butter beers for way to long. that shit starts to get addictive after awhile."

i chuckle a bit but quickly shut my mouth when i see professor charity give me a glance.

after class gets out archie is quick to grab my arm, pulling me out of the student crowded room and out into the hallway, "i am excited- aren't you juliet?"

i smile, "very."