Bitter Goodbyes
By: BloomingHeart
Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Harry Potter! I only own Emily and Callie. Slade belongs to this one girl, like I said in the last chapter. If you know who it is, tell me, so I can give her credit!
A.N.: Okay, in my summary, I put no flamers, and, then in the story, i put that you can flame...Whoa man, mixed signals...lol. But no, you can flame, if you want, i just am not gonna like it much. So now that we got that clear....ON With the story!!! Yay!
The halls were filled with whispers of the new couple at Hogwarts. No one could believe the unusual couple. A Gryffindor and a Slytherin? It was crazy!
"Emily and Ron, God, thats so weird!", "I never thought I would see the day!", "She's crazy! Doesn't she realize that Draco Malfoy is like, totally in love with her?", and "Ya, I'd chose Draco over Ron any day... Draco is soooo much better looking!" were the comments from the female Slytherin population. The males had a much different perspective about it though. Their comments were more along the lines of:
"Dude, that Weasel! He's so lucky, man! How'd a Weasley pick up a hot chick like that?", "I know man, it's stupid, she could have any Slytherin she wants, and she goes for a Gryffindor? I guess she's not as smart as I thought she was!", and "Dude, I don't really care about WHO she's with...it's the fact that she's not with me that does me in!".
Everyone was buzzing with the 'latest scoop' an the couple, and Ron was seriously enjoying the attention he was getting. The only thing that bothered him was that they weren't true. He revealed this to Harry, who in turn pelted him with questions.
"You're really not going out with her? Why would people think that?" he asked. "Why aren't you denying it? And whats with all this stuff about she could have Malfoy? Why would she want to be with Malfoy? But, really, why would people think that you two were together if you're not?"
"Whoa! Calm down Harry!" Ron laughed. "I'm going to answer your questions in order, okay? No, I really am no going out with her. Me and her were walking by the lake yesterday, talking, and she told me about something kind of disturbing, and she started to cry. I let her cry on my shoulder, and once she calmed down, we started walking again, only I was holding her hand. Malfoy saw us, and assumed things. I'm not denying it because I like the attention, and I really want the rumors to be true, because I really like her. I don't know why people are saying things about Malfoy, and I sure as hell can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would want to be with him."
"Ron, I hate to break it to you, but, Emily is gonna be pissed!" Harry said. Ron nodded, but didn't say anything. He wished what Harry said wasn't true, but he knew it was. She had every right to be mad, especially if her and Malfoy had something going on. What he didn't understand is why she would risk it. She had told him about Slade, and Lucius Malfoy's threat, and he had no idea why she would be so stupid as to risk getting herself AND Malfoy killed. It didn't make sense, and he wished he could talk to someone about it, but he knew he couldn't. Emily would kill him if she found out he had told someone, and he couldn't talk to her directly, because he was almost positive she hated him after all of the rumors. Ron sighed and put his head in his hands. Harry looked at him and decided Ron needed to be left alone, so he gathered up his things, and left the room, patting the red-head's shoulder as he went.
So guys, what do you think? I have, like no reviews right now, and its really depressing. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review, so I at least know that SOMEONE is reading my story!!! I don't even care if you flame! I just want to know that someone is reading, whether you like it or not!!
XXXOOO,
BloomingHeart