A/n this chapter will show dracos soft side a bit. Its just so you understand his character a bit more. Hope you enjoy! Plz vote and share my story!

"So class, today I will be setting you up in partners for this project, the person on your right will be your partner." Professor burnage said kindly.

Things could not be any worse, now I have malfoy as my partner for this stupid project. I know that I'm going to get a good grade on it as my parents are muggles however, it's going to be hard when malfoy is going to be bugging me the whole time.

"Please start working on the project now, no one should be slacking off" she said, shooting a glare at malfoy. He rolled his eyes and scoffed at her comment.

As I'm beginning the project, trying not to interact with the blonde next to me, he suddenly speaks up.

"So Austin, looks like we're partners, guess we'll be spending a lot of time together" he said cheekily, winking at me as he does so.

"I'd rather work by myself than work with you malfoy" I said in an annoyed tone.

"No worries, I don't usually do any work in group projects anyways" he said as he leaned back on his chair, his hands behind his head.

I ignored him and continued with the project, writing down all the detailed notes I can find but I don't really need them, I know enough about muggles.

"Say, you and Zabini have been getting close lately haven't you, I didn't take him as someone to associate himself with mudbloods." He spoke loudly, making sure I heard the last comment.

"I swear to god malfoy call me that one more time and watch." I spat at him, turning my body to face him.

"What are you gonna do? You're nothing but a filthy. Little. Mudblood." He whispered with a wide grin on his face.

I brought up my hand to slap him in the face but he caught my wrist and pulled me close to him aggressively, our faces almost touching. He was holding my wrist so tight that I'm positive it would leave a bruise.

"That wasn't a good idea Austin, this time I'll let you off, but next time I won't be so generous." He spat his grey eyes fixed onto mine. He held me for a minute, looking deeply into my eyes-studying them as if I was a mysterious object that he couldn't figure out.

"Malfoy, Austin, all I've heard this lesson is you two bickering and I've had enough! Detention!" Professor burnage shouted from across the classroom.

I instantly pulled away from him as everybody's eyes are on us. I fixed my robes and continued with my work. I don't look at Draco the rest of the lesson, to afraid that I'll end up Avada kedavra-ing the shit out of him. I glanced at my wrist and noticed that it was indeed slightly bruising.

After class ends I quickly made my way out of the classroom, and back to my dorm. There was enough drama for today. I fell asleep peacefully, not thinking of anything in particular.

*****

The next day I made my way into the great hall but was stopped when my books collapsed to the floor after I bumped into someone chest.

"Oh my gosh I'm so so sorry!" I said immediately looking up and meeting the gaze of a very handsome light brown haired male.

"Hey it's fine don't worry about it, I wasn't looking where I was going." He chuckled as we both bent down to pick up our books. Both of our hands land on the same book as we both laugh. His hand landed on top of mine and it felt warm and welcoming. We stood back up and he hands me my book, our fingers slightly touching again causing butterflies to appear in my stomach.

"I'm Cedric by the way" he said as he hands me the book, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"I'm leah" I said smiling as I reposition my bag on my left shoulder.

"Well leah, I must admit that you are really pretty" he said shyly.

I blushed at his comment. "Thank you" I said, the butterflies in my stomach becoming even stronger.

"Do you mind if I walk you to dinner?" He asked with a hopefully glimmer in his eyes.

"Of course not! Let's go" I said as we both walked into the great hall. We sat at the bottom end of the slytherin table. Me and Cedric talked for a while, he's really nice and interesting. He asked me about how I'm finding it here at Hogwarts and I tell him that it's really different than beauxbatons. He's also really funny, always cracking up jokes, some of them are quite stupid which makes me laugh even more. We continued to talk and have a great time until a familiar voice I know all too well interrupts us.

Draco pov

I walk into the great hall and see her sitting there. Her beautiful brown hair cascading down her back just above her waist. I will admit that she is really attractive. The way her blue eyes meet mine, the way they iluminate in the light. Her smoothe pink lips begging to be kissed. But no. I only find her attractive nothing else. This is just a game and I don't care if I'm moving too fast, I'm winning this bet.

She gets so angry when I call her mudblood, it's so amusing. And don't get me started on her body. Oh my, her body, it's perfect. I want to touch her and feel the warmth of her bare skin. Oh the things I would do to her. To hear her moan my name while I pleasure her. Oh jeez I need to snap out of it. She's just a girl and nothing else.

When I walk closer to her I see a brown haired male sat close next to her. Too close for my liking. Diggory. I should have known he would try and make a move on her. First Zabini and now him, great. I get that she's beautiful but that doesn't mean everyone can have her.

The way she's laughing with him, punching his shoulder at his comments makes my blood boil. I've never really seen her laugh that much. Maybe if I act more like diggory I could change that. I begin to walk up to them, my adrenaline high as fuck.

"Get out of here Diggory" I spat.

They both turn their heads to look at me. Leah looks at me with a confused look but I keep my eyes on diggory.

"Why the fuck should I listen to you malfoy" he said standing up to meet my level. He's a couple inches shorter than me which gives me a small sense of pride.

"Because I'll beat the shit out of you if you don't you twat" I say angrily giving him a disgusted glare.

"You won't do shit malfoy" he says confidently.

"Don't test me" I say slowly as leah stands up in between us pushing us apart from one another.

"Guys come on stop, Cedric I'll speak to you later okay it was fun talking to you I just need to speak to malfoy." She says kindly.

"Ok I'll see you around" Cedric says, giving leah a tight hug. For fuck sake was that necessary.

After Diggory leaves leah turns to me and shoots me a confused glare.

"Malfoy what the hell was that? Why did you make him leave like that?" She says confused.

"It doesn't matter, cmon we need to get to detention" I grab her hand and pull her out of the great hall and take her to professor burnages classroom for detention.

Leah pov

I was so confused about what draco did at dinner. He seemed really angry that Cedric was with me, maybe even jealous. The way his hand locked onto mine when he took me out of the great hall for detention made me slightly blush. Once Cedric left he didn't look as angry as usual. Maybe even slightly excited, but why would he be excited for detention? Strange.

Once we make it to detention, burnage makes us clean the classroom but with no magic. She leaves and locks the door behind her, after an hour the door will unlock letting us both out. Me and Draco dont talk for about 30 minutes. I have no idea of what to say to him after what happened with Cedric. After a few more minutes I decide to break the silence and talk to him.

"So are you gonna tell me what happened before? With Cedric?" I asked but he doesn't answer he just continues to clean the bookcase next to me.

"Malfoy if you're just going to ignore me the-" I'm cut off when he finally speaks up.

"I don't want you talking to him" he said sternly, not showing any emotion.

"And why is that?" I ask suspiciously, turning my body to face him.

"Because he's wrong for you, he doesn't deserve you" he replies, saying the last bit quietly.

Why does he care who I talk to and who is he to say who's wrong or right for me? And what does he mean by he doesn't deserve me? I swear this boy is so confusing.

"How do you know who's wrong for me? You hardly know me." I say awkwardly.

"I don't need to know you too see that diggory doesn't deserve you, he's pathetic." He says

"Why do you care about who I'm with malfoy?" I ask but he doesn't reply.

"Well I'm not madly in love with him or anything, I only met him today" i say turning my body back to face the bookshelf infront of me, dusting it.

"Love is overrated in my opinion, a total waste of time." He says roughly.

"What do you mean?" I ask him.

"I mean people say love is like a drug, an addiction. But I don't believe that one bit. You read all these books of a girl falling head over heels for one boy, they get together, get married, have kids blah blah blah. I just don't believe in love. I've never felt it towards someone before so it's just nonexistent to me. And what's the point in falling in love if it could just be turned off at any minute." He finishes and looks down for a moment before meeting my eyes, reading my face for my reaction.

"Well um, I disagree. Love can amazing when you meet the right person. And you can't just turn it off like a switch, it's always going to be there even if you don't feel it. Once you meet the right person you'll realise how beautiful love can really be." I look at him. His eyes grey locked onto mine.

"Well it's not that simple. I don't know how to love. My whole life I've just been trying to impress my father but it was never enough. He's always made me feel like I'm not good enough. I've always wanted to know what it feels like to be loved, but it's too late." He speaks.

"I'm sorry draco, you deserve more than that. Maybe one day you'll meet a girl who can show you what love truly is." I say sweetly to him.

"Well I've been with many girls before and had a lot of sex, but I don't think I'll ever fall in love or anything like that." He says looking back at the bookcase infront of him. Him being with a lot of girls and having sex with them did hurt me a bit. I know I shouldn't feel jealous but I can't help myself. I guess I do feel something for him, now that he's finally let his tough front down. And I kinda like it.

"Well maybe if you stop acting like such an ass, you'll meet the right girl." I say smirking at him. I expected him to get angry at this but instead he let's off a small chuckle and meets my eyes again.

"You know austin." he says smirking back at me and taking a step towards me. "You really are something else, you're not afraid to put me in my place, I like that."

"Well I do try." I say smiling at him. Not a smirk a genuine smile. I haven't seen this side if draco. He's sweet. I still kinda like the other side of draco though. The way his cold hands come into contact with my skin turns me on. But I do feel somewhat sorry for him as he said he's never felt love before. Me and draco talk for the rest of detention, we don't argue, we just talk. He's actually really funny and I have a really good time.

After the hour is up we head back to the slytherin common room and I wave Draco goodbye and smile at him. I actually had a really good time. I fell asleep peacefully, thinking of draco and our conversation. The way he made me laugh, seeing him laugh and loosen up around me.