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Cedric and Lottie never showed up. I would have been worried but Pierre swore that they were fine so we just left it at that. The rest of lunch was uneventful, but it didn't stay that way for long.

"Hey, I need to use the restroom real quick. I'll be right back alright?" I turned to Adeline as we left the hall. She nodded as I turned to the left.

"Other way!" Pierre said with a smirk on his face. I smiled and then walked to the right, the correct direction, with a bit of a blush on my cheeks. It wasn't too long of a walk to the bathrooms, and I was sure I wouldn't get lost.

I walked quickly turning around the corner only to stop in my tracks. Oh boy.

Draco and two other Slytherin boys, who I had learned to be Crabbe and Goyle, stood talking to each other just a few meters away from the girl's room. They must have sensed me standing there awkwardly because they decided to direct their attention towards me.

"Well, look who we have here. Get lost again, hufflewus?" Draco snickered walking closer to me. Not his best insult really.

The boys behind him laughed idiotically like he was the Paul Anka of comedy. I ignored the comment and started walking again, steering as far as possible from them. Keeping my head held high I didn't notice one of them stick their foot out, slightly tripping me so I stumbled.

"Can't even walk correctly, Bloom? Probably the work of your mudblooded parents, can't even raise a child correctly," The blonde snickered, his goons gladly joining in.

"Don't talk about my parents like that!" I whipped around and glared at him, my fists clenched at my sides.

"Or what?" He challenged. When I didn't say anything Crabbe and Goyle laughed at my small attempt to stand up for myself and my family. I felt stupid backing down so early, but there wasn't a single thing I could do that wouldn't end up badly for my family and Adeline.

"Exactly. Just like that. People of your stature should do what you're doing right now, shutting up and listening to your superiors," He pushed and I scoffed.

There was no use in arguing with him, he'd just end up throwing some empty threat that risks too much and winning. That didn't mean I couldn't get in a few blows.

"You know what Draco? You're a rude, scared little boy who can't seem to do anything but insult others probably because you're too insecure about yourself. I don't care who your father is, or how "pure" your blood may seem, you're still just another bully," I spat angrily.

Everyone seemed a bit taken back at my sudden outburst, but Draco quickly recovered. His eyebrows scrunched together in a fit of rage and his eyes darkened.

"Why you," He stormed towards me whipping his wand out of his pocket. I was trying to get mine out when he flicked it out of my hand using a disarming spell. Suddenly defenseless, I froze.

He brought his wand up to my face in a threatening motion, the tip of it almost touching my throat. I kept my hands visible and pulled back my head in a bit of fear, attempting to hold back my quick breaths.

"You're lucky I don't use a spell on you right now, filthy little mudblood," He seethed, extra amounts of hate and pure resentment dripped from every word, "I got this one boys. Go ahead and head back to the next class."

I watched as Crabbe and Goyle hesitantly blumbered around the corner. Suddenly it was just Draco and I, out of a whole castle of students no one could walk down this one hall? He slowly lowered his wand and it felt like I could breathe again.

"I'm not going to hurt you, not yet anyways," He scowled and practically muttered the last part, just loud enough for me to hear. I glared daggers at him, hoping my front would deter any sort of action he was planning on doing.

He scoffed and shoved a bit of parchment into my chest roughly. Confused, I opened the crumpled bit of paper to find a list of books and an assignment? It said something along the lines of:

Chadwick's Charms I, II, and III

Charms of Defence and Deterrence

Cheering Charms

Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus

Find each of these books in the library and write a short summary about a charm from each book. Of course if you become fantastically encharmed in the novel, a whole book review will also be accepted from one of them. I hope you can learn something from this Draco.

Professor Flitwick

"What is this?" I asked looking up from it in confusion. He rolled his eyes as if it was obvious and then I caught on, "Surely you don't want me to do your homework for you?"

I was flabbergasted, how dare he shove this in my hand and pretend like it's normal.

"That disgusting little dwarf decided to give me extra work instead of detention. Spineless halfbreed couldn't even write it himself, McGonagall had to convince him," He scoffed before continuing, "I would have just told my father and been done about all this nonsense. But I figured, why bother him when I have a mudblood to do it for me."

My jaw clenched, I rather liked Flitwick and Draco probably deserved the assignment. It was utterly insulting that he would consider me so lowly as some sort of servant to him. I suddenly felt quite passionate about S.P.E.W, it's not nice being treated so horribly.

"I'm not going to do your homework for you Malfoy," I said roughly, while throwing the paper back at him. He just laughed quietly.

"You act like you have a choice," He smirked while twirling his wand where I could see it. If I could disarm him, I'd surely scare him off.

My eyes darted to my wand, I decided that it was close enough to surprise him. I lunged for the object, immediately turning around and getting ready to use the disarming spell.

"Expelliarmus!"

We said it at the same time, but Draco's spell was stronger. His wand flew out of his hand but mine not only did that, I fell back and slammed into the ground. It wasn't a very powerful push, I had seen many powerful wizards completely launch other people back. Luckily, I don't think he's skilled enough to pull a spell at that strength.

It was enough to shock me a bit but I quickly recovered and scrambled for my wand. I heard a throat clear and I looked up to see that Draco had grabbed his own sceptre before I could get even close to mine. I groaned slightly and slowly rose to my feet.

He seemed proud of himself and proceeded to shove the paper back into my hand. I crumpled it lightly and rolled my tongue against my cheek. This time he decided not to lower his wand and instead started walking towards me. I didn't shrink back and stood still with my head held high.

"I need this done today-"

"What? That's impossible I can't-"

"That's not my issue. This better be done by the end of the day," He placed his wand under my chin and moved closer to my ear. Chills shot up my spine when he whispered lowly, "Or you'll regret it... deeply."

I pulled away from him and attempted to hide my flushed cheeks. He didn't say anything but I knew he saw my reaction, he didn't stay much longer as footsteps were echoing in the hall. He stormed off and I stood there absolutely speechless.

"Merlin, what's taking you so long?" Adeline scoffed as she quickly looked around the corner in perfect timing with Malfoy disappearing down another corner.

I considered telling her, letting her know how absolutely humiliated I was just a second ago but reconsidered. If I told her that, she would surely kill Malfoy and then we'd be expelled. If we get sent home, then we become a bother to our parents and infringe on their plans... whatever those were of course.

"I... got lost?" There was so much hesitance in that sentence that I didn't really expect Adeline to fall for it.

"You got lost? You only had to walk down like 3 corridors Juliet," She raised her eyebrows in suspicion and I laughed nervously.

"You know how it is," I said with an awkward smile, we started walking down the corridor.

"Are you feeling okay? You're acting... weird," She asked a bit concerned, "Not a normal weird, a weird weird."

"Uhm ouch! Don't be so rude Adeline. I'm truly fine, just don't tell anyone I got lost okay?" I laughed and she smiled

"Of course not, did you even have to ask? We better hurry if we want to catch up to the group, otherwise we'll be late," She was walking fast and we eventually caught up to the trio. I was glad too, because I'm pretty sure we would have gotten lost without them.

Luckily, I didn't have any classes with... him the whole day. I had so much fun in the classes I really forgot all about the stupid book assignment and the encounter with Draco until after History of Magic.

"What's this? You know you can't turn in a mangled parchment like that," Lottie chuckled while pointing at my pocket. We were leaving the classroom, but my stomach dropped in pure dread as I remembered the stupid assignment thing.

"Oh, uh yeah. I know! It's just a personal reminder, nothing really important," I rambled slightly. I wasn't even entirely sure how to get to the library but I had a vague idea. Lottie smiled a bit at me but I think she knew I was fibbing.

"Listen, I have to run to the library. Is there any way you can help me with directions?"

"Oh yeah for sure! It's on the first floor so we're right next to it! I can take you there if-"

"No, no I- uh think I can find it. Thanks so much for the offer though! I have tons of... work to do, so I might not make it to dinner," I smiled at her and then turned to Adeline who was talking to Ron about something.

"Hey, I have to run to the library okay? I'm not sure I'll make it to dinner, I have to find an ancient ruins book," I told her quickly and she nodded. Before she could ask any more questions I sped off down the hall, not before receiving a confused look from Lottie. We didn't need to get any books for ancient runes.

I rushed down the corridor and scanned every hallway, room, and archway before I found the library. Luckily, it didn't take me more than 5 minutes if searching but my mouth gaped at the size of the library.

Cedric had swung us by here the first night but it was closed, I hadn't fully seen the inside until now. Tens of thousands of books sat on thousands of shelves, with hundreds of skinny rows. Desks littered the room and lined each row. There were plenty of little lamps illuminating every row with warm light.

It would have been amazing if I didn't have to find 6 books and read them all within... I glanced for a clock and groaned. I had about 3 hours until dinner, and then the library closed at 8 for curfew. So I had about 5 hours, but only if I didn't go to dinner, I considered whether or not 3.5 hours would be an adequate amount of time, and decided I'd come to a decision later.

I jogged down the columns in search of the charms section. I ran through almost the whole library before finally finding the stupid sign that read, "Charms." I huffed as I realized how large the charms section was, there were about 20 rows full of books, not even considering the various carts that littered the walkway.

I was hoping they'd have organized their books better, but the sections were all messed up. I ended up having to scan every shelf, looking at my list every time I thought I found something. I ended up finding every book on the list, counting the 5 of them to be sure.

I glanced at the large clock that sat in front of the large library. It had taken me a whole hour to find all of the stupid books. My mouth dropped open in surprise, there was no way I could read and write about all of these in one night. I considered what the heck I was going to do if Draco decided to keep his threat.

If I stayed with people all the time, he couldn't use any sort of spells on me... but I doubted I'd be able to do that all year. If he decided to get Adeline or I expelled, I was afraid there was nothing I could do. My stomach churned at the thought of him doing something to one of my friends... especially Addy.

I shook my head as if the thoughts and possibilities would rattle out at some point. I had to finish this, there was no other option. I took a deep breath, took out my quill, some parchment, and began reading. I'm not sure how he would fool Professor Flitwick with my hand writing but that wasn't my issue.

At some point during the third volume of Chadwick's Charms, I snickered and decided to put a little false information in my paper. I don't think you actually need to wrap underwear around the end of your wand before casting the Fianto Duri charm, but I'm sure it would be an interesting experiment. If Flitwick read that far into the paper he might even laugh.

Under different circumstances, I would have found the novels kind of interesting... besides Chadwick's Charms, they were our main charm's textbooks in Ilvermorny and I had already read the first three.

The library slowly dwindled in numbers as the windows darkened into the night. I ended up not going to dinner, instead worked tirelessly until it was only 15 minutes until the library closed. I shut the last book and did a fist pump, I did it!

I felt proud of myself as I put the parchments together with a smile. It had taken some time, but I had made it... even if all that work was just to please a pretend hierarchy. I looked at the crumpled assignment on the table, and I looked down the rows quickly to see if anyone was nearby.

"Incendio," I whispered and watched in enjoyment as the paper began to burn slowly.

Suddenly, my eyes caught something before the fire fully devoured the page. In a panic I looked through the papers, my heart sunk so quickly I felt like I was going to throw up.

There were 6 books, I had forgotten the one text that wasn't a charm book.

Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus.

I cursed and stood up quickly. I could still make it, I would have to check out the book and work in my dorm. The only issue was that this was a generic spellbook, it could be anywhere... and I had about 13 minutes to find it.

I grabbed my things and rushed away from my desk quickly. The only chance I had was finding the librarian, she'd know where it could be. I ran from the charms section as quickly as possible, I was pretty far back from the front desk. Suddenly one of my papers flew out of my hand and I had to turn back and grab it.

I must have looked foolish, running in the library at such a late hour. My hair was sticking out of its bun multiple places, my reading glasses almost slipped off my nose while I clambered all my things in an attempt to keep everything together.

"Excuse me," I said in between breaths as I ran up to the lady sitting at the front desk. I glanced down and saw the plaque that said her name hanging on the desk, "Madam Pince, could you help me? I have to find "Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus" as quickly as possible."

"Funny. A boy your age just checked one out, there should be another copy in the transfiguration section. Although you better hurry, I don't stay late for students," She said never looking up from her large book. It seemed to be some sort of inventory, but I didn't look for long.

"Thank you ma'am" I turned from her and ran towards the area I remembered seeing earlier.

I glanced at the clock, I only had about five minutes left. I set my stuff and scanned the books as quickly as possible. A few didn't have their names on the spines and I had to pull them out, scanning the cover quickly.

I ran down each row reading as quickly as possible. I was able to make it to the last row and finished, I didn't find it. I slammed my hand on the table and clenched my jaw, I was so close. I heard the clock chime loudly signaling the end of the day.

I had to hold back tears of frustration, I wasn't sure what to do. I grabbed my stuff and started making my way towards the exit, I was angry. Angry that I didn't finish, angry that I missed the stupid book, angry that I didn't get dinner despite me being hungry, and angry at the boy who didn't give me a choice. I was furious at the boy who believed no one was good enough but him, the one who believed that my death would be a gift to the world, the one with eyes that always made mine grow soft.

My pace grew quicker and I felt my fists grip tightly onto the papers. Lights started turning off as the library closed. Suddenly, I was pulled into a towering row of books. I took in a gasp of air in surprise, almost losing my balance the only thing holding me up was the stranger.

"What the-" A cold hand covered my mouth as someone walked past the row of books quickly. The librarian was grumbling while heading towards the transfiguration section.

When the hand didn't leave my mouth I ripped it off my face and spun around to yell at them. I faltered slightly when I realized who it was. My breath caught in my throat and I backed away from him.

"You've run out of time Bloom," Draco slowly walked up to me, I backed up until I hit one of the bookshelves.

He placed his hand on the shelf beside me and leaned closer to my face, waiting for my reaction. I attempted to keep my eyes away from his and cleared my throat. My cheeks were a bright red and I didn't know what to say, if it had been anyone else I would have shoved them off.

"I- I got the other books done. I'm sorry, but I didn't have the time to-"

"You had plenty of time, are you so thick that you can't review a few books?"

This angered me, did he have any idea what I went through to get this done?

"If it's so easy, then you should have done it," I spat and he only lightly laughed at this.

"I have to admit, you did a lot better than I thought you would. You're not as idiotic as I took you for," He said smugly, I tried not to react.

I jumped slightly when he slammed a book on the desk next to me. I swallowed and squinted my eyes to read the cover with the dimming lights. Fury and astonishment bubbled up through me as the words finally sunk in.

Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus

"You had it the whole time?" I looked at him in shock.

"And you were so close," He said in a mocking tone, pretending to be sympathetic.

I clenched my jaw and looked him in the eyes, those stupid eyes. I gripped the shelves behind me and considered tackling him. He enjoyed my reaction, found it amusing.

"I think my favorite part was when you thought you finished. The look of defeat that overcame your face. You lost Bloom, and the funny part is that you thought you even had a chance," He laughed and I scowled.

He planned this whole thing, he knew I wouldn't finish in time. He found pleasure in my suffering and I hated him for it.

"Here's your assignment Draco Malfoy, I hope it was worth it," I said absolutely done. I turned to walk away, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.

"Have you forgotten already? You didn't finish and there's... consequences to things like that," He threatened and I glared at him, although my mind was rushing to different places.

There were too many things he could do to me in the dark library... all alone. A lot of the options weren't exactly PG-13. My heartbeat quickened as he leaned in closer to my face as if he was about to kiss me.

He used his finger to tip up my chin, so our eyes made contact. I was so close to him I could smell the peppermint lacing his breath, and his cologne seemed to blur my vision. I couldn't leave the depths of his eyes until he tipped his head to the side slightly. His lips were only a few centimeters from mine.

I didn't protest, instead, I leaned forward in a way to tell him that I was okay with it. He smiled and brushed his thumb over my lips softly. I closed my eyes in wait but instead, I got a slap in the face.

Not a literal slap, I'm sure most of you just basically had a heart attack. He chuckled and pulled back. His face was smug and I cringed slightly, I fell for his taunt like an idiot.

"These better be good, Bloom. Especially now that I got to read an extra book because of your incompetence," Draco warned slightly, completely acting like the previous encounter hadn't happened.

I didn't say anything when he grabbed the papers and the book, obviously ready to leave the conversation. I just stood there, still in shock of the previous scenario.

"Oh and Bloom, try not to drool every time you see me. It's disgusting," He spat before stalking off and out of sight. My face turned red with embarrassment and rage.

I had never drooled over him and didn't plan on it either. In fact, the only thing I had ever done even remotely likable to him did not punch him in the gut when he tried to kiss me. Adeline was right, he was infuriating, absolutely... I peered towards the entrance to see him turn around the corner into the brightly lit hallway.

Wow, he's got a nice back... Wait wtf? Merlin's beard, Juliet you creep. BLAH! Youhatehimyouhatehimyouhatehim... inner-manifesting.

It took an entire minute before I was able to completely refocus. I shook my head and then walked into the hall. I got lost at some point and the two Gryfindor boys from D.A.D.A. helped me out. I learned their names were Dean and Seamus, both were very kind but also a chaotic duo.

When I finally reached the dorm Lottie and Maryann looked up from their books when I walked through the doors. When I finally reached my bed I collapsed into the sheets happily, without a word. The covers were warm from a copper bed warmer, and I sighed pleasantly.

"So... where were you?" Lottie asked with her eyebrows raised. A slight smirk plagued her face.

"What do you mean? I told you I was at the library," I looked at her confused as I began to undress for bed, hesitantly pulling away from the soft quilt.

"Oh come on Juliet!" She huffed putting her book down, "It's obvious you were somewhere else, we don't need a book for class and there's no way you had all that work. We all have the same classes as fourth years remember, except for the electives. And we have Ancient Runes together so that rules it all out! Now, I'm just trying to figure out what-"

"Or who," Maryann interjected with an eyebrow wiggle which made Lottie laugh before continuing.

"-was worth skipping dinner over," They both turned to me in wait.

My cheeks were a fiery red and I couldn't come up with any words. Draco's assignment and the interaction in the library flashed through my mind. I hated lying... I'd have to come up with something.

"I... had to do some extra work for Charms!" I caught up with the twist as it quickly came together.

"Really," Lottie rolled her eyes and huffed, "That's the best you can do?"

"Hey! I really was doing extra work, I had to read some Ilvermorny textbooks probably because I was transferring," I threw my pillow at her and she ducked, accidentally hitting Maryann.

"Sorry, Maryann," I giggled and she shook her head.

"Adeline didn't have anything to work on, just saying," Maryann smiled a bit in a teasing manner.

"I take my apology back, you deserve to be hit by that pillow," I frowned and she pretended to hold her heart in shame and hurt.

"Oh come on Juliet! Just tell us who you were snogging!" Lottie burst out a bit loudly which made Maryann let out a large laugh.

"Oh, yes! Please do tell!" I jumped slightly as a muffled voice came from the left side of the room.

I grabbed my shoe and lobbed it at the wall and huffed.

"Pierre quit listening in you weirdo!"

As soon as the bottom of the shoe hit the wall I heard a huge thump as if someone had fallen. The noise must have startled Pierre enough that he slipped backward. I heard a huge bellowing laugh come from... Cedric?

"That's karma for this morning mate," He yelled between laughs, just loud enough for our room to hear.

I heard more laughter from the other side and I rolled my eyes. I then directed a glare at Lottie for yelling so loud, she just laughed along with Maryann. They found the situation so amusing that they completely forgot about the library incident and moved on.

After a few minutes of giggling, we all decided to head to bed. Turning the lights out I thought about the library and the books. My mind wandered into that row... the smell of mahogany seemed to resurface in the room as the memory came back. The only difference? The kiss was absolutely magical.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed it my darlings!

Remember to read G's story aswell!