Rating: T
Character(s): Millicent Bulstrode/Vincent Crabbe
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 222

Notes: This collection will feature only obscure characters. If you look at their name in the archive, they have less than 300 stories.

HPFC Drabble Ship: Skin Deep / Prompt - (dialogue) "I told you to go away!"


Vincent found Millicent in an unused classroom. "Are you okay?" he softly asked, his normal bullying persona missing in the face of the Slytherin girl's misery.

"I told you to go away! And what do you do? You follow me."

"I guess I was worried about you."

"Why?" Millicent hissed.

"You're upset," he answered.

Millicent glared at him. "So what? I'm the only girl that didn't get asked to the Yule Ball. Even Granger got asked. Third year girls got asked before me! Am I supposed to care that no boy wants anything to do with me?"

Vincent stared hard at her. "You know, I don't have a date either. Greg asked two girls, and the second one accepted. I know I won't have the same type of luck. If I even look like I'm going to approach a girl, she gets this disgusted look on her face, so I haven't even tried. It's one thing to be pretty sure you'll be rejected, but it's another thing entirely to actually hear the rejection."

Millicent gave him a long look. "I guess if anyone understands what I'm feeling, it's you."

Vincent thought for a moment, but he figured he had nothing to lose. "Millie, would you like to possibly go to the Yule Ball with me?"

She smiled tentatively. "I would love to."