Meant To Be?

19. Draco Has a Secret

(Y/N POV)

I slept horribly last night. I couldn't stop thinking about Draco... By the time I finally fell asleep, I think it was 3am? Breakfast usually starts at 6:30am and goes until 8:30am, with the first class starting at 9:00am. I jolt awake after having a nightmare that I already can't remember. All I remember is that it had to do with lots of battling, and death... I glance at the clock. "Crap!" I yell out loud. "It's 9:15! Snape is going to kill me!" I quickly get dressed without even having time to brush my hair, and bolt out of my room.

I head through the common room and run to the Potions classroom. Thankfully it takes place in the dungeon, which is where the Slytherin common room is as well. I finally get to class, and when I peek through the door, Professor Snape has his back turned to the class, everyone is working on something. I try to sneak in as quietly as possible, but right on cue, he calls me out. "Ah, glad you could finally find the time to join us, Miss L/N." I sigh.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I slept in. It won't happen again."

"Mhm, I'm sure. Take your seat. You're partnered with Malfoy today." I roll my eyes. Is he serious? I take a seat at the table with Draco. He looks at me and smiles lightly.

"Good morning, Y/N. Someone overslept, rough night?" He smirks. I look at him with a serious face.

"Draco, listen. What happened yesterday, it was nothing, okay? I don't want to ever talk about it again, think about it, none of that. I don't want anything to come from it. It meant nothing. We are just kids, and that's what people do on New Year's, alright? They share a kiss. But there was no meaning behind it. Got it?"

(Draco POV)

She's talking, but I'm hardly listening. I'm lost in her beautiful, forest green eyes. I swear they're the color of the Slytherin emblem. "Draco!" She's yelling at me now, and I snap out of it. Uh oh.

"Y-Yes?"

She rolls her gorgeous eyes. "Did you hear anything I just said?"

I shrug, "I heard some of it. But all I really got out of it was that you're in love with me and just hiding it." Her face gets so red, it's kind of cute honestly. "And that you also really enjoyed the kiss, although it was just on the cheek."

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" She bellows back at me, as I try not to laugh.

"L/N, Malfoy, quiet down."

(Y/N POV)

"L/N, Malfoy, quiet down," Professor Snape barks at us. Thanks a lot, Blondie. I roll my eyes. Just then, Crabbe and Goyle come sit at the table with us.

"While you two were bickering about, Snape told us to get in groups of four. Figured you two would want to partner with us," Goyle explains. I nod.

"That's rather smart of you, Goyle. Didn't know you were capable of having such an ability." Crabbe and Draco start laughing really hard and I just sit there smirking.

Goyle looks at Draco and Crabbe in disbelief, as if he can't believe that the others are laughing and letting me get away with it. "Oh come on, Goyle, be real. Don't act like you aren't used to this. I'm sure Draco treats you like this all the time." Draco instantly stops laughing and glares at me. Now Goyle and I are laughing alongside Crabbe, when Snape walks up to us. He hits all of us on the back of the head and gives us detention at the end of the day. The four of us look at each other after he walks away and laugh quietly.

(Draco POV)

Her laugh is so magical, I'm obsessed with it. But, now we all have detention after the school day is over. Yay. Honestly, though, I'm not even mad. She's so fun to be around. I definitely doubted her at first, but Y/N definitely has Slytherin traits, and has the potential to fit into our little trio. She's funny, beautiful, but also relentless when she needs to be. She's just... Perfect. We all head to the rest of our classes and meet back up in the potions classroom at 4:00pm.

(Y/N POV)

Welp, time to have detention with Snape. I'm not gonna lie though, it was kind of worth it. We were all having a good time, Snape just had to ruin it, like always. I get in the classroom and the other three are already here. They're just chatting with each other until I walk in. I look at Draco and we make eye contact. His eyes light up and he gets a big smile on his face. "Hey Y/N," the three of them say at the exact same time.

I giggle, "Hello boys." I look around. "Where's Snape?"

Draco shrugs. "Haven't seen him. Usually detention takes place without him anyways, speaking from experience."

I roll my eyes, "Of course you've had experience. But, if we aren't supervised, what the heck are we supposed to do, and how does he know we won't ditch?"

The boys shrug. "We usually stay for about a half hour and if he doesn't show up, we leave." I nod. Crabbe and Goyle give Draco a weird look and then walk to the other side of the room and sit down, leaving Draco and I alone where we are.

"So uh, I think we should talk," he says after a moment of silence. I sigh and nod. "I just wanted to apologize. I wanted to say that I was sorry for kissing you last night. I'm truly sorry, I just thought you liked me, or had some sort of feelings for me, so I though, I don't know-"

I cut him off by putting my finger to his lips, shushing him. "Draco, it's fine. I, uh... I do like you.." I pause for a moment. "The only reason I acted like that was because, I don't know.. I didn't think you meant it, I guess. I thought, you being... well, you, that you only did it to embarrass me or so you could make fun of me for it later on.."

He looks at me in shock. "Y-You really think I'd do that to you?"

I shrug. "I don't know, Draco... Sometimes I feel like, given how you treated me when we first met, you don't actually like me, and you're just pretending for some reason.. I really don't know..."

(Draco POV)

I really didn't want to have to do this yet, but I guess it's time to come clean... It's time to tell her how I really feel...