Chapter 20 Dismissing the Dragon
Aphelia had stopped going to the Hospital Wing to check up on Draco about a week after he was hit when James forbid it. She had heard by Hermione that Draco was out of the Wing, and was doing quite well, but he wanted to know why she was ignoring him. She sobbed when she heard this news. No longer was she studying down in the Common Rooms late at night hoping that her Dragon would come and join her, no longer was she catching herself staring at Draco with a lust in her eye, and no longer was she talking to him. James had forbidden all of those things, and Aphelia was forced to comply, otherwise he would kill the person that meant the most to her, Hermione. Unlike her brother, Ron, or Draco, Hermione had stuck with Aphelia through thick and thin. When she was in the Insane Asylum she always at least got one letter a week, and that letter was from Hermione. When her brother and Ron thought that she was from another planet, Hermione continued to believe that Aphelia was the real deal, and it was Hermione who got her out of the Sleeping Beauty curse by dropping everything just to find a way to take the spell off of Draco. There was NO way that Aphelia would let her down now, not when Hermione needed it most.
"Aphelia, hunny! I need help with problem four of the Potions homework!" James called. Aphelia came straight up to his face, she didn't care that they were in the library.
"Well that's just to bad sweetie!" she said in the most sarcastic toe she could use. She might not be talking to Draco, but she certainly wasn't going to let James run her WHOLE life!
"I bet that's not what HERMIONE would say!" threatened James. Did she say she wasn't going to let James run her life? Oh no! She was going to give him every last ounce of her dignity she had left!
"UGH! Fine! The answer is Tube Worms dear!" she answered sarcastically. So she was giving up her dignity, she still had the right to be sarcastic! He stood up to give her a kiss, but she gracefully gave him the cheek.
"Thanks hun! Now go back to the Common Room until I come and get you to escort you to another class!" he order. Aphelia smiled, gave him a 'mock' bow, and left the library. She couldn't believe she was actually letting a slime ball like James walk all over her! But then she remember who she was doing it all for, Hermione. Hermione had done everything for her, had stuck by her through thick and thin, she had even allowed her grades to drop just so she could bring Draco to come and cure Aphelia! With her mind someplace else Aphelia ran into someone making her way towards the Common Room.
"Oh, I'm sor…Draco? What are you doing here?" she whispered harshly. He smiled that 'I'm sexy!' smile of his at her.
"Would you hurt me if I said I was hoping to run into you?" he asked her, smiling wickedly. Aphelia tried to push her way past him, but he casually stepped in front of her.
"Draco! I can't talk right now! I'm too busy!" she said, still trying to get passed him, "UGH! Don't make me throw something at you!" she yelled, losing her 'cool'.
"But I thought you knew? I get off when girls do that!" he joked, but he stopped laughing after the pissed Aphelia threw a vase from across the room at him.
"I'm not supposed to talk to you, now LEAVE ME ALONE!" she whispered loudly.
"Aphelia? I thought I told you to go to the Common Rooms and wait for me?" James boomed suddenly, so suddenly that Aphelia jumped at the sound of his voice.
"I well, James, I, I SWEAR! I was trying to get to my room ,but, but I lost my… Contact! That's it! I lost my contact and I ran into whoever this person is and now I can't find it!" she lied.
"Aphelia DON'T lie to me! You know who it will bring PAIN!" James boomed over hers. Aphelia looked to the ground.
"Sorry James. I didn't mean to," she said, tears coming to her eyes, but still she didn't allow them to see the tears.
"I didn't think you did! Now Draco, leave us alone!" James ordered, but Draco didn't move at all.
"No! I don't believe Aphelia WANTS me to leave!" was all that he said. Aphelia didn't move from where she was.
"Aphelia doesn't love you anymore! She loves me! Get that through your puny little head!" yelled James. Aphelia couldn't help but giggle a little, for James was MUCH smaller than Draco.
"For some reason I don't believe that," Draco answered, putting his hand on Aphelia's shoulder.
"Tell him, Aphelia!" yelled the jealous James. Aphelia looked up at him, startled. She didn't think she could.
"What, I…but I , I can't!" she gasped. You could see that she was pleading through the look in her eyes.
"Well then, I guess you'll be apologizing to 'Bushy' when she's getting buried in a muggle cemetery!" threatened James. Tears spilled down Aphelia's rosy cheeks. She new what she had to do.
"Okay! Draco, we are over! You ruined it, I ha... Well I, I guess what I'm trying to say is I hate you and don't every want to talk to you AGAIN!" she wailed as she ran to her bedroom, tears spilling down her cheeks. Draco couldn't believe his ears. Did Aphelia really say that to him? He walked away from James, anger apparent in his eyes. He didn't care WHO James was, NO ONE dismisses the dragon!
Aphelia had stopped going to the Hospital Wing to check up on Draco about a week after he was hit when James forbid it. She had heard by Hermione that Draco was out of the Wing, and was doing quite well, but he wanted to know why she was ignoring him. She sobbed when she heard this news. No longer was she studying down in the Common Rooms late at night hoping that her Dragon would come and join her, no longer was she catching herself staring at Draco with a lust in her eye, and no longer was she talking to him. James had forbidden all of those things, and Aphelia was forced to comply, otherwise he would kill the person that meant the most to her, Hermione. Unlike her brother, Ron, or Draco, Hermione had stuck with Aphelia through thick and thin. When she was in the Insane Asylum she always at least got one letter a week, and that letter was from Hermione. When her brother and Ron thought that she was from another planet, Hermione continued to believe that Aphelia was the real deal, and it was Hermione who got her out of the Sleeping Beauty curse by dropping everything just to find a way to take the spell off of Draco. There was NO way that Aphelia would let her down now, not when Hermione needed it most.
"Aphelia, hunny! I need help with problem four of the Potions homework!" James called. Aphelia came straight up to his face, she didn't care that they were in the library.
"Well that's just to bad sweetie!" she said in the most sarcastic toe she could use. She might not be talking to Draco, but she certainly wasn't going to let James run her WHOLE life!
"I bet that's not what HERMIONE would say!" threatened James. Did she say she wasn't going to let James run her life? Oh no! She was going to give him every last ounce of her dignity she had left!
"UGH! Fine! The answer is Tube Worms dear!" she answered sarcastically. So she was giving up her dignity, she still had the right to be sarcastic! He stood up to give her a kiss, but she gracefully gave him the cheek.
"Thanks hun! Now go back to the Common Room until I come and get you to escort you to another class!" he order. Aphelia smiled, gave him a 'mock' bow, and left the library. She couldn't believe she was actually letting a slime ball like James walk all over her! But then she remember who she was doing it all for, Hermione. Hermione had done everything for her, had stuck by her through thick and thin, she had even allowed her grades to drop just so she could bring Draco to come and cure Aphelia! With her mind someplace else Aphelia ran into someone making her way towards the Common Room.
"Oh, I'm sor…Draco? What are you doing here?" she whispered harshly. He smiled that 'I'm sexy!' smile of his at her.
"Would you hurt me if I said I was hoping to run into you?" he asked her, smiling wickedly. Aphelia tried to push her way past him, but he casually stepped in front of her.
"Draco! I can't talk right now! I'm too busy!" she said, still trying to get passed him, "UGH! Don't make me throw something at you!" she yelled, losing her 'cool'.
"But I thought you knew? I get off when girls do that!" he joked, but he stopped laughing after the pissed Aphelia threw a vase from across the room at him.
"I'm not supposed to talk to you, now LEAVE ME ALONE!" she whispered loudly.
"Aphelia? I thought I told you to go to the Common Rooms and wait for me?" James boomed suddenly, so suddenly that Aphelia jumped at the sound of his voice.
"I well, James, I, I SWEAR! I was trying to get to my room ,but, but I lost my… Contact! That's it! I lost my contact and I ran into whoever this person is and now I can't find it!" she lied.
"Aphelia DON'T lie to me! You know who it will bring PAIN!" James boomed over hers. Aphelia looked to the ground.
"Sorry James. I didn't mean to," she said, tears coming to her eyes, but still she didn't allow them to see the tears.
"I didn't think you did! Now Draco, leave us alone!" James ordered, but Draco didn't move at all.
"No! I don't believe Aphelia WANTS me to leave!" was all that he said. Aphelia didn't move from where she was.
"Aphelia doesn't love you anymore! She loves me! Get that through your puny little head!" yelled James. Aphelia couldn't help but giggle a little, for James was MUCH smaller than Draco.
"For some reason I don't believe that," Draco answered, putting his hand on Aphelia's shoulder.
"Tell him, Aphelia!" yelled the jealous James. Aphelia looked up at him, startled. She didn't think she could.
"What, I…but I , I can't!" she gasped. You could see that she was pleading through the look in her eyes.
"Well then, I guess you'll be apologizing to 'Bushy' when she's getting buried in a muggle cemetery!" threatened James. Tears spilled down Aphelia's rosy cheeks. She new what she had to do.
"Okay! Draco, we are over! You ruined it, I ha... Well I, I guess what I'm trying to say is I hate you and don't every want to talk to you AGAIN!" she wailed as she ran to her bedroom, tears spilling down her cheeks. Draco couldn't believe his ears. Did Aphelia really say that to him? He walked away from James, anger apparent in his eyes. He didn't care WHO James was, NO ONE dismisses the dragon!