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“Can’t sleep again?” Draco asked as Will sat down again, the two in the same position as the day before, Draco leaning into the sofa, whilst Will sat on the edge, afraid to do something wrong, especially after his catastrophic day. Although he had tried to do as Professor Snape said, and sleep, there comes a point when you realise that succumbing to sleep is unlikely, and at midnight, or so, Will reached that point, coming down stairs once again, even though Snape would do nothing but refute his actions.

“No, sir. You either, sir?” Will asked the blond giant, timidly.

“Nope,” Draco said. “Had a bit of a rubbish day.”

“You should have seen my day, sir,” Will said.

“Are we having a competition?” Draco asked, raising his eyebrow. “What …show more content…

“Who is your enemy, sir?” Will asked, curiosity taking over.

“Harry Potter - I'm guessing you've heard of him.” Will shook his head. “Don't go outside much, do you?” Draco exclaimed, Will nodding his head sheepishly. “He defeated death as a child, and now everyone treats him, and his ginger and smart-arise friends, like they are Gods,” Draco explained. Will suddenly realised who they were.

“I know them, sir.. The ginger giant gave me some robes on the train, because I had none, sir,” Will said.

“Ginger giant?” Draco asked, cocking his eyebrow again, simpering.

“Everyone's like a giant to me, sir,” Will said, making Draco laugh.

“That is true,” Draco said. “Why don't you have anything?” Draco asked.

“Father doesn't want to be involved, so I never brought anything,” Will explained.

“Oh,” was all Draco could say, guessing that his mum had passed away - usually kids would go with their mothers if they split up, not there dads.

“There was an attack, sir,” Will said, as if he could read Draco’s mind. “I was only five, so I can't remember much, sir, only that there was an explosion. I used to have two older sisters too, sir.”

“What about you, sir? What's your family like, sir?” Will asked.

“My father is strict, and my mother is too, but they want what's best for me, I guess,” Draco said, staring into the distance. “They'd were out quite a bit, so I would be looked after by our house elf.”

“House elf, sir? What's that, sir?” Will asked - something he had

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