Stars
The first week at Hogwarts raced by, and Tabby found herself quickly adapting to the work standards. She was surprised to realise that she understood everything she had been presented with, although she refused to let herself get bigheaded by reasoning it was only the first week and things were bound to get harder. The weekend came as a welcome relief for the rest of the students who were already feeling the strain of the increased workload of the final year. Every teacher had given them a lecture on the importance of the final year before the sitting of their N.E.W.Ts.
"How are we supposed to enjoy the weekend with all this homework?" complained Harry loudly, as they sat round the fire on Friday night.
"I know, it's ridiculous," said Ron, his head barely visible behind a stack of books.
"Oh quit complaining you two," said Hermione stuffily, "has anyone seen my copy of The Standard Book of Spells?"
"It's by your left foot Hermione," said Tabby helpfully, "and she's right guys, you should stop complaining in America we had double this amount and most of it had to be given in the next day. You guys get ages for your work."
"Did you ever get any sleep?" asked Ron sarcastically.
"Sometimes," said Tabby a smile creeping across her face.
Their easiest homework by far was Divination, but it would take up a good deal of time to do it properly. They were to 'study the night sky and observe the celestial dances', for a least an hour, each night over the weekend, and report their findings, with reference to seeing the future. So at 9 o'clock on Friday night Harry, Ron and Tabby made their way up to the roof of the astronomy tower. The night was clear, perfect for stargazing. They settled themselves down on their backs, and peered upwards.
"I really don't see the point in this," moaned Ron.
"Maybe that's the problem," replied Tabby.
"Excuse me?"
"Well if you saw the point, then you would see what you need to see."
"Huh?"
"If you stopped thinking about why you have to do this, and just do it, then you might be able to see what you need too to write your report."
It made sense of course. So Ron, Harry and Tabby laid back trying to pick out the constellations of stars that might be useful while writing about 'the future'. Tabby suddenly laughed, making the boys jump.
"What?" said Harry a little too sharply; annoyed he had been disturbed, he had just about to catch the snitch in his daydream.
"Look at Cancer the silly old coot," giggled Tabby.
"What?"
"Look at Cancer trying to dance with Gemini, as if they'd dance with him.Oh god, now he's trying to tango!" Tabby collapsed into a fit of laughter, clutching her sides as she rolled around. Harry and Ron exchanged a puzzled look, wasn't she taking the term celestial dance a bit too seriously? She obviously didn't think so. Then just as suddenly as she started she stopped laughing. Her hands flew to her mouth, as if realising that she had done something wrong. She got up and walked off, leaving both boys stunned, both still lying on their backs.
Tabby walked away quickly praying they wouldn't follow. She could have kicked herself. She hoped beyond hope that they had been too confused to actually understand what she had said. She didn't know where she was going, she just followed her feet. It was quite late and she hadn't expected anyone to be around. She was so deep in thought that when a voice purred from behind her she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Hello Kitty," drawled Draco Malfoy.
"Oh Draco it's only you, you startled me."
"That is obvious," he smiled, he was patrolling the corridors like a good prefect, it was a dull job, he hadn't anticipated such a welcome distraction.
"Now Kitty, you shouldn't be out of your common room this late at night, you don't know what could be lurking round the corner."
"How nice of you to be concerned Draco, I was just on my way from doing some homework."
"In the library?"
"No the astronomy tower. We had a stargazing assignment."
"I see," said Draco leaning casually against the wall, "How about that change of scenery?" he continued.
"Well Draco, what did you have in mind?" sighed Tabby, she didn't really feel in the mood for this.
To her great surprise Draco led her into an empty classroom. He conjured a fire and some chairs, it was only then that Tabby realised she was actually quite cold and stiff from laying outside in the cold for almost an hour.
"How's the décor?" asked Draco, closely studying Tabby's face, she looked exhausted, but her eyes still burnt bright blue.
"Very good Draco." He liked the way she always used his first name.
"So where you stargazing alone?"
"No, Harry and Ron were with me."
"Then how come you're alone now?"
"I'm not, I have you," she smiled. Draco's stomach leaped, what was wrong with him? Was he beginning to get sick? He had never had a sickness before that made his stomach jump like that. He shook his head, he must have imagined it.
"So what did you do with Potter and Weasley," said Draco, trying hard to resist the temptation to call them Potty and Weasel.
"They weren't finished and I was, it was cold and I didn't want to wait for them," Tabby lied quickly and easily, she was getting good at that lately.
"You looked preoccupied, you walked straight past me."
"Yes, I was just trying to remember whether the moon in Cancer meant that it would rain, or that the sun would shine. I didn't mean to ignore you Draco," she smiled at him again this time she was looking directly into his eyes, Draco felt the warmth of her look flow into his body. His stomach leaped again, his heartbeat quickened. "Jesus," he thought, "what is wrong with me? If this keeps up I will have to go see Madam Pomfrey." All of a sudden Draco felt the weirdest sensation of all, he had a huge desire to kiss this girl. The thought scared him, although he would never admit to that. She was different to his usual type, the pretty Slytherins that he had time and time again. She was.dangerous. He had to touch those lips with his, he needed to. Tabby stood up, breaking the spell, "I had better go," she said, "thanks for the change of scenery Draco." And with that she left. "What kind of magic is this?" thought Draco.
The first week at Hogwarts raced by, and Tabby found herself quickly adapting to the work standards. She was surprised to realise that she understood everything she had been presented with, although she refused to let herself get bigheaded by reasoning it was only the first week and things were bound to get harder. The weekend came as a welcome relief for the rest of the students who were already feeling the strain of the increased workload of the final year. Every teacher had given them a lecture on the importance of the final year before the sitting of their N.E.W.Ts.
"How are we supposed to enjoy the weekend with all this homework?" complained Harry loudly, as they sat round the fire on Friday night.
"I know, it's ridiculous," said Ron, his head barely visible behind a stack of books.
"Oh quit complaining you two," said Hermione stuffily, "has anyone seen my copy of The Standard Book of Spells?"
"It's by your left foot Hermione," said Tabby helpfully, "and she's right guys, you should stop complaining in America we had double this amount and most of it had to be given in the next day. You guys get ages for your work."
"Did you ever get any sleep?" asked Ron sarcastically.
"Sometimes," said Tabby a smile creeping across her face.
Their easiest homework by far was Divination, but it would take up a good deal of time to do it properly. They were to 'study the night sky and observe the celestial dances', for a least an hour, each night over the weekend, and report their findings, with reference to seeing the future. So at 9 o'clock on Friday night Harry, Ron and Tabby made their way up to the roof of the astronomy tower. The night was clear, perfect for stargazing. They settled themselves down on their backs, and peered upwards.
"I really don't see the point in this," moaned Ron.
"Maybe that's the problem," replied Tabby.
"Excuse me?"
"Well if you saw the point, then you would see what you need to see."
"Huh?"
"If you stopped thinking about why you have to do this, and just do it, then you might be able to see what you need too to write your report."
It made sense of course. So Ron, Harry and Tabby laid back trying to pick out the constellations of stars that might be useful while writing about 'the future'. Tabby suddenly laughed, making the boys jump.
"What?" said Harry a little too sharply; annoyed he had been disturbed, he had just about to catch the snitch in his daydream.
"Look at Cancer the silly old coot," giggled Tabby.
"What?"
"Look at Cancer trying to dance with Gemini, as if they'd dance with him.Oh god, now he's trying to tango!" Tabby collapsed into a fit of laughter, clutching her sides as she rolled around. Harry and Ron exchanged a puzzled look, wasn't she taking the term celestial dance a bit too seriously? She obviously didn't think so. Then just as suddenly as she started she stopped laughing. Her hands flew to her mouth, as if realising that she had done something wrong. She got up and walked off, leaving both boys stunned, both still lying on their backs.
Tabby walked away quickly praying they wouldn't follow. She could have kicked herself. She hoped beyond hope that they had been too confused to actually understand what she had said. She didn't know where she was going, she just followed her feet. It was quite late and she hadn't expected anyone to be around. She was so deep in thought that when a voice purred from behind her she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Hello Kitty," drawled Draco Malfoy.
"Oh Draco it's only you, you startled me."
"That is obvious," he smiled, he was patrolling the corridors like a good prefect, it was a dull job, he hadn't anticipated such a welcome distraction.
"Now Kitty, you shouldn't be out of your common room this late at night, you don't know what could be lurking round the corner."
"How nice of you to be concerned Draco, I was just on my way from doing some homework."
"In the library?"
"No the astronomy tower. We had a stargazing assignment."
"I see," said Draco leaning casually against the wall, "How about that change of scenery?" he continued.
"Well Draco, what did you have in mind?" sighed Tabby, she didn't really feel in the mood for this.
To her great surprise Draco led her into an empty classroom. He conjured a fire and some chairs, it was only then that Tabby realised she was actually quite cold and stiff from laying outside in the cold for almost an hour.
"How's the décor?" asked Draco, closely studying Tabby's face, she looked exhausted, but her eyes still burnt bright blue.
"Very good Draco." He liked the way she always used his first name.
"So where you stargazing alone?"
"No, Harry and Ron were with me."
"Then how come you're alone now?"
"I'm not, I have you," she smiled. Draco's stomach leaped, what was wrong with him? Was he beginning to get sick? He had never had a sickness before that made his stomach jump like that. He shook his head, he must have imagined it.
"So what did you do with Potter and Weasley," said Draco, trying hard to resist the temptation to call them Potty and Weasel.
"They weren't finished and I was, it was cold and I didn't want to wait for them," Tabby lied quickly and easily, she was getting good at that lately.
"You looked preoccupied, you walked straight past me."
"Yes, I was just trying to remember whether the moon in Cancer meant that it would rain, or that the sun would shine. I didn't mean to ignore you Draco," she smiled at him again this time she was looking directly into his eyes, Draco felt the warmth of her look flow into his body. His stomach leaped again, his heartbeat quickened. "Jesus," he thought, "what is wrong with me? If this keeps up I will have to go see Madam Pomfrey." All of a sudden Draco felt the weirdest sensation of all, he had a huge desire to kiss this girl. The thought scared him, although he would never admit to that. She was different to his usual type, the pretty Slytherins that he had time and time again. She was.dangerous. He had to touch those lips with his, he needed to. Tabby stood up, breaking the spell, "I had better go," she said, "thanks for the change of scenery Draco." And with that she left. "What kind of magic is this?" thought Draco.
