Earn It

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2 WEEKS LATER
MEREDITH MALFOY

"You can't keep taking my knickers. We have lessons, I need them." I said. He scoffed. "So I'm guessing it's a no to me fingering you during Flitwicks boring lectures next class?" he asked smugly. My eyes widened. "Absolutely not!" I exclaimed. "Fine," he said. He tossed me my knickers and I pulled them on. Then he walked out, I waited a few seconds and followed.
This has been going on for a couple weeks now. Harry and I have been hooking up. He'll pull me into a closet during lunch or leave me a note during class. If any of his friends knew or if any of my friends knew, it would be bad. If anyone in the world knew it would be bad. Really bad.

When I sat down with my friends, Pansy gave me a strange look. "What?" I asked. She shrugged. "Nothing," she said. I nodded. "Ok, anyway. Has anyone done the transfiguration essay because..." Theo started. I was moving my food around my plate and I kept my eyes down. I felt guilty. I felt guilty for lying to my friends, for keeping this secret from them. I felt guilty for whatever I had with Harry. I didn't deserve him. I didn't deserve his forgiveness let alone this. And what he said the night of the party about me breaking his heart about falling in love with me all over again. He never said anything about it again. So I'm left with about a million different questions. Then Pansy nudged me.

"Hm?" I said. "I asked if you'd come with me to the loo," she said. I nodded and we stood up. As we walked down the halls she was quiet. When we got inside, she looked at me. "Who are you having sex with?" she asked. My face dropped. "What the hell are you talking about?" I asked. "I know you, Meredith." she said. "I'm not-" I started. "You've been disappearing, your shirt was buttoned wrong yesterday, you are acting weird." she said. "I'm not doing anything with anyone," I said. "Lie." she said, raising an eyebrow. I rolled my eyes. "Pans, can we not do this right now?" I asked. "Just tell me who the guy is," she said. I shook my head. She was quiet for a moment. "Is it Potter?" she asked.

My eyes widened. "Are you mad?!" I exclaimed. "No. It makes sense. The sexual tension. And he's always staring at you." she said. "What- I- you are crazy-" I stammered. "So it is him?" she said smugly. "No," I said. She laughed. "This is rich. You are fucking the chosen one. I mean- how ironic is that? Enemies to lovers much?" she said as she laughed. "Pansy," I warned. "Rita Skeeter would eat this up, I mean hell. You are like those muggle romance books Astoria likes." she said. "Enough, this is serious. You can't tell anyone." I said. "You know I won't tell anyone. I promise." she said. I nodded. "So... is he big?" she asked with a smirk. "Pansy!" I exclaimed. "What?! That's like the one question every girl has asked at Hogwarts. I mean- the man killed Voldemort. He probably has a big dick, right?" she said. "You are unbelievable," I said. "Please, just give me an answer," she said. I rolled my eyes and walked out. She followed me and laughed. "I'll get it out of you. I know you are dying to tell me anyway." she said. I chuckled. We walked down the hallway and when we turned the corner, Pansy bumped into someone. She fell over and cried out.

"Pansy!" I yelled. I knelt next to her and she clutched her leg. "Fuck!" she said. "You should be more careful. You don't want to get a mark," We both looked up and Ron stood over us with Dean and Seamus. "What is wrong with you?" I said. "With me? You are the death eater. I'm pretty sure you're the one that's fucked up!" Ron spat. I helped Pansy up and I saw her grit her teeth from the pain. "Come on, let's get you to Madam Pomfrey," I said quietly. "No, Meredith. I'm fine. I don't need-" she started. "No. I've let you pretend to be fine long enough. No more." I said. She sighed. I pulled her arm over my shoulder and helped her walk to the hospital wing.

"Oh dear, what happened?" Madam Pomfrey said. "Madam Pomfrey, it's her leg. She was in pain for a while, then she fell. It's bad." I said. "I'm fine," Pansy mumbled. "Miss Parkinson, I told you to come to me if the pain increased." she said. "I can handle it," she said. Madam Pomfrey ran a diagnostic and looked it over. Then her face fell. Pansy sighed. "I know what you are going to say. You can't do anything. Just give me a pain potion and I'll go." she said. "I'm sorry." she said. "It's alright, Madam Pomfrey. I do just fine. The brace you made helps a lot, I appreciate it." she said with a small smile. She nodded. "You girls should get back to your dorms. It's almost curfew." she said. We nodded and headed back. I said bye to Pansy and went to my dorm. I did my homework and put on pajamas, then I went to sleep.