Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 5- Ch. 140

Draco was feeling antsy and moody as of late. Everyone has been getting busier with studying for the O.W.Ls and he meant everyone. Now that he had his Prefect duties, Inquisitorial Squad duties, Quidditch Practice, homework, and studying, he was barely able to find time alone to be with Céline. When he did have a little bit of free time, she would be too busy helping Daphne catch up with her homework or studying with her other friends.

Not being able to spend time with Céline has been putting him in a testy mood. Now that it was Easter holiday, he'd hope that he'd get a bit of alone time with her since there were no lessons. He wanted to plan something for just the two of them. That was another problem he realized; finding a private place to be alone in.

Since it was a school, their only good options would be empty, unused classrooms, or broom cupboards, which was latter was definitely not an option for Céline. The Astronomy tower was nice, but anyone can walk in and interrupt them, especially now that the O.W.Ls were six weeks away.

He thought of when the next Hogsmeade trip was, and laughs at himself, thinking what they would do in Hogsmeade, get a room? To which his cheeks burned at the thought. He gave up thinking about anything once his mind wondered to being alone with Céline in a room. He tried shaking the thought and blamed his teenage hormones and all the things he's overheard the seventh year Slytherin guys talk about.

"What are you doing here, all by yourself?" A female voice said, breaking his trance. He looked up and frowned when he saw Pansy Parkinson standing in front of him. He was in the library studying, originally with Crabbe and Goyle, but they've never been much for studying, so they left to do Inquisitorial Squad duties. To them, that only meant to dock points from anyone not a Slytherin.

"What are you doing here, Parkinson?" Draco said coldly. She had been getting on his nerves a lot more than usual, since trying to catch the secret meeting members.

"I asked you first." She said, sitting down in the chair in front of him. "Why? You worried Everhart is going to take this the wrong way?" She smirked at the thought.

"Oh, I'm definitely not worried and I'm sure she isn't either." He said in a bored tone. He looked back down to his textbooks, but not without seeing the smirk being swipes of Pansy's face. "But I suggest you settle yourself elsewhere, remember she said that she was getting tired of dealing with you."

"I truly don't know what you see in her." She scoffed, folding her arms across her chest.

"Are you still going on about this?" Draco sighed harshly. "You know it's a good thing I don't particularly care what you can't see in her"

Pansy's mouth dropped before shutting into a thin straight line. She looked away from for a moment before standing up from her seat and going around the table. She then leaned on to it, next to him. He looked at her irritatingly, hating the fact that she was invading his space. She bent down with a smirk, but says nothing.

"What are you—" Draco started but was cut off.

"You have about two seconds before you become the next person to be thrown into the vanishing cabinet." Someone said from behind Pansy. Draco moved his head so that he was able to see the person who rescued him. Though he already knew, since he would recognize that voice anywhere.

Céline stood behind Pansy with one book in one hand, while the other one rested on her hip. Pansy turned around, still with that mischievous grin.

"Oh!" She gasped, pushing herself off of the table and putting a hand over her mouth, "Everhart, I didn't know you would be there." She said feigning surprise.

Céline rolled her eyes and walked around her to sit in the empty chair next to Draco. "Oh come off it, Pansy. We literally made eye contact before you stood up and came around the table." Céline said in an uninterested tone of voice. She looked up to her and gave her a fake smile. "I would say you'd need to try harder than that, but I wouldn't want to set you up for failure."