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emerson's pov
there we were sitting in the great hall , sitting hand in hand. anytime we were together it seemed we were always hand in hand since the quidditch world cup. it was the only sense of comfort we could feel without side eyes. i was just starring at him and his facial features , admiring everything about him. it'd been months since the incident and most of the tension had died down, all we had right now was each other and we had to be there for the other. whispers started fluttering around about my father being back and every time someone glanced over at me i felt chills go down my spine. i was snapped out of my thoughts by dumbledore, "this castle will not only be your home this year, but home to some very special guests aswell, you see hogwarts has been chosen-" he began to say as filch ran up to him and they began whispering, before dumbledore then continued "so hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, the triwizard tournament, for those of you who don't know, the triwizard tournament brings together three schools , for a series of magical contests" he said speaking into the crowd. "you think you'd ever join something like that" blaise asked glancing over to draco, he just shook is head 'no' and continued looking up at dumbdore , i rested my head on his shoulder , watching as dumbledore continued on with his speech. he introduced a school of girls as they walked through the door , dancing around, making all the boys jaws practically drop, but draco seemed uninterested in everything going on , and just stared down at the table. everyone clapped loudly for them , well mainly the boys , most of the girls just sat there basking in jealousy. i couldn't have been any less interested in any of this , all i could think about was my father. dumbledore then introduced the durmstrang boys , they then marched into the hall , tumbling around wildly. "kind of extra if you ask me" draco said glaring around at the boys, i knew his dad had wanted him to go to durmstrang but his mother didn't want him being so far. we listened to the rest of the speech and all that good stuff , before they let us go back to our rooms.
i walked into the common room , looking at the few new slytherins as they made their way up to their rooms. draco was sitting on the couch talking about something with blaise , i went over and sat next to him, with him then putting his arm over my shoulders and pulling me closer. blaise looked surprised "so you guys are back to normal" he asked glancing back and forth between us. normal might be the last word i would use to explain what me and draco are right now, but no one else needed to know that. "yea, water under the bridge" draco said with a soft smile , that part wasn't a lie , we had gotten over our issues from last year but there was so much more now , and with us constantly walking on eggshells around our family & now the school , we might as well do it together.
we all engulfed into random conversations, talking about our summers, or well lying about our summers. blaise talked about how his family and olivias went on holiday together, and oh how i wished our families were as relaxed , but i guess you don't get cute little family vacations when your parents are death eaters and your real father is the dark lord.
"what happened at the quidditch world cup , with the death eaters was insane" blaise said once we got on the topic "yeah i can't believe they're back out of hiding" olivia said gritting her teeth. "they're only back cause of emerson's father , she probably set the whole thing up" pansy said butting in to the conversation "shove off pugface, no one asked for your input" i sneered towards her glaring up at the ugly beast of a girl. she just rolled her eyes & sat next to olivia who moved closer to blaise as she did. " i'm just saying , would it really be so much of a coincidence? you learn who your father is , then throughout last year you bring the death eaters back and attack at the world cup" pansy said trying to prove her point . if only she knew how truly frightened that night had made me , how anxious i was about voldemort coming back , i had even stopped wearing his necklace. "that's enough ms parkinson, all of you go to your dormitories" snape said monotoned, walking in to the common room. i looked up at the clock and it was already decently late . pansy got up and sauntered up the stairs , thinking highly of herself for getting under my skin.
we all got up and began walking towards our dorms saying our goodnights, draco pulled me in for a hug whispering for me to meet him back down here in an hour. "goodnight love" he said and placed a small peck on my cheek , winking over at me as he bounded the stairs towards his room , i felt my cheeks flush , and followed olivia to our shared room.
"i wanted to hit her so bad liv" i said as i changed from my robes into a silky nightdress, checking the clock every few minutes to make sure she was going to be asleep in time. "i would've too if i was you, she definitely deserved it. she's lucky snape saved her this time" she said sitting down on her bed , i nodded "yeah , couldn't lose house points on the first day" i said with a small laugh , then climbing under my covers and switching my light off "oh of course , well goodnight em" she said giving me a soft smile and turning her light off aswell. i sat there counting the minutes on my small analog clock that was sat atop my nightstand , spinning the ring draco had given me prior year around my finger in anticipation. once it had finally hit one hour , i quietly got up from the bed and slipped out the door, tiptoeing down the stairs to the dimly lit common room where the only light still visible from from the fireplace , all the lanterns put out.
draco was sat on a chair , in his emerald green , satin pajamas set , in front of the small fireplace , gazing out the window into the black lake. i walked up behind him snaking my arms around his shoulders , he flinched before turning around and seeing me. a small smile creeping onto his face, pulling me into a hug , his arms around my waist. he pulled away but not before placing a soft kiss on my forehead. we went over and sat on the black leather couch , that was cold from the lack of heat in the common room.
"they're going to make us become like them emerson" he said , his previously smile fading away, and him looking down at the ground no longer keeping eye contact. a small frown crept onto my face at his demeanor. "draco , love , they can do whatever , we knew the day would come where we'd have to , but it's not here yet. he may be back but they're not going to force us in this early. but when they do , we'll be in it together okay?" i said bringing my hand up to his cold face , cupping around his cheek and caressing it with my thumb, bringing a small amount of warmth back up to his face. we laid there wrapped up in each others arms , for a little while longer before retiring back up stairs to finally get some sort of sleep, with all the anxieties of my father being back and trying to keep up this facade of our parents being innocent and not death eaters , we took any time we could to just push it all out.
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