An Outing
Draco POV
I knocked on Lucy's door at seven in the morning. It was the morning of the first Hogsmeade trip of the year and I was curious as to what she planned to do for it. I was hoping she would not be spending it with her brother so I could show her around Hogsmeade and get to know 'Lucy' better. He had already gotten mad at me earlier but I was going to 'respectfully' ignore his wishes for me not to be around Lucy.
I heard a muffled, "One second. Come in please."
I opened the door to a flurry of clothes, bags, flowers, papers, notebooks, quills and feathers flying around the room.
When I stepped in, they stopped midair and flew to precise locations around the room. Only two items didn't go anywhere. It was a sparkly pink tank top and a pair of long blue jeans. Another item flew out and it was a silver jacket accompanied by a fashionable silk black scarf.
She obviously wasn't planning on staying at Hogwarts. I looked around and I saw Lucy fussing with something under her bed.
From where I was standing, I saw her wearing a long blue Muggle t-shirt with a pair of black shorts. They were probably her pajamas and I couldn't help but looking at how well she appeared from behind.
She said, "Come out of there now without biting me or I'm going to set you on fire."
I frowned and remarked sarcastically, "I hope you aren't talking to me."
She poked her head up from under her bed and I noticed her dark brown hair was in utter disarray. She pulled it into two parts and quickly smoothed them out.
I noticed that she was still covering her neck.
She sighed, "No. I'm talking to this book that I borrowed from Harry. It's for a Creature Care class or whatever and it has to be a living, chomping book. I'm not going to let it run rampant around my room while I'm out. At the moment, it is refusing to come out from under my bed."
"Speaking of going out, what are you planning on doing today?"
"Why do you ask?" She pulled herself off the floor and sat on the edge of the bed, keeping her legs away from the bottom. A brush flew from behind me and into her hand and she started to brush her long brown hair, smiling politely at me.
"I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to Hogsmeade."
Her face fell and I tilted my head in confusion. She twirled her brush around slowly and I looked behind me. It was her brother Harry. He had his wand pointed at me and his face was contorted with anger.
He said through clenched teeth, "You're not going anywhere with my sister."
"Harry," Lucy said calmly. "Don't overreact. I was about to tell him no and to get out of my room. I'll be ready to meet you, Dumbledore and Hermione in a few minutes. I just need to change."
She then addressed me, "Draco, please leave. I need to pick up some things for school at Diagon Alley and I can't go with you to Hogsmeade today. My sincerest apologies."
I nodded and walked slowly out of her room, careful to avoid Harry. As I walked down the hallway, I heard the door slam and voices start yelling. The one I heard most prominently was Harry's but I could hear Lucy shrieking fairly loudly as well.
"You need to learn to trust me, Harry! I think I can decide who I hang out with by myself!" Lucy shouted.
"You don't understand, Sully! He is a bad person and I think our parents would expect me to protect you from people like him." Harry yelled angrily.
"How do you know what they would want? They died when we were babies! How do you know what they would and wouldn't expect? Tell me, Harry!"
"Because it's what parents do, Sully!"
"Well I wouldn't know, Harry. Most of the parents I've had have been pretty crappy."
"That's nothing!"
"Really, Harry? Have you ever spent every night wondering if you would open your eyes the next morning? If you would still be the same after the night passed? Have you ever wondered about if the people that you were sharing a room with really had good intentions? Did you ever have to wonder what was in the air you were breathing? I've had more experience with people worse than him than you will ever know!" Lucy screamed.
"Sully, I didn't mean it that way." Harry started but she cut him off short.
"Get out. I'll be a few minutes. And take this stupid book with you!" Lucy ordered.
I soon heard footsteps and a door locking and I picked up my pace. It was obvious that they lived very different lives.
I quickly sprinted to the Slytherin Tower and watched the line of students file out to go to Hogsmeade. I then saw Lucy walk out with Harry trailing shortly behind her. They appeared to still be yelling at each other and only when Hermione trotted over did they stop.
I laughed quietly to myself. If they survived the trip to Diagon Alley without one of them losing it, I would be shocked.