After your last class, you head towards the Slytherin common room, down in the dungeons. You hear the patter of footsteps behind you and someone tap you on the shoulder. You turn to find Daphne. "Oh, hi." You say in greeting, waving your hand a little. "Heading to the common room?" Daphne asks. "Yeah." You reply with a nod. "Cool, I'll walk with you!" Daphne says with a bright smile. As you make your way down, you nudge Daphne. "Hey, um, do you possibly know anything about... Draco?" You ask warily.

She seems shocked at first, but then nods curtly. "Draco, he's...well..." Daphne starts, trying to find the right words. "He comes from a long line of Malfoys, all very prestigious, and they all hold up a reputation. Draco can be...not the nicest to everyone, but get on his good side, and I think you'll be alright. He and Harry are supposedly archenemies, or something of the sort. They've just had this thing going on ever since they were first years." Daphne explains.

"So, this morning, he looked at me like I was a lower being than him, which, I ignored him afterwards, but when I saw him in Professor Hagrid's class, he looked at me like I was the only living being on the earth," You say, recalling the events of earlier. You hear Daphne let out a small squeal of excitement and you snap your head towards her. "What?" You ask, completely oblivious.

"Someone's got a cruuuuuush," She says and you look at her with disbelief. "Me? A crush? On him?" Daphne laughs, and it echoes through the stone hallway. "No honey, other way around." She says with a twinkle in her eye. It takes you a second. "So he...I...oh." You respond unsure of what to say. "So?" Daphne asks. "So...what?" Daphne gives you a look. "So what are you gonna do about it?" Daphne says, as if it were the most obvious thing. "I don't know, am I supposed to?" You say cluelessly. Not having a crush ever before, you weren't really sure what happened after that.

Daphne gapes at you. "You seriously don't know what to do?" You reach the entrance to the Slytherin common room. "Not a clue," You shrug as you step inside. Daphne drags you to the girl's dormitory and makes you sit on her bed. All the other Slytherins were in the common room, so the dormitories were empty. "If someone likes you, in this case Draco, who apparently has emotion like a normal being for once, you either like them back or you don't. It's that simple." Daphne says. You take a minute to let that register. "But I just met him, and I barely know him or anything about him." You reply.

Daphne rolls her eyes. "That's the whole point! Talk to him. Get closer to him! Get to know him better." Daphne says, then stops. "I have an idea. I'll be right back." She says quickly before heading towards the common room. She comes back just as quickly with a piece of parchment in her hand. "What's that?" You ask. "His schedule." She says proudly. "What...how did you get that?" You ask dumbfounded. "I asked. How else?" She says with a shrug. "But you said that..." You say, not finishing your sentence. She realizes what you mean. "Oh, we've known each other since we were first years." She says with a wave of her hand, sitting down on her bed next to you. You produce your schedule from out of your bag and hold it next to Draco's. "Dear Merlin, you two have all your classes together!" Daphne says, half shocked and half excited.

"How is that possible? What are the chances of that?!" You ask with a panicked tone, not wanting to share classes with him, after what you'd heard from Hermione. Daphne sets down Draco's schedule and pulls out her wand, pointing it at the schedule. "Locomotor." The schedule lifts itself up and flies out towards the common room. You then realize something. You know zero spells. "I think I forgot something in my last period," You say pointing to the door. Daphne nods. "Go ahead, I'll be here." You nod and head towards the library. 

Once you reach the library, it's nearly 4:30 pm. Thankfully, dinner didn't start until 6 pm. You quietly walk among the tables and students milling around until you found who you were looking for. "Hermione!" You whisper yell, waving your hand. She turns at the sound of her name and puts on a bright smile when she sees you. You take the seat next to her. "Did you need something?" Hermione asks, resuming the book she was reading. "Yes actually." You say pulling out your wand and setting it on the desk before you. "I don't know any spells." Hermione turns to you with a shocked expression. "I know you're a muggle, but you shouldn't be this unprepared," Hermione says, leading you to a less crowded corner of the library. 

"I can only teach you a few spells in here. The offensive and defensive spells that you would normally use on people, such as stupefy, we can't do in here..." Hermione trails off, giving you the indication that she has an idea. "But maybe you can do it in the dueling club!" Hermione says. She clears her throat. "But first, let's start with the first one I was taught. Hold up your wand like this, then swish and flick." You copy her movements, over and over again. "Now say wingardium leviosa. Not levio-saw, levio-sa." You say the spell, moving your wand correctly, and the book in front of you starts levitating. Hermione claps her hands excitedly as you watch in awe as the book floats up. You hold your hands out as the book falls down and lands in your hands. 

"That. Was. Amazing. Teach me more!" You say, your face lighting up. You and Hermione spend the rest of the afternoon learning spells, until you are finally caught up with the fifth years' skills. You glance at the clock at the front of the library. 5:43 pm. You shake Hermoine's hand thanking her for the help and she reminds you to meet her after dinner so she can fill you in on the details of dueling club. You rush back to the Slytherin common room and enter the girl's dormitory and find Daphne lying on her bed, making her wand glow repeatedly. You approach her silently. "Lumos. Lumos. Lumos." You hear her repeat. "Boo!" You say grabbing her arm suddenly. She yelps before realizing it was you. "Dear Merlin Sarafina, you scared the living daylights out of me." Daphne says, steadying her breathing. "Sorry," You say but get back to what you came up here for. "But look!" You say pulling out your wand and pointing it at your bag on the floor. "Circumrota." Your bag does a 360, spinning around by itself. Daphne looks up at you, a smile growing on her face. "Well look who's a fast learner!" She says, giving you a high five.

You glance at the clock on the nightstand. 5:50 pm. "We have to go." You say nudging Daphne. She looks at the time and quickly sticks her wand in a pocket of her dress. You both make your way to the Great Hall, giggling and talking as you go.   

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~♡ Miki