Why you? /Drarry\ {Wattys2017}

2: New feelings

~Draco~

"Draco! Hello? Are you even listening?" Pansy asks, shaking her hand in front of my face to catch my attention.
"No." I answer bluntly, a certain Gryffindor filling my thoughts.
"Stop thinking about what you want to do to Potter." Blaise says with a smirk.
"Shut up you idiot. What if someone hears you?" I snap, imagining what the school population would do if they found out that I had feelings for my 'arch nemesis' Harry Potter.
"Everyone thinks that you both want to fuck eachother's brains out. What's the harm?" Pansy says, but I notice her talk a bit quieter than she was a few moments ago.
"My reputation will go down in flames." I say, glancing back to the Gryffindor door table and Harry seems to be listening to whatever Granger and Weaslette are talking about.
"Why don't you ask him to the Halloween party?" Pansy suggests with a shrug of her shoulders.
"And how do you suggest I do that?" I say with a roll of my eyes at her suggestion.
"Nevermind then, if your going to be like that." Pansy says, annoyance clear in her voice. "So, Blaise."
"Yeah?" Blaise says, resting his head in his hands, clearly bored with the conversation.
"How are things with you and the Weasley girl?" Pansy asks, instantly getting my attention.
"What do you mean?" Blaise questions, clearly flustered by the question.
"Yeah, I'm lost." I say, wanting Pansy to elaborate on what she said.
"You obviously like her, so, were you planning on telling anyone about it?" Pansy asks, confusing me even more.
"Wait, if he hasn't told anyone how do you know?" I ask.
"I just do, okay? Call it female intuition." Pansy answers. "Were you or not?"
"No. Do you know what would happen if I did?" Blaise says, running a hand over his face.
"Idiotic assholes would be idiotic assholes. Your point? If your happy you shouldn't give two flying shits about what other people think." Pansy says, surprising both me and Blaise.
"O-okay, never thought you would say something like that Pans." Blaise says in utter shock.
"Sorry." Pansy says with a smile.
"It's fine. So, if I were to ask Harry out. How should I go about doing that?" I ask before everyone is signalled to get out of the great hall and to start their first class of the day.
"We can talk more about it at lunch." Pansy says before the three of us get up and make our way out of thd great hall.

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I groan as Snape announces the pairings for today's lesson.
"Potter and Malfoy..." Snape drawls on, but I only pay attention to when I hear my name called. I look across the room at Harry and see that he's already looking at me.
"You may begin." Snape says with a bored tone before the classroom erupts with students moving to sit with their new partners.
"Hi." Harry says awkwardly as he reaches my table in the back of the room.
"Sit." I say, more authority in my voice than intended. "You can prepare the materials and I'll make the actual potion. Is that alright?"
"Yeah, your better at potions then me anyways." Harry says, agreeing with my terms.
The majority of the class goes by in silence and accidental hand brushing when I go to grab a certain material. I assumed that Harry was going to be silent for the class and  was okay with that, not wanting to make a complete fool of myself. But towards the end of class he starts a conversation about something I never thought I would talk to him about.
"Are you going to the Halloween party?" Harry asks nervously.
"Yes, Potter, I am. What is it too you?" I snap at him, hating it but not wanting him to suspect anything.
"Nothing I guess." Harry looks down at the table and truly looks sad.
"Sorry." I whisper, feeling bad for snapping at him.
"What?" Harry asks, even though I can tell that he heard me.
"You heard me. I'm not saying it again." I look him in the eye.
"Can we talk?" He asks, making my heart drop.
"We are right now." I say, not wanting him to know that I'm incredibly nervous.
"I meant in private. Meet me in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom tonight after dinner." Harry says before Snape walks to the center of the room.
"You're dismissed." Snape says and everyone hops out of their seats, eager to go and eat lunch with their friends.
"And if I don't?" I ask, raising an eyebrow at my potions partner.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out." Harry says before winking at me, turning to leave the classroom and leaves me alone in complete shock.