Title: Keep me Safe 10/34- Just no Use
Author: Harmoni
Category: HP-BTVS
Rating: T for teen...cuz I like to swear hehehe
Chapter Summary:
Disclaimer: the OC's belong to me… Harry Potter to Rowling, Buffy to Whedon
Spoilers: Doubt it, this takes place after Season 7 and book 5
Feedback: Please
Author's Note: Yes so this is being revamped.. why? Cuz parts of it make me cringe… and I'm waiting out my current writers block…so bare with me, and give it a chance please and thank you, and review…and this is also my first one ever so things may not be superb… but I'm still proud of it… most of it…
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Now
don't just walk away Pretending everything's ok And you
don't care about me And I know there's just no use When
all your lies become your truths And I don't care Are
you Happy Now? Michelle Branch
"That was bloody brilliant." Ron said stepping up beside Alexa after Potions class.
"Ron, don't swear." Hermione reprimanded him.
"All I said was bloody, she said a lot worse to Snape in there."
Alexa gave them both a small smile. "That was nothing, it's been like that all week."
"No." They gasped
"Yeah, I think he enjoys it."
"Lynne, Alexa." He corrected with a wave of his hand. "you're just full of surprises."
"How's that Harry potter?" She asked, a small twinkle in her eye.
"Let's see, the scene with Snape, the fighting in Defense against the dark arts. How did you do that?"
Alexa's smile slightly faltered. "I-I don't know, instinct maybe. I was very athletic at home. But enough talk about this, I am famished." This was a lie, she had barely eaten anything in the past months but she'd do anything to change the subject.
She linked arms with Harry and they continued to the Great Hall, passing Draco who looked like he was waiting to talk to her. She just kept walking as if she didn't see him. He knew she did though and this frustrated him so he did the best thing he could think of, he turned and punched a hole in the wall.
How dare she do this to him, he was Draco Malfoy and she would find out what would happen when you crossed paths with him.
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The next few months passed rather quickly and it was now November, but Alexa barely noticed as she tried to stay at the same level as her classmates. Hermione was always there to help but Alexa was having enough problems trying to stay focused on one thing for a long time. At least the classes she shared with Draco. He had gone back to being rude and an all around jerk, constantly taunting her and her friends. She couldn't decide if she was more hurt or angry by this. She had even tried talking to him, but he just talked to her like she was, she hated to say it, Hermione. She was this close to hitting him again, making it a lot worse then a punch to the head, luckily though he was saved by a teacher and she had no problem telling him what would've happened. Of course he responded with his trademark sneer.
During the day she was nothing but angry at him but at night, when she was trying to sleep, all she felt was an overwhelming sense of sadness.
Sleep, she almost forgot what that was like. The first two weeks, she spent prowling the common room, trying different things to occupy her time but none seemed to work. Finally, she begged Harry for his invisibility cloak so she could walk the halls. He was reluctant at first, wishing there was some way to help her but nothing worked. Even lying with her as he once did, did nothing, in fact it seemed to agitate her more, something that confused him to no end. So he gave it to her, begging each night before he went to bed, for her to be careful. She learned a lot about Hogwarts at night.
Alexa had also decided to stay away from Professor Williams. Too scared and unsure to follow up on everything. He had started teaching them fighting techniques and she always got to be his partner. During these times, he would always bring up the Slayer issue, but she would ignore him and was always the first to leave after class. She didn't want to know about it, she wanted to ignore it, she was too afraid to learn more. Eventually he gave up, figuring that when she was ready, she would come to him.
One morning at breakfast, Harry, Ron and Ginny were busy talking about quidditch and their upcoming match against Ravenclaw. Hermione was reading a book and Alexa was listlessly staring at her food as she pushed it around her plate. Harry broke away from his conversation to watch her finally bursting out with
"You know, Ron eats more in a day then I've seen you eat these past couple of months."
She just shrugged
"hey" Ron protested, but Hermione gently nudged him
"Alexa, Harry's right, You've lost a lot of weight and you still haven't been sleeping, we're beginning to worry."
Again she shrugged. Reactions weren't a big thing for her. But then a voice spoke up behind her.
"What's wrong Conners? Not getting any from Potter here? Is that why you look skinnier? Thinking it will make you look better and someone may actually want you?"
Harry and Ron went to stand up but Alexa was already on her feet, up in Draco's face.
"What's wrong Malfoy, afraid you're second best?"
Her friends and Draco's goons looked confused as only she and Draco knew what that meant.
A brief look of hurt flashed over his features before he scowled and glared down at her.
"Who would want some filthy, orphaned, homicidal, mudblood like you?"
Ron and Harry were up now and were going for their wands but were stopped when Alexa held up a hand and spoke again.
"You really wanna go there Malfoy?"
"Perhaps." He drawled
"You really wanna fuckin go there?" behind her, Hermione gasped.
A spark of fear lit up Draco's eyes as he remembered the last time he pushed Alexa Conners too far.
You're not worth it." He spat, turning away.
Alexa placed a hand on his shoulder and turned him around, grabbing his collar and pulling him down so they were eye level.
"I'm worth more then you'll ever be, asshole." She pushed him back and he fell into his two sidekicks.
Alexa turned away and they both missed the hurt in each other's eyes. Maybe if they did, things would have turned out differently.
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"Alright, so we're going to partner up today and spar, see how well you're doing and if you've actually been paying attention."
Professor Williams started calling out partners and Alexa stood up, going to the front but was stopped when she heard "Malfoy, you're with Conners."
She groaned, thinking this was some ploy to get them to work out their differences, or kill each other. She had a feeling it would be the latter.
"Right then, no need to go all out, use what you learnt so far. Oh, and no killing each other."
Alexa crouched into a fighting stance, in front of her, Draco followed suit.
"Let's see what you got Conners."
Her hands dropped down to the side. "Draco, shove it."
He attacked.
He threw punches at her with frightening speed, but she was able to easily block them.
He kept pressing, trying to get a punch in but her hand was there to block every one. She still had yet to hit back. As pissed as she was, she couldn't hit him.
She grabbed his arm. "Draco, why?"
"Save your chit chat for your boyfriend." He snapped
She dropped both their arms again, shocked. "My boyfriend?"
He punched her in the face and she fell back, staring up at him, a dazed expression on her face..
"Merlin." He breathed, realising what he had done. "Alexa," The fight seemed to go out of him and he held out a hand to help her up.
But now he had made a big mistake. Now, she was pissed. She reached out a hand and tugged, pulling him down on top of her. She then flipped him over so she was straddling him.
"Why?" She asked again.
"Get off me Bitch." He swore.
She punched him.
"Why?"
Another punch.
"I've done nothing."
Another punch.
"Except like you."
One more punch and his nose started bleeding.
"And you."
Punch.
"Hurt."
Punch.
"Me"
Punch.
She had incredible strength. She knew that now and she didn't want to hurt him but Draco barely seemed affected as he flipped her over and started in on her.
"Class dismissed." Professor Williams yelled
Nobody moved as they watched the two blondes fight.
"I said get out." Williams roared and everyone scurried, except for the two still on the floor fighting.
"You never cross paths with a Malfoy."
Punch.
"You used me."
Punch.
Again Draco was flipped on his back.
"I used you?" She screamed.
Punch.
"other way around."
Punch.
"You made me fall for you."
Punch.
"Made me believe in you."
Punch.
"It was all a lie."
Punch..
Tears were now streaming down her battered face as he flipped her once again.
Off to the side Williams stood watching, not planning on interfering. He decided if it worked for his slayer, may as well work for these two.
"I say one thing."
Punch.
"You flip out."
Punch.
"And go for Potter."
Punch.
"You were using me."
He delivered another powerful punch, not realising she wasn't reacting anymore..
Ever since Alexa had run from Canada, she hadn't eaten or slept properly. If at all. She had lost a lot of weight and was weak by slayer standards. Combine this with Draco being pretty strong himself, and her body was not able to handle everything.
Draco had knocked Alexa unconscious.
"Alexa?" Draco called her name repeatedly.
"Professor Williams? Something's wrong."
He walked over to them. "There's something different about you boy. She may be weak but there is no way you should've been able to knock out a slayer."
"I knocked her unconscious." His voice grew panicked as he realised what he did.
"No worries, she'll wake soon."
"But I- she's a girl and she's my-I mean- Merlin, what did I do?:
He picked her up and rushed her down to the infirmary.
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