I Am Poison || hogwarts fanfic

2. The Hogwarts Express

"Heyyy!"

I'm almost knocked over with the force of practically the biggest bear hug ever. Mattheo looks up and grins at me. I fondly brush a short strand of his curly hair out of his eyes and he makes a face at me when I accidentally get his eye. He steps out of the embrace and pulls a small, black coloured box out of his pockets.

"HE'S PROPOSING!!! IT'S HAPPENING! OHHMIIGOSHHHH FRED GET THE CAMERA!"

"SHUT IT! I swear, one day-" I hiss over my shoulder at the jeering Fred & George. They snicker and run away. I turn back to Mattheo, shrugging them off, laughing. He rolls his eyes and opens the box.

"Oh my gosh... It's gorgeous, Theo!"

I pull the gold chain from the plush cushion of the box, admiring it.

"It's an Apatite stone. The lady who sold it to me went on and on about how it'll help you manifest your dreams or some shit like that. The colour matches your name," he says, trailing on, scuffing his feet.

"It's lovely, thanks! Here, put it on?" I turn my back to him and sweep my long dark hair over my shoulder and hand him the necklace, the little blue stone dangling from its spot on the chain. His hands brush gently against the back of my neck as he closes the clasp and I shiver.

"Thanks times infinity," I smile at him, pulling him in for another hug. He spins me around and laughs.

"I feel like I haven't seen you in years!"

"Miss me that much?" I laugh. I feel the cold metal against my skin begin to adjust and frown, realisation dawning on me. "I didn't get you anything though, I feel bad."

"Don't worry about it, princess," he grins, "Glad you like it."

"Navy!"

I spin around at the sound of my name. I watch as a silver blonde head appears out of the crowd.

"Ooo, rocking the denim today, Malfoy? Suits you," I snicker, poking him in the chest.

"It was the only muggle clothing I had," he mumbles. I know how much his appearance means to him, and I love teasing him for it. "This blue is not my type," he says, tugging at the seams of his jacket.

"Is navy?" I add, sarcastically.

"Definitely," he nods, a little too serious. I cock my head, curious. Nevermind. I brush it off.

"Hey, this is new," he grabs the gold necklace and holds the stone between his fingers. I look down and say, "Isn't it lovely? Mattheo bought it for me when he was in Europe during the holidays." I look up and watch as Theo puffs up proudly. I snicker at him. He rolls his eyes and smirks at Draco.

"I didn't get anything for you," Draco says slowly.

"Nah, don't worry about it-"

"Here," he pulls a silver ring off his finger and unclasps my necklace suddenly, arms brushing against my cheek as he reaches around my head to pull the necklace off. He drops the ring down the chain and clips it back around my neck. "Perfect," he grins, flashing a megawatt smile over my shoulder to Mattheo. I ignore his gloating look and smile back up at him. Ugh, why is everyone so tall - my neck hurts from craning up.

I glance down and finger the silver ring. It has an intricate carving of a snake curling around the initials D.L.M.

"Thanks, Malfoy," I say, admiring the ring. I watch out of the corner of my eye at Mattheo shooting a glare at Draco. "Quit it guys, it's not a competition or anything. Now come on, let's go!"

"Hey Vee, sitting with us?" Hermione calls to me, waving me over. The train blows a loud whistle as steam blasts above us.

"Yep! Alright, bye guys!" I wave to Draco & Mattheo and rush to board the Hogwarts Express alongside my Gryffindor friends.