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When you think you’re in a productive mood and all like:

“Right! Im ready to get these replies and drafts done”

but your muse is just like:

__________ ♔    ❝  on edge  ??   ❞  she murmurs,  eyes filled with a bit of  curiosity .  she doesn’t want to  PRY   …  knowing that she would personally  shut  down  if someone did the same.  a degree of  UNDERSTANDING  doesn’t go amiss.

♔__________    she inclines her head towards the darkened hallway  &&  starts down the corridor,  briefly turning back to make sure he followed.  ❝  sometimes i go up to the tower when i need to think.  it seemed like a nice thing to do tonight with the holidays coming up  && all.  ❞

                 “Yeah I -- it’s hard to explain and I am sure you don’t want to hear it either,” he said and there was a DRY chuckle coming from his lips before he began to walk after her. His gaze was fixed on the ground while he walked. Draco wasn’t next to her, stood a few feet behind her but he did listen to what she said and nodded slowly - her words made sense to him, it was nice to see the stars, to be alone and THINK about certain things. 

                   he swallows, form wavering as his slender fingers UNCURL from around the literature that he clung tightly to his frame, HESITANTLY he reached forward placing the book delicately into the young slytherin’s hands. to refuse the boy a second time, would be more than foolish. “ s-see - it’s just my books for my next c-class.” he stammered out, weakly, eyes dipping from his books to his own feet.

__________ ♔    ❝  perhaps not,  but you did just  imply  that i might be following you.  something i have  NEVER  thought about either.  ❞  she points out,  having obviously made her point.  there is a pause  &&  she eyes him  suspiciously  for a moment,  before a  SOFT  smile curves against her lips.  she hides her hobbies as if they are something to be  ashamed  of.  daphne would have her believe it to be so either way.

♔__________    ❝  of course you can.  it does get rather  quiet  up there without anyone else.  most people aren’t normally interested in  THIS  sort of thing  …  if you stay long enough,  you might be able to see the meteor shower tonight.  ❞

                 “Forgive me being a little -- on EDGE lately” he muttered and lowered his gaze for a moment before he raised it again to look at her, a SMALL smile forming on his lips at that thought. Just something nice && peaceful for once - it would be a great change and something he would keep in mind even when the dark would lay over him like a heavy blanket. 

__________ ♔    there is a hint of  SOFTENING  in his features  &&  she feels a prick of  triumph  radiating in her bones.  perhaps he is merely  rough  around the edges.  after all,   REFINEMENT  is something money can’t buy,  even if you belong to the famous  malfoy  family.

♔__________    ❝  not  EVERY  younger girl here is  in  love  with  you .  so no,  i didn’t follow you.  i’m actually on my way to the astronomy tower. i was going to -  …  it’s kind of  stupid  really.  ❞  the girl pauses  &&  looks down almost sheepishly,  before pulling out a compact silver telescope from her robes.  ❝  …  i like the stars.  ❞

                 “I --- NEVER said or thought that” he replied and frowned at her words, head shaking slowly before he got up when she talked about the Astronomy Tower. It was not STUPID - he was sure that it was peaceful, something nice to  and maybe something for a change considering the way he felt right now. 

__________ ♔    there is something she finds  DISTASTEFUL  about slughorn’s obvious show of  favoritism .  it didn’t stem from not being invited herself  (  oh no,  she is far too  young  for it anyhow  )  it came from the idea that all the  ELITES  were singled out for what they could  offer  the aging potions master.  images of her  mother’s  parties  fill her mind as the clinking of glasses  &&  fragile laughter trickle out of the room.  that world is  EXHAUSTING .  the acting,  the  barters,  the alliances  …  (  it is a world she knows well  )

♔__________    ❝  &&  why not  ??  i’m  assuming  that because you’re in the  HALLWAY  instead of isolating yourself on the balcony or against the wall in there that you weren’t  invited .  you don’t have to tell me though,  it’s just a  GUESS  after all.  could be worse.  i heard  marcus  belby  is handing out towels in the loo,  because he didn’t make the final cut for slughorn’s club. ❞

                 “maybe I am here because I WANT to” he replied almost HARSHLY now before he sighed and shook his head, a hand coming up to push some blonde hair away from his forehead before he looked at her again. It was a PATHETIC view and a pathetic thought that he sat here - outside the little party that was going on because he wasn’t invited -