Snakes and Ladders (Draco Malfoy x Reader ft Harry)

Chapter 13

Y/N POV

'Draco, it's not what it looks like. He told me he needed to tell me something but he thought you were Filch so he pushed us in here' I whispered.

'Me? Filch? Yeah I'm definitely not offended.' He muttered sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Draco then grabbed Harry by his collar and brought his face close to his.

'Just fucking stay away from y/n' He spat. 'Is that understood?'

'Malfoy, you can't make me stay away from my friend' Harry laughed, sounding unfazed.

Draco chuckled, letting go of Harry's collar and removing his wand from inside his wand.

'Stupefy!' He yelled, pointing his wand at Harry.

Harry dropped to the ground, unconscious.

'That should shut him up for a few hours.' he laughed, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards my dorm.

'Why can't you two just get along' I whispered.

'Look y/n, it's not that I don't want to get along with him for your sake, but I can't have him getting all 'touchy touchy' with my girlfriend.' He mumbled while tightening his grip on my hand.

As we reached my dorm, he kissed me goodnight and left to go to his own.

-

I had barely spoken to Neville this year, honestly I missed him. He had always been the one to comfort me if I was upset, after all, Draco never really understood how to handle my feelings when we were nothing but best friends.

To my surprise, as I walked into Herbology, Professor Sprout seated me next to him.

'Hi Neville'

'Oh, hi y/n, we haven't spoken in a while.' He smiled. 'What's new?'

I contemplated with myself in my head whether to tell him or not, but it was Neville, I knew I trusted him.

'Well, it's quite a lot but if you really want to know...'

Neville turned to face me. 'Go ahead.'

'Ok well..' I started, lowering my voice. 'Draco is my boyfriend now.' I whispered.

'What?!' Gasped Neville. 'You know Harry likes you though right? You're always the topic of conversation in the gryffindor common room.'

'Well I knew the first bit but that second thing is very much news to me.' I laughed nervously.

'Yeah...Maybe I shouldn't have said that' Neville guiltily rubbed the back of his neck.

'No it's ok. But the thing is, I liked Harry, you probably already heard that I gave him head in the empty classroom..'

The whole class turned around to look at me.

'Aha, I mean I took the bed...uh..out of the empty classroom?'

Professor Sprout turned to me with a confused look on her face.

'Miss y/l/n and Mr Longbottom, please stop the chit chat and continue with your work'

'Sorry Professor' Neville and I said in unison.

'Anyways, no I didn't know that?' Whispered Neville, his cheeks went slightly red.

'Shit, well you didn't hear it from me!' I laughed my pain away.

'Sure. Wait, so you're telling me you don't like Harry anymore?'

'That's the issue, I think I might' I replied. 'I utterly love Draco...but Harry always lingers in the back of my mind, and I know it's wrong but I simply don't know how to make it go away.'

'The thing is, I can only think of one solution besides giving it time, which you clearly don't have..' Neville mumbled. 'I don't think you'll like it though...' His voice trailed off, He looked down at his parchment, tapping his quill nervously against it.

'Go on...'

'Avoiding him'

I could see the guilt in his eyes as he said that. After all, Neville and Harry are friends.

I didn't want to do it but I knew I had to. So I vowed that for the rest of the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday, I would do everything in my power to ignore and avoid Harry at all costs.

-

'All students please report to the Great hall to welcome our new students' Bellowed Professor McGonagall.

The entire class, including Professor Sprout were hit with a wave of confusion.

New students? But it was the middle of the school year?