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part two of the last chapter, which was a request!
"will you be my girlfriend?"
your head was racing at a million miles an hour trying to process what was just asked to you. it was a simple question with a complicated answer. you wanted to say yes but there were tons of outside factors that would make this relationship nearly impossible.
"draco, i want to say yes. i really do but what about harry, ron, and mione? also, our parents hate each other because of ministry ordeals-"
"they don't have to know, we will tell them when you're ready to. it can't be the hardest thing in the world to do. other than granger, your friends are terribly dimwitted."
"hey!" you say playfully slapping his arm.
"oh, sorry, sorry."
"i have two rules if this is gonna work."
"okay. i'm willing to do anything." he says almost desperately.
"we have to stay a secret until we both know that it's okay to be public."
"easy enough."
"that means no pda in sight of people." you say raising your eyebrows at him.
"not easy enough." he says in the same tone, shaking his head. which earns a chuckle out of you.
"okay, one last rule. you have to be nicer to my friends. no more arguing with them."
"that's going to be nearly impossible. they just irk me."
"awe poor baby." you say mocking him. "hey, just think about it this way, it will make it a million times easier to tell them if you've been nice to them."
"very true, y/n. but just so it's not as obvious i think we should work up to it, like i'll slowly become nicer to them, because granger is already on to us and if i just all of the sudden become the angel that i truly am," he says sarcastically, "then we'll have issues." once again recalling the conversation you had with her before class.
"okay, i think we can do this."
"me too, after all, we do make a great team." he says shooting a wink at you.
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"so y/n, how was draco acting after buckbeak attacked him? did he cry? oh, please tell me he cried." ron says.
"no, he didn't cry but he was being terribly over dramatic. madame pomfrey basically called him a drama queen."
"y/n, you must be one amazing tutor because i heard that malfoy is second top of the class." harry says more focused on his parchment in front of him.
"i don't know, malfoy is actually quite smart. you just really have to be patient with the kid."
"you must be a saint, y/n, because patience is a virtue when it comes to draco." hermione pipes in.
"well, being friends with harry really helps me learn patience. right harry?" you say full well knowing that he wasn't paying attention.
"uh, yea, right." he says finally looking up from his parchment. this makes ron, hermione, and you burst out in to laughter. "what?" harry says putting his hands up, chucking nervously. the four of you were laughing so hard it felt like the whole great hall could hear, even though they couldn't over the sounds of cutlery, other conversations, and other noises that were being made in the hall.
at the slytherin table things were much less joyful, not that anything bad was happening, it was just quiet with no laughter. little did you know draco was watching you laugh with your friends. his heart fluttered every time you let out a laugh and his tummy swarmed with butterflies every time you glanced in his direction. he was lightly smiling to himself just thinking about you.
