Hey my readers! I wrote this chapter pretty fast, I think. Hehehe. Anyway it's a little short, which I'm a disappointed about but there's not much I can do so I'll have to leave it ok? I hope you like this chapter, it was really enjoyable to do and the ending is…well I won't give away the ending. Now last chapter I asked all my readers to do me a favor and send in some names for a character I'm adding, and I haven't got any yet! I'm very disappointed in you! Hehehe not really but I would like some names a.s.a.p if you can ok? Anyway I'll stop blabbing and let you get to this chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter Twelve: Try to Understand.
Carrie got out of bed slowly the next morning. She pulled the covers off and put on her slippers. All The while trying to make sense of the dream she had just had.
In her dream, Carrie was at Hogwarts. She was lying beside the lake, her head on someone's lap. She was watching other students swim while the person read to her. She had one hand clasped on her stomach protectively. Unlike many of her other dreams she wasn't eight months pregnant she was only four. She looked up to the person who was with her. He was reading his book out loud to her but she couldn't hear a word he was saying. And to her surprise, it wasn't Harry she was with, it was Draco.
Carrie slowly stumbled out of bed and got dressed. She grabbed a role of parchment and a bottle of ink and a quill. Carrie took them down to the common room and curled up on the couch. She began to write. Many people passed by on there way down to breakfast. Eventually Ron and Harry came down. They saw Carrie and Harry stopped. Ron looked back and shrugged, then headed down to breakfast. Harry jumped over the couch and sat next to Carrie. She immediately stopped writing and leaned back onto him. She closed her eyes and sighed happily. Harry looked down at what she had been writing. It was an essay for history of magic. But at the very top Carrie had written; Dear Draco, and crossed it out a hundred times. Even though she had it was still clearly visible Harry tried to ignore it and turned to Carrie. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"You ok" He asked.
"Yeah" She replied slowly. "Just tired."
Harry smiled at her. He bent over and kissed her cheek before pulling her up from the couch.
"Come on" He said, pulling her out of the common room. "Let's go eat"
Carrie smiled at him and followed without question.
Draco sat at the Slytherin table with a piece of parchment in front of him. He should have been doing homework or eating but he wasn't, he was drawing. He looked down at the paper and wasn't surprised to see Carrie's face looking up at him. He hadn't been able to think of much else for a long time. Suddenly Draco felt something strange and he looked up. Carrie had just walked in with Potter, he was holding her around her waist. Draco narrowed his eyes angrily. Potter had no right to touch her like that, only he was allowed to. Draco stood, abandoning his paper and walked over to them.
By now Carrie and Harry were sitting at their table. Harry still hadn't removed his arm and Carrie had now moved both hands around his neck. She was leaning on his chest, listening to Ron and Kim fight. Draco walked up behind Harry, his hands in fists, shaking furiously.
"Get your hands off her Potter"
Harry twisted his body halfway around, pulling Carrie around with him.
"What are you talking about Malfoy" He asked.
"Get your bloody hands off her" Draco repeated.
Harry smirked at him. "Get out of here Malfoy"
Carrie's eyes were boring into Draco's. She blinked a few times before closing her eyes and then looking up at Harry.
"Come on" She said quietly. "Let's go back to the common room." She pulled at Harry's arm.
Harry took his eyes off Malfoy and looked at Carrie. He smiled. "Ok, let's go babe" He kissed her before standing and heading back to the common room.
"Carrie" They both looked back. Draco was standing there. His eyes were pleading for Carrie to come back and not to leave.
"Please Carrie"
Carrie pulled away from Harry and walked over to Draco. She looked him in the eyes with no emotion.
"What do you want" She asked angrily.
"Carrie…" He said slowly. "Carrie, please, don't leave" Draco lifted his hand and touched her face.
Carrie closed her eyes. A feeling she hadn't felt in a long time returned.
"I Love you Care" Draco whispered to her. "I need you"
"No you don't need me." Carrie replied after a moment. "You can find some other girl to be with. Someone in your own house. Someone you won't hurt."
"I didn't mean to hurt you Care. I didn't want to"
"That doesn't matter"
"Yes it does" Draco said immediately. He took her hands in his. "I love you Care, and I know you love me, I need you."
"I do love you. But that doesn't mean I'm allowed to." Carrie pulled her hands away and walked to Harry. He smiled at him as she passed and walked up to her common room.
"Care…" Draco whispered to himself after she had left.
Draco walked away from the tables and toward his common room. He saw Harry's smirk as he passed him. He got to his common room and sat on one of the couches. His mind was on only one thing. Carrie.
Carrie was once again curled up on a couch when Harry found her. She was staring at nothing, lost in her thoughts. Harry walked over and sat beside her, right away Carrie snapped out of her trance, leaned over and put her arms around Harry's neck. She rested her head on his chest and smiled.
"I can hear your heart" She said quietly.
Harry smiled and put his arm around her. Carrie lifted her head and kissed him. Then she sat up and laid her head by his neck. They sat there for a while together before students started coming in from dinner. Just as Ron and Kim walked in Carrie stood. Ron and Kim sat together on the couch. Ron's arm went strait around her shoulders. Carrie kissed Harry on the cheek and said goodbye.
"Where are you going" Ron asked as she walked out.
"Walk" Harry replied, picking up a book. "She's been going on them every night for ages."
"Oh" Ron said. "Ok"
Carrie walked down the steps toward the Great hall. She slowly walked passed the tables and out the front doors. She didn't really know where she was going so she let her feet carry her. Within a few minutes she found herself at the Quidditch pitch. She walked onto the lush green grass and laid down. She suddenly realized that someone was practicing there.
Carrie looked up to see a blonde haired boy throwing a Quaffle around, She shut her eyes immediately.
Oh god. She thought. Maybe he hasn't seen me. What if he has? I have to get out of here! Carrie opened her eyes and quickly sat up. She started to brush the grass off her when she heard a soft thump. She looked up to see Draco standing over her.
They stood there frozen for what seemed like hours, but in reality it was only a few minutes. Finally Draco made the first move. He held out his hand to her. Carrie waited a moment before taking his hand. Draco pulled her to her feet and stared into her eyes. They stared at each other for a few minutes before Carrie blinked and tears began to run down her face. She suddenly fell forward, catching Draco in a hug.
"I'm sorry Draco" She sobbed. "I didn't want to leave! I just couldn't get hurt" Carrie looked up at him. "I just didn't want you to hurt me. Because if you did, you'd kill me" She continued to cry into his shoulder.
Draco was taken back by this. He didn't know what to do so he just hugged her for a moment. "Its ok Care" He muttered in her ear.
With a final sob Carrie hugged Draco tightly for a moment and then let go of him. She sniffled and wiped her nose.
"I can't be doing this" She said. "Not while I'm with Harry"
Draco sighed deeply. He looked her deep in the eyes.
"I love you Care, you know that." He took her hand. "Even if we're not together I have to be around you, I need to be."
There was a short pause before Carrie spoke. "I need to be around you too"
'Then we'll hang out or something…be friends."
"Yeah" Carrie smiled.
It soon became dark and the two of them headed inside. They parted where they normally did, giving each other a little more then friendly, hug.
I miss him so much. Carrie thought as she waved goodbye. I don't know if I'll be able to handle just being friends.
Harry was sitting in the common room. He had just put the finishing sentence on an essay and was relaxing. He rolled up his essay and put it in his bag. He was about to head upstairs when the portrait hold opened and Carrie walked in. He stopped and turned to give her a kiss goodnight. She ran up to him and hugged him tightly. Harry hugged her back and kissed her forehead as a goodnight. He started up to his dorm but Carrie stopped him.
"Stay with me" She said quietly.
Harry waited a moment before replying. "Ok"
Carrie pulled him back to the couch and sat him down. "Wait" She said before running up to her dorm. She returned shortly in her nightie carrying a warm blanket. She curled up beside him. Harry put his arm around her shoulders and let her rest on him. They sat there in silence for a while, then Carrie looked up at Harry.
"He was on the Pitch when I was walking there." She said quietly.
Harry knew who she was talking about. His heart started pounding in his chest, afraid of what she might say next.
"We're going to be friends" Carrie finished.
"Can you do that" Harry asked after a pause.
"I think so"
Carrie looked back to the dying dire. She closed her eyes after a minute. Harry watched her for a long time. He couldn't help thinking he was fighting a losing battle against Malfoy. He couldn't help wondering if Carrie still loved him.
"Carrie"
"Mmmhmm" She mumbled sleepily.
"Do you miss him"
There was a short pause.
"Just a little."
But Carrie had lied. After she had drifted off to sleep she dreamed about Draco. About how much she missed him and how much she wanted to be with him.
The next day Carrie, Ron, Hermione, Kim and Harry were standing outside the potions classroom. They were very early for class and were joking around. Ron, Kim and Hermione were telling and laughing at jokes and Carrie and Harry were leaned against the wall kissing.
"Oh god." Kim said. "They're at it again!" She gestured to Carrie and Harry.
"Come on you guys, no one wants to see you making out" Ron said.
Carrie was the one who broke the kiss. "That's not my problem. If you don't want to see don't watch."
Then Carried waved to someone coming down the hall. They looked back and saw Draco walking over.
"Hey Draco" Carrie smiled.
"Hey Care" He was about to lean in and kiss her but he stopped himself.
They went to their classes and they day passed by very quickly. Lots of people brought there work outside because it had become warm and sunny. Carrie finished hers very quickly and dragged Harry to see Hagrid with her.
"Allo 'Arry! Carrie! What can I do fur yuh"
"Well, I know you use the Threstials to pull the carriages, and I want to see them."
"You want tuh…well, they can be might dangerous are you sure yuh…"
"Yes." Carrie said firmly.
"All righ.."
Hagrid led them into the forbidden forest and whistled. He threw a piece of meat into the clearing and then whistled again. Soon after he did three Threstials came flying down.
"Their beautiful" Carrie said quietly. She slowly began to walk closer, whistling softly.
"Carrie" Harry whispered. "Get back here"
"I want to get closer" She continued to whistle until she was within an arms reach.
"Hey there big guy" She softly said. One of the Threstials stopped eating and looked up at her. Carrie reached out to pet it. "How are yuh" When her hand got close it, it bared its teeth and growled.
"You better get yur hand back over ere" Hagrid said carefully.
"It's ok" She whispered to both Harry, Hagrid and the Threstial. She reached out and gently touched its head. After she did it calmed down and Carrie began to pet it. After a moment it began to growl again and Carrie backed away.
"They're so tame" She said to Hagrid.
"Well uh" Hagrid was a little stunned. "They're fast learners"
"Thanks for letting me see them"
"Well they're actually quite tame creatures, juss cuz they're big people think that they these horrible things. An' it doesn't help that you can only see em' when you seen death. They really aint that terrible."
Harry hid his laughter. He was wondering when Hagrid's love of big and dangerous creatures would come up.
"At Durmstrang we used to have the run wild all around the grounds. It was absolutely amazing. I used to try to get them to let me ride them but they'd never let me."
"Well that must'a been fun" Hagrid said indifferently.
Harry and Carrie went back to the common room and sat by the fire. Finally dinner arrived and they went down with Ron and Kim. They sat at the table just as the food appeared. There was cooked duck, roasted vegetables and potatoes with green beans. There was also chicken wings and treacle tart for desert. The four of them stuffed themselves full and were about to head back to the common room when Draco came up to Carrie.
"Oh Hey" She said.
"Hey, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go for a walk"
Carrie smiled. "Sure, I was planning on going for one anyway." She kissed Harry goodbye and walked off with Draco.
"Great" Harry said dryly. "Now I'm stuck with these two"
Kim and Ron had started to make out. They had been doing it all week.
Carrie and Draco began there walk outside. They walked all around the grounds and when it became dark they headed inside. They talked about everything that had gone on in the past couple weeks and what they were planning for the coming ones. After a while Carrie got tired and stopped. Draco stopped with her and looked around at the paintings.
"What a place to pick Carrie" He said jokingly.
"What do you mean"
"Look" Draco pointed to the painting behind her. It was the painting of the grapes in the crystal bowl.
"Oh my god" Carrie said quietly. "I didn't even notice. I guess its just imprinted in my mind."
"Yeah, mine too. We've done a lot here. Been through a lot."
"Yeah, I know" Carrie leaned against the wall.
Draco leaned over her and then pulled away. "Sorry" he said quickly. "I didn't mean to"
"It's ok"
Then something came over Carrie. She looked at Draco and knew she had to tell him the truth. She could lie to herself and everyone else, but not to him. She took a step toward him and hugged him.
"I love you so much" She whispered in his ear. "And I miss you so much. Everyday I feel like a part of me dies. I don't want to lie to myself anymore, I want to be with you, but I don't know what to do"
Draco held her tightly during the long pause that took place. Finally he lifted her face so she looked him in the eyes.
"You know I love you more then anything, and you know I'll never hurt you. I want to be with you, but it's not for me to decide, that's your job. You've got to choose Care."
"I…" Carrie looked at Draco for a moment. She had no words to express her choice. She kissed him.
Harry stood at the end of a long hallway. She had, had enough of Kim and Ron and had gone to look for Carrie. He had found her in this hallway. He watched her kissing Malfoy. He blinked a few times in disbelief and then turned and headed back to the common room. He had a feeling Carrie was going to go back to Malfoy, he just hoped he could have changed her mind.
Carrie walked into the common room. She was a little nervous about what she had to tell Harry. She felt bad for not breaking up with him first. She walked over to him and bit her bottom lip. She always did that when she was nervous.
"Harry"
"Hmmm" He replied, not looked up from his book.
"I…I have to tell you someth—"
"I know" He said.
"What"
"I saw you guys"
"Oh Harry, I'm really sorry" She said truthfully.
"It's ok, it's no big deal. I sort of knew this would happen eventually."
"Well, ok" She hugged him. "Friends always though ok" She held out her pinky finger to him.
Harry took it. "Always."
Awwwwwwwww so sweet isn't it? I think everyone knew they were going to get back together. But will they stay together? Will they break up? And how will the story end? All interesting questions but you'll have to keep reading and PLEASE keep reviewing! Thanks so much! And don't forget to send in names!
