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Skylar left her dormitory and went down to the common room to sit in front of the fire. She waited in her sweatpants and sweater, watching as the fire twitched and crackled at every second. Flares jumping up. It was so alive.

The sound of the entrance of the common room door startled her from her thoughts. Skylar looked over the black couch to see Draco Malfoy walking in.

He looked tired. Beat. Sad. Most importantly, alone.

"Hey." Skylar said softly, carful not to be too loud. The boy stopped in his tracks, the green from the lake reflecting onto his robes. "Hey." He responded.

"Where have you been?" There was calm in her voice, not demanding. It was just cool. Skylar waved him over to sit and watch the fire with her.

"I can't say."

Skylar looked at him with sad, tired eyes. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"I can't."

The girl turned from staring at his grey, sad eyes, to the blazing orange fire. "Why aren't you in bed?" It was now his turn to ask the questions.

"I wanted to know where you were." Skylar told him, still staring at the crackling fire. The girl was being honest, she just wanted to know.

"Don't waste your time on me." Said the boy as he sat down on the couch opposite her.

Skylar didn't know what to say. She didn't even know what it was that made her want to stay up and wait for him. Was it because she was curious? Was is because she fancied him? Or was it because of Trelawney's predictions?

Draco shrugged off his robe and buried his head in his hands for a second before moving his hands up to comb his hair. From the corner of her eye, Skylar noticed he was drenched in sweat and his sleeve had stains.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Said the girl, directing her eyes back at the warm fire.

"Will you stop talking." Grumbled the boy. He was getting impatient. So was Skylar.

"Fine. I'm taking your firewhiskey."

Draco shooed her with his fingers, signalling for her to get the bottle.

"Get me a glass." He said.

So, Skylar went to his room. It was terribly messy. He had parchment scattered all across the floor, his desk cluttered with books. His bed wasn't made and his drawers were broken. Skylar ignored the mess and went straight to Draco's hidden wine chiller to grab the bottle of firewhiskey and two glasses.

Skylar placed the bottle and glasses on the table and sat, once again, on the couch opposite the blonde teen. Skylar poured the firewhiskey into the glasses and handed one to Draco, who raised it up in cheers and drank it all in one go. Skylar raised it up too but only took a few sips and set the glass on the table. Draco reached for the firewhiskey bottle with shaking hands to pour another glass.

Then, there was the sound of shattering glass.

"DAMN IT!"
The boy shouted as he stood up from the couch. He had dropped the bottle. There was a strong smell of firewhiskey. The green rug was soaked and covered in shards of glass.

"Fuck." He muttered under his breath. His chest was rising and falling rapidly.

"D-don't worry. I'll get in cleaned up. Just g-go take a shower."

"Right. I'll go do that." He mumbled. Draco looked at her once more, then left. He left his robe on the couch.

Skylar walked into her dormitory and grabbed her wand that laid on her night stand. She walked back to where the glass and stain was and she muttered a quick spell she had learnt a while back from being a klutz. The mess had vanished and the bottle was back to normal.

She decided to be nice and put his robe back, only to notice something.

On his left sleeve, she spotted something familiar. A crimson red stain upon the robe. "Why?" She mumbled to herself. "What are you doing to yourself, Draco?"

Skylar looked to the dormitory room at the end of the hallway where he was taking a shower.

The next morning came slowly. Both Slytherins had stayed up late, thinking. Thinking about the night before and how dry the conversation was. Draco had thought that maybe he shouldn't have been so rude, she was only trying to help. Although, he never knew who to really trust those days.

Skylar was thinking about the stain. Why? What was he doing? What was going on? She wanted to find out. She wanted to help.

The sound of alarms going off awoke Skylar in the morning. She did her usual routine, got out of bed, brushed her teeth, changed, did her hair, put on some light makeup, and finally put on her shoes.

She awaited Caylin who was finishing up in washroom, and they headed down to the common room where everyone was trying to wake up before heading to breakfast.

The girl saw Draco there, having a conversation with Blaise, though, it looked as if Blaise was doing all the talking.

They all finally walked out of the dungeons together and headed to the great hall where they were greeted with piles of pancakes, waffles and fruits. Caylin sat down happily and dug in along with Crabbe and Goyle. Blaise made his way to the Ravenclaw table where Naomi sat, laughing with her friends. Draco and Skylar sat next to each other, squashed between Crabbe and Goyle, with Pansy, Caylin, Millecent, and Daphne sitting opposite of them.

No matter how tempting the pancakes looked that morning, neither Skylar nor Draco ate much. The two merely poked their forks at the food on their plate. Skylar started to get restless, her leg bouncing up and down under the table. She massaged her temples in attempt to ease her headache.

Then, out of nowhere, she felt a cold hand rest on her thigh.

"Stop shaking your legs." The boy commanded, whispering in her ear.

Skylar looked him in the eyes, but Draco was still staring at his plate with his right hand propping up his chin and his left on her thigh. No one noticed this because Crabbe and Goyle were still eating and Pansy was distracted by Caylin.

Soon after, the bell chimed and the group of students had to make their way to their first classes, which for Skylar and her friends, was divination. Skylar's hand brushed Draco's hand off her thigh and she got up to get to class. Skylar walked briskly, trying to avoid any interaction with the boy.

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