The Slytherin Princess

Chapter 63

JAYNE'S POV

All of the students stood around the cauldron and started taking turns smelling it. The girls were all squealing and giggling. Theo and I stood towards the back snickering at their reactions. I got excited when Harry said he smelled wood, like a broomstick and flowers. Ginny uses peony and rose water shampoo. I wish they would just date already. I looked at Hermione and she smiled and winked at me when Harry said that. She must have remembered too. "Miss Black, you're turn." he said. I smiled at Theo and walked up to the cauldron. I leaned in and smelled it. "I smell.... Mint and something citrus like green apple." I said. My cheeks immediately turned red as I realized what I described. I just described Draco to a tee. Then the smell changed slightly. "But, I also smell cinnamon and pine." I said. Cinnamon and Pine. Who the hell do I know that smells like cinnamon and pine? I stepped back and stood next to Theo. A couple more people went and then it was Draco's turn. My heart was racing for some reason. He leaned in and smelled the cauldron. His face had a small smile for a moment and then it fell. "I don't smell anything." he mumbled. "Oh, that's new." Professor Slughorn said strangely. My heart sank. He really was over me. I looked at him and we made eye contact for just a second before he tore his eyes away. I walked back over to Theo and stood next to him. "Alright Mr. Nott, you're up." Professor Slughorn said. Theo winked at me and walked up to the cauldron. "I smell vanilla, orange, and coconut," he said. I froze. But he looked puzzled. He strolled back over to me. "Strange huh? Reckon I'd know who attracts me, but I don't recognize the smell" he said. "Yeah, strange." I said quietly. I recognize the smell. Know how..... It's me. It's my perfume. He's attracted to me. Question is, am I attracted to him?

Class ended and Theo and I left together. We had an hour and a half break before DADA. "What do you want to do?" he asked. "We did miss lunch. Wanna sneak into the kitchen and get some food?" I asked, smirking mischievously. "Ooooo I love mischief!" he said. I laughed. "Lead the way." he said and he swung his arm over my shoulder. We laughed and joked all the way there. We got to the door and it was locked. "Alohomora" I said pointing my wand at the door. "Nice" he whispered. I nodded. We snuck in and grabbed some food. He grabbed cookies and muffins and juice. I grabbed sandwiches and chips. We ran out and to the dock at the Black Lake. "This place is awesome." he said. "I know right." I said. We started eating our food and he told me about his life at Durmstrang. "So I told you about me, now tell me about this mysterious ex-lover Draco." he said. I rolled my eyes. "You're so dumb." I said. He laughed. "Fine. But it's a long story." I said. "We've got time." he said smiling at me. His smile was so comforting. "Ok, well last year I moved to this school. You were right. It was an enemies to lovers. We used to fight and bicker and argue all the time. But then we started sleeping together. After every time we would remind each other that we hate one another. But I think we were trying to convince ourselves that. Then, I finally told him I loved him and he shut down. People don't get him because he has these walls put up. But he actually has it really hard. They think his life is so great, a rich Slytherin Pureblood. But you'll see. Anyway, I told him and it scared him. To be honest it scared me too. I didn't mean to fall in love with him. We got together after his boggart was me telling him I would never love him. That was his biggest fear, that I would never love him. I told him I did. We dated, of course had our ups and downs. The worst part was nobody wanted us together. Harry didn't approve, none of my friends did, none of his friends did. His father was the worst. His dads a death eater and mine is a part of the Order of the Phoenix. His dad used to beat him to try to get him to end it with me but he wouldn't. Draco always protected me. Then Dumbledore's army happened." I said. "What's that?" he asked. "Last year, we had this awful teacher. Umbridge. The Ministry was interfering at Hogwarts and she wouldn't actually teach us. So Harry formed this like club to teach a bunch of students DADA. Then Umbridge and Draco's dad threatened to hurt me if Draco didn't catch us. So he did. I was furious at him even though he was protecting me. We broke up. He said it wasn't safe for us to be together. He was right but we didn't know how right he was at the time. Then everything happened with Blaise. When Draco found out what he did to me, he almost killed him. We talked and he explained everything about what his dad did. We got back together and for a while things were really good. But then everything went downhill." I said. "How, what happened?" he asked. "Harry has these visions because of his connection to Voldemort. Voldemort made him believe that he had taken Sirius. So Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Luna and I went to the Ministry to save him. But it was a trap so Harry could retrieve a prophecy. Then um well, I was tortured with the cruciatus curse by Bellatrix Lestrange, who fun fact killed my mother and while that was happening Lucius Malfoy killed my dad." I said. My eyes watered as I remembered that night. "A few nights later Draco and I saw each other on the astronomy tower. I broke up with him. Not because I wanted to or because I stopped loving him. But I lost my family and I can't be responsible for Draco losing the rest of his. And nobody wanted us together. It was dangerous for everyone. So I loved him enough to let him go." I said, my voice cracked and a tear fell. Theo's jaw was on the ground. "Bloody hell Jayne." he said. He lifted my chin and wiped the tears from my eyes. "You are so strong." he said. I smiled. He pulled me into his arms and I laid my head on his shoulder. We sat together until the very last second, dreading the return to our reality.