Draco Malfoy Imagines

Secret Friends

You found yourself staring. It wasn't as if you'd meant to but you couldn't help. By now you could see your brother, Hermione and Ron following behind him as usual. It was like dragging yourself away from staring at Draco.

You'd missed the train ,to the Weasly's house last Christmas. As soon as Molly, realised she immediately arranged to have you whisked away to her home. But for the first few days until that could happen, you found very few people had stayed for the holidays. The tables in the main hall had been condensed down, which was how you ended up sitting opposite to Draco.

Despite how huge the castle was, after the afternoon, awkwardly eating lunch as everyone around you chattered. You bumped into him several times, in the halls, in the library, even when you took a break to try and get away from him by taking a walk around the grounds.

It took two days for someone to be able to take you to the Weasly's home. In that time you a Draco became used to each other and realised you enjoyed spending time with each other. Upon returning to Hogwarts, there was an off realisation that you both wanted to spend some time together, but neither were sure how to go about it.

"Hey!" Harry said cheerfully as he sat next to you.

"Morning." You grumbled. He frowned when you seemed less cheerful than usual. You managed to distract him by chatting about your next class.

"Draco has been a pain. Apparently he's moping and it's making him meaner than usual." Ron complained as he started playing up his food.

"His parents wouldn't let him go home." You said quickly. When Hermione gave you a quizzical look you shrugged. "At least that's what I heard in the common room."

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Draco was waiting. Any one who stopped to lurk in the corridor or paused outside the room of requirements was chased away by him. When you turned the corner, heading back to the common room, you paused. You were surprised to see him. There wasn't much time left between the next classes.

"Draco?" You asked as he turned to shout but spotted you.

"Oh! It's you." He grumbled as he fiddled awkwardly with his robe.

"You know. We could be friends." You pointed out. He had said he liked spending time with you, explain how disappointed he was that you'd be leaving to go to the Weasleys. You wanted to send him an owl over the holiday but you weren't sure if you could do it without Harry noticing.

"I doubt your brother would want us to be friends."

"Well it's not up to him. Plus, if you wanted, you could be my secret friend?"

"Well. I suppose we could use the room of requirements and we could meet up when he had Quidditch practice."

You smiled. He'd clearly been waiting to see you, or to speak with you. You'd noticed that he would stare just as much as you'd stare at him. He clearly likes hanging around and you weren't going to let your brother or his friends get in the way of it.