Mischief Managed - D.M

Step 2

The mission is getting to know Harry Potter a bit more, no distractions, I need some interesting information.

I entered my first lesson which was Potions, as everyone scrambled in I looked for a spot next to Harry. Once I spotted him I pretended I was about to sit somewhere else, but as according to plan he called me over, "Hey Scarlett, sit near us". 

Step 1: Sit beside Harry ✔ Complete 

"Hey, thanks for calling me next you. I'd much rather sit next to you than anyone else in this class," I said complementing him. None of that was a lie. I'd rather shoot myself than sit next to another Slytherin after that painfully long breakfast.

"No problem Scarlett, my pleasure" Harry said nervously, which I find quite charming about Harry. Unknowingly we lock eyes and our faces are inches apart, I wasn't gonna lean in or anything but I think he was getting the wrong idea so I looked away casually.

Ron whispered to Harry," Harry, Fred will actually kill you," I let out a small giggle and Harry's face flashed red hot. 

In walks Professor Snape and the class begins, "Okay Class let's not waste any time, shall we? Pair up-"

Step 2: Pair up with Harry ✔ Complete

"-with the person behind you" 

Step 2: Pair up with Harry ✖ Failed

Crap, there goes my plan, Harry looks behind me and sends me a sympathizing look. I look behind me and see a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes staring at me with a grin. I hear a gasp from beside me and see Pansy fuming that I got paired with Draco, as if it were my choice. 

He pats on an empty stool beside him since the boy next to him is now pair up with Harry, lucky bastard. I grabbed my books and went to sit besides the Blondey who was eyeing my every move.

"I don't think we've met properly yet, I'm Draco Malfoy" the blonde boy says his name proudly and in an honored tone. He smirks at me and extended his hand for me to shake it. 

I reluctant shook it as I could see Pansy Parkinson glaring daggers at me. "So, Professor Snape said we need to find page 3-" he cut me off and sent me an offended look. "No introduction Ms Cresswell? I'm quite offended" he says and pouts revealing his bottom lip all glossy and pink.

"I'm Scarlett Cresswell, nice to meet you Malfoy, now back to the potion-" he lets out a loud huff.

"I'm so bored of people calling me Malfoy, it's so formal. Call me something new, won't you Scarlett?" He said and I could tell he couldn't give two shits about the potions class. I could see Professor Snape noticing the lack of work at our desk, so I ignore Draco and go grab the necessary ingredients needed for the potion.

When I returned he wasn't doing anything particularly useful, he was proving to be quite unresourceful in fact. As I settled the ingredients and opened the textbook I realize Draco went quiet and was minding his own business and writing, or rather drawing something in his note pad which didn't seem to have anything to do with the class.

I decided to do the potion on my own. I followed every instruction in the book and was quite pleased with the overall result. Once Professor Snape arrived to our desk to review the potion Draco lifted his nose from his note book and took credit for half the potion, pretending we had done it with equal amounts of efforts.

"Not bad Cresswell, I trust Malfoy helped you heavily on this one it was quite tricky," He said making me glare at him. "But I-" Professor Snape had already moved on to the next table. 

I sat down on my stool in defeat, slightly irritated now by my partner who was still standing up but now hovering over his note book with a hunched back as he continued to draw in it. 

I start to clean up the table from ingredients and put the cauldron back in its place. Draco didn't even glance up or in fact really care I had just finished everything on my own. As soon as Snape called out that the lesson was over he propped up and grabbed my hand as I was motioning to stand up. 

"I'm finished, here" He said, a satisfied look on his face as he handed me his note pad. I glared at him a few seconds before looking down at what his priority was on the whole lesson.

On his squared lined paper was drawn, a very beautifully detailed portrait of a girl pouring liquid from test tubes into a cauldron, a beautiful purple color ascending from the cauldron. The girls' hair was pulled back with curls styled nicely out of her face.  The small details indicated that the girl in the drawing was me. 

My usual ring, my watch and beautiful handcrafted necklace that was given to me as a present by my father. 

"This is gorgeous Malfoy" I said, he was eyeing my reaction intently, "Though I am curious, as to why you drew this instead of helping me in the potion. 

He shot me a smug look and took the note pad out from my grasp, his fingers slightly grazing over mine. "Potions is just so boring, and you seem to be doing fine on your own." 

He grabs his books and pushes the stool in, "Besides your far more interesting " he then walks off leaving me fairly confused at the strange encounter with the slytherin boy.

I felt a hand on my shoulder which shook me out of deep thought about a particularly blonde boy. " I hope he wasn't too horrid to you" Harry says making me scoff," Horrid? he seems sweet" I said making Harry look at me as if I just announced I had a deadly virus.

"Malfoy? Sweet? Have you lost your mind Scarlett?" He says imitating a sick person fainting. I waked him with my book and we both erupted with laughter. We walked side by side out of class and made way to our second class of the day.

 One down, a lot more to go...