Chapter 13,
'Draco!' Draco turned around. Vincent and Greg came clumsily running towards him their bags shaking at the back. 'Guess what we just found out!'
'What?' Draco asked eagerly. After telling them the truth last night he felt much better and happy. He actually saw them as equals not something just following him around for once.
'Ok, you know Padma,' Vincent said pulling him to the side of the hall so that no one else could hear what they were saying.
'Yes, I know Padma,' Draco said and watched the supposed Parvati and Harry walk by chatting. He didn't understand why he hadn't realised there were two Parvati's in the school before.
'Well, she is going to the prefect prom!' Greg said happily. Draco looked up. 'We heard her talking to that Huffelpuff Prefect... what is his name again... that round pink faced one...'
'Ernie MacMillan?' Draco said about to ask who was talking.
'Well, he asked her if she would go with him and she said yes with a weird expression on her face like saying 'Oh well... I suppose,'
'You mean that she is just going like I am?' Draco exclaimed. 'Just for the sake of going to the prom?' Greg nodded. 'Oh my gosh! Think if my hair wont be right! Think if it will be all messed up! And my suit from fourth year is too small!' Draco said frustrated letting a finger pull through his gelled hair. 'I hadn't planned my self to be too attractive! I didn't want all the girls to fall for me!'
'Or boy's. Henri Rontell is going to be there,' Vincent reminded him. Draco knew very well that Henri Rontell was a prefect too. Or worse, head boy.
'Well then poison him or something to make him ill for the prom,' Draco said. 'I can't take any risks,'
'Are you sure?' Greg asked surprised not getting the joke. He didn't understand Henri definitely wouldn't fall for Draco.
'Hi Padma,' Draco nervously greeted the next Divination class. Padma looked up from what appeared to have been an important conversation with Jess and Bee.
'Hi,' she said as a return with a tone of surprise. She then turned back to the conversation she was having.
'I don't understand how you could have said yes, Paddie' Jess said. 'I mean... he is a prefect! Prefects are losers, you know that,'
'Not necessarily,' Padma shrugged angrily. 'He is actually very nice. And at least I am allowed to go to the prom like my sister is,'
'Parvati is going to the prom?' Draco called out forgetting he wasn't supposed to hear.
'Excuse me, but I never remember inviting you to join our conversation,' Bee said rudely.
'Well excuse me you people are talking so loud,' Draco replied proud of his comeback.
'Bee, Jess, please don't always be so rude. We were talking very loud, I admit,' Padma said and a weak smile was thrown towards Draco. 'But don't listen to conversations you aren't supposed to hear!' she said. It wasn't as rude as anyone else would have said it but it was insulting enough to Draco. He turned and walked towards a table for five this time already occupied by Vincent, Greg, Susanne and Pamela.
'Draco wait!' Draco turned around. Padma was walking towards him with a worried expression on her pretty face. 'I need to talk to you,' she said importantly and steered him towards a corner of the room where no one was standing. 'What you just heard was very personal. About that my sister is going to the prom,'
'I don't understand. Potter isn't a prefect, is he?' Draco asked not feeling dazed out for once.
'That is the point, stupid,' Parvati said. 'Harry doesn't know that Parvati is going. And it is important that he doesn't find out. It is like this, that Parvati doesn't like Harry any more and is instead going out with that tall handsome Gryffindor 7th year...'
'You mean she is cheating on him?' Draco said full of surprise.
'Well, you are not really supposed to know, now are you. She would have dumped him ages ago but she feels sorry for him. I would only date a guy if I really liked him...'
'Like Ernie MacMillan?' Padma gave him a murdering look.
'Do you always have to mind everyone else's business, Malfoy?' she said angrily.
'I couldn't help hearing, that's all,' Draco excused himself.
'Well try to forget what was said, Draco, please. I really don't want to let my sister down,' Draco realised that for some reason Padma was the type of person that tried to pretend she was mean but actually in real life was too polite for her own good. Her talent he admired and he couldn't help dazing of as she left to sit down by her table again.
'Did you ask her out?' Greg asked as he joined their table. Pamela looked curiously up at Draco surprised by what Greg had said. Draco saw her listening.
'No, why would you ask that? You know we are just friends, and she just wanted to talk to me about something,' Draco said untruthfully not meeting Greg's or Vincent's eyes. But he couldn't help realising they looked at each other with confused looks.
'Do you like Padma?' Pamela asked disapprovingly.
'Of course I don't!' Draco snapped. He could feel his cheeks blushing so he didn't look up. He hated people seeing him red in his face.
'Well I knew you wouldn't of all people,' Susanne said smartly. 'Pamela, has my mascara smudged? Right here?' Draco looked up to see Susanne pointing towards a spot on her nose where a big black smudge was.
'Don't worry honey. You look gorgeous,' Pamela said in a voice that sounded normal but her face had a twisted smile that Draco knew what meant.
'Draco!' Draco turned around. Vincent and Greg came clumsily running towards him their bags shaking at the back. 'Guess what we just found out!'
'What?' Draco asked eagerly. After telling them the truth last night he felt much better and happy. He actually saw them as equals not something just following him around for once.
'Ok, you know Padma,' Vincent said pulling him to the side of the hall so that no one else could hear what they were saying.
'Yes, I know Padma,' Draco said and watched the supposed Parvati and Harry walk by chatting. He didn't understand why he hadn't realised there were two Parvati's in the school before.
'Well, she is going to the prefect prom!' Greg said happily. Draco looked up. 'We heard her talking to that Huffelpuff Prefect... what is his name again... that round pink faced one...'
'Ernie MacMillan?' Draco said about to ask who was talking.
'Well, he asked her if she would go with him and she said yes with a weird expression on her face like saying 'Oh well... I suppose,'
'You mean that she is just going like I am?' Draco exclaimed. 'Just for the sake of going to the prom?' Greg nodded. 'Oh my gosh! Think if my hair wont be right! Think if it will be all messed up! And my suit from fourth year is too small!' Draco said frustrated letting a finger pull through his gelled hair. 'I hadn't planned my self to be too attractive! I didn't want all the girls to fall for me!'
'Or boy's. Henri Rontell is going to be there,' Vincent reminded him. Draco knew very well that Henri Rontell was a prefect too. Or worse, head boy.
'Well then poison him or something to make him ill for the prom,' Draco said. 'I can't take any risks,'
'Are you sure?' Greg asked surprised not getting the joke. He didn't understand Henri definitely wouldn't fall for Draco.
'Hi Padma,' Draco nervously greeted the next Divination class. Padma looked up from what appeared to have been an important conversation with Jess and Bee.
'Hi,' she said as a return with a tone of surprise. She then turned back to the conversation she was having.
'I don't understand how you could have said yes, Paddie' Jess said. 'I mean... he is a prefect! Prefects are losers, you know that,'
'Not necessarily,' Padma shrugged angrily. 'He is actually very nice. And at least I am allowed to go to the prom like my sister is,'
'Parvati is going to the prom?' Draco called out forgetting he wasn't supposed to hear.
'Excuse me, but I never remember inviting you to join our conversation,' Bee said rudely.
'Well excuse me you people are talking so loud,' Draco replied proud of his comeback.
'Bee, Jess, please don't always be so rude. We were talking very loud, I admit,' Padma said and a weak smile was thrown towards Draco. 'But don't listen to conversations you aren't supposed to hear!' she said. It wasn't as rude as anyone else would have said it but it was insulting enough to Draco. He turned and walked towards a table for five this time already occupied by Vincent, Greg, Susanne and Pamela.
'Draco wait!' Draco turned around. Padma was walking towards him with a worried expression on her pretty face. 'I need to talk to you,' she said importantly and steered him towards a corner of the room where no one was standing. 'What you just heard was very personal. About that my sister is going to the prom,'
'I don't understand. Potter isn't a prefect, is he?' Draco asked not feeling dazed out for once.
'That is the point, stupid,' Parvati said. 'Harry doesn't know that Parvati is going. And it is important that he doesn't find out. It is like this, that Parvati doesn't like Harry any more and is instead going out with that tall handsome Gryffindor 7th year...'
'You mean she is cheating on him?' Draco said full of surprise.
'Well, you are not really supposed to know, now are you. She would have dumped him ages ago but she feels sorry for him. I would only date a guy if I really liked him...'
'Like Ernie MacMillan?' Padma gave him a murdering look.
'Do you always have to mind everyone else's business, Malfoy?' she said angrily.
'I couldn't help hearing, that's all,' Draco excused himself.
'Well try to forget what was said, Draco, please. I really don't want to let my sister down,' Draco realised that for some reason Padma was the type of person that tried to pretend she was mean but actually in real life was too polite for her own good. Her talent he admired and he couldn't help dazing of as she left to sit down by her table again.
'Did you ask her out?' Greg asked as he joined their table. Pamela looked curiously up at Draco surprised by what Greg had said. Draco saw her listening.
'No, why would you ask that? You know we are just friends, and she just wanted to talk to me about something,' Draco said untruthfully not meeting Greg's or Vincent's eyes. But he couldn't help realising they looked at each other with confused looks.
'Do you like Padma?' Pamela asked disapprovingly.
'Of course I don't!' Draco snapped. He could feel his cheeks blushing so he didn't look up. He hated people seeing him red in his face.
'Well I knew you wouldn't of all people,' Susanne said smartly. 'Pamela, has my mascara smudged? Right here?' Draco looked up to see Susanne pointing towards a spot on her nose where a big black smudge was.
'Don't worry honey. You look gorgeous,' Pamela said in a voice that sounded normal but her face had a twisted smile that Draco knew what meant.