Always. (A Draco Malfoy Story)

Confessions.

"It is... your first... night back. Are you trying to get expelled?!"

I plop down on the chair that's in front of his desk. "Would've been worth it."

Snape leans against his desk, his fingers against his forehead as if I'm giving him a migraine. "Just because your Father is absent, does not mean you can run rampant."
I slam my hand against the arm rest of the chair, "Are you kidding me right now?! She joked about my MOTHER. She's fucking lucky she only got away with a fucking cut! I could've fucking killed her!"

"Language, Joy." He's still dealing with his migraine.
I stand up in anger, "No! I knew what was going to happen if I came back to school! I was ready for this! NO ONE will fuck with me! That was just a warning!"
My eyes started to turn black. Snape rushes over me and grabs me by the shoulders, "Joy, breathe!" His voice is faint as my vision goes dark. I feel him shaking me for a while before his voice gets clearer for me to hear.
"Joy!"
I snap back, "What?!"
Snape looks concerned before shaking his head, like he's realizing something.

"I must inform your father of what has happened." I scoff, "Tell him I said hi." I get up and walk out of his office, slamming the door behind me.

-

I walk into the almost empty common room and see Draco waiting for me in front of the fireplace.

I softly sigh, as I know what's about to happen. I close the common room entrance door and make my way to the couches, "You waited for me?"

Draco looks up at me, "I wanted to make sure you were ok." I take a seat opposite to him, his seat selection obviously concerning him.
It's quiet before he asks, "Did you get my letter?"
Oh shit, I forgot about that. "You sent me a letter? My father didn't mention anything." He looks down at the rug below us, "Oh."
I gotta ask, "What did it say?" He looks back up to me, "It doesn't matter now. You're back." He gets up to sit next to me. He cups my hands and lets it rest on his knees, "I was worried about you."
I chuckle, "As you can see I'm perfectly fine." I flip my hair off of my shoulder, so that he's no longer holding my hands.
He sighs, "Did I do something to upset you?" Ah, there it is. Moment of truth.

"I don't know. Did you?"

My tone of voice changed, which causes him to look up at me as I'm already staring at him, waiting for an answer.
He speaks softly, now avoiding eye contact. "How did you find out?"

I scoff at his answer and stood up, "I saw it happen."
I turn to walk up the staircase, but Draco grabs my arm. "Joy—"
I interrupt him, "Draco... it's fine. I admit I was upset, but I thought about it. We're not boyfriend and girlfriend. You're technically free to do whatever with whoever. Don't let me stop you." I rip his grip off of me before I resume walking to the stairs.

I make it up about maybe three steps high before he blurts out, "I like you, Joy. I don't like Olivia or any other girl... I like you."

I don't turn around or even say anything in response. I just paused on the steps, before heading up to my room.

-

Tori's waiting for me in our room. As soon as I open the door, she rushes over to me, pushes me to the side to close and lock our door. She faces me,
"Spill."

I sigh and change out of my clothes and into my pajamas. "Do you know?"
Tori jumps to take a seat on my bed, "No. Tell me."
I look at her in the eyes, "Draco kissed Olivia."
Her jaw drops. "Excuse me?! He did what?! I'm gonna kill her. I'm gonna kill him!" She quickly came back down for her rage flare before turning her attention back to me, "Are you ok?"

"I'm Joy Deveroux. It's gonna take more than a Malfoy to break me."