Always. (A Draco Malfoy Story)

First date.

The day came of my date with Adrian. I woke up both giddy and nervous. I don't date people. I don't even like people... Adrian isn't so bad though.

On my way to the Great Hall for breakfast, I passed by the Golden Trio who were discussing something quietly. I get a few feet ahead of them before Harry calls out for me. "Joy!"

I turn around to see him running towards me, Hermione and Ron glancing at each other confused in the distance before turning back to us.
"How are you?" I scoff, "I should be asking you that."

He looks down at the ground. "I wanted to talk to you about what you told me last year, in the library. About the last task." I take a step back, "You're not about to kill me, right?" He grabs my arm, "No no. I was wondering to see how you knew... that something bad was gonna happen."
I grow silent.

I've been secretly sending letters to Harry since I got transferred to Hogwarts. He was one of the first few people that were actually nice to me on the first train ride. Hermione and Ron seem a little judgmental, if you ask me. I've never talked about my family matters though... and I don't know if I should tell him about my nightmares either.

"I've had a strong intuition, is all." I hope he buys it. He inquires, "Are you having visions?"
I look at him, I see my reflection in his glasses. Wow, I look cute today.
I realize he's still waiting for an answer, "Maybe."
He pulls me to the side, "I want you to join DA." The what? "The what?"
He explains, "Dumbledore's Army. A few of us are gonna actually practice to protect ourselves from Voldemort." I shake my head, "Harry, no offense. But with Mother in Azkaban, and my Father still under watch at the Ministry, I'd rather not be involved with anything related to him." He nods his head, "I understand. I'll see you around."
I wave him goodbye as I glanced over at Ron and Hermione, who were still watching us talk.

Harry walks back to the two, who immediately began to question him. "What was that all about?" Hermione asks. "I asked her if she wanted to join DA with us." Ron slaps his shoulder, "Are you bloody mad?! She's a Slytherin! Hangs out with Malfoy! Her mum's in Azkaban for You-Know-Who!" Hermione whacks Ron, "Enough of that! I'm sure Harry had a good reason." Harry looks back to where we were standing, "She's not so bad, you know."

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I met up with Adrian at the Three Broomsticks. I see that he's already reserved a table for us, a butter beer with my name on it.
He stands up as I approached the table, "I almost thought you weren't gonna show."
"And restrict you from my presence? Never." He motions me over and I take a seat next to him.

We talked about different things for a while. I learned about his family mostly, and a lot about him. I tried not to talk about mine too much, cause let's be honest... there not much I can tell people about.
I took a sip of my butterbeer, before changing the subject, "Did you hear about Trelawney?"
Adrian nods, "Poor thing. Umbridge has a whole power trip going on. Can't stand her." I chuckle, "Next thing you know, she'll paint Hogwarts pink." Adrian chokes on his butterbeer as we both laugh at the thought of Hogwarts castle- pink and frilly.

A bell chimes as the door to the Three Broomsticks swings open. Adrian and I both take a gander to the door and see Draco and Pansy. My eyes meet Draco's who developed a smile at the sight of me. I rolled my eyes before returning my attention back to my date.

Adrian was already looking down at his butterbeer before he softly asks me, "What's up with you and Malfoy?"
My cheeks turned pink. "What do you mean?"
He looks at me, "It wasn't a secret you two had something going on when you first came here. He made sure everyone knew it." I scoff, "Yeah, I remember." I took another sip of my butterbeer. He goes on, "I don't know if I mentioned it to you yet... but Crabbe and Goyle actually tried to convince me to not come today."

My eyes focused on him, "They what?!"

A million thoughts ran through my head. I turned to where Draco and Pansy were sitting, Draco already staring at me with a smile.

Adrian's voice brought me back, "So what's going on with you two then?" I looked back at Adrian who was looking down at the table.
I grab his hand with mine and squeeze it, which caused him to look up at me. "I'm on a date with you, doesn't that say a lot? I don't wanna be talking about him." Adrian smiles, then leans over the table to kiss my cheek. I felt myself turn pink.

Draco's smile quickly dropped when he saw Adrian kiss my cheek. His hands started to turn into fists as anger took over him.

He was determined to break Adrian and I up, no matter what it took.