𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔

His Facade

It's been 2 weeks since I spoke or looked at Draco. We may be partners for Potions, but I made it a point not to eat with the group and just stay to myself. Even though I don't look directly at him I can sense he's pissed or distressed. He hasn't been eating with the group and we've stayed our distance from each other. It's driving me insane.

"Sky, you can't ignore him forever, you're both being stubborn. You need to talk to him." Blaise and Adrian look at me.

I roll my eyes, "Why? So he can insult me, call me weak, or whatever else he decides to let come out that foul loathing mouth of his?! I'm good." They both gaze at me, "Well, he's walking this way." Adrian says.

"We need to talk" Draco says. "Okay, well whatever you have to say to me, you can say to them too." Referring to Blaise and Adrian

He snatches me up by the arm. "Let me go Malfoy!" I shriek. "Shut up Parkinson" he snarls back. He pulls me to the side of the common room just enough view Blaise and Adrian can see us.

"What do you want Malfoy?" I say. "Do you ever shut the hell up?" He says with that pissed tone. "Just tell m—" before I can finish my sentence, he presses his lips against mine. In complete shock I pull back and slap the hell out of him, leaving an outline of my hand on his cheek. Although the kiss was nice and his lips were soft and taste like Green Apples and Peppermint chapstick, I refuse to let this daddy's boy get his way with me.

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I can feel Blaise and Pucey's eyes beaming into my body. I want to hate her so much, but I can't. I hate saying this but I'm in love with her. I love Skyra Parkinson and I have since we were kids, but I want to smother her with a pillow.

"What the actual fuck was that about Malfoy?! Who do you think you are just kissing me like that?!" She yells at me before storming off.

Once getting back to my dorm, I realize that I need fresh air and to clear my head of what I just did. I let her hit him.

When I reach the top of the Astronomy Tower, I hear voices. It was Sky and Adrian. I just wanted to be alone, but here they are, so I listen in on their conversation.

"Sky, what happened with Malfoy?" Adrian questions her

She's sitting near the edge of the tower and looks up at him with tears in her eyes, "Adr, he kissed me. He fucking kissed me!! He didn't want to talk." He hugs her, "Why are you crying that he kissed you? It's not like he was your first kiss."

She doesn't reply, and he stands there a minute hugging her. I can see the wheels turning in his head, "Sky... I want you to be entirely honest with me. I'm not going to judge you or think differently of you. Nothing between us will change. Just be honest. Okay?"

"Okay" She replies sniffling

"The reason your crying..."

He pauses then continues, "Is it because you've thought about kissing him before and that's not how you expected it to happen if it ever did? You two did grow up together – I expect that at some point during your life, you had a crush on him, or you thought about him. And that being the way your first kiss with him, it ruined it all?" Adrian asked her

She took a gulp, "If you ever mention a word of this to anyone, I will deny the hell out of it. Understand?" He nods. "I need words Adrian, use your damn words please."

"I won't say anything Sky." He responds. He sits down next to her glaring at her intently waiting for her response.

"Okay—"

She gleamed up at the stars smiling, "so when we were seven, for a few weeks things with me and Draco were transcendent. We didn't argue, we were together all the time, he picked flowers with me in his mum's garden, at nighttime we would go sit on the balcony of his room and look at the different constellations. There was one day where I couldn't find him anywhere and out of nowhere, he jumped down from the Oak tree in the backyard and hugged me from behind. I felt like for those few weeks there was something amazing between us—"