A Lion and a Snake

Chapter 26

Neville's POV

I listened silently as Draco explained what he had seen. It was obvious that Draco was in love with Harry. I had a feeling he had been for a long time, although there was no way he'd admit it. Malfoy pride and all that.

"And-and Harry just stood there, watching him leave." Draco finished, blinking a few times. He didn't seem like one to cry in public. I looked closer at him and his eyes were watering only slightly, but one blink later, and I had no indication that he was upset.

"I-Draco, you can't keep doing that." I said after a moment.

Draco looked into my eyes and raised his eyebrows. "Doing what?"

"Hiding your emotions like that." I sighed. "You have to let them out or when they come out, they'll be too much for you to bare."

"Neville, I know how to control emotions." Draco said, rolling his eyes. "They won't be 'coming out.'"

"Really? Then what do you call your feelings for Harry? If you could control emotions, you wouldn't have ever felt that way. You would have changed them, because you're a Malfoy, and Malfoy's are a certain way, they do things a certain way, and they most certainly don't fall in love with the Chosen One." I snapped before storming out of the room, leaving Draco in there to think things through.

🦁🐍

Harry's POV

I marched out of the common room, making my way toward the Great Hall. Hermione and Ron had already left-they had left before the whole Joshua thing.

Speaking of Joshua, he loved me? We had only been dating for a few weeks-how could he love me? Maybe he hadn't meat to say that? But he was a Ravenclaw, and Ravenclaws never said anything without a reason. I had learned that from Luna.

"Hey Harry." Ginny said, appearing at my side.

"Hiya Gins," I said, not breaking my brisk pace. My emotions were such a mess right now-I wasn't sure what to do.

"What's wrong?" Ginny asked.

"Nothing."

"Oh, don't give me that rubbish. What's wrong, Harry? I can read it all over your face, something's bothering you."

"I'm going to talk to Ron and Hermione about it."

"Is it about Joshua?" Ginny asked. "Did you guys have a fight or something?"

"No-Well, sort of I guess-we broke up." My voice sounded strange-emotionless.

"Oh! Harry, I'm so sorry-what happened?"

"I-I don't want to talk about it." I said. What I really didn't want to do was explain to Ginny that I had cheated on Joshua with Draco, who had thought It as cheating on him with Draco, and hadn't thought things through and cheated on me with Ernie.

"Ah, I See." Ginny said, grimacing a little. "The whole, 'I thought so I did but I was wrong and then I wasn't.'"

"What?" I asked.

"It happened with me and one of my boyfriends." Ginny explained. "Didn't want to tell anyone about it."

"Right." I said, glancing at Ginny as we entered the Great Hall.

"I'm going to go talk to Luna, if you'll excuse me." Ginny mumbled, moving toward the Ravenclaw table before she had even finished her sentence. I smiled and made my way toward Ron and Hermione.

"So, what was it you wanted to talk about Harry?" Hermione asked the second I sat down.

"Well, it's a little personal. Come on." I grabbed a piece of toast and walked out of the Great Hall, Hermione and Ron following me.

🦁🐍

Okay, so... I hope you guys liked this chapter. If you didn't, I'm sorry. I know that not much happened in it. Ah, well. That happens sometimes.

Keep reading, fellow Drarry shippers!!