"How are you and your girlfriend doing, Harry?" Hermione asked at the Gryfindor table during breakfast.
"I'm sitting right next to you," you drone to you fellow classmate and friend.
"Well it looks like the ferret has his eyes in you," Ron stated with a mouthful of pudding, spitting a bit on Harry's glasses from across the table.
"He better not be," Harry muttered under his breath.
After breakfast you and the golden trio left for class. Once in class everyone was assigned new seats.
"Don't you dare sit me with that filthy Mudblood," Draco said as the professor called out the new seating places.
"Mr. Malfloy if you so insist upon complaining, you will be seated next Mr. Weasly." The professor said while moving down the list nonchalantly.
"I am not sitting with Weasel!" Draco shouted as he sat down in the back of the class.
"Fine, then sit with het then." Pansy Parkinson suggested as she pointed towards you. You stood with your books held tightly to your chest with Harry standing next to you.
Draco looked around for a second before locking eyes on you, a slight pinkish hue to his cheek.
"That's even worse! She is as good as a log in this class. Crabe and Goyle probably gets better grades than her!" Draco said with and angry huff.
"She is not stupid!" Harry shouted.
"Oh? And what makes you think you need to stick up for the dense girl?" Draco said, venom lacing his words. "She too dumb to speak?"
"Stop calling my girlfriend stupid!" Harry barked angrily.
Draco shut right up. His eyes locking with your's once again for a split second. His usually pale face red with anger and possibly embarrassment.
Getting up, Draco grabed his books and stormed out of class and down the hall.
Getting up and running after him, you grabed Draco's quill pen off the desk he had just left and rushed out.
Just down the hall, Draco had stopped and was seemingly waiting for someone.
Running up to him you took a deep breath and pushed a loose strand of hair back behind your ear.
Draco's stormy, piercing silver eyes looked on you with distrust. He seamed to shift in place before he cleared his throat.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"Why do you hate me so much?" You blurted far too abruptly.
"I don't hate you." Draco said looking down at his expensive shoes.
"Then why do you bully me!?" You nearly shouted.
"BecauseIlikeyou." Draco spewed out in one breath.
"You what?"
"You wouldn't understand." He said as he tryed to walk away.
"No I don't. So explain to me what your problem is!" You shouted.
"I'm in love with you okay? I always have! Now stop trying to make me feel guilty about it!" Draco yelled, loud enough for everyone on the current floor to hear.
"You what?" You asked, completely dumbfounded by what he had said.
With an angry sigh, Draco stepped towards her and placed a quick kiss on your lips.
Before he could pull away you grabed his robe sleeve, and held him in place long enough to kiss him back.
Pulling away Draco smiled for a split second before it dropped to a frown.
"What about Potter?" He asked.
"I will talk to him, don't worry." You said with a smile.
"So...does this make you my girlfriend now?" Draco asked.
"No, but for the record. I don't appreciate the harassment."
"Trust me, there's going to be a lot more kissing and a lot less bullying from now on." Draco said with a genuine smile.
"Good," you said with a chuckled. "We should get back to class."
Walking back to class you cast a sideways glance at the boy. Draco bit his lip nervously and avoided looking at you at all.
The kiss didn't mean much and his actions couldn't be forgiven but at least now you understood why he acted particularly terrible towards you. It was unfortunate those feelings of his couldn't be reciprocated, you were with Harry after all.
"So are you going to dump Potter?" Draco asked.
"For now no, but things might change. Sorry Malfoy but bullying a girl isn't the way to her heart."
Draco seethed with anger. "I knew it! You're just as bad as the rest of them!" He then stormed off leaving you a bit sad to see him go.
