Pansy

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Your POV

Ron had Draco against the wall, with his wand jutted to his throat, holding him a few inches off the ground. Draco noticed us first and kneed Ron in the balls. He dropped to the floor and flashed us a sweet...ish smile while Ron was bent over with his lips pursed, trying to play it off. Harry and Hermione separated them and forced them to sit on opposite sides of the room.

Madam Pomfrey rushed in and started hurriedly examining Neville's injuries. Elizabeth calmed down, but then  started ranting about Snape. I explained how we all had to get to class NOW, and everyone shot up and started booking it to their classrooms. Turns out that Draco and I have Potions together.

We swept into the room and dove for seats as quickly as possible. Of course, Snape sidestepped out from behind the board and sentenced us to detention for being late. I heard him mumble something under his breath as he pulled out his textbook, and I did the same. Snape slammed a huge piece of chalk against the board, earning a few startled looks and gasps from unsuspecting students.

"Today, children," he bellowed, "we will be brewing a Draught of Intellegence! Turn your books to page 942." The classroom filled with the sound of frantically flipping pages. "Now, as you have hopefully noticed, I have a rack of ingredients standing here with me." he gestured to a huge rack which I somehow didn't notice before now. "I will put you into pairs, and that person will be your partner until further notice."

Everyone looked around the room disappointedly. "Let's see, here... Seamus with Lavender." She clung to him like a lovesick puppy. "Cho and Marcus." They both groaned.

"Stacey and Kiro,"

"Gregory and Vincent."

"(Y/N) and... I'll come back to you."

He went through everyone in the room, pairing them up, and only left Malfoy and I without partners.

"(Y/N) and Draco."
Snape looked so bloody pleased with himself when he said that. Draco flashed me a gritty smile and I just gave a split second nod in acknowledgement. Snape gave us a list of ingredients to find in our books, then sent us up pair by pair to get them from the rack. Draco took the liberty of getting the cauldron and mortar and pestle. 

Right after Potions, it was lunch, and I was already super hungry. I picked up a frog brain and inspected it before asking Draco, "Do you think I would die if I ate this?" He glanced over at me for a few seconds and went back to stirring our potion, "If you die, can I have your stuff?" I giggled at him, and he looked like he had just won the Quidditch World Cup.

"You can have my wand and my necklace, but if you touch (O/N), he'll gauge your eyes out."

"Of course he will."

"Everybody else said you were vial and cruel, I really don't get it."

"For one, you don't annoy the bloody hell out of me, and I don't have a reason to hate you." He said matter-of-factly. "Either that or those chocolates Pansy gave me are messing with my brain."

"Who's Pansy?"

"My girlfriend."

(I know, I know! Don't hate me!)

"Oh."

"Pass the Unicorn Hair."

"Here."

We bottled our potion and Snape inspected it. Apparently, it was brewed to perfection, so we got to head to lunch early. As we walked, I couldn't help but feel... Weird. I don't know how to describe it. Kinda guilty, a bit sad, but excited, a tad bit lonely, and definitely awkward. That about sums it up.

Draco kept glancing over at me like he was going to say something, but never did. He practically dragged me over to the Slytherin table and sat me down on the bench by my shoulders. "Just wait for it..." He said attentively. In a matter of seconds, herds of students came barreling into the Great Hall for lunch.

Marcus Flint sat on my left, Draco on my right, and Pansy next to him. Harry and Ron tried to sit with me but everyone was pushing and shoving to get a seat near me. I guess it pays to be a Darkey. Kids started piling up around us, standing up to eat their food. It was mostly guys, though.

Draco looked bored out of his right mind, and ended up dragging Marcus, Pansy, and I to the Slytherin common room. We had to sprint to outrun all the other students.

(I'm too lazy to go back and fix it, but I said you were in second year when I meant third)

"Idiots..." Draco mumbled as we sat down. Pansy glared daggers at me, and Marcus kept inching closer and closer. It was kind of nice, actually. Having a guy who actually fancies you.

"Oh, (Y/N), I forgot to give you this."

My face lit up as Draco awkwardly dug through his pockets, finally pulling out a small white box. Marcus gave him a "What do you think you're doing?!" look as he handed it to me. Pansy grabbed Draco's arm and forced him to get closer to her. "I found it near the Womping Willow and thought you'd like it. Kind of a thank you for not letting me bleed to death through my hand."

I said thank you quietly and opened up the box hesitantly. Inside was a thin gold chain with a spherical glass pendant, with swirls of different shades of (F/C) circling about. "Oh, Merlin! Thank you!" I hugged him and he put the necklace on for me.

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Third person POV

You and Draco had reported to detention as soon as lunch was officially over. "You'll be cleaning out our dirty cauldrons." He announced, pointing to a pile of at least two dozen filthy cauldrons. It seemed easy enough, but there had to be a catch. You were both right about the catch, you had to clean them without the use of magic. "Wands. Now." Snape held out his hand. The two of you handed over your wands hesitantly.

"You'll be getting these back as soon as these are completely clean." He flashed you a devious smile and swept out of the room. Knowing where Snape kept it, you pulled out some steel wool from one of his desk drawers and picked up a cauldron. Draco looked at you like you were more insane than Cicero. "What the bloody hell is that?"

You were already in a bad mood from having detention, and others' ignorance didn't help. "It's steel wool. You use it to clean dishware." "Why aren't we snooping around? The git deserves it." Draco inquired, hopping up on the professor's desk.

"He does deserve it..." You agreed. You tossed the cauldron aside and started rummaging through his drawers. Abscent mindedly, you snatched up a book and started skimming through it. "All these books are empty." Draco snarled.

You ignored his observation and changed the subject.

"Why is Pansy so clingy?"

"She's not clingy!"

"She had your arm in a death grip when you gave my the necklace."

"Okay, maybe she's a bit clingy. But why do you care?"

"I'm a Slytherin, aren't I supposed to be a bit nosy?"

"Oh, shut it, Darkey."

"Nope."

"You're such a git."

"I know, I get that alot."

"Why are you so popular, anyway?"

"My great great grandpa discovered the Crumple Horned Snorkak, my grandma was the first woman to start her own wizardry and witchcraft school, and I... Well, I've... I'm... Nevermind."

"No, tell me!"

"Shut it, Malfoy!"

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