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Draco found Buffy in her corner of the library seated cross legged, her back against the wall, slouched over several pages of parchment, books spread out in front of her. He sat beside her, startling her a little. She hadn’t heard him approach which was slightly unusual for someone with Slayer training.

“Stealthy,” she commented.

He grinned and poked her ribs. “You’re just out of practise.”

She pouted and returned the poke, Draco yelping in a very unmanly fashion.

“So, how’s your corner going?” Draco asked, teasing her slightly about her new hermit style of life.

“Me and my corner are going just fine thanks,” she replied. “And just be grateful that I’m really attached to my little corner or else you’d never be able to find me.”

“That’s true I guess,” he commented. “Where are your little friends?”

“My little friends, whom, I might add, are all taller than I am-”

“Not hard.”

Buffy glared and continued as though he hadn’t interrupted her. “They’re meeting me here in about ten minutes.”

Draco sighed. He usually left before Buffy’s friends arrived. They had yet to see them together for a significant amount of time, but Draco knew that Harry was jealous of Draco’s close friendship with Buffy. Buffy and Harry had cut back on the physical aspect of their relationship, wanting to slow things down a little bit whilst everything was still so up in the air for Buffy. She didn’t need the added pressure of having a boyfriend whilst her life was in turmoil.

“I’ll head off before they get here,” Draco said.

“I don’t see why you don’t just stay,” Buffy said. “They’re good people Drake.”

“Yeah, that would be why I don’t want to stay,” he said with a grin. “I’m evil, baby.”

Buffy just rolled her eyes. “Yeah, you’re real bad.”

Draco sighed and pulled Buffy closer to him so that her head was resting on his shoulder. “Me and Potter are just too different.”

“Potter and I, and can you at least try to say his name like it’s not some disease,” Buffy said.

“Yes mum,” Draco said, his voice severely sarcastic.

She poked him again but he caught hold of her hands with his. She could have easily got free, but she didn’t really have the energy for it.

“Are you training tonight?” he asked.

She looked at him as though the answer was obvious. “Is Quidditch the best game in the world?”

“Yeah,” he replied, not quite understanding what Buffy was getting at.

“That’s your answer.”

“So…you are training then?”

She nodded, rolling her eyes. “Yeah, I am.” Even though Draco was incredibly smart, he could still be incredibly stupid.

Someone cleared their throat loudly and obviously, gaining their attention. Draco and Buffy looked up to see Harry, Ron and Hermione standing there all looking very confused. Draco smirked smugly at Harry. He detached himself from Buffy and dropped a kiss on her forehead.

“Later love,” he whispered, loudly enough for the other three to hear him.

Buffy rolled her eyes, wondering when Draco would stop trying to annoy Harry. She somehow knew that it was a Xander/Angel love/hate relationship all over again.

“Bye Drake.”

He winced and glared at her. She just grinned and watched as he walked off, giving a final glare at Harry. The trio sat down awkwardly, avoiding the books and parchment in front of Buffy. Ron was the first to speak, unable to hold his disdain in for the Slytherin boy who had just departed.

“What’s going on between you and Malfoy?” Ron asked, spitting out Draco’s surname much like Draco always spat out Harry’s surname.

“What do you think is going on between us?” Buffy asked.

Ron searched her face but found that Buffy didn’t even look at all guilty about what the trio had just walked in on.

“You two are all chummy,” he accused.

Buffy nodded. “Yeah. You could say that.”

“What is going on between you two?” Harry asked quietly. He’d been wondering about the two of them since Christmas and to see the two of them cuddled up together had bordered on painful.

Buffy looked at Harry for a moment before turning back to Ron.

“You ever cuddle up to Ginny like that?” Buffy asked.

Ron nodded. “Well, she technically cuddles up to me, but, yeah.”

“Well there’s your answer,” Buffy said.

The group tried to work out what exactly that meant. Hermione was the first to come up with an answer.

“Malfoy’s your…brother?” Hermione asked.

“Cousin,” Buffy replied. “My mom was his mom’s sister.”

Ron’s nose wrinkled in distaste. “You’re half Malfoy.”

Buffy rolled her eyes. “No, I’m half Lanstone. My mom wasn’t a Malfoy. Her sister married a Malfoy.”

“So you two aren’t…together?” Ron deduced.

Buffy wrinkled up her nose. “Ew. No. Thank you for those particular nightmares.”

Ron chuckled, thankful that his best friends girl hadn’t been cheating with Draco Malfoy of all people.

“How’s the assignment going?” Hermione asked curiously.

Buffy shrugged and indicated the mess that was surrounding her. “It’s getting there slowly.”

“And how many weeks are you ahead now?” Ron asked with a teasing smile.

“Weeks? Try months Ron,” Hermione replied for Buffy.

Buffy shrugged when Ron turned to look at her with incredulity on his face. “What?” Buffy asked calmly.

“You’re worse than Hermione!”

He received simultaneous hits on his arm for that comment and yelped out in pain, trying to clutch both arms to lessen the pain. Harry grinned and shuffled closer to Buffy. She smiled softly and shifted herself along so that they were touching.

“So, what’re your plans for this evening?” Buffy asked curiously.

“Harassing you for one,” Harry said.

“More like molesting, groping and a smackering of kissing,” Ron teased. To his satisfaction Harry went a slight shade of pink.

“Sounds like a good plan,” Buffy said, her eyes twinkling mischievously. Ron groaned. “Hey it was your suggestion buddy. Don’t complain when you’re the one giving us ideas.”

Ron rolled his eyes but in truth he was grateful for the teasing. He was worried about Buffy, as were Harry and Hermione. They’d discussed it several times over the last few two months since Christmas and they were worried that Buffy was becoming far too introverted. They knew why she’d done it of course, but they were still worried.

“Are you coming to the game tomorrow?” Ron asked.

“Are you kidding me?” Buffy asked. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world! Gryffindor versus Slytherin is the most famous match.”

“And the most violent,” Hermione added.

“It’s not all that horrible,” Harry said, trying to reassure both girls. “Besides, nothing too horrible can happen if Dumbledore’s there.”

Buffy groaned and poked Harry’s ribs playfully. “You realise you’ve just jinxed it entirely right?”

“Nah, I’ll have my lucky charm there,” Harry said with a grin. He dropped a gentle kiss on Buffy’s shoulder and Buffy leaned back against him, Harry’s arms snaking around her waist.

Hermione smiled at the cuteness of it all and was thankful when Ron decided to follow Harry’s example. She leant back against Ron and closed her eyes, thankful that things hadn’t gone as horribly as they could have gone. Of course, there was still three more months of school to get through.

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