Letters |Draco Malfoy|

Lacuna

"She's so annoying!" Sophie ranted. "I mean how are we supposed to fight You-Know-Who when he comes for us half bloods and muggleborns?!"

A new teacher had been brought to Hogwarts from the Ministry. Dolorius Umbridge. She was not very pleasant. She had a very stalky build with an old, aged face. She wore a pink ruffled suit, and to top it of she always wore a pink hat on top of her mess of brown hair.

"C'mon, we don't know he's back!" I said, playing with the hem of my pajamas.

"Yeah we do!" She insisted. "He was the one who...-" She trailed of, as things were getting awkward quickly. She then quickly changed the subject. "Soo anywayss... How are you planning to break it off with Marvel!?"

"Can we go back to to talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!!" I groaned.

"Avoiding the problem is only gonna make it worse!" She sang. I threw a pillow at her.

"I'm going to bed" I turned my lamp down.

Sophie sighed. "Goodnight then" she said.

"Goodnight"

The Next Morning:

I woke up, and quickly got ready for the day. It was the first day of classes! I ran to the Great Hall for breakfast, where I met up with Sophie.

"Good morning" Sofia said, staring dreamily at the sausage laying on the table.

I laughed. "Oh my Merlin, you have got problems!"

"Oh whatever" Sophie said, laughing. She pulled us to our usual seats, her stomach growling loudly. "I wonder what's going on over there" She said, pointing at a group of Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin.

"Let's go check it out!" I pulled her towards the group.

"But my fooood" She whined.

"What's going on!?" I asked a blond haired Ravenclaw.

"Well.. It looks as if Amy Clearwood and Blaise Zabini are..." He cringed.

Sophie's head perked up hearing Blaise's name "Are what!?"

He pointed. "Check it out for your self..."

I was hoping to Merlin she wasn't getting in a fight, maybe I was hoping to much, because they weren't fighting. No, they were doing the opposite. A pang of worry shot threw me as I looked towards Sophie. Amy and Blaise were snogging. One of Sophie's close friends was kissing Sophie's long time crush. "Merlin-" I grabbed Sophie's hand leading her away. "Are you alright?" I hugged her. She put a loose smile on her face, her eyes watered slightly. She nodded her head.

"I'm gonna go back to the dorm..." She sighed. "You better get to class"

"But-"

"Get to class." She said, walking away. Well I guess I'll be early. Poor, poor Sophie. My heart ached for her.

Walking the hall I saw Amy. I started trudging towards her. But of course more drama was to come, as I saw my soon-to-be-ex, Marvel, coming towards me. He luckily hadn't seen me, so I slipped into a room, quietly closing the door. I let out a sigh. Surely I would be safe from drama here! Or not. I opened my eyes only for my gaze to be met with grey ones. I opened my mouth to say something to Malfoy, but no words came out.

"What are you-" He was asking before I cut him off.

"Shhhh!" I held my hands up to his mouth. His face was cold, so I pulled my hands away.

"Merlin! Your face is cold!" He furrowed his brows.

"What are you doing in here?!" He asked, now whispering.

"I don't see how that's any off your business." I crossed my arms. He went to leave. "No wait!!" I grabbed his sleeve. "If you leave, he will know I'm here!"

"Who will!?" He looked back at me.

"Merlin your really making me tell!!" I sighed. "I've been avoiding Marvel, he's right out that door!"

Malfoy smirked "Avoiding your boyfriend?"

I rolled my eyes, waiting for a moment before peeking out the door. "You know, you really should tell Zabini to stay away from Amy." I said.

Malfoy and I weren't friends, but it had been nearly a year since what had happened, and I did promise myself I would change.

"Why should he stay away from his fiancé!?" Malfoy exclaimed.

"Fiancé!?!" I shouted, before quickly covering my mouth. I peeked out, only to see Marvel coming my way. I quickly closed the door. "Hide me!" I ran between two shelves as I heard the door open.

"Malfoy?" Marvel asked. "What are you doing here!? I thought I heard Lindsey." Malfoy was most definitely gonna rat me out, but I still held my breath.

"Why would Lindsey be in the potions classroom right now?" Malfoy actually covered for me. I was surprised, to say the least.

"I'm not sure... Why are you here?" Marvel inquired.

"I always arrive here early." Malfoy insisted. "You really should be getting to class."

I heard the classroom door close, before I swiftly came out of hiding. I sighed out a quick thank you. "Anyways what were you saying about Clearwood and Zabini being engaged!?" Malfoy leaned back in his chair.

"It's pretty common in pureblood communities" He told me matter-of-factly. "Amy is a pureblood. It's only natural that she would get engaged to another pureblood."

"It doesn't give her any rights to snog him in front of Sophie!" I argued, but he just laughed.

"It gives her every right! Besides Robbingsworth and Blaise could never work!! She's a halfblood, he's a pureblood" he argued back.

"Sophie's heart is more pure than yours or his will ever be!" I defended.

Malfoy looked at me, surprise sketched all over his face. "Look at you! Acting like a true Hufflepuff, all loyal and kind. You have changed"

"I have." Is all I said, raising my head high. It was all thanks to Sophie. And the one time she needs me I'm not there.

"Miss Boris, what are you doing in my classroom at this time?" A raspy voice asked. I turned around and was met by the greasy haired, wrinkled, Professor Snape.

"Hello Professor." I gulped. "Your just the person I wanted to see actually, I uh... need a tutor for potions." I wasn't lying, I was just improvising. "You know, OWLs are coming up and...-" Snape glared at me.

His eyes flickered towards Malfoy before looking at me again. "Very well, since Mr Malfoy is here, he can be your tutor." Both Malfoy and my head snapped towards Snape, we didn't say a word, as we knew better than to question him.

I put a smile on my face. "Thank you Professor." As I left the classroom I peeked towards Malfoy, who had a confused and bewildered look on his face, like he was questioning what just happened. I felt the same way.