Emma Granger only wanted her seventh year at Hogwarts to be different and with Voldemort gone things were looking up. But suddenly her worst enemy is making unwanted advances. When they are paired together for a muggle studies project can she continue to resist him?
Emma Granger boarded the Hogwarts express with Hermione, her twin and only other sibling, before she left her to search for her friends. Emma found her friends quickly as they left their compartment door open as they waited for her. She went to enter the compartment when she was knocked to the floor by a tall blonde. Emma snarled as she looked up to his smirking face. "Watch where you're going, Granger" He sneered before walking away and entering a compartment that wasn't far enough from hers Emma decided. She got up and brushed off her robes before entering the compartment and slamming it shut startling the gossiping girls.
"He's such a prick. He had the audacity to knock me over then blame for getting in his way." Emma spat as she glared murderously out the compartment window. The girls looked at each other wondering who their friend was talking about when it hit them.
"You know the reason he targets you is because you are so easy to rile up just ignore his." Jocelyn Caswell told her friend as she looked up from her book. Jocelyn was in Ravenclaw but befriended Emma during charms their second year when they were paired together to practice a cheering charm. She was the voice of reason in their little group.
"That prick doesn't rile me up. I just don't appreciate that whenever he is near me I find myself on the floor." Emma stated through clenched teeth causing Marissa to laugh. "It's not funny Ivey." Emma growled at the blonde girl.
"You've got a short fuse Granger everyone riles you up." Marissa scoffed haughtily at her friend. She was the only Slytherin of their group but she never let that bother her. Emma and her had a rocky start as they spent the first three years of their schooling tormenting each other but after Snape paired them together during their fourth year found that they had quite a few things in common and grudgingly came to respect each other and friends soon after, but old habits die hard and they only referred to each other by their last names. Emma glared at Marissa before pouting and turning to glare at the compartment door.
"Emma stop pouting at least you aren't in the same house as him." Megan Jones mentioned as she looked herself over in her compact mirror before snapping it shut. "He obviously was sorted into the wrong house as no Hufflepuff can be that selfish." She declared loudly causing the other girls to laugh loudly and Emma's foul mood was forgotten. The girls gossiped and shared stories of their summers when a knock sounded at the compartment then was opened revealing Terry Boot. Megan's face lit up as Terry greeted them and smiled at her. The other girls giggled as they knew that Megan and Terry had became a couple over the summer holidays and shooed her out of the compartment playfully causing her to flush and Terry to laugh as he pulled her to him and kissed her quickly before he waved at the girls and left to spend alone with Megan who winked at her friends causing them to fall into another fit of laughter.
"What's with all this laughter?" Ginny Weasley questioned as she took Megan's spot. Ginny joined in on the laughter when they told her. They gradually calmed down and settled back into their previous conversation until they arrived at Hogwarts. The girls dodged in and out of the crowd to secure a carriage for the five of them as Megan had returned to the group during the last hour of the trip. Emma was laughing as she watched Marissa stumble awkwardly as she usually displayed nothing but the amazing Slytherin gracefulness. During this time she wasn't watching where she was going and crashed into someone and knocked them both to the ground. Emma immediately knew the person she crashed into was male due to the muscular frame. The male wrapped his arms around Emma's waist as they fell in an attempt to remain standing. Emma had her face buried in his shoulder as she moaned in pain from the fall. She went to apologize to him but glared viciously when she found herself staring in the face of Zacharias Smith.
"Fancy seeing you here Granger but am much as I'd like to roll around with you on the ground I'd rather get to the castle." He drawled as he pressed himself against Emma in an effort to get her to move. Emma scrambled to get up when she was knocked over again by a third year eager to get a carriage with his friends causing her to fall against Zachairas again. He groaned as Emma was forced against him again. Emma was muttering murderously about younger students who didn't seem to understand the hierarchy of students. She was about to move when she felt Zacharias bury his face in her neck causing her to freeze. A few seconds passed before Emma mover her legs to place them on the ground in order to get herself up right again. When she moved her eyes widened as her thigh brushed against Zacharias and he left out another groan before he pressed his mouth against her neck in an attempt the groan. Emma scrambled off of him quickly and turned to find that her friends were no where in sight and that many people had already left in the carriages.
She found an empty carriage and went to enter it when she felt someone press themselves against her leaving her frozen. "Are you going to get in the carriage pet?" The male questioned in a husky voice. Emma nearly lunged into the carriage when he pressed himself closer. He chuckled and climbed in after her. "Granger you look like a frightened deer, where did you Gryffindor courage go?" Zacharias sneered as he sat across from her. Emma glared murderously at him before she turned away in favor of staring out the window of the carriage. She nearly jumped when she felt a hand on her knee.
"Get you hand off my knee Smith." She seethed but refused to move and as she thought 'let him win.' He chuckled in response and let him hand travel up her thigh, giving it a firm squeeze before removing it. Emma let out a barely noticeable sigh of relief. Next thing she knew she was jerked forward unexpectedly and was suddenly straddling Zacharias's lap. His lips attached themselves to her neck expertly causing Emma to press against his shoulders in an effort to get away, which only resulted in Zacharias tightening his grip on her hips. "Let me go Smith. What think you're doing?" Emma shrieked.
"What does in look like I'm doing Granger?" He murmured against her neck as he nipped at the skin leaving a mark. He pulled her closer allowing her to feel him against her. She went to yell again when she was silenced by Zacharias's lips on hers. Emma violently struggled against him. "Granger stop moving." Zacharias breathed out as he broke the kiss. He leaned his head on her shoulder and when she continued to move he pressed his hips upwards into hers. Emma halted her movements when she felt Zacharias's erection pressing firmly into her. He found the spot he had previously marked and continued to suck and nip at it making much more visible. The carriage came to a stop suddenly startling Zacharias allowing Emma to break away from his grasp and literally sprint from the compartment. She easily made her way to her friends in an attempt to put as much distance between her and Zacharias. They jumped when Emma appeared next to them from the crowd.
"Where did you go we tried to find you but you vanished?" Jocelyn asked as she turned to look at Emma. Marissa looked over Emma's skewed appearance and then settled on the hickey Zacharias let on her neck.
"I think the question is who did you vanish with?" Marissa questioned as she smirked at the Gryffindor girl. Emma looked around quickly before she leaned over and whispered load enough for the group to here.
"Smith just assaulted me. I ran into him when we were trying to find a carriage. So I go to get up when a freaking third year knocks me over back onto Smith. By the time I managed to get off of him and away from nearly everyone had left. And when I found a compartment he followed me into it. He got all touchy so I told him off. So I think he gets the point of don't touch when he yanks me into lips then assaulted me." Emma told them. "I feel so violated." She shivered and Marissa looked alarmed and immediately pulled Emma into her arms.
"I'll kill that prat." Marissa spat venomously. The other girls looked just as alarmed. Zacharias walked slightly behind them as smirked at his mark he left on Emma's neck. He watched as Marissa Ivey comforted Emma's shaking form. He nearly growled as he seen Megan place a glamour over the hickey. When they entered the Great Hall the girls split up nearly immediately to go to their separate tables. Zacharias waited for Emma to be out of sight of the other girls due to the other students rushing to their tables to greet their friends before approaching her again. He pressed a kiss to the back of her neck quickly before he sauntered to the Hufflepuff table. Emma nearly ran to the Gryffindor table and took her place next to Ginny. She realized too late that she was facing Zacharias who was a table away. He smirked at her before turning to the person next to him.
The first years entered the Great Hall and Emma allowed herself to be distracted by the sorting and the feast that followed. When it was time to retire to their common rooms Emma made sure to stay at Ginny's side until they reached the common room. She walked to her dormitory and stripped out of her robes and redressed herself in her nightclothes. Sleep came surprisingly easy once she collapsed on her bed.
Emma felt herself being shaken awake sooner than she would have liked. "I'm awake." She moaned before rolling over and unfortunately off of her bed. "Oww!" She exclaimed as she hit the floor. Emma lifted herself off the floor and gathered her clothing for the day and proceeded to her ready. The events of the night before flashed before her as she looked in the mirror. The glamour charm had worn off during the night leaving her bruised skin exposed. Emma felt her temper flare and refused to allow Zacharias Smith to get to her.
Once she was ready Emma left the Gryffindor common room in pursuit of breakfast. She was a few hallways away from the Great Hall when she was pulled into an empty classroom and lips attached themselves to hers. Strong arms wrapped around her and lifted her onto the closest desk. The lips were removed from hers and drew in much needed air.
"Smith what the hell do you think you're doing? Get your hands off of me!" Emma growled at the blonde Hufflepuff who smirked smugly at her.
"And what if I don't want to let you go Granger? I'm rather like you in my arms." He stated before pressing a chaste kiss to her lips. "Don't be like that pet." He murmured as she tried to pull away from him. Emma glared hatefully at him.
"Zacharias Smith I demand you get your hands off of me this instant." Emma yelled. Zacharias sighed and placed a kiss against her neck before moving away from her but he didn't move fast enough to avoid the punch Emma threw. He bit back a curse as Emma stormed from the room leaving Zacharias to nurse his newly blacked eye.
She wandered into breakfast later than she would have liked and settled herself next to Ginny and began loading her plate. Professor McGonagall handed Emma her schedule as she walked by. Emma thanked her and continued to eat. She looked over her schedule after she finished eating to make sure everything was in place. Emma was in all NEWT classes like her sister. She wasn't nearly as studious as her sister but she did take her education seriously.
When she decided everything in her schedule was in order she left the Gryffindor table in favour of the Ravenclaw table where Marissa and Megan already joined Jocelyn. She placed her schedule down on the table with her friends' schedules and began examining them for classes that they might have together. "We never remember when we have classes together so why don't we make a copy of each schedule for each of us." Megan theorized as she looked up from the three schedules that belonged to her friends. All were in agreement and each girl had four schedules in their possession.
"Look at Smith." Marissa hissed and motioned with a nod of her head. Zacharias Smith had just walked into the Great Hall with a bruised eye courtesy of the Gryffindor beater. "Wonder who got a hold of him because he didn't have one last night."
"The prick deserved it. He tried to snog me again this morning so I slugged him in the face." Emma explained as she picked at the fruit on the table. The other girls laughed and the four of them exited the Great Hall and headed to their separate classes.