Peppermint

Running

I feel his cold hand brush up against mine as we walk through the cold forest. We haven't said a word. I honestly still don't really know what to think about him calling me his friend. Gosh, why do boys have to be so confusing?

I stare down at my feet until I see Draco stop in his tracks looking at a dead flower bush that has withered away from the cold. I stop and walk up next to him examining the bush.

"What's wrong?" I say breaking are agreeing on silence.

"I have a garden back home, I love flowers, just sad to see it dead that's all" I felt a smile creep onto my face at how truly soft he is.

I look at the flower and closing my eyes imagining what it looked like alive.

Draco POV:

I look at the flower, but then it starts to change right before my eyes. I look over at Severa to make sure I'm not seeing anything. But she has her eyes closed tight. And next, I looked at the perfectly alive flower beautiful with color.

"did you just" I point my figure at her then at the flower.

"I guess I'm getting better with wandless and spell less magic," she says shrugging her shoulders with a smile.

"impressive" is all I can say. Which is true I am impressed, but I can't help but think about how incredibly attractive she is with all the power she has running through her, and what truly gets me, is she acts like it's nothing. She doesn't let power control her. I admire that about her. All I have done is let power control me.

"Why did you say you loved me and then call me your friend?" She says boldly.

I am instantly taken back by this question, I was expecting it to never be said out loud, but of course, she did.

"I mean did you not mean it?" she said with a sad expression on her face stepping closer to me.

"of course I mean it Severa it's just, I can't" I say leaving her soft eyes.

"why? why can't you Draco? we have been threw so much, I just thought we could finally be"

"we cant," I say sternly

"why Draco??" she says raising her voice. Please Severa stop pushing.

"Just leave it," I say walking away.

"no what are you so afraid of," she says grabbing my arm and pulling me to meet her gaze.

I felt my body start to heat up and soon I'm not able to control my words.

"Severa you don't understand over the summer i-" thankfully I was cut off by a loud flash of a camera.

I and Sev both snapped our heads at the flash. Great, reporters. The longer we looked the more started to show up.

"Miss merlin is it true you know who killed your parents?"

"Why are you with a Malfoy"

"Are you two dating"

We both hear millions of questions but I felt Sev stiffen about her parent's death.

"Do you think you know who will come after you now cause your a threat to him?"

I shoot the reported a glare.

"You know who?" Severa asks silencing the crowd. "you mean Voldemort?" She says with a small smile while people gasp hearing the dark lord's name out loud. "you know the only power he has is the power we give him. It pathetic that your here, asking me questions yet you can't even say his filthy name" She spat well I was standing there with a smirk in awe at her. "Voldemort can try to come for me all he wants, but he will not succeed," She says grabbing my arm and leaving the group of reporters back on the path to Hogwarts.