A/N-Okay, so I totally know this was due like MONTHS ago, but at least I'm updating now. It would've been up like a week ago, except my stupid computer deleted the chapter I had written…but here's another one! . I hope you enjoy…btw, this is set in 3rd year, as said in the first chapter
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I don't stalk. I admire from afar…behind a sign, tree, or bush!
As Draco walks over to me, I close my eyes and will him to go away. However, to my utter disappointment, my wish doesn't come true. "I haven't seen you all summer," He half-circles around me before slinking up to my side. "What have you been up to?" He takes a step closer to me as I step forward and start to walk down the alley towards Gringotts. Much to my dismay, Draco follows me.
"Nothing really, just the usual… you?" I might as well talk to him if he's going to follow me around… right?
"The same – just finished shopping for my school supplies with Father a few minutes ago." I keep my gaze focused on Gringotts, hoping against hope that Draco would go away and leave me alone before it was time to meet Rachel. She can't stand him, and the first time she found him hitting on me, she hit him with six different curses before anyone could stop her. I smile as I remember one of my favorite memories.
"Draco, listen… I'd like to stay and chat but I have to get some gold, and then meet Rachel outside of the Leaky Cauldron… so I'll see you around, mkay?" I tell him as we reach the steps to Gringotts. He hates Rachel almost as much as she hates him, so I hope my plan to get rid of him will work. But, before he can answer me an icy voice sounds from a few feet behind me.
"Draco, come. We have business to attend to." I turn and meet the arctic gaze of Lucius Malfoy.
"Yes, Father." Draco starts to slink towards his father and as he passes me he whispers, "I'll see you around." Lucius drops his gaze from mine and turns to Draco. He whispers something to him and Draco nods his head as they walk off. Just before I look away and head into Gringotts, Draco turns around and gives me a malicious smile that sends chills down my spine. I try to shake it off as I enter the building and a goblin leads me to my vault, but the image of his smile seems to be wedged into my mind. I fill my pouch with more than enough money for the school supplies Rachel and I will need, so that we can get a few extra items if we see something we want.
As I walk down the steps in front of the bank, I look at my watch and see that I have half an hour to kill before I'm supposed to meet Rachel. I decide to look in the windows of the various stores, to see if I can find anything that interests me. I look in the window of one of my favorite stores, Quality Quidditch Supplies, and see a sleek broom sitting on display. I stand there and stare at it for a minute before I scurry into the shop to see how much they are. I almost have a heart attack as the shopkeeper tells me that the Firebolt, the broom on display, is 2500 galleons. I could afford it, but I'd have to be tight on the rest of the money this year, and next year, and I'd have to make another trip to Gringotts to get out more money for Rachel, and our school supplies. I decide against buying it, and walk out of the store with a heavy heart. I take one last longing glance at the Firebolt on display before trudging to my room in the Leaky Cauldron. I sit on the bed and think about what it would be like to have the Firebolt, but after a small while, I'm pulled out of my reverie by someone pounding on the door. I dash across the small room to the shuddering door. When I pull the door open, I see an extremely frightened Rachel looking back at me with wide eyes. Before I can ask her what happened, she pushes past me, slams the door, and locks it with shaking hands.
"Rachel, what's wrong? What happened?" I ask her as she leans her back on the door before sliding to the floor, tears silently streaming down her face. I sit next to her and wrap my arms around her as she takes a breath. She puts her head on my shoulder and cries as I rub her back and try to calm her. We sit there for a long time; me softly whispering to her trying to calm her and her crying into my shoulder. Once she finally regains her composure, she pulls away from me and wipes her eyes with the tissue I offer her. "Rae, what's wrong? Can you tell me what happened?" I ask quietly as she takes a few shuddering breaths. She shakes her head vigorously and I stand up, pulling her to her feet with me. "Okay, I understand." I lead her to the other bed in the room and pull the covers back for her. "Take a nap, and I'll get us some snacks and something to drink. Okay?" I ask her as she climbs into the bed after kicking her shoes off. She slowly nods her head before collapsing into the bed. I gently pull the covers over her before putting her bag at the foot of her bed and leaning her broom against the wall beside mine. Before leaving the room I go to my bag to get my wand, only to find it's not there. 'What the hell? I know I put it in here before I left the house, and I didn't take it with me to Gringotts so it has to be here! No one could've gotten in because I had the door locked. Where the hell is my wand?" I want to scream my thoughts, but settle on dumping the contents of my bag out on my bed silently searching through them so as not to wake Rachel from her nap.
A/N- Okay, I know reallyyyy short. But hey, at least I updated! I promise I'll try to keep up with it from now on…I'll try to update at least once a month, hopefully more than that…but still! Please Review!!! Purple brownie to those that review!! You know you want one… just think of the chocolate!!