Deception

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪ - ꜱᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ & ᴅᴇᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ

Let's talk about him. The slimy git.. Yeah you know who I'm talking about. Draco Malfoy one of the most loathsome people in my life. The fact that I know him since we were children and his father is best friends with mine, is a bit of a bummer but it really doesn't matter. When I see him I feel my blood boil and my stomach repulsively constricting itself. He always looks like he smells something nasty when he sees me. Either way we absolutely despise each other.

Now let me tell you something about me.

My name is Elenore Avery. But my friends call me 'Ella'. I'm 16 years old and I'm in the sixth year of Hogwarts, the same class as the slimy git and the wonderful, I-want-to-stab-my-eyes-out-with-a-fork: Harry Potter.

I'm sorted in Slytherin and my current boyfriend is Blaise Zabini. We've been dating for three weeks now and he's a total dreamboat. The bad thing is, he knows he's a dreamboat too, which really makes him more like a dinghy at times.

My hair is long, wavy and brown and my skin is pale which I don't like because sometimes I feel like I look like a corpse. My eyes are a crystal blue, my father always told me they look like a deep ocean and the heavens at the same time, whatever that means. I always like to wear something in my hair, like a bow or a pin.

Like me so far? Great.

Now let me tell you about where my story all began...

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It all started when I was talking to my best friend Marie Frost in the entrance hall. She's a light tanned girl with black hair and deep brown (almost black) eyes. She's been my best friend since forever. She knows how I loathe the blond haired sad excuse for a snail, and is always there to support me.

"So how are things between you and Blaise?" She asks while she blows a purple bubble out of her mouth. She's always chewing on the weirdest kinds of bubble gum.

"Great I guess..." I said not too enthusiastic. But it seemed that Marie had already got the gist of what was up.

"He's after that Ravenclaw girl again?!" She asked rolling her eyes.

"Why ask; if you already know the answer." I said with a sigh as I rolled my eyes. "That is the perk of dating Zabini I guess."

"Well, it could be worse, he could be cheating on you with bucktooth Granger."

"Granger?!" I snorted "Yeah, like that would ever happen." I said trying to find my schedule.

"I do see him looking at her from time to time though." She said with a shrug as she rummaged through her bag.

"He's looking at EVERY girl with a pulse. He's a total sleazebag." I muttered as my entire arm disappeared in my bookbag now.

"Care to explain why you are you still with him? I can't understand you. Really." She said as she gave me her schedule instead.

"You know why." I said glancing over the parchment before spinning on my heel and walking away to class.

"Yes to show off that you can have him." She said more to herself than me as she was rolling her black eyes behind my back. She caught up with me and we walked through a small hallway.

"No it's not like that at all." I said trying to set things straight. "It's to let Malfoy know that I'm dating one of his best friends!"

"And..?" Said Marie.. Why is she always doing that? I hate that!

"And.. what?!" I said frustrated while I stopped walking and faced her.

"Should he be jealous of him?!"