The Gryffindor Girl

Chapter 8

He looked up and saw me as I was just completely standing there shocked, I knew I had to walk over there but I couldn't move. He looked my person up and down completely and I suddenly got self conscious about my chest and stomach that was slightly out. When I'm in Herbology classes I'm in my element and I can just relax and hang out with my good friend Neville but he's here and now my head has already turned to mush with just one glance.

"Marie dear won't you take your spot next to um let me see..... Mr. Malfoy please." Professor Sprout came up behind me and gave me a caring push towards Neville and Draco. My legs finally caught up with my brain and I walked right up between both of the boys. Of course I was happy to see him, I was crushing hard on him but I thought herbology was going to be the one class where I didn't have to worry about being cute or acting in a way he might like.

Professor Sprout started going on her usual start of the class lecture and what we would be doing for the year, so i tuned out because I've heard this year after year. It was more or less for the younger years who took up advanced herbology, I look over to Draco and it seems as though I wasn't the only one who was tuning her out. I decided to be bold and talk to him first.

"Hey." I leaned over and whispered to him. He looked at me as though he was shocked that I was speaking to him, I would wear that face too. Hey...fucking hey!! Why is that the first thing I say to him and oh god the face he made when I spoke to him.

"Hey Marie of the Gryffindor's, I didn't know you were speaking to me." I knew my face was lighting up red, I liked it when he calls me Marie of the Gryffindor's it's kind of really cute. Did he just say he didn't know I was speaking to him? What? He could tell I was confused and leaned back over to whisper to me again.

"When you came in you just stared at me saying nothing Marie. It's like you didn't want me to be standing here or something." My face felt really warm. He chuckled and I knew he was joking which is good to know because my fucking heart stopped. I muster some more courage and finally say something back to him.

"I'm sorry I just didn't expect to see you in this class. You haven't taken herbology since I had you in my class in year two." He craned his neck back and looked fake hurt and I couldn't help but to laugh at him which caused professor Sprout to shoot me a sharp look. I mouthed sorry and slightly turned back to him.

"Gosh Marie I didn't know you didn't want me here." Draco lifted his hand to his head to add a dramatic touch to his words and I silently chuckled again. This Draco was a massive improvement from the Draco I saw when I first entered the room.

"No all jokes aside i'm here because old McGonagall caught me escaping to the room of requirement and said I had better things to do so she sent here to fill my schedule." he whispered and scoffed like she wasn't a teacher who wasn't allowed to do exactly that.

"But didn't the school ask you to fix the cabinet in the room of requirement. Shouldn't she have allowed you to go there during your free period?" Something about what he said didn't make sense, why would the school ask him to fix something and then not let him fix it?

"McGonagall's getting on in her years and she probably just forgot about the schools task for me." He looked away from me while speaking but I decided to let it go because truth be told, it was none of my business.

"Okay class I'm going to put you in groups of three for this class and it will be your group for the year. Once I put you in your groups you all will tend to the mandrakes just for today and we will move on to the harder stuff and assignments next class." Professor Sprout finally came around to the ending of her speech and went around putting people in groups of three, I looked at her when she came over to where Neville, Draco and I were standing and pleaded with her through my eyes.