"I hate him," was the blunt sentence that escaped Ella's lips. "He's mean and rude! A-and evil!" Ella gripped her hair in frustration.
"And you want nothing more than to kiss his overly salivated lips." Ella's head snapped up and she narrowed her eyes at Alena.
"Take. That. Back," Ella ground through her teeth. Alena smirked and shook her head. "He violated me and-"
"You enjoyed every second of it. I can read your eyes, they're talking to me about it." Alena wiggled her eyebrows and Ella scoffed.
"I hate you, too." Ella mumbled.
"Your eyes say otherwise!" Ella covered her eyes and let out a growl.
"Jackass!" Ella shouted, ducking her head down and waiting to be hit. When the impact didn't come she opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow.
"I'm not gonna hit you." Alena curled her feet underneath of her on the couch. "Because you're in denial!" Alena laughed with a smile on her face.
The two were sitting in the Slytherin common room avoiding "Professor Moody" at all costs. Ella was wearing a regular day's outfit and Alena was in her pajamas, seeing as she had slept in. It was Hogsmeade Sunday and the two were completely deserted. Alena was rudely woken up by pounding on the common room entrance that morning, a.k.a Ella's "joyful" greeting.
"I'm not in denial!"
"It's even worse than I thought!" Alena whispered to herself.
"Let's just get off the subject for now."
"You started it!"
"Well now I'm ending it." The two sighed in unison and looked at each other, neither wanting to leave it be.
"You're in denial." Ella let out an aggravated grunt and lolled her head back onto the couch. "The last step is acceptance."
"I'm not accepting this." Ella mumbled. "He kissed me without my permission. That's not okay! I'm sixteen and he's what? Thirty-two!"
"Calm down." Alena rubbed Ella's arm and leaned her head back next to Ella's.
"He's almost the same age as my mom." Ella groaned and sat up, placing her head into her hands. "I made out with an old man."
"It was a kiss, it's not like the two of you have been knocking boots."
"It's still so awkward." Ella finally realized what Alena had said and turned to look at her. Ella's eyebrows scrunched together before she smiled. "Knocking boots?"
"Yeah...?"
"Of all the things you could have used... and you use that." Ella grinned and lifted Alena to her feet.
"What are you doing?" Ella started to push Alena out of the door.
"We're going to the kitchens, I'm starving."
"Do you see that I'm in my pajamas? Pajamas!" Ella rolled her eyes and walked through the dungeons with her arm around Alena's shoulders.
"I didn't think you wanted to impress the house elves... I thought you only had eyes for your ginger haired prankster." Alena rolled her own eyes and tried to cover the blush on her cheeks. She never had crushes, she was always on the receiving end- which made it awkward that she pined after Fred. But Fred and Angelina were a thing. That didn't work for Alena. Alena smirked at the thought of tearing Fred away from Angelina.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Alena cockily replied, pushing past all thoughts of Fred to come up with a proper retort.
"Aside from that, Yule Ball... what are we gonna do?"
"Painfully obvious answer: we're going."
"No shit, I meant... what about dresses? Neither of us can go to Hogsmeade to obtain the 'proper' attire." Alena grinned when Ella let out the foul word.
"Auntie Cissy will send me some dresses, and I'm sure she'll send me more than one."
"We aren't the same size." Ella raised her eyebrow before looking at Alena's lanky figure and her own average.
"I'll tell her to send some for an in need pure-blood friend."
"Pure-blood? Really? Would that be necessary to add?" Alena laughed harshly and pulled Ella onto a moving set of stairs.
"This is Narcissa Malfoy we're talking about. I don't mention you're a pure-blood and you don't get a dress."
Professor Sprout lead the 'lecture' on the Yule Ball and explained the rules. Ella looked uncomfortable during the entire time, not sure who to partner with or who her actual escort would be to the ball. After all, taking one of her Professors would be highly inappropriate. After a good fifteen minutes, Sprout clapped her hands together and told the students to partner up and start the lesson. Ella stood in the middle of the floor whilst many possible escorts surrounded her.
"Move," a male voice hissed as the group broke apart. The guy grabbed Ella's hand and pulled her away from the crowd and put his hand on her waist. Ella looked up to be met with the green eyes of Demetri.
"Oh, Demetri! It's you, thank heaven." Ella placed her hand on his shoulder and locked her fingers with his.
"Thought I'd save you from them, give you some time to see who you want your actual date to be." Ella nodded and sighed out of relief before the two started dancing.
"I... don't actually know how to dance. So I'm sorry if I step on your feet." She attempted to give Demetri a smile and he just nodded and grinned down at the girl.
"Absolutely fine. Just remember: count one, two, three and follow my lead."
By the end of the lesson, Ella had stopped stomping on Demetri's feet and both were grateful. They walked out together, laughing about a fourth year who had been kicked in the shin for grabbing his partner's bum. Alena stood outside with her arms crossed, eyes narrowed at the two.
"Something wrong?" Demetri asked when he arrived in front of Alena.
"Nope, great actually." Alena turned her attention to Ella and grinned, showing her teeth.
"You're creepy when you smile," Demetri shook his head before Alena hit him and he walked away.
"I owled Cissy earlier and we've got our reply. She said that she'd love to help a fellow pure-blood in need. So we're both getting dresses and shoes sent to me."
"Will she go over the top with this?"
"You have no idea. I imagine twenty expensive dresses for each of us."
"At least you get to wear a dress!" Demetri shouted from the end of the hallway. "I'm stuck wearing pants!"
"And who I hoped to be my escort has already been claimed." Alena added, mumbling to Ella.
"Fred asked Angelina?" Ella frowned when Alena nodded. "Shame, I wonder who George is going with." Alena's eyes lit up as Ella gave her the idea.
"You're brilliant!" Alena kissed Ella's cheek and started to run away.
"I am?" Ella shouted after her. Alena turned around and started to run backwards.
"If I can't take the one I want, I'll take the one who looks exactly like him!" Ella laughed and Alena turned the corner only to run into Fred.
"Hello, love. Where are you going in a hurry?" A second later George popped up beside him and the two smiled.
"Actually, to find you two. Can I speak to you George?"
"Anything you say in front of me, you can say in front of Gred." Alena hesitated before biting back her pride and looking up at George with hopeful eyes.
"Well then. George Weasley, would you like to accompany me to the Yule Ball?" George's reaction was a bit odd, as he laughed and slapped a shocked Fred on the back.
"I would be honored, Miss Lestrange. But I never knew you fancied me." Alena rolled her eyes and smirked; her plan had been working. After George spoke Fred was glaring daggers towards him.
"Great. Do you two think you can help me find a suitable escort for Ella? She's a bit hopeless when it comes to the male gender."
"Of course we can, right Gred?" George threw his arm around Fred's shoulders who grinned in response.
"Absolutely, Forge." The two started to walk away and list possible Gryffindors.
"Gred and Forge, how original." Alena mumbled to herself before following after the twins.
Sorry it took so long to update, my notebook sorta got lost in my locker. Which is now in order. : )
teamXtrek
Writerandreader, well... it's more complicated than that. She's uncomfortable with the thought of the two being together since she's half his age.
ilovemedia18
SailorBoo, you probably shouldn't think that, but it's okay in my book. Lol.
EsperanzaGardens, thank you for your reviews. : ) And I know, I started this story due to the lack of Barty/OC stories and my love for the character. Dem wasn't even completely my idea either; I wanted a male character and a friend of mine kept throwing out ideas. So then we kept adding things together and made him the way he is. :D
