Chemistry ; draco malfoy

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slow burn slow burn slow burn
yeehaw
also i've decided to make venus' hair a bit longer than in her picture

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my eyes are heavy as i feel jules flick my ear,"wake up. wake up. wake up," she chants over and over, her breath warm against my ear.

"mmnng" i groan into my pillow, not ready to get up and actually be productive today.

with a sigh, jules gets up. thinking i've won, i let my guard down and snuggle deeper into my pillow. big mistake. before i know it, my blanket is ripped from my clutches, and ice cold water is being expelled from jules' wand onto my bed.

i let out a loud screech as i'm rudely jolted awake. with my soaking wet hair covering my eyes, i do my best to instill the fear of merlin into her. i scowl and squint my eyes at her, but i don't think i look very threatening because she bursts out laughing.

falling to the floor she gasps out," you look like an angry chihuahua." shes still letting out gasps of air by the time i've dressed and gotten my bag. looking down to where she is on the ground, she looks like a maniac. her hair is messy, crowning her like a halo. her mascara she had applied earlier is running lightly from her laughing, and her robes are creased from laying on the floor. still, she manages to look as beautiful as always.

"come on you git let's go," i huff as i reach i hand down to her, pulling her to her feet.

we walk slowly to potions, our first class of the day. any class that's this early in the morning is awful, but a class this early in the morning that's taught by snape of all people? salazar i'm tired just thinking about it.

we finally reach the potions classroom, but it seems as though we're one of the last people to do so, seeing as though there's only four empty spots in the entire class. one is in the first row, which is basically a first class ticket to get spat on while snape talks. another is in the far left hand corner, however it's directly beside pansy who absolutely hates me. the other two are directly in front of each other, on beside theo nott, who is sitting directly in front of draco malfoy. meaning that the only other available chair close to jules would be beside draco malfoy.

it seems as though jules and i notice this at the same time. soon enough, we're both racing to the seat beside theo nott. jules obviously wants it so that she can make him fall in love with her or whatever, but i want it so that i don't have to sit next to malfoy all year.

as if were in some medieval game of musical chairs, jules tips the chair just as i begin to slide on, sending me toppling to the floor. i wince as i hit my elbow on the hard surface. i look up to see jules smirking down at me, just before she turns to talk to theo.

i can hear jules giggling to theo as i take my seat beside malfoy. he doesn't even spare me a glance.

"that was quite a show ms. tugwood-zabini and ms pickette," snapes monotone voice drawls on as i notice for the first time that he's sat behind his desk. my face flushes as i look down, the engravings on the desk suddenly very intriguing.

snape begins to tell us our lesson plan as i zone out. my eyes glaze over, and i'm not sure how many minutes pass before i'm brought back to reality by the sound of metal lightly hitting wood.  i look to my right to see malfoy fiddling with the silver rings on his fingers, ever so slightly tapping them against the table as he does so. it's entrancing really, seeing his thin, long fingers fiddle with something so delicate.

my thoughts are interrupted as one of the hands that i'm watching raises.

"i'd prefer to work alone," i hear malfoy say, but refuse to look up at him.

"my decision is final mr. malfoy, there are to be no exceptions." snape drawls out every last word, each one seemingly taking hours to finish. draco huffs at snapes response and grumbles under his breath. he crosses his arms and slowly leans back against his chair with a huff.

"these projects are due by the end of the term. failure to do so will result in a dreadful." with the wave of his hand, snape dismisses us.

as the class disperses i find jules," so, wanna be partners for the project?" i ask her, although i have absolutely no clue what the project truly entails.

like always, she scoffs and rolls her eyes at me. "were you even listening," without even answering she knows my response," no wonder you're not a ravenclaw. who you're sitting beside is your partner dummy." she exclaims, looking ecstatic for herself, yet unsure for me.

"oh"

"yeah oh, but i'm sure it'll be fine right?" she says. forever the optimist she is.

"what's the project on?" i ask. man, i really should pay more attention to snape.

"we have to brew a weaker version of amortentia, it will give off the same smell as a normal brew, but if consumed it won't work." brewing positions really is not my strong suite, but i need an O in this class in order to pass. "listen, from what i've overheard draco is like a potions god, so don't even worry about that," she attempts to sooth my worries.

we arrive at defence against the dark arts three minutes before it begins, so this time we have time to find seats that we prefer.

"how were things with theo?" i ask to try to change the subject.

"oh my god he is more gorgeous than i remember," she gushed, tucking a strand of dirty blonde hair behind her ear as she blushes.

before we know it, professor lupin walks in and we are whisked away into class work, giving me no more time to think about stupid love potions and stupid silver rings.