just for you (years 5-7)

chapter 21

draco's pov

"you're fucked, mate" i walk back towards the common room in a rush, theo by my side- reprimanding me for missing the game

"i got caught up- lost track of time- shit, shit, shit" i mutter under my breath

"fuck kind of excuse is that?" theo hits the side of my head, "she's going to kill you- and i won't stop her"

"shut up" i roll my eyes, reaching the common room door, "how far behind you are they?"

"dunno, left when potter caught the snitch- i'd say you have 10 minutes to come up with something better"

i pause, saying the password and walking inside, "shit um.." i run my hand through my hair, "give me the highlights" i turn back to theo, widening my eyes

"what?" theo raises his eyebrows

"what'd she do in the game? i mean- she probably didn't notice i never came... busy playing-"

"she definitely noticed-"

"she can't have been watching our section the whole time-"

"this is going to backfire you know-"

"highlights theo, now" i cross my arms. he looks at me for a moment, crossing his own arms before sighing

"she blocked a goal from thomas right in the beginning... uh- one from the weasley girl too- peakes hit her with a bludger about twenty minutes in, and then robins scored on the open goal.... mate i didn't pay that much attention-"

"no, no, that's good" i nod confidently, "just enough to make it seem like-"

"where the fuck were you?" i turn my head away from theo, seeing daphne standing in the doorway

"daphne-"

"save it malfoy, you can't even show up to a fucking match-"

"you must've missed me-"

"oh, what? were you sitting in the gryffindor section? because from where i was-"

her voice is drowned out by the sea of students entering, grumbling over the loss against gryffindor. daphne disappears into the crowd and i retreat towards theo, looking over everyone's head to try and find her.

i see her walking in through the doorway, talking with-

pucey.

of course she's talking to pucey.

"-peakes shouldn't have hit that at you so hard- you sure your heads alright?" i overhear pucey talking, his hand coming to rest on her arm. she moves back slightly, giving a small smile and nodding

"yeah, it's fine- nothing i won't get over..." she trails off, her eyes meeting mine. she wipes her hair out of her face, clearing her throat and looking at pucey, "on second thought, i should probably have madam pomfrey check it out- just in case. wouldn't want you down a keeper as well"

"yeah of course, i can take you up to the infirmary-"

"that'd be great" she cuts him off, looking at me one more time and pursing her lips, before noticing that pucey started walking- and she goes to follow him

"you're fucking kidding me" i mutter under my breath, watching as they walk out of the common room

"jesus" theo says beside me, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall, "she doesn't mess around- really hits you where it hurts"