Part Six
Swallowing the last bit of ham on the plate, Draco took a deep breath and lifted himself up off of the table seat. Crabbe and Goyle were filling their plates up once again. Draco sighed. The table was almost empty, students were leaving in small groups on by one. He looked over at the large oak doors seeing who was leaving as he walked out of the hall. He saw Potty, the Weasel, and company trot through the doors, he saw Cho Chang, with a new boyfriend of the week, and he saw Savannah breeze past him at a very fast pace.
"Hey!" he called out to her. But she didn't look back or even wave....Something was wrong. He rolled his eyes and picked up his pace to the common room in an attempt to catch up with her.
He finally reached the enterance to the Slytherin common room. He panted out the password and walked in. Savannah was kneeling by the fire throwing ripped pieces of paper into the flames. As he was about to tap on her shoulder she turned to him. Her eyes were red and bloodshot, and tears were streaming down her face.
"Oh...What happened." asked Draco, trying not to look at her face. The pit of his stomach felt twisted. "Nothing." she panted."It's not important to you." "I don't care, I just want to know what happened. And that's the reason why you're crying." he said kneeling beside her in the empty room. "Thom." she said. "Wait." he stopped her, and soon got the largest scowl on his face. "What in the hell did he do this time?" he said. Savannah had many past problems with Thomas. "Well, you know the note I was reading?" she said wiping her eyes and standing."Well he wrote that to me." "Well what did it say?" Draco asked. "I'll show you." she said."Repairo!" she yelled pointing her wand at the ashes. "Here." Draco scanned the paper.
Savannah,
How are you? I hope you are keeping well. Listen, I am sorry for
everything. I was so cavalier to you when we last spoke. I apologize--
no...I'm sorry. Just let me get to the point...I want to talk to you at dinner. Sit with me at the south end of our table. I hope you'll see me. I
miss you terribly.
Love,
Thom.
P.S. I love you.
"Well, what's so bad about that?" asked Draco. "You'll see...Here, read the letter he gave me after we spoke." she said handing him another letter. "Am I ready for this?" he asked. "I was." she said. "Then I'm sure I am." said Draco.
Savannah,
Hello again. If you're thinking by now that the last letter meant anything, well it did. But not to me. I take back everything I have ever
said to you that was in any way a compliment. You walk around with the
seventh year boys like you're a trophy they all want. I once was those seventh year boys, but now I have realized what you are. Selfish. You take
and you take, but what have you ever given me besides lectures.
I thought I loved you once. When I saw you approach me tonight in the hall. You were as beautiful as the day I met you. But you're not the same little eleven year old girl you once were, sweet and caring, yet stern and
cold when you needed to be. I'm not the one who's changed, you have. Something about the way you kept staring down the table when I was talking to you. You paid absolutely no attention to me. But the thing was, was that
I knew you'd come back to me. You need me.
Well I don't need you. You feel nothing. You truly are the ice princess of Slytherin. Well, I hope you choke on that title, and take your little platinum-haired prince with you. I hope he likes being your trained lap dog. I've seen you two, talking and flirting in the common room. You
both are a disgrace to me.
Good-bye,
Thomas
Draco's hands trembled with anger as he read the closing. Thomas' voice echoed in his head as he re-read the letter. He looked at Savannah again as she began to weep once more.
"See." she told him. "See why I'm like this now? I hate him!" she threw herself.
Draco didn't know what to do. Everything was a blur right now. He thought about Savannah. She was always there for him when he had a problem with his father. She was the person who though not the nicest person, showed affection to him when he was sad or hurt. He looked at her again. He couldn't take it seeing her like this. And more so, her ex had insulted him. Draco's anger took over. An orniment on the mantle fell to its destruction as he growled in frustration. "Now you see how I feel." said Savannah wiping her eyes once more. "He had no right to say that to you." "I know." "He still wants you. You know that?" said Draco shaking the paper. "No he doesn't." she scolded. "Yes he does...If he did, he wouldn't have mentioned all the boys who have been noticing you, and how much he hated seeing us be around eachother." he cried.
She looked up at Draco. He was right. She knew Thomas Geller more than anyone besides his own family. It made perfect sense to her now. Maybe it wasn't all bad. If Draco was truly right, she'd know the way to prove it.
"I have an idea." she told Draco.
"What." he asked. She whispered her idea in his ear.
"Brilliant." he smirked."Well, I'll see you in the morning, sweetheart."
"Be prepared for the scam that shames all scams....Honey." she laughed.
Savannah's idea was to act like she and Draco were a couple. Only to determine if Thomas was really serious about what he wrote. They both were good actors, but now it was time for the true test. After all, great minds think alike. Don't they?
Swallowing the last bit of ham on the plate, Draco took a deep breath and lifted himself up off of the table seat. Crabbe and Goyle were filling their plates up once again. Draco sighed. The table was almost empty, students were leaving in small groups on by one. He looked over at the large oak doors seeing who was leaving as he walked out of the hall. He saw Potty, the Weasel, and company trot through the doors, he saw Cho Chang, with a new boyfriend of the week, and he saw Savannah breeze past him at a very fast pace.
"Hey!" he called out to her. But she didn't look back or even wave....Something was wrong. He rolled his eyes and picked up his pace to the common room in an attempt to catch up with her.
He finally reached the enterance to the Slytherin common room. He panted out the password and walked in. Savannah was kneeling by the fire throwing ripped pieces of paper into the flames. As he was about to tap on her shoulder she turned to him. Her eyes were red and bloodshot, and tears were streaming down her face.
"Oh...What happened." asked Draco, trying not to look at her face. The pit of his stomach felt twisted. "Nothing." she panted."It's not important to you." "I don't care, I just want to know what happened. And that's the reason why you're crying." he said kneeling beside her in the empty room. "Thom." she said. "Wait." he stopped her, and soon got the largest scowl on his face. "What in the hell did he do this time?" he said. Savannah had many past problems with Thomas. "Well, you know the note I was reading?" she said wiping her eyes and standing."Well he wrote that to me." "Well what did it say?" Draco asked. "I'll show you." she said."Repairo!" she yelled pointing her wand at the ashes. "Here." Draco scanned the paper.
Savannah,
How are you? I hope you are keeping well. Listen, I am sorry for
everything. I was so cavalier to you when we last spoke. I apologize--
no...I'm sorry. Just let me get to the point...I want to talk to you at dinner. Sit with me at the south end of our table. I hope you'll see me. I
miss you terribly.
Love,
Thom.
P.S. I love you.
"Well, what's so bad about that?" asked Draco. "You'll see...Here, read the letter he gave me after we spoke." she said handing him another letter. "Am I ready for this?" he asked. "I was." she said. "Then I'm sure I am." said Draco.
Savannah,
Hello again. If you're thinking by now that the last letter meant anything, well it did. But not to me. I take back everything I have ever
said to you that was in any way a compliment. You walk around with the
seventh year boys like you're a trophy they all want. I once was those seventh year boys, but now I have realized what you are. Selfish. You take
and you take, but what have you ever given me besides lectures.
I thought I loved you once. When I saw you approach me tonight in the hall. You were as beautiful as the day I met you. But you're not the same little eleven year old girl you once were, sweet and caring, yet stern and
cold when you needed to be. I'm not the one who's changed, you have. Something about the way you kept staring down the table when I was talking to you. You paid absolutely no attention to me. But the thing was, was that
I knew you'd come back to me. You need me.
Well I don't need you. You feel nothing. You truly are the ice princess of Slytherin. Well, I hope you choke on that title, and take your little platinum-haired prince with you. I hope he likes being your trained lap dog. I've seen you two, talking and flirting in the common room. You
both are a disgrace to me.
Good-bye,
Thomas
Draco's hands trembled with anger as he read the closing. Thomas' voice echoed in his head as he re-read the letter. He looked at Savannah again as she began to weep once more.
"See." she told him. "See why I'm like this now? I hate him!" she threw herself.
Draco didn't know what to do. Everything was a blur right now. He thought about Savannah. She was always there for him when he had a problem with his father. She was the person who though not the nicest person, showed affection to him when he was sad or hurt. He looked at her again. He couldn't take it seeing her like this. And more so, her ex had insulted him. Draco's anger took over. An orniment on the mantle fell to its destruction as he growled in frustration. "Now you see how I feel." said Savannah wiping her eyes once more. "He had no right to say that to you." "I know." "He still wants you. You know that?" said Draco shaking the paper. "No he doesn't." she scolded. "Yes he does...If he did, he wouldn't have mentioned all the boys who have been noticing you, and how much he hated seeing us be around eachother." he cried.
She looked up at Draco. He was right. She knew Thomas Geller more than anyone besides his own family. It made perfect sense to her now. Maybe it wasn't all bad. If Draco was truly right, she'd know the way to prove it.
"I have an idea." she told Draco.
"What." he asked. She whispered her idea in his ear.
"Brilliant." he smirked."Well, I'll see you in the morning, sweetheart."
"Be prepared for the scam that shames all scams....Honey." she laughed.
Savannah's idea was to act like she and Draco were a couple. Only to determine if Thomas was really serious about what he wrote. They both were good actors, but now it was time for the true test. After all, great minds think alike. Don't they?