Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 4- Ch. 47

The two walked back into the Great Hall together, when Céline saw her friends were still sitting there, she said her goodbyes to Cedric and walked to her table. Her best friends saw her coming and quickly scooted Pansy over, who was sitting in Céline's usual spot. Pansy glared at Daphne, but scooted anyways to make space. She sat down and was quickly pulled in by Daphne.

"So?" Daphne asked eagerly.

"So?" Céline repeated her question, trying to play it off cool.

"So? I need details, woman!" Daphne said playfully smacking Céline's arm. "What did Diggory want?"

A smile crept up on Céline's face and she began to blush. In a hush tone she recalled everything that happened in the garden. All up to the moment where Cedric leaned in to kiss her on the cheek.

"He kissed you?" Daphne gasped, but was quickly hushed by Céline and Tracey. "Sorry." She whispered.

This caught Draco's attention as his eyes looked past Pansy, who sat next to him to try to talk to him. A frown formed on his lips and before he thought it through he moved Pansy to the side and leaned over to tap on Céline's shoulder. She jumped and looked over to him.

"Who did that?" He asked coolly, but there was still a certain tone in his voice. She looked at him confused.

"Who did what?" She asked.

"Kissed you?" He said a bit more irritated. She rolled her eyes at him.

"Oh Merlin!" She groaned. "On the cheek. It was a little kiss on the cheek." She said as her cheeks flushed.

"But still, that's your first kiss isn't it." Tracey asked. Céline looked at her unsure of what to say.

"First kiss, my arse." Draco scoffed to himself, straightening himself. Both Pansy and Céline looked at him.

"What was that, Malfoy?" Daphne asked.

"Nothing," Céline quickly said, "He seems to be in one of his moods. Shall we go?" She started to get up from her seat, ignoring the glare from Draco.

When the girls got up to leave, they headed for the entrance hall. Céline looked over to the Gryffindor table and didn't see Harry sitting there. She did see Ron with Dean and Seamus, she wondered if he was upset with Harry. She spent the rest of the say with Daphne and Tracey in the common room or their dorm.

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The next day, Céline was able to see how much everyone thought Harry put his name in the goblet and other than Gryffindor, who were excited to see one of their own as a champion, everyone else seemed a bit hostile or upset with Harry. Specifically Hufflepuff, who were normally on great terms with Gryffindor, were acting cold towards them.

When Céline got to Hagrid's hut for her Care of Magical Creatures lesson, she spotted Harry looking a bit uncomfortable. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't the only one who spotted him. Draco, who was walking behind her, also saw him and as soon as he was in hearing range he snickered.

"Ah, look, boys, it's the champion." He said to Crabbe and Goyle. "Got your autograph books? Better get a signature now, because I doubt he's going to be around much longer." He snickered. Céline stopped in her tracks causing him to stop. "Half the Triwizard champions have died... how long d'you reckon you're going to last, Potter? Ten minutes into the first task is my bet."

Céline whipped herself around to look directly at Draco grabbing his arm to gain his attention . "Knock it off, Malfoy" She warned. He looked down at her, and before he was able to say anything, Hagrid came from behind his hut, teetering a stack of crates in his hands. Everyone's attention went to him, but Céline and Draco stayed staring at each other for a moment, before Céline broke the eye contact and sighed. She removed her hand from his arm and turned her attention to Hagrid, who set down the crates.