Chapter 7:
'Didn't expect to see you here Brooks' Draco said smirking as he walked over to Aria
Tibbs sidled off as if she had just smelt a bad smell meanwhile Aria gave him a puzzled look he had been there when Blaise invited them!
'I didn't think you'd have the guts to come' he said teasingly, as if trying to provoke her
'You think you know me so well Malfoy' Aria said sounding unimpressed
'Perhaps I do'
'Perhaps you don't' Aria finished bluntly staring up at Draco
He chuckled as if there was some joke he knew and Aria didn't. She frowned. She had the feeling she was being mocked.
'I have something to show you- over there' he pointed uncertainly into the distance.
'I can't think of anything you'll be able to show me in the dark' Aria said rather uncertainly. She felt a little nervous.
He grabbed her hand and gently pulled her off further round the back of the school until they were halfway between the Whomping Willow and the front entrance to the school. Aria's heart was hammering. It was rather dark away from the bonfire but she could still see it 100m away or so.
'What do you have to show me then?' Aria said expectantly hiding her inner panic.
Draco brought his head nearer to hers and pointed somewhere into the inky sky. All Aria could see was the moon. Aria had had enough. She was about to tell Draco to stop being such a prat but as she turned her head to face him he had moved so close to her that their lips brushed against his. Aria had no time to hide her surprise and as Draco started to lean in there was a huge bang in which they jumped apart. They heard screams from the bonfire and suddenly heard a voice.
'Nobody moves. If any of you try, I will prevent you' a menacing voice said. Aria gasped. It was Snape.
'Come on he hasn't seen us' Draco urged as he started to tug her. But Aria was frozen and watched the silent crowd as Snape accompanied by Filch and McGonagall marched round the greenhouses towards the students. Suddenly someone extinguished the bonfire while yelling at everyone to run. Draco tugged at Aria in the pitch black and they stumbled towards the front door. There were sounds of running and voices everywhere. Aria was so confused on what was going on.
'Hominem Revelio' Snape shouted.
'What about the others?' she asked Draco as he continued to pull her towards the front doors.
Draco ignored her question but tugged her out of the way of a spell which stood out in the inky darkness presumably cast by Snape.
'Be careful Severus!' McGonagall called sternly but spells were still darting across the night sky; luckily they had had a head start on all the others.
They broke into a full sprint and entered the castle via the huge oak doors. It seemed mental to Aria that they were sneaking back right through the main entrance. Aria heard a high pitch scream only a few metres away. Aria felt sick. Draco and Aria hand in hand ran to the staircase on the left of the huge marble moving ones. But Peeves was at the bottom and threw an ink pellet which skimmed Aria's head.
'GOT SOME STUDENTS' he screeched.
Aria was once again yanked by Draco and instead he took her down the staircase on the right leading to the kitchens. Draco and Aria soon were clattering past the pots and pans and previously sleeping house-elves. Draco suddenly stopped at the door causing Aria to crash right into his back. However, he appeared not to notice as he checked the dungeon outside. He re-grabbed hold of her hand and they quietly crept through the large dungeon. They got to the door and turned left heading towards the light coming from the common room. Aria had the urge to throw herself into the door. However, she continued to tiptoe towards the entrance. Draco whispered the password to the wall and it opened. Aria practically collapsed in an arm chair feeling as if she was about to have a seizure. She laughed with relief.
However, Draco pulled her up again'we need to go to our dorms Snape could be back here any minute if we're lucky he won't have already checked who's in our out'.
Aria nodded her heart still hammering.
'Thanks Draco' she smiled and with that she kissed him on the cheek and went up the stairs to her dorm. He could feel her eyes watching her as she left him standing there. She quickly climbed into her bed not wanting to wake the other two girls in her room. She was far to awake to sleep and she lay there straining her ears for any sound of Jade or Tibbs. Finally, what seemed an eternity later she saw them both entering their dorm. She leapt out of bed and hugged them both. They both squealed in surprise.
Aria was just about to question them when they heard Snape's voice downstairs. They crept back to bed and dared not to speak. Eventually, they all fell asleep.
Aria awoke the next morning feeling extremely weary. She screwed up her eyes and suddenly last night's memory came flooding back to her. She attempted to sit up but failed and lay back down feeling exhausted. She turned to look at the clock. 10.04. Breakfast ended in 25 minutes and Aria leapt out of bed wrenching open the curtains. Aria privately thanked Merlin it was a Sunday which meant late breakfast otherwise they'd have been screwed. Jade and Rhiannon sat up covering their eyes as if they had been blinded.
'We've got no time to lose it's after ten o'clock –if we don't turn up for breakfast Snape will know we were out last night now move!' Aria ordered barely even thinking as she pulled on an oversized baggy jumper and some leggings. She quickly applied some makeup covering up her tired eyes and shoved her hair into a messy bun. The three of them trudged out of the dorm still rather fuzzy headed.
'Right' Aria said as they made their way upstairs. 'We have some serious talking to do.'
