say that you love me

eleven

"i'm happy for you" 

"thank you, i'm happy for you and Cho"

He nodded before we continued to walk around the shop. It was awkward. Not much to be said after that.

I thought I'd be over Harry but seeing him and Cho together only made me realize that I'm not over him after all. But I'm also not over Draco.

It didn't matter anyways, I have Draco and Harry has Cho. 

After the tension slowly went away, Harry and I began to act the same way we've always acted around each other. Instead of going back to Hogwarts for dinner we just ate at the three broomsticks.

"I'm not excited to go back to Umbridge's class tomorrow" I said as we both finished eating. I noticed him rub his hand which made me curious. I kept my eye on it, soon looking up to see him watching me. I reached out for his hand, watching as he hesitated.

"what?" I moved my hand away from him. He shook his head, hiding his hand under the sleeve of his sweater. 

"it's nothing Y/n" he quickly replied, starting to rub it again.

I reached out for his hand again, hearing him sigh as he gave in. I looked at the red writing on his hand that read 'I must not tell lies'. I looked up into his eyes, watching as his expression changed. He looked ashamed, sort of annoyed. 

"detention with Umbridge, she had a little 'special' quill" He spoke quietly, I was mad. Furious that everything bad that's ever happened while we studied at Hogwarts happened to him. 

"i'm going to kill that woman" I quickly grab Draco's jacket that was next to me, standing up. He takes ahold of my arm, making me turn to look at him. He looked at my arm, then into my eyes. He shook his hand. I sigh, rolling my eyes before I sit back down across from him. 

"it's not the first scar and it's definitely not the last" 

"why didn't you tell me anything?" I whisper, carefully taking his hand to examine the scar. 

"I didn't want you to worry about me Y/n" he spoke softly, looking at the scar.

"I'm always going to worry about you Harry, don't be so blind. Do Ron and Hermione know about this?" He nods. I shake my head and look away. 

"I know I should've told you about it but I know that you'd want to do something" 

"well I'm going to tell Dumbledore about it" he then shakes his head 

"no you're not he already has enough on his plate Y/n" I give in, sighing afterwards before I stand up again. I grab the jacket, wrapping it around my shoulders.

"what are you doing?" he asked as he watched me. I push my hair back, as I turned to look at him.

"back home, it's getting late and if we don't sneak back before Mcgonagall goes to the gryffindor tower we'll have detention for the rest of our lives". He chuckles and nods before he stands up. He reaches into his pocket to pay for our food.

I thank him before we began to walk back to Hogwarts. 

"where were you two?" Hermione said as she hit Harry with a book she was carrying. I quickly take her hand and sit in front of the fire, watching as Mcgonagall walked into the common room, checking to see if everyone was there. I avoid eye contact with her as we waited for her to leave the room. 

"we just had dinner at hogsmeade we snuck back in a few minutes ago" I whispered to her as Mcgonagall left the common room. 

"well Malfoy kept looking at the gryffindor table, might want to check up on that" she whispered back before I stand up to walk towards the dormitory. Once I was in I locked the door to make sure no one else would come in as I saw the owl waiting by the window. I take the letter from it's mouth before sitting on my bed to read it.

Meet me in the astronomy tower after curfew

D.M.

I grab a snack for the owl and thank it before I watch it fly away from the room. I hid the letter under the bed as usual before I straighten myself out. I unlock the door and walk back towards where the trio were seated. I plop down next to Ron as Harry and Hermione were now seated next to each other, talking.

"so Malfoy huh?" he asked as quietly as he watched Hermione. I smile at him before shushing him.

"So Hermione huh?" I mock him before he nudges me gently.

"I asked you first" he soon got defensive before crossing his arms. "You know I don't like blondie with the daddy issues but, if he makes you happy then I suppose I'm happy for you" he continues. I smile and hug him tightly, closing my eyes as he hugs me back. It was a relief to hear that from him. Although it wouldn't change much if he hadn't said what he said, knowing that he supported me meant everything. 

"Harry won't be too happy about it though" he whispered before we slowly let go of the embrace. I give a confused look.

"what do you mean? he told me he was happy over dinner" he shook his head as we both looked at Harry who was distracted as he continued to talk to Hermione.

"you didn't hear this from me but after you two saw each other before you met up he turned serious, more serious than usual". 

What did he mean by that?

I watched as he shrugged before he stood up, walking towards the twins. I sat there and thought about what he meant, unsure of what to make out of it.