{ Ta-da! I now present Chapter Four of I'd Lie! This is probably my most successful story on FanFiction! }
Evalett was in a bit of a predicament. She knew what she had to do- flirt shamelessly with Seamus so he knew that she was interested- but it was how she would flirt that was the problem. Anyone that knew Evalett could tell you that she wasn't the most self-assured person ever. I mean, she practically radiated insecurity. She was a wallflower; she watched other people flirt and go out, but it never happened to her. She had accepted that fact a long time ago.
"Honestly Evie," Nina sighed, leaning over the table to look at her, "It really isn't that hard. I think you are overreacting."
The girls were in the library, finishing up last minute homework- in Nina's case- and getting started on homework early- in Evalett's case. Nina was trying in vain to convince her best friend that flirting with Seamus would be easy.
"It isn't hard for you," Evalett replied dismissively, scribbling furiously on her parchment.
"Come on, I bet if you at least tried it, you would see that is isn't so bad," Nina urged, tapping her quill against the table.
"Don't you have a potions essay to write?" Evalett asked tersely. She wasn't in the mood for all of Nina's positive encouragement. All she wanted to do was sit in silence.
Nina sighed, giving in to Evalett's request for silence- for now. As she worked, Evalett packed her things away and stood up. She mumbled something about seeing Nina back at the common room and walked away hastily.
Evalett was glad to be away from Nina. Her constant talking had begun to grate on her nerves and she wasn't sure how much more she could take. She decided to take the long way back to the Ravenclaw common room. She wasn't ready to be around more than a few people and the mostly deserted corridors provided a perfect escape. The only sound that she heard was the echo of her own footsteps against stone. The rhythmic noise calmed Evalett's tensed up muscles. Her bag swung loosely at her side, bumping into her every so often.
Honestly, Evalett never expected to actually run into anyone in these corridors. She would see the occasional ghost pass by, but otherwise it seemed like the students avoided these particular walkways. She wasn't sure why, though, but didn't bother dwelling on it. So when she turned a corner, humming, and ran smack dab into someone, she was surprised to say the least. The force of the crash knocked Evalett backwards. She would've stayed upright, but tripped over her robes. She landed on her bottom, cursing quietly.
Evalett looked up to see a tall boy glaring down at her. His platinum blonde hair was disheveled and messy, like he had just been running for an hour.
"Watch where you're going," He snapped at her, adopting a self-important tone and looking at her in disgust.
"I…I believe you ran into me," She said angrily. Who did he think he was? "You should be the one apologizing."
"As if I would apologize to a filthy mudblood like you," His stormy grey eyes sparked menacingly.
Evalett stared in disbelief. This boy had to be out of his mind, calling her something like that! She wasn't even muggleborn anyways- she was a halfblood- but Nina was muggleborn so she took personal offense.
"I am a halfblood, you git!" She leapt to her feet, her wand out in mere seconds, "But my best friend is muggleborn, so sod off. I have half a mind to hex you right now."
She pointed her wand in his face as she snarled her words. Never before had she acted so vicious towards another, but this boy pushed her buttons at the wrong time.
"How dare you?" the blonde boy sneered, taking out his own wand and pointing it at Evalett, "Maybe I should teach you some manners."
"Malfoy!" Another voice snarled.
Both turned their heads to see Harry, his own wand out, advancing towards them. Draco Malfoy's look of disgust turned into pure contempt.
"Oh look, if it isn't Scarhead here to save the day," He rolled his eyes.
Harry glared at him icily, "I suggest you just keep walking, Malfoy."
"Aw, isn't that cute?" Draco smiled mockingly, "Potter's got a little crush on the little Ravenclaw halfblood."
Harry lunged towards him, jaw clenched tightly. Evalett blinked in surprise; Harry never struck her as the violent type.
"Harry," She yelped tentatively, "He's not worth it- we should just leave him."
Harry paused in his actions, but his emerald green eyes never left Draco. He lowered his wand slowly, backing up.
"You're right," He muttered tightly, "He isn't worth it."
Malfoy sneered at both of them, his grey eyes dark.
"Yes, listen to your little girlfriend, Potter. I don't have time for you anyways," He swept past them, bumping Harry's shoulder roughly.
"He is such an insufferable git," Harry spat venomously.
"Yes, well, he is a Slytherin after all," Evalett shook her head ruefully. She didn't know Draco Malfoy well, but then again, she didn't want to.
"He didn't hurt you, did he?" Harry's emerald green eyes held genuine worry, losing all the anger from before.
"No," Evalett ducked her head in embarrassment, "He just threatened to. Nothing big."
He smiled at her, his grin a little lopsided and definitely cute.
Evalett found herself smiling back at him. Even though she knew her heart belonged to Seamus, she couldn't help but feel something for the green-eyed boy. It was very easy to be in his presence and she often found herself relaxing when she was with him. She wasn't sure what her feelings were exactly yet, but it wouldn't hurt to figure them out.
"Where were you headed anyways?" Harry asked, putting away his wand and walking next to her. He was close enough so their shoulders brushed occasionally.
"Oh, I was headed back to the Ravenclaw common room," She murmured, tucking hair behind her ear.
"Oh," Harry seemed a little disappointed, but he tried to mask it.
"I don't need to go there," She said slowly, blinking her blue eyes, "I was only going there because I have nothing better to do."
"Great!" His face brightened instantly, "So you're free then?"
She bit her lip, both curious and nervous, "Yes, I'm free."
"Want to take a walk around the castle?" His face turned red slightly and he rubbed his neck, "I have something I'd like to show you. If you want, of course."
"Of course I'll come," Evalett said shyly, looking at him with happiness.
Harry beamed, offering her his hand. As she intertwined her hand with his, Evalett thought briefly that she would owe Nina some sort of explanation when she didn't show at the common room. Brushing her thoughts away, she smiled back at Harry. He led her down the corridor, heading for the nearest door outside.
"Where are we going?" She asked curiously.
"It's a surprise," Harry grinned mischievously at her.
Her eyebrows went up at that and she scrunched up her nose. Evalett was usually wary of surprises, but she trusted Harry, so she let this slide.
"Not big on surprises?" He guessed with a chuckle. He squeezed her hand gently, "It's not bad, I promise."
"I believe you, Harry," Evalett shrugged, smiling slightly.
"Good." The pair was outside by now, the air a bit nippy, making Evalett pull her robes a bit tighter around herself. Overall it was a nice day with the sun shining down pleasantly. Birds chirped sweetly around them and the slight breeze stirred the leaves. Evalett took a deep breath of fresh air, her mood lifting immediately.
Harry led her down a small path, away from the school and heading towards the lake. Evalett had no idea where he was taking her, but she was actually excited for this small surprise. It piqued her interest because anything that was outside always made Evalett happy. Nature had a funny way of making everything seem alright.
"Come on, it's just down here," He was walking towards a small grove of tree. Evalett grinned, and followed the green-eyed boy down to see who-knows-what.
She didn't know what it was, but she did know that she wanted to see it.
{ Yes..this is sort of a cliffhanger. Don't kill me, haha. I need time to figure out what exactly the surprise is….. }