The Lost Potter-Draco Malfoy

Chapter 43 ✔️

Charlotte-

I woke up early the next morning, Draco was still sleeping, I wanted to stay here with him cuddled up in the warmth of Draco's bed. But I needed to leave and see Harry.

"Draco, Draco." I whispered, trying to shake him awake. He had his arms wrapped around my waist and holding me so tight against his chest. 

"Hm?" He grunted, opening one eye.

"I need to go."

"Why?" He groaned. 

"Because I need to sneak into my common room," 

"Oh, but that's so annoying. Just stay here." He said, somehow tightening his hold. 

"I can't. I would if I could. I'll see you at the library later, okay?" I asked. 

Draco grunted in response and nodded, rolling over on his stomach, and going back to sleep. I kissed him on the cheek and crawled out of bed. I changed into my Hogwarts robes from yesterday, grabbed my bag, and wrapping Harry's invisibility cloak around myself, and snuck out of Draco's room. 

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I folded Harry's invisibility and stuffed it in my bag. The fat lady eyeballed me and I didn't want to hear her side comments about me coming to my common room at 8 in the morning. I muttered the password, crawled through the portrait hole. Ron, Harry, and Hermione were the only three in the common room. 

"What's up, guys?" I asked, my brows stitched together.

"Where were you last night and this morning, Charlotte?" Harry asked, rising to his feet. I ignored the beat my heart skip. 

"I was nowhere."

"Really? Then why were you in Malfoy's dorm room this morning?" Harry said, I felt my heart drop to my stomach as he pulled out the Muradars map. My mouth fell open as I looked at the map in his hand. I completely forgot about that map. 

"You also took my cloak. It's missing." 

"Oh, shit, you guys are going to Hagrid's today, right?" I asked, he nodded.

"Don't change the subject. Why were you at Malfoy's dorm?" Harry asked.

"Tutoring!" I shouted the first thing that popped into my mind. 

"What?" Harry shouted, this was so awkward that Hermione and Ron couldn't even look at us, Ron was staring at his shoes, Hermione out the window.

"Malfoy's been helping me with potions. We study every day in the library. He... um... let me borrow one of his potions books."

"So, you went up to his dorm room?" Harry asked, raising one suspicious eyebrow at me. 

"Well, yes, it was in his dorm. I needed it today and knew he wouldn't come out because of yesterday. So I went to his room." Harry narrowed his eyes at me.  

"What about last night? You weren't in your dorm, Hermione told me." I threw Hermione a dark glare, she sunk deeper into the couch. 

"I came in late! When she was sleeping. Ask Parvati and Lavender." I shrugged taking out the cloak and tossing it to Harry.

"Nothing happened Harry, I just needed a textbook," I said, giving him my best innocent smile. I didn't wait for him to ask any more questions; I used the moment he hesitated to my advantage and ran to my dormitory. Thanking God that I managed to pass Harry's interrogation this time.

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The weeks passed by fast, it was already December. I sat in the library after my horrid D. A lesson. Draco sat across from me, his eyes glued to the potions essay we were assigned, his eyes trained on the words. I was growing bored, I couldn't look at the words on my textbook anymore, my mind wasn't picking up anything anymore.