Infatuation. A Draco Malfoy Love Story.

Chapter 1: Beginnings.

I do not own anything Harry Potter, it is J.K. Rowling's property, this is just a fan fiction.

-CHAPTER 1: BEGINNINGS

-Arbor POV

September 1st. The day had come; summer was over and it was time to head back to school once again. I, Arbor Knight, was ready to begin my sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. My parents and I hurried through King’s Cross station trying to reach the Hogwarts Express on time. I looked at a nearby clock that read 10:55. The train leaves at 11:00. Sharp. ‘There is no freaking way I am missing that train,’ I thought nervously. We finally arrived in front of that all to familiar spot that took me from the muggle world, to, in my opinion, the real world. I smiled to myself; I was going home.

“Ready to go through sweetheart?” asked my kindhearted mother.

“Always,” I smiled in return.

Even after five years, I was still a little skeptical about running through a column to get to Platform 9 3/4. I mean I was literally running through a wall. Kinda freaky to think about, but that’s magic for you. Brushing off my worries, I took off and ran through the column. The magnificent Hogwarts Express is the next thing I see after the brick wall, and I swear it gets more glorious each year. Knowing I need to hurry and get on the train to get an empty cabin for myself to rest a bit, I give my parents a hug and kiss and promise to write to them as soon as I can. I board the train and find a cabin that suits my liking. I take a seat and wave out to no one in particular as the train slowly starts moving forward. 

After about thirty minutes of resting I decide it’s time to look for my best friends, Annaliese and Brie. Brie is my best friend, a little bit loud and boy crazy, but I love her to death. Annaliese is more timid and quiet, but equally as boy crazy! I don’t know what I would do without either of them. I mean we’re no ‘Golden Trio’ like Harry Potter and his friends, but I’d take my friends over them any day. Me compared to my friends is simple. I’m quiet most of the time except when I’m angry or hurt, I will call people out on their mistakes, and I am definitely not as boy crazy as my friends. Chuckling to myself at the thought of my friends and their obsession with guys, I finally see them and walk into their compartment.

“ARBOR!!!!!” Brie screams as soon as I walk in.

“Hey girls,” I say hugging them both. “I’ve missed you guys! Can you believe it? We are in sixth freaking year!”

“Too good to be true,” says Annaliese as we all sit down. “I was just telling Brie about how I saw this really good looking guy pass me by getting on the train.”

“Who was it?” I asked boredly. Of course they would be talking about guys. When did they not talk about guys? ‘Um, I’m going to go with never,’ I thought to myself.

“Well, I don’t know for sure, but there is only one guy I can think of with platinum blonde hair and dreamy grey eyes that you just get lost in. Not to mention muscles. I mean have you ever-.”

“Wait, you don’t mean….?” Brie trailed off.

“Who else could it be?” continued Annaliese.

I had an idea of who they were talking about, but it couldn’t be.

“Draco Malfoy,” the three of us said at the same time. My two friends said it in admiration, I said it in disgust.

Draco Malfoy, are they that desperate? I mean he’s a ferret boy who bullies kids, his father is a death eater, he’s completely obsessed with blood purity (I mean I’m a pureblood and I don’t going around bragging or bullying muggle-borns), and I don’t think he’ll be getting most polite boy of the year award anytime soon. Of course he’s good looking, he’s the Slytherin Prince for goodness sakes, but with a sucky personality, I don’t think so. I mean we’ve both been in Slytherin together for five years now and I don’t think he’s said one word to me, or Annaliese and Brie for that matter.

“Brie, Liese, I wouldn’t waste your time on him. I think he’s with Pansy anyway. And you don’t want to make Pansy mad since she shares a dorm with us, things could get bad. Very bad.” I tried to warn them, but I highly doubted they would listen anyway, but hey, a girl could try.

“Your probably right, Arbor,” said Annaliese. “Maybe he shouldn’t be with us.” She paused, thinking about something. “He should be with you!”

Brie squealed in agreement and I snorted. “Malfoy and I, together.. As in a couple? Ha!” I laughed aloud. I seriously hoped she was kidding.

I listened for a while as Liese and Brie plotted a way to get me Ferret Boy together. There’s no way it would ever happen, but they wouldn’t listen to my reasoning so I gave up and decided to go to sleep.

I dreamt I was at a ball dancing gracefully with someone, but I couldn’t for the life of me think of it who it was. I knew that I loved him, and he loved me, and that we were absolutely perfect for one another, completed each other. I thought really hard as I danced with this mystery man; it would’ve been easier to figure out who it was if we didn’t have bloody masks on. It was weird, because I didn’t know where we were, and we were the only two people in the room, which was romantic and creepy at the same time. We kept dancing, as the song seemed to never stop, but I don’t think either of us minded.

“Arbor, I don’t want this to ever end. I love you so much and I’ll never let you go,” whispered this perfect figure whom I still did not know who it was, but I was still touched at his words.

“Show me your face,” I said slowly. I couldn’t wait any longer to find out who it was.

“You don’t know?” he smirked. A smirk that I had seen in the common room and Great Hall before. It couldn’t be. 

“Malfoy?” I asked incredulously. This dream was on the brink of a nightmare now.

“Don’t sound too happy, love,” he said with sarcasm, smirking again.

‘Okay time to wake up,’ I thought. I wanted this dream to be over now. “I’m just surprised.”

“Well you shouldn’t be too surprised, because you had to have been thinking about me before you went to sleep or you wouldn’t be having this dream right now. Gee, Knight, I would’ve imagined this from one of your friends, but certainly not you. I never knew you were this obsessed with me.” He chuckled to himself softly.

I was annoyed now. Freak Show Malfoy just decides to pop into my dreams, and is telling me I was obsessed with him? This ends now. ‘WAKE UP!’