This Life's Mine (Draco Malfoy X OC Love Story)

Chapter 27

"Where's the moody prince?" Blaise asked sitting across from me at breakfast.

"Shouldn't you be telling me since he's one of your roommates?" I looked up at him.

"He wasn't there when I woke up this morning." Blaise looked at me confused. "I thought he stayed with you last night?"

"No, he left my dorm not long after curfew. I figured he went back to your guys dorm." I explained now really confused.

"I fell asleep right after I unpacked so I don't know if he ever came back last night."

"I swear if he's not in potions." I grumbled out standing up to go to class.

Blaise stood up too chuckling a bit making me turn to him.

"What are you laughing at?"

"You. It's not like you'll actually do anything to him if he's not in class." He continued to laugh. I rolled my eyes at him.

"You don't know me Blaise." I told him as we walked through the corridors together.

"Sadly I don't know you but from how much Draco talks to me about you I feel like I do." He explained as we walked down the stairs to the dungeons.

I turned to look at him in surprise.

"What?" He asked me confused.

"Draco talks about me?" I asked him and he smirked.

"Yeah, all the time." He said making me feel butterflies in my stomach. "He can be bloody annoying with it sometimes."

I laughed at this as we got to the potions classroom.

"Where have you been mate?" Blaise asked Draco who was walking towards us from the other direction.

"No where that concerns you." Draco answered.

Draco came up to me as we walked into the classroom together. For some reason his cologne is really strong today.

"Jeez Draco. How much cologne did you put on this morning?" I asked him. "And why do you smell more like green apples than you usually do?"

"You're one to talk, Haley. I can smell your vanilla and cotton candy shampoo from here." He told me as we went to stand with the rest of the class.

Hermione giggled just a few feet from us catching our attention.

"What?" I asked her confused.

"Nothing." She shook her head at me, smiling still.

"Everyone gather around." Professor Slughorn said motioning us to gather around a table in the front of the classroom.

Draco leaned against a wall as I stood next to him, Blaise on the other side of me. Before Slughorn could say anything else all of our attention was brought to the door as it opened.

"Harry my boy, I was beginning to worry. We've brought someone I see." Slughorn said as Harry and Ron came through the door.

"Ron Weasley sir. But I'm dead awful at potions, a menace actually. So I'm just going to go." Ron tried to turn around to leave but Harry grabbed him before he could.

"Nonsense, we'll sort you out." Slughorn said to them. "Any friend of Harry's is a friend of mine."

Slughorn continued to talk to them but I stopped listening as I eyed Draco. He seemed off today. He noticed me watching him and smirked down at me.

"Yes love?" He asked.

"Nothing." I answered before paying attention back to Slughorn.

"I prepared some concoctions this morning. Any ideas on what these might be?" He asked the class. And of course Hermione's hand shot up. "Yes, Ms.?"

"Hermione Granger." Hermione answered stepping forward. "That one there is Veritaserum. It's a truth telling serum. And that one would be Polyjuice potion, it's terribly tricky to make." She answered pointing to each potion.

Draco rolled his eyes at her while she talked. I couldn't help but smile at his reaction.

"And that is Amortentia, the most powerful love potion in the world." Hermione continued. She turned and smiled at me. "It's rumored to smell differently to each person according to what attracts them. For example I smell freshly mowed grass, new parchment and spearmint toothpaste."

My eyes went wide at what she said. Did that mean that the potion is the reason Draco's scent is so strong today? I side eyed him to see that his eyes are also wide, having realized it too.

So does this mean he's attracted to me? It would make sense after what Blaise had told me earlier.

"Sir, you haven't told us what's in that one." Katie Bell pointed out a small vile.

"Oh yes, what you see before you ladies and gentlemen is a curious little potion known as Felix Felicis. But it is more commonly referred to as Liquid Luck." Slughorn explained picking up the vile.

I couldn't help but notice Draco perk up as Slughorn continued talking.

"This is what I offer each of you today. One tiny vial of Liquid Luck to the student who, in the hour that remains, manages to brew an acceptable Drought of Living Death. Recipes can be found on page ten of your books." Slughorn explained to all of us.

Everyone quickly went to their stations to start brewing the potion. I glanced at Draco to see him focusing really hard obviously wanting to win the potion.

I also quickly got to work trying to figure out the potion along with everyone else.
After a while it seemed that everyone is having trouble with the potion. I noticed that Hermione's hair has become really frizzy and it seemed a few people had their potion explode in their faces.

A small explosion next to me caught my attention as I turned to see streaks of black on Draco's face. I started to laugh at him as he turned and glared at me. I turned away from him but continued to laugh.

I put the next ingredient the book called for into the cauldron but then the potion exploded in my face as well. I heard Draco start laughing at me. I tuned to stare at him but seeing him laugh like that again caused me to quickly lose my glare and start laughing too.

I nudged him in the side and he nudged me back before smiling down at me. I smiled back at him, happy to see him like this. I couldn't ignore what I'm feeling now. I realize that Fred and George were right when they said that I like him more than just friends. And I'm sure he feels the same way after everything that's happened today.

Both of our attention was caught from one another by Harry calling Slughorn over to look at his potion. I noticed that he's the only one that doesn't look like the potion backfired on them.

And I was correct when Slughorn smiled at Harry and gave him the vile of Liquid Luck.

"Stupid Pottah." Draco grumbled beside me.

I turned to look at him again to see that he now looks angry, glaring at Harry. Then he looked back down at me and his look immediately softened. He sighed and wrapped his arm around me causing my stomach to flutter.

"Come one, lets get cleaned up." He said, pulling me out of the classroom with the rest of the students who are leaving.

"I'm sorry you didn't get the potion." I whispered as we got into the hall. He looked down at me confused. "I knew you wanted it. I'm guessing for you know what."

He sighed but gave me a smile. "It's fine. I thought it could possibly help us. But I know we'll be fine. As long as you're with me I feel like I can do anything."

I smiled at him before leaning into him as we walked to get cleaned up before our next class.