The Silver Clasp-Chapter 8

I woke up to hear screaming. Dom's voice rose up to me yelling, 'Rose!' hysterically, over and over again, and then I heard her pounding up the stairs. She flung my door open in a panic. She jumped on my bed, her face pale and streaked with tears. Suddenly I was awake, and my mind was racing, 'Dom? Is everything ok?' I asked, worried about my favourite girl cousin. 'I, em, I woke up. I woke up beside…' As much as I loved her I had to say, 'Spit it out Dom.' 'I think I slept with Lorcan.'

I froze. 'What do you mean you think you slept with him? How can you not know?' 'Well I woke up beside him, but I was so drunk last night I can't remember anything.' 'Were you wearing any clothes?' I asked her. She burst in to tears. No then, the voice in my head stated but I pushed it away: now was not the time. 'We were both in our underwear so your guess is as good as mine.' She said in between sobs.

'Was he awake as well? Or did you just get up and leave?' I asked her, I was going to interrogate them both. 'He was awake. I said nothing to him though. I grabbed my clothes and ran away.' 'Dom honey, you're going to have to talk to him sometime. This is important. He might remember something.'

She nodded and I pulled her on to my lap. With my arms around her, she sobbed quietly on my shoulder. The most fierce, brave, confident, strong person I knew was crying on my shoulder. I felt quite disconcerted. Usually she was the one who comforted me. It seemed that everything was going wrong.

Scorpius' View.

I woke up to hear Dom screaming Rose's name. I heard her run into Rose's room and slam the door. I knew I shouldn't, but I was curious. I went into the joined bathroom, and listened at Rose's door using Extendable Ears.

I could hear the whole conversation, and Dom crying as she explained. I felt sorry for her so I decided to go find Lorcan. Then I heard Rose say, 'I will just go get you a tissue from the bathroom.' I froze, then I hurriedly put the Extendable Ear in my pocket and I tore off the shirt I had fallen asleep in. This made it look like I was going for a shower, because I knew I didn't have enough time to get into my room. She walked in; her eyes looked a little watery as well.

Then when she saw me she froze: her eyes looking up and down at my chest. I grinned, 'Hey Weasley. Never heard of knocking then?' 'I'm just getting a tissue Malfoy. No need to get your wand in a knot.' She walked over to the toilet roll handle, turning her eyes away from me. Her hands were fumbling as she got some tissue, and she dropped the whole roll of it. I bent down to pick it up for her at the same time she did. Our hands touched and she blushed. 'Thanks.' She said and she ran out, still blushing. The power of the six-pack, I thought smirking.

I picked up my shirt and buttoned it up on my way out of the Head-Quarters. I walked into Al on my way to find Lor. Al already knew everything and had been coming to get Rose to find Dom. 'I wouldn't go in there Al. It's a battlefield.' Apparently Lor didn't remember anything either. He had done the same as Dom and he was worrying too. He wasn't crying though but, according to Al, he was pretty near it. He felt terrible for doing that to Dom, if he had done it.

I groaned and slid down the wall. Al sat down beside me and I told him about what had happened between me and Rose. He didn't say anything, he just listened. I put my head between my hands, everything was getting too stressful, and I didn't know how all our parents had handled this stuff as well as a bloody war.

We sat there for almost an hour, both of us moaning about different things. They were different but similar: Girl Problems. Then Lor came and joined us. He looked terrible, a bad mix of worry and a hangover. 'It will be ok mate.' Said Al. Lor just nodded his head weakly.

We heard footsteps so we looked up: Jane was walking past us, going to the Head-Quarters no doubt. As she walked past us she took extra care to stand on Al's foot. He winced in pain and went to go after her. 'Just give her time to cool down mate. Girls are like volcanoes. If you go near her now, she will kill you. If you wait a while, then she is no more dangerous than a spoon.' I said, feeling pleased with my comparison.

Al and Lor just looked at me. 'You were on a roll, until you said the bit about the spoon.' Lor said, grinning. Well, at least I cheered them up. Al knew I was thinking that and started laughing. Al and I seemed to always know what was the other was thinking, it came with the Bromance.

The three of us sat there laughing: Al's laugh was contagious. We were laughing so hard that we didn't see the girls walk past. 'Well at least someone is having a good time.' Said Jane coldly. She glared at Al and pulled Dom and Rose Weasley away. We had all stopped laughing. Al groaned and slapped himself on the forehead repeatedly. 'Stop it Al. You will only lose more brain cells, and we all know that you can't afford that.' Said Lor. Al smiled a little.

I stood up, 'Guys, I'm going for a walk. I need to clear my head.' They nodded and I walked off through the castle. It's going to be so awkward between me and Weasley now. And it's my entire fault. I shouldn't have kissed her, she has a boyfriend! She obviously doesn't care about me. I don't know why I am wasting my time with her.

I had decided that I was just going to act like it had never happened, in the hope that she would to, and we could all forget about it. It wasn't important. Well, to me it was, but she didn't need to know that. Unrequited love was a bitch. My mind wandered as I walked glumly through the halls.

I walked past McLaggen who was talking loudly to one of his mates. 'The little bitch broke up with me last night. It's not like I care anyway, she is a slut. Not worth anything.' I took my wand out of my pocket and I whispered the spell angrily as I pointed my wand at him.

That would be the last time he insulted her, but he was so stupid that he didn't realize he had a formation of spots forming on his forehead, spelling the word 'Asshole'. His thick friend didn't realize either. I grinned evilly, admiring my handiwork.

At this point Weasley had been walking past too, and she saw what I did to his face. She smiled as she walked past. Then she looked at me, 'Malfoy.' She nodded and turned to walk away. She was acting like there was nothing on his face either.

McLaggen had looked into a mirror while he was walking and he yelped, 'My face! What happened to my face?' I laughed at him and started walking again. His friend was looking at him, trying to read the word. 'Sound it out, it's not that hard.' I heard Weasley say, as though speaking to a child who was learning to read.

I laughed even harder at that, and Weasley joined in. McLaggen glared at us, 'Fix it.' He said, walking up to me. 'No,' I replied. So The Jerk turned to Weasley, 'Fix it baby?' he said in a horribly sickly voice. 'Ok then,' she took out her wand and I glared at her, shocked that she was being such a traitor. She turned the spots bright pink and made his hair disappear. The idiot didn't notice.

She giggled as she walked away. I smirked at McLaggen and walked off too. Then I relised that we has missed breakfast. I looked at my watch; it was nearly lunch time so I changed directions to the Great Hall and sat down for lunch. Soon enough everyone else had come down too and we started eating.

'I didn't think I was this hungry.' That was all I could hear as Al sat down beside me. Jane came in, saw Al and sat at the Gryffindor table instead. Suddenly Al looked as though he had lost his appetite. 'You ok mate?' I asked, knowing it was a stupid question, but I asked it anyway. 'Yeah. Of course I am.' He looked as though he was trying to convince himself rather than me. He just stared at his plate looking lost and confused, a bit like a puppy.

Authors note: Hey guys!!! I am sorry that I didn't update last week...I was really busy with studying etc. And my mother has limited my time on my laptop because apparantly...I'm 'addicted' to it. So I don't have enough time to write them now, but don't worry guys I will!! I know this chapter is shorter than the last one and I am sorry, but I promise that the next one will be longer. Please review...It means so much to me...and I wont update again until I get to 50 reviews, that is only 7 reviews though and I know you guys can do it! I had a song in my head when I wrote this so I am putting it below.

Can't swallow our pride,
Neither of us wanna raise that flag
If we can't surrender
then we both gonna lose what we had, oh no
Both hands tied behind my back with nothing
(nothing)
Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again

I don't wanna fall for it now
I never meant to start a war
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for.

That song is Battlefield by Jordan Sparks and I just thought it was relevant. Thank you if you have read this far...You are awesome!!

Disclaimer: Today I went to a sports/family day thing in my local G.A.A club, and there was face-painting. So of course I grabbed three little kids I know and pulled them into the queue with my mate, and pretended that they made me. Then I also got my face painted. Pretending that I was dared. Guess what I got? A scar...like Harry :) So obviously I own nothing but the plot, because J.K Rowling would be more mature than I am. And she is too cool to need a scar. Unlike me.

Thanks for reading this ridiculously long A/N ......I love you guys!

~Rebekah xxxx 3