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| POV: ELARA WEASLEY
—𝐌𝐄 and Malfoy had been talking for a while now. It's almost been an hour since our truce and honestly I'd say he is not as bad as people perceive him as. Yes, he's very cocky and makes insulting remarks to many people, but I've realized that's what he does to barrier himself from the others.
To isolate.
Because he's too afraid to show emotions.
Every now and then he cracks up jokes and even though most of them are about Ron and Harry like calling them 'Scarhead Orphan' or 'Ginger Chicken'— as much as I hate it because he's insulting my brother and best friend, the nicknames may or may not be just a tiny bit funny. Just now, I was telling him about when we were younger, around our second year and Fred had pulled a prank on me and Ron, which resulted in him almost getting hit by a broom.
"A-and then the next morning when mum found out, I woke up to find Fred jumping and running around the Burrow like a maniac trying to get away from mum. Eventually mum caught up to him and made sure that he didn't get any of his joke things back for at least a month!" I laughed at the memory.
"Your family sounds fun" He looked up to me.
"They are. I love them with everything I have in myself" I grin.
We just sat there in silence for a couple minutes before he spoke, "Weasley?"
"Thank you for not taking what I said last night seriously. And for giving me a chance to prove myself. I don't think properly sometimes." He shakes his head.
"Well everyone deserves a second chance, don't they?" I half-smile. "Let's go now, it's thirty past eight which means the transition for the common rooms must be done" I get up, him following behind after nodding.
After I retouch my appearance just a tiny bit, we leave talking and as soon as our door opens, Malfoy steps out— having his face turned towards me without noticing that we were at a little higher level now and that there are stairs. As soon as he takes a step— I see him trip over the two little stairs in front of me before I could warn him.
"Already falling for me Malfoy?" I tease.
"Sod off Weasley" He slightly laughs.
I laugh as we go down the stairs to reveal a very beautiful common room set up room. There are two more corridors on the other sides— which I'm assuming are for the other two couples. There is a big fireplace and about three to four couches in one corner— right behind the couches is a table, and a shelf right behind them as well. I walk closer to the table as I notice that there are many muggle and wizarding board games that we all can play to get to know each other better.
McGonagall really thought this through it looks like.
