Requested by JulzLovDraco4Eva
"Back off loser!" A gryffindor bumped my arm and I just shuffled off to the side.
"Sorry." I squeaked. I didn't want to speak louder than a whisper
"You gotta start being mean y/n. Everyone wants to eat you alive." Ron shook his head as the trio walked up to me.
"I can't. I just freeze up so much."
"You'll get better at it. Just keep trying." Hermione encouraged me with a hand on my shoulder.
"I don't think so." I sighed "I'm just not intimidating."
"Well when it comes to the snake king you are." Harry laughed
"He's the one person who doesn't rattle your bones." Ron added
"Him? Now him I can talk back to. He doesn't scare me like everyone else. Despite the fact that he wants to pull my spine from my body, he's not intimidating."
"He wants to pull everyone's spines from their bodies. I think you just see him as a general twat rather than one who targets you." Harry remarked
"True." I agreed
"Oh my god, we are all gonna be late to class. Come on." Hermione pulled us along to potions.
We all sat down right before we'd be counted late. My seat just happened to be next to the one person who gets under my skin. Draco Malfoy.
"A little late aren't you?" He smirked
"Can it Malfoy." I seethed.
"Oh come on now. Don't be so grumpy. It's too early for that, pet."
I bit my bottom lip in anger and slammed my foot down on his toes.
"Ow!" He whisper yelled. "What the hell was that for?"
"You know. So quit."
"Do you two have something you'd like to share with the class?" Snape was right next to our desk. I jumped and looked down.
"No professor." Draco replied
"Then stop talking." Snape looked at both of us individually and then turned around to walk back to the front of the class.

"Y/n!" I heard a smooth voice call me as the trio and I walked out of potions.
I looked behind me to see the head of blonde hair flying his green robes down the hall to catch up.
"What do you want Draco?"
"Can I talk to you for a minute?"
I looked at the trio and they all shrugged.
"Sure. Make it quick."
Draco pulled me off to the side and into a small dark classroom.
"I need you to help me."
"With what?"
"With... just trust me on this. Please just help me."
"And why would I ever do that?"
"Because you need me, y/n Pettigrew."
My heart sunk. How did he know that? My real last name has been under lock and key for years now. How could it have gotten out?
"How did you find out about that?" I hissed as I grabbed him by the collar
"I overheard Dumbledore talking to another teacher. Seems even your little trio doesn't know your secret."
"You can't tell anyone about this Draco. I'm serious. I could be killed if people knew. And if snape found out?"
"That's why you're going to help me. You help me do what I need, I'll keep your secret."
"You're blackmailing me?!"
"Yes."
I looked at him deep in the eyes, my own squinting at him.
"Fine, I'll help. But on one condition."
"Which is?"
"The bullying? It stops."
"I don't bully you, pet. I tease you."
"It stops."
"Okay. Fine." He gave in

That week at hogwarts had swung by quicker than a student on the whomping willow after spending every day with Draco. We would always meet in the room of requirement or send each other notes in divination. Draco would make eye contact with me at the end of every day to make sure I was still on board. I nodded and we would make our way to the room.

Third POV
Y/n saw Harry glare at her but she just have him a 'what are you so concerned about?' look and turned back around. Harry leaned over to the red head beside him and whispered
"Why are y/n and Draco hanging out so much? I get she likes everyone but Draco? They've literally been enemies since day one of school."
"Maybe they are on their enemies to lovers arch?" Ron chuckled jokingly but Harry didn't find it funny. "I'm kidding! Seriously, they are probably just duelling each other in private or something. Either that or one of thems being blackmailed."
"Uh huh." Harry turned back to the two who were silently communicating with each other. Y/n seemed to take a bite of an invisible apple and Draco rolled his eyes with a smirk. Y/n giggled and turned back to the front of the class.
"I'm gonna talk to her after class." Harry nodded at his idea.
"Seriously Harry! Leave it alone! Just let them do what they want."
"No it's weird. I don't like it. I have bad feelings about it."
Class was over shortly after that and y/n and Draco made their way to the room of requirement while Harry And Ron caught up to Hermione.
"Have you seen the way y/n looks at Draco now?" Hermione said almost halfway out of breath "it's completely different."
"It's like she's in love with him." Harry snarled
"She actually can stand being in his presence. It's weird. They hang out like every day, not to mention they run off into places we can't find." Hermione was shaking her head
"I don't know why you two are so concerned. What if she actually likes him?" Ron retorted
"That's stupid Ronald Weasley. They have been mortal enemies since they first saw each other."
"They even almost had it worse than me and Draco." Harry pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"I think we should follow them after class today. See where they are going." Hermione made the plans for everyone and they all silently agreed

Y/n and Draco passed around notes in their divination class.
Have you gotten any closer since yesterday with that box thing?

It's not a "box thing". It's called the vanishing cabinet. But no... no progress...

Ugh! We are so close I can feel it! We can do this!

You don't have to pretend to want to help me. I know you're just doing it so I won't ruin your life.

It used to be that way, now I actually want to help.

Why?

Because despite what your past and my past self might think, you're actually a pretty good person deep down. I used to be so judgmental of you but I knew nothing about you. You may be an absolute twat on the outside, but inside? You're actually really sweet.

I am not sweet.

You literally gave me a rose yesterday after you almost decapitated me

I felt bad.

Exactly. You do have some morality deep down in that dark soul of yours ;)

Draco scoffed at the last note and then shoved it in his bag. He felt a small burn in his chest which made him tsk and rub the left side.
"What are you doing to me y/n?" He whispered to himself and finally payed attention to the notes.

The class was over and they both took their heavy strides to the room of requirement. The trio following short behind them, almost couldn't keep pace. The door to the room opened and closed quickly. The trio cracked the door but didn't go in right away. They peered into the dark dank room before watching the pair open a cabinet.
"Got the Apple?" Draco requested
She pulled a bright green apple out of her bag and handed it to Draco. He pushed the apple into the cabinet and closed the door. He whispered some sort of spell and then flicked his wand. The trio couldn't hear what spell he just spoke into existence but they knew it wasn't good. Hermione looked over at her brown haired best friend with determination. Harry gave her the same look and they all busted into the room.
"And what could you two possibly be getting up to?" Harry asked
The pair turned quickly and tried to hide the wooden box with their bodies.
"Nothing! Wait... how did you know we were here?"
"We followed you... duh." Ron answered, earning him a swift nudge to the gut.
"You followed us?" Y/n raised a brow and Harry knew they were in trouble.
"We just can't understand what's so important that you have to be hanging out with Draco every day."
"For your information, I can hang out with whoever I want... without reason."
"But you wouldn't hang out with Draco without a reason."
"Wouldn't I?"
"Is he blackmailing you or something? Look at me in the face and tell me he doesn't have any leverage on you."
She looked Harry dead in the eyes, determined to surpass his anger but she couldn't do it. Her eyes darted away quickly in sadness.
"You don't have to hang out with him if he's holding you against your will."
"He's not."
"You just said he was blackmailing you. What could be so bad anyway that you'll hang out with him?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because you'll hate me!"
"Nothing could be so bad we'd hate you."
"Yes you would." I looked at my shoes.
"You could tell us you were the daughter of Voldemort and we wouldn't hate you."
"Well.." Ron started but he got shut down really quick.
"Tell us."
She looked at them but the anxiety in her grew and she started to get defensive.
"If you think I won't let Draco use his blackmail against me to the point I have to help him with whatever sick plot he's going to do, what makes you think I'm gonna tell you? I CANT tell you. So stop asking."
They all seemed shocked and started to walk out.
"When you're done keeping things from us, you can talk to us again. But until then, don't consider us friends. Not when you're letting him get away with stuff." Harry shot Draco the nastiest look.
The trio walked out and closed the door.

Your POV
It was then I realised I hadn't looked over ah Draco for a while. I turned to meet his sad gaze.
"You think I'm sick?"
"I never said that."
"You said I want doing some sick plot. You know I don't have a choice."
"Draco it didn't mean to come out like that."
"But it did. And it was the truth."
"No! No it wasn't Draco. Please don't think badly of me." I tried to meet his gaze but he looked away from me at every opportunity he had.
"Why shouldn't I? I clearly know that everything you said about helping me out of your own free will was a lie." He was boiling now but the tears started to flow.
"No, what I said was true. Every word of it. Our notes are real. Not what I told Harry. I meant every word of those notes. I was scared in the beginning but now I'm not. I'm not here because of blackmail anymore. I'm here because I want you to see yourself better. I want you to know you don't have to do this. You can be different. You can give this up." I took his hand in mine and looked into his steel grey eyes which were now shiny with salty tears.
"I can't." He shook his head.
"You can. You can. I promise. You don't have to be this way. You don't have to be who you aren't. You don't have to be evil."
Draco heard a rush from inside the cabinet and he opened it quickly to see a bite taken out of the apple. I stared at the apple and then at him.
"I'm sorry. I have to." Draco took the apple and ran out of the room.
"Draco! Draco!"

"Draco! Do it now Draco! Come on! Kill him!" Bellatrix squawked at her nephew.
Draco held a shaky wand in the direction of his old and calm headmaster.
"This isn't you Draco." Dumbledore rasped
"Don't you understand? I have to do this! I have to kill you. Or he'll kill me!"
My heartbeat pounded out of my chest as I sat under the stairs watching through the grates.
"Don't do it." I whispered so quietly.
"Do it Draco! Kill him!"
Draco still stood like a leaf in the wind. The moonlight made his pale face of doubt glow even brighter.
In a split second snape walked out and pointed his wand at the headmaster.
"No snape what are you doing?!" I was cringing. If snape killed Dumbledore Draco would forever be in danger.
It seemed like seconds from the stand off to a cast of light biting dumbledore in the chest, killing him and then sending him out the window of the tower.
"No!" Bellatrix screeched. She tried to grab for Draco in her rage but I shot out.
"Reducto!" I zapped the wall from between the two and Harry jumped out as distraction as well.
"Y/n!" Draco called. He gripped my hands and pulled me down the stairs. I heard zaps and crumbles from spells being thrown against the tower walls as Draco and I descended the stairs.
"Come on! Run!" I grabbed his hand and we bolted through the halls. No one was following us, in fact it was completely silent but we still felt the adrenaline rushing through us.
We made it out of the school and to the front lot where a line of trees would cover our figures while we thought.
"You didn't do it." I shook my head at him
"No. I was so frozen."
"You never would have." I came to the realization. "Snape did it, because he knew you never would have and you shouldn't."
"I couldn't." His eyes started to gleam.
"Because you're better than that." Draco smiled at y/n before rushing toward her. He cupped his hand son her cheeks and pressed her lips onto his. Y/n grasped his coat sides and accepted the warm kiss.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that." He gasped as he backed away but y/n stepped forward as well and placed a small soft kiss on his lips in return.
"It's okay. I liked it."
He stroked her cheek with love in his eyes and she laughed.
"Thank you for believing in me. Even when no one else did. You got me through so much and I don't know what I would have done without you."
"You don't need to flatter me."
"I'm not."
"You're amazing Draco. You just need to let people see it."
"I only let you see it."
"And that's why I love you. I see all of you."
"You love me?"
"Did that come out? Shit.. I mean... I didn't mean to say it so soon."
"It's okay. I love you too." He laughed. He kissed her forehead and pulled her into him.
"What are we gonna do now?" She asked muffled by his suede coat.
"I don't know but I know I want you right next to me."