Chapter Nine: Confusion, Chaos, and the God
A/N: I'm so glad you liked that chapter, SAFFRON! He he ^_~. This chapter will have more interactions with Saffron and Draco. Saffron might even meet ANOTHER guy (*hint*hint*) Anything could happen, really. Harry and Lillie will continue to be confused and not know anything . . . nothing new.
Sadly enough, although this is supposed to be a Harry fic, this chapter will revolve mainly around Saffron and Draco.
I'm also going to start working on The Life of a Gryffindor, which is a story about Draco Malfoy as a Gryffindor . . . whoop-de-doo!
Agh! Sorry for such a long wait! I have been SO busy with school, miscellaneous things, etc. Sorry, sorry, SORRY!!!
Disclaimer: Do not own Harry Potter. Wah!
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After a few moments, Saffron pulled away. She was shocked but at the same time, very confused. She opened her mouth as to say something and closed it abruptly. Draco returned the look of confusion. What…what had just happened?
"I-I'm sorry?" Draco said, his silver eyes looking away from Saffron, his cheeks tinged with pink. This never happened. He NEVER blushed. Not around anyone, anyway. He was always usually so confident...he was a Malfoy!
Draco shook his head slowly and looked back at Saffron, whose cheeks were blushing. Saffron looked down at the floor, biting her lip, and looked up again, a weak smile on her face. She tried to prevent herself from kissing him again.
"It's…it's OK, Draco," Saffron said, suddenly feeling sort of nervous. "M-maybe we shouldn't tell anybody about what happened in the last few minutes." Honestly, Saffron wanted to tell the whole world that she had kissed
Draco Malfoy but she would keep it a secret…if it was absolutely necessary, of course.
"Yeah, I think that'd be best," Draco replied in an unsure voice. He started avoiding eye contact with Saffron. Saffron's mouth was moving, as to say something, but no words came out. She couldn't say anything. She needed to kiss those soft, gentle lips again. She would kill just to kiss Draco again.
And so, she did. She leaned in and started kissing those wonderful lips. Draco's eyes widened in shock at first but he soon got used to it. She saw him close his eyes and closed her own. A small smile appeared at the corners of Saffron's mouth.
Her mother always told her if you closed your eyes when you were kissing them, it meant that you had feelings for the other person. And, Saffron did. She had the strongest, most desirable feelings for Draco. And now she knew that he felt the same way as she had for so many years, five to be precise.
Draco awkwardly put his hands around the back of Saffron's head, as to hold it. The kiss was turning to be oddly sensual. It felt good. A few long moments after, they stopped. Draco stole one last kiss from Saffron. They both smiled at each other like idiots.
"I-I…uhh...," Draco said, clutching Saffron's hand. He was out of words. He simply didn't know what to say. He rubbed his thumb over her fingers, squeezing gently.
"I-I can't believe this is happening," Saffron said, smiling. Saffron wanted to burst out with all over her feelings but refrained herself from doing so. "I thought that you liked Sarah." Draco looked Saffron straight in the eye.
"I did like her," Draco said. "The operative word being did." He added with a soft smile. It was as if all of Saffron's prayers had been answered. I like him and he likes me…, Saffron thought, smiling.
"W-we better get back to Harry and Lillie. They must be wondering where we are," Saffron said, not responding to Draco's last comment. Draco nodded, holding her hand. They both got off of their seats. Saffron opened the locked compartment with her spare hand and they both walked toward their compartment, hand in hand. Before entering, they let go of each other's hand, although reluctantly.
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"I'm so bored," Lillie said, letting out a large yawn. She took a bite of her Chocolate Frog. She finished it off and started munching on a Cauldron Cake.
"So... what about that…that Phoenix guy?" Harry said, his teeth gritted together. Lillie immediately dropped her Cauldron Cake and looked at Harry with confusion.
"W-what about h-him?" Lillie said, her eyes widening. She looked away from Harry.
"Well, you know, I found out the weirdest thing. Turn's out Phoenix is a Gryffindor. I recall you telling me he was a Slytherin," Harry said, quite angrily. "Why did you lie to me, Lillie?"
"I-I...well, uh…"
"Tell me the truth."
"OK. Fine. I didn't tell you he was a Gryffindor because I knew you would be disappointed in me and hurt him or something," Lillie said truthfully, still looking away.
"Lillie, you do know that I only hate him more now, right?" Harry said, raising an eyebrow. Lillie muttered something and Harry didn't even bother to ask what because Draco and Saffron both opened the compartment door.
"What have you two been doing?"
"Nothing," Draco and Saffron said in unison. Harry and Lillie both looked at the pair suspiciously. Draco and Saffron were both blushing.
"What took you two so long?"
"Oh – uh-"
"We were just talking about something. Right, Saffron?" Draco said, a note of confidence in his voice. He glanced over at her, the look on his face saying, 'Go along with it.' Saffron nodded her head, a forced smile on her face.
"Well...OK," Lillie said, raising her eyebrow in suspicion. She rolled her eyes and started inspecting her nails.
"So, what have you two been doing?" Saffron asked. She took her bottle of cold pumpkin juice and took a sip.
"Nothing, just sitting," Harry said nonchalantly, finishing off his last Pumpkin Pastie.
"And eating," Lillie said, drinking the last of her pumpkin juice. Saffron looked at the both of them.
"You guys are so boring."
"So?" Harry said. Saffron rolled her eyes and looked at her watch.
"We'll be arriving at the carriages in fifteen minutes. We'd better get dressed into our robes," she said.
"Um, well, all right," Draco replied. They all took their robes out of their suitcases.
"Uh, we're going to go change in another compartment," Lillie said. The boys were already starting to take off their shirts (A/N: Can you imagine that? ^_~).
"Oh, right," Draco said. His shirt was already off. Saffron tried hard not to open her mouth in surprise...or drool, for that matter. Draco's body was slightly thin but muscular. It fit him quite well.
"W-we'll be r-right back," Saffron stammered nervously. She and Lillie both left the compartment.
"So, what really happened?" Lillie asked, her eyebrow raised.
"Um, what are you talking about?" Saffron said, trying the best she could to lie from her friend.
"I think you know what I mean."
"Nothing happened," Saffron said, turning away. Lillie could always tell when she was lying. Saffron turned back and saw the same suspicious look on Lillie's face.
"OK!" Saffron burst out. She lowered her voice. "Dr-Draco and I…we, um, we kissed. Twice." Lillie's jaw dropped but she quickly got over the shock.
"I was wondering when you two were going to kiss," Lillie said, a smirk on her face.
"You knew that I had a crush on him?"
"Hell yeah! It was so obvious from day one, Saf. Sorry to tell ya," Lillie said, smiling.
"Please don't tell anyone!" Saffron said, in a deadly whisper.
"I won't. I promise..."
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While all of this was happening, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas where all sitting in a compartment together, talking, laughing, and eating sweets.
"Er, Ron?" Hermione said, her face looking at him directly.
"Yeah, Mione?" Ron asked thickly, his mouth filled with chocolate. He chewed it slowly, swallowing it.
"Can we talk...alone?"
"Oh, yeah, sure," Ron said, an eyebrow raised. He was a bit confused. Hermione and Ron both looked at Seamus and Dean. They just looked back and continued eating sweets while talking about football (A/N: Soccer to all of you Americans! Ok, ok, I'm American too). Hermione rolled her eyes and took hold of Ron's hand. She dragged him out of the compartment and to a compartment that was far away from Dean and Seamus.
"Why did we kiss if you like Saffron?"
"W-what? What are you talking about, Mione? Of c-course I don't like Saffron! She's a Slytherin!" Ron exclaimed in protest.
"Don't lie to me, Ronald Weasley!" Hermione said, quite furious. She glared at him as his ears grew red.
"I-I'm not," Ron said simply. Hermione raised her eyebrow in suspicion.
"I can tell that you definitely like her . . ." Ron didn't respond to this. He didn't know what to reply with.
"I...I thought that there was a chance that you liked me," Hermione said, tears welling up in her eyes. "But, I guess, well, I guess that's not true."
"Hermione! Of course I like you," Ron burst out. "But just as a friend; you're like a sister to me." Ron hastily added.
"Oh." Hermione obviously didn't feel too excited that she was like a sister to Ron. Did brothers and sisters really share such exciting, passionate kisses? Or any kisses at all, for that matter?
"So, d'you like Saffron or not?" He didn't respond to this.
"Erm, I think we have to go change into our school robes," Ron said, taking an abrupt 'change-of-subject.' Hermione rolled her eyes and they both walked back to their compartment.
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After Saffron and Lillie finished changing into their school robes and talking, they both walked back to their compartment. Draco and Harry were both lazily sitting on the chairs, obviously waiting for the two girls.
"What took you so long?"
"Oh, we were just talking," Lillie said to the two boys. Saffron noticed that Draco looked different than from before. Oddly enough, he did.
"We must be nearly there," Saffron said, checking her watch once again. The two girls sat down so Draco was next to Saffron and Harry next to Lillie.
"I'm SO tired..." Lillie said, closing her eyes. The others looked suspiciously at Lillie. Lillie gave them all a very strange, annoyed look.
After a few minutes, the Hogwarts Express started slowing down. And finally, it came to a slow halt. Saffron and Lillie grabbed their bags. Draco and Harry followed after them with their bags. They walked out of their compartment and headed for the nearest exit off of the Hogwarts Express. The group of four got off of the train and walked over to the thousands of carriages supposedly pulled by invisible horses. They got into an empty one. Saffron was just about to close the door to the carriage when a hand stopped her. Saffron looked up to see who had stopped her from closing the door.
It was one of the most gorgeous guys she had ever seen. He was unbelievably handsome, no doubt about that. He looked no older than 15 or 16. He had medium brown hair that was spiky in the front. He had wonderfully alluring bright blue eyes. Corny as it sounded, he looked a bit like a god. A grin appeared on Saffron's face.
"Oh, sorry," the god said, a warm smile on his face. "Is there room for one more in this carriage?" He had a rich Scottish accent. It was simply...cute.
Saffron looked back at the others. There was enough room to squeeze in one more person. Saffron paused before answering.
"Y-yeah," Saffron said, the same goofy smile on her face. "We have some room." The god gave her a bright smile as he climbed onto the carriage with his bags. He sat down beside Draco, who wasn't looking too happy at all.
"What are all of your names then?" the handsome god said, his sparkling eyes looking at all of them. "My name's Tristan Firestone."
Tristan Firestone...what a wonderful name, Saffron thought. She cleared her throat.
"I'm Saffron," Saffron said kindly, her smile still not ceasing. "That's Lillie." Saffron said, nodding her head toward Lillie. "That's Har—"
"Harry Potter? I thought it was you. I can't believe I'm meeting you at last," Tristan interrupted. Saffron nodded.
"And he is Dr—"
"Draco Malfoy, at your service," Draco interrupted. Saffron was a bit frustrated at being interrupted.
"It's nice to meet you all," Tristan said.
"Hmm...did you just transfer or something? Because I've definitely never seen you here before," Lillie said, looking at Tristan with the same cheerful look on her face as Saffron.
"Yes, I did just transfer, actually," Tristan said, his gaze landing on Lillie. "I transferred from Durmstrang Institute."
"Really? What is it like there?" Saffron asked, causing Tristan to look back at her, a smile on his face.
"Cold," Tristan replied simply, letting out a small laugh. Saffron let out a sort of forced laugh. The others just nodded, smiling.
"Well, you'll love it at Hogwarts then, Tristan," Saffron said, looking deep into his eyes. God, they were so captivating.
"I'm sure I will," Tristan said, never looking away from Saffron. Draco noticed the two of them just staring at each other. So, he thought he would say something.
"Any idea what house you're going to be in?" Draco drawled, his cold gaze landing on Tristan. Tristan merely shook his head.
"No, I don't yet," Tristan said, smiling slightly. "The letter I got said that I would be Sorted when I came to
school. Something about a ceremony."
"Oh, the Sorting ceremony," Saffron said, smiling. "We're all in Slytherin." Tristan flashed Saffron a gorgeous grin.
"Then I hope I'm in Slytherin," Tristan said, still smiling.
"Let's just say that Slytherin is the best house to be in," Harry said, finally saying something after being so silent. "The Hufflepuffs can only be good for a fuck or two...they're all whiny. The Ravenclaws, despite what the Sorting Hat may say, are not smart at all. All of them are bimbos. The Gryffindorks are great when you want to get the Gryffindork guys mad. But, never date a Slytherin girl...Trust me."
"Hey!" Saffron and Lillie said at the same time, giving Harry dirty looks. He merely shrugged.
"So, that about it?" Tristan said.
"Yeah, just about," Draco said, not bothering to look at this excuse for a Slytherin.
"So, how old are you?" Saffron asked, smiling dreamily at Tristan. She soon snapped out of it though. She wasn't the one to get all...'mushy' over a guy.
"16. I'm in 5th year though," Tristan replied quickly, taking out a chocolate frog. He took a bite of it. Lillie stared at the chocolate frog maliciously.
I wonder why . . . Draco said to himself sarcastically. He looked out the window and saw that the sun was starting to set. He looked over to Saffron, who was still looking at Tristan, her eyes sparkling.
And pretty soon, they (meaning Tristan and Saffron) were deep in conversation.
"...I've been wanting to come here ever since Viktor Krum came back telling us all about Hogwarts..."
"...Yeah, I suppose so...This'll be a whole new experience for me..." Saffron caught onto every word and just grinned dreamily at Tristan.
"So, tell me about yourself, Saffron," Tristan said, smiling. Saffron was about to open her mouth to speak when she was interrupted by the abrupt stopping of the carriage.
"Looks like we're finally here," Harry said, looking at all of them. Saffron, who was closest to the door, opened the door to the compartment and climbed out. The others followed after her. They walked to the entrance to the castle, along with piles of other students, 2nd years and over.
Saffron, Draco, Tristan, Harry, and Lillie walked into the castle and walked through the entrance hall. They immediately headed for the Great Hall, ready for the Start-of-Year Feast. They walked into the Great Hall and walked to the Slytherin table. They all sat down and looked at Dumbledore. He looked ready to make the usual start-of-term announcements. For some reason, he had a shocked, grave look on his usually smiling, cheerful face. The Sorting hadn't started yet, since the 1st years weren't even there yet, but Dumbledore made a very important announcement anyway.
"May I have your attention please," Dumbledore said loudly, so that everyone in the Great Hall could hear him. Every student and teacher looked at Dumbledore, giving him their full attention.
"Students are to travel in groups of at least two at all times. Students have an even bigger reason to not sneak out of bed after-hours. Something very serious has happened," Dumbledore said, pausing.
"Something very horrible indeed."