Desired Life as The One He Loves

Chapter 4: Dorm-mates

As the night progresses, my yearning for sleep creeps in. But before I can get cozy in my four-poster bed, I have to continue unpacking my books and clothes. In one swift motion, I send my books into my book bag and my clothes neatly folded in the dresser. I sigh in content. Everyone else in my dorm continues to unpack as I settle in with a book about magical creatures. This year I don't know anyone in my dorm, although I'm hoping that by the end of the week I'll be grand friends with all three. From what little knowledge I gathered so far, I know their names are Rowena, Amelia, and Lila. Both Rowena and Amelia are new to Hogwarts. Still, I have yet to speak a word to any of them, I've been hoping they would talk to me first.

"Amelia, how was your summer?" Rowena asks while combing through her long brown hair.

"Practiced Quidditch loads. Oh! And the family went to Paris for a week," Amelia says with an I'm so much better than you look.

"Sounds fun! Any cute guys?" Rowena asks nonchalantly.

"None that I saw," she answers rather disappointingly. Between this brief interaction and the interaction that occurred when I first saw them, I've learned a lot about them. Rowena and Amelia are most likely best friends, the way they act towards each other tells it all. Amelia plays Quidditch, Rowena does not. Both Amelia and Rowena are rich, filthy rich. And they're both super stuck up and obsessed with boys. My boyfriend in particular. After talking about their summers abroad, they go back to giggling over how hot "the tall blonde one" is. I just can't bring myself to tell them I'm the ugly git, as they put it, who's dating him.

"And what's your name?" Rowena turns to make eye contact with my other dorm-mate, Lila.

"Lila," she mumbles with a blank stare. Rowena lets out a hm sound before turning in my direction, now giving me the death stare she was just giving Lila.

"And what about you? You got a name?" Her glaring brown eyes rest on me, but this doesn't leave me unnerved. I can see right through her little miss perfect act. I furrow my brows and stare right back.

"Natalia. My friends call me Nat. My boyfriend calls me darling. But I would prefer you call me nothing, I would rather not have to talk to you." Both Rowena's and Amelia's mouths hang open at this. Rowena scoffs loudly while Amelia seems confused and almost impressed. Out of the corner of my eye I see Lila smile wide, the first time since I've met her. Rowena gives me one last look of disgust before going back to talking in a whispered tone to Amelia. If I had to guess I would say they're talking about me. I glance at Lila and then go back to reading my book. As I'm reading I hear one girl leave the room, most likely Lila since Amelia never leaves Rowena's side. I would look up to see who left but I don't want to risk making eye contact with the devil and her sidekick, I can feel their stares burning through me from across the room.

"Draco's looking for you Natalia," Lila walks in through the dorm after about ten minutes of having left. My heart rate speeds up. Anything to leave these two gits. Rowena suddenly stops talking and once again has her mouth hanging open as she stares at me, Amelia does the same.

"And what would he want with you?" Rowena snarls. Amelia crosses her arms in front of her and snarls just as Rowena did. I grin slightly and give them both the dirtiest look.

"If I were guessing, I would probably say he's horny and wants to snog. Or, maybe he desires much more," I say, giving them a satisfied smile. Amelia is in disbelief. Rowena's eyes widen slightly, showing a sliver of weakness, before returning to her usual glare. I give them one last smile to set them off before walking towards the door, very ready to exit this room.

"Nice one," Lila whispers to me. I shoot her a brief smile and walk down to the Slytherin common room.

As I enter the dark green accented common room, lit only by the burning fireplace and a few lamps here and there, I see Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle all sitting on the couch. Their faces flickering orange and red because of the burning logs in the fire. They are not the only ones in the room this late. In the far corner, sits Pansy Parkinson, reading a book. She peers over at me for a split second and then continues to read. When Draco sees me walking towards him he swats Crabbe and Goyle away. They see me and hurriedly scurry up to their dorms. This leaves only Draco, Pansy, and I, though I wish there was one less person.

Draco pats the seat next to him on the couch, I take it, snuggling in close and positioning my head comfortably in his lap. He plays with my hair while I close my eyes. I almost drift off to sleep before Draco lets out an excited yap.

"Oh! I almost forgot. Let's compare schedules," he says, grabbing the class schedule out of his pocket. I sit up out of his lap and pull out my schedule, unwrinkling it before holding it up next to his.

"Looks like we have all classes together!" I exclaim after a minute of analyzing the two schedules. I stuff the parchment back in my robe's pocket, Draco smiles at me and does the same. Then comes a scoff from the back of the common room.

"Oh, get a room already," Pansy Parkinson snarls while slamming her book closed. She gives us the death stare before stomping all the way up to her dorm.

"What's her problem?"

"Who knows," I say, returning my focus on Draco. I settle myself back close to him and stare into his bright blue eyes. My heart warms.

"You haven't got a dorm with her, do you?" Draco asks, looking concerned.

"No way. I got lucky with two privileged bitches," I say sarcastically. "But the other girl Lila seems cool." Draco nods his head at this.

"But let's not talk about that," I say, pushing the thought out of my head.

"Let's not talk at all," he says, grabbing my chin and pulling me in so we are nearly centimeters apart. He kisses me hard, I kiss back. The butterflies return and my heart rate goes up rapidly. Draco moves his lips to my neck, kissing the exact spot he kissed while we were hiding in the closet.

"Woah! Sorry guys!" Lila exclaims, covering her eyes with her hands. Draco and I stop immediately and turn to see her bump into a wall before finding the stairs. She lets out a groan of pain "I'm fine!" She finds the railing with her hand and runs up the stairs, her eyes still covered. I let out a chuckle as she leaves.

"Caught twice in one day, that's gotta be a record," says Draco, laughing.

"Yes, Mr. Malfoy, and unless you want to make that three then I supposed you both go to your dormitories," Professor Snape says coldly, lurking out of the shadows of the Slytherin common room. My cheeks turn red instantly. Both Draco and I scramble out of our seats and stand as far away from each other as we can. Professor Snape stares back at us before holding his arm out to point at the stairs leading to the dorms.

"Night," I cough out to Draco. He gives me a terrified look before running up the stairs leading to the boy's dormitories. I follow his lead and rush up the stairs leading to my dormitory. Before I can walk through the door, I hear Professor Snape's cold and intimidating voice once more.

"Detention tomorrow evening, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Davidson. Don't forget." There is a hint of satisfaction in his voice. I quickly shove the door open and run inside. Eager to escape the scolding of Professor Snape.

"Sorry for walking in on your guys," Lila says, her cheeks bright red with embarrassment.

"That's okay. Not the first time we were caught today." Both Rowena and Amelia cover their heads with their pillows as if trying to silence the noise. I quickly change into my pajamas as Lila laughs from her bed.

"Oh yes, I heard all about that scandal," she chuckles.

"Well, I think you'll find it quite funny that it happened again." Lila burst into a roaring laugh. Rowena and Amelia groan and press harder on the pillows covering their heads

"Snape caught you again? You guys need to get a room!"

"Yeah, well, we weren't actually snogging this time, but still it was quite embarrassing." My cheeks turn red and hot thinking about it.

"Would you both shut the bloody hell up!" Rowena shouts at us from under her pillow. Lila and I burst into a fit of giggles. Amelia groans from her bed as Lila and I shut off our lamps and settle into bed. Every few minutes one of us will let out a string of giggle that will get the other going until we can't stop. Rowena ends up shouting at us again before we finally drift off to sleep.