OMG I ACTUALLY UPDATED! Okay so I know it's been like forever and a day and I'm really sorry, but I started school again and I'm taking extra classes and all that crazy shit, but as I said before I refuse to give up on this story! This ones a bit boring but for those of you who like Draco/Olivia time there's a treat at the end! Please review you guys! I've really missed opening up my email and seeing that I have 8 new messages all from here!
I stomped my way to the hospital wing but paused outside the door. I didn't want Neville to see the betrayed and broken girl that I had turned into over the course of mere minutes, so I took a bit of time to calm myself down and tried to get myself to focus on the awkward but loveable boy that I was there to see.
Once I walked through the large wooden doors of the wing the rest of the world simply melted away.
I spotted a lonesome looking Neville sitting on one of the hospital cots. He was looking out one of the tall windows to see that small rays of sunlight that were escaping the thick clouds.
"Afternoon Longbottom." I hopped onto the empty spot next to him while the past events happily blurred into one forgettable mess.
"Olivia!" he called out frightened by my sudden appearance. "Blimey, what are you doing here?" he questioned while flashing his imperfect teeth in surprise.
"It's your last day here, I owled you two days ago telling you that I'd be here to pick you up remember?" I smiled then playfully poked at his round stomach.
"Right." He breathed out the word. "So shall we head up to the tower then?" he asked. All at once the forgettable blur enveloped my mind warning me that as soon as I stepped foot inside the Gryffindor tower I would have to actually start dealing with my problems.
"Um actually I thought we could go for a walk. You know catch up with one another?" I tried my hardest to make it sound like a suggestion rather then what the sentence actually was; a plea.
"Sure, that sounds good. You can bring me up to speed on how many points Snape's taken from Gryffindor." we laughed in unison while making our way out of the hospital.
As we walked the grounds Neville became more comfortable and began transforming into the funny and bright boy that I knew he truly was.
My relationship with Neville was different from any relationship that I've ever had with a guy friend. You see while I would describe my relationship with Ron (prior to him becoming a huge jackass and calling me a fat liar) as a big brother little sister type thing, and my relationship with Malfoy as a lust/crush/enemy/friend type thing mine and Neville's relations ship was a bit tougher to describe.
I saw Neville as one would see their best friends younger sibling. It takes a while for them to warm up to you, but once they do all they wanna do is laugh and play and never leave your side.
He was a rather charming fellow once his confidence was built up. It was a shame so many people chose to tear him down. But I liked to think of it as their loss. They'd never get to see that Neville I saw.
"It's really starting to come down out there." He commented on what I considered to be beautiful weather. "How about we make our way to the great hall? Warm our bones a bit eh?" he looked down at me, hair wet with rain water, and smiled. I smiled back, but only for a moment.
The forgettable blur was back, but this time I could remember every thing.
"Um, actually I have a massive amount of um… charms homework to do so why don't you go on and I'll see you later." I hadn't even given him the chance to respond before I hoofed it down the hallway (not having the slightest idea where I was going of course)
As I rapidly rounded a corner I heard the familiar voice of one Ginny Weasly and as soon as I saw that head of orange hair I flung myself back behind the wall hoping she and the group of people she was with hadn't see me.
"Harry, Hermione would you please just come in and sit down. I'm sure she's not be far behind." Ginny pleaded. I had a hunch that she was talking about me but wouldn't let myself admit it for fear of sounding conceded. I hid out for a few more second, then peeked my head around the corner just to be sure that they had all gone inside.
Luck was on my side and I was able to make my way past the great hall and up the steps without being noticed. After the long hike up the many flights of changing stairs the sight of the Fat Lady made me feel an ounce of relief. I could almost feel the soft mattress that was on the other side of the slightly annoying painting.
"Password, Miss. Stone." She barked at me.
'Shit…' was the only word that came to mind, and seeing how I didn't think that word was the proper password for a that particular dormitory, I conjured up another thought 'What's the god dam password…' that thought was quickly followed by 'Holy buckets did I seriously forget the Gryffindor password? I. Am. Stupid.' My train of thought was interrupted by the Fat Lady rudely clearing her throat at me.
"Um, yea about the password. You see, I'm kind of drawing a blank here, but it's no big deal right? Look I'm wearing the Gryffindor tie, and the house symbol is on my robes, so I'm obviously a Gryffindor. Can't you just let me in?" I tried my hardest to be both polite and persuasive. But it seemed as if my luck for the night had run out.
"I'm sorry dear, no password no entry." She put it simply.
"But you know who I am. You see me everyday, you know for a fact that this is my house." I said in disbelief.
"What are you talking about? I've never seen you before in my life." she lied.
"When I walked up to you, you said my name!" I shouted at her.
"How dare you yell at me you… Why you imposter! Get Out Of My Sight!" I was going to protest but she started to sing, and I don't care how badly I wanted to be in my own bed I was not sticking around to listen to her blood curdling screech.
"I hope you get diabetes, you big white walrus!" I shouted over her wailing before running as far and as fast as I could from her. "That lying twat. My goodness the day I've had." I whined while slowing to a stop and rubbing my aching temples. "I just want to go to sleep." I then started to stomp up and down the hallway whining like a child (I'm not particularly proud of that) mumbling a few choice words that need not be repeated. After my small fit I leaned up against the cold stone wall closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. When I felt good and ready I lifted my eyelids and saw a door straight across from where I was standing. I quickly realized where I was then felt like a complete idiot for not thinking about it sooner. I rushed towards the door and into the room of Requirement before anyone could see.
The room was perfect. It had a large and very inviting four post bed (And when I say large I mean that bed was frickin ginormous! It nearly took up the entire room) The large window and fireplace from before were in the same places they were before and that was it. It was warm, comfortable, and it had a view. It was my definition of magical.
I didn't hesitate to attack the plush bed and fell into a much needed slumber. I awoke to a room that was lit only by the moonlight that poured through the open windows. I looked to the fireplace to see only a few glowing embers left.
I sat myself up and faced the window, wondering how long I'd been asleep and feeling content. That was until I heard a deep cough come from beside the fireplace. Due to the rooms dim state I hadn't noticed the figure curled up on the floor. So naturally I did what every dumb girl in every horror movie ever made does, even though everyone is yelling at the screen "just get out bitch!"; I got up and slowly approached the nameless figure.
"Hey. Hey you! Get up!" I yelled the best I could, but my vocal chords hadn't yet woken up, so the words came out low and scratchy.
"Bugger off…" A young mans voice growled.
"Draco get up…" I pressed my foot into his lower back repeatedly until he lifted his head to look at me.
"Oh you're up. Well it's about time." he quickly got on his feet, then made his way to the bed.
"What are you doing here?" I questioned before sitting beside him.
"I come here sometime. When I need to think… or when I need to escape all the blubbering idiots the roam these halls. Speaking of idiots, what are you doing here?" He mocked with a smile on his face. My fist connected with his shoulder, causing the smile to fall momentarily.
"The fat lady wouldn't let me into the house." I yawned.
"Why not?" he asked but not five seconds later a knowing smile crept onto his lips. "Oh say it ain't so!" he laughed "Don't tell me you've pulled a Longbottom?" my silence only made him laugh louder "That is perfect. I can't believe that you forgot the password to your own house!" He fell back onto the bed on a fit of deep chuckles.
"Shut up! I've had a very long day." I gave him a good one to the stomach which caused his laughter to turn to a heavy coughing.
"Yea I know you hung out with Longbottom all day. Wait you hung out with him all day and then you couldn't remember your houses password… You think he's contagious?" he sat up quickly as if he'd made some grand discovery. Normally I would have found the happy, childish Draco quite enjoyable but I wasn't really feeling like myself.
"Are you alright?" He gave me caring look.
I looked into his eyes. They were the eyes of a friend, eyes that told me it was okay to trust the person behind them. But I was far to drained to go over the events of my day.
"I'm going to ask you to do something for me, as my friend." I kept my eyes locked with his, and saw the worry the flickered in his own eyes when he realized how serious my tone was. "Just lay me with okay. I'm tired and in need of silence and someone's arms around me. No words were spoken after that. He simply nodded his head, got under the blankets, and let me relax in his strong arms.
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