Christmas Present


20. Knitting Charm

Draco walked into the cold Slytherin common room, a bored expression gracing his features as he looked around for some first or second year to tease. Fortunately for them, most were already asleep, and so escaped the blond night-owl on his hunt for entertainment.

A certain other fifth-year, however, did not have that much luck.

“Pansy? What are you-” Draco froze, staring at the single occupied seat next to the fire, and the balls of coloured tread on the chair next to the girl.

Then, his grey eyes moved to the quietly clacking needles, working under the skillfully applied Knitting Charm. His mouth fell open.

“You knit?” he asked incredulously.

“I, uh…” she stammered, blushing. Fancy a Slytherin being caught using the knitting charm.

Pansy was close friends with Draco – but not that close that she could trust him with a secret of this magnitude; she loved to knit. In fact, the sweater the needles were just clicking about was meant to be his Christmas present.

With a grown of despair and resignation, she grabbed her things and rushed off to the girls’ dormitory without a backward glance, leaving a baffled and slightly amused Draco observing the levitating needles with interest.