Always.

Chapter 1

"Mr Malfoy. Mr Malfoy!"

Draco looked up. He had been deep in thoughts. "Yes, sir?" His potions professor sighed and took a few steps towards him. "I asked where you'd look for a bezoar if I asked you to find one." Draco raised a brow. "I don't even know what that is, never mind where to find it. Is it something to eat?" Zabini chuckled quietly and Snape clenched his teeth. "No, Mr Malfoy. It's not. Anyone else?" He looked around and ignored Hermione, whose hand almost touched the low ceiling of the dungeons. Snape's lips curled into a cold smile as he noticed Harry who was almost as deep in thoughts as Draco had been before. "Mr...Potter," Snape said slowly. "Would you please answer my question?"

Harry blinked slowly and looked at Snape. "Could you please repeat the question?" The class laughed and Snape growled. "Miss Granger." Hermione blushed and started talking immediately and very quickly, afraid she would be interrupted again. "A bezoar is a stone which you can find in a goat's stomach. It saves you from most poisons." She exhaled relieved. Snape clapped slowly. "Very good. At least one to be clever enough. I hope you all know that this is in the potions book from your first year. You should also know that you aren't in your first year anymore. It's year 7, my dearest pupils, and we're at war. Concentrate."

Draco glanced over at Harry who immediately looked away. He wondered if that boy already had a date for the ball. Not that he wanted to go with him, Merlin forbid. He just wondered if anyone would be actually stupid enough to ask Potter out.

He rushed outside when Snape ended the lesson and headed back to the Slytherin common room, planning on asking Pansy out for the ball. He didn't even like her but he was sort of...dating her and she certainly expected him to ask her. The ball would be tomorrow and he hoped he wasn't too late to ask her. "Rigor Mortis," he huffed and entered the common room. "Pansy? You here?" She ran around some corner and stood in front of him, grinning widely. "Finally. I almost thought you'd never ask. Of course I'll be your date."

Draco put up a smile. "Of course. I'm already looking forward to it." She giggled and kissed his cheek. "We will look perfect together."

He turned his head away so she didn't notice him rolling his eyes. She wasn't that beautiful. Even Granger was prettier than Parkinson. He sighed. "Get your clothes ready for tomorrow." He walked off to the boys' dormitory and sat on his bed. He didn't know why he was going out with Pansy. He wasn't the type for a relationship. He liked to play with girls.

He sighed again. He sighed quite a lot these days. After rubbing his eyes he quickly undressed himself and pulled the covers over himself, immediately falling asleep.