Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

Year 6- Ch. 175

'I feel it in my gut that Malfoy is a Death Eater' Harry said.

"He's not!" Céline said.

'Oh Céline, sorry, I promised Cho I'd help her with Herbology, can we have dinner another day?' Spoke Cedric.

"It wasn't about the dinner.." Céline voice quivered.

Céline stood there in a dark room feeling cornered up against a wall, because in front of her was Harry and Cedric, both staring at her intensely, slowly moving closer to her.

'How do you know? How can you be so sure?' Yelled Harry. The two of them started to speak at the same time. Céline felt her heart pounding, she hated this.

'There's nothing going on between us.' Cedric said

"But there was." She felt a tear escape and run down her cheek.

'I know for a fact that you would be the last person he would tell.' Harry's voice echoed.

'We're just friends.' Cedric said. 'You're being a child.'

"Stop!" Shouted Céline as she crouched down and put her hands up against her ears, clamping her eyes shut. Immediately the two voices stopped. She kept her eyes shut but she slowly removed her hands from her ears.

'Check his arm." Harry's voice out clearly next to her ears.

Céline's eyes shot open and she quickly sat up in her bed. She was breathing heavily and looked around the darkened room. She check her watch, as she tried to calm herself. It was half past six. She figured that Daphne and Tracey were in the Great Hall for dinner.

She got out of her bed and went over to the small basin sink and splashed water on her face. It had been a long time since she last dreamt of Cedric, but he had been popping up in her mind more frequently in the last week. It was always the same thing too. She knew that she was clearly conflicted about two different things seeing that her dreams had not only Cedric but now Harry.

She felt the same insecurity with Draco that she felt with Cedric when he was spending all his time with Cho. And the other thing was Harry's accusation that Draco had become a Death Eater.

She let out a deep sigh and decided to go have dinner. She hadn't put anything in her stomach since she had the butterbeer earlier in the afternoon. She made her way down stairs to the common room, practically dragging her feet.

"There you are." Draco's voice called out to her. Céline looked over to see him sitting on the black leather couch. He stood up and walked over to her. She felt her body stiffen a little, involuntarily. "You alright?" He asked after noticing her reaction.

She composed her self quickly and smiled at him. "Yeah, I think I just overslept. Hungry? Because I'm starved."

"You're still upset with me." Draco pointed out as he walked out into the dungeons with her. Céline simply smiled at him and hummed as an answer. "I really am sorry, love. I promise I'll make it up to you."

Céline stopped in her tracks, which made him stop and turned to her. "Our one year of being together is coming up... make it up to me then. Give me your complete and undivided attention for the day. No distractions, no disappearing to do quidditch duties. Just you and me." She proposed, while placing a hand on his cheek.

"I'd be more than happy to do so." He said with a grin that she couldn't help but return.

"I guess we can figure out what day, since our anniversary lands in the middle of the week and next weekend is your first match against Gryffindor."