"Are you honest? Please say you are" Astoria begged
"of course I am, it is stunning" I nodded while she twirled in her green satin dress. She bought it earlier today at Hogsmeade. She offered me to join her but I declined. Respectfully. I was going to this so called formal, as if it wasn't enough with the Yule ball last year. However I already had an unworn dress that I planned to wear.
"lovely, I hope Theodore likes it as well" she squealed and squeezed my hand
"There is no doubt about that Astoria" I assured. Astoria enjoyed these kind of things, she has been making lists longer than imaginable of things that should be included at the formal, she handed them all to the headmaster who she explained had quite literally rolled his eyes at her. I can't seem to be able to imagine Professor Dumbledore roll his eyes but oh well.
"Are you sad? Because you are going alone?" She asked while gesturing for me to open her zipper.
"No, I don't really care for these things. You know that" I mumbled while struggling with the zipper, she noticed my struggle and held on to the bottom of it to give me ease.
"I suppose you don't, has anyone even asked you?" She asked and changed into her pajamas
"No, and I am happy to not have to disappoint anyone" I said and crawled into my own bed.
"Yea, yea" she rolled her eyes before closing them.
"Do you think there will be any-" I was cut off when laughing was heard again.
"Ugh forget it"
the dreaded day was here, formal. Most Slytherin girls skipped that day's classes to make sure they were all ready for the night. I didn't feel the need to do so so I went and tried as well as I could to read and take notes, but I bet frustration was written on my head because I caught Malfoy smirking at me every time I failed to read. I didn't get why this was happening, and I couldn't exactly take to the library to find a spell to fix it.
"need a hand Noire? Or perhaps another pair of eyes" he whispered and laughed after. How could he even know? Did he perhaps have the same issue? I studied his face when he was reading, his eyes were steady and went back and forth in a retaining phase. He looked like he was reading just fine. My eyes wandered to his hands and rings, he was gripping that book rather tightly, as if someone would come and steal it from him. Then I noticed it. On the side of his ring finger, it was a tattoo. A little black circle, it looked oddly familiar but i I'm sure I have never noticed Malfoy having a tattoo.
"Want to take a picture Noire?" He said when he noticed me staring, I quickly turned away from him and looked down at my book, i tried to shut out every sound and every swift movement around me. Only to focus on each and every letter, ever word and sentence, with no luck.
the classes went by and professor Flitwick allowed us to cut the last class short because of the formal. So everyone rushed back to their dorms, as did I.
"Oh dear, you look a mess" Astoria exclaimed when i stepped in. She looked amazing herself, her hair was done spectacularly in a beautiful and very tall hairdo, she had brown shadows covering her eyes and a curled lock of hair hanging on the side of her face. I quickly went over to the vanity and looked in the mirror, she was right I really did look a mess.
"Yeah well, I will take a shower" I mumbled and grabbed my towel. I let the warm water wash over me and sighed. It was like my head was exploding, I didn't understand anything, my brain didn't want to cooperate with me.
"Let me do your make up" Astoria said and sat me down at the chair.
"Nothing can fix that face of hers Greengrass" pansy mumbled while putting on some lip product.
