ALEXIS’S POV
You arrived at the Astronomy tower to find none other than Draco in the spot that you had mentally reserved for Blaise. “What the hell do you want?” you scowled, sounding a lot tougher than you felt.
“Why the attitude? I just want to talk.”
“I have nothing to say to you.”
“Fine. I’ll talk, you just listen.”
You crossed your arms, curious as to what he could possibly have to say that would interest you.
“Lexi – ” he began.
“It’s Alexis,” you corrected him.
“Right, Alexis. I made a huge mistake when I broke up with you.”
“Sucks for you.”
“I didn’t think you were serious about the whole ‘abstinence’ and ‘waiting’ thing and I overreacted. I’ve never regretted anything more.”
“Gee, that’s terrible,” you said, your voice dripping with sarcasm.
“What I came here to say” – you took a step backwards as he moved toward you – “is that I’m sorry. And I’ll do anything I can to make it right.”
Before you could say or do anything, he had you up against the wall and his tongue in your mouth.
“Ahem,” came a sound from the doorway.
*Blaise!*
You pushed Draco away from you and looked at your boyfriend, stunned. “This isn’t what it looks like I swear.”
“Well,” said Draco, slipping out with a subtle smirk. “It looks like you two have some talking to do, so I’ll leave you alone.”
Blaise turned around too as if to follow suit, but you stopped him.
“Blaise, wait.”
“I know what I saw, Alexis,” he said solemnly.
“But you don’t know what happened,” you protested. “It’s not what it looks like. I didn’t kiss him.”
“Really? Because that’s definitely what I saw.”
“I mean, technically I did, but he kissed me! I didn’t have a choice! I got a note that said to come here at 6:30 from the owl you usually use so I figured it was from you but when I got here Draco was here and he told me that breaking up with me was the biggest mistake of his life and then he kissed me and it caught me off guard and I didn’t know what to do and then you walked in.” You spit it all out as fast as you could.
“Do you still have feelings for Draco?” Blaise asked quietly.
“No.” You shook your head, knowing you still did.
He paused, studying your face for a minute before he spoke again. “You better go to dinner before Brianna and Rachael get worried.”
“But what about you?” you asked. “Aren’t you coming?”
He brushed past you and mumbled, “I have something to take care of first.”
“FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” The cheers echoed throughout the corridor as you and your two friends made your way up to the Slytherin dorms. Just as you had expected, Blaise and Draco were the two going at it in front of the Common Room door. Draco, you noticed was mostly on the receiving end of the blows, but it seemed that he was holding back and just throwing enough punches to maintain his dignity. When Blaise saw you watching and looking horrified, he stopped almost instantly. “Alexis,” he said, approaching you.
“Maybe you should go upstairs,” you suggested in a harsh tone, a little embarrassed now that all the attention had turned to you.
He looked defeated but nodded and obeyed as the crowd dispersed, disappointed.
Once he was out of sight, you walked up to Draco who was nursing his bloody nose.
“Thanks for not killing him,” you said. “I know you wanted to.”
“I think you wanted to more, judging by the look on your face.”
You shrugged. “A little.”
“So what’s going to happen with the two of you now?”
“I guess we’ll see. He’s been acting strange lately and he won’t talk about it. He acts the same around everyone else, but around me it’s like he’s a completely different person.”
“Mmm.” He mumbled in agreement. “I miss you. And us.”
“Me too.” You felt bad having feelings for a guy who wasn’t your boyfriend. It wasn’t that you liked one more than the other, just both equally for different reasons.
You sighed. “I better go talk to Blaise.”
“Ok then, we’re officially broken up.” Blaise took the bad news surprisingly well, or so it seemed. You could see how hard he was trying to play it off cool like he didn’t care. You breathed a sigh of relief as you entered your dorm, feeling as if a burden had been lifted off your chest but at the same time that guilt had been put in its place. You dumped your boyfriend with the intention to go back to your ex, a man-whore who nearly raped you and everyone was ok with it? You tried to rationalize it by convincing yourself that you couldn’t be with someone who acted secretive and strange around you. All of a sudden, a loud screech all but put you in cardiac arrest. Your mother’s owl was standing on your bedpost with a letter tied to its leg. As soon as you untied it, it took off back home.
My Dearest Lexi,
Good news! Your father and I have been promoted! Unfortunately, that means we’ll be extremely busy for quite a while. We’ve decided that it would be in yours and our best interest for you to spend the summer at Malfoy Manner. Hopefully you and Draco can put your differences aside and this will work out.
Love,
Mom
You took out a quill and piece of parchment and scribbled a note to Draco, asking him if he got a similar letter. You handed it to Steve who took it in his beak and flew it over. He came back with a reply.
Yes I got one. Write to me on this.
There was a second piece of parchment that you assumed to be like one of those pages in Tom Riddles’ diary.
Hey
Hey babe. Useful parchment, huh?Yeah!
Did you break up with him yet?
Wow, he spent no time beating around the bush.
Yeah. He took it well.
That’s good. So you’re available now.
You knew what he was hinting at, but you decided to play coy anyway.
Well I guess, but there’s no one I’m really interested in…
Is that so?
Oh most definitely.
The two of you went on like this for a while, him trying to get you to admit that you liked him and you pretending you had no idea. It was a dumb game really, when you thought about it.
Bloody hell, woman, will you go out with me already?
Hey! Language!
Answer the question.
I just broke up with someone. Pay a little respect. Two weeks.
Two days.
Week and a half.
One week.
Deal. As of May 29th we are officially dating.
Alright.
I gotta sleep. Talk to you in the morning.
Goodnight then.
You fell asleep wondering what life would be like in a week.
