Sorry it took so long... I sort of lost this story for a while... I'm a few chapters ahead and I'm realizing that its getting rather fluffy... :/

It was five am when he woke up, completely naked, in her bed. He sighed and untangled himself from her limbs. She didn't wake up so he proceeded to gather his things, redressing and left a quick note for her.

Thanks for last night, it was brilliant.

He couldn't leave that, it was degrading. So he vanished the note and walked out of the dorm room, shutting the door slowly he heard voices. He made sure to be absolutely silent as he listened to the voiced, straining to hear them from the common room.

"We're so glad your alright Tori, although I heard that it was Dawson that got the powder on you, aren't you angry?"

"No, it was an accident, besides they just let me out of the hospital wing, I might as well live my life, right? No sense in holding old grudges" she said cheerily, and Draco could just imagine the way her eyes lit up with her tone as she lounged on the couches.

Her friends laughed and Draco sighed, it didn't look like they were going to leave anytime soon so he would just have to buck up and walk out of the common room.

He knew he looked like sex right now, plain and simple. His hair was ruffled, his clothes wrinkled and his face was probably still flushed from post-sex glow. He knew how this look effected girls generally and decided that he had to just go for it. He sighed again and walked down the stairs.

The girls all looked up towards the girls staircase and each and everyone of their mouths dropped open, that is except Astoria.

She was sitting with Nancy something or other, Heather Pellet and Megan Gould. Each girl turned bright red and blinked, then the chubby one, Megan spoke up, "Oi, what are you doing here?"

"What does it look like I'm doing Gould, leaving" he said tartly, purposely walking slowly through the room to regain at least some of his dignity. Not that he tried to hide his escapades through the castle, he just didn't fancy running out of the room like a douche.

Astoria felt a lump in her throat, she should be giving him hell for screwing a girl and leaving her right then but all she could do was nearly choke on her breaths when she opened her mouth so she opted to stay silent.

He couldn't look into her eyes, so she knew he was still angry from their conversation earlier. Was she the reason he found the first available girl and shagged her senseless?

That hurt. Badly.

"Wait, Malfoy" she calls, finally finding her voice.

He grits his teeth and turns to her, "Sod off Greengrass I'm tired, and in no mood for your stupid, childish games" he shot at her and turned and left the common room.

Astoria slumped into her chair viably and her friends looked strangely at her, "Who do you think he was with?" she asked quietly, not really wanting to know the answer, because she hated the leggy blond (she just knew that was his type, damn it) with a passion.

"Oh gosh, it was from the Sixth year dorm right, not Melanie, she has that Hufflepuff boyfriend" Nancy said, excited to have new gossip to spread about the castle within the next few hours.

"Right. So that leaves Amber and Sally… but ugh who would shag Sally, it must have been Amber" Megan said.

"She's lucky" Heather said, "He's practically sex on legs. It makes me want sex, preferable with him, every time I see him" she said, smirking and biting her plump lips.

Astoria didn't listen to her friends gossip about the very, very recent hoop up between Draco Malfoy and (possibly/ probably) Amber Salinas.

Astoria suddenly found herself comparing Amber to herself. Amber was dirty blond and giggly, Astoria had jet black hair and smirked (much like Malfoy). Astoria also compared their bodies, of course she was right about the leggy part, Amber had legs that just didn't end, whereas Astoria's left much to be desired. It was no doubt that Amber had a huge rack, Astoria glanced down at her own B cup breasts. She made a face and Megan laughed, "Tori why are you scowling at your boobs?"

The others giggled too and Astoria cracked a smile, albeit a fake one.

They chatted more about the goings on in Hogwarts before Heather giggled and looked at Astoria, "You know Dawson has it bad for you right?"

"What? Your crazy, we're mates" she dismissed easily, waving her hands a little.

"Oh yeah? Then why did he beg me to make sure you didn't hate him before he asked you to Hogsmead with him this weekend, huh?" she said raising her eyebrow in a challenge.

"Wh- really?" Astoria asked baffled. She never thought about Dawson that way, but… no they were mates, he wasn't her type anyway. He wasn't Draco.

WHAT? where the bloody hell did that come from? No, absolutely not, she absolutely did not fancy Draco Malfoy. No, no, NO.

Ok, lets be honest, she knew she had fancied him for a while, this was just her first mental acknowledgment of the vastness of that Fancying.

"Oh look! She's blushing, she must like him, hmm Tori, do you fancy Dawson?" Nancy pried.

"No! we're mates" she said heatedly, she started to tremble, what was she going to do, she fancied Draco Malfoy.

But really what girl wouldn't fancy him? Its just like a normal little crush or whatever, he saved her its that weird Muggle complex, hero something.

Yeah, for sure. She sighed and looked at her friends again, they were staring at her expectantly.

"Well?" Megan demanded

"Well what?" she said harshly, sending her a withering glare.

"Well are you going to go with him when he asks?" she said rolling her eyes.

"I don't know…" she thought about it, what was the best way to get over the tiny crush she had on Draco? Go out with some other guy. This was using Dawson was it? No, he had to understand that she just didn't see him that way… romantically. Eww.

"Yeah I suppose I will… but maybe as mates to start with… you know, nothing too commity" she said wrinkling her nose in distaste.

Her friends laughed and they all went down to the great hall, along the way they ran into Dawson who asked Astoria to go with him as soon as her friends nodded to him behind her back.

He grinned and hugged her tightly, "I'm really sorry about the whole-"

"Don't be, its water under the bridge" she said, giving him a bright smile that somehow did not reach her eyes. Not that he noticed.

"Water- what?" he asked confused.

"Dawson you're a half-blood, how can you now know that phrase?" she asked impatiently.

He shrugged, "Dad loved magic, tries to get mom to teach him sometimes" he said rambling off as Astoria nodded and they walked to the Great Hall.

Her eyes immediately went to the Slytherin table and sought out Draco. She just wanted to see if he was-

Then she spotted him, drinking tea and looking just as ruffled up as he did a few hours ago, Pansy was glaring at him, her arms crossed and Astoria grinned to herself, pleased that Pansy was going to have a fit in front of the whole school over Draco sleeping with some slag.

"What are you looking at?" Dawson asked, following her line of sight, "Malfoy?" he spat out furiously and jealousy, hiding it rather well with disgust.

Nancy giggled, oblivious as always, "He came out of the girls dorm this morning when Tori got back from the hospital wing and he was very after-sex glowy" she said in a low whisper.

"Oh Merlin!" Megan said, "Parkinson is about to piss herself she's so angry. Are they still dating or something?" she mused out loud, not expecting an answer from her friends, who did not make it their lives to know his going abouts. Well except for one.

"No" Astoria answered immediately and rather importantly, practically before Megan had finished her question. Her friends looked at her funny and Dawson frowned.

"How do you know?" he asked curiously, that hint of jealousy still evident in his voice.

Astoria fought the blush on her cheeks and waved her hand vaguely, "Your forgetting my lovely sister is practically his little shadow… and Parkinson's bitch" she said nonchalantly.

Megan giggled uncontrollably and Heather just rolled her eyes. Dawson, however, did not crack a smile because he saw Astoria glance once more at the blonde sex-god sitting a table away getting yelled at in hushed tones by Pansy Parkinson.

"Draco where were you last night?" Pansy demanded, her arms folded tightly over her chest as she sat across from the disheveled blonde eating like he had just run a marathon, or had hot self-hate sex well into the night.

"I don't see how you think its any of your business Pansy, I can visit whomever I wish to. We aren't dating, hell we aren't even sleeping together. We aren't anything"

She looked pained but indignant, "I'm not a whore Draco! I wont be your fuck-buddy, I love you" she screeched, drawing the attention of most the table now.

Draco rolled his eyes and stretched like a cat, feral and slow, lazy but elegant. Drawing more eyes to himself, including Astoria who bit her lip at the sight of his taunt muscles on display.

Pansy was shaking, "Dracy why are you doing this? You know we belong together, and when we leave Hogwarts we can really be together, get a flat or something-"

Draco help up his hand for her to stop, "We need to clarify a few things Pansy: one, I don't need a flat, I've inherited the Manor," she gasped happily at this but he kept going, "two, you and I are not together now, nor will we be together after Hogwarts, and three, I never asked you to be my 'fuck-buddy' as you call it, you see I would rather claw my own eyes out" he said simply, calm and collected like a good Malfoy should be in such a situation.

Pansy was seething, she stood up and stomped in place, her eyes shut tight and her hands balled at her waist, she was making a horrible screaming sound under her breath that was loud enough for the whole hall to become silent.

Draco paused in eating his waffle but chewed more slowly as she kept up the dramatics. He glanced up at her curiously, wondering idly if she would blow a fuse in her brain.

Eventually she stopped and glared down at him, "Your bloody confused, and I know it. So I'm going to give you a few days, your going to collect your fucking head and then we are going to pick up where we left off. Good" she yelled then stormed out of the room.

Draco lifted another piece of waffle to his mouth as all eyes were on him, he eyed a few of the people and merely raised his eyebrow, making them blush and turn away.

He glanced around again and piercing green eyes caught his for a moment, they were dancing with amusement and… hope? But were also slightly pained.

Draco looked away quickly when he saw the boy next to her slip his arm around her shoulder awkwardly, basically shoving her head into his armpit. Draco sneered and went back to his waffles.