[006] CHAPTER 8 - love story

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"you were romeo, you were throwing pebbles."  || taylor swift

Makayla

About three days later, I wake up to Louis' voice reading some story. My eyes flutter open as I feel a smile appear on my lips.

"The prince put the shoe on her foot and it fit perfectly. That was when he knew that he found his mysterious princess," Louis reads. "The Step Mother and Step Sisters were furious at the sight and tried everything in their power to change the prince's mind, but it wasn't enough. They were banished from the kingdom immediately and the prince married the girl, living happily ever after. The End."

Note from Author: Fun fact! I wrote that from memory instead of copying off of the internet. If y'all catch anyone else saying that they are Cinderella's biggest fan, they're lying.

"Cinderella?" I ask after a moment.

He quickly looks up from the book, shocked that I'm even awake. "Your favorite... How much do you remember?"

"Last thing I remember is the Quidditch game..." I murmur. "Did he win?"

He snorts, "You crashed and only care about who won?"

"You didn't answer the question."

Sighing, he says, "We won. Turns out, you ended up grabbing the Snitch right before hitting the ground. Lucky."

"Blessed," I correct him.

"Right," he says. "Blessed."

"What time is it? How long have I been out?"

"It's about 8:30 in the morning and you've been out for three days."

"So I can still make it to class?"

"No, you're resting."

I laugh, peeling the bedsheets off of me as I say, "Yeah right."

"You have a bad concussion Makayla!" he tries to reason.

"We're witches and wizards. What makes you think we can't heal a concussion with a simple potion?" I ask, sending him to silence. "Now come on, we're late!"

He rolls his eyes with an annoyed smile as I climb off the bed, grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the Medical Wing. When we're about two minutes from the Potions room, I choose to slow down.

"You know," Louis starts, "I've been thinking about it lately and... Grayson is allergic to Hazelnuts."

I glance at him and am met with his challenging smirk. Clearing my throat, I ask, "You remember that?"

"He was my best friend before he was your boyfriend."

"That's very interesting!" I exclaim, breaking eye contact so I don't blush, but I end up blushing anyway.

"Did I make you nervous, love?"

Before I get the chance to slap his face, a small girl's voice emerges behind us, asking, "Excuse me?"

When I turn around, I see a blonde girl with brown eyes. She has freckles like I do and is also a first year in the Hufflepuff house. "May we help you?" I ask.

"I was wondering if you're Makayla Malfoy?" the girl asks.

"Tis I... What do you want?" I shoot back, crossing my arms across my chest.

She swallows hard. "I've been told many stories about you and I was wondering if I could learn more about you?"

"What's your name?" Louis asks.

"Penelope," she says.

"Oh, you're that girl with no last name in first year!" he exclaims.

"I'm more than welcome to talk to you, Penelope. Just not now. I have to get to class but find me at lunch."

She smiles brightly and nods. "Okay! Thank you!" Then she runs off.

"Her smile looks like yours," Louis points out.

This catches me off guard. "Really?"

"Definitely," he says. "She's a mini you, but with brown eyes."

"Her eyes are like yours," I add.

"Aw, not Grayson?" he teases.

"No. His are lighter."

"Of course you know that."

We laugh and continue walking to Professor Slughorn's classroom.

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