Ch: 13 "A truce"
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"So what are we going doing this summer?" Clarice asked Dianna as they sat in their compartments on the train. Dianna looked thoughtful.
"Well my faithful sidekick-"
"Sidekick? How the hell did I become the sidekick? I'm the evil Slytherin mastermind here." Clarice interrupted with a smirk.
"Slytherins can't be masterminds." Dianna said matter-of-factly as she ate the head off of a chocolate frog.
"Oh and why, pray tell, is that?" Clarice asked as she folded her arms.
"Because Ravenclaws are always the brains behind the plot, duUH." Dianna said as Clarice rolled her eyes and tried not to smile. "Besides I thought that we where going to be working with your aunt this summer anyway." Dianna said.
"Yah but we still have to get all of time period stuff and all-" Clarice stopped at a loud thud that was heard outside the girls door. They looked at each other; walked to the door, then quickly proceed to close it.
"I do not just see that." Dianna said as she walked back to her seat.
"I think mine eyes deceive me." Clarice added and shook her head and locked the door.
~*~ (About ten minuets before)
Harry rounded the corner slowly. He had to talk to Clarice before she left for the summer. They had to work things out. He simply had to. Now if he could only find the damn compartment. He walked backward, lost in thought when he bumped into something. Not, not something. Someone. Draco Malfoy to be exact.
"Who-oh it's you Potter. It makes sense now. You'd think that the great Harry Potter would be able to see when someone is walking." Draco said with a dramatic sigh. Harry rolled his eyes.
"You'd think that you could use your ferret senses to detect when YOU'RE going to run into someone, Malfoy." Harry said, and then smiled. "Are your ferret senses tingling Malfoy?" Draco looked at him for a minute, brain obviously working to figure out the meaning of what he said. Slowly Draco smiled then burst out laughing.
"You mean spider senses, Potter?" He asked when he had composed himself.
"Hold on, you know what Spiderman is?" Harry asked in shock.
"Well Clarice and Dianna tend to quote from Muggle things a lot so I have to find out what they're talking about or I'm left cold." Draco said. Harry nodded.
"Do you know where they are?" Harry asked.
"No, I was just looking for them. I couldn't stand Crabb's blank stare anymore." Draco said. He looked at the ground then sighed. "Look Potter. I don't like you and you don't like me but we both like these two girls who are best friends so let's have a small truce so that we have a better chance with them." Harry looked shocked for a few seconds then considered the proposal. He wanted to talk to Clarice. As much as he hated to admit it Draco knew more about Clarice right now then he did. However Harry knew more about Dianna. Maybe they could help each other. On the other hand Draco was a conniving jerk. He had gotten Harry into trouble many times before, humiliated him and was the cause of the problems that he was having with Clarice. Though those were the very same reasons why he may help. If he wanted to have Dianna like him then he was going to have to make it up to Clarice for what he'd done. Maybe, just maybe if they worked together they could get their girls and then be able to put up with each other. Maybe. Harry sighed a bit and nodded.
"Alright Malfoy." Harry said. He put out his hand. "Truce?"
"Truce." Draco said and shook it. The train took a sudden lurch and they both fell down.
"So much for ferret senses." Harry said. Draco nodded and they burst out laughing. They heard a door down the hall shut.
"There." They whispered and scrambled to get up. They reached the door and Draco tried the knob.
"Locked." He said, with an annoyed look. Harry started to take out his wand when Draco stopped him. "No, Potter. If you get caught casting this spell the Ministry won't be happy and from what I've heard you only have some not- so-very dependable Muggles. I have a father who's in good with the Ministry. I'll do it." Harry nodded and backed up.
"Knock yourself out." He said. Draco unlocked the door and then they walked in.
"Afternoon girls." Draco said with a smirk.
"What the hell?" Clarice started, Dianna looked annoyed.
"Hay ferret-boy. The door was locked for a reason." Dianna said as she stood up, her hands on her hips. Draco smiled.
"Now why would you want to lock me out?" he asked, now trying to look forlorn and innocent. Harry shook his head.
"That's all the more reason to UNLOCK it." Harry said with a smile. Draco looked at Harry in shock. Clarice giggled.
"I suppose you think that now it should be locked again huh?" She asked.
"Yes, actually." Harry said.
"Wrong answer, Mr. Potter." Clarice said and walked out of the room.
"Hay where are you going?" Dianna asked.
"To get my one bag with my book. You can fend them off Anna." Clarice called.
"Gotcha." Dianna said and turned to face Draco. "Out." She commanded. Draco raised an eyebrow. Harry was already long gone, trailing Clarice.
~Smart move, Potter. ~ He thought. He then smiled down at Dianna.
"Why would I want to do a thing like that?" Draco asked.
"Because I told you to." Dianna said.
"Oh. Well then maybe I ought to remind you that I'm a Malfoy." Draco said and took a step towards her.
"And that means..." Dianna asked as she moved her hand in a circular motion.
"That means that I always get what I want." Draco answered as he closed the distance between them.
"Well isn't that just super?" Dianna said, trying not to think about the fact that he was now touching her arm. "You won't always get what you want." Suddenly the train stopped and Draco grabbed onto her so they wouldn't fall.
"I think I will." He whispered in her ear and kissed her softly. He then let go and started out the door. "See ya soon Anna." Dianna stood in shock in the middle of the room. Then an angry look came across her face.
"That jerk." She whispered. "That insignificant cocky prick."
~*~ Draco stepped off the train. He'd seen Potter and Clarice talking. Most likely they'd have everything worked out and would be writing each other all summer. How sweet. He smiled. He wasn't to upset with how things had worked out for him though. He was sure that Dianna would not forget him anytime this summer. Sure she was probably mad as hell but at least she'd be thinking about him and when you can't get someone out of your mind then that can lead to infatuation. Infatuation is a good thing.
"Draco?" he snapped out of his reverie to see his father nodding to him. He walked over.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were sick?' Draco asked.
" I am." Lucius said, "That's why I'm here. Besides I thought maybe I could see your two little girlfriends. Draco blushed a bit.
"Nether are my girlfriends, well not yet." Lucius smiled, as he saw Draco nod his head toward Dianna.
"Tell me about it on the way home. Then you and I are going to be taking a trip this summer."
"A trip?" Draco asked as they started away.
"Yes, it should be quite.educational." Lucius said.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nope, not a word of it.it all belongs to J.K Rowling. Please review.flame if you want. I'll just bring them with me to heat my school since there is practically no heat there anyway.
"So what are we going doing this summer?" Clarice asked Dianna as they sat in their compartments on the train. Dianna looked thoughtful.
"Well my faithful sidekick-"
"Sidekick? How the hell did I become the sidekick? I'm the evil Slytherin mastermind here." Clarice interrupted with a smirk.
"Slytherins can't be masterminds." Dianna said matter-of-factly as she ate the head off of a chocolate frog.
"Oh and why, pray tell, is that?" Clarice asked as she folded her arms.
"Because Ravenclaws are always the brains behind the plot, duUH." Dianna said as Clarice rolled her eyes and tried not to smile. "Besides I thought that we where going to be working with your aunt this summer anyway." Dianna said.
"Yah but we still have to get all of time period stuff and all-" Clarice stopped at a loud thud that was heard outside the girls door. They looked at each other; walked to the door, then quickly proceed to close it.
"I do not just see that." Dianna said as she walked back to her seat.
"I think mine eyes deceive me." Clarice added and shook her head and locked the door.
~*~ (About ten minuets before)
Harry rounded the corner slowly. He had to talk to Clarice before she left for the summer. They had to work things out. He simply had to. Now if he could only find the damn compartment. He walked backward, lost in thought when he bumped into something. Not, not something. Someone. Draco Malfoy to be exact.
"Who-oh it's you Potter. It makes sense now. You'd think that the great Harry Potter would be able to see when someone is walking." Draco said with a dramatic sigh. Harry rolled his eyes.
"You'd think that you could use your ferret senses to detect when YOU'RE going to run into someone, Malfoy." Harry said, and then smiled. "Are your ferret senses tingling Malfoy?" Draco looked at him for a minute, brain obviously working to figure out the meaning of what he said. Slowly Draco smiled then burst out laughing.
"You mean spider senses, Potter?" He asked when he had composed himself.
"Hold on, you know what Spiderman is?" Harry asked in shock.
"Well Clarice and Dianna tend to quote from Muggle things a lot so I have to find out what they're talking about or I'm left cold." Draco said. Harry nodded.
"Do you know where they are?" Harry asked.
"No, I was just looking for them. I couldn't stand Crabb's blank stare anymore." Draco said. He looked at the ground then sighed. "Look Potter. I don't like you and you don't like me but we both like these two girls who are best friends so let's have a small truce so that we have a better chance with them." Harry looked shocked for a few seconds then considered the proposal. He wanted to talk to Clarice. As much as he hated to admit it Draco knew more about Clarice right now then he did. However Harry knew more about Dianna. Maybe they could help each other. On the other hand Draco was a conniving jerk. He had gotten Harry into trouble many times before, humiliated him and was the cause of the problems that he was having with Clarice. Though those were the very same reasons why he may help. If he wanted to have Dianna like him then he was going to have to make it up to Clarice for what he'd done. Maybe, just maybe if they worked together they could get their girls and then be able to put up with each other. Maybe. Harry sighed a bit and nodded.
"Alright Malfoy." Harry said. He put out his hand. "Truce?"
"Truce." Draco said and shook it. The train took a sudden lurch and they both fell down.
"So much for ferret senses." Harry said. Draco nodded and they burst out laughing. They heard a door down the hall shut.
"There." They whispered and scrambled to get up. They reached the door and Draco tried the knob.
"Locked." He said, with an annoyed look. Harry started to take out his wand when Draco stopped him. "No, Potter. If you get caught casting this spell the Ministry won't be happy and from what I've heard you only have some not- so-very dependable Muggles. I have a father who's in good with the Ministry. I'll do it." Harry nodded and backed up.
"Knock yourself out." He said. Draco unlocked the door and then they walked in.
"Afternoon girls." Draco said with a smirk.
"What the hell?" Clarice started, Dianna looked annoyed.
"Hay ferret-boy. The door was locked for a reason." Dianna said as she stood up, her hands on her hips. Draco smiled.
"Now why would you want to lock me out?" he asked, now trying to look forlorn and innocent. Harry shook his head.
"That's all the more reason to UNLOCK it." Harry said with a smile. Draco looked at Harry in shock. Clarice giggled.
"I suppose you think that now it should be locked again huh?" She asked.
"Yes, actually." Harry said.
"Wrong answer, Mr. Potter." Clarice said and walked out of the room.
"Hay where are you going?" Dianna asked.
"To get my one bag with my book. You can fend them off Anna." Clarice called.
"Gotcha." Dianna said and turned to face Draco. "Out." She commanded. Draco raised an eyebrow. Harry was already long gone, trailing Clarice.
~Smart move, Potter. ~ He thought. He then smiled down at Dianna.
"Why would I want to do a thing like that?" Draco asked.
"Because I told you to." Dianna said.
"Oh. Well then maybe I ought to remind you that I'm a Malfoy." Draco said and took a step towards her.
"And that means..." Dianna asked as she moved her hand in a circular motion.
"That means that I always get what I want." Draco answered as he closed the distance between them.
"Well isn't that just super?" Dianna said, trying not to think about the fact that he was now touching her arm. "You won't always get what you want." Suddenly the train stopped and Draco grabbed onto her so they wouldn't fall.
"I think I will." He whispered in her ear and kissed her softly. He then let go and started out the door. "See ya soon Anna." Dianna stood in shock in the middle of the room. Then an angry look came across her face.
"That jerk." She whispered. "That insignificant cocky prick."
~*~ Draco stepped off the train. He'd seen Potter and Clarice talking. Most likely they'd have everything worked out and would be writing each other all summer. How sweet. He smiled. He wasn't to upset with how things had worked out for him though. He was sure that Dianna would not forget him anytime this summer. Sure she was probably mad as hell but at least she'd be thinking about him and when you can't get someone out of your mind then that can lead to infatuation. Infatuation is a good thing.
"Draco?" he snapped out of his reverie to see his father nodding to him. He walked over.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were sick?' Draco asked.
" I am." Lucius said, "That's why I'm here. Besides I thought maybe I could see your two little girlfriends. Draco blushed a bit.
"Nether are my girlfriends, well not yet." Lucius smiled, as he saw Draco nod his head toward Dianna.
"Tell me about it on the way home. Then you and I are going to be taking a trip this summer."
"A trip?" Draco asked as they started away.
"Yes, it should be quite.educational." Lucius said.