Wasn't meant to be.. [Draco Malfoy] English version

Chapter 20

I'm in bed and I'm exhausted, even though I had slept in the boathouse all afternoon. Hermione and I are the only ones in our dorm. I lay in bed while she was still doing some homework at her desk. 'You know, my birthday is in 3 days,' I say suddenly, continuing to stare at the ceiling and not realizing that Hermione is looking in my direction in a startled manner. 'What, and you're not telling us?" she says in surprise. In all honesty, I didn't realize until this afternoon that it was almost my birthday. I shrug my shoulders. 'I had other things on my mind and you guys have way more things to do than my stupid birthday,' I say as I get up. 'We're really going to celebrate, it's your first birthday with us!' says Hermione happily. 'No, I don't want you to spend time on my birthday, and we have class in the room of requirement that day,' I say as I pick Jimmy up. Hermione is silent. 'Okay? 'I really don't need a party,' I say to make it clear that I do NOT want a party. She nods silently as she writes something down in her notebook. I sigh and let myself fall back onto the bed. 

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I'm walking quietly through the corridors of Hogwarts with Luna when suddenly I get a hard punch on my arm, I look up and see Harry and Ron looking at me happily 'I heard what you had done to Pansy, that was bloody insane.' Says Ron happily. I start to laugh. 'She deserved it,' I say quickly, rubbing the spot where Ron had to give me a punch so urgently. 'Sorry,' Ron says quickly when he sees that it hurt more than he wanted. 'Doesn't matter anyway,' I say as I start to laugh. Luna silently watches what's going on. After the laughter we walk to our last class of the day. Well for most. I have some lessons to catch up on.

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I walk towards the courtyard where Luna, Hermione and I had agreed to meet after my last class. I walk out through the doors and the sun shines directly into my eyes. I hold my hand up to the sun so I can see where the two girls are sitting. I see them sitting on the edge of the fountain but Fred and George were sitting there too. Not that I cared because I had the most fun with those two. But when the 4 saw me they stop talking and a gut feeling appears. I walk down the few stone steps. The twins walk away as I approach and I raise 1 of my eyebrows. 'What's going on?" I ask as I sit down next to the 2 girls. 'Nothing?" they say in response but I can tell they are hiding something. I look over at Fred and George thinking about this strange incident. The boys walk away busily in discussion and I notice the two girls stare at me silently. 'Juliette?" i hear Luna say. "huh what? I look at them with a confused look. 'Sorry I was just thinking for a moment.' When I say that I hear Hermione burst out laughing. 'What's going on?" try to say without laughing. I couldn't help but think Hermione's laughter is just very infectious. 'But let's go for a walk,' I say and we get up and walk out of the gate. Not knowing that Malfoy was watching me the whole time in the shadows of the corridors surrounding the outdoor courtyard with the fountain. 

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As we walk outside, I got one personable question after another.

"What's your favorite color? 'Black or no, dark green is also nice and yellow is actually nice too.'Favorite animal? Cat.'Favorite food?' 'Pancakes.'Do we have any more questions?' I begin to laugh. 'No.' Hermione says quickly and she avoids my gaze.

We walk through the hills and the view is beautiful. The fresh air outside comforts me, for once it's something other than the smell of failed potions and old books. I couldn't help but fantasize what it would be like to walk here with Malfoy. I wished to be able to put a smile on his face again like I used to, to comfort him when he needed it. My smile fades and I stand still for a moment, watching the setting sun. The sun is just peeking out over one of the mountains and it's starting to get pretty dark. 'Juliette, are you coming? We have to hurry now if we want to be back in time to get something from dinner.' Calls Hermione from a distance when she realizes I'm no longer walking with her. 'And I still had to help you with herbology,' says Luna when I'm back with the 2 girls. I nod and we walk on, a little faster than before because we were all very hungry, so we walk on. We enter Hogwarts laughing.I made a joke, We tried to hold back our laughter because we were getting looked at very strangely by some people. 'We should grab some food before it's too late,' Hermione said still recovering from laughing. 'My stomach hurts from the laughter, I don't know if I want to eat anymore,' says Luna chuckling.

We walk into the great hall and quickly grab some sandwiches with spreads then we walk to the library to learn some more. 'So you now understand how to grow gillyweed?" asks Luna after hearing her explanation for fifteen minutes. I nod. We weren't the only ones in the library, since most of the kids had a test this week. 'We're being stared at.' Hermione whispers but still busy reading so she doesn't notice. She looks up from her book for a moment to look at something behind me. 'Correction, Juliette is being stared at.'