'' What the fuck are you playing at, Riddle?'' He growled out, his face inches away from mine, utterly furious to why I agreed to meet Adrian; his hold of my jaw tensed, '' You're not meeting Pucey tomorrow — I hope you know that,''

I gulped at his tells, staring intensely into the raging blue eyes, '' You don't get to decide—,''

'' Don't try me right now,'' He bites back, shutting me up completely, '' You're not seeing him, and that's the end of this—,''

My heart ached at the look of him, how numb, hollow he watched to be. I fluttered a huff, giving into his hold as I wrapped my hand around his, prying his fingers off my skin, '' Draco—,''

He shoed back, his hand held onto mine for a slight second before he withdrew from me altogether — a ring-coated hand sped through his hair, tugging it back as he started pacing, back and forth over the tile floor,

My veins iced as his steps echoed loudly, his ragged breaths filled the quietness, '' Talk to me,'' I tried to speak, but nothing,

He was trapped in his own temper, '' Talk to me, please — Draco,''

The instant he caught onto his name, dropping off my tongue, his head snapped to mine, '' What?''

'' What is the matter—,''

'' The matter?'' He mocked, mimicking my voice, '' My fucking problem is that I saw how he looked at you—,''

'' I'm not stupid. I knew exactly what that fool was thinking,'' Draco's words almost broke in shouting, arms thrown in the air before eyes narrowed in mine, '' He can't have you...'' Draco breathed, taking long strides back to me,

'' I can't let him have you,''

Jealousy filled the space between us as he closed it, his body tensed and coldly pressed against mine, '' Don't let him have you,''

The suit covered arms placed on each side of me, trapping me in his hold, '' Do you remember what I asked of you?'' The blonde one questioned, so close, my senses filled with the scent of mint and cologne, '' Do you remember what you promised me?''

I shook my head as an answer, nearly too startled of his behavior to do anything, to say something that might set him off completely — the tension grew as his nose brushed against mine, hues flicked between my eyes and lips,

He was handsome,

More than handsome, and I never really noticed,

The way his blonde strands of hair fell perfectly over his head, how the dark eyelashes made his eyes shimmer even more,

Draco cleared his throat, nearly hesitant to what he was about to speak, yet as the cold boy he lived to be, he did it without doubt, '' That I'm the only one who's allowed to make you cum,''

No,

No,

No,

It will always be this,

Whore,

He will always see me like a whore,

My face twisted in grimace, the twirls off blood flushing through my veins scored coldly, '' What did you just—,'' I hewed myself off, shoving past him,

'' You actually believe that I would sleep with him?'' My tone broke in disbelief, my heart ached, '' I didn't even sleep with you, Draco — why would I ever...'' My feet stumbled past the tile floor, distancing myself from him,

The blonde one shook his head, hands tugged at his hair, '' No, you don't fucking listen—,'' He growled, booting inches away, his fingers cupped my cheeks to drag my face closer to his, '' I didn't—, I didn't say that,''

My sights grounded, not wishing to look at him.

I didn't want to meet his eyes because every time I did — I fell lost in them; they held too much power over me,

'' I'm always going to be that to you, aren't I?''

He held shocked, startled, even if he knew what he said, he grasped the used words, and how much it hurt me to hear them,

I forced him back, my palms repeatedly pushed into his chest, my fingers curled into fists, hitting, shoving, pushing him back, '' You're unbelievable, Draco Malfoy,'' I breathed, my entire self trembled as I wanted him to fight back, to stop my doings, but he didn't,

He let me take all of the rage and frustration I kept hidden inside, out on him,

Draco knew that, if anything, he deserved this,

Tears prickled my eyes, my vision turned blurry as I dropped my hands, caving into my own mess, '' That's the way you'll always see me like, right?''

'' A whore?''

The already sharp jaws clenched, his face held a cold look, but his eyes shifted soft, nearly as if he felt for me, as if he didn't want to do this,

Yet he did,

And I was done, because all I tended to be, to the blonde boy standing speechless in front of me, was a whore,

I shook my head, annoyingly huffing at him before I strived to turn around, to leave him with the imagination that I would do the thing he asked me not to, that I would meet Adrian,

But the second I sought to leave, he once again grabbed me, his fingers roughly snatching my wrist, yanking me back to him, '' Don't you dare meet him, Leiah. I need you to promise me that you won't do that, that you won't meet him,''

His eyes searched mine, looking for any signs of remorse, '' You don't get to tell me what to do, Malfoy,'' I hissed, feeling my temper missing me as I hauled my arm back, grabbing the door handle,

'' I swear to—,'' He held, sucking in a harsh breath, his toned chest moved heavily, '' If you meet him, we're done,''

''Isn't it a good thing we never got started then?'' I dared him before slamming the door shut, marching my way back to the great hall, and as I do — I hear his voice through the walls, shouting, cursing as he threw things across the room,

It hurts, but I can't care,

I can't do this anymore,

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I settled that night in Luna's room, frightened that the blond-haired boy would come searching for me if I stayed in my own dorm,

It was either her room or Blaise's, but if I stayed in his room, I would most definitely run into Draco,

And I couldn't handle that right now,

I couldn't even look at him, not after what happened,

My heart was not built to take another heartbreak,

I told Luna what happened, everything that had passed between Draco and me. I even spoke to her about Adrian and his comment about what the blonde one had been up to with Pansy.

But no matter how hurt I was, and how many times she'd warned me about the deemed Draco Malfoy — she never told me '' I told you so,''

Not one single time,

She didn't lecture me about how thoughtless I was,

How my actions lived to be reckless,

How I should've known better than to let him in,

She merely hugged me as I sobbed into her arms. My breaking figure always found comfort in hers. Luna held me for hours while she hummed calming, gentle words into my neck before my exhausted body fell asleep hugged in hers,

My heart was bursting over a boy I hated,

Over a boy that hated me.

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'' Daydreaming, are we, miss Ravenclaw?'' Professor Snape mocked me, hovering as his voice sternly broke through my clouded mind,

I jolted back, my spine slammed against the backrest as I pretended to be fiddling with my book, '' No, sir,'' I stuttered, ashamed that he caught me off guard — he suspiciously nodded, before swiftly spinning around, marching his way back to the front of the class,

''Are you alright?'' Luna asked with a tap on my shoulder, making my head lock at hers, '' Do you want to—,''

'' Absolutely not,'' Hermione rose, turning in her seat to face us, ''You two are staying right here,'' She held a more than disturbing look, eyebrows frowned as she had her arm crossed over her chest,

'' See—,'' Luna bite back, '' This is why she keeps spending time with Blaise and not us,

'' Because you always do this, Granger,''

Hermione's features slightly fell at Luna's talks, looking hurt by the assumption she just made, '' You don't mean—,''

''Leiah, if you'd like — we can do something after dinner,'' She smiled, avoiding the stare of her blonde-haired girlfriend,

Hermione shrugged at what passed, her eyes flickered to mine as well, '' Yes, we can, when class is over,'' She mocked Luna, earning an annoyed look to lift on her highlights,

'' Now you're just being ridiculous,'' Luna huffed, slamming her book shut before her hand grabbed mine, '' Besides, I think Leiah has plans for tonight—, isn't that right?''

Hermione's face dropped in confusion before a spark of curiosity shuns through the dense look, '' What? With who?''

'' Don't tell me it's that Mal—,''

Snape sighed loudly as he stormed closer. His hand coated Hermione's head for a brief moment before he sent it straight to face her books instead of talking to us,

My sights grounded in the pages, a shy smile arched in the corner of my mouth, thinking about the boy I had promised to meet tonight, how the flush of excitement rushed through me, yet not —

I needed this. I needed my mind to swirl around anything else but the blonde-haired Slytherin and the brown-haired Hufflepuff,

I didn't deserve this. I knew I didn't. But Draco had me in his hold, to play with as he please, even if I wished to do everything to pry out of it, to never have to see that boy ever again,

I couldn't,

Because I was stuck here, in this school, within these walls and there was no way to leave, so I had to manage it, to manage myself,

My eyes flicked up, striving to focus on the words spoken by Snape, but my focus repeatedly missed me as my views wandered, looking over the studying students, and in the midst of all the small mumbled, tiny chatter — the blue eyes caught mine, staring evilly through mine,

The way he looked at me, how his gaze bored through mine, took my breath away,

I couldn't be here.

I didn't want to,

Without reason, I urged my chair back, gripping everything that held on my desk in a flying movement — scared to Snape would falter me before I the chance to leave,

I snuck out, unnoticed as I stepped down the hallways, headed towards the library to study in the calmness between old, dusty books and the humming librarian,

I flinched back the instant I turned the corner, feeling a cold hand snatch me back, '' Date?'' He seethed through gritted teeth, not even giving me a chance to look at him before he accused, '' I thought I told you not to see him,''

I faced the blue eyes, his face tensed by the shocked look of mine — with a harsh swallow, '' You said that if I walked out—,''

''No, I said if you meet him, and still, you plan to do so?''

'' Yes,''

'' Yes?'' He hissed, dangerously pulling me closer, '' You have an ugly habit of not listening to me,'' I felt the minty breaths fanning my flushed cheeks,

'' That's because I don't have to—,'' I sought to convince, '' You don't own me, Draco. I can do as I please because I don't belong to anyone,''

I stood my ground, feeling confident about what I had just spoken, but not the blonde one. His eyes grew dark as the provoked smirk spread — his hues glared in pure evil, '' You don't belong to me?''

I shook my head, taking a shoe back, nearly frightened at his persona, '' No, I don't belong to anyone,''

Silence,

He stood tall in front of me in utter silence before he suddenly shoved me back, his hand gripped around my neck as he dragged me down the hall, '' Well —,'' He held, hauling at his wand to unlock the closet, '' Let me show you, who you belong too,'' He flung the door shut, making me stumble back into the shadowed room,

"Tell me you want this." He breathed.

I gulped on my own words, " I do—"

His fingers coarsely dug into my waist, pulling himself on to me, his head dipped to my ear, trailing his tongue behind it,

'' Spread your legs,''

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