created by: spiral_star

***My imagination falls into Astoria Greengrass and Draco Malfoy. But I changed some of the detailed parts of Astoria’s life. Instead of making her 2 years younger than Draco, I made her the same age as him. And also, instead of having an older sister, Daphne, I made her an only child. This is my first time making an actual fan fiction, so I hope you guys will like it.



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Disclaimer: All of the Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling herself. This is purely fan fiction and for reading pleasure. Also, some plots may be similar to JK Rowling so give her credit for that. I'm making it as ORIGINAL as possible but at the same time i want it to be a little bit familiar to you guys. Don't worry, it's a tiny bit piece of similarity so no need to go crazy for it.

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Chapter 1: A Stare

Astoria was late for her first class of the semester. As she took her seat in the first row, she tossed her Slytherin cape on her chair and fixed herself while waiting for their Potions professor. She was thankful that Professor Snape wasn’t there to begin the class yet. She noticed that ever since she came everyone kept staring at her.

“Am I in the wrong room?” she thought to herself. She looked around to make sure everyone was familiar to her. Beside her was Hermione Granger so that’s already a relief. Behind them were Harry and Ron bickering about the early announcement of the class prefect. She looked to her left and she saw the Hufflepuffs and behind them were the Patil twins. She slowly looked to her right and saw the Slytherins: Malfoy and his posse.

“Draco has been staring at me a lot lately. Is there something wrong with my face?” she said to herself but she couldn’t help blushing about it. Astoria has been secretive her whole life especially about her secret crush with Draco.

Then Professor Snape came in. He looked scary like the usual. “Good morning class” Snape said with his low voice. Professor Snape discussed their first lesson of the week. Like always, Hermione was the only student answering him. Everyone looked tired and lazy on the first day of class. As the minutes progressed the more everyone got tired and sleepy.

“Last term I noticed that some of you were a bit low on my class. Am I right… Mr. Potter?” Snape has been scolding Harry about his school work. Harry didn’t answer him though.
“Very well, as of now I am assigning partners. One would be the tutor and the other one would be the student with the low grades. Since I don’t want any excuses, your partners will be in the same house as you are in. If I called your name first then that means you’re the tutor.” Snape uttered.
Everyone looked unhappy with his plan. It felt like it was torture for both partners. Nevertheless, Snape began calling out names.
“Longbottom you’re partners with Weasley. Granger, Potter. Parvati, Bell” Snape went on with the Gryffindors then the Raveclaws and Hufflepuffs. The last batch of names he called were the Slytherins.
“Zabini, Crabbe. Parkinson…” Pansy were crossing her fingers, she wanted to be partners with Draco so that she could spend more time with him alone. “… Goyle. And that leaves Miss Greengrass to tutor Mister Malfoy.” Snape went to his cabinet. “I expect that at the end of this term both of you will learn from each other. Also, I need to see some progress with your grades. Sit beside your partners and discuss your tutoring schedule.” Everyone was still at awe with the partners, especially Astoria. “Now…” Snape continued. Everyone in the room paced to sit next with their partners. Astoria approached Draco and sat beside him. As she did, Draco gave her a smirk. Astoria blushed for a moment but didn’t let Draco see.
“Uhm, when would be a good time for us to study?” Astoria said shyly.
“I don’t know. How about discussing this matter at lunch?” Draco answered.
“Malfoy, you need to give me an answer so that I could manage my time as well.” Astoria turned to him.
“Call me Draco.” Draco replied.
“What?” Astoria raised her voice a bit.
“I said I want you to call me Draco and if it possible for us to discuss this matter during lunch time.” Draco leaned to her. Pansy stiffened up and looked at them both angrily. Astoria’s heart was beating faster and faster. Her face was just 3 inches away from Draco.
“Fine!” she played hard to get. “But rest assured that during lunch time we will be discussing how much time I will be tutoring you during on weekdays and weekends as well. Is that okay, Malfoy?” she fixed her books in order.
“Draco…” Draco added.
Astoria looked at him and smiled. “See you later for lunch, Malfoy.” Astoria stood up and went out.