Secrets - A Drarry Story

Chapter 2 - The Sorting Ceremony

The group of 6 straight away went to the sorting ceremony, along with the rest of school, as they were starving.

As soon as they walked in to the great hall, thy  noticed an extra table for the 8th years, in the middle of the room. This was because the 8th years were an extra year of students, even though not all of them came back to school. 

It was good for the group though, as they could all sit together. Harry and Draco sat across from each other, making Hermione smirk. 

Harry, who instead of eating, was glancing at Draco and Blaise having a conversation.

"Mate, what are you staring at?" Ron said as he started looking around. 

"Nothing...oh look the sorting ceremony is about to start!" Harry hesitantly said.

They all averted their attention to McGonagall, who was the new Headmistress.

Throughout her speech, pupils constantly glanced at him. Some with admiration, some with lust, and some with pure confusion as to why the golden trio was sitting with the Slytherin trio.

After the sorting, everyone dug into the feast. Ron and Harry eating very sloppily and quickly. They both looked up to see the rest of their group staring at them like they were animals.

Harry quickly grabbed a napkin after he saw Draco's disgusted look, he was so embarrassed.

"What?" Ron spluttered with a mouth-full of food.

"Oh Ronald!" Hermione sighed. Soon after, they all started laughing, and Harry couldn't help but blush again. He was so cute when he was genuinely laughing!

He watched Draco neatly cut his chicken after everyone had calmed down. God, he was so posh!

Then, grey met green. Draco was looking at him! Harry immediately started blushing and broke eye contact. Little did he know, Draco's palms were sweating.

The group chatted during the rest of the meal, and Harry could constantly feel someone's eyes on him, but every time he looked up, the feeling was gone. He knew a lot of students were staring at him, but this one felt different.

He felt really self conscious, and started to eat slowly. He really wanted it to be Draco staring at him, but he knew that that would never happen.

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McGonagall had asked the 8th years to stay behind for some announcements, so the whole 8th year table stayed behind, while the rest of the school left to their dormitories.

"Welcome back 8th years, I have a few announcements for you all. First of all, there is a separate 8th year common room to accommodate all the students, which is on the 7th floor.

As there is less of you in this common room, there is more space. We have decided that this would be a great time for some house unity! We have decided that a Gryffindor will be paired with a Slytherin, and a Hufflepuff will be paired with a Ravenclaw, therefore, all the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs will put on the Sorting Hat once again, and it will give you the name of your new roommate.

I will call each of you up to put on the sorting hat, if you hear your name get called, go and stand with your partner."

Harry waited patiently for his name to be called. Pansy had been called, and she was paired with Hermione. Hermione ran to Pansy and pulled her in for a big hug, she didn't stop smiling till Ron was paired with Theo. They both gave him a reassuring smile.

Then Blaise was partnered with Neville, (yay Bleville), which was a surprise for everyone. Blaise didn't look too happy, and Neville just looked scared.

Then he was called, Draco bit his lips, and crossed his fingers, making sure no one could see, but he knew he wasn't going to be partnered with his crush. He just wished it wouldn't be someone lame.

Harry sat down, and the hat barely touched his head before it belted out "Draco Malfoy!" Harry and the rest of his classmates were stunned, but soon walked towards Draco, who had already made his way to the group of people who had already been sorted.

Once again, a pink blush was seen on both their cheeks, as they watched the rest of the pairings, although Draco quickly covered up, as he was quite good at hiding his emotions.

He scuffed at Harry, with his hands in his pockets, glaring at Blaise who was holding back a laugh. 

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"Hey Pansy!" Hermione said, catching up with her, pushing past the other 8th years, as they were all walking towards their common room.
"Hey Mione! What's up?" Pansy instinctively grabbed Hermione's hand, causeing her to smile.

"This might be a bit of stretch, but I think Harry likes Draco. He's been blushing since we've arrived!"

"Omg! Draco has had a crush on Harry since 3rd year. He can't stop talking about him!"

"You know what this means right?" Hermione said with a sneaky smile.

"We have to get them together! I ship it!" Pansy exclaimed.

"Great cause I have a plan!" 

"Of course you do babe!" Pansy said, kissing Hermione's forehead.

"Okay, so we should play truth or dare, kiss or swear with me, you, Harry, Draco, Ron and Blaise. We can use Veritaserum for the truths, so that you can't lie, and I know I spell that binds you to promises and swears.

I read in a book that magical truth or dare is different to the muggle version, because if you don't do the truth, dare, kiss or swear, you get a sharp pain in your body. The game is fool-proof!"

"Hermione that's amazing! That will definitely work! We can go to the room of requirement tomorrow as it's a Saturday." said Pansy, who was genuinely excited to see where this was going to go.

"Perfect! I'm going to say hello to Harry and Ron, bye babe!"

"Bye Mione!"