Charming (Draco x OC)

Ask for Me

It's strange how quickly I went from wanting to be back in classes to just waiting for the school day to be over again. Probably because I had something on my mind. In second period (history of magic) I could see Draco a couple rows ahead sat with the Slytherins as I was tucked into a group of Hufflepuffs. I pulled out the notes I had already made for today's lesson and sat them in front of me.

"You've already studied this?" Someone asked and I nodded while sliding the notes towards them, not taking my eyes off Draco.

"You can copy them if you want." They thanked me and did. When they passed them back to me I looked at them and whispered, "What do you know about Draco Malfoy?" They seemed surprised about this question.

"Ummm.... I mean he is cocky but he is pretty funny, you gotta hand him that." They paused and explained "A lot of Hufflepuffs are friends with Slytherins, and the Slytherins find him hilarious so." They didn't ask why I wanted to know thankfully. It was weird hearing about the different houses Dynamics. Hufflepuffs where closest with Slytherins and good with Ravenclaws. Ravenclaws where closer with Gryffindors, Slytherins and Gryffindors usually don't get along. Noted. I suppose that could explain Ron's comment on Malfoy - house tensions or something.

Today in potions it was theory thankfully, so I wrote down a lot of notes hoping they would help me out. I arrived at dinner a bit later, which wasn't unusual, and glanced over the houses as I came in. Harry and Hermione where talking while Ron was stuffing his face on Gryffindor. I saw Draco on Slytherin, laughing with a couple others. I went to Ravenclaw and sat in my usual place next to Cho. I decided to ask what people where up to that night, and was told that they were each doing personal stuff tonight, but every Friday in the Ravenclaw common room they watch something - usually a documentary or book to movie adaptation if I wanted to come, and I agreed.

It still left my plans for tonight empty though. I went to the library after dinner, browsing the books until I found what I was looking for and flicked through it. As I thought, it had a silent alarm spell to wake you up without waking up your dorm mates. I copied it down before slipping the book back and heading to my dorm to get an early nights sleep, casting the spell to wake me up at 12:30.

It worked, and I snuck out for the third time this week. I waited outside the kitchen for a second to listen for any noise, but Draco must have already gone. I went in and gently closed the door. Dobby looked excited to see me.

"Miss Cunningham has come back! Another Sandwich?" He offered but I declined. I wasn't entirely sure what I planned to do once I was here.

"What are you doing here then? To see Mr Malfoy? He's already gone." So he had been here tonight.

"No no um.... how is he though?" I asked.

"He's fine. I told him you came yesturday."

"You did?" Oh god. "What did you say?"

"Just that you had come for a sandwich. He asked if you talked about him at all." I knew I hadn't said much about him, just asking about how him and Dobby knew each other so I didn't feel like the need to ask Dobby anything else on the matter. Why was I even here?

"I shouldn't be here, I should go." Dobby seemed disappointed but didn't argue, and I quickly went back to my dorm.

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I didn't go back to the kitchen in the next few days. On Friday night I watched the documentary with the Ravenclaws which was actually super interested - it was about a wizard traveller in the 1600s. I prefer being around Hufflepuffs though, they are just easier for me to be around. I proceeding with lessons as normal, spending the weekend in either the Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw common rooms. I skipped dinner on Wednesday to prepare for a Herbology test and took all my history of magic notes for the next week, Hermione joined after she had eaten and we silently worked until the library closed at 9 and sent us all to our dorms. I went to sleep still going over what I needed to know for my test.