Falling For The Ravenclaw Girl - A Draco Malfoy Fanfic

Ch-39- Her love for Draco

Being back at Hogwarts was no easy task, the 8th year was in reality the 7th year all of them had missed, so they had to be thorough with studies for NEWT. But being at Hogwarts was like being at home, a magical home.

Mayrah entered the great hall for breakfast, after the war, students took the liberty to sit at any table they liked. Mayrah looked at how Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville were sitting at the usual Gryfinndor table and how Blaise, Astoria and Draco were sitting at the Slytherin table. She didn't want the gryfinndor lot telling her again to sort things with Draco for the 100th time since the train ride neither she wanted to sit with Slytherins as sitting with Draco again would be too awkward like the last time in train.
She sighed and sat down at the Ravenclaw table alone with a copy of daily prophet to look like she was busy. She didn't miss out on both the set of her friends looking at her in confusion.

"You guys should sit with her. She won't come here.", Draco commented on their table.
"Yeah but you don't have anyone to sit with, she should go and sit with gryfinndors.", Zabini stated flatly earning a nudge from Astoria.
"He didn't mean it like you have no friends Draco.", Tori rectified her boyfriend's mistake, glaring at him.
"No. He is right but I have a habit of the same, she on the other hand, will start thinking 10,000 unlikely scenarios in lack of any company.", he said looking at Mayrah with a smile.
"You know a lot about her.", Tori said with a smile.
"Yes. Yes, I know her. War may have changed things, but I know her. I made fun of her saying that she would fall for my charms but look at me here, I can't seem to wrap around the fact that she is gone. The gut wrenching fact that we didn't happen because of me.", Draco said with a heavy sigh, getting up to leave for his first class, looking at Mayrah and absent mindedly walking to the dungeons for potions.

"Gin and Luna? You two waiting for Mayrah?", Harry asked walking in reverse to his potions class.
No sooner, Draco and Harry bumped into one another. "Merlin!", Harry exclaimed. "Goodness!", Draco did.

Everyone in the great hall who knew their history, looked in anticipation, scared about another petty fight. Mayrah gulped, she just hoped Draco didn't get into anything he shouldn't, especially when the Ministry had eyes on him, picking a fight with the war hero wasn't the best idea. She walked upto the scene, so did the others, just to take measures if anything went out of bounds.

"Malfoy.", Harry said with a smirk.
"Potter.", He said with a same smirk.
They looked at one another with the same smirk for a minute or two, everyone looked in confusion and tension as to what would happen next until, Draco and Harry both burst into fits of laughter, rather surprising everyone.
"Care to shake hands on a dead enemy-ship, Chosen one?", Draco extended his hand fake taunting him in a usual tone.
"Nothing changes Malfoy from being a git. Noted.", Harry replied sassily, shaking hands as most of the people gasped. They nodded and went to their classes, leaving everyone in an awe.

When Mayrah reached Slughorn's potion classes, the only place empty was next to Harry, so she looked around for Ginny.
"Gin is not attending?", she asked taking a seat next to him.
"No she has taken Quidditch and its practicalities subject, newly introduced this year. She plans on to be a professional in Quidditch. Thats why.", he explained.
The class began and they were brewing Amortentia today.
"Thank you for doing what you did today.", she said with a smile in reference to Draco.

"He deserved that. Come on. He risked everything at last minute to give me the wand.", Harry explained, "Mayrah, I know Ginny and Luna are eating your head up on this topic and I wouldn't tell you to make amends with him immediately but at least have a word with him, he looks so lonely. His eyes, his body language, everything misses you. Don't do this to him.", Harry said with a small smile.