Potter and Parkinson were other factors that certainly weren’t helping. They hovered, watching his every move until he felt trapped. They weren’t discreet about it either–Parkinson openly regarded him in every class they shared, and Potter seemed to magically know just where Draco was going. In the end, he got so irritated that he snapped at them– "Either help me or leave me the fuck alone" –and while initially they both cowered, they came back after a particularly difficult quidditch practice to harass him about his non-existent love life again.