friends with benefits - draco malfoy

chapter fourty six

'you look like shit' i ruffled draco's hair, sliding across the bed towards him. 'wow, thanks' he replied, shoving his face into the pillow to hide from the light. 'i did tell you not to drink too much last night' i smiled at him smugly, reaching over for my bottle of water off the bedside table and handing it to him. he started chugging the water and i yanked it back off him, 'sip it' i said firmly 'if you chug it it's going to come straight back up'. he rolled his eyes at me, taking the bottle back and sipping it slowly. 'you're such a mother' he laughed, putting the lid back on the bottle and passing it back to me. 'do you wanna watch a movie?' i asked, picking up the remote and turning the tv on 'it's not like you'll be able to do much else today'.
'muggle movies? sounds... interesting'. i batted him with the remote, laughing and leaning in closer to him. i put a movie on and dropped the remote, getting comfy next to draco. 'you have all the covers' i whined, trying to pull some off him. 'hey' he protested 'i'm the invalid today. surely i should get the most of the duvet'.
'no' i grinned, successfully overpowering him and pulling it over the top of me. he shuffled closer to me, wrapping his arms around me and pulling the covers over the top of the both of us. 'there' he said triumphantly, tucking them up to our chins.

'how long is it until we go back to school now?' i asked, 'two weeks' he said sullenly 'i forgot to say to you actually, my father has decided to host a ball here next week, and this time we actually have to attend'
'i have nothing at all to wear' i sighed, resting my chin on his chest. 'we can go shopping?' draco suggested 'we need to go to diagon alley for school stuff anyway, isn't the place where you got your yule dress from there?'. i nodded, kissing his cheek hard 'that would be perfect' i told him. draco's door flung open and we flung apart, expecting it to be narcissa or lucius. we looked down, seeing phinneas looking up at us worriedly. 'the dark lord is here' he whispered 'he wants to speak to draco'.
'phinneas, remember what i told you? just sit quietly in the wardrobe okay? we'll come get you when he's gone'. phinneas nodded, running to draco's closet and quickly closing the door behind him. phinneas was absolutely terrified of the dark lord. 'draco, we need to get dressed' i said, grabbing his arm and pulling him back 'we can't see the dark lord like this'. he looked down at his pyjama pants, frowning. 'you're right' he sighed, grabbing a pair of jeans from his drawer and getting changed. i got changed quickly too, walking out of the door first and starting towards the stairs. 'y/n wait' draco pushed his hand on my chest, putting himself in front of me. 'stay behind me this time, you're not getting into the same situation as i let you get into last time he was here'. i opened my mouth to protest, stopping quickly when i saw lucius glaring at me from the bottom of the stairs.

'draco, he's waiting in the room at the end of the hall for you' lucius said grandly, draco nodded in response, walking briskly down the corridor. i started after him, feeling lucius wrap his hand around my arm. 'wait here' lucius said to me firmly, fixing me with what he probably thought was a threatening look. 'get your hands off me you dried up, wrinkled git'. i shook my hand free, running down the corridor after draco, reaching him just as he opened the door to the room. 'ah, y/n' the dark lord said, catching sight of me over draco's shoulder 'this is unfortunately, a private meeting between me and mister malfoy'. draco spun around at the sound of my name, seeing me standing behind him. 'seriously?' he yelled down the corridor to his parents 'between the two of you, you couldn't keep a seventeen year old girl under control?'.
'if you want to talk to draco, you'll have to talk to me too' i said firmly, staring at the dark lord.
'y/n, it's fine. i'll talk to you after, just go' draco pleaded, trying to push me towards the door. 'you'll have to talk to me too' i repeated, pushing past draco and sitting in a chair in front of the dark lord. 'very well' he grinned, looking bemused 'draco, do close the door on your way over'.

'well, what is it you want?' i demanded, leaning forward across the table to him. 'i assume you have a problem, or does your face always look like that?'.
'y/n for gods sake' draco gasped, pulling me back in to the chair. you wouldn't think i was actually just as scared of the dark lord as everyone else, i didn't know if me being an arse was a defence mechanism or something else, but i honestly wasn't even aware i was going to say half of this stuff until it had already left my mouth. the dark lord clearly chose to ignore me, focusing his eyes on draco instead. 'draco, after much debate we have chosen our first official task for you as a death eater'. i felt draco tense up beside me, so i slipped my hand into his under the table, feeling him squeeze it gratefully. 'why is he a death eater anyway?' i butted in, 'couldnt you find anyone else who wants to work for you? or do you just prefer using kids to do your dirty work'.
'be quiet please y/n' the dark lord smiled at me, clearly starting to become agitated 'i don't have to remind you the importance of this task draco, not only will it test your loyalty to me as a death eater, it is also of vital importance to the overall plans we have to infiltrate hogwarts. not to mention the, repercussions, it will have for you and your loved ones if you fail. in particular, little miss l/n here'.
'oh please' i laughed nastily 'you think you could kill me? i could floor you with and without magic'.
'shut up' the dark lord snapped, drawing his wand up to my throat. i gasped, pulling back. 'not so cocky now, are we?'. draco stood up, reaching for his wand in his pocket. 'sit down draco' i sighed, knowing the danger he'd be in if he was actually idiotic enough to try and cast a spell on the dark lord. the dark lord smiled at me, looking pleased with himself and removing the wand from against my throat. i let out a shaky breath, going back to gripping draco's hand so hard that i could feel the rings starting to indent my palm. 'your task this year, is to mend the vanishing cabinet in the room of requirements'. draco sighed next to me, clearly relaxing. a cabinet, that wasn't so bad. 'this cabinet' the dark lord continued 'will be used to allow death eaters to enter hogwarts'. draco tensed up again next to me. 'and, these death eaters will assist you, in your task to assassinate the headmaster of your school, none other than dumbledore himself'.
'i'll do it instead' i said quickly 'put the death eater mark on me now, i'll take the tasks from draco'. i pulled my sleeve out, presenting my bare arm to the dark lord. draco turned his head, grabbing my arm and looking at me like i was insane. 'as noble of you that is miss l/n, these tasks are specifically to test draco's loyalty. if you so wish, there will be a time and place for you to become a death eater, once we have infiltrated the school'. i glared at him, not caring if he hexed me anymore. the sooner he killed me, the better. 'okay' draco said shakily, standing and dragging me to my feet. 'come on y/n, lets go'. he pulled me out of the room after him, closing the door and leaning against it when it was closed.

'well?' lucius prompted eagerly 'what did he say?'.
'it's nothing to do with you' draco spat, dragging me past him and back towards his room 'it's your fault i have to do this in the first place'. draco slammed the door behind us, dropping down on the bed and burying his face in his hands. he choked out a sob and i froze, not really sure how to deal with a boy crying. i sat down next to him gingerly, resting my head on his shoulder. 'it's okay' i whispered 'we'll figure something out so you don't have to do it. at least we'll be together'.
'i have to do it' he replied shakily, his voice cracking 'or he's gonna hurt you'. i squeezed his leg, not sure what to say. 'master draco' i looked down, seeing phinneas standing watching us about a meter away. i had completely forgotten that he'd been in the wardrobe. 'here' he mumbled, reaching across and handing draco a crumpled, obviously dirty tissue. draco laughed through his tears, taking the tissue off phinneas and holding it up. 'it's holy' he laughed, looking at phinneas. 'i know' phinneas replied regretfully, 'it was all i had'.