𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 (𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫)

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟑

I'm in my dorm, about to start my essay for potions that got assigned yesterday, it's due tomorrow as the day's almost over. I was about to open my book but decided just to lean back and watch the sun set just behind the whomping willow. After a few moments, I gathered all my thoughts and opened my book, and got to work.

I was working on it for about half an hour by now, flipping page after page, I flipped another page and saw a piece of parchment fly open, it was thin and not too wide, I laid it flat with my pointer and middle finger and read the fine black writing that covered every inch of the small paper.

Meet me in the astronomy tower at 7:30.

- DLM

I smirked and rolled my eyes. "What the fuck could you possibly want, Malfoy?" I asked myself slowly putting the parchment back into its folded form, using it as a bookmark for my book. I leaned back and looked at the clock on my wall, it was 7:15. I sighed and stood up, walking over and grabbing my black hoodie before I put it on. I grabbed my wand and headed out not even a minute later. The rest of yesterday and all of today all I thought about is how Draco made me feel yesterday, it was undescribable like I wanted it to happen again but god forbid why the hell did I want it to so badly? I walked out of the castle and over to the astronomy tower, thinking about him, the whole. entire. time. I clenched the stair railing just in case he attacks me and pushes me down the stairs. Yeah, he's done it before, thankfully not with me. I got to the top and saw him gripping the railing with both hands, staring off into the distance, he looked so peaceful I felt like I was walking down the aisle at someone else's wedding. I slowly walked up next to him.

"Didn't expect you to come." He whispered still looking away.

"Well I mean probably wouldn't have if I wasn't doing potion work earlier. Like really in my damn book?" I snickered staring at the side of his head.

"You expected me to walk up to you and ask you?" He scoffed. I quietly laughed.

"Well I don't know, would've been the smarter ideaaa." I sang looking away over at the trees. I could sense him looking over at me but I didn't look back.

"Why?" He whispered, I looked over at him and met his grey eyes.

"Why what?" I grinned.

"Why are we like this with each other?" I looked at him, surprised.

"Well because in first year I said no to picking on muggle borns with you." I rolled my eyes and smirked. "And then you got really pissed like extremely pissed telling me 'Oh you just wait until father hears about this.' and all that jolly. I never understood and still don't understand why people bully muggle-borns like they can't control it, you know?" I looked over at him again, I could tell how focused he was on me.

Dracos POV

"Because I mean if you ask me, they're a shit ton cooler than us. Like, think about it. There are barely any muggles compared to half and purebloods, that's some powerful shit." She smiled looking off into the distance with a smile, the moon making her teeth look whiter than snow. Her smile. Always fucking caught me. I was fighting the urge to push hair behind her ear and pull her in for a kiss.

"You're defending mud bloods?" I asked, she looked over at me with disgust.

"Why shouldn't I?" Her face relaxed as she slowly looked away from my eyes.

"There's a lot I don't share," I whispered, she looked back at me and narrowed her eyebrows.

"Well ok then. Tell me about it." She whispered back at the same volume as me. Should I? What would she think?

"Well I don't know, there's too much to just tell. It would take me all night to tell you everything." I looked at her hair and watched it as it was blown by the faint wind.

"Well then, let's stay here all night. You and me. I'll listen even though it'll probably be all stupid nonsense." She chuckled. I rolled my eyes and groaned. "Soo, what do you say? Wanna stay here all night?" She asked.

"I guess, I mean there's nowhere I need to be." I grinned.

"Well, no shit. You didn't just tell me to come here for nothing." She smirked. A few seconds went by, we just listened to the wind gust past us. "Ok well, are you going to fucking talk?" She asked with a bit of annoyance.

"Well, there's this girl," I whispered, she quickly snapped her head and looked over at me.

"Draco Malfoy! Crushing on a girl?" She shrieked I slightly smiled.

"And I regret so many past actions with her, I've been so rude and unthankful for her presence after all these years."

"It's Granger, isn't it?" She chuckled.

"Shove up." I groaned. "Anyways, how do I tell a girl I fancy her," I whispered.

"Well I mean I don't know, I've never done it before." She nervously chuckled. I looked at her and angrily frowned.

"How would you want a guy to tell you?" I questioned watching her start to think while she bit down on her bottom lip.

"Well, it doesn't really matter, just be flat with it. I'd want them just to tell me, no bubbly romantic bullshit, no long sappy poems because that shit is disgusting and so over rated you know." She giggled.

Noted.

"Ok. I Should've expected that." I whispered.

"Hm?" She hummed.

"Should've expected you to find all the romantic "bubbly" things disgusting." She grinned.

"Well I mean, everyone has different preferences. You honestly should observe the person and see what they're interested in. Like if you look at Pansy, she'd probably want a long poem about why the dude loves her. For Blaise he'd probably want a girl to confidently strut up to him and give off little flirts and finally admit and for you, to be honest... you'd probably be the complete opposite and tell her to fuck you to prove it." She chuckled.

"You really think of me like that?" I scoffed.

"I mean, yeah. You're literally a Malfoy. You guys can never be impressed or whatever unless there's something physical." She smirked.

"I know you're the same fucking way," I murmured under my breath.

"Well I mean yeah. Honestly, if someone were to admit their feelings for me I'd probably want them to fuck me too. Only if I like them of course." She chuckled.

Noted.

"Ok well, thanks for the help. Should probably head back now." I took a step back and glanced her up and down.

"You didn't even talk about what you wanted to share-" I cut her off.

"Bye Banks," I whispered as I headed for the stairs, turning one last time to see her back rested against the railing with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

"Yeah, whatever." She scoffed as she rolled her eyes. I looked away and smiled to myself. I was going to admit my feelings for her tonight but I didn't want her to not be interested. As she said, I should observe the person. So I'm going to take all the time I need and observe her.