In love with the badboy

chapter 7 ~ The party

Chapter 7

The next day Luna and I were eager to go to the party. Too bad we had an entire day of classes and studying still ahead of us. Our free periods that day were spent in the common room. I was revising the spells that Malfoy had taught me while petting Hobo behind his ear distractedly. He was purring in delight.

During supper in the great hall Blaise came to me. "You are coming tonight right? I'd really like you to be there! Bring a friend!"

"Yes I will probably be there," I assured him.

"Probably?" he said fake hurt. "I do want a dance from you miss, so you better be there! I will not accept any excuses."

After saying that he left the great hall and Luna and I started discussing our outfits. We decided to go and get ready for the party as it was going to start in only a couple of hours.

I ran into Malfoy on our way to common room which reminded me of the tutoring lesson he ditched yesterday. "Thanks for standing me up yesterday you jerk!"

"Is little Potter hurt ?" he rolled his eyes and tried to walk on. I sighed, why did he look so good, it made it harder to be mad at him.

"These lessons are important Malfoy, I need them a lot! So show up will you!"

"I had something else I needed to take care of, something important!" he said. We were only standing a few inches away from each other.

"So you just see me as something you need to take care of? That's just great." I said while rolling my eyes. I couldn't help myself but feeling hurt inside. He did look exhausted, like he hadn't slept in days. I wanted to ask him what he did yesterday but decided that it wouldn't be so wise.

"No.." he started. He looked at me with a sorrowful look in his eyes, like he actually regretted it. "Tutoring you would have been better than what I had to do yesterday, but I didn't have a choice. I'll be there next time."

He went into the great hall, leaving me confused. I might just have a little crush on him.

That night we went to the dungeons very carefully so we wouldn't get caught by any possible teachers lurking around. When we got there (surprisingly enough without any problems) we saw Crabbe and Malfoy standing at the entrance of their common room to let everyone in and make sure that no teachers would come.

"Are you sure they'd let us in ?" Luna asked me with a doubtful voice.

"They will have to," I said with determination in my voice, "I'll make sure of that!"

We were only a few steps away from the slytherin common room when we were joined by Neville who started a conversation with Luna about some sort of ancient plant. I didn't join there conversation, nothing schoolrelated for me tonight!

As we got closer I got a little nervous, I wasn't expecting that I would have to face Malfoy yet another time today. I knew he was going to be here tonight, but I didn't want to have to talk with him. No matter how I tried not to think about it I wondered about that kiss every time I saw him. The feeling he gave me the other night had been indescribable and then he had to be such a confusing jerk. I keep expecting that he will mention our intimate moment and sometimes I think he wants to, but he never does.

He saw us coming and cocked one of his eyebrows up. He muttered something to Crabbe and they began laughing. I felt myself getting angry at him at once, which was nothing different than usual.

"Well if it isn't our little Potter...and her...friends," he said, looking at Luna and Neville. I hated his attitude.

"Cut the crap Malfoy, and just let us in. One of your slytherin friends invited me so don't be a burden for once."