Inescapable | Drarry + Bleville ✔︎

Chapter 13

Draco's POV:

Draco sat beside Blaise in the great hall. "Hey, Blaise."

"Hey, how's it going?" Blaise asks, taking a bite of a chicken leg.

"It's going good," Draco says, not making an effort to say something truthful.

"Hey, Draco," Pansy says, she softly touches his arm and giggles.

Draco sneers at her, "Go away." He says. He glanced over at Harry, trying to be discreet. He saw Harry looking at him and Harry quickly looked away. How strange.

"Oh, guys did you hear Longbottom got a girlfriend?" Goyle says.

"What?!" Blaise shouts, catching the attention of not only many Slytherins, but also Gryffindors. Including none other than Neville Longbottom.

"Yeah, Luna Lovegood! Apparently, some Gryffindors and Ravenclaws saw them together last night." Goyle informed. Draco couldn't help but feel sorry for Blaise. He looked over at him, expecting him to be absolutely torn up. I guess Draco had forgotten how great Slytherins were at hiding their true emotions.

Blaise chuckles, "Loony and Longbottom? What a coincidence that two weirdos got together." However, something seemed to flash in Blaise's eye. Draco noticed it was rage and, perhaps, pure sorrow. He could only hope he was the only one to catch it.

As if on cue, Luna passed Blaise. He didn't fail to give her a glare as she traveled by. Draco watched as she tapped Neville on the shoulder and handed him a plate of cookies. Neville smiled at her and said a few words. She nodded back and skipped away towards the Ravenclaw table. Draco looked over to notice Blaise's hand softly shaking.

"Blaise," He whispered. Blaise looked over at him and this time, he could truly see the anger. "Uh, let's go to the common room! I need your help with my homework." Draco says, standing up and allowing Blaise to follow him out.

When the doors to the great hall slammed behind them, Blaise's anger showed true.

"What the hell?!" He shouted.

"Blaise, calm down, let's get to the common room."

"I can't! If I keep quiet any longer I'll lose it all!" Blaise shouts. "How could... How..." He heard his voice crack and his breathing get heavy. Blaise was going to lose it for sure.

"Blaise... Please let's get to the common room." Draco said, taking hold of Blaise's arm. He simply nods and they walk down to the dungeons.

"Holly berries," Draco says and the doors to the common room open.

They step in and Blaise lets it all fly once more.

"What the hell?!" He shouts. Draco notices his eyes begin to get red and his chest rise and fall as he paced around the common room. "Fucking bitch! How could she?! Neville doesn't deserve her!"

"Maybe it's not true?"

His voice cracks once more and tears begin to fall from his eyes. "People saw them! It has to be true!" He sits on the couch and holds his head in his hands, "I know I should be happy for him... I know I should it's just... Merlin, I'm so angry! I didn't even get a chance!" He sighs, "I hate Lovegood." He sneers.

Draco sits down beside him and puts his arm around him. "I can't begin to understand how you feel. But, I can say I'm terribly sorry."

"Thanks, mate," Blaise says with a sniff and a smile. "You know, we should hang out more."

"Yeah." Draco smiles back, "I actually don't hate you as much as I thought."

Blaise chuckles, "That's quite the compliment."

"I have an idea... You can steal him from Lovegood." Draco smirks.

Blaise sighs, "No... If they love each other I suppose I should leave it alone. I still hate her though."

Draco sniffs in amusement, "In that case, I hate her too."

Blaise chuckles, "Thanks, Draco."

"Wanna steal food from the house-elves like old times?" Draco suggests.

"Yes!" Blaise shouts excitedly, rushing out of the common room with Draco following him happily.

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Neville's POV:

Neville anxiously looked around, hearing whispers all around him. He worried it was all about him.

"Neville!" Seamus says.

"Y-yeah?" He says.

"I heard about you and Luna." He says with a smile.

"Uh... What do you mean?" Neville asks, giving him a furrowed brow.

"Ya know, you two canoodling in the stairwell," Seamus says with a smirk.

"But... That's not-"

"May I have your attention?" Professor McGonagall says, interrupting Neville's sentence and the rest of the great hall's talking. "Professor Snape wishes to make an announcement."

Much to Neville's dismay, Snape appears in his vision. Just at the sight of him, his palms get sweaty and he worries he'll do something wrong. He does everything wrong.

"To the student who stole my veritaserum, there will be great consequences when I find you. Don't think I won't. In fact, there will be fifty points taken from whomever has taken it." Snape finishes eerily, not failing to glare at him. He gulps and stares back at him, fearing that if he looked away, he'd get points taken. Or worse, humiliated.

A couple of girls looked his way and giggled, making him feel extra self-conscious. To be honest, he just wanted to leave. The great hall was one of the worst places in Hogwarts, other than Snape's classroom.

He looked over at the Slytherin table, noticing Blaise was gone. He could only help but wonder... Why was he searching for Blaise? Why did he care if he was there or not? It's not like Blaise, or any Slytherin at all, would care if he was there or not. But the need to search for him kept pestering his mind. He sighs and takes a bite of his toast and simply stares at the dark wood of the table. A sense of loneliness plagued him suddenly, however, he was quite used to that.

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Pansy's POV:

Xavier Brankwood handed Pansy her one hundred galleons after breakfast. "Pleasure doing business with you." She says.

"I'm just excited to see Neville humiliate himself." Xavier chuckles.

"You'll see Draco humiliate himself as well, so look forward to that." She smirks. She wasn't doing this for the same reason Xavier was, she didn't want to prank Draco and humiliate him. It was an upside, yes, but it wasn't the reason. Don't think she didn't notice how he looked at Harry.

If she was truly terrible, she would've gotten angry and planned revenge on Draco for liking Harry. However, she came to realize that it was a completely valid reason to why her efforts to get Draco herself never worked. He was gay! No wonder! Every other boy was too desperate to turn her down, but not Draco.

She knew he'd never say anything himself, so she devised a plan. But, Xavier had found out she had gotten a veritaserum potion and offered her money if she shared it. She couldn't turn it down! The only other thing she needs to do was make Harry jealous.

You may be saying 'what if Harry feels nothing for Draco!' Well, that isn't the case either. She tried to flirt with Draco in front of him, and he reacted exactly how she hoped. It was confirmed when they caught eyes and Harry turned his head quickly.

She liked Draco, yes, but matchmaking was definitely more her passion. Who cares about Draco when you can scheme and get a couple together?! That was exactly what she was going to do.