A/N: Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! I love you all so much. Here's Chapter 3!
Chapter 3
After the bizarre meeting with Mr. Malfoy, April headed back to the office, only to be told by Cheryl that she could take the day off. She always welcomed this, so she hopped right back into the elevator and walked out to her car.
Her car was her pride and joy. She had saved for months and months to be able to drive it, and she was quite proud of herself for being able to resist buying silly things like curtains and Oreos to buy it.
Now, she bought all the damn Oreos she wanted. They were her favorite snack. She wondered if she had never eaten Oreos in her past life, because the taste didn't bring any flashbacks with it, just the thought that a cold glass of milk would be excellent with this.
Not that it really mattered. She had gotten over the past, and was ready to build a future. But she was curious. Ever since she could remember, there had been a scar on her upper arm that read Mudblood. She had no idea what the word meant, but when she saw the scar or said the word, chills went down her spine and ghostly memories of pain occurred all over her body.
Sometimes the sight of the ugly blemish invoked a recollection inside, a flash of red light, a blurry image of a woman with black hair and a blonde boy. But that was all. When she remembered those, she felt a very strong hatred towards the raving woman, but a pitying sense towards the tall blonde boy in the corner. She didn't know why, and it killed her.
Anyway, after the doctors discharged her and gave her a pound to restart her life, she got a full-time job at a small bookstore, and after six months of working, saved enough money to go to Florida. There, she got another job at a drugstore and took out student loans to go to college.
She majored in IT and software engineering, thus her internship at Tracey. Somewhere along the way, she met a wonderful man named Derek Weismann. They became the best of friends, and one day he asked her out. They were the perfect couple; at least everyone thought they were.
If you asked April, she wasn't so sure. Things had gotten really awkward between them, and Derek sometimes mysteriously disappeared during the night, only to return very early the next morning.
April wasn't stupid, but she didn't quite mind, she had a friendly roommate, someone to call a boyfriend. Call her crazy, but that was how she felt.
She wasn't really concentrating on the road, and swerved out of the way of the truck in front of her. The speedometer on her dash was pushing sixty.
"Shit." She muttered. "Focus, April."
But before long, she was back in dreamland. And this time she didn't see anything until it was too late. BOOM!
The car shook as she slammed into a silver Porsche.
"Shit. This is expensive." She murmured, as she slowly opened the door to see the damage.
Her own car had a huge dent in it, while the Porsche had a long scratch.
"That's not too bad. At least I don't have to pay too much in damages." She said to herself.
"Think again." Said a masculine voice from behind her.
April whirled around on the heel of her foot to face the speaker. Of course, none other than Draco Malfoy, her boss, stood before her. Double damn.
He looked fairly shocked at first, and then covered it up quite quickly. Deep down, he knew that he wasn't surprised at all. Leave it to Granger to cause him trouble, even if she didn't know who she was.
"You're taking time off my break. Every minute I spend here costs another dollar for me. Not to mention the gash on my bumper," he said, smirking.
Is he really this unpleasant in real life? April thought. Then again, he did invite me to coffee. Whatever, I just slammed into the back of his Porsche. He has reason to be snarky.
"But since you're my coworker, I guess I'll let you off. I'll just get Cheryl to take it out of your pay." He winked. There was his soft side again, betraying him. Ugh.
Emotions could be surprising sometimes. He shook it off, and said harshly, "But don't let it happen again. Eyes on the road."
April looked a little surprised at the sudden change of tone, and nodded feebly.
"Will do." She saluted,
Draco grinned, then went back into his car and drove away. April stood there a few more seconds. Then she was taken by a wicked headache. She bent over, clutching her face.
Flashes of a memory ran through her head, a picture of a peaky blonde boy shouting insults at another boy with black hair, both wielding slender sticks of wood.
Then it was over. The headache faded away slowly, leaving a confused brunette on the side of the road.
She hated not knowing.
In another half hour, she got home. Derek wasn't there, but he had left a note saying that he had gone to the club with some of the guys.
That probably meant another girl. Who goes to the club on Tuesday? April simply wanted to know for sure, so she called his friend Kyle, with whom Derek did everything with, and with whom she was really close.
"Hello?" said Kyle's voice.
"Hey Kyle, this is April." April replied.
"Oh hey April. I was just about to call you. What's up?"
"I was just wondering if Derek was with you guys."
"Us? I'm home alone. Christy went out with some friends. I was going to call and see if she was with you." Christina was Kyle's girlfriend. She was also really close with April.
"No, I just got back from work."
"You don't thinkā¦"
"No, no, Kyle. I'm sure she's with Emma or Payton or someone."
"That's the thing. Emma and Payton are at the mall together without Christy."
"Call her cell. I'm sure she's fine."
"Thanks, April. Talk to you later. Let's get together sometime for Starbucks or something."
"Okay, bye!" April hung up. Yep, it was a girl. Wonder who it was this time.
A/N: Who is it? First person who guesses right gets a cookie. And also, which YouTuber's outro am I stealing? Bless your face. And if you sneezed while reading this, bless you. Nikki OUT! Another cookie to that person. Five reviews to update, you know the drill.
