friends with benefits - draco malfoy

chapter sixteen

'ron that's so gross' hermione said pointedly, sniffing and looking back down at her bowl of cereal. 'whath ith' ron replied, spraying toast crumbs everywhere when he spoke. 'i agree ron' i laughed, nodding my head 'that's way too much toast in your mouth'. harry laughed, grabbing a tissue and passing it to ron 'just spit it out mate'.
'no harry!' protested hermione 'that's worse don't tell him to do that, that's so gross'. ron pulled an apologetic glance at her before opening his mouth and emptying the contents out into the tissue that harry was holding. 'how much did you have in there ron? you're like a hamster' i laughed. harry groaned and wiped his hands on the table cloth, 'yeah and you could have at least held the tissue yourself, my hand is covered in spit now'.
'you're getting side tracked' hermione said, slamming her book shut 'we need to discuss the DA meetings. y/n you missed a few when you were in hiding, but it was just the basics so you should be fine'.
'we could meet tonight?' harry suggested, 'that good with everyone?'
'should be' ron mused 'shall i let the others know?'
'yeah' harry responded 'around elevenish do you think? that's long enough after curfew that we probably won't get caught'. hermione nodded, tucking her book away in her bag. 'i should probably get to first lesson' she sighed 'i have a test first'. she started to stalk off before ron grabbed her hand 'good luck mione' he blurted, blushing red and quickly letting go off her hand. 'thanks...' she said, grinning at us and walking out of the great hall.

'why don't you just ask her to the yule ball?' harry laughed and ron huffed 'i don't even like her!' he protested 'anyway harry who are you asking?'.
harry's eyes flirted down the gryffindor table, before smiling at ron 'i have someone in mind' he said.
'no' ron gasped 'you are not asking my sister, no way' he continued, trying to sound as firm as possible. 'ron don't be mean' i cut in 'its better she goes with harry then some other boy, at least you know harry will be nice to her'.
'alright then y/n' ron smirked rolling his eyes 'who are you going with'.
'nobody' i replied 'i don't want to go with anyone'. that wasn't strictly true, i was almost hoping that draco would weaken and ask me. it was only one night and i doubted umbridge would even be there. i made an excuse, standing up and deciding i would head to class early too. maybe if i was early enough i might be able to swap seats away from blaise.

i got to the classroom fairly quick, so i was pretty disappointed to see that the only spare seats where my usual one next to blaise, and a seat next to pansy that was obviously being saved for draco. she seen me glancing at it and put her bag on it pointedly, staring at me as i walked past. i sat down, trying to take as little notice to blaise as possible. draco came in, barely glancing at me as he took his seat next to pansy. i sighed, he was almost too good at ignoring me. 'made up your mind about the ball yet y/n' blaise grinned 'yes i have actually' i replied pointedly 'i'd made up my mind the first time you asked me.   n-o'.
he raised up his hands in mock surrender 'okay, okay, you're a hard girl to win over' he laughed. i scoffed, going back to my work.

i thought about what blaise had said as i snuck out to the DA meeting that night. i felt such a fool wandering around the corridors in my pyjamas, but i'd decided it would look way less suspicious if anyone was to catch me in my pyjamas then fully dressed. this was the first time i'd actually felt sorry for blaise. looking back on it, he'd looked genuinely confused and hurt until he'd seen draco. maybe he'd thought i'd wanted him to kiss me. maybe he'd thought i'd planned for draco to be there, and he was hurt. maybe that's why he'd snapped at me. my head went round and round in circles, and the more i thought about it the more i pitied him. i couldn't even talk about it to draco, because i knew he'd scoff at me and remind me that blaise had still said awful things about me. but then again, draco had said awful things about me over the years.

i pushed the thoughts out of my head, as soon as i reached the room of requirements. i headed in and nodded at harry, before starting to take my group and teach them this weeks spell. my group picked it up fairly quick, so i decided to move on to a harder spell, not noticing the entire class had stopped to watch me. 'you're a good teacher y/n' neville said, finally breaking the silence that had fell over the class. 'thanks' i said sheepishly, feeling my face go red. harry snickered before turning to the class 'it's getting late so we should probably start heading back. remember everyone walk back alone and try to draw as little attention to yourself as possible'. cho was standing in the corner biting her hangnail, and i nudged hermione to get her attention. 'what's up with cho?' i asked. hermione sighed and turned to me. 'she came to see me today. said she was worried about being part of the DA because if she got caught it might affect her fathers place in the ministry'. i pulled a sympathetic face back 'poor cho' i sighed 'do you think she'll quit?'. hermione shrugged, clearly suggesting she didn't have an answer. i smiled at cho from across the room before heading out of the class.

i arrived back at the slytherin dorm rooms and stopped, suddenly becoming aware that i could hear talking from inside the girls dorms. i'd left my pillows tucked under the covers before i left, so with any luck whoever was awake wouldn't know i was gone. it would definitely give it away though if i walked in now. i gnawed on my thumb nail, trying to decide what to do. i'd have to sleep in dracos room. maybe if i told him that i couldn't sleep, he might be tired enough not to question it. it seemed like a shit plan but i didn't really have any other ideas.

i headed down the hallway, creeping into dracos room as quietly as i could, hoping not to wake him. i was just lucky he'd forgot to lock his door. 'who is it?' he asked sleepily, sitting up in bed and rubbing his eyes. 'it's just me' i whispered.
'oh y/n. what are you doing up' he asked, flopping back down in bed. 'i couldn't sleep' i replied, shuffling from foot to foot in the cold. he lifted up the covers, gesturing for me to get in. i slid in next to him, feeling the warmth when he wrapped his arm around me and buried his head into the back of my neck. 'you're freezing' he mumbled in to the back of my hair. i giggled 'i know'. i sighed, debating whether or not to say it. 'blaise asked me to the yule ball' i whispered, so quietly i was almost hoping he hadn't heard. 'what?' draco exclaimed, sitting up in bed. 'he's asked me twice now' i said shrugging. i was starting to regret saying it now, i'd only said it to maybe start the conversation about the yule ball. i was still hoping draco would ask me. 'he's got some fucking nerve' draco spat, pausing for a second 'maybe you should go with a date though'.
'what' i hissed in disbelief.
'not blaise' he said quickly, 'but it will look weird if you go alone'. he lay back down beside me, burying his face back in my hair. 'i'll have to ask someone too i suppose' he mumbled. it was my turn to sit up and face him now. 'what?'
'i'll have to won't i?' draco reasoned 'it's what my father expects of me, besides it'll look suspicious if i go alone'
'not pansy' i protested.
'no, not pansy' he laughed 'i was thinking one of the beaux girls, maybe fleur. she's pretty'. i scowled at home and he snickered. 'you're not jealous are you y/n' he asked.
'of course i'm jealous' i pouted 'you're taking another girl to the yule ball'.
'come on' he whispered 'you know it's just for show, if i could id choose you over fleur anyday'. i hated when he was right. i sighed begrudgingly, 'okay'.

he smiled at me, clearly pleased that he'd won me over. 'that's my girl' he murmured, kissing my forehead 'now can we please try and get some sleep'.