Medicine - T. Nott

three

I try to get comfortable on the window sill. My feet are now resting in Theo's lap and he's resting his head on the cold stone wall behind him.

"Okay, so what are your ground rules?" He asks with a smirk.

"We can't tell anyone the truth," I say. "Not even our best friends."

"Agreed, if one person slips up or someone overhears something it could get back to my dad," Theo says.

I nod. "No seeing other people, I won't and you won't, for the same reasons," I add.

"Just because you're my fake girlfriend doesn't mean that I would cheat on you. I am a gentleman."

"Oh, I bet you are, Theo," I reply with a smile.

We both go quiet for a minute. Theo is thinking about something intently as takes a hit of his cigarette. He exhales the smoke, nodding.

"Okay, you'll have to come to my father's Christmas ball this year," Theo says.

"I always do, my whole family does."

"You'll have to come as my date, since you'll be my girlfriend and all," Theo adds. "My father will also probably want to have you over for dinner over the holidays."

I nod, "Okay, but then you have to come over for dinner too."

"Of course," Theo says. "I love any opportunity to see your mum-"

I smack him in the arm, and Theo laughs.

"You'll have to take me on dates, like to Hogsmeade," I say. "Even if it's just to the Three Broomsticks-"

"I know how dates work, Alex," Theo jokes, shaking his head. "I can take you out on proper dates so that we look like a proper couple in the eyes of everyone else."

We fall quiet again, and this time it's eerily quiet since it's almost curfew and the corridor is completely empty.

"And no sex," I say quietly, just barely breaking the silence.

"No sex," Theo affirms. "I wouldn't want to do anything to make you uncomfortable, Alex."

"I know, I trust you," I say.

Theo nods. "What about kissing? Not when it's just us-, I mean can I kiss you around other people?"

"Yes," I laugh. "Most couples do kiss, so we should too-, only around other people though."

"Yeah, of course."

"I'm okay with any sort of pda," I say. "Kissing, hugging, cuddling."

Theo smirks, "Yeah me too. Any more rules?"

I shake my head. "You?"

"Nope," He replies.

"You want to shake on it again, don't you?" I ask.

Theo grins, "It's only proper."

We shake hands again and fall into a conversation about what exactly we're going to tell our friends so that they believe us.

We stay in the corridor talking for a while, at least until Draco and Pansy return from their nightly patrol. They're talking in hushed voices, and Pansy seems to be laughing at something Draco said. Their conversation trails off when they see Theo and I.

"You two look cozy," Pansy says.

"Oh we are," Theo teases.

Draco rolls his eyes and points towards the entrance to the Slytherin common room. "It's past curfew," He states.