A/N: sorry it took so long....i've been pretty busy w/ high school...darn english :) ~angel of darkness
Chapter 4 The Meeting
Jenny sat down to wait 'til Professor Snape dismissed the class. Draco smiled at her and whispered,
"Boy, am I glad that we did that potion correctly!"
"We'd better've! I have to drink that tonight!!!" They laughed until a third voice joined in.
"I hope you die from it, Holly."
Jenny looked up to see it was Hermione who had spoken. She looked quite angry and was staring at Jenny and Draco with slits for eyes. Jenny looked back with tears starting to form in her eyes. This was just like her old school, where everyone hated her just because she was smart. She turned away and looked at the Potions master, silently begging him to dismiss class. He did so, and Jenny ran out of the room, needing to be away from everyone, especially Hermione. She felt like she didn't belong anywhere and wanted to be alone before her meeting with Draco in the library. She ran to her dorm room and sat there, listening to some soothing music while thinking about her status on the social ladder. She noticed taht she's better get down to the library, so she walked down ignoring Hermione and the rest of the Gryffindor girls as they laughed at her behind her back. Jenny was close to tears, but held it in until she reached the library. Once there, she sat down and cried silently. She didn't even notice Draco enter the library until he gently touched her shoulder.
"Jenny, are you alright?" he said concerned.
"No, I'm not, but I'd be happy to talk to ya about it."
Draco complied and sat down beside her. "Jenny, what is it?"
"It's Hermione, she seems to hate me so much...and I can't figure out why. What on earth did I ever do to her?"
"I don't know, Jenny, she normally doesn't hate anyone besides me. So, did you ask Harry, Ron, and Hermione about my reputation here at Hogwarts?"
"No...I was too distracted. What is your reputation here anyways?"
"Well...it's a long story, and I'd better start at the beginning. My father is a Death Eater."
Jenny gasped. She could tell before that Draco's father is an evil man, but she had no idea that he was this evil. Draco answered her gasp with a reply.
"Yes, a Death Eater. The only reason he married my mother is because he raped her here at Hogwarts and she became pregnant with me. He beats us both every chance he gets...I have been the recipient of the Cruciatus Curse more than once." Draco shuddered at this memory. "I don't know why I still live with him. I guess it's because he's my father, and he could track me down easily if I ever ran away."
"Why don't you ask Dumbledore to help?" Jenny asked in a hushed tone.
"He wouldn't be able to understand...I don't trust Dumbledore that much. If my father ever found out that I told him..." Draco shuddered at this new thought, then went on. "If he ever found out that I did something that didn't fit his description of good, like converse with a muggleborn, he'd kill me!"
Jenny looked at him with eyes full of fear, then said in a whisper, "Then you have already dangered yourself. I am muggleborn."
Draco stared at her in shock. "You...you are? But...but...you're the only person that could ever understand what I go through...I'm not going to give up talking to you just to appease my father. He's definently wrong about one thing: mudbloods can be the most caring people in the world."
Jenny smiled at this, but she shook her head sadly. "I don't want you risking your life for me, DRaco. I...care about you too much." She looked down at her lap after this confession. "Even though we've just met I feel a bond between us I've never felt with anyone else."
Draco, after shaking his head to overcome his shock, grasped both of Jenny's hands in his own. "I do not care about what my father thinks anymore. I...like you Jenny. I want you to be my girlfriend. So will you? Be my girlfriend that is." He stammered as he said the last couple of sentences.
"Certainly Draco, I'd love to." Jenny blushed as Draco kissed her cheek tentatively, and they walked out of the library hand in hand.
Chapter 4 The Meeting
Jenny sat down to wait 'til Professor Snape dismissed the class. Draco smiled at her and whispered,
"Boy, am I glad that we did that potion correctly!"
"We'd better've! I have to drink that tonight!!!" They laughed until a third voice joined in.
"I hope you die from it, Holly."
Jenny looked up to see it was Hermione who had spoken. She looked quite angry and was staring at Jenny and Draco with slits for eyes. Jenny looked back with tears starting to form in her eyes. This was just like her old school, where everyone hated her just because she was smart. She turned away and looked at the Potions master, silently begging him to dismiss class. He did so, and Jenny ran out of the room, needing to be away from everyone, especially Hermione. She felt like she didn't belong anywhere and wanted to be alone before her meeting with Draco in the library. She ran to her dorm room and sat there, listening to some soothing music while thinking about her status on the social ladder. She noticed taht she's better get down to the library, so she walked down ignoring Hermione and the rest of the Gryffindor girls as they laughed at her behind her back. Jenny was close to tears, but held it in until she reached the library. Once there, she sat down and cried silently. She didn't even notice Draco enter the library until he gently touched her shoulder.
"Jenny, are you alright?" he said concerned.
"No, I'm not, but I'd be happy to talk to ya about it."
Draco complied and sat down beside her. "Jenny, what is it?"
"It's Hermione, she seems to hate me so much...and I can't figure out why. What on earth did I ever do to her?"
"I don't know, Jenny, she normally doesn't hate anyone besides me. So, did you ask Harry, Ron, and Hermione about my reputation here at Hogwarts?"
"No...I was too distracted. What is your reputation here anyways?"
"Well...it's a long story, and I'd better start at the beginning. My father is a Death Eater."
Jenny gasped. She could tell before that Draco's father is an evil man, but she had no idea that he was this evil. Draco answered her gasp with a reply.
"Yes, a Death Eater. The only reason he married my mother is because he raped her here at Hogwarts and she became pregnant with me. He beats us both every chance he gets...I have been the recipient of the Cruciatus Curse more than once." Draco shuddered at this memory. "I don't know why I still live with him. I guess it's because he's my father, and he could track me down easily if I ever ran away."
"Why don't you ask Dumbledore to help?" Jenny asked in a hushed tone.
"He wouldn't be able to understand...I don't trust Dumbledore that much. If my father ever found out that I told him..." Draco shuddered at this new thought, then went on. "If he ever found out that I did something that didn't fit his description of good, like converse with a muggleborn, he'd kill me!"
Jenny looked at him with eyes full of fear, then said in a whisper, "Then you have already dangered yourself. I am muggleborn."
Draco stared at her in shock. "You...you are? But...but...you're the only person that could ever understand what I go through...I'm not going to give up talking to you just to appease my father. He's definently wrong about one thing: mudbloods can be the most caring people in the world."
Jenny smiled at this, but she shook her head sadly. "I don't want you risking your life for me, DRaco. I...care about you too much." She looked down at her lap after this confession. "Even though we've just met I feel a bond between us I've never felt with anyone else."
Draco, after shaking his head to overcome his shock, grasped both of Jenny's hands in his own. "I do not care about what my father thinks anymore. I...like you Jenny. I want you to be my girlfriend. So will you? Be my girlfriend that is." He stammered as he said the last couple of sentences.
"Certainly Draco, I'd love to." Jenny blushed as Draco kissed her cheek tentatively, and they walked out of the library hand in hand.
