It was Christmas Eve, and I hadn't even noticed. I had been so caught up in all my research and reading that I didn't really have time for anything else. Not that it would matter, what day it is makes no difference to me, I have no one to celebrate it with and I'm fine with that I suppose. The dinner was excellent that day, and the house elves seemed rather joyful but that was probably the only thing that set the day apart. Yes and of course the decorations, they always find a way to make it even more extravagant then the last years. I didn't expect Malfoy to come and sit with me that day, I supposed he might have travelled home for the occasion. The night came and I did the same and sat in the common room trying to train my brain. An hour went by then two. Three.
It was 3am when I heard the steps, firm and quick. I immediately knew it was him, what he was doing out at this hour would remain a mystery. He stopped In his tracks when he noticed me, and I pretended he wasn't even standing there.
"can you read?" He asked simply, while not even looking at me.
"No" I responded and he turned and left. No explanation, no anything.
People started coming back at the last day of the break, no one that I knew of but the great hall was pretty filled up with hufflepuffs and ravenclaws in particular. I decided not to sit there that day simply because I needed some peace of mind, before being amongst so many people. I was actually very pleased with the fact that pansy wasn't back yet, dealing with her on a daily basis is bad, dealing with her without Astoria is worse. My owl brought me a letter at about eight pm and I could see based on the pink envelope that it was from Astoria. I managed to figure out that it said "important" on the front of it, by quickly turning it over and back many times. The letter however was longer and impossible to figure out, especially with her writing. Don't get me wrong, she writes beautifully however her curly letters are difficult to figure out when you can't read. I sighed In realization of what I had too do if I wanted to read it. It took a minute to really gather my courage, a lot more than a minute actually, but I managed.
2 knocks, and quick steps came through.
"you just keep popping up don't you?" He said and crossed his arms, regardless of his snarky comment he seemed to be in a good mood. He was smirking and his shoulders were relaxed.
"I need to read a letter" I said and he rolled his eyes but kept the slight smile plastered on.
Alice,
This is Astoria, I have an extremely important message for you. So I think that the revenge perfume is a fake, can you believe it? Theo said that it smelled like a spice bomb and that he didn't care for it. He is being very rude and we had a huge fight about his lack of good taste in smells. Anyways I need to find a new bloke when I'm back, would you mind trying to salvage Zabinis reputation for me? Thanks!
Also don't forget that there is a party on Friday and we are going.
I laughed a bit after finishing reading the letter.
"Amused Noire?" He asked annoyed
"Yes, thank you" I responded
"Well what did it say?" He asked and crossed his arms
"Personal" I mumbled with an undertone of sass in my voice.
His face was truly unreadable i could never tell what he was thinking. But suddenly he sighed and in a quick motion grabbed the letter out of my hands and proceeded to read it.
"Malfoy, what the hell?" I exclaimed and tried to grab it back form him.
"dull sense of humor Noire" he stated and gave it back when he finished.
