Black And Green

Nineteen

E m i l y

"What are what?" I asked like I didn't understand what he was saying.

"Take off your bracelets" he said with a strict tone.

"No" I just said and he rolled his eyes pulling my hands.

"Don't make me do it by myself " he hissed and I swallowed hard.

"Why do you even care?" I said with my tears ready to escape.

"Black, just do what I have told you" he said but I didn't lift a finger. He rolled his eyes and took my wrist in his palm taking of my bracelets even when I started pushing him back.

"Stop it no-" I said but it was too late since he put them on his pocket and started scanning with his eyes my hands.

"You still do it" he said and looked me in the face.

"No, I don't"

"Yes. This. You didn't have it last week" he showed me one small scar.

"What?" I asked, not sure if I heard right.

"At potions. You didn't have this last week" he repeated and I didn't say a word.

"There you are!" Ginny's voice scared me and I automatically pulled my hand away from his.

"I have been looking for you for like an hour" her expression changed when he saw Malfoy next to me.

"Are you okay?" she asked and I nodded.

"Yes, let's go", I looked at him with a blank face.

[..]

"Come on Em! Let's dance!" George pulled me close and we walked to the middle. He put his hands around my waist and I placed mine on his shoulders. We started singing the song and we were laughing at the same time with how ugly our voices sounded.

I looked behind his shoulder and I saw Malfoy looking at us and he didn't stop even when our eyes met. We were in eye contact and I felt that the music had stopped and no one else was there. George spinned me around and that's when I woke up. When I looked again he was gone and I continued dancing with George for two more songs enjoying the atmosphere that was created.

When I sat next to Hermione she was feeling kind of upset so I asked her, "What's wrong?".

She looked at me tired and smiled a little.

"Nothing, it's just I wish I had spent the night with someone else. Marco is great but.." she stopped her sentence in the middle and when I looked at her she was staring with glazing eyes at Ron.

"He is just not him" she started crying and I hugged her right away.

Ginny on the other side, my eye caught her at the corner talking with tense with Harry but suddenly he leaned and kissed her. I looked away but tried to not react because of how bad Hermione was feeling.

[..]

It was probably after midnight when the Yule Ball was over and most of the students were in bed right now. Some kids including me, Ginny and Neville volunteered to help clean up the place.

"I can't understand why they just don't use magic for this. It's a waste of time!" Neville complained while putting some empty plastic caps into a trash bag. I noticed that Snape heard him and was coming towards him from behind saying, "because then, mr Longbottom you will be all lazy and you will find everything ready in your plate".

Neville jumped from his fear, since he has always been terrified of him. He opened his mouth trembling but he closed it immediately from Snape's cold face.

"Understood" I said for Neville and Snape looked at me annoyed but he turned around and left.

"You can't always be afraid of him Neville" Ginny said and he exhaled a big breath. His face was sad when he said, "I know, I am such a coward".

"No you are not!" I left the trash bag and went next to him.

"You Neville Longbottom are a brave, brilliant wizard. You just need to believe in yourself" I confronted him and he smiled shy.

"If you say so.." he giggled and Ginny smiled too agreeing with my words.

[..]

"And we are done" Ginny threw the last plastic bag on the big can outside clapping her hands.

"Finally. I am so tired" she added and I nodded my head.

"Same. Tonight's night was really messed up" I said and she took a big breath but a smile was on her face.

"Me and Harry I think we are a thing now. I don't know" she said blushing and I pushed with my shoulder hers softly.

"I am happy for you" I said and she yawned tired.

"You can go. I want to go to the bathroom, I will see you in the morning" I said and headed to the bathroom.

"Well hello there!" I heard a high pitched voice saying to me. I turned around confused and I saw Moaning Myrtle.

"Hello Myrtle" I said while I was going to wash my hands.

"How was the Yule Ball? Did you like it?" she asked me and I nodded.

"Yes, it was pretty fun" I answered and she moaned.

"Ahh, what I would give to be a student again and go to the Yule Ball! All those dances, the hot boys!" she started crying and I rolled my eyes.

"You didn't miss anything. I believe you had a better night here than I had downstairs" I explained comforting her and she sniffed her nose from the crying.

"Really? I am lucky then! All this time I thought I was bad lucked but-" she started flying around saying but a hoarse voice stopped her.

"Jeez what is this ugly voice?" Malfoy asked from outside and I felt my stomach dropped.

"Shhh!" I made her a signal and hid in the first toilet.

"Hey you!" I heard his voice, it was clear that he was in the bathroom now.

"Who are you talking to?" He continued and I held my breath.

"Ouuu handsome boy!" Myrtle said and then added, "looking for someone?".

"No. But I asked you something" he said bitterly and she started laughing.

"You and your bodyguards will hurt me?" she said and I frowned. Maybe he was with Crabbe and Goyle.

Suddenly, all of the doors opened blowed by a wave of air and Myrtle pushed me to get outside of the toilet.

"Thanks a lot" I said sarcastically to her and she started laughing with her annoying voice, getting inside a toilet and leaving with the running water.

"Boys, you can leave. I wanna have a little chat with Black alone" he said with hate to them and when they looked each other they left.

"I want to leave" I said and passed him quickly but he grabbed my elbow.

"Let me go" I said to his face and he threw his hand back leaving mine. I started walking away when I heard his voice once again, "Wait".

I turned around and he stood very close to me quiet. I was looking him straight into his big gray eyes and he did too. I felt his hand moving and I thought he was going to grab me but he put his hand on his pocket instead and brought out my bracelets that I totally forgot about.

"Here" he said and took my palm into his big hand. He gently placed the bracelet one by one around my wrists and with every physical contact I felt burnt under his touch.

"Malfoy.." I took a step back and he looked at me confused.

"What is it?" he asked and I took a deep breath.

"I can't understand you, or what do you want from me. One time you are an awful person and the other you show to me that you care" I shared my thoughts and he was looking at me with a blank expression.

"Can you stop deepening everything?!" he raised his voice a little.

"No, I can't!" I said with a higher tone and he sighed before rubbing his forehead.