"Did you miss me?..over summer?"

Our bodies lay cradling one another on a bed quite obviously not made for two people. Each of Draco's fingers grazed over every one of my knuckles, my hand laying lightly on his chest.

Hoping I already new the answer to my question I didn't feel the usual panic that enjoyed knotting my stomach unbearably.

"Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to Miss. Drayheart?" He shifted his face until I felt his eyes penetrating the side of my face.

A half smile crept its way onto me, sadly the intimidation his stare contained wasn't going anywhere. "Hmm..I don't know..sometimes I just like the reassurance. I mean after all you've never even asked me to be your girlfriend. For all I know I could be one of a long line of girls" I tried my best not to let my smile grow any further up my face.

At first the silence amused me, I was waiting for a witty response. Something ruthless and harsh that only he could get away with but the more the seconds flew by the more a modest worry found its way racing around my mind. I moved my head gently until our eyes were parallel to each other, I tried to read whatever was going on in there but there was little to give away.

"Nothing to say?"

"I don't know what to say." His voice was quiet and unsettlingly weak.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want to ask you to be my girlfriend..I never have."

"...wow! Well...ha! Now I don't know what to say." The feel of his body close to me no longer brought comfort instead it sent a tight, claustrophobic feeling swarming itself around me. I shifted slightly suddenly becoming very aware at how exposed I was.

"I don't know how to explain it..its just-" I saw the moment his brain began turning, trying to summon words to come out of his mouth.

"No..don't worry I think it's quite clear."

"Ivy don't turn into a drama queen again. Please just let me think of the words." He rolled his head slightly, gazing up to the ceiling.

"Drama Queen!"

"Ivy!" He shot a dagger at me quickly. I took that as a request to shut up and I did..for a while...probably a lot shorter than it felt but I can't say being left with that information and expected to sit in silence was something that came easy. His lips twitched every 30 seconds or so, building the suspense ridiculously.

"I've never wanted to ask you to be my girlfriend...because...it felt more than that..I didn't want to put a label on us that felt child like. Like we were in some lust fuelled relationship destined to end. Like a teenage romance." A little smile of relief warmed my cheeks, His concentration still on the ceiling above him.

"But we are teenagers Draco."

"No I know that..obviously Ivy but do you understand what I mean? You know...it's just I don't want to ask you a question like a little kid" He suddenly shifted himself completely back to facing me, his eyes lit up slightly in an almost giddy way. " You know what I mean like...big! Not some pathetic little question that gets passed around on notes around here" The giddy grin began melting off his face and was replaced by something much more serious..a look of honesty and purity. "If I'm going to ask you something about us I want it to be serious, powerful...permanent like us. You know?"

"I know."

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"KILL ME NOW!" Pansy burst her way through the door, near enough taking it off its hinges.

"Where the hell have you been all night?! The party got shut down! So many people got caught! Draco barley made it out my room in time! I thought you had been caught!" My eyes were wide enough to pop out my head.

"Oh god I wish I had!" She sluggishly made her way over to the bed before throwing herself down on it like a sack of potatoes.

"Oh god...what did you do..."

"It's not what I did...it's who I did" She scrunched her face up and grit her teeth together hard.

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO! NO! NO!"

"YES! I slept with Blaise!" A pillow quickly cramped over her face with a muffled scream making its way through the material.

A high pitched scream escaped me before morphing it's way into a near enough cackle. "HOW?! WHEN?!"

"Well you know when you and Draco left after his...outburst well he looked sort of sad and dishevelled in a sort of 'Help me I'm lost' kind of way!"

"PANSY IF SOMEONE'S LOST YOU GIVE THEM A MAP YOU DON'T FUCK THEM!"

An abrupt bang sent me and Pansy spinning in the direction of the door, there stood an absolutley bewildered Draco. The fear of god looked like it was going to break its way out of him. His eyes bulging out of his head.

"WHAT'S HAPPENED! IVY! WHA-WHAT" His eyes darted around the room clearly trying to find any sort of danger but instead just a very confused me and a rather worse for wear Pansy.

"Erm are you ok?" I could see him fighting for breath trying to push out words.

"I-I heard..you..scream!" Pansy found her way back into her pillow obviously knowing what was coming next.

"Oh no I'm fine but guess what our little Pansy got up to last night..or should I say in to?" Her face still buried away.

"Jesus Ivy..I thought something had happened...god! Urgh..fuck" He placed his hand hard over his chest clearly still struggling to regain a normal breathing pattern.

"No Draco I'm fine but listen to what I just said!"

"Ok what? who?"

"...Blaise!" Even Draco who wasn't one for gossip couldn't help let his jaw to nearly drop to the floor.

"Fucking hell Parkinson! Who knew you had it in you" He darted his way over to her bed, poking her continuously in her side until she finally unveiled her bright red face laughing as she did so. It had been a long time since I'd seen this..jokey side of Draco.

Don't get jealous Ivy. Don't be pathetic.