Chapter 9: A Small Announcement
Thirty minutes passed until I finally stopped crying. "Feeling better?" George asked. I sniffed and nodded and we both left the classroom and went to the common room. I felt pathetic. On the way George said, "Hey Silver, I heard something strange today."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, I heard that you happened to have a crush on me…"
"That's not true!" I said quickly.
George blinked once and laughed, "Yeah, I thought so." I sighed in relief as we walked in through the portrait hole.
"Silver," Storm said calling me over to a corner, "What the bloody hell were you thinking in Potions today?" He yelled/whispered to me, if that's even possible.
"Well, he did say that a kiss would make him happy…"
"So!? That was a bit extreme don't you think? Or do you actually have a crush on the son of a bitch?"
"No…" A perverted image of me a Malfoy appeared, out of nowhere in my mind. My face flushed. "No! No way! I just thought it'd be a good laugh and it was. I mean did you see the look on his face afterwards?" I asked smiling at the memory.
"Look, I just don't want to see my sister snogging the Slytherin man-whore…"
"Stop being so hypocritical," I said to Storm in a harsh whisper, "You've been snogging Dimonika Devious haven't you? I can't believe you gave me that whole speech about how you didn't want me going out with anyone and then you go out and get yourself a girlfriend."
Storm sighed, "Listen Silver, I know you're upset but we aren't kids anymore. We need to grow up and meet new people. Besides you were the one that seemed to be a bit out of it, so I thought I'd back off, you know give you some space."
"Is this you saying this? Or is it your precious Dimonika?" I asked, "You've been talking about me with her behind my back haven't you?"
"First off it doesn't matter who said it because it's true. And secondly, I was worried about you so asked Dimonika for advice. She isn't as bad as you think. Besides, no matter how many girlfriends I have, I'll always love you, you know that right Silver?" I looked at the ground. "There's going to be a ball coming up soon, Nika told me. I promise that I'll save my last dance for you." He gave me a hug and kissed the top of my head. "Okay, Silver?"
"Do you promise?"
"Of course." He smiled and I smiled back.
"You know just because you're growing up doesn't mean I will. So be prepared!" I said with a smirk.
"Are you threatening me?" he asked with a raised eyebrow still holding me in his arms. And we stayed like that for a while. This is how it's suppose to be; the rest of the universe and Storm with me.
Although Storm and I are now on speaking terms and he's spending more time with me, it still wasn't the same. Whenever I hung out with Storm, Dimonika was always there. And she always did her best in making me feel unwelcomed. Even though, she never said it directly I could tell, for some reason this girl did not like me at all. It couldn't be more obvious, even a blind man could see how much this girl disliked me. The tone of her voice, the look in her eyes, they were dripping with a message "Get the hell away from me and my Stormy-poo." My eyebrows twitched as I walked a bit behind Storm and Dimonika when I pictured Dimonika calling my brother…Stormy-poo. And no matter how disgusted I am seeing those two together, I couldn't help but feel a bit…
"…jealous?" a cool voice whispered in my ear. I jumped and turned around to bump noses with Draco Malfoy.
"Well, aren't we a bit jumpy?" said Malfoy, rubbing his nose.
"What do you want?" I asked, after recovering from the unpleasant surprise.
"I was wondering, did you think more about my offer?" Malfoy asked.
"If you mean the one where you do my homework for a whole month, then I'm all for it."
"Ha ha, very cute. You know what I mean Demona…"
I looked at him and he looked at me. So many thoughts were going through my head and then I gave a slight smile, "If I'm going to be your girlfriend Draco, then you should call me by my first name and you got to give me some of the money you win from your bet with Zabini."
He grinned, "Excellent, well then I'll just go spread the word." And he left before I could say anything.
I thought hard if what I did was okay or if it was downright stupid, but I don't think it matters. I can't keep worrying about what my brother does with other girls. My brother really likes Dimonika and I can't change that. And as much as I don't like her, I should be happy for my brother and support him. I can't keep hanging on to him forever. I should begin to let go and maybe pretending to be Draco's girlfriend will help.
Strangely, for the rest of the day and that night, no one asked me if it was true if I was going out with Draco or not. I had expected the whole school to know by now. What the hell is Malfoy planning…?
"Hey Silver…"
"What!?" I jumped and looked up from my homework, which I barely even started, to see George, "Oh, hi George."
"Well, aren't you a bit jumpy tonight? What's wrong with you? You've been acting a bit strange all day…" George started but I had stopped listening. Was George really worrying about me? He can't have worried too much though. "Silver, are you listening?"
"What? Um, yeah, of course."
"Then what did I just say?"
"You said… that… I am the most gorgeous girl you've ever seen and you want to give me a HUGE diamond ring to prove your love to me." I said smiling.
"Ha ha, but seriously Silver, I'm a bit worried. Did something happen?" I have to, I have to tell George what happened. I can't not tell him, it's so obvious he's really worried or he wouldn't be nagging me so much. But what the hell do I say? "Oh, nothing big happened. I'm just going out with Malfoy, who's also known as the Slytherin Sex God." Yeah, that would go real well.
"Silver?" said George bringing me back to Earth.
I took a big breath… "I'm going out with Draco Malfoy." And he just looked at me and I looked back.
"You're kidding me right?" George asked and I shook my head no, "Why? Since when did you fancy Ma…" I covered his mouth with my hand.
"Can you be more quiet about it?" I whispered.
"Then can you tell me why? At least tell me why?" George asked and could sense a bit of anger in his voice. I didn't expect him to care this much about it.
"I…" I started but couldn't continue. What if George got madder at the reasons why I'm going out with Malfoy?
"Did he threaten you? Blackmail you?"
"No, I just… I'm going out with him because I want to…move on." There was a pause.
"Move on from what?"
"I've always depended a lot on Storm and since he has a girlfriend now… I guess I just want to move on from that."
"Couldn't you have picked someone else?" George asked, his voice slightly raised.
"Well… I don't know. He kind of asked me…"
"What do mean kind of?" his voice raising even more.
"Well, he asked me out."
"But why Silver? Why him?" he yelled at me.
"You already know why George! I just want to move on!" I began to yell back and all the people in the common room were watching our little scene. "I thought you'd understand. If I knew you'd get mad then I wouldn't have told you." I said and I ran out into the hallway.
George's POV
"Damn it," I whispered to myself as I watched Silver run out of the common room, "Wait Silver," I called out from behind as I ran after her. I found her sitting against the wall in the corridor her head in her hands.
I sat down next to her; she didn't move, "I'm sorry Silver. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that."
She was silent and then she looked at me, "I'm sorry too."
"For what? You didn't do anything."
"I guess for surprising you like that and for being a bit emotional."
"You don't have to apologize for anything. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Then why are you mad?" she asked.
"I…" Crap. Why was I so mad, she asks. What do I say to that? I don't know, maybe I should say, "I was going to ask you to the ball and you decided to tell you're going out with the Slytherin man-whore?" I'd bet anything that he's carrying one of those sexual diseases with all the sluts he's been with.
"It's because you care about me don't you? Kinda like how Storm does," Silver guessed.
"Yeah," I said getting up. She smiled, got up to and we went back to the common room. I couldn't help but feel a bit hurt. Even though she was right, she doesn't seem to see that I like her. And she just has to bring up her brother, doesn't she?
"Thanks George."
"For what?" I asked, very confused.
"For caring about me, and for being a good friend," she said smiling. I could feel the arrow strike through my heart. "Good friend" is what she thought of me. Is that all she'll ever think of me?
Silver's POV
I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. I felt like I could take on the world, but that feeling would soon disappear just after I arrived downstairs for breakfast. I was happily eating my porridge, when Harry said, "Do you want something?"
"Excuse me?" I asked a bit confused but then I saw that Harry was looking at someone behind me. I turned in my seat to see Malfoy.
"Malfoy?" I stood up from my seat and faced him, "What do you want?" I asked.
"Did you forget love? You're eating breakfast with me today."
"Why would Silver be having breakfast with you Malfoy?" Ron asked glaring.
"Oh she didn't tell you?" Malfoy asked with a wide grin, which I really wanted to slap off of his face. Then surprising everyone, including me, he kissed me… in front of everyone. "I'm her new boyfriend." I felt like I was going to die, "C'mon Silver." And he led me away from the Great Hall leaving everyone's shocked faces behind. He took me out a courtyard with a frozen water fountain in the middle. In front of the fountain was a picnic blanket and basket. I shook my head to get out of my frozen trance.
"You're such an arse Malfoy! What the hell was that?"
"What? You didn't like my little announcement?" He said with a grin lying back on the blanket.
"Little announcement? You didn't have to kiss me first and tell them after you kissed me. I felt like I was going to die right then and there!"
"Well then you should shut up and eat so you'll stay healthy," said Malfoy and he handed me a blueberry scone.
"I have to admit it Malfoy," I said after taking a bite from the scone, "This is a nice spot for a morning picnic. You're quite the romantic…even though you can be a real arse."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
And so I had breakfast that morning with Draco. And I must say, I did enjoy myself, Draco isn't that bad of a guy after all. But I'll be taking that last statement back because for the rest of the day, everyone was asking me questions. I soon found out that the easiest way to avoid everyone was to hang out with Draco because everyone seemed to back off whenever I was with him. But once we go to our different classes… the questions just flood in. "So does this mean you're going to the ball with Malfoy?" "Why didn't you tell me you were going out with him?" "How could you go out with a guy like him?" "How long have you been going out? "Have you had sex with him yet" Yeah, it was pretty chaotic. But it got really bad that night in the common room when Storm…well stormed in.
"Why the hell are you going out with Draco fucking Malfoy?" Storm yelled at me immediately silencing the common room.
"Oh? I didn't know his middle name was fucking."
"Don't you play around with me! You cannot, under any circumstances go out with Draco Malfoy!"
"Why not? You have a girlfriend, weren't you the one who said we need to grow up and meet new people."
"Yes, but Malfoy's a Slytherin and…"
"So what if he's in Slytherin? Dimonika is in Slytherin." I pointed out.
"Yeah, but you know his parents were probably death eaters."
"That doesn't make him a death eater!" I shouted, wondering in the back of my head why I'm sticking up for Draco anyways. "Come on Storm. No matter how many boyfriends I have, I'll still love you."
"That's not the point Silver. Malfoy is a bad person to hang out with and…"
"So is Devious! She hates me Storm and you're too much of an arse to see it!" And I ran out of the common room and into the corridor. I heard footsteps walk up to where I sat and I looked up to see George.
"What are you doing here George?" I grumbled as he sat down next to me.
"I thought you needed a friend," he said and he gave me a hug. I'm very thankful that I have George, but I couldn't help but feel sad that it was George who came after me. The person I wanted to run after me was Storm.