𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫

The winter break was perfect for y/n. It gave her time to think about the amazing previous year she just had. Cold bitter mornings were a favourite of hers. She loved staying in bed, writing to Draco almost everyday. But, she was ready to go back.

The train pulled up, and she said her goodbyes to her family, telling them to keep in touch. Her eyes scanned the crowds looking for a blonde boy, but no sign of him. Pansy came running up to her, giving her a hug.

"I've missed you! Come on, we'll miss it the train. Quick it's leaving!" Pansy said frantically.

"I'm waiting for Draco. Have you seen him?" But as she says that, he came running over with his stuff.

Typical Malfoy.

"You twat! I've been waiting for you for ages!" Y/N shouted.

"Slept in. I'm here now" He replied breathlessly.

They all got on the train in a rush and he whispered 'nice hoodie' in her ear as they sit down, making her smirk. Blaise and Theo were already sat.

"Two words. Weed. Tonight in our dorm" Theo whispered to the table.

"That's five words Theo" Pansy joked hitting him on the arm.

"Oh shush don't be prissy. This is gonna be the best term yet" Blaise replied and they all laughed.

They were too busy chatting away to notice how dark it got, and the train slowly came to a halt. They all got off and make their way to the boats. Draco got in his with Blaise and Theo, whilst y/n got in hers with Pansy.

"So did you do anything nice over the holidays?" Pansy asked.

"I did actually. Draco's family and I had a meal at Malfoy Manor on boxing day" She replies. There was no point in hiding it, especially not from Parkinson.

"Really? I thought Lucius wouldn't want that surely?"

"So did I Pans, but he was always close with my father. I have no idea what they did together to make them so close though" Y/n said. She still had no idea why the pair were as close as they were.

The boats reached the harbour and they all made their way to the entrance where Professor Mcgonagall is stood. From across the crowd of students, Harry shouted her name, making her go over to say hi, and she hugged the three of them before walking back over to Pansy.

"I didn't realise you were close with Harry" Pansy said in a confused tone, to then see Draco looking at her.

"Yeah we're not close, but he's a good friend of mine" She replied. Draco instantly felt rage.

Mcgonagall did her usual speech that dragged on, then let everyone make their way to the great hall. Nothing had changed in there. Twinkling candle lights still hung from the night sky, and there was five spaces missing. The group walked over and sat in their usual spaces.

"I can't believe it was a year ago today we all met" Y/N said to the table. Pansy pulled her in for a side hug.

"Yeah. A year ago you met Potter more like" Draco mumbled.

"You what?" Y/n said, lifting her head up. He shrugged and looked away. Before she could even say anything else, a tap noise came from the front of the hall and everyone looked.

"Good evening fourth years and welcome back to Hogwarts. I hope you have all enjoyed your time off. Our evening meal will now commence" Dumbledore announced on to everyone, and they start eating. Y/n looked at Draco who pushed his food around his plate with his head in his hand. Her appetite had now gone as well.

*

Shortly after, they all made their way to their dorms and got settled in. Y/n put her owl on her dressing table, made her bed and got changed. She sat at the edge of her bed with a downhearted look on her face.

"Hey what's wrong?" Pansy asked, sitting next to y/n at put her hand on her shoulder.

"Draco seemed mad when I spoke to Potter" She replied.

"Go talk to him, get this sorted. You know what he's like" Pansy reassured her. Y/n agreed, and headed to the boys dorms. She knocked on Draco's door. Theo threw it open and rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I thought you were gonna be one of the ravenclaw girls I told to fuck me tonight. Draco's in the shower" Theo sighed.

"Gross. Hang on."

She got out a small piece of paper and scribbled a note that said "meet me in the common room at 12. Y/N x" and handed it to Theo. He sighed and slammed the door.

At 12, y/n crept past Pansy down to the common room. She sat in front of the fire cross-legged fiddling with her wand.

Half an hour had passed, he didn't show up.

Another few minutes, he didn't show up. After waiting nearly a full hour, she stormed back upstairs and threw herself into bed.

*

When y/n woke up to Snape shouting them all down for breakfast, she ignored it. She told Pansy to go without her. Dragging herself out of bed, she did her hair and makeup, threw her uniform on and went to her first class, which was potions. Her eyes rolled loudly as she approached the room, seeing Draco sat in front. She threw herself next to Pansy with an annoyed look on her face. She doesn't even look at Draco.

As soon as the bell went for her next class, she grabbed her bag and storms out.

"Pansy, what's up with y/n?" Draco asked.

"Maybe you should ask yourself that" Pansy spat.

"What? All because of the Potter comment?"

"No. You know exactly why. Sometimes Malfoy, you really are a selfish prick."