Falling In Love With A Slytherin

Chapter 15

Draco's POV:

"I apologize for arriving late Professor." I hear Swan talk to Slughorn.

I couldn't stop staring at Swan. She looked absolutely stunning.

"My dear, there's no need to apologize. I'm actually happy that you could make it. Better late than never. Go ahead and find yourself a seat. I'll tell one of the servers to give you your food."

Swan gives him a small smile and he leaves her to go talk to one of the waiters.

Her friends greet her as she was looking for a spot to sit at the table. The  only spot was next to Granger and she immediately sits down. But the good thing about her seat was that she was right across from me.

The server gives Swan her food and she thanks him. Eyeing her, she picks up her fork and takes a small bite of her food.

A minute or two the main course comes out. Plates of roast beef with roasted potatoes and a vegetable medley comes into view.

Continuing to secretly look at her, I see Swan taking a few bites of her food. Listening to the conversation Granger and weasel were going in about.

She barely touches her food after and just plays around with the vegetables on her plate. Swan wasn't her usual self. She was usually lively, talkative and full of smiles. But today she stayed quiet, not interacting with her friends and her facial expression through her mask was absolutely blank.

Once in awhile, her friends would try to ask her a question to get her involved with their conversation . She would just give them short answers to please them.

I watch as her friends look at each other, worried about Swan. To be honest I was worried too. I wanted to know what was in that mind of hers.

Dessert came and the same thing happened. She only took a couple of bites and pushes it aside.

"Swan you have to eat."

She looks up from her dessert and looks at me. Through her mask I could she her is red from crying. That's why she wasn't looking up as much, to make sure nobody notice how she actually looked.

"I'm not in the mood to eat Malfoy. I don't have an appetite." She simply tells me.

"Your going to get sick on the route your taking. Just at least take a couple of bites. I'm sure you haven't eaten the whole day. Am I right?"

Swan sighs and brings the dessert close to her again. Grabbing the spoon and scooping up the dessert to eat.

Satisfied that she was starting to eat again, I started to eat my dessert as well.

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The rest of the night contained dancing , people talking with each other on the side of the room, and even the room was filled with laughter. The atmosphere was filled with joy.

I decided to just stay at the back, watching people. What caught my eyes was Swan. Her and her friends were gathered around Professor Slughorn. Granger was talking about more of the muggle life that Slughorn was so fascinated about.

Swan on the other hand, had no interest on listening to their conversation. Her body language screams out of bored and she looks around the room to see if she would find anything interesting