Forever Halloween ✔️

Chapter 4

After taking final photos, Harry locked Draco's shirt in his locker, and led him to the underground walkway back to the building.

"Can you people not afford better lighting?", Draco muttered, peering down the dark corridor.

"Scared, Draco?"

"You wish."

Still, Draco looked hesitantly down the hall.

"Can you hold something for me Draco?"

"Yeah, of course."

Harry held out his hand, and Draco placed his, palm facing up, under Harry's to grab whatever Harry wanted him to hold. Instead of receiving an object, Draco felt Harry intertwine their fingers, and lightly pull him forward.

"Thanks. I'll take it back before we go in."

"That was smooth as hell", Draco whispered, shaking his head.

"I'm pulling out all of the stops for you. You're good with the plan though?"

"You check in with Ron to see where Pansy and Blaise are. You come back to get me and direct me to the chair. You'll be keeping an eye on me, and once they get freaked out enough, you'll come in for the kill. Literally."

"Brilliant."

Draco couldn't believe that he was wearing makeup and Halloween prosthetics, holding the hand of essentially a stranger, who was swinging their hands lightly as they walked. This is not the type of man Draco would typically go for, but maybe that's the problem. He was having a great evening, all things considered.

"Wait right here Draco, I'll be back in two minutes."

Draco looked at the text that just came in from his mother, and decided to respond to it later. He thought she would like Harry. Being with Harry was the equivalent of taking a breath of fresh air after being underwater for a bit too long. She would be proud of Draco for doing something so out of his comfort zone.

"Ready Draco?"

"I'm honestly excited for this."

"If you enjoy it, maybe you can be my partner", Harry replied, a small smile on his face as he bumped his shoulder into Draco's.

"I like the sound of that."

They paused briefly outside of the door to get back into the building.

"Good luck Draco. It'll be worth it. If you change your mind though, you know how to get back into the building. Security will let you in."

"I'm not backing down, partner", Draco said confidently, opening the door and slipping back into the building.

It wasn't so scary, knowing that nobody would touch him now that Harry was trailing behind him. All he had to do was sit in his chair, look miserable, and wait. That wasn't hard. Pansy Parkinson could be a very off putting woman, especially when she's mad at you.

Draco had waited for about 10 minutes before he heard Pansy's voice. His head was slumped in his left hand, elbow leaning on the table before him as he pretended to feel ill. It wasn't hard when Pansy grabbed his chair and spun it around so quickly his vision swam.

"Draco! Where the hell have you been?!"

"You left me. Fainted... woke up... unknown room. Someone... me... water. Blacked out.... then chair, waiting for you", he said pathetically, speech purposely slurred.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" And your speech?, Blaise asked, crouching down, holding his face in his hands.

"Water."