Rough Diamond (The Poisonous Princess Book 3)

December

*Draco POV*

Today's D.A. class was disappointing. Mad-eye was tired of his new job, as he said. After being an auror for years, talking to students was not an upgrade to him. So that day he only made us read the book and wrote down summary about Red Cap dwarfs.
After I made a page long text, I lost any inspiration and making eye-contact with Isabella signed the end of my concentration.
Our eyes had the most cunning affair,
meeting in a room full of people.
I didn't heard anything then, drown in her green absorbing eyes. So when the bell rang for time-out, I had a jolt.

"Finally ! Lunch time. I'm starving !"
Crabbe complained loudly.

"Me too." I said.

The group of our house all moved in direction to the great hall as a pack. I took a chance to place my hand on Bella's lower back, hidden by her cape.
She discretely sent me a glance full of sentiments before we got separated :
they all kept walking forward but I froze.

"Dobby ?!" I exclaimed to the very unpleasant surprise.

That damn elf was freely wandering in the corridor of the castle !

"What the hell are you doing here, you disgusting gasbag*!"

(*slang : overly talkative person)

"Master... no, Sir. Dobby is an employee now. Dobby has been offered paid work at Hogwarts School of Whitchcraft and Wizardry."

It seriously talked back to me with such arrogance !

"This place really goes down the drain !" Commented Pansy by my side.

I hissed with all my hatred :

"You better not cross my way ever again or I'll make you regret the time you were at the manor !"

It lowered its eyes and vanished by a fingers' snap.

I took a seat at our table apart from my usual group, wishing to avoid conversations. During the meal I heard the first years talking about Bella...

"With who do you think Isabella will go to the ball ?" Asked Malcolm.

"I don't know. I'm a bit concern about that because no one in school is worthy of her..." Parkinson boy said.

I cut them : "From your opinion, no one is worth taking her to dance ?"

"I don't think so. Princess Isabella is beautiful and talented so she shouldn't waste her attention to any random boy.

In my mind, I got irritated. She's MY princess, you don't even know the meaning of this nickname, idiot.

"Don't call her this !" I ordered with cold attitude.

"Maybe Harry Potter is as special as her..." suggested Ezra.

I immediately raged ! Potter ?! What do they know ! That 10 years old ! I should have really not care about that children's point of view but...

"You don't know a thing ! And it shouldn't matter to you, you won't be at the party anyway." I dispelled.

Fed up, I changed place and went some seats away, in front of my girlfriend.

There, Pike said to Theodore : "Ask quickly or all slytherin girls would be taken."

"Green is not taken, I think..." he replied while looking at Isabella.

She rolled her eyes.

"Even if I would have rejected each of you. Honestly, I'm surprised and a bit disappointed that not all the boys crawled for me, indeed." She slayed.