shifted

chapter 10- third year

draco leads me out of the castle and outside. he still has his hand wrapped around my wrist pulling me to an unknown area.

"are you going to tell me where you are taking me? we are going to miss dinner." i say as we walk through passageways with overgrown grass.

"and- we are here." he says letting go of my arm and pushing me to where i can see it.

we are at the black lake and he has spread out a green and black blanket, with two butterbears over to the side of the blanket. the lake was beautiful, the water glistening as the sun went down.

there was a coat toppled over a little box near the butterbears on the blanket. everything looked perfect.

"wow, it's beautiful here and- this," i say walking over to the blanket spread on top of the grass, "thank you."

"oh, it's nothing." he says suppressing a smile.

i take a seat on the warm blanket and take a sip of the warmed up butterbear as draco sits down bedside me. i feel around in my bag for my camera and take a few pictures.

   one of the lake, one of me holding up the butterbear and smiling, and one of draco but he holds up his hand to cover the camera. i laugh and lay on the blanket.

"here," he says handing me a small wooden box. i sit up and eye the box.

"if you hate it, i can take it back-" opening it, i instantly see a sliver necklace with a small emerald green jewel shimmering up at me. it's gorgeous.

   "draco i love it, thank you, thank you." i say with excitement as i pull him in for a hug. his body stiffens up and i pull away smiling.

     i look down back at the necklace overwhelmed with happiness at first. but then i start to think about the situation. im at a lake, with draco, and he gave me a necklace. while he's dating pansy. i can't do this to her- she'll never forgive me if she finds out. my smile fades and i look up at draco.

     "but pansy, she'll be furious if she finds about- well any of this." i say getting up.

  he looks up to me and the happiness washes off his face.

     "why? i just gave you your christmas gift."

    "but she'll take it as something else, you know her." i say looking back down at the necklace.

    "i love it draco- i really do love it." he smiles a little
and doesn't look as disappointed as before.

    "but i can't." his small smile disappears.

    "whatever." he says taking the box from my hand and leaving me alone.

    i slowly pick up the blanket, wrapping it around myself. and walk back up to the castle.

  i really wanted to take the gift. i really did. but if pansy ever found out, she'd really kill me.

    when i got to my dorm i sat in my bed and looked over to my owl, styles. i decide to just send blaise his present now, since my owl is all rested.

    i can't sleep at all. i toss and turn in my bed, and stare up at my ceiling waiting to fall asleep. im still wide awake so i end up just getting out of bed and think about what to get draco. should i even get him anything? i mean i didn't even accept his gift. no, i have to get him something. obviously. as im thinking about this an owl comes flying in, i walk over to the owl and see a note addressed to me.

    i rip it open and feed the owl some treats.

      y/n,
thank you for the gifts. i will definitely be using that spell. actually probably tonight, and yes the sweets were amazing. hope you are having a good christmas. also in the little envelope is a bracelet i made with ginny. i think i did it right, i don't know she wouldn't help me. anyways merry christmas!
                             -ron

     i excitedly open the small envelope and take out a small bracelet made with yarn. its a pretty shade of green and orange. i slipped it over my wrist and smile. i love it. then the image of dracos necklace flashes in my head. i instantly feel bad, i should've just accepted his gift. or maybe i did the right thing. i don't know.

     i sit back in my bed and pull out my bag. pulling out some pictures of me and draco from earlier. the memories flood back and i smile.

   then get an idea. i reach over to the end of my bed and pull out a new, small black book. then i stick the pictures onto the pages. i write under a picture, "for all our big and little memories, thank you." i then reach into a drawer and pull out some more pictures i have taken over the months. i place a picture i took of the trip we made to hogsmeade. it was me and draco in the background walking behind me smirking at the camera.

     then i stick another two on the other pages . it's of the astronomy tower. the beautiful view, and me blowing a kiss to the camera with draco laughing in the background. i take out the last two photos, one is me and draco in the common room working on homework. and the other is- wait what? of me sleeping- oh, draco took it. i laugh a little and stick it into the book. i leave a couple pages open for anymore pictures we take.

    i think this is good. i think he will like it. i don't think that pansy will get mad. will she? no. she won't. it's just a book, with pictures of us in it. but we're just friends, she knows that. i close the book and place it back into my bag.

    i slump back into my bed, snuggling under the covers. maybe he won't be too mad when i see him tomorrow. maybe he'll accept my gift and smile at me like before. maybe things will go back to normal and he'll forget about what i did. maybe.

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