Professor Malfoy

64 | gossips ruining lives

Chapter 64
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Time always runs faster after Christmas. At least for me.

The school started again and few months passed. Just like that, winter was over. And the excruciating cold days that followed the New Year's Eve with it.

I could say these were the best months of my life so far. Everything got back to normal - the new normal, which included waking up next to Draco every single morning, then a quick good-morning sex to start the day full of pretending to be just a student to him.

I could say that, but I won't. Not when deep down I have a bad feeling that's stuck with me since the day Theo walked in one and my mate making out. Sometimes I get nightmares about this very time and wake up screaming and sweaty with watery eyes. I even considered asking Draco to erase that from my memory.

The future, the time are our new enemies. Day by day, week by week, I'm getting closer to graduation and leaving this school for good, which means leaving Draco. We haven't figured out anything about the life after, almost like deep down we both know that there isn't any.

Two months is what we have.

Me and my aunt already talked about
the job and she said she's waiting for me in August. There, I am supposed to fresh start my life. I mean, I was supposed to...before I met Draco. Now I'm not even looking forward at all.

My whole future plans are fucked. I hate not being organized, I hate not knowing where my path is leading. Because for now, all I see is misery.

Pure, heartbreaking misery.

"And this, ladies and gentleman, witches and wizards," Draco suddenly interrupts my over-thinking by grabbing my potion into his hands and showing it to the whole class, "is how a fine veritaserum is made."

My cheeks blush as I didn't expect the sudden attention. Peeking through shoulders, most of
the class wants to look into my black cauldron at the potion I put my sweat and blood into. Literally. After the last potion I fucked up, it was about time I did something well.

Zion, standing next to me moves his head toward my ear. Brushing his soft brown hair against my forehead, he whispers, "god, you're such a teacher's pet."

I punch him into the shoulder, because I thought he was about to tell me some gossip or something serious, not this. But it makes me chuckle. "I know." I say back with a wink.

I catch Draco's gaze, "what are you two blabbing about?"

He asks me with calm voice. "Zion says I'm a teacher's pet,"

"Not this time,"

After I give him a confused look when no one's watching, he explains, "you're smart, very smart. I'm not showing everyone this potion just because we..." he pauses, trying to find the right words for what we do every day. Multiple times.

"Fuck?" I say and bite into my tongue afterwards.

He ignores my implication. "You did really good, Louise."

I try not to smile so much as he just boosted my praise kink. God, he always knows exactly what to say to make me melt on his fingertips.

"Thank you."

He puts the cauldron down in front of me on the desk and tries to not stare into my eyes for too long.

"You know...you could be a good auror one day. I'm sure of that."

I look to the ground. Not now, Draco. I don't wanna fight now. "I don't know..."

"No, I'm serious. You should really think this through-"