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"Draco, with all due respect, you are an idiot," I say matter-of-factly.

"Woah, woah, woah. Slow down. I am many things, but an idiot is not one of them. Hilarious? Yes. Sexy and handsome? Why of course! But an idiot? Absolutely not. You on the other han-" Draco retorts.

"Choose your next words carefully Malfoy," I interrupt.

"Alright, alright," Malfoy replies, holding his arms up in surrender, "You know, if I wasn't so scared of you Maria, I would totally date you," he added.

I make a fake gagging noise in response to this claim.

"Oh calm down, you know I am only joking. I would never do that to Lorenz-" Draco starts but is immediately silenced by Enzo swiftly elbowing him in the stomach.

"Nevermind," Draco falls to the ground and groans, holding his chest in agony.

"Draco Malfoy, always with the dramatics," Onyx says, rolling her eyes.

Onyx, Blaise, Draco, Lorenzo, and I were currently lounging in the Slytherin common room, working on our final project for Charms class.

"Okay, where were we?" Blaise asks, redirecting our attention back to the schoolwork.

"Draco was recommending that we skip the project, even though it is worth half of our final grades, Maria called him an idiot, and here we are," Enzo replies, catching us all up.

"Just for the record, I totally agree with Maria," Onyx adds and everyone nods in agreement.

"Thanks guys. I'm really glad you still find joy in insulting me, even while I am in immense pain," Draco shouts from the ground.

"Oh come on Malfoy, get up," Enzo says, grabbing Draco by his shirt and yanking him off the floor.

Draco brushes his hands over his clothes and takes a seat, back in his original spot on the couch.

"You guys better focus, I need to get a perfect grade on this in order to pass," Onyx says sternly.

"She's right," I add and we continue to work on our project.
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Eventually, Draco, Blaise, and Onyx begin to argue over who gets to color on the poster, so Enzo and I lean back in our seats.

Lorenzo places his arm over my shoulders, which is typical behavior of his.

Onyx likes to say that Enzo and I are in a "situation-ship". Now don't ask me what this means because I have absolutely no idea, but she feels very passionately about it.

"What was it that Draco was saying earlier?" I tease, leaning back into Enzo's arm even more.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Enzo replies with a smirk, looking down at me.

"Hm... that's interesting because I think he was saying that you like me?" I reply playfully, trying to get a rise out of him.

"Oh yeah? And what if I do?" Lorenzo retorts, still smirking.

I laugh and look up to meet his eyes.

He is staring back at me, smiling so that a slight dimple forms on his right cheek.

He doesn't break eye contact.

"What?" I whisper, my voice sounding softer than usual.

He continues to gaze into my eyes, with a sense of warmth and love.

"What Enzo?" I ask again with a slight giggle.

Without a reply, he cups his hand around my cheek, pulling me in for a passionate kiss.

Sparks flew.

After a moment, we seem to regain consciousness of where we are, and mutually pull away.

"What was that for?" I say with a small smile spreading across my face.

"I don't think you'll ever realize how fucking perfect you are Maria," Lorenzo whispers, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

And now I am really smiling.

"See guys! I was right!" Draco interrupts excitedly.

"SHUT UP MALFOY," Onyx and Blaise shout in unison, slapping their hands over Draco's mouth.

Draco lets out a high-pitched shriek as the two of them wrestle him to the ground.

"Carry on," Onyx adds, giving Lorenzo and I a thumbs up, before returning her attention back to Draco.

"You heard her," I say flirtatiously, turning back to Enzo. And he pulls me in, once again.