Drarry // Walk In The Moonlight

8. Late night study session

"Are you going to do something or would you rather go back to sleep?" Draco genuinely asked. Harry looked at his notes and sighed. Perhaps he and Draco could learn some theory together while they had a talk. It was all Harry actually wanted ever since their last talk, he just wanted to talk to him again.

"Hello?" Draco asked. "Oh sorry, no um, I mean yes. Let's study together." Harry answered absently. The blonde couldn't help but smile at how Harry was so out of the moment. "Here, drink some hot chocolate." Draco handed Harry the hot chocolate that he made in his Common Room. Harry took a big sip and pinched his eyes shut as soon as his tongue hit the hot chocolate.

"Be careful though, it's hot." Draco cheekily said after it was obviously too late. Harry now ran to the water dispenser in the entrance of the library. After taking a chug of water he slowly walked back to Draco and took a seat. "That most definitely woke me up." Harry said. Draco just stared at him and then put Harry to work. "If you do this part I'll start with this and then we can ask each other questions and explain the thing we learned."

Harry nodded, smiled and then answered. "Never took you for the nerdy type that likes to study." Draco looked him dead in the eye. "Trust me Potter, I like studying just as much as I love Gryffindor." He sassily said, trying to do a hairflip, but failing miserably. They both studied for about one hour and a half and then decided it was enough for today.

"Thank you for studying with me Malfoy. It wasn't going like I planned before you came in and helped me." Draco awkwardly ruffled his hair and told Harry it was nothing. "I had to study anyway and doing it with you made it less tiring." Harry was now contemplating if he should go for a hug but decided against it after seeing how Draco was already packing up his books.

"We could do this again sometime if you wanted." Draco said while taking his last few notes. "Sure that'd be nice." Harry simply said. He now took the time to pick up his own books and notes. After that both went to their own dormitory and wished each other a good night.

Even though the boys both wanted to study together again, they never found the right time. They were both too busy and tired to stay up too late so they both just went their own way. The first exam was tomorrow. Harry revised his notes and practiced some spells for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Hermione was helping Ron with one of the spells while she revised some more herself.

"Are you guys ready for it?" She asked. Ron gulped and Harry scratched his head. "I hope so." They both said on the same time. "Jinx!"  "Double jinx!" They screamed. Hermione laughed and went back to revising. After studying for one more hour they all decided to get to bed. They had to be on their best and sleeping was always the answer.

Harry woke up feeling well rested and got out of his bed. He put on a grey sweater and some loose pants. It's not like anyone cared what he looked like anyway, during breakfast everyone would be too consumed in their notes. He also combed his hair, though as usual it had no use.

Harry now went up to Ron's bed and woke him up as well. "Ready for today?" Harry asked. Ron yawned and told him how anxious he was for the exams. "I'm sure you'll do just fine, Ron." The raven haired encouraged his friend. Ron thanked him and got his clothes as well.

When they got out of their dormitory Hermione was already in the Common Room revising once again. When she saw Harry and Ron she put the notes away, knowing how it stressed them out to revise on the day of the test itself. Ron always said that revising on the day itself made him have a blackout during the actual test, Harry agreed with him.

The trio went to the Great Hall and sat down on their usual place by the Gryffindor table. They ate just a little bit because they felt sick from the stress, though Harry really didn't have that much to worry about. Defense Against the Dark Arts was his all time favorite class, so obviously he wasn't going to fail. It was all just in the head, quite literally.

When they were done eating everyone got up so that Professor McGonagall could rearrange the tables for the exams. Harry spotted Draco in the big crowd that was now forming in front of the Great Hall. So he went up to him and wished him good luck. Draco first flinched because he didn't see Harry coming but once he saw it was Harry he thanked him and wished him good luck as well.

The students were now allowed to take a seat at one of the many tables. Harry sat somewhere on the middle right side of the Hall. He noticed how Draco sat only a few tables away from him. Professor McGonagall asked everyone to stay silent as the papers were passed over to every student.

"You may start now." She announced. Students began to fill in the blanks and the sound of paper scraping and anxious tapping on the tables was very overwhelming. Harry read the questions carefully and filled them in with little to no trouble. He was excited for the practical part of the exam. Using the spells was way more fun than the theoretical part if it.

The raven haired easily got through his exam. After the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam he had Potions. Even Potions went pretty good. Harry did think he made a mistake somewhere in the end but Professor Slughorn told him he did great and gave him a pat on his shoulder. "If you didn't make my shelf by defeating You-Know-Who, you definitely made it by succeeding this potion, it's a very advanced one. Lily would've been proud of you." He complimented him. The kind gesture made Harry more assured.