Black And Green

Twenty

E m i l y 

"You know what? Just leave me alone, don't talk to me again" I yelled at him annoyed from his actions.

"Who said that I would talk to you again? Do you think that you are the centre of the world?" he said mean, raising his eyebrow.

"Fine!" I threw my hands angry and started walking away to my room. 

I will never understand him. But most of all, I will never understand myself from keep trying to convince me that under all this there is a Draco who cares.

As I was walking on my toes to get to my bed, I noticed that Hermione was still awake, staring at the ceiling.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I whispered and she sat normally pushing her hair back.

"It's okay. I am just... sad" she answered and I took a deep breath before saying, "Give me two minutes".

After finishing getting my make up and my clothes off and I was in my comfy pyjamas, I went to her bed and she had already made room for me. I sat next to her hugging her and caressing her hair while she was crying quietly on me.

We stayed like this all night and I left for my bed only when she fell asleep.

[..]

The next day I opened my eyes only to realise that the room was empty. It was Saturday so that meant no classes. I looked outside from the window to see if there were students; but the only thing I saw was just snow and only snow.

I looked to the mirror, my hair was a total mess and I was looking crusty. Without further thinking I grabbed my essentials and went to the bathroom for a shower. After I was back all clean and fresh I brushed my hair and wore my uniform. I was looking way better now and with that I went down at the common room but no one was there too. I glanced at the big clock on the wall and it was 1.48 pm, so our lunch time. I got out of the dorm room and I was crossing the aisles to get to the Great Hall. When I entered in, it didn't look nothing like yesterday but how it normally does.

"Look who decided to wake up!"

"Good morning too, Fred" I answered to him sticking my tongue out.

"Why you guys didn't wake me up?" I asked when I sat to my team.

"McGonagal said it was okay to let you sleep, since you helped a lot with last night. Ginny slept more too but not that much" Hermione answered laughing and I laughed too.

"Hey.. about last night" she said after a while only to me.

"Thank you, I really needed that" she added and I smiled grabbing her hand.

"You are welcome. I have bad days too and I know how it feels" I admitted and se nodded not wanting to keep the conversation alive.

"Where is Neville?" I asked curious since I hadn't seen him around.

"Oh haven't you heard?" Ginny turned around and asked me.

"He ate something yesterday that bothered him and he wasn't feeling well" she continued and I nodded feeling kind of sad about him. 

[..]

It was Tuesday and we had Charms. It was the second day that I was doing my classes alone without Neville and thankfully the last since tomorrow he will be back.

Professor Flitwick finished his lesson and said that he had an announcement to make. He stood up on his collection of books so he could be seen and said, "You know that your exams are in a few weeks, but I would like to set you an assignment to do and this time with pairs. To be fair you will get paired with students that you share more classes and not only mine. No exceptions" he emphasized his words and some kids started complaining. I mean, I didn't have a problem but I hope my partner will be someone good.

"Moving on to the third pair.." Flitwick said and looked at his parchment, "Emily Black and Draco Malfoy" my jaw dropped when I heard this. Hermione gasped next to me and she glanced at me worried.

"It's okay Hermione. All good" I said and rested my forehead on my hands placing them on the wooden table.

My eyes started searching the room for Malfoy and when I spotted him he was staring unexpressed at the floor. That seemed weird to me, but when we made an eye contact his face turned into an angry one rolling his eyes.

He was on the other side of the class so when he said, "What do you want?", I had to read his lips to understand.

After class, I had no other choice than to meet professor Flitwick.

"I know why you are here ms Black" he said when we were alone.

"Please professor, it could be anyone or I can do it alone" I started complaining but he cut me off.

"I am sorry my dear but I said no exceptions. Mr Malfoy is tough to get handled but you got this" he answered and I exhaled before agreeing.

"He didn't let you change your pair huh?" his voice scared me when I got outside of the classroom.

"No he didn't" I answered abruptly and he bit his lips hard.

"Look, we have two weeks until we deliver the essay so we don't need to rush. Can we start at Friday?" he said fast and I nodded.

"Yes, what time?" I asked cooly.

"I finish quidditch practice at 5, so that would be good?" he asked and I answered simply, "Yes. At astronomy tower".

"See you then" was the only thing he said before started walking away to the other side.

I didn't want to do this essay, especially with him but I had no other choice. I hope that it will stay like that, we will play it cool and nothing more or less. He is bipolar though, I don't know for how long he will manage to stay like today's conversation. But let's hope for a long time.