Chapter Five
Friday morning, Hermione and Emma woke up extra early. They sneaked down to the kitchens and entered the bustling area of house-elves. Emma would have been astounded if Hermione hadn't made her come down a couple of days before to see it.
"Misses Emma and Hermione!" Dobby shrieked, running to them. Emma patted his head.
"Dobby, I know you're going to be busy tonight, but can you get me two dinners at five? Please?" Emma asked. Dobby nodded.
"Can I get you anything now?" he squeaked.
"No, I have to go to breakfast," Emma said, standing up with Hermione. "Thanks, and I'll be here at five," Emma said. Dobby nodded, and Emma walked with Hermione to the Great Hall. They were done eating before any of the other Gryffindors were there.
"I'm going to talk to Draco," Emma said. "I need his help tonight," she continued, before walking over to the Slytherin table, where Draco was sitting with Crabbe and Goyle. Emma sat down casually across from him.
"Em?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. She grinned at him, reaching over for his hand.
"Draco, darling, can we talk?"
"We are," he said smartly, earning a reproving glance.
"Come on. We need to exercise. I ate a big breakfast, I need exercise! And, why not walk with you?" she asked, biting her lip. Draco stood up.
"Malfoy, we need to talk with you!" Crabbe said.
"Don't leave! That Mudblood's gonna soften you!" Goyle whined. Emma stood up and leaned on the table.
"Look, I know you're upset that he's kissing me and not you, but I can't help you there," she said, watching them turn red. She waited for Draco to come around to her side of the table, then they walked out onto the grounds. She told him about her plan.
"So, do you happen to have an Invisibility Cloak?" she asked. Draco nodded.
"Yes, you can borrow it. Yes, if there is a hidden room behind it, we can listen in and see what happening," he said.
"I have a better idea, Draco," Emma said, grinning. "Yes, you'll let me use the dinner, but I'm going to leave a note on the table for Harry and Ginny. We'll be in another secret room I know of, and I'll be doing a simple charm to let us see what is happening." Draco grinned, and drew her to him.
"Emma, my dear, you are turning out to be somewhat Slytherin," he said, grinning at her. She smiled at him and raised her lips to meet his.
Emma hurried down the stairs from the library, having a shimmering silver cloak under her robes. She reached the kitchens, got the food, floated them, covered them with the cloak, and started toward the secret room, where Draco was meeting her.
He was waiting there, eyeing the small table that had two candles lit and a single rose in a vase on it. Emma revealed the two trays and sat them on the table. She pulled the lids off, muttering a Charm to keep them warm. She put two goblets of pumpkin juice next to the plates.
"Okay, Draco, give me the parchment," Emma instructed. Draco handed her the parchment and a quill.
Ginny and Harry,
I'm sure you are wondering why you are here? Well, I wrote the two of you (as you should know) and asked you to meet me here. Hermione and I want you two together, so will you please just eat and enjoy each other's company? I'm having a date with Draco, Katie and Alicia are taking care of the twins, and I've even gotten Hermione to sneak out and go to Hogsmeade with Ron (and we know that took a lot of pushing).
Well, it's getting close to 5:30. Gin, come to the dorms and fill me in tonight!
Love Always,
Emma
Draco snorted, reading the letter.
"Fill you in? Em, we're watching," Draco said, smirking.
"Draco, darling, Gin would be very alerted to that if I hadn't asked her to stop by. Now, let's do, darling," she said, grabbing her hands. She led him to another secret room, where he produced food and she did the Charm.
They settled back on a couch, Draco's arm around her, and her head on his shoulder. They were eating apples, things of that nature. In a few minutes, Ginny entered. She frowned, then jumped as Harry followed.
"Gin, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"Emma asked me . . .here's a note," she said. She read it quickly, then wordlessly handed it to Harry. Harry broke into a grin.
"Em certainly covered everything, didn't she?" he asked.
"I guess so. Dinner, a rose, think she's trying to get us romantic?" Ginny asked, smiling softly. Harry grinned at her also.
"Well, at least I don't have your brothers to be afraid of," he said. Ginny giggled and sat down, indicating for them to start eating dinner. They both started eating, conversing about little things. Suddenly, Harry dropped his fork.
"Gin, she brought us here because she thought we should be together," Harry said. Ginny nodded, looking a little lost. "So, do you think we should be together?"
"Potter's not one for tact, is he?" Draco asked.
"Shh, Draco, he can be! I think he's been dying to ask her for months," Emma hissed. Emma turned her eyes back to the screen and saw Ginny push her food around.
"You know what I think, Harry. I've felt the same for years. I just . . . what do you think?" Ginny asked, turning slightly red and took a bite of food.
"Well . . . I do like you. I'm just a bit afraid of your brothers. But, I really do like you," he assured her. Emma hit her head, shaking her head at the screen.
"You're to afraid of my brothers to go after me?" Ginny asked, raising an eyebrow. "I could take them any day. Plus, did you not hear what Emma told Fred and George? As long as it isn't Colin or Neville, they're okay with it," she said. Harry grinned at her.
"So, are we together?" Harry asked. She shrugged, then nodded. He grinned, and leaned over to kiss her. Emma flicked her wand at that.
"What happened?" Draco shouted. Emma grinned at him, and took his hand, turning it around in her hands.
"I think that Ginny and Harry are allowed their privacy," she said. "Wouldn't you like privacy?" Draco nodded slightly, reaching over to take her in his arms. Emma curled up, nestling her face under his shoulder, his chin resting on her head. Emma reached up to kiss his cheek, then his lips.
"Draco, we'd better go. It's close to 7:30. Hermione, Katie, and Alicia should be back soon," Emma said, reluctantly pulling away from him about fifteen minutes later. Draco sighed, kissing her neck softly. Emma stood up, grinning at him.
"Come one, Draco," she said, holding out a hand. He took it and grabbed his Invisibility Cloak, before leading her back to Gryffindor tower. She stood against the door frame, letting hair fall into her face. He brushed it away slowly, then leaned down to kiss her. She pulled back slowly.
"See you tomorrow, Draco. We're going to Hogsmeade," she said.
"It's not a Hogsmeade weekend," he said in confusion. She grinned, leaning her forehead against his.
"That's never stopped me. 'Night, Draco," she said, waiting until he had gone to face the portrait of the Fat Lady, who looked ready to spout off about him being a Slytherin. She muttered 'lion' softly, and entered the common room, noticing the three Weasleys and a scared looking Harry explaining something.
"Guys, where are all of the girls?" Emma asked. They pointed upstairs and she took off to her dorm. Alicia, Hermione, Katie, and Ginny were giggling about something.
"What's up, girls?" Emma asked, sitting down next to Ginny.
"Well . . ."
"Gin, have you told them about everything up to the kiss?" Emma blurted out, wanting to know details.
"How did you know about that? And, yes," she said. Emma hit her head.
"I learned this Charm. You can watch what's happening anywhere else, or it'll just go for one person. I hexed it to watch what was between you and Harry. It was great, Draco was enjoying it. But, after the kiss, I turned it off," Emma said.
"You spied! That's terrible!" Katie shouted. Ginny just grinned.
"Well, then let's put this into good use. Show us Draco," she orded. Emma looked at her, then pulled out her wand and muttered a few choice words. A huge screen appeared showing Draco walking down the hallway.
"Damn," he muttered. "Emma's good. Damn, shower . . . Nearest shower. I could use the prefect's bathroom. That's the only perk of being a prefect. Damn, cold shower. Need a cold shower," he muttered. Emma's mouth flipped closed and she flicked her wand quickly.
"That shouldn't have been seen," she said.
"Em, what did you do to him?" Alicia asked.
"Isn't it obvious, Alicia? She went really far, but broke it off," Katie said.
"Katherine Bell! I'm astounded you would think that! You want to know what I did? We made out, that's it. Nothing else," she said angrily. "And, I told him I needed to get back. How should I know about that?"
"It's okay, Em. I was just joking. I think it's great you already hold that power of dear Mr. Malfoy," Katie said. Emma laughed, then turned to Ginny.
"Well?" she prompted.
"Well, Harry kissed me, I laughed, finished dinner, we came back here, he kissed me again, and then he noticed my brothers on the couch," Ginny said. Emma sighed, then looked at Hermione.
"Ron didn't even try anything. We went out to eat, then came back," she said.
"Alicia, Katie?" Emma asked.
"Fred and George tried a lot of things," Alicia said with a grin. Emma allowed a grin back, before leading them all down to the common room, where Harry was sitting with an extremely happy group of Weasleys.
"So . . . What's the outcome of the nice chat?" Emma asked. Harry raised an eyebrow delicately.
"We're dating, Em. Surely you could have gone without the scheme?" he asked. She shook her head.
"I have a romantic mind. I had to do something. Besides, it was ever so fun to watch," she said, grinning.
"How? Invisibility Cloak?" Harry immediately asked.
"Nope. Draco and I were in another room. He says you have no tact, Harry. Thought you might want to know," she said.
"Wonder if Draco's done with that cold shower yet?" Hermione asked slyly. Emma blushed bright red, and reached over to hit her lightly.
"I swear, I did nothing, Hermione. You know that. I blame it all on Draco and his raging hormones," she said. Fred, George, Harry, and Ron all turned to look at her.
"Well, look, I was just kinda kissing him. No biggie. Then, I showed the girls the charm thing, and it showed Draco. And he was muttering about a cold shower, and that I was good," Emma said. Fred laughed at Emma's revelation.
"You and Draco were just kissing, eh?" George asked. Emma giggled also.
"I heard that you and Fred both tried a lot of things," Emma said. Fred shrugged, then looked up as an owl soared in. It deposited a letter at Emma's feet, and sat on an armchair.
Dear Emma,
It's your mother. I wrote your grandmother (via e-mail) and asked her to give this to her witch neighbor. She's going to send it to you. I got your request for your friends to stay with us at Christmas. Of course they can! Silly girl, we have wanted to meet friends of yours for ages. Derrick will be home for college (he's bringing his girlfriend). Also, I've invited Brandon Johnson over, your best friend, remember? Anyway, Em, I was thinking about this thing. The people are evenly matched, like they go out (hopefully Harry and Ginny, because Ginny and Ron with the same last name?). I was hoping that you could maybe invite another boy (yours, or whichever friend's). I cannot wait to hear your response (that's why the owl is staying incidentally, taking the letter back to mother's witch friend).
Love Always,
Mom
"Well, now I get to invite Draco," Emma said thoughtfully, reading the note. Hermione grabbed it from her, then burst into laughter when she read about Ginny and Ron hopefully not dating.
"Who's Derrick, and Brandon Johnson?" she asked.
"Derrick is my overly annoying older brother who is a total prick. Brandon and I were really good friends when I went to normal school. I actually haven't really seen him much—things were always so busy when I went home," Emma mused.
"Crush?" Alicia asked hopefully. Emma shook her head no.
"Just don't tell Draco he tried to kiss me once," she said thoughtfully, before producing a silver ball from her pocket. She whispered something into it, then grinned, seeing something.
"Well . . . I will be back," Emma said, slipping out of the portrait hole and heading to the library. Draco had been in there. She hurried in, then sat down.
"Hey," Emma said, smiling at him. He looked up at her, and smiled back at her.
"What's up?" he asked. She shrugged, sitting across from him. He looked at her, then reached over for her hand.
"Well, Mom invited you to our house for Christmas. Okay, actually, I asked if I could have Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny over before we started going out, ya know? So, do you want to go?" Emma asked. Draco nodded.
"I'll tell you tomorrow. It'll take about an hour for my owl to get back," Draco promised. Emma nodded, then stood up.
"I better be going. Night, Draco," Emma said, before heading back to Gryffindor Tower. She hurried back up, then looked at Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione.
"Ron, Gin, Hermione, write your parents and ask about coming to be house for break," Emma instructed. Ginny grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill, writing something down.
"Ron, take this to get mailed," she instructed. Ron grabbed it, and headed out. Hermione reached for another piece of paper and started scribbling a note, then went to get Hedwig from Harry's room.
"I need to ask Dumbledore," Harry said, standing up quickly. Emma nodded, watching him as he ran out of the room. She then glanced up at Katie.
"Game tomorrow," she said, grinning. Katie laughed, nodding.
"We're gonna kick Ravenclaw's butt!" she shouted. The entire common room glanced over at them, then started laughing.
"In that light, we all should go to bed," Fred said. Emma sighed, then looked at the portrait hole.
"Let's at least wait for Harry," Emma said, leaning back as Hermione ran down the stairs. She quickly sat by Emma.
"Where's Harry?" she inquired.
"Went to see Dumbledore about coming over for Christmas," Emma said offhandedly. Hermione nodded, looking up at the portrait hole. Harry and Ron stole through quietly. They came to sit with the others.
"Ron and I met coming up here," Harry explained. "Dumbledore said that I could go." Emma's face broke into a huge grin, then she jumped up.
"Quidditch match tomorrow, we better go to bed," Emma said happily, before running up to her dormitory. The boys looked as all of the girls silently went back to their dorms, and they went quickly to theirs.
Emma looked through the crowd for silvery-blond hair. She saw him sitting alone—none of the Slytherins came to that day's match. He smiled in her direction as Emma looked up at Harry.
"Good luck, Harry!" she yelled, as Alicia tossed her the Quaffle. Emma sped off towards the Ravenclaw Keeper, noticing that Cho Chang was following Harry closely, and batting her eyes. Emma felt annoyed, but quickly scored a goal. She turned around quickly and started flying towards Ginny, who was watching Cho through narrowed eyes.
"Ginny!" Emma shouted sharply. She flew past Cho, then glared at Harry, who was casting looks at Cho. Harry looked at her apologetically as Ginny caught a ball that was almost in the goal post. She threw it quickly to Katie, who sped off towards the goal. A Bludger was knocked at her, and the Quaffle toppled out of her hands. Emma flew to catch it, then hurried to the other goals.
One of the other players hit a Bludger toward her, and Emma threw the Quaffle to Alicia. Alicia quickly scored a goal.
They played like that for the next 20 minutes, Ravenclaw making only three goals compared to Gryffindor's 10. Suddenly, Harry drove straight down and caught something in his hand, then flew over to Madam Hooch. Emma glanced and saw Draco grinning slightly.
"He's grinning," Alicia sang quietly.
"I noticed," Emma sang back. They giggled, landing softly. The entire Gryffindor house spilled out onto the grounds, and Ginny went to stand by Harry, grinning at him broadly. He smiled down at her, then glanced around.
Ginny frowned, and walked over to Emma.
"He's looking for that Cho," she muttered. Emma frowned also, but not before smiling as Harry started looking frantically about, but when he saw Ginny, relaxed. He laughed at something Seamus said, then made his way over to where Emma and Ginny were standing. He leaned down and kissed Ginny on the forehead, then put his arm around her.
"Gin, I'll meet you two in the common room, okay?" she asked.
"Actually, we should go change," Harry said. Emma frowned, then walked off quickly. She found Draco, told him she would be out in a few minutes, then went back to the locker room. She, Ginny, Alicia, and Katie changed in the girls' half. They walked into the room where they met to discuss tactics before the game, where Harry was waiting for Ginny.
"I'll meet you later," Emma said, before walking out into the mostly calm field now. The fifth-year Gryffindors were still milling around, and Draco was still at the edge of the field. Emma slowly made her way over to him, watching as the remaining Gryffindors slowly went back to the castle.
Emma grabbed Draco's hand, smiling softly.
"You played well," Draco commented. Emma grinned at him, then kissed him softly. They stayed there for a while, before Emma slowly led the way back to the castle.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" Draco asked.
"I'm sure you will," Emma replied, kissing him softly as they went in two different directions.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this part. Sorry, it did take a bit longer to write (writer's block, it sucks, plus a couple of reviews that weren't exactly nice). Anyway, I please review! The next part shouldn't take to long, and it'll be Christmas break.
My first actual review section that's more than 2 or 3 people :)
Dani: I hope you like this chapter.
Krissy: I'm glad you like Emma. More Draco, is it satisfactory?
Demon_Child: Thanks :) I'm glad you like it. And, thanks for saying Emma's not a Mary Sue, because the review before yours said she was! Thanks!
Rufus: Sorry it took so long, but the next part should be quicker. I'm glad you like it.
Lana Mavi: Is this enough kissing between Draco and Emma? I could always put more in?
Rinoa14: Well, no I didn't exactly put in separate dates, but I am thinking about putting in separate sections every once in a while. I don't know, what do you think?
Lee-Anne: I'm glad you like it. Of course I wish I was Emma, who wouldn't? Now, the tough choice, Emma or Ginny? I do have a thing for the nice guys, but after reading the way other authors had Draco, I simply had to write a Draco fic. I hope it's good. Anyway, I'm really glad you liked it and hope you like this chapter!
Kathy: Thanks :)
Marna: I think Ron's still a bit dense about the way he feels about Hermione. It'll come soon, though!
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Lady Ev sabr054@aol.com: Yeah, I guess Draco is ooc, but I always have seen him being sweet and nice with the girl he falls for.
Naavi0: Thanks! Your writing is really good, so it makes me happy you like mine!