Secret Love; My Escape
Chapter 11: Thought he'd changed...
"Doxy Egg... Dragon horn... Where the hell is dragon blood?" I stood on my tiptoe to see the highest shelf in the potions store room. I'd run out of Dragon's blood and I needed it for the potion Slughorn had assigned. I found a step ladder and stepped up to see the back of the shelf.
"Looking for this?" I heard a drawl from behind me.
"Malfoy..." I turned around on the rung I was standing on and looked down at him. He was standing and holding the vial of dragon's blood in his hands, smirking up at me. "I see you're extra annoying today... What are you gonna do? Push me off the ladder?" I smiled.
I watched as his eyes trailed up and down my legs. Something in my stomach clenched. "Hey Perve! My eyes are up here" I stepped down the ladder and shoved his shoulder lightly. His cheeks reddened slightly but he smirked like a naughty child who'd been caught doing something he wasn't meant to do.
"So... why were you talking about snogging me?" He asked. I felt my cheeks redden but I tossed my hair over my shoulder and turned back to the shelves.
"Because Ron and Hermione are still trying to deny that they don't have feelings for each other even though they kissed at the Halloween Dance and in the library... and after potions the other day" I shrugged, trying to keep my cool.
"So how did I come into the conversation?" He raised an eyebrow slightly, still smiling that seriously sexy smile that should be illegal.
"I only said you to prove my point"
"Which was..."
"That I don't like you, therefore, I don't snog you" I folded my arms across me.
"But you've thought about it" He smirked.
"You wish" I rolled my eyes. "I've thought about snogging you like you've thought about joining the Order... which, by the way, have you?" I asked.
"NO!" He exclaimed. "Stop asking me" He scowled.
"No? What were you and Zabini arguing about this morning at breakfast then?" I folded my arms.
He scowled. "He was just urging me to get on with the mission... It's none of his damn business"
"You should just tell them to shove it and then seek protection from the Order" I stated matter-of-factly. I could tell I was ticking him off.
"Rosalie, just drop it ok? It's none of your business either and I'm handling it just fine" His eyes were narrowed and I knew I was pushing his buttons. What fun it was.
"Riiight... hiding out at Hogwarts won't work forever you know." I smirked.
He curled his fingers and balled his fists.
"You know you're so..."
"Amazing?"
"NO!"
"Charming?" I supplied again.
"Definitely not" He snorted. "I was going to say irritating... bitchy... a pain in the ass"
"Well it takes one to know one" I said with a smile before flicking his nose and leaving the storeroom.
I took a seat at my cauldron with Hermione and sighed.
"What are you so smiley about?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Annoying a ferret" I grinned, nodding to the scowling boy exiting the store room. Hermione rolled her eyes and went back to the potion.
Across the room I caught his eye and smirked. He rolled his eyes but even he couldn't deny the small smile that crept onto his face.
"Ok so what's the assignment on?" Ron asked with a sigh as we sat down at one of the empty tables in the library. I glanced at Hermione and hid a laugh as she went red in the face. Even though they were together now he still drove her nuts about his school work.
"The Antidote to uncommon poisons Ronald... We have to write about what it cures, what's in it and where the ingredients are found..." She answered. This was the only assignment we had left for the term. We had one week left and at the demand of Hermione, because she was stressed about everything, we had to finish the assignment now.
"And where are the ingredients found?" He asked innocently. Harry was now also hiding a laugh.
"Well that's what you're supposed to research" Hermione gritted her teeth.
"How?" Ron batted his eyelids. He was winding her up so badly. It was so funny!
"BOOKS RONALD!" Hermione finally lost it and shrieked at him.
Harry and I all both out laughing. Ron loved to push her buttons. It was evident by the grin on his face right when she exploded.
"I'll go and get the books we need" I stood up and went over to the book shelves. "Potions 101, Ingredients from around the world..." I listed off the books as I picked them up.
I heard giggling from the shelf behind mine and rolled my eyes.
"Oooh! Stop that" They giggled again and I gagged. That was a horrible noise and so not classy. "Ohh... Draco!" The voice whispered. I frowned. I pulled a book out of the shelves and took a peek. Tall, familiar blonde person stood in front of a slutty girl, kissing her neck. She was giggling like it was the best thing to happen to her ever... hell it probably was.
For some reason this cut through me like a knife. I'd been hanging out iwth him on and off between classes for ages now and he'd never mentioned girls at all! What the hell was he doing now!
I turned on my heels and went back to the table, throwing the books down.
"Woah Roe... don't get angry at the books" Harry chuckled and picked up the first book. "Why'd you get Curses around the World? And Dark Dreams for Good Wizards?" He blinked at the titles of the two I'd just pulled out of the shelf.
"Because there's a certain curse I want to read up on... it's about cursing idiots who can't keep it in their pants" I grumbled. Harry looked at me with raised eyebrows and I shook my head. "Never mind" I sighed and sat down in my seat.
A shriek came from the bookshelves and the short, blonde girl who I think was a Slytherin came running out. Her face was flushed and she was giggling.
"Are you..."
"It's ok Saint Potter... I've got this one" Malfoy stepped out of the shelves, straightening his robes. He put his arm around the blonde girl and led her from the library.
"Ugh disgusting" I muttered.
"Totally" Hermione pulled a face.
I clenched my fist around my quill and concentrated on the words in the book. For some reason I had a horrible urge to go rip the girl's hair out.
"You right Roe? You seem..."
"Pissed?" Ron and Harry were both staring at me.
"What?" I snapped. "Yes. I'm fine... I... yeah..." I sighed and rubbed my face. "That was just totally disgusting and made me feel slightly nauseated" I shook my hair out of its pony tail and looked down at the half finished essay in front of me. "Graphorn Horn" I muttered to myself. I pulled the book toward me and started penning down information about ingredients.
Why did it bother me so much that he was in the library shelves with a girl? Had I honestly thought he'd changed so much he'd given up his manwhore ways. I mean it's no secret that he used to be quite the whore... but since everything had happened had I actually believed he'd changed in that sense too?
"Woah Roe, you're going to burn a hole in that parchment" Harry put his hand on my shoulder.
"What? Oh yeah... I just don't want to do this assignment... I'm hating on Slughorn" I laughed slightly.
"And I thought I was the one who hated him" He chuckled slightly.
"Apparently not" I muttered.
"Anyway..." Harry continued uncertainly. "Can you help me with this paragraph? I'm stuck" He pushed his parchment over to me.
"Sure" I smiled and read over what he'd written. Together, working for the rest of the afternoon we all finished our assignments. And I managed to almost forget about Draco Malfoy and the stupid Slytherin... Almost.
"Are you coming to dinner?" Hermione asked as she stood up and stretched.
I shook my head and pouted. "I haven't finished my DADA homework...I'm going to be in the library all night" I moaned.
"If you're there longer than 9 I'll come help you ok?" Harry smiled.
"Sounds good" I nodded. When they left, the library was completely empty and silent. I sighed in happiness.
I took out my defence against the dark arts homework and stared at it for ten minutes before I threw down my quill in frustration.
"Having trouble, Rosalie?" The most annoying voice in the world made itself known.
"Ugh don't you have someone else you can torture" I spat, turned around in my seat to see where he was.
"Probably, but you're more fun..." He shrugged and walked over to my table. "I came to find you when I saw you weren't at dinner"
"Well go away. I don't want to see you" I looked back down at my homework.
"Ouch. That hurts"
"Not as much as me hitting you will be if you don't leave me alone" I growled. I really didn't want to be around him right now.
"Oh I thought we were going to be friends?" He sounded mildly surprised.
"I changed my mind" I looked up and glared at him. There was actual surprise on his features and I felt like slapping it off.
"What's wrong?" He asked, resting his hand on my shoulder. "Is this about when I called you a whore yesterday? Because I always do that and – "
"No Malfoy" I cut off his backtracking. "It's not about that. I just don't want to be your friend, ok?" I narrowed my eyes. Hurt flickered across his features.
"That's not a reason, Rosalie" He said softly. His blue eyes were wide.
"It's reason enough for me" I answered. My stomach twisted but I couldn't stop myself. When I was angry nothing could really calm me down. "You seem to be doing fine with your life now... even getting a little action in the stacks between classes" I pulled a disgusted face. "Go be the Slytherin Prince again" I muttered.
I pushed myself roughly to my feet and picked up my Defence Against the Dark Arts books.
"Oh... oh wait a minute!" He called out and followed after me. I didn't slow my pace at all yet he somehow managed to catch up with me.
"No!" I exclaimed.
"Is this jealousy I'm sensing?" He sounded delighted by this.
"NO!" I yelled, stopping abruptly and facing him. "Why the hell would I be jealous!" I exclaimed.
"I don't know... You tell me?" He shrugged, an all-knowing smirk on his face.
"Fuck off Malfoy! I'm not jealous... I just don't want to be friends with a Death Eater" I snarled.
The smirk dropped off his face instantly and I wished I could take back everything I had just said.
"I am not a Death Eater. I'd rather die than become one. You of all people should know that" He turned and started walking away from me.
"Wait..." I called out to him. He turned around but didn't stop walking.
"No Vanderbilt. I understand. This is me, fucking off" He bowed and then turned around to slouch away.
I sighed and looked at the ground. Why was I such a bitch sometimes? I stomped up to the Gryffindor tower and threw myself on the couch.
"Done already?" Harry said from his spot on the couch opposite me. His head was in Riley's lap and she was playing with his hair. Obviously they weren't going to dinner either.
"No. I just got disturbed by idiots" I rolled my eyes. I stared at the ceiling and tried not to think about what Malfoy had said.
I wasn't jealous. I just thought he'd changed... right?
Plea's Note: Hey guys, hope this makes up for me missing last night. Please review... it feels like they've been a little scarce lately! Loves
Plea xo
