Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 5- Ch.138

"Why is Céline on the ground?" He asked Pansy in a cold manor, while he bent down to help his girlfriend up. Céline hissed at the stinging she felt on her thigh. When Draco looked down to her thigh he saw that it had a large angry red scrape going down, his frown deepened.

"I caught her, running away. She was part of them, Draco." Pansy said, boastfully. "She's been lying to you and hiding this from you the whole time. She's been spending all this secretly time with Potter, behind your back." Céline saw her almost jumping with excitement, expecting Draco to be furious with her. Céline looked at him a bit nervously.

Draco narrowed his eyes at Pansy. "Give it a rest Parkinson." He said coldly to her.

Pansy took a step back, looking at him agape. "Why are you getting upset with me? I'm just trying to show you- trying to help you see, that Everhart is actually a scheming bitch, going behind your back." Céline frowned at her words. "She's been meeting with Harry all this time. This just show's you she's probably been toying with both of you—"

"Whoa, hold on a minute and take a step back. First of all," Céline cut her off, feeing the blood rush to her face with anger. "How dare you accuse me of cheating on Draco. Never in my life would I ever do such a thing to him. I now where my heart stands," she points to Draco who was standing next to her. "And it's with him."

Pansy scowled at her, while Draco couldn't help but smirk a little to her confession.

"Second of all," Céline continued, "I'm scheming?" She sighed sharply, "I'm getting really tired of your pettiness. You're only doing this to try and get Draco's attention and I'm the one scheming? I've done nothing to you, but try to be your friend."

"Nothing?" Pansy scoffed, "You took Draco from me!"

"I was never yours to begin with Parkinson." Draco chimed in.

"You know I've liked you since the beginning! Then she came along and it was as if I didn't exist anymore." Pansy body shook with anger as her eyes threw daggers at Céline. "She ruined everything."

Céline couldn't help but sigh again. She knew she needed to give up. "You know... I've looked at a monster my entire life, thinking that he cared for me, but as some point even I knew I when to give up on that person."  Pansy looked at her confused. "You are that person I'm giving up on, now. I'm done trying to keep that sliver of friendship I had with you. Because it is so clear, that you despise me and nothing will ever change that." Céline gave her a saddened expression and stepped a bit closer to her. "You need to get grip, Pansy. Stop pining over someone who's taken or who doesn't even give you the time of day. There are more serious and important things out there that we'll have to deal with than trying to gain a boy's attention. Value yourself a bit more."

Pansy looked at her with her jaw dropped. All she could do was scoff at her and look to Draco who was staring at Céline.

"Draco, you're going to just let her talk to me like that?" Pansy asked in disbelief. Draco looked at Pansy and frowned at her.

"Do you think I'll let it slide how you're speaking to her?" He said in a dark tone, that made Pansy tremble in fright a little. "Go round up more of the others who took off." He ordered. Pansy hesitated and wanted to protest, but when's he saw his threatening glare, she huffed and ran off quickly before either of them saw her eyes watering.

Draco and Céline stood in the empty corridor in silence for a moment. She could tell that Draco was not happy right now. Pansy wasn't wrong about the first part. She had been lying and hiding this behind his back. Draco let out a big sigh, catching her attention. When she finally looked at him, she saw he had been staring at her the whole time. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't be able to read his expression, but she knew him so well, that she could tell that it was a mixture of anger and disappointment.