Always

Fourth year: part three

'Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour – the prospect's black
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.'

That was the clue for the next task. Harry had been thinking about it all day trying to figuring out how the hell he was going to hold his breath for an hour.

"Come on harry it cant be that bad."

"When was the last time you held your breath for an hour Hermione!"

"There must be something somewhere in my books." she said flipping pages anxiously.

¨Have you found anything?"

"Does it look like I've found anything?"

"I told you to start working on this before the Yule Ball even started."

"Im sorry Hermione I was too busy stressing about finding a date that I forgot."

"God Harry your so lazy and useless. Next time worry more about the task. YOU CAN DIE IN THE TOURNAMENT."

"Hermione leave Harry alone. He didn't do it on purpose, and I'm sure he's not the only who let the Yule Ball get to his head, Misses "I had ten cups of butterbeer and puked all over my dates best shoes".

"RON YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL ANYONE. YOU KNOW WHAT. YOU HELP HARRY WITH HIS TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT, IM DONE TRYING TO HELP YOU IDIOTS."

She slammed her books shut and stormed off.

"Shit. Hermiones pissed."

"Probably stressed about the tournament. I'll still apologize later. I should apologize to you too Harry, I totally third wheeled you at the Yule Ball then ditched you."

"It's ok Ron. It's not your fault Hermione got sick. Plus she was your date, you had to spend time with her."

"I still feel awful leaving you all alone."

"Don't worry Ron. I wasn't alone all night."

"Wait WHAT? You were with someone? WHO WAS IT? WAS IT A GIRL? DID YOU ASK HER TO DANCE? DID YOU TWO KISS? OMG HARRY ARE YOU EVEN A VIRGIN NOW???"

"Ron calm down it wasn't like that."

"WHO WAS IT?"

Harry's POV
What do I do? I cant tell him it was Draco he'll freak out. God if he even knew we were slow dancing he'd never leave me alone for as long as I lived. I'll just say it was girl so he can get off my back.

"Yeah it was a girl. She came to my table and we started talking."

"Did you ask her to dance?"

Harry's thoughts went back to the night of the Yule Ball when Draco forced him to dance, stepping on his feet by accident, and laughing hysterically as Draco grabbed him by the waist.

"Actually she's the one who asked me to dance." He responded trying his best to hide a smile.

"Damn. Did you kiss her?"

Harry remembered the awkward lean in.

"Uhhh no I didn't kiss her."

"WHAT WHY NOT."

Harry's voice went quieter as his eyes started to sadden.

"......I did't think she wanted to."

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Draco POV
IDIOT
IDIOT
IDIOT
WHY DID YOU TURN AWAY?
HE WANTED TO KISS YOU IDIOT
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU
YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE AND YOU BLEW IT
IDIOT
IDIOT
IDIOT

"Uhhh are You ok Draco?"

"Fuck no I'm so hungover from last night. I puked twice when I got back from the dance."

"Merlins beard how much did you have to drink?"

"At first a few. Then I got back and I started to drown myself with alcohol."

"Why the hell would you do that, you know that you have low tolerance to alcohol."

"I KNOW ZABINI. I was depressed. I did something so stupid. I just hoped to be so drunk that Id forget all about it."

"What did you do?"

Draco was now laying on the floor facing the ceiling.

Draco's POV
What the fuck are you going to tell him? That he was right and your just an idiot who blew it. He's your best friend, you can't lie to him. Plus I'm sur he already knows I have a crush on Potter. I DID NOT JUST ADMIT THAT. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

"I BLEW IT ZABINI. I BLEW IT."

"What do you mean you blew it?"

"After you and Pansy left I sneaked into Hogsmeade with Harry and he leaned in for a kiss but I turned away."

A moment passed and nothing. No answer.

"Zabini?"

Then Zabini came crashing down on him, beating the shit out of Malfoy.

"YOU DID WHAAAAAT?"

"IM SORRY I KNOW I WAS AN IDIOT."

"No, no, no. People who walk into a wet bathroom floor with socks are idiots. People  who use two wands as chopsticks are idiots. But you, YOU'RE A FUCKING DUMBASS. WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU KISS HIM?"

"I don't know. I was scared that it'd change things between us. Harry is such a great guy and I've done nothing but be an asshole to him. He deserves someone better. I'm such a fuck up. I'd ruin it on the first night."

"Come on Draco your such a great guy. Sure your a dramatic rich boy with daddy issues but Harry really seems to care about you. Why are you throwing something good out the trash?"

"What does it matter I already lost my chance, plus his friends hate me. Which they have every reason to."

"Just don't give up so easily, ok?"

"Ok."