When Hearts Take Control-Draco Malfoy love story #Wattys2016

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That night, before we had to go to bed, Hermione, Ginny and I were in the common room. I told them what Harry had told me about the dragons. Ron entered the room and looked at us three girls sitting on the common room couch. I smiled at him.

"Hey." I said kindly.

Ron still looked pretty down. 

"Hey." He muttered back, coming and sitting next to me.

He let out a deep sigh and glared at the floor. 

"Ron, you and Harry have got to stop fighting." Hermione jumped in straight away. "Why are you two so angry at each other?"

Ron got a big frown on his face. 

"Don't look at me, he was the one who put his name into that bloody Goblet of Fire." He replied angrily. 

"He wouldn't do that." Hermione corrected him. "You know Harry. He's your best friend, Ron. He's our best friend."

"He was my best friend. Now he decided he wants fame more than he wants friends." Ron replied bitterly. "I'm kind of sleepy, I think I'll go to bed." He sighed.

I gave him a hug. 

"Night, Ron."

"Night, Hannah." He hugged back.

He turned to Hermione and Ginny.

"Night, guys." 

And he walked out of the room and into the boy's dormitory, closing the door behind him.

A few minutes later, Harry entered the common room. 

"I'm really tired. I think I need to go to bed." He said, trying to sound a bit happy for us but he still sounded pretty sad.

I gave him a hug, saying goodnight, and he left for the boy's dormitory too.

"So, what did Malfoy say to you?" Ginny asked disgustedly.

I didn't really know what to say. 

"Nothing." I mumbled back finally. "He just said...bye."

"Oh no." Hermione groaned, rubbind her face. "You're kidding, right Hannah?"

I looked at her, not understanding what she meant.

"What are you talking about?"

I had a confused look on my face.

"You seriously can't like Malfoy. Come on, Hannah, it's Draco Malfoy! How can you like him?" Hermione groaned.

"Like hi-him?" I stammered back. "Hermione, I don't."

Ginny groaned too.

"Seriously! Hannah please tell me you're just acting. Oh. What did he say to you to make you like him?"

"He didn't say anything and I don't like him!" I snapped back, trying to act normal.

Why was I so embarrassed all of a sudden? All these years, I've hated Malfoy but now what was happening to me?

"Hannah." Ginny said to me. "Tell me your conversation!"

"Ok, fine! He did a spell, I pushed Harry out of the way, Harry told me that the first task was to battle a dragon, and Professor Moody took Harry into the castle." I stopped.

"You talked to Malfoy afterwards. What did he say to you?" Hermione asked me curiously.

"I didn't say anything at first becuase he nearly hit Harry with a spell, but then I said goodbye because I didn't want to pick a fight with him, and Draco said bye too." I said simply, shrugging my shoulders.

"No!" Hermione and Ginny yelled together.

I was surprised. 

"What did I do wrong?" I asked them, confused. 

These girls were creeping me out a bit.

"Draco? You're calling him Draco now? What happened to Malfoy?" Ginny asked me, looking unhappy.

"Well he called me Hannah!" I blurted out, not really thinking.

Hermione and Ginny were taken aback by what I had just said. I hoped I didn't hurt their feelings.

"He did what?" Hermione asked, her jaw dropping open. "I've never heard him call you or any Gryffindor by their first name. He'd normally call you Stark."

"I know, and it gets really annoying when he calls me Weasley." Ginny added angrily.

"Guys, how do you think he feels when you call him Malfoy all the time? He probably hates it too." I said, reminding them.

I instantly regretted it when I saw Hermione's and Ginny's expressions. 

"Oh no, what did he do to you?!" Hermione said to me sadly.

"Can we change the subject?" I muttered quietly.

After that, we decided to go to bed. Hermione and I went to our room saying goodnight to Ginny as she left to hers.