ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
Author's Note: Enjoy.:)
Disclaimer: I don't own either Harry Potter or Twilight. I don't mean to cause harm or confusion. Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. I gained no profits from this story. This is written purely for my own entertainment.
Credit: Thank you to keria1123 and sydneytaryn who have been helping me to beta this story. TQVM!
Warnings: Slash, M/M love. (DON'T LIKE DON'T READ). AU, NON -MAGIC.
Chapter 4
When the lunch bell rings, Harry goes to the cafeteria to get some food. Draco suddenly has an urgent meeting with his club so he can't go with him. Harry actually enjoys his classes here. He had French and History so far. He had always wanted to learn that foreign language, but with all his time between restoring his family business and keeping up with his studies, which is mostly about marketing and management, he never got the chance or time to learn it. However, since the subject is offered here, he'll take his time to learn it properly. Learning America's history is quite fun for him, with all the wars and politics going on. He's worried whether he can keep up with it, since he needs to remember all the names and dates. Should he hire a tutor after all?
The chattering in the cafeteria dies down when Harry enters. He sighs and decides to take no notice of all the staring. He goes to line up to get his food and is quite frustrated to see the food looks unappetizing. Since he is starving, though, he just takes some of it. He sits down on an empty table's seat and starts eating. Gradually, the cafeteria is filled with chattering and whispering.
Suddenly, Harry's peaceful moment is disturbed when a curly dark brown hair girl comes and sits on an empty seat at his table.
"Hello, you must be the new student. I've heard about you. I'm Jessica Stanley," the girl says and takes her hand out for a shake.
"Harry Potter." Harry smiles charmingly at her and shakes her hand. He notices Jessica is blushing madly when he does it. He smirks. How easy, he thinks. Harry is considered a veteran in the business world; he knows how to read people and he doesn't have to read their mind to know what they are thinking. Harry also knows that people find him to be attractive; he has received a lot of confession from women to men. He is positive that this girl likes him; she had those crazy fans eyes, and he got that a lot back in England. She is quite cute but he's not interested for now; his mind is filled with a certain bronze-haired teen.
"So, are you related to the Malfoy's? I saw you coming with Draco." she says, looking a bit dismayed as she says the name Malfoy's. "Yes, they are my family. If you want to leave any unkind remarks about them, please leave." he replies, expression turning cold.
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."Jessica takes the hint and immediately apologizes; she doesn't want the new hot guy to hate her.
Harry wants to say something back but something catches his attention; the beautiful people that he saw in the morning. His eye follows them as they go to an empty table and sit down gracefully after they buy their food.
"Looks like you've noticed the Cullen's," she says bitterly, jealous of her crush's attention to the Cullen's.
"Cullen's?" he asks, finally looking at her again.
"Yes." Jessica is not happy with her new crush's interest on the Cullen's, but seeing that this is the perfect opportunity to patch things up with him again, she decides to provide some of the Cullen's information that she knows.
"The tallest guy is Emmet Cullen, the girl with blonde hair is Rosalie Hale and the blonde guy that looks like he's constipated is Jasper Hale…" her introductions are cut off by Harry.
"Constipated?" Harry asks, confused by her choice of word.
"Well, yeah. Doesn't he looks constipated to you?" she snickers.
"Hmmm… Go on." he says, deciding to drop the matter off. He's eager to know the name of the teen that makes his heart skip a beat.
"Okay, the smallest girl in the group that looks a bit crazy is Alice Cullen." Jessica snickers again, enjoying every minute of bad mouthing about the Cullen's.
Again, Harry gives her a disapproving look but keeps silent.
"And lastly, the copper-colored hair guy is Edward Cullen. He thinks he is perfect but he is just a guy with a stupid attitude."
Ignoring Jessica completely, Harry looks at the Cullen's again. "Edward…" he mutters softly. Did he overanalyze? Because he swears Edward flinched when he muttered his name, but that seems impossible since the distance between them is far and the cafeteria is not exactly quiet.
"But don't get your hopes high; they think they are superior to other people and are always wrapped up in their own little world. They are all adopted brothers and sisters. The quirky thing is, Emmett is dating Rosalie. Edward thinks he is so great that no girls in school are good enough for him. Jasper and Alice is weird, I mean their attitude is weird. They're creepy, right? I mean, technically they're not related but they live together! It's weird that they adopt all these children. Dr. Cullen and his wife, I mean. Personally, I think it's because Mrs. Cullen is barren that's why they adopted them." She continues rambling and fails to notice Harry's loathing look that is intended for her.
"I think I know why Jasper Hale looks like that," the raven haired teen says as he stands up from his seat. Grabbing his tray, he bends down and whispers lowly in Jessica's ear. "Considering the things that you say behind their back, I think he is trying really hard to prevent himself from ripping your head off." Jessica literally freezes on her seat. Harry smirks evilly and then walks away. Harry's suspicions are proven when he sees from the corner of his eyes that all the Cullen's flinch and look horrified. He can tell that they are not normal; they are too beautiful to be humans. They are treacherous; it's something that his instinct tells him. Harry is not a dim-witted and ignorant person; he knows this world does not consist of only humans. There are supernatural beings out there; it's something that he found out a long time ago. He is dying to know what exactly Edward is but he clearly knows the fact that curiosity does kill a cat. If he wants to do it, he must find out little by little, making a mental note to himself or else he will end up killed. It may sound too serious for others, but Harry is never wrong about these things, he really may get killed for knowing the Cullen's hidden secret.
After the school session comes to an end, Harry once again finds himself leaning on his car to wait for Draco. His classes are overall quite interesting; the only downside is he didn't get any chance to share a class with Edward. The only Cullen that he shares a class with is Alice Cullen.
During the class that he shares with the small pixie girl, he noticed that Alice kept glancing his way and sometimes she even cautiously went near him but suddenly drew back. The scene had repeated a few times. It was quite hilarious; she looked like a small animal that wanted to come near you but was too afraid to do so. The raven had wanted to just laugh out loud but he didn't want to startle her, so he decided to just keep still and let her make the first move. However, throughout the whole class she didn't do anything more than that.
Jessica Stanley's outrageous statement was proven wrong, Alice Cullen doesn't look creepy at all, and actually, she is quite endearing.
"Harry!" the raven suddenly snaps out of his thoughts when he hears someone calling out his name. Before he knows it, Draco and another red-haired boy is standing in front of him. Draco is looking excited while the red haired teenage boy is tinted red from head to toe. The raven chuckles, since both of them were practically running towards him he can't tell if he is blushing from embarrassment or just tired and out of breath.
"Harry Potter," the raven politely holds out his hand and introduces himself.
"Ronald Weasley," the red-haired boy nervously introduces himself. Harry notices his hand is trembling and he wonders why. Did he somehow scare him?
"Just give up Ron; he is as straight as an arrow," Draco says rather loudly and smacks the red hair on his head. Harry chuckles again when he sees Ronald's reaction. If he was only slightly tinted red before, now he is tomato red. Ronald quickly glares at the blonde who smirks at him.
Looking at their interaction, Harry is positive they are nothing more than good friends. He is quite relieved. Draco is like a baby brother to him and it's odd for him if someone takes interest in the blonde. Harry will make sure any people that want to have anything to do with Draco they will have to get through him first. Of course, he realizes sooner or later, the blonde will have his own love life but in the mean time, he only wants the blonde to be just like when he was five, adorable and innocent.
Lucius has asked him to keep an eye on his blonde brother because both Lucius and Severus realize how the town people think of them. Since Draco was little, he had received the town people's cold shoulder without knowing the reason. He always thought it was something that he had done. Back at the time, the raven always remembered Draco would cry and tell him how he didn't like it and keep asking for reasons why people didn't like him. Of course, he was the same age as the blonde at the time. How would he know any more than him? The only thing he could do at the time was listened to his problems.
As time passed, when the blonde realized why people treated him that way, he stopped confiding to Harry about it. There was a time when Draco hated and rebelled towards his parents, but thankfully it didn't last long. When Draco's rebellious acts has gone too far and Lucius and Severus didn't know what to do anymore, Harry's father had taken the matter into his own hands and decided to have a long talk with Draco. No one knew what happened during the long talk and Draco never mentioned it either. To everyone's surprise, though, Draco stopped hating his parents and he even befriended Ron who was isolated because of his sexual preferences too.
Harry doesn't know what Draco's sexual preference currently is but he had decided a long time ago that no matter what it is, he will make sure the people that want to date the blonde are genuine in every way. Regardless of who is the blonde's choice is, he will not be lenient with them.
"Harry!" The raven once again snaps out of his thought when he hears Draco calling his name loudly while snapping his finger on his face. "What is wrong with you? You keep dazing out," the blonde says to the raven while looking worried.
"Nothing. Let's go and eat a proper meal," Harry answers casually and smiles reassuringly at both of the people in front of him. Suddenly, the raven feels hungry and tired; he honestly blames the cafeteria's food and Jessica Stanley for it.
"Okay, let's go Ron." Draco motions Ronald to go into the raven's car. The red-haired boy stands dumbfounded at his side, not really sure whether to follow or not. Like Draco, Ronald realizes that some people are not comfortable hanging around with him. When he wants to decline, he hears the raven speak.
"Yes Ronald, come on. I'm starving. If you make me wait another minute, I'll make you pay for what I'm going to eat and I must warn you, I eat a lot." Harry states jokingly. He knows what exactly Ronald is thinking and he doesn't want him to think that he is refusing to befriend him. Ronald reluctantly nods and soon the three of them jump into the car and a few moments later they drive away.
No even one of them notices the five pairs of eyes that had been staring intensely at them since the beginning.
AN: So… What actually happened? Why Alice is so interested with Harry? I think more or less some of you realized that I did not paired Alice and Jasper up in this story right? So, who will I pair them with? Please review and please look forward for the next chapter.