Lust Or More

Making Amends

'Why hasn't he mentioned anything? How can he be acting so normal?' I thought. It was frustrating as I watched him plant his seed in a pot. After he kissed me, he guided me to the Great Hall for dinner. Since then, he's never brought it up, try to do it again, or even flirt with me like he usually does. It was driving me insane. I was a little out of practice but was it that bad for him to lose all interest in me. Ron seems to think I was a great kisser, but then again he didn't have much to compare me to. I wasn't the only one who noticed his platonic approach with me either. Parkinson shot me a smirk every time she saw me.

"Is there something you need help figuring out?" Draco met my stare.

"Why would you ask me that?" I narrow my eyes at him. The bastard was probably doing this on purpose.

"You have been staring at me with a troubled look on your face for a while now." He arches an eyebrow.

"Can you help me plant this?" I ask, thinking on my feet.

"Anything to avoid ruining your nails," He laughs, pushing me out of the way to do it for me. I glance down at my French tips. I did hate ruining them for some stupid class.

"Thanks," I said when I saw he was finished.

"Everyone has a different plant. Your assignment is to figure out what plant you have. You will take your plants with you and write a journal entry every day about the changes you see." Professor Sprout explains. I grabbed my plant and ran out of the room.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Draco ran next to me.

"I want to put this plant in my dorm, before my next class." I lie. I wanted to get away from him.

"You don't have to hurry. You have a free period next." He tries to move in front of me to stop me, but I move right around him.

"I want to go to the library." I lie again. I was meeting up with Neville. We had been tutoring each other. I help him with Defense against the Dark Arts and he helps me with Herbology. I enjoy the friendship that has grown between us.

"If we hurry up, I can walk you to the library." He offers.

"I don't need you to do that, Draco. I'm a big girl." I glared at him, couldn't he take a hint.

"What the bloody hell is your problem?" He hisses. I mutter the password to get into the Slytherin common room. I ran to my room as Draco yelled that I was being a brat. I put my plant beside Sophia's cage, before putting my Defense Against the Dark Arts book into my bag. I walked to the common room and let out a sigh of relief when I saw Draco wasn't waiting for me. I made my way to the abandoned classroom where Neville and I met up. I look around once in a while to make sure that no one is following me. We both decided it would be better to meet in secret. I didn't want to deal with the harassment Slytherin would give me for being friendly with a Gryffindor. He didn't want Blaise and Draco threatening him.

"Hey, Neville." I sat down across from him.

"Hi Nikki, you know that I like us being friends, right?" He kept his eyes on the ground.

"I like being your friend too." I smiled at him.

"I would never do anything to harm our friendship like telling someone about our tutoring meetings." He looks at me with sad eyes.

"I'm not mad, Neville. Who found out, Potter?" I knew this wouldn't be kept a secret for long. We have nosey people in our lives.

"No, me," Robert walked out of the storage room that every classroom had.

"Did you talk to them?" I glared, that was the only thing I needed to know from him.

"Can you leave us alone?" Robert asks him. Neville looked at me. I nod to let him know I was okay with it. He gave me a weak smile, before heading out. "I talk to them. They know not to say anything to anyone." He told me when Neville was out of the room.