ITS YOU ; DRACO MALFOY

chapter 241.

Three hours.

Three hours and he's still not acknowledged my messages in the slightest. However, once I've finished preparing myself sone dinner, I decide that this is ridiculous and I choose to message him again.

Dray

Malfoy please.

Come back and talk to me, I
thought that we weren't going to
do this stuff anymore.

Just answer me, we can sort this
out but we can only do that if you
answer.

Hello?

Please just let acknowledge me,
you didn't even let me explain.

Just answer me. It's not that hard.

M
A
L
F
O
Y
Answer me!!

Three hours, Dray, answer me.

I put my phone down and throw my food away instead of eating it. After that, I clean my dishes before wondering upstairs and opening the door to the closet, I grab one of his shirts and slowly sniff it before allowing the comforting feel to flow through me like water. After that, I get changed and sit in bed, staring out onto the balcony.

Once more, I hesitate before messaging him 'goodnight'. I groan and lay down on a pillow instead of his chest.

I spend an hour, tossing and turning, trying to get to sleep but I seem to be unable to because all I can think of is Malfoy. I squeeze my eyes shut and place my hands on my forehead.

It's happening all over again.

We're back where we were before. We're engaged but we're arguing. We're not bickering, like I'd prefer, he's livid and it's my fault. He hates me.

On Tuesday morning, I get out of bed and quickly get ready for work so that I can get there early and finish marking the mini exams. I tend to Lorelai and decide to take her to my Mother's house and I have a very brief conversation with my Mother about her well-being before I have to apparate to Hogwarts.

When I get there, I'm still early and I skip out on the breakfast so that I actually have enough time to complete my marking.

The bell rings just as I finish the last exam and I pop my quill away as students file into the classroom. Andrea's hand flies up straight away and I smile before turning my attention to her. "Do we get our test results back today?" Is the first thing that she says and I glance at the papers on my desk.

"Yes." I answer and I look around the anxious faces around me. "All of you did good, no one got less than 50%, and I think you should all be happy with your scores. However, this is your first exam and I believe there is always room for improvement but I'm going to shut up now and give you back your tests."

I cast a spell instead of walking around and placing papers in front of every student and I watch as they all pick up their paper as soon as it lands in front of them. All of them smile once they see the circled number on the top left of their paper. A small bubble of chatter breaks out as they all discuss their scores and I allow them to do it for 5 minutes before demanding silence. "Now, as you can see, every single one of you passed but am I satisfied? Relatively. You all have the potential to get 100% so that's what I'm going to focus on. Everybody grab a quill and be ready to learn your mistakes and how to overcome them."