The World and Her Stars

Chapter Twenty

ROSE POV

I slept in again, deciding that I would start my day at lunch and miss a couple classes. Pansy had the same idea.

I practically had to drag her to lunch, but we eventually made it, the smell of food urging us on.

Daphne and Millicent decided to tough it out and actually wake up on time this morning, and be responsible students. They looked like they felt worse than Pansy and I did.

"Well good afternoon, you two. Thank you so much for gracing us with your presence." Theo piped up as soon as we sat down at the table.

"Shut it, Nott." I groaned, immediately grabbing for the cup of orange juice in front of me.

"Rough night?" Draco raised an eyebrow at me as he took a sip of his coffee.

This was a perfect example of how hands could be sexy. There was something about how he gripped that coffee cup that was utterly mouth-watering.

"Rough night? No. Rough morning? Yes." I replied, scanning my eyes across the table for something that would satisfy my hunger.

"Heard you guys got up to some pretty wild antics last night. Kind of offended I wasn't invited." Blaise eyeballed the four of us one by one.

"It was girl's night, Zabini." Pansy emphasized, hanging her head against her hand.

"I just wanted in on all of the spicy kink talk, is all." He almost giggled as he brought his napkin to his face.

"The what?" Theo's eyes went wide as he looked over at Blaise.

Millicent must have kicked Blaise under the table, because he jumped as he looked at her with a scoff.

"What are you on about?" I rolled my head his way, shooting a glance at Millicent who was looking properly guilty now.

"Heard you got a thing for hands, Eros." He took a sip of his drinking with a guilty smirk on his face.

"I am never telling you anything again, Bullstrode." I snapped at her, throwing a biscuit her way.

"I'm sorry...hands?" Theo clarified.

I put my head down onto my arms against the table and shook my head.

"That's what I said! I don't get it either!" Daphne exclaimed loudly.

"Oh, shut up, Greengrass. You get hot at the thought of a notch in a man's throat." I lifted my head up only to scowl her way.

The guys all immediately put a hand up to their own Adam's apples instinctually.

"Interesting." I heard a snide voice in my head.

Great. There goes my ability to casually admire the gorgeously crafted hands of Draco Malfoy without him noticing and getting big-headed about it.

I looked up to see Theo examining his own hands, and my head went back down with a groan.

"You're a fucking twat, you know that?" I shot over to Millicent.

"Agreed." Pansy and Daphne replied simultaneously.

"So, what is it about hands that gets you so hot and bothered, Eros?" Goyle leaned into the table, holding an imaginary note pad and pen in his hands.