AN: uhmm… Finally Chapter 12. Kyogera wasn't kidnapped so she'll be able to check my my future chapters. Uhmm… kyogera is a bit busy so can I have someone beta my one-shot? Hehehe if there are any interested, just email me. Thank you.
On with the fic…
Chapter 12: Confrontation and Realization
As Draco, Pansy, and Hermione arrived at the movie theater, Draco stopped suddenly and faced the group.
"What is it Draco?" Hermione asked, concerned for her friend.
"I forgot to tell Ron something. We have to go back." Draco lied.
"You can tell him later. Right now, just pick a good movie." Pansy countered nervously.
"But it's important," Draco insisted.
"What is it, honestly?" Hermione asked, realizing something was amiss.
"Potter and I had another get together earlier." Draco said softly while turning his head away.
Hermione and Pansy exchanged looks. "What happened?" Hermione asked, in the same tone.
Draco sighed. "I… I don't think I'm quite in the mood for a movie right now."
"Awww…. Poor baby." Hermione cooed.
Draco grimaced. "Ok… Eww…"
Both girls giggled.
"But seriously, I really need to talk to you. Perhaps we should grab a bite instead. My treat" Draco said, grinning.
The girls rolled their eyes at the smooth talker. "It's always your treat, Draco." Hermione said as she hooked her arm around Draco's.
"You should let us treat you sometimes." Pansy said as she hooked on Draco's other arm.
Draco laughed. "Sure…" he whispered. "In a million years."
Both girls looked at him. "What did you say?" Pansy asked with a raised eyebrow.
Draco smirked. "Nothing," he replied innocently.
"Yeah right…" Both girls said under their breaths.
And the three friends went to the restaurant instead.
Meanwhile….
"How the fuck are we going to find Potter?" Blaise snarled angrily.
"Don't ask me. But if we need to find out if this info is truly real before we do anything we might regret." Ron replied.
"Oh, it's real alright." A voice behind them answered.
Both boys jumped. "Fuck… Do you want us to die of heart attack?" Ron snapped at Harry.
He shrugged. "I really don't care either way, but I know my angel will be sad so please don't."
"Don't call him your angel, you bastard. You don't own him." Blaise retorted, eyes growing into angry flames.
"Yet…" Harry smirked, causing them to fume with even more anger.
"Why… You…" Ron stepped towards him but was stopped by Blaise.
"Ron… As much as we want to kill him, we can't yet." He turned to Harry. "How real, exactly, is this information?"
Harry raised an eyebrow. "Do you doubt my investigative work?"
"YES!" Ron and Blaise yelled in unison.
Harry nodded. "I thought so. Follow me." He motioned towards them and began to walk away. He glanced behind him and noticed that they weren't joining him. "What's the matter?"
"We don't trust you." Blaise said bluntly.
Harry smirked and turned around to face them. "Imagine that. But you don't really have a choice, do you?"
Ron ignored his statement. "How can we be sure you won't drive us into an unknown alley and kill us? Assault us? Kidnap us? Rape us for god's sake?"
Harry raised an eyebrow. "You know you have a big imagination, right?" He received blunt looks and sighed. "I wont take you to an unknown alley to kill you or whatever. We're going to my apartment to talk to somebody."
"Why are you doing this?" Ron asked the obvious.
"You said you wanted proof." Harry replied, annoyed.
"He doesn't mean that you prat!" Blaise roared.
Harry looked at him confused. "How do you know that?"
This time it was Blaise who smirked. "Sucks that you don't know everything, huh?"
Harry glared at Blaise, then smirked. "Sucks Zabini. That you can read his mind but not mine." He turned his back again and said over his shoulder. "To answer your question. I don't have to answer Weasley. Now if you want to know the truth you can follow me. Or you could just stay and let your friend suffer…" He trailed off, then walked ahead leaving Ron and Blaise behind.
The two friends looked at each other. "Well… When he put it like that…" Ron said, a pained look on his face.
Blaise sighed. "I know Ron… I hope we come out of this alive."
Ron nodded in agreement and they both went to follow Harry.
Draco and the girls ended up at a coffee shop. After ordering, Draco sighed and looked at his two friends. "I'm going crazy." They each raised an eyebrow, glanced at each other, and then returned their attention back at him. "You know, that's really creepy. Have you got some twin-action-something-since-we're-both-girls power?"
Both girls laughed and Draco shuddered. "I mean it, it's really creepy."
"Sorry…" Hermione replied. "Is there something you wanted to tell us?"
"Yes… My brain took a vacation and I need you guys to think for me." He said frankly.
Both girls blinked and stared at him. "Uh…." Pansy tried.
"I told you, I'm going crazy." Draco sighed and proceeded to bang his head on the table.
"Draco, stop that. You'll bruise yourself." Hermione said.
Draco stopped and looked at his friends. "I'm confused and my head hurts," He whined.
Pansy smiled as she bit into a cookie. "Of course you are. You banged your head on the table." She grinned.
"That's not what I mean, and you know it!" Draco retorted.
"Well… Tell us so we'll understand, okay?" Hermione tapped her foot impatiently.
Draco sighed. "Tom just told me he liked me."
The two girls looked at each other, Worried. "When?" Pansy asked.
"For how long?" Hermione added.
" Earlier, today… He said he's liked me for a long time…" Draco replied, swirling his coffee with a spoon. He missed the looks his friends gave him.
"Draco," Hermione said, still worried. "I can tell there is something else."
Draco looked away. "I find myself intrigued by Potter."
"What?" Pansy spat out, eyes widening.
"I said…"
"I know what you said!" pansy snapped. "I mean… Why?"
Draco shrugged. "I don't know…" He sighed and looked at Pansy, misery showing in his eyes. "That's why I'm confused. He's a bastard and a pervert. He's nothing like Tom. Tom is kind and has a sense of humor. I mean I should know, I was with him all those years! But Potter…. Excites me. He thrills me. What's wrong with me?" He continued to bang his head on the table. He stopped after a while but didn't look up. "I should like Tom but somehow I don't… And what's more… Potter…"
The two girls looked at him miserably. They didn't know what to do or say. Their friend was suffering and there's nothing they could do about it. They knew from Potter's files that Riddle was a notorious name in Drumstrang high and he was a lot of trouble. But so is Potter. That's why Ron and Blaise went to look for him. To prove if Riddle actually did all of those things.
Hermione tried. "Draco… What do you want?"
Draco looked at her, confused. "What?"
Hermione smiled. "We don't know Tom like you, so we can't help you. Potter is a git but somehow you like him. That is enough for me."
Draco was still confused. "What?"
"What she means to say is who ever you choose, we will support you. And when they break your heart, you can always come to us. We will kill them, then take care of you." Pansy explained.
"You're a big boy now Draco. You can make your own decisions and act upon them. And when in case you need our help, we're always here."
Draco smiled, and then snickered. "Nice stalling Hermione, but thanks. I think I have to figure this one on my own. Do I have to walk you home?" he asked them.
"No, we're fine. You go home and gather your thoughts." Pansy asked. "You'll tell us when you decided, won't you?"
Draco nodded. "Yeah… Are you really sure?"
Hermione smiled. " Draco, we're fine. Go home and rest."
Draco nodded, kissing the two girls on their cheeks before leaving the café.
When he was out of earshot, Pansy turned to Hermione. "What are we going to do?" She asked.
Hermione shook her head and looked at Draco's retreating back. "For once I don't know Pansy… I don't know…"
"If Potter's file is true, we can't let Tom anywhere near Draco. Even if they're false, asking Draco to stay away from Potter now is out of the question." Pansy said.
Hermione nodded.
Pansy looked at Draco and saw him waving at them. They waved back. "Hermione, we have to protect him." She sighed. "What should we do?"
Hermione sighed back. 'This is going to be a problem."
End Chapter 12
AN2: Im sorry if this is such a rotten chapter. Im also sorry if I made you wait so long. Please forgive me. Before I forget, belated Happy Easter to you all. –bows-
