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Hadrian Potter
Chapter Twenty One: A Uniform Of Rebellion
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Sighing I went into the bathroom to shower, the scolding hot water was a solace.
I would have to meet with boys to sort out business.
When creating our smuggling operation the main element were the clients, if we had none then our business would never be successful.
That was when we proposed a plan.
To befriend all the children of rich families; would be our in. Therefore; Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, Alec Morti, Tyler Zakin and a couple of others were our mark. Of course since then we had informed them of our plan, it never occurred to us that we would actually be friends with them and trust them.
Ever since, we had all played a part in the business, the boys would introduce us to rich clientele that were friends of the family and we would over our services; discreetly of course.
Getting out of the shower, I walked into my room with a towel wrapped around my waist.
I noticed someone sitting in the armchair in the corner of the room.
"Miss me?" I teased, my brother.
"Fuck off." Nev replied, trying not to smile.
He was dressed in the uniform we were left, it was made up of a black pullover, with green lines that ran along the seams, signifying our Slytherin house. Underneath he had a white shirt and the dark green slytherin tie.
Instead of black dress trousers he wore black skinny jeans, which made me smirk, and lastly pairing it with his black boots, it surprised me that he nearly looked oddly normal as a student of Hogwarts.
However his look seemed a lot more harder, more unyielding than the others who wore the uniform, perhaps due to his tattoo which you could see as his sleeves were pulled back to his elbows or the multiple piercing he sported, including the ring in his nose.
"Look at you huh, Hogwarts boy." I smirked nonchalantly, I was in a mixed mind about Hogwarts. I remember when we were in Knockturn we would always see children our age getting ready for their first year at Hogwarts.
I remember envying them.
What it would be like to have a life so planned out, so perfect, parents laughing with us as we choose our school books.
A dream world.
Because eventually after time, what I wanted changed.
"Get changed, everyone's down in the common room." His tone was stiff, I knew what I had said had pissed him off.
He stood up, making his way to the door as I intercepted him. Putting my hand on his shoulder, I stopped him moving, looking at his expression. He looked angry.
"What." I said, emotionlessly.
"What?" he said, surprised. "Hadrian, I love you man, you know that. You're my brother, but if you do that shit again, I will hurt you." He hissed, I had no idea what he was talking about.
"What the fuck are you talking about, brother." I hissed back, I had no idea why he had such a sudden change in mood.
"Tracy." It was all he said and it said volumes, he hated the way I had acted with her.
"Tracy needs to open up her fucking eyes." I said harshly. He looked whiplashed, biting his bottom lip he sighed before throwing his right arm into my stomach. Winded I dropped to one knee.
Laughing, I looked up at Nev who didn't seem happy that he had punched me, he regretted his actions as much as he was satisfied that he had carried them out.
"So you're not a girl after all, always thought you punched like a girl, that actually hurt." I laughed out a cough. I almost caught him in a smile.
"I'm sorry, I just... I can't deal with you sometimes.." He sighed, running a hand through his hair. I instantly regretted my words. There was a moments pause before I spoke again.
"Look, I won't be so hard on her, but she needs to survive... I need her to survive." I said speaking the last few words in a whisper. The thought of Tracy being a victim of this war, would kill me. Our relationship was just as strong as siblings and I didn't want her to be anything other than alive.
"I know." Nev's voice cracked.
I pulled off my towel and started to change into the uniform which like Nev's was laid out on the chest of draws.
Pulling on my black jeans, and white shirt which I tucked in, I laid my tie around neck. My hair was still slightly damp and a few wet locks lay in front of my eyes blocking my sight. Raking my hand through it, I put on my shoes which were my own black vans and pulled out a cigarette.
"Want one?" I said to Nev, quietly. He shook his head, signally he didn't but I gave him one anyway.
"We good." I asked hopefully. I didn't want to fall out with him. We were in enemy territory, generally anyway.
In Slytherin we were safe.
They had our backs, but it was once we left the confines of the common room, would be when we would be open to an attack. I needed him, we were in this together, and fuck it if the people who betrayed ruined that.
After my little disagree with James yesterday I wasn't sure what my so called parents wanted from me. If they had dreams of a happy family, they were fucking mad.
Interrupting my thoughts Nev spoke.
"Yeah. We're good." He smiled briefly, I clapped a hand on the back of his shoulder before heading him off out the room in to the common room, signalling him to follow.
"Oh look who has decided to show up, " Malfoy teased, a smirking smile threatening to appear as he lounged arrogantly on the armchair in the common room. The others were scattered in the room also, Alec and Theo on the couch, while Tyler stood with the girls by the door to the common room.
"Er, no." A voice commanded.
Daphne Greengrass. I smirked.
She stood by the door next to Tracy a hand on her hip, an eyebrow arched, looking me up and down.
She looked exquisite.
Her uniform consisted of a black pleated skirt which sat high on her hips showing her long slender legs, blacks socks came to her knees while the black heeled shoes she wore, that scared the shit out of me, raised her a couple inches of the ground and gave her legs extra tone.
The shirt she wore was petite, fitting her like a glove and was tucked into her skirt, her slytherin tie lay just on top. The combination of shirt and tie was paired with a tight blazer, which stitched in, held the Hogwarts insignia, both accentuating her waist and finishing her look.
"What." I spoke, huskily, inside I was laughing loudly.
I saw her try and ignore my Slytherin tie which lay lazily around my neck, her eyes kept flickering back to me as, she fidgeted quietly for a couple of seconds before she made up her mind.
Stomping over to me, she flipped her long dark hair over her shoulder as she huffed in what only could be described as a mini tantrum, her eyebrow lowered and her plump lips pouted.
It was obvious she didn't want to talk to me. However her need to look like the rightful daughter of a high pureblood house could not ignore my laid back attire.
She roughly pulled my tie to make sure it was done correctly, while grimacing the entire time. It showed how truly beautiful she was, when her grimace didn't ruin her face but made it surprisingly more beautiful.
Her grimace, was unexplainably cute.
To tease her a little, I growled low. No one else could hear my animalistic teasing but the one individual I wanted to hear it, heard it loud and clear.
She looked up and and squinted her eyes together in a suspicious glare. Releasing the tiniest smirk I stared at her hard.
"Don't." She whispered. She looked behind her noticing none of the others were paying attention to us. She still looked uncomfortable though, perhaps it was because she was still trying to keep to her promise of ignoring me.
All I knew is that I wanted her.
To be totally honest, I would take her up the common room wall if she would let me.
"Later." I said forcefully, I was not a man that would not get what I wanted and I wanted her.
Meaning she would be mine. If she thought she could stay away from me for long, she had another thing coming.
I noticed as we approached the common room door that Tracy purposely ignored eye contact with me, her hand was tightly clenching in Theo's, there was no way that she was letting go. Theo stood close to her as if he knew of her inner battle, and was attempting to comfort her.
For two individuals whom I had known forever, seeing them together as a couple for the first time was strange. However, I trusted Theo with Tracy, that was never the issue, they actually seemed pretty good together.
It was always about their honesty with me, I had learnt over the years that when people lie; things turn to shit.
I didn't approach Tracy, I let her be, but just for now.
She would strop for the day, but insuring she liked me was not on my priority list.
Her safety on the other hand was.