Chapter 6
"He's going out with her? That girl is a nightmare, I'm telling you she's cold." Ron said as he stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth.
They were all sitting around talking about Eliza's encounter with the Slytherin girl who supposedly had some "major problems" according to Alexa. 'Well, she must' Eliza thought, 'to go out with someone like THAT'
"She must be related to Snape, or, someone. mean." Eliza added lamely, she wanted so hard to fit in and impress these people in this new school and new country, but it seemed as though she was trying too hard.
Eliza looked up to see Alexa staring at her as though she knew something about her that she didn't. She mouthed a "what?" over at her and Alexa merely shrugged and mouthed back "later."
"Say, 'Liza, does Draco know that you're, well, you know, muggle born?" Dean Thomas asked from Alexa's side. Something was most definetly up with those two, Eliza decided to make that a point to address when she met with her "later."
"Oh, I don't know, what does it matter anyway?" Eliza asked.
Everyone at the table gave each other uneasy, hesitant looks and then Dean replied:
"Well, it's just that, his father, well, yea his father. He's not too fond of muggle borns. So, to say the least, Draco sort of follows in his fathers footsteps. He's not very nice."
"Well I think I figured that out already." Eliza interrupted Dean's flow of speech, not really wanting to hear much more about how Draco disliked muggles. Not wanting to hear much more about Draco period.
"That boy." she muttered under her breath, thinking she was unheard but, of course, Alexa heard.
"Yo, Lizzie, let's go for a walk." Alexa jumped up from the table and pulled Eliza up with her, not leaving much room for argument.
As they walked out of the Great Hall Eliza gave Alexa a strange look and asked:
"Since when do you call me Lizzie?"
"Since now, what you don't like your new nickname?"
"It's not that, it's fine. It's just, that's what." A memory suddenly flashed into her mind.
She was sitting on a bench outside the school, somehow the world seemed younger, everything around her was bright, and then that boy.
That boy! Again! Him!
Why was he constantly in her thoughts?
"Hello Lizzie." He started but was cut off by Eliza's violent shove back into reality.
"ELIZA!!" Alexa was standing right in front of her, shaking her violently out of her daydream.
"What just happened to you?!" Alexa exclaimed, obviously frightened by something.
"What do you mean what happened to me?" Eliza asked, unaware that anything, besides her daydreaming, had happened.
"Oh my God, you just started shaking and your eyes were going all crazy, I thought you were having a seizure! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, just fine. I was just. thinking about something."
"Well whatever it was, don't ever think about it again, ok? You scared the crap outta me!"
Alexa suddenly grabbed her into a hug and held her there for quite some time.
"Uh. Alexa, air would be really nice about now." Eliza gasped out.
"Oh, right. Sorry." Alexa pulled back. "It's just that. well. I dunno forget it."
"No, I won't forget it. What is it? Something wrong?" Eliza asked, concern in her eyes.
"It's just that, you're my only true friend her at Hogwarts right now and, well, I don't want to lose you before I really even get to know you that well, ya know?"
Eliza thought about it as they continued to walk and then an evil grin spread across her face.
"Did you say I'm your ONLY friend?" She asked slyly.
"Well, yea, here." Alexa replied.
"What about Dean Thomas? You seem pretty friendly with him. Eh?"
Alexa quickly turned to hide the blush creeping up into her face, clearly, she fancied this guy.
"We're just friends, that's all." She replied after she had returned to her normal color.
"Uh-huh, sure." Eliza was now starting to laugh under her breath at her new friend. This was just too much fun. She had always been good at knowing when her friends liked someone and who should be with who. Her friends back in Germany called her "Der Gegenstück Schöpfer" or The Matchmaker. ( I do believe that's how it is in German right? Any German scholars out there, let me know.)
"Well, anyway, the reason I wanted to talk to you was because of how you've been acting lately."
Eliza's self defense came up immediately. How had she been acting? What had she done?
"What do you mean, how I've been acting? I've been acting perfectly normal."
"No you haven't."
"Oh yes I have."
"No. You haven't." Alexa's tone of voice made it very final. "I know I haven't known you that long now, but I feel like I have so let me just take a go at it. You're tying to impress these people so you can fit in with this new circle and be cool since you're uncomfortable with this new environment and lifestyle. Right?"
Eliza was in shock. How did she know this?
"You're good." Eliza simply replied.
"Well, some advice, don't do that. I like you the way you are and you're alright in my book. Don't be fake, be yourself, and I promise everyone will love you like I do. Ok?"
For the second time in ten minutes they embraced again and Eliza thanked Alexa for being such an awesome friend.
"Let's head on back to our dorms, whaddya say?" Alexa suggested as they linked arms and began their way down the hallway.
"Now. back to Dean."
"He's going out with her? That girl is a nightmare, I'm telling you she's cold." Ron said as he stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth.
They were all sitting around talking about Eliza's encounter with the Slytherin girl who supposedly had some "major problems" according to Alexa. 'Well, she must' Eliza thought, 'to go out with someone like THAT'
"She must be related to Snape, or, someone. mean." Eliza added lamely, she wanted so hard to fit in and impress these people in this new school and new country, but it seemed as though she was trying too hard.
Eliza looked up to see Alexa staring at her as though she knew something about her that she didn't. She mouthed a "what?" over at her and Alexa merely shrugged and mouthed back "later."
"Say, 'Liza, does Draco know that you're, well, you know, muggle born?" Dean Thomas asked from Alexa's side. Something was most definetly up with those two, Eliza decided to make that a point to address when she met with her "later."
"Oh, I don't know, what does it matter anyway?" Eliza asked.
Everyone at the table gave each other uneasy, hesitant looks and then Dean replied:
"Well, it's just that, his father, well, yea his father. He's not too fond of muggle borns. So, to say the least, Draco sort of follows in his fathers footsteps. He's not very nice."
"Well I think I figured that out already." Eliza interrupted Dean's flow of speech, not really wanting to hear much more about how Draco disliked muggles. Not wanting to hear much more about Draco period.
"That boy." she muttered under her breath, thinking she was unheard but, of course, Alexa heard.
"Yo, Lizzie, let's go for a walk." Alexa jumped up from the table and pulled Eliza up with her, not leaving much room for argument.
As they walked out of the Great Hall Eliza gave Alexa a strange look and asked:
"Since when do you call me Lizzie?"
"Since now, what you don't like your new nickname?"
"It's not that, it's fine. It's just, that's what." A memory suddenly flashed into her mind.
She was sitting on a bench outside the school, somehow the world seemed younger, everything around her was bright, and then that boy.
That boy! Again! Him!
Why was he constantly in her thoughts?
"Hello Lizzie." He started but was cut off by Eliza's violent shove back into reality.
"ELIZA!!" Alexa was standing right in front of her, shaking her violently out of her daydream.
"What just happened to you?!" Alexa exclaimed, obviously frightened by something.
"What do you mean what happened to me?" Eliza asked, unaware that anything, besides her daydreaming, had happened.
"Oh my God, you just started shaking and your eyes were going all crazy, I thought you were having a seizure! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, just fine. I was just. thinking about something."
"Well whatever it was, don't ever think about it again, ok? You scared the crap outta me!"
Alexa suddenly grabbed her into a hug and held her there for quite some time.
"Uh. Alexa, air would be really nice about now." Eliza gasped out.
"Oh, right. Sorry." Alexa pulled back. "It's just that. well. I dunno forget it."
"No, I won't forget it. What is it? Something wrong?" Eliza asked, concern in her eyes.
"It's just that, you're my only true friend her at Hogwarts right now and, well, I don't want to lose you before I really even get to know you that well, ya know?"
Eliza thought about it as they continued to walk and then an evil grin spread across her face.
"Did you say I'm your ONLY friend?" She asked slyly.
"Well, yea, here." Alexa replied.
"What about Dean Thomas? You seem pretty friendly with him. Eh?"
Alexa quickly turned to hide the blush creeping up into her face, clearly, she fancied this guy.
"We're just friends, that's all." She replied after she had returned to her normal color.
"Uh-huh, sure." Eliza was now starting to laugh under her breath at her new friend. This was just too much fun. She had always been good at knowing when her friends liked someone and who should be with who. Her friends back in Germany called her "Der Gegenstück Schöpfer" or The Matchmaker. ( I do believe that's how it is in German right? Any German scholars out there, let me know.)
"Well, anyway, the reason I wanted to talk to you was because of how you've been acting lately."
Eliza's self defense came up immediately. How had she been acting? What had she done?
"What do you mean, how I've been acting? I've been acting perfectly normal."
"No you haven't."
"Oh yes I have."
"No. You haven't." Alexa's tone of voice made it very final. "I know I haven't known you that long now, but I feel like I have so let me just take a go at it. You're tying to impress these people so you can fit in with this new circle and be cool since you're uncomfortable with this new environment and lifestyle. Right?"
Eliza was in shock. How did she know this?
"You're good." Eliza simply replied.
"Well, some advice, don't do that. I like you the way you are and you're alright in my book. Don't be fake, be yourself, and I promise everyone will love you like I do. Ok?"
For the second time in ten minutes they embraced again and Eliza thanked Alexa for being such an awesome friend.
"Let's head on back to our dorms, whaddya say?" Alexa suggested as they linked arms and began their way down the hallway.
"Now. back to Dean."