The Half-Blood Princess

Chapter 10

Margret's (Sevy's) Pov.

The whole week before the other schools showed up I was on edge. I'm not sure what it was that made me feel this way, maybe it was because all the students and teachers were getting ready for the other schools to show up. I just wanted to focus on my school work and not bother with the tournament or whatever if I didn't have to. Dad had cut down the time we talked every night, said something about detention with someone all week so he was busy with that. I felt sorry for the poor soul who had to have detention with my dad almost a month into school, I almost felt bad for them but not really if they had made him angry or done something wrong. "Margret what are you doing?" Dad asks when he sees me sitting in the potions classroom working on an essay for him. My potions essay. I wanted it finished before class today. Do you want me to leave? I say as I look him over. Dad gives a small sigh before shaking his head a little. "It is fine. I am impressed by your drive to get ahead in your class." Dad says as he walks up to his desk before he starts to set things up for class late but glances over at me every once in a while. I knew he would help me should I need it but I really didn't need help with this, maybe my DADA homework. "You should go eat before your first class." Dad says making me give a small sigh before I nod my head when I see him looking at me so he know I heard him. I slowly packed up my things careful to not mess up the hours of work I had just done.

Honestly I wanted to impress my dad with my work and if I messed it up now then I would have to do it all over again which I really didn't want to do. I see dad watching me as I got ready to leave and once my bag was packed up I slip out of his classroom and head up to eat. I wasn't very hungry, mostly because I had a nightmare last night, it wasn't the normal one of my step-dad hurting me it was new and weird.I never put much stock in dreams telling you something, divination was all made up so I didn't get to it or think much of it. Maybe if I keep having this nightmare I would tell dad about it but for now he had bigger things to worry about. I take my normal seat at the table with Draco right next to me. "Sevy your late. I thought you might have ended up in the hospital wing." Draco says as he looks me over. I shake my head no before fumbling a little to get my little notebook out but one of his hands on me stopped me as he hands me a scrap of parchment from his bag. I give him a small half smile before grabbing my pen that almost never leaves my hand. I lost track of time working on my potions essay this morning. Nothing to worry about. I show him the note and he reads it slowly before nodding his head a small relieved look on his face now.  "I thought you might have been sleeping in or sick." Draco says sounding nervous making me tilt my head a little a half confused look on my face. I've never slept in and I hardly get sick. Honestly I can't remember the last time I did get sick. I frown a little as I look over what I had written but show it to him feeling that it would be rude not to. Draco reads the words slowly but doesn't make a comment on it as if taking in the information but not saying a thing to make me feel better or something.

"Are you excited about the other schools showing up tonight? You can stand next to me when they get here." Draco says and I give a small sigh. Not really excited about them showing up, it makes me feel a little on edge. As for standing with you I think I will only because it might be the best place to stand all things considered. I show him the note and he reads it over slowly a smirk forming when he reads the part where I agreed to stand next to him. After that we fall quiet to eat and then head to class. Everyone in every class was excited for this thing tonight, personally I just wanted today to be like any other day. I just wanted to focus on what was going in out classes now on what schools were coming and who we thought would represent our school or how they would be picked. I planned to skip lunch to get my essay finished and was about to head to the library when my arm was pulled on. I glance over to see who did it and it was Draco. "Sevy can we talk alone?" He asks and I nod my head following him to a empty classroom. I look slowly around the room suddenly feeling that it might have been a bad choice in going somewhere alone with Draco. "Sevy." Draco starts making me turn my full attention to him. I give him a questioning look and he licks his lips a little as if he was nervious about what he wanted to talk about. Sevy will you be my girlfriend? Draco says and I was shocked to see him using sign language to talk to me. Draco when did you learn this? I ask in shock making him look at my hands a little confused. "Sorry that was a little fast. Can you do that a little slower and with just the alphabet because that is all I learned." Draco says making me shake my head, just like dad.