(Heavy editing)!A best friends to lovers story about an orphan taken in by the Malfoys and a nervous pure blood wizard that no one saw potential in. Happily ever after isn't as easy as these two young Hogwarts students thought, and with Voldemort re...
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Serenity
"Where is his dorm?" I say loudly. No one answers. "where is Neville's dorm? I demand someone show me right now." I say with a stern face. Harry reluctantly gets up and motions towards the stairs. He walks down the hall and points towards a door, then walks away without any words.
I carefully turn the knob and enter the low lit room. I'm quick to notice how much a mess it is inside. I knew it would be knowing Ron and Seamus, but it was still a surprise on how cluttered it really was. My eyes then find Neville sitting in the large window. He is holding the book I got him but it's opened to a specific page, the page I placed my drawing of us in. I watch as it repeats 3 times. Neville and I water the plant and it grows big and strong, then he lifts me into the air when we hug. "Shit." I say to myself. Neville looks up at me and I now realize I said it out loud and not in my head. "Ren?" "Hi Nev, what's going on?" I reply. I pull myself into the window and sit across from him, pulling my knees to my chin.
"So you and Malfoy huh?" He asks. "Why does everyone keep saying that? We hug one time infront of people and it's like you all can hear wedding bells or something??" I complain "I think I would have told my best friend if I was dating someone, isn't that like in the best friends rule book?" I half joke, half exclaim in frustration.
"Wait so you aren't dating Draco?" He asks.
"Of course not, I hadn't seen him in 2 years, of course I'm going to hug him. Is this about him knowing about me coming? Because I wanted it to be a surprise? I'm sorry if that bothered you." I say. "No no it was a good surprise, I just thought you were hiding something from me is all." He runs his fingers through his hair deep in thought.
He has grown into his features so much, he is really quite handsome. His hair is slightly grown out and I love it, his face is more mature and defined, and he has somehow gotten even taller than the last time I saw him. The one thing I still can't get over is how adorable his crooked teeth are, it just gives me butterflies seeing him smile.
"Sorry I muffed stuff up." He says finally, I snapped out of my thoughts and I shake the blush off my face. "No, no Nev I'm sorry, I missed you so much." I say as I jump into his arms and bury my face into his jumper. I'm welcomed by the smell of potting soil and vanilla. What an amazing smell. Neville wraps his arms around me and we stay like that for what feels like forever. Then we sit up and talk. We talk until every Gryffindor boy is in bed. We talk until we hear- "Can you two give it a break? it's late and we have class in like 4 hours, can you please call it a night!?!" From Harry.
Nev and I look at each other and laugh but in the end agree.
When I go to bed that night I can't stop thinking about Vanilla, his smile, and that hug. What was so special about that hug?
The next morning I wake up with more energy than I thought was possible with only 2 hours of sleep. I rush to put on my blue uniform. I brush through my long waves quickly and with that I'm on my way to breakfast. I'm rushing through the hall still attempting to collect myself when I run straight into someone.
"Well well if it isn't Draco's little girlfriend." I look up to meet the eyes of Blaise Zabini. He offers his hand to help me up, and I cautiously take it. "Damn you are gorgeous! Goyle told me you looked hot now but I didn't believe him." He exclaims.
"Bye Zabini, thanks for the shitty compliments." I say, attempting to walk past him. But my path is quickly blocked by the boy again. "Not so fast plant freak." He says.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL HER!?!?" I hear a familiar voice yell. I look over my shoulder to see Draco stalking over "I best not have heard you call her a Freak Zabini, because if I had, then we are going to have a problem." he says while putting his arm around my shoulder.
"Hey sorry Malfoy, I wasn't thinking straight. It won't happen again." He puts up his hands in defense and slowly backs away before speed walking into the great hall. I push Draco's arm off my shoulder. "Thanks blondie, but I think I could have handled that git on my own. I'm not a little 11 year old cry baby anymore. Ok?" I say. "Fine, but come and find me if anyone else gives you trouble. No one messes with my Leaf." He says as he pokes my cheek playfully, and with that he leaves.
"Miss Locks?" I hear the voice of Dumbledore speak. "Would you do me the honor of speaking to me in my office?" He asks. "Oh, yes sir!" I reply while following him down the corridor.
Was I in trouble? I was definitely out of bed past curfew but I didn't think anyone noticed. When we enter his office Dumbledore motions to a chair. "Please take a seat miss Locks, we have a lot to discuss." He says. "What is this about? Am I in trouble?" "No, no, I just have some information to give you. You were too young the last time I had the honor of having you in my school. I believe it was for the best I waited to tell you this now."
If I wasn't nervous before I sure was now.
Dumbledore takes a deep breath then looks me dead in the eye. "I have to tell you about your parents."
