Royals (Draco Malfoy x Reader)

Chapter 55

It was rather cold as Harry and (Name) walked through Hogsmeade. She was wrapped up tightly in her scarf, her own jacket and Harry's. "you know...I was wondering If you wanted to you know- um well.. be my Ummm... girlfriend?" Harry had stopped walking and stood in front of the girl anticipating her response. She moved her eyes to his one and plastered a small smile upon her face "of course I will Harry" the boy gasped in sheer excitement withholding a shriek of joy and smiled instead. "Now come! Let's get some butterbeer!" he gushed out grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the three broomsticks. 'Its good for him' she spoke to herself in her head 'he needs something to distract himself' she looked up at the boy who was pulling her excitedly through Hogsmeade and her lips curled upwards. 

They sat in Hogsmeade close to the fire, it wasn't winter just yet, but (Name) insisted she was freezing. the server made his way towards the duo "two butterbeers. some cinnamon in hers please" Harry smiled at the man who nodded and quicky walked back to the bar. (Name)'s gaze was set firmly on the fire, watching some logs burn, listening to the chatter of a few people and the crackling of the fire. Harry was speaking but she wasn't paying much attention, the girl stuck in thought. Harry reached over and grabbed her hand. "(N/N)? are you okay?" she glanced up at the sudden warmth on her hands. "yes Harry... I'm just cold. Sorry" she flashed him a small grin and he smiled back lovingly and she looked back down staring at his hand atop of hers. She felt terrible and guilty, Harry was her best friend and she just decided to be his girlfriend, the voices in her head bickering amongst each other on whether or not she had genuine feelings for him. She looked quickly up at the boy who was ranting about Madeye and the stupid tournament. "Harry, you'll be fine. you're so strong" she grinned up at him and he smiled back. "I'm just so scared (name)" she looked into the boy's eyes and scanned them they were filled with fear, she placed her hand atop of his and grazed her thumb over it, "you'll be fine, you always are" and with those words the butterbeer was set atop of the table.

The two talked and laughed for ages, and it felt good not to be worrying about the stupid tournament, as Harry calls it. (Name) glanced at her watch, "oh my! Its 9 pm Harry!" she looked around the table where twelve empty glasses of Butterbeer lay, and of course the six glasses of fire whiskey that (Name) had sneakily convinced the server to give her. She was rather tipsy, not used to the alcohol, she stood stumbling lightly and Harry laughed and stood with her.  He snatched the jacket and scarf that was sitting on her chair. "Stay still!" he demanded as he put her coat on for her, wrapping the scarf around her neck. "you're so pretty" he breathed out and she giggled moving a finger to his nose and bopping it, laughing hysterically at the boy's reaction. "I think... I think I'm never letting you get firewhiskey again" he chuckled at the girl as she stared at him she shook her head, "it's lovely!" her voice was slurred but still soft and kind. Harry wrapped his arm around her waist and grabbed hrs putting it around his shoulder. "come on now" he lead her out of the bar and into the cold of the night. She let out a shaky breathe, steam coming from her mouth. "I'm not that cold anymore Harry" she grinned and he rolled his eyes, "maybe that's because of the fire whiskey!" he chuckled and her smile widened. "You know Harry. I appreciate you a lot. but you need a hair cut" she laughed, "I know" he replied quickly. 

Harry had left for Dumbledores office and told her to stay put and she nodded happily as if she was a dog, she swayed to the imaginary music in her head. It had been about 30 minutes and Harry returned surprised that she did as told. They walked through the deserted corridors together, (Name) was humming to herself as they drew closer to Snape's classroom and towards the Dungeons. Harry had shushed her insisting he had heard voices in the Potions storeroom. "It's a sign Severus, you know what it means as well as I." a voice hissed at the two came to a stop, the door swung open violently and Igor exited the room angrily. Snape turned to them. "Potter! What's your hurry? Congratulations, your performance in the black lake was inspiring. Gilliweed, am I correct?" Snape's voice was mocking and Harry nodded "yes sir" "Ingenious. A rather rare herb gilliweed, not something found in your everyday garden. Nor is this, know what it is?" the professor held up a small vial of liquid, "bubble juice sir?" Harry tried to act as innocent as possible. "Veritaserum. Three drops of this and you-know-who himself will spill his darkest secrets. The use of this on a student is regrettably forbidden, however, should you ever steal from my personal stores again, my hand might just slip over your morning pumpkin juice." snape glared aggressively at the boy. "I haven't stolen anything!" Harry exclaimed and Snape rolled his eyes "Don't lie to me. Gilliweed might be innocuous, but boomslang skin? lacewing flies? You and your friends are brewing polyjuice potion and believe me, I'm going to find out why. Miss Windsor, please return to your common room immediately" Snape hissed and slammed the door in their faces.

They began walking again and (Name) burst out laughing, "what a mean old git!" she was in stitches and Harry looked at her cautiously, "come now, let's get you to bed!" he lead the girl through the halls and stood with her outside the common room. "pure-blood" she slurred and the wall opened, "bye Harry!" she practically fell into the room. 

Draco sat on the sofa reading an Astonamy book and looked up due to the noise. "you're late" he comments staring the girl up and down, her cheeks flushed red and she wore a hazy expression, the blonde stood quickly. "are you drunk?" he questioned moving closer and the girl shook her head quickly. "you are!" Dracos voice was laced in concern as he grabbed her and pulled her to the sofa. He would hate to admit it, but he cared for the (h/c) girl, he was only being mean because he was rather jealous, as if he would admit that either. "underage drinking now? is that it (Name)?" he forced her down onto the couch and grabbed his glass of water handing it to her, "drink" he demands and yet again she does as told drinking the water quickly. "Draco? why are you being mean and then nice? what is wrong with you!" her words were scrambled together and he shook his head and grabbed her arm pulling her off the sofa and towards the girl's dorms.

"shut it" he commands as he drags her up the stairs, "where is your key?" he gestures to the door nob and (Name) pulls a small key from her pocket almost dropping it. Draco unlocks the door and pushes her inside and glances around the room Aurelia nowhere to be found. He looks down where a cat is sitting at his feet. "Dorian!" the pretty (s/c) girl called dropping down beside the cat and she began to play with it. Draco looks around. Aurelia's side was messy, but (Name)'s was tidy. Her bed was made and a bookshelf laid to the right of the large double bed, silky green sheets atop of it, to the left of the bed was a few plants hanging from the shelves. Although it was a rather dark colour scheme representing Slytherin it looked cosy. He turned to some draws and opened them all looking for her pyjamas, but with no luck. "where are your pyjamas?" he looked down at the girl who was still giggling with her cat. "In my wardrobe, the bottom draw I think" her words were still jumbling together and he sighed moving quickly to the wardrobe and opening the bottom draw. He grabbed some random pyjamas and chucked them at her. "change" he called as he turned around so he wouldn't be facing her. He heard the unzipping of her jacket and her clothes hitting the floor. "I'm all done now" she called and he nodded as she made her way towards the bed.  She climbed in timidly like a child and was engulfed by the size of the bed, Draco stood above her pulling the sheets closer to her chin and he turned to leave.  "please stay" she called to the boy who turned again to face her, she looked scared. "Aurelia isn't here, and I can't sleep without someone being in the room, so please" she begged and the blonde nodded sitting on the chair beside the bed"no" she called as she patted the spot beside her. "Its okay Draco come on" and he complied lying down beside her. Soon enough she fell asleep "I'm sorry" the tall boy whispered planting a small kiss on her forehead before leaving the room looking back once more.

"I'm really and truly sorry"