[DISCLAIMER:] not mine.
Chapter 13. I just got home. The 2 kamikazes I had are now starting to kick in. My blood is pumping and I feel ALIVE!!! Don't you love that feeling? After 2 or 3 drinks, you feel sooooo energized? On the way home, I was talking non stop to my family. They were telling me to shut up. Oh well. They said I have a bit of a drinking problem! Imagine that! At 15, I cut myself and drink! Wheeee! What a life!
I am SO pathetic. *head hits keyboard*
March 1, 2003. 11:30 pm
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Draco leaned against the wall, smiling to himself. He did that a lot now. He just didn't show it to anyone. Not a lot of people have seen him smile. It just wasn't his thing. He was wandering through the school. It was late already, but he didn't care. He closed his eyes and continued smiling. He heard feet running and opened them again.
Draco watched Virginia run through the hall. He was about to call out to her when he saw her expression. What was it? She seemed sad and happy at the same time, but pained and elated, too. A tear rolled down her cheek and she hastily wiped it away.
Why's she crying again? he thought to himself. Must be the damned prat Ron. Draco decided to do something mean to him for making Virginia cry. He didn't want to bother her now, so he just went down to the dorms.
He sat at the edge of his bed in a black shirt and black silk boxers. (A/N: I can just imagine that now. Ooh.) He was disturbed by the expression on Virginia's face as she ran. What happened to her? was all he thought. He stretched out on his bed, remembering the past week.
Virginia had breakfast with them thrice within the past week. Draco, Blaise and Virginia were friends, although none of them would admit it. The Slytherins still eyed Virginia with suspicion, but didn't lash out at her anymore, except Pansy, of course. The Gryffindors were still outraged with the fact that one of their people was with the Slytherins. Even Virginia's friends became Draco and Blaise's friends.
Draco remembered the second time she had breakfast with them. He went over to their table and asked her personally to sit with them. When she sat down beside him, she looked a little nervous, but okay. "Hey" was all she said. Blaise saw her and sat directly opposite her, but not without practically kicking Pansy to the side because she didn't want to move over.
"So?" Blaise said to Virginia, who smiled at him.
Draco felt the need to say something, just so that she would smile at him, too. All through breakfast, the three talked non stop. There was one part when she made him laugh suddenly, something he never did. Draco could practically hear the sound of heads turning to look at him.
The third time, Parvati Patil joined them, too, much to the Granger girl's disapproval. She was Virginia's best friend, Draco found out. Blaise and Parvati seemed to get along well, Virginia noted. They told stories the whole time. Draco, surprised at himself, was also talking animatedly with them. He never did this with anyone. Ever. Not even with Blaise. He looked at Virginia and noticed that she was talking to Blaise more than him, and it made him feel funny.
"Jealous, are we?" Pansy said slyly to him.
Draco felt his heart skip a beat. "Of course not!" he replied automatically. Malfoys don't get jealous. Not of anyone. Not of anything. But there could be some exceptions. . . he thought. No! There ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
"Then why do you look at her that way?" Pansy chided him on.
"What way? You're imagining things, Parkinson!" he snapped at her.
"Why are you denying it, Drakie?" Pansy batted her eyelashes at him.
"What are you getting at? Are YOU jealous because I asked her to sit with me?"
Pansy narrowed her eyes, obviously stung by the reply. She was obviously jealous of Virginia. She and Draco gave each other looks of hate "You'll pay for that, Malfoy" was all she said.
Like you can do anything! Draco didn't throw it back at her, but turned his attention to the group that was talking animatedly. He joined in their talking, but not as enthusiastically as before. What Pansy had said bothered him. WAS he jealous? Did he look at her differently?
"Hey, you ok, Draco?"
Draco shook his head as if to shake out all thoughts. He looked at who spoke to him. When he saw who it was, he momentarily lost all thought. "Yeah, I'm ok." He said, and smiled sheepishly. Virginia smiled back at him. Dammit! Why can she make me do that? he thought, when she turned back to Parvati and Blaise. He looked at Parvati, who smiled shyly at Blaise.
Parvati noticed Draco looking at her and her smile faltered. "Oh! Hey, what's up?" she said awkwardly, and blushed.
Draco raised an eyebrow and smiled slyly at her. "You like Blaise, don't you, Parv?"
Parvati's eyes widened. "I don't!!!" she said defensively.
Draco chuckled at her defensiveness. It was no use trying to lie to him "If you say so. But if ever you change you mind, not that it needs to, ask me for help with Blaise."
Parvati only blushed more. "Okay. . . and if you need help with Virginia, just ask me." She said, and smirked at him.
Draco remembered that he smirked back just as nastily. Whenever he saw Parvati or Virginia in the halls, he'd smile at them and talk to them, much to the horror of both the Gryffindors or the Slytherins. There was one time when the first person that greeted him in the morning was Virginia. He had a little, tiny smile plastered to his face the whole day. He also didn't feel mean enough to make Potter or Weasley's day bad.
As he lay on his bed, a smile formed on his lips. It was going to be sweet dreams for him tonight.
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Virginia woke up suddenly as if from a bad dream. She had barely slept during the night. She kept waking up for no particular reason, which really bothered her. She looked at the clock beside her. 6 am. She groaned desperately. She still lacked sleep. She turned off the alarm, trusting Parvati to wake her up and sank back into the covers.
"Virginia!" Parvati shook her violently awake. "Wake up! Wake up! Hurry up!"
"Huh? What? What? Did something happen?" Virginia said, sitting up in her bed. Parvati had the look of urgency on her face. "Parv, what happened?" Her mind filled with a million different scenarios. Ron died! Hermione got killed!
Parvati broke into laughter, turning red in the face. Virginia didn't know what to do. She was already becoming desperate. Seeing the look on her face, Parvati straightened up and wiped the tears from her eyes from laughing too hard. "I'm sorry, Virginia." She said. "I just wanted to know who Bathroom Boy was!"
Upon hearing this, Virginia felt outrage. "What?! You woke me up for that?!" she said loudly. She eyed Parvati warily, and to her surprise, she smiled even more.
"YES! I did!" Parvati replied. "Oh, isn't it great? The way I can just wake you up at 7 am to know who Bathroom Boy is?" she gushed. Parvati grinned at Virginia, who looked up to the heavens in desperation.
"Oh, no, you don't! Just because you're my best friend doesn't mean you can wake me up anytime because you want to know who Bathroom Boy is!" Virginia replied.
"You're wrong about that!" Parvati said facetiously. "Of course I can! That's what best friends are for!"
"Best friends don't wake each other up and deprive her of beauty sleep!"
Parvati pondered on this for a moment. "You have a point, there. But still! WHO WAS HE???"
Virginia sighed exasperatedly. "Fine. Since you couldn't wait till I was showered and dressed, I WILL tell you. Are you ready for this?" she said, and looked Parvati in the eye.
Parvati bounced happily in anticipation and grinned brightly at her. "Yes! Yes!"
"Okay. It was Blaise." Virginia waited for the squeal of excitement from Parvati, but it didn't come.
Parvati's grin faltered when she heard Blaise's name. "Oh." Was all she said.
Virginia frowned. "Parv, what's wrong? Don't you want to know what happened?" She tried to look at Parvati in the face, but she just turned her head the other way.
Parvati didn't reply, but got up and said in a shaky voice, "You have to get changed now. Class starts in an hour."
Virginia was confused. "Wait! Sit down, Parv. Please. Was it something I said? Is there something I should know?" Parvati still did not look at her or answer her question. An awkward silence passed between them.
"Hey you guys, Hermione said she'll be waiting in the Great Hall for breakfast. Unless. . . you go sit with the Slytherins again?" Kisses said, suddenly appearing at their door.
Virginia was grateful for the sudden interference. Parvati wasn't telling her something. She looked at Kisses and smiled weakly. They'd become friends in the past week, but this was not the time for small talk. "Hey." she said.
Kisses' smile wavered. "Oh, I'm sorry, is this a bad time?" She said, and watched as Parvati exited the room quietly. She ran a hand through her ash blonde hair.
Virginia only felt despair as she watched her best friend leave. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Bad time?" she said, as she looked at Kisses. "Oh! Well, not now. Not anymore, anyway." She looked at the door, in which Parvati had gone through.
"You wanna talk about it?" Kisses said, and sat down on the bed beside her.
Virginia was on the verge of blurting out what happened between her and Blaise last night, and Parvati's strange reaction, but bit her lip instead. "No, thanks." She replied, and smiled sadly.
"Well, okay then." Kisses got up from where she was sitting and stretched. "You have to get dressed. It's almost 8." With that, she went out the door, closing it gently behind her.
Virginia sighed once more and forced herself out of bed. She didn't have the will to attend class today. It seemed as if Blaise and Parvati might be angry with her. She showered quickly and got out of the shower. As she was putting on her blouse, a soft thud was heard. She looked quickly around the bathroom, her heart starting to beat faster. There was a thud again. This time, she knew where it came from.
The bathroom door! she thought panicked, and quickly buttoned her blouse. She stood fixed on her spot, in case she would hear the thud again. She strained to listen, but only heard a muffled voice.
There was a sudden, sharp knock on the door, which made Virginia jump in surprise.
"Draco! Bad boy!" she heard someone say from the other side of the door.
Virginia felt her heart skip a beat and her breath catch in her throat. Draco was HERE?? With Kisses??
"Down, boy!" she heard Kisses say. Despite herself, Virginia felt outrage, even jealousy that he was with Kisses. She wondered at what the HELL he was doing with her. She was prepared now to fling the door open and berate them at length. But what right do I have? she thought suddenly. I'm not his, and he's not mine. . . She slapped her forehead. What was she thinking?!
"Virginia, will you open the door? Draco's here finally!" Kisses said.
Steeling herself, Virginia opened the door slowly, expecting to see Draco standing before her. But what greeted her instead was a small bundle of fluff, which rolled against her ankles. What the? she thought to herself.
Kisses bent down and scooped up the fur ball. She looked up at Virginia with her hazel eyes and smiled at her, holding up whatever it was that she was holding so she could get a closer look.
A dog!? Virginia raised her eyebrows at the dog's happy face.
"Oh, come on!" Kisses said, standing up. "Give Draco a pat on the head! He's been a very good boy lately." Kisses snuggled Draco, her toffee hair spilling over him, making him yip.
Virginia let out the breath she didn't know she was holding slowly. A dog. The Draco that Kisses was talking about is a DOG, and not the real Draco. Not my- um. . . THE Draco. She blushed a little at her thoughts, and for thinking that is was really Draco outside the door. "So!" she said to Kisses, as she patted the dog's head. It really was cute, golden Labrador puppy he was. "He's finally back from dog training school?"
"Yep!" Kisses said happily as she led Virginia out from the bathroom. "Mika DOES know about it, even though I'd rather see the look of disappointment on her face when she finds out that dad just took him out of the horrid school for me."
Virginia chuckled at this. Mika was her dad's girlfriend, who she disliked a lot. But what was worse was that Mika also disliked her puppy, Draco, who was given to her on her birthday.
"Remember what TJ said to her?" Kisses went on. "He said he'll shoot her annoying cat if she put Draco to sleep! Hah! The look on her face!"
TJ? Oh. . . yeah. Virginia thought to herself. Like her, Kisses also had a lot of siblings, but she wasn't the only girl. Lucky her! Kisses was originally from Florida, moved to Louisiana, then England. Sometimes, Virginia had a hard time understanding her because of all the American slang she used.
"Oh, look at the time!" Kisses said, interrupting Virginia's train of thoughts. She grabbed Virginia by the wrists. "Let's go down to breakfast!"
Virginia just let herself be dragged. She was reluctant to go down to breakfast, not knowing what to say to Parvati.
When they reached the Gryffindor table, Parvati was talking to Hermione in a distracted sort of way, as if she had a lot more interesting things in mind. She saw Parvati glance over at someone at the Slytherin table. She followed her gaze to whoever she was looking at. Blaise? Oh my god! Parvati likes Blaise? Why didn't she tell me before? Virginia thought to herself. She quickly went over to her and squeezed in between her and Hermione.
Parvati merely looked at her with an unreadable expression before looking away. Virginia put her hand on Parvati's shoulder, and was not surprised to feel her stiffen. "Look, Parv, there's nothing between me and Blaise." She said, hoping to get a response.
Parvati didn't turn around to face her, but answered back coldly. "Yeah, right. And now you're going to tell me that you thought of Draco while you were with him last night!"
Virginia's mouth hanged open. Now what would she say? She couldn't just tell Parvati that what she guessed was the truth. But there is no other way. . . she thought. "Actually, Parv, I did. . . "
Parvati turned and looked in amazement at her, but the looked quickly turned into skepticism. "Don't pull my leg.
"I'm not!" Virginia said, a whiny tinge to her voice. "I know you like Blaise- "
"I do NOT!"
"I saw the way you looked at him."
Parvati didn't say anything, but just looked at her friend with surrender. "Okay. I do."
Virginia gave her a weak smile. "I knew it."
"Yeah. . . " Parvati replied. "It just hurt me when you told me that he was Bathroom Boy, you know? To hear that he really likes you, and not me. . . " she trailed off, as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh, Parv, I'm sorry!" Virginia said, but seeing the look on her face, she stopped. "I know there's no point apologizing, but I don't have anything to say! Just. . . believe me when I say this. There is NOTHING between me and Blaise." She said sternly, but was unsure of what she really felt. Did she like Blaise? Why had she thought of Draco when they were in the bathroom? Why did she SAY Draco's name?
"Do you really mean that?" Parvati asked in a small voice, looking at her with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
Virginia was about to say no, but she didn't want things to get in a mess. "Yes, Parv. I wouldn't. . . " she thought for a moment. "I wouldn't lie to you. You're my best friend." She watched as Parvati smiled at her happily. She was supposed to be happy, too, but she didn't feel happy much. She didn't feel happy at all. She felt sad.
Parvati squealed in delight and hugged Virginia when she told her there was nothing between her and Blaise. For the past week, she'd gotten to know him. She loved the way he would smile at her slyly, with mischief in his blue green eyes. He also made her laugh, which no guy has ever made her do. Whenever she talked to him, she was happy, she was delighted, elated. She was in love.
Virginia was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts by a confused Hermione. "Um. . . Virginia, who's bathroom boy?"
Virginia and Parvati looked at her with surprise. They'd forgotten she was there right beside them. "Oh! Bathroom Boy! Right. . . um. . . he's just some guy we made up." Parvati said quickly.
Virginia looked at Parvati with a bewildered expression. She turned to Hermione again. "Yeah! So right!" she said, and laughed a little nervously. "We. . . um." She cleared her throat. "We're going to make a play out of it! Right, Parv?"
No response from Parvati. Virginia looked at her, she was staring dreamily into space, but quickly snapped out of it when she felt Virginia's elbow in her stomach. "Um. . . yeah! We were making it into a novel!"
Virginia panicked. "Yes!" she said to Hermione, who looked at them with suspicion. "We were going to write a novel on Bathroom Boy, then we were going to make it into a play." As she said it, she looked at Parvati with warning in her eyes. They both looked at Hermione, waiting for her reaction, as they held their breaths.
"Oh! You didn't tell me! Show me the script! I'll help you write it." Hermione said, brightening all of a sudden.
Parvati and Virginia let out sighs of relief when Hermione turned to talk to Kisses. They looked at each other tiredly. "We-" Parvati said. "have a script to write." And they both dissolved into giggles. "I'm so glad you don't have anything with Blaise."
Virginia didn't return the smile Parvati gave her as sincerely. "Yeah." She said, and suddenly remembered Ron and Neville. "Parv, did I tell you that Pansy-"
"What?! She was there too?"
"I'm not finished yet. . ." Virginia said in a sing-song voice and twirled her hair around one finger.
"Oh, sorry"
Virginia cleared her throat. "So anyway, we were there. And Pansy comes in running holding a camera, followed by RON and NEVILLE!" Parvati bounced giddily in her seat. "And guess what Ron was wearing? LEOPARDPRINT LEDERHOSEN! Neville was in heart print boxers!"
The both of them were practically on the floor, laughing till they cried. "Leopard print lederhosen?!" Parvati shrieked, and laughed some more.
Ron came over. "I see that you've told our friend here about what happened last night?" he said carefully, in measured tones.
"Yes, I did." Virginia answered serenely. "She particularly liked your outfit."
Ron blushed a deep crimson. "Just to get things straight, I DID NOT SLEEP WITH PANSY PARKINSON." He said, an almost hysterical tone to his voice.
Virginia merely eyed him skeptically. "Then how did you end up with her in the bathroom?"
"That's none of your business!"
"Do you really want the whole school to know?" she said lazily, running her hands through her hair.
"That's blackmail!"
"Of course."
"Fine, then. It was after dinner. I saw her walking towards me holding a newspaper. She asked me if I knew what newspaper it was. I told her I didn't know."
"Did you look at the newspaper?" Parvati suddenly asked, cutting him off.
Ron pondered on this. "Uh. . . no." he said, and continued telling the story, avoiding the looks of Parvati and his sister. "So anyway, she asked me if I would like to be in the entertainment bit. I told her 'Why should I ? Especially that you are asking me. You're from Slytherin.' And she kept persisting, telling me that I didn't have to worry because I had someone to keep me company. Someone who I knew. So. . . I went with her. Then I saw you."
Virginia looked at him with an unreadable expression. "If you really didn't want to go with a Slytherin, especially if that Slytherin is Pansy, you wouldn't have gone with her."
"Er. . . "
"And how did she get you to wear lederhosen?" Parvati asked.
"Don't tell me you suddenly forgot who she was, being a Slytherin and all that, and just agreed to have your pictures taken, in lederhosen." Virginia said.
"What did she do to get you in the bathroom?"
"Stop!" Ron said, putting his hand over his ears. He looked at the two girls. "She was wearing the dress!" he said finally.
Virginia and Parvati rolled their eyes. "Boys." They said in unison.
"Okay, here's the deal." She said to Ron, who looked at her in an embarrassed sort of way. "We forget that it ever happened." Ron nodded a little too enthusiastically at her. "But if anything comes out, I'm squealing."
Ron started to protest, but Parvati snapped her bra strap at him with a mischievous glint in her eye, and he shut up. "Okay. Just don't tell mum." With that, he walked away.
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After all Virginia's classes were done, she went to the Great Hall with Kisses, whom she met up with along the way.
"Hey." Kisses said.
"Hey to you, too." She replied, and smiled. "I had a long day. What about you?"
"Ugh. Me too. During Snape's class, he asked me to test the potion. When I drank it, I turned into a cockroach! Can you believe that? The ignominy of it all! People were screaming and running away from me!" Kisses said, starting her usual babble.
Virginia could only smile at her. She was too tired. She spent most of the day thinking. Thinking of nothing else but Draco, Blaise and Parvati. She just let Kisses lead her to the Great Hall. She realized that they were there already when her face was whipped suddenly by Kisses' hair.
"Oh! Sorry about that!" Kisses said apologetically, examining Virginia's face for any cuts she might have caused. "Oh look! Eric's here already!" She said, and squealed in delight. She grabbed Virginia's arm and pulled her with such force that they nearly toppled over one another.
When they reached the Gryffindor table, Kisses was suddenly gone. Eric was her new boyfriend, and she was so happy with him. Virginia gave out a tired sigh, and looked around for Parvati. Although it was not intentional, her eyes lingered on the Slytherin table. The second she caught Blaise's eye, she turned her head away. Her heart gave a guilty lurch. She spotted Parvati, waving at her from one end of the table. She was sitting squashed between Hermione and Kisses, who wasn't paying any attention to the both of them, but to Eric.
"Took you long enough!" Hermione said jokingly as she sat down beside her. She started talking immediately about how much homework there was to be done and complaining about how mean Snape was. The girl in front of her, Mercedes, or as she preferred to be called, Meche, was also talking enthusiastically about Potions class. She and Hermione had a lot in common.
Virginia wasn't listening to her, but was looking at Pansy instead. She nudged Parvati with her elbow and motioned for her to look at what she was. Pansy was coming over. PANSY WAS COMING OVER! Virginia and Parvati looked at her with death stares.
Pansy didn't seem to be affected at their stares at all, but actually seemed smug. All the Gryffindors were watching here with interest, hate, and curiosity. "Virginia!" She said she said pleasantly. A little too pleasantly. She looked down at Parvati. "Oh, and how could I forget? Parvati!"
"What do you want, Parkinson?" Virginia said shortly, raising an eyebrow to her.
Pansy put on a look of hurt. "Hey, that hurt! I'm not bad, you know!" Pansy said as she put a hand over her chest, which had way too much skin exposed. You could already see most of her breasts, save the nipples.
Parvati and Virginia rolled their eyes at her.
"Ok, look. I just wanted to invite you for dinner at the Slytherin table." She looked at their raised eyebrows. "A peace offering. Just to let you know that I didn't really mean any harm to Ron or Neville." She batted her eyelashes at them, which made them slightly green.
"No." Virginia said, and smiled at her icily.
"But I INSIST!" Pansy said, a little too sternly. She had her talons on Parvati and Virginia, which dug into their skin.
"Ow! Alright already!" Parvati said, as Pansy's grip became a little harder.
"Will you at least let go of our arms?" Virginia winced as a shiny, rouged nail almost tore through her upper arm. The hand contracted. "Thanks." She muttered.
Pansy made them sit down next to her and her little clique of Pansy heads. Virginia looked desperately at Draco, who looked back questioningly. He was sitting two seats away from her with Blaise. She purposefully avoided the eye of Blaise, knowing she'd hurt him.
"As I was saying," Pansy said, a little loudly, addressing her group. "This is our first official dinner with our friends, Parvati and Virginia." She smiled at them, making them cringe inwardly. "So let's make it a nice one for them, shall we?" She gave her group a knowing look.
Virginia didn't trust her. Not even one bit. The smug look on her face was enough to make her imagine herself using a flame thrower and aiming it at her face.
"Sonorous." Pansy said, as she pointed her wand to her throat. She stood up on her seat. "Attention, everyone!" She said, her voice booming over the hall, making the people look at her with interest. All eyes were on her now.
"What's she doing, now?" Parvati whispered to Virginia, who just shrugged her shoulders and continued to eye Pansy suspiciously. She had to push back some goggling Slytherin boys, who were trying to get a better look under Pansy's skirt.
Pansy noticed them and ran a hand up her thigh, making the skirt go higher than it was. The boys nearly fell over each other as they stared. To this, Pansy smiled even more smugly and continued. "Is everyone listening to me?" She looked around, seemingly satisfied. "I have an announcement to make. But first, let me show you all something. Something really amazing! Something interesting!" She looked down at Virginia and Parvati belittlingly.
She'll probably strip now. Virginia thought dully. As is there isn't much left we haven't seen! She watched as Pansy reach down, making the boys go wild in trying to get a glimpse of her underwear, and pull out something square.
"This is a picture." She began
A picture? What for? Virginia thought.
"I was in the bathroom last night." Pansy was saying.
Virginia sat up straight as a rail. Bathroom last night? Oh f***! That was what she stuffed into her bag!! Her heart started hammering, and her blood was racing. "Don't show them the picture!" She screamed up at Pansy, who just waved her hand at her dismissively. "Don't show them the picture!" Still no reaction from Pansy. "Parkinson! If you dare show them the picture, I'll tell them about you and Ron!"
Pansy looked down at her with deadly eyes. "Who cares? It's not me who'll be the butt of jokes! It's your poor brother Ron!" She said, and looked back at the sea of faces, all looking at the picture she was holding with avid interest. With a flick of her wand, the picture blew up to a gigantic size, showing Virginia in her dripping underwear and Blaise, in his boxers, a hand on her shoulder.
Virginia couldn't breathe properly. There were gasps all around her. The Slytherins were laughing their head off; the Gryffindors were all staring at the picture, now floating above the hall for all to see and whispering; the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were looking at it with expressions of amusement and confusion.
She put a hand to her forehead. She stood up, stumbled out of her seat and looked around wildly. She heard a rushing noise in her ears. She heard Parvati's voice say 'Virginia?', Ron's angry voice telling Pansy what a bitch she was, and the laughter all around her. The teachers were shouting their throats hoarse as they tried to quiet everyone down.
Virginia saw the whole seen through a fuzzy lens, everything was spinning now, her vision darkened, and as she fainted, she fell right into the waiting arms of Draco.
End of chapter.
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Okay! That was one long chapter! Whew! I just had to get the story out of my system! I couldn't leave the chapter alone! But anyway, at least I'm done with it! Yay for me! March 3, 2003. 7:00 pm
Reviews! Yay!
Melissa Adams: hey thanks
Audri Clover: yes, pansy is a bitch. I'll find out a way to kill her in the story.
BB-deejay: hey! You're here in the chapter! Sorry it was such a small part, but STILL!
Angela: okay. If you say it wasn't a flame, then it wasn't a flame. *raises eyebrow skeptically.*
LegoMyEggo: here it is! There's more in this chapter!
Gggrrr: ok. =) But let me just have one go at what you said. GOD DID NOT MAKE ANIMALS FOR US TO EAT!!!! The only time homo sapiens ever ate meat was when the ice age came! Before that, they didn't touch meat! Why do you think we only have 4 canine teeth? It's to tear and cut the VEGETABLES! That's why we also have the third molar, more commonly known as the Wisdom tooth. That extra tooth is fore more grinding power, when we eat VEGETABLES! Okay. I'm done now. I'm not angry!!! Please don't me mad!!! *bats eyelashes*
Evil Slytherin Child: well. . . hehe.
Lady Godiva: yep! =) Blaise got his feelings hurt, too!
Miss Charlet: phenomenon =) eew. . Lucius and Molly. Snape and McGonagall!? Haha good idea! I'll do that some time
Kisses: you can cheer him up more this time! Oh and while you're at it, konk Pansy on the head with a frying pan for me =)
Well, that's it! Thanks for reviewing you guys!
Kat
Chapter 13. I just got home. The 2 kamikazes I had are now starting to kick in. My blood is pumping and I feel ALIVE!!! Don't you love that feeling? After 2 or 3 drinks, you feel sooooo energized? On the way home, I was talking non stop to my family. They were telling me to shut up. Oh well. They said I have a bit of a drinking problem! Imagine that! At 15, I cut myself and drink! Wheeee! What a life!
I am SO pathetic. *head hits keyboard*
March 1, 2003. 11:30 pm
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Draco leaned against the wall, smiling to himself. He did that a lot now. He just didn't show it to anyone. Not a lot of people have seen him smile. It just wasn't his thing. He was wandering through the school. It was late already, but he didn't care. He closed his eyes and continued smiling. He heard feet running and opened them again.
Draco watched Virginia run through the hall. He was about to call out to her when he saw her expression. What was it? She seemed sad and happy at the same time, but pained and elated, too. A tear rolled down her cheek and she hastily wiped it away.
Why's she crying again? he thought to himself. Must be the damned prat Ron. Draco decided to do something mean to him for making Virginia cry. He didn't want to bother her now, so he just went down to the dorms.
He sat at the edge of his bed in a black shirt and black silk boxers. (A/N: I can just imagine that now. Ooh.) He was disturbed by the expression on Virginia's face as she ran. What happened to her? was all he thought. He stretched out on his bed, remembering the past week.
Virginia had breakfast with them thrice within the past week. Draco, Blaise and Virginia were friends, although none of them would admit it. The Slytherins still eyed Virginia with suspicion, but didn't lash out at her anymore, except Pansy, of course. The Gryffindors were still outraged with the fact that one of their people was with the Slytherins. Even Virginia's friends became Draco and Blaise's friends.
Draco remembered the second time she had breakfast with them. He went over to their table and asked her personally to sit with them. When she sat down beside him, she looked a little nervous, but okay. "Hey" was all she said. Blaise saw her and sat directly opposite her, but not without practically kicking Pansy to the side because she didn't want to move over.
"So?" Blaise said to Virginia, who smiled at him.
Draco felt the need to say something, just so that she would smile at him, too. All through breakfast, the three talked non stop. There was one part when she made him laugh suddenly, something he never did. Draco could practically hear the sound of heads turning to look at him.
The third time, Parvati Patil joined them, too, much to the Granger girl's disapproval. She was Virginia's best friend, Draco found out. Blaise and Parvati seemed to get along well, Virginia noted. They told stories the whole time. Draco, surprised at himself, was also talking animatedly with them. He never did this with anyone. Ever. Not even with Blaise. He looked at Virginia and noticed that she was talking to Blaise more than him, and it made him feel funny.
"Jealous, are we?" Pansy said slyly to him.
Draco felt his heart skip a beat. "Of course not!" he replied automatically. Malfoys don't get jealous. Not of anyone. Not of anything. But there could be some exceptions. . . he thought. No! There ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
"Then why do you look at her that way?" Pansy chided him on.
"What way? You're imagining things, Parkinson!" he snapped at her.
"Why are you denying it, Drakie?" Pansy batted her eyelashes at him.
"What are you getting at? Are YOU jealous because I asked her to sit with me?"
Pansy narrowed her eyes, obviously stung by the reply. She was obviously jealous of Virginia. She and Draco gave each other looks of hate "You'll pay for that, Malfoy" was all she said.
Like you can do anything! Draco didn't throw it back at her, but turned his attention to the group that was talking animatedly. He joined in their talking, but not as enthusiastically as before. What Pansy had said bothered him. WAS he jealous? Did he look at her differently?
"Hey, you ok, Draco?"
Draco shook his head as if to shake out all thoughts. He looked at who spoke to him. When he saw who it was, he momentarily lost all thought. "Yeah, I'm ok." He said, and smiled sheepishly. Virginia smiled back at him. Dammit! Why can she make me do that? he thought, when she turned back to Parvati and Blaise. He looked at Parvati, who smiled shyly at Blaise.
Parvati noticed Draco looking at her and her smile faltered. "Oh! Hey, what's up?" she said awkwardly, and blushed.
Draco raised an eyebrow and smiled slyly at her. "You like Blaise, don't you, Parv?"
Parvati's eyes widened. "I don't!!!" she said defensively.
Draco chuckled at her defensiveness. It was no use trying to lie to him "If you say so. But if ever you change you mind, not that it needs to, ask me for help with Blaise."
Parvati only blushed more. "Okay. . . and if you need help with Virginia, just ask me." She said, and smirked at him.
Draco remembered that he smirked back just as nastily. Whenever he saw Parvati or Virginia in the halls, he'd smile at them and talk to them, much to the horror of both the Gryffindors or the Slytherins. There was one time when the first person that greeted him in the morning was Virginia. He had a little, tiny smile plastered to his face the whole day. He also didn't feel mean enough to make Potter or Weasley's day bad.
As he lay on his bed, a smile formed on his lips. It was going to be sweet dreams for him tonight.
~
Virginia woke up suddenly as if from a bad dream. She had barely slept during the night. She kept waking up for no particular reason, which really bothered her. She looked at the clock beside her. 6 am. She groaned desperately. She still lacked sleep. She turned off the alarm, trusting Parvati to wake her up and sank back into the covers.
"Virginia!" Parvati shook her violently awake. "Wake up! Wake up! Hurry up!"
"Huh? What? What? Did something happen?" Virginia said, sitting up in her bed. Parvati had the look of urgency on her face. "Parv, what happened?" Her mind filled with a million different scenarios. Ron died! Hermione got killed!
Parvati broke into laughter, turning red in the face. Virginia didn't know what to do. She was already becoming desperate. Seeing the look on her face, Parvati straightened up and wiped the tears from her eyes from laughing too hard. "I'm sorry, Virginia." She said. "I just wanted to know who Bathroom Boy was!"
Upon hearing this, Virginia felt outrage. "What?! You woke me up for that?!" she said loudly. She eyed Parvati warily, and to her surprise, she smiled even more.
"YES! I did!" Parvati replied. "Oh, isn't it great? The way I can just wake you up at 7 am to know who Bathroom Boy is?" she gushed. Parvati grinned at Virginia, who looked up to the heavens in desperation.
"Oh, no, you don't! Just because you're my best friend doesn't mean you can wake me up anytime because you want to know who Bathroom Boy is!" Virginia replied.
"You're wrong about that!" Parvati said facetiously. "Of course I can! That's what best friends are for!"
"Best friends don't wake each other up and deprive her of beauty sleep!"
Parvati pondered on this for a moment. "You have a point, there. But still! WHO WAS HE???"
Virginia sighed exasperatedly. "Fine. Since you couldn't wait till I was showered and dressed, I WILL tell you. Are you ready for this?" she said, and looked Parvati in the eye.
Parvati bounced happily in anticipation and grinned brightly at her. "Yes! Yes!"
"Okay. It was Blaise." Virginia waited for the squeal of excitement from Parvati, but it didn't come.
Parvati's grin faltered when she heard Blaise's name. "Oh." Was all she said.
Virginia frowned. "Parv, what's wrong? Don't you want to know what happened?" She tried to look at Parvati in the face, but she just turned her head the other way.
Parvati didn't reply, but got up and said in a shaky voice, "You have to get changed now. Class starts in an hour."
Virginia was confused. "Wait! Sit down, Parv. Please. Was it something I said? Is there something I should know?" Parvati still did not look at her or answer her question. An awkward silence passed between them.
"Hey you guys, Hermione said she'll be waiting in the Great Hall for breakfast. Unless. . . you go sit with the Slytherins again?" Kisses said, suddenly appearing at their door.
Virginia was grateful for the sudden interference. Parvati wasn't telling her something. She looked at Kisses and smiled weakly. They'd become friends in the past week, but this was not the time for small talk. "Hey." she said.
Kisses' smile wavered. "Oh, I'm sorry, is this a bad time?" She said, and watched as Parvati exited the room quietly. She ran a hand through her ash blonde hair.
Virginia only felt despair as she watched her best friend leave. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Bad time?" she said, as she looked at Kisses. "Oh! Well, not now. Not anymore, anyway." She looked at the door, in which Parvati had gone through.
"You wanna talk about it?" Kisses said, and sat down on the bed beside her.
Virginia was on the verge of blurting out what happened between her and Blaise last night, and Parvati's strange reaction, but bit her lip instead. "No, thanks." She replied, and smiled sadly.
"Well, okay then." Kisses got up from where she was sitting and stretched. "You have to get dressed. It's almost 8." With that, she went out the door, closing it gently behind her.
Virginia sighed once more and forced herself out of bed. She didn't have the will to attend class today. It seemed as if Blaise and Parvati might be angry with her. She showered quickly and got out of the shower. As she was putting on her blouse, a soft thud was heard. She looked quickly around the bathroom, her heart starting to beat faster. There was a thud again. This time, she knew where it came from.
The bathroom door! she thought panicked, and quickly buttoned her blouse. She stood fixed on her spot, in case she would hear the thud again. She strained to listen, but only heard a muffled voice.
There was a sudden, sharp knock on the door, which made Virginia jump in surprise.
"Draco! Bad boy!" she heard someone say from the other side of the door.
Virginia felt her heart skip a beat and her breath catch in her throat. Draco was HERE?? With Kisses??
"Down, boy!" she heard Kisses say. Despite herself, Virginia felt outrage, even jealousy that he was with Kisses. She wondered at what the HELL he was doing with her. She was prepared now to fling the door open and berate them at length. But what right do I have? she thought suddenly. I'm not his, and he's not mine. . . She slapped her forehead. What was she thinking?!
"Virginia, will you open the door? Draco's here finally!" Kisses said.
Steeling herself, Virginia opened the door slowly, expecting to see Draco standing before her. But what greeted her instead was a small bundle of fluff, which rolled against her ankles. What the? she thought to herself.
Kisses bent down and scooped up the fur ball. She looked up at Virginia with her hazel eyes and smiled at her, holding up whatever it was that she was holding so she could get a closer look.
A dog!? Virginia raised her eyebrows at the dog's happy face.
"Oh, come on!" Kisses said, standing up. "Give Draco a pat on the head! He's been a very good boy lately." Kisses snuggled Draco, her toffee hair spilling over him, making him yip.
Virginia let out the breath she didn't know she was holding slowly. A dog. The Draco that Kisses was talking about is a DOG, and not the real Draco. Not my- um. . . THE Draco. She blushed a little at her thoughts, and for thinking that is was really Draco outside the door. "So!" she said to Kisses, as she patted the dog's head. It really was cute, golden Labrador puppy he was. "He's finally back from dog training school?"
"Yep!" Kisses said happily as she led Virginia out from the bathroom. "Mika DOES know about it, even though I'd rather see the look of disappointment on her face when she finds out that dad just took him out of the horrid school for me."
Virginia chuckled at this. Mika was her dad's girlfriend, who she disliked a lot. But what was worse was that Mika also disliked her puppy, Draco, who was given to her on her birthday.
"Remember what TJ said to her?" Kisses went on. "He said he'll shoot her annoying cat if she put Draco to sleep! Hah! The look on her face!"
TJ? Oh. . . yeah. Virginia thought to herself. Like her, Kisses also had a lot of siblings, but she wasn't the only girl. Lucky her! Kisses was originally from Florida, moved to Louisiana, then England. Sometimes, Virginia had a hard time understanding her because of all the American slang she used.
"Oh, look at the time!" Kisses said, interrupting Virginia's train of thoughts. She grabbed Virginia by the wrists. "Let's go down to breakfast!"
Virginia just let herself be dragged. She was reluctant to go down to breakfast, not knowing what to say to Parvati.
When they reached the Gryffindor table, Parvati was talking to Hermione in a distracted sort of way, as if she had a lot more interesting things in mind. She saw Parvati glance over at someone at the Slytherin table. She followed her gaze to whoever she was looking at. Blaise? Oh my god! Parvati likes Blaise? Why didn't she tell me before? Virginia thought to herself. She quickly went over to her and squeezed in between her and Hermione.
Parvati merely looked at her with an unreadable expression before looking away. Virginia put her hand on Parvati's shoulder, and was not surprised to feel her stiffen. "Look, Parv, there's nothing between me and Blaise." She said, hoping to get a response.
Parvati didn't turn around to face her, but answered back coldly. "Yeah, right. And now you're going to tell me that you thought of Draco while you were with him last night!"
Virginia's mouth hanged open. Now what would she say? She couldn't just tell Parvati that what she guessed was the truth. But there is no other way. . . she thought. "Actually, Parv, I did. . . "
Parvati turned and looked in amazement at her, but the looked quickly turned into skepticism. "Don't pull my leg.
"I'm not!" Virginia said, a whiny tinge to her voice. "I know you like Blaise- "
"I do NOT!"
"I saw the way you looked at him."
Parvati didn't say anything, but just looked at her friend with surrender. "Okay. I do."
Virginia gave her a weak smile. "I knew it."
"Yeah. . . " Parvati replied. "It just hurt me when you told me that he was Bathroom Boy, you know? To hear that he really likes you, and not me. . . " she trailed off, as a single tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh, Parv, I'm sorry!" Virginia said, but seeing the look on her face, she stopped. "I know there's no point apologizing, but I don't have anything to say! Just. . . believe me when I say this. There is NOTHING between me and Blaise." She said sternly, but was unsure of what she really felt. Did she like Blaise? Why had she thought of Draco when they were in the bathroom? Why did she SAY Draco's name?
"Do you really mean that?" Parvati asked in a small voice, looking at her with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
Virginia was about to say no, but she didn't want things to get in a mess. "Yes, Parv. I wouldn't. . . " she thought for a moment. "I wouldn't lie to you. You're my best friend." She watched as Parvati smiled at her happily. She was supposed to be happy, too, but she didn't feel happy much. She didn't feel happy at all. She felt sad.
Parvati squealed in delight and hugged Virginia when she told her there was nothing between her and Blaise. For the past week, she'd gotten to know him. She loved the way he would smile at her slyly, with mischief in his blue green eyes. He also made her laugh, which no guy has ever made her do. Whenever she talked to him, she was happy, she was delighted, elated. She was in love.
Virginia was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts by a confused Hermione. "Um. . . Virginia, who's bathroom boy?"
Virginia and Parvati looked at her with surprise. They'd forgotten she was there right beside them. "Oh! Bathroom Boy! Right. . . um. . . he's just some guy we made up." Parvati said quickly.
Virginia looked at Parvati with a bewildered expression. She turned to Hermione again. "Yeah! So right!" she said, and laughed a little nervously. "We. . . um." She cleared her throat. "We're going to make a play out of it! Right, Parv?"
No response from Parvati. Virginia looked at her, she was staring dreamily into space, but quickly snapped out of it when she felt Virginia's elbow in her stomach. "Um. . . yeah! We were making it into a novel!"
Virginia panicked. "Yes!" she said to Hermione, who looked at them with suspicion. "We were going to write a novel on Bathroom Boy, then we were going to make it into a play." As she said it, she looked at Parvati with warning in her eyes. They both looked at Hermione, waiting for her reaction, as they held their breaths.
"Oh! You didn't tell me! Show me the script! I'll help you write it." Hermione said, brightening all of a sudden.
Parvati and Virginia let out sighs of relief when Hermione turned to talk to Kisses. They looked at each other tiredly. "We-" Parvati said. "have a script to write." And they both dissolved into giggles. "I'm so glad you don't have anything with Blaise."
Virginia didn't return the smile Parvati gave her as sincerely. "Yeah." She said, and suddenly remembered Ron and Neville. "Parv, did I tell you that Pansy-"
"What?! She was there too?"
"I'm not finished yet. . ." Virginia said in a sing-song voice and twirled her hair around one finger.
"Oh, sorry"
Virginia cleared her throat. "So anyway, we were there. And Pansy comes in running holding a camera, followed by RON and NEVILLE!" Parvati bounced giddily in her seat. "And guess what Ron was wearing? LEOPARDPRINT LEDERHOSEN! Neville was in heart print boxers!"
The both of them were practically on the floor, laughing till they cried. "Leopard print lederhosen?!" Parvati shrieked, and laughed some more.
Ron came over. "I see that you've told our friend here about what happened last night?" he said carefully, in measured tones.
"Yes, I did." Virginia answered serenely. "She particularly liked your outfit."
Ron blushed a deep crimson. "Just to get things straight, I DID NOT SLEEP WITH PANSY PARKINSON." He said, an almost hysterical tone to his voice.
Virginia merely eyed him skeptically. "Then how did you end up with her in the bathroom?"
"That's none of your business!"
"Do you really want the whole school to know?" she said lazily, running her hands through her hair.
"That's blackmail!"
"Of course."
"Fine, then. It was after dinner. I saw her walking towards me holding a newspaper. She asked me if I knew what newspaper it was. I told her I didn't know."
"Did you look at the newspaper?" Parvati suddenly asked, cutting him off.
Ron pondered on this. "Uh. . . no." he said, and continued telling the story, avoiding the looks of Parvati and his sister. "So anyway, she asked me if I would like to be in the entertainment bit. I told her 'Why should I ? Especially that you are asking me. You're from Slytherin.' And she kept persisting, telling me that I didn't have to worry because I had someone to keep me company. Someone who I knew. So. . . I went with her. Then I saw you."
Virginia looked at him with an unreadable expression. "If you really didn't want to go with a Slytherin, especially if that Slytherin is Pansy, you wouldn't have gone with her."
"Er. . . "
"And how did she get you to wear lederhosen?" Parvati asked.
"Don't tell me you suddenly forgot who she was, being a Slytherin and all that, and just agreed to have your pictures taken, in lederhosen." Virginia said.
"What did she do to get you in the bathroom?"
"Stop!" Ron said, putting his hand over his ears. He looked at the two girls. "She was wearing the dress!" he said finally.
Virginia and Parvati rolled their eyes. "Boys." They said in unison.
"Okay, here's the deal." She said to Ron, who looked at her in an embarrassed sort of way. "We forget that it ever happened." Ron nodded a little too enthusiastically at her. "But if anything comes out, I'm squealing."
Ron started to protest, but Parvati snapped her bra strap at him with a mischievous glint in her eye, and he shut up. "Okay. Just don't tell mum." With that, he walked away.
~
After all Virginia's classes were done, she went to the Great Hall with Kisses, whom she met up with along the way.
"Hey." Kisses said.
"Hey to you, too." She replied, and smiled. "I had a long day. What about you?"
"Ugh. Me too. During Snape's class, he asked me to test the potion. When I drank it, I turned into a cockroach! Can you believe that? The ignominy of it all! People were screaming and running away from me!" Kisses said, starting her usual babble.
Virginia could only smile at her. She was too tired. She spent most of the day thinking. Thinking of nothing else but Draco, Blaise and Parvati. She just let Kisses lead her to the Great Hall. She realized that they were there already when her face was whipped suddenly by Kisses' hair.
"Oh! Sorry about that!" Kisses said apologetically, examining Virginia's face for any cuts she might have caused. "Oh look! Eric's here already!" She said, and squealed in delight. She grabbed Virginia's arm and pulled her with such force that they nearly toppled over one another.
When they reached the Gryffindor table, Kisses was suddenly gone. Eric was her new boyfriend, and she was so happy with him. Virginia gave out a tired sigh, and looked around for Parvati. Although it was not intentional, her eyes lingered on the Slytherin table. The second she caught Blaise's eye, she turned her head away. Her heart gave a guilty lurch. She spotted Parvati, waving at her from one end of the table. She was sitting squashed between Hermione and Kisses, who wasn't paying any attention to the both of them, but to Eric.
"Took you long enough!" Hermione said jokingly as she sat down beside her. She started talking immediately about how much homework there was to be done and complaining about how mean Snape was. The girl in front of her, Mercedes, or as she preferred to be called, Meche, was also talking enthusiastically about Potions class. She and Hermione had a lot in common.
Virginia wasn't listening to her, but was looking at Pansy instead. She nudged Parvati with her elbow and motioned for her to look at what she was. Pansy was coming over. PANSY WAS COMING OVER! Virginia and Parvati looked at her with death stares.
Pansy didn't seem to be affected at their stares at all, but actually seemed smug. All the Gryffindors were watching here with interest, hate, and curiosity. "Virginia!" She said she said pleasantly. A little too pleasantly. She looked down at Parvati. "Oh, and how could I forget? Parvati!"
"What do you want, Parkinson?" Virginia said shortly, raising an eyebrow to her.
Pansy put on a look of hurt. "Hey, that hurt! I'm not bad, you know!" Pansy said as she put a hand over her chest, which had way too much skin exposed. You could already see most of her breasts, save the nipples.
Parvati and Virginia rolled their eyes at her.
"Ok, look. I just wanted to invite you for dinner at the Slytherin table." She looked at their raised eyebrows. "A peace offering. Just to let you know that I didn't really mean any harm to Ron or Neville." She batted her eyelashes at them, which made them slightly green.
"No." Virginia said, and smiled at her icily.
"But I INSIST!" Pansy said, a little too sternly. She had her talons on Parvati and Virginia, which dug into their skin.
"Ow! Alright already!" Parvati said, as Pansy's grip became a little harder.
"Will you at least let go of our arms?" Virginia winced as a shiny, rouged nail almost tore through her upper arm. The hand contracted. "Thanks." She muttered.
Pansy made them sit down next to her and her little clique of Pansy heads. Virginia looked desperately at Draco, who looked back questioningly. He was sitting two seats away from her with Blaise. She purposefully avoided the eye of Blaise, knowing she'd hurt him.
"As I was saying," Pansy said, a little loudly, addressing her group. "This is our first official dinner with our friends, Parvati and Virginia." She smiled at them, making them cringe inwardly. "So let's make it a nice one for them, shall we?" She gave her group a knowing look.
Virginia didn't trust her. Not even one bit. The smug look on her face was enough to make her imagine herself using a flame thrower and aiming it at her face.
"Sonorous." Pansy said, as she pointed her wand to her throat. She stood up on her seat. "Attention, everyone!" She said, her voice booming over the hall, making the people look at her with interest. All eyes were on her now.
"What's she doing, now?" Parvati whispered to Virginia, who just shrugged her shoulders and continued to eye Pansy suspiciously. She had to push back some goggling Slytherin boys, who were trying to get a better look under Pansy's skirt.
Pansy noticed them and ran a hand up her thigh, making the skirt go higher than it was. The boys nearly fell over each other as they stared. To this, Pansy smiled even more smugly and continued. "Is everyone listening to me?" She looked around, seemingly satisfied. "I have an announcement to make. But first, let me show you all something. Something really amazing! Something interesting!" She looked down at Virginia and Parvati belittlingly.
She'll probably strip now. Virginia thought dully. As is there isn't much left we haven't seen! She watched as Pansy reach down, making the boys go wild in trying to get a glimpse of her underwear, and pull out something square.
"This is a picture." She began
A picture? What for? Virginia thought.
"I was in the bathroom last night." Pansy was saying.
Virginia sat up straight as a rail. Bathroom last night? Oh f***! That was what she stuffed into her bag!! Her heart started hammering, and her blood was racing. "Don't show them the picture!" She screamed up at Pansy, who just waved her hand at her dismissively. "Don't show them the picture!" Still no reaction from Pansy. "Parkinson! If you dare show them the picture, I'll tell them about you and Ron!"
Pansy looked down at her with deadly eyes. "Who cares? It's not me who'll be the butt of jokes! It's your poor brother Ron!" She said, and looked back at the sea of faces, all looking at the picture she was holding with avid interest. With a flick of her wand, the picture blew up to a gigantic size, showing Virginia in her dripping underwear and Blaise, in his boxers, a hand on her shoulder.
Virginia couldn't breathe properly. There were gasps all around her. The Slytherins were laughing their head off; the Gryffindors were all staring at the picture, now floating above the hall for all to see and whispering; the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were looking at it with expressions of amusement and confusion.
She put a hand to her forehead. She stood up, stumbled out of her seat and looked around wildly. She heard a rushing noise in her ears. She heard Parvati's voice say 'Virginia?', Ron's angry voice telling Pansy what a bitch she was, and the laughter all around her. The teachers were shouting their throats hoarse as they tried to quiet everyone down.
Virginia saw the whole seen through a fuzzy lens, everything was spinning now, her vision darkened, and as she fainted, she fell right into the waiting arms of Draco.
End of chapter.
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Okay! That was one long chapter! Whew! I just had to get the story out of my system! I couldn't leave the chapter alone! But anyway, at least I'm done with it! Yay for me! March 3, 2003. 7:00 pm
Reviews! Yay!
Melissa Adams: hey thanks
Audri Clover: yes, pansy is a bitch. I'll find out a way to kill her in the story.
BB-deejay: hey! You're here in the chapter! Sorry it was such a small part, but STILL!
Angela: okay. If you say it wasn't a flame, then it wasn't a flame. *raises eyebrow skeptically.*
LegoMyEggo: here it is! There's more in this chapter!
Gggrrr: ok. =) But let me just have one go at what you said. GOD DID NOT MAKE ANIMALS FOR US TO EAT!!!! The only time homo sapiens ever ate meat was when the ice age came! Before that, they didn't touch meat! Why do you think we only have 4 canine teeth? It's to tear and cut the VEGETABLES! That's why we also have the third molar, more commonly known as the Wisdom tooth. That extra tooth is fore more grinding power, when we eat VEGETABLES! Okay. I'm done now. I'm not angry!!! Please don't me mad!!! *bats eyelashes*
Evil Slytherin Child: well. . . hehe.
Lady Godiva: yep! =) Blaise got his feelings hurt, too!
Miss Charlet: phenomenon =) eew. . Lucius and Molly. Snape and McGonagall!? Haha good idea! I'll do that some time
Kisses: you can cheer him up more this time! Oh and while you're at it, konk Pansy on the head with a frying pan for me =)
Well, that's it! Thanks for reviewing you guys!
Kat
