Malfoy | Draco Malfoy [Book1](Unedited!)

13

Athena Jones

These past few months made me realize that I should in fact take my time off from guys for few months? Years? I don’t know? I’ve just been focused more on my friends, specially Dahlia who seems to be acting stranger than usual.

She’s been drunk most of the time, getting high in the middle of the day, it seemed like it had become her new normal which wasn’t normal at all.

I was worried sick about her, everyone was worried about her but she seemed to just shut us out, like always.

I’ve tried talking to her, but she just shrugs and says it’s nothing, that everything is fine. It seemed like her coping mechanism to the problems she’s facing. She was always so quiet and reserved when it came to her personal life, but recently, it had gotten to a whole new level, she’s been avoiding us like the plague.

I don’t know how she could manage to stay this closed off from us, but she seems to have found a way.

I didn’t want to pressure her or get on her case about this, I was willing to give her the time she needed, but the situation was getting out of hand and something needed to be done. I tried to think back to what could have triggered this sudden change in her personality but nothing came to my mind.

And today I think it’s near 11 pm and she’s not in her bed, Hazel is sound asleep, and I’m changing my position constantly feeling uneasy in every position I take.

I’m on my bed too, can’t seem to fall asleep, I’ve been trying for hours now to get some shut eye but to no avail.

I keep tossing and turning, changing left and right positions, trying to find a single position that’s comfortable enough to fall asleep in but the way I feel today everything is just so… uncomfortable.

I keep feeling this sense of unease, there’s this feeling that’s crawling up my skin in my stomach and it’s telling me that something is wrong, really wrong.

I got frustrated and got out of my bed grabbing a book and pulling on a plain white sweater while walking out of my room carefully trying not to wake Hazel up. I walked towards the Slytherin common room and sat down on the couch in front of the fireplace, opening my book to read.

After nearly half an hour, my attention was drawn by the sound of approaching footsteps. A tall figure made its way toward me, and I closed my book, bracing myself to make my next move and I saw Malfoy.

He hadn’t tried to “talk” with me since the last time I told him I want to go back to normal, his and my normal of us hating each other, and the next day I saw him and Astoria in class getting all cozy, seemed like they were back together.

Malfoy’s eyes landed on me sitting in front of the fireplace. The moment he seemed me, his eyes widened in surprise for a moment. It was obvious he didn’t expect to see me here.

He stopped a few feet in front of me, his expression becoming neutral. We looked at each other for a few moments, a thick awkward tension filling the air.

“What are you doing here?” He finally asked, his voice was even, not betraying any emotion.

I raised an eyebrow and gestured at the book in my lap. “I couldn’t sleep,” I said, avoiding asking him about why he’s here in the middle of the night myself.