A New Distraction
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Chapter 2
"Argument"
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Disclaimer: My name is not JK Rowling's and I did not create Harry Potter. But you knew that, right?
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Percy sat next to his girl, and watched her eat that ice cream sundae. She was wearing very pale pink lip gloss that was just barely there. He guessed it was bubble gum flavor since if he tried real hard, he could almost sense it.
Bubble gum.
That brought back a memory of their first date.
"You remember out first date, don't you, love?" he asked her.
She nodded. "Of course, I remember." she joked. "I'm not a senile old lady, am I?"
Percy grinned. "It was a trip through Honeydukes on the first Hogsmeade weekend of the term."
"We could only go into that one shop together because were afraid it would raise suspicion if they saw a teacher and student walking through all of Hogsmeade together." she continued.
"But the time we had together at that little candy shop was amazing together." Percy said.
"Yeah, until Draco Malfoy showed up and started making stupid little comments about me. Calling me names." she said.
"I don't know why anybody would ever call you any names. You are so beautiful." Percy said.
"Thanks," she said blushing. "But why couldn't you have taken a few house points from him or something?"
"Darling, you know that I can't do that. I can't abuse my power as a teacher to punish students just because they called my girlfriend mean names."
She sighed. "You always follow the rules, Percy. Why do you always have to follow the rules?"
"The rules are there for a purpose, honey. The rules are there to guide us, and to protect us. If there were no rules, think of the chaos that would be. No, we are much better off with the rules that are in place in our society, even if we don't always like them." he said very pompously.
She rolled her eyes. Percy was trying to sound mature and noble again. She hated it when he did that. Although, she did find it a little bit attractive. Kinda cute all puffed up like that, Kinda like a roster or something. Okay, so maybe Percy's attitude was one of the reasons she fell for him. He was such a good little boy, always aware of the rules, always believing just what everyone wanted him to believe. She always had the urge to shake up his neat little world. There was so much out there in the world that Percy had never seen. So much Percy didn't know about or believe in. But she did. And she had seen some of it too. She knew that she was young, but she felt like she had already lived a very full life. Being with Percy was just another new adventure. But she did like the way that he added some stability to her life. She liked the way the contrasted each other, like a photograph and it's negative. And she did have a thing for redheads...............
"I just think sometimes in life we have to play by our own rules, and make them up as we go along. If you keep on living the way that somebody else is telling you to, you have to stop and wonder. Are you living for yourself or for somebody else?" she said.
"I live for you." Percy said, kissing her cheek softly.
She returned the kiss.
"Still, I wish you could have punished Malfoy." she told him, grinning.
"I wish I could have done that to, sweetheart." he said.
"Harry and Ron would have liked that." she said, as if that settled the matter.
"You and Harry became very close after Sirius Black died." observed Percy.
"Yes, we did. Harry needed somebody to talk with about his emotions, and I was the one he felt most comfortable doing so with."
Percy gave her a significant look.
"Oh, there was nothing between us, if that is what you mean." she told him.
"I didn't think there was." Percy lied.
"Actually," she said giggling. "I had a crush on Ron for awhile."
"What!" Percy cried, his tea cup shattering onto the floor. "You had what! My baby brother!"
"Calm down, Percy!" she hushed. "You are making a scene. Everyone is looking at us. It was a long time, and I don't like him anymore. It doesn't matter."
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.
"You didn't need to know. Once we met, I forgot about Ron. And Ron never liked me back anyway. He always liked someone else. I always knew he did. Besides, it doesn't really matter to me. Why should it matter to you?"
"Well, it does matter to me!" he said, jumping up out of his chair, and storming out of the cafe. "It matters to me a lot!" he yelled, as he slammed the door.
"Percy! Wait! Don't go!" she called out to him. He didn't answer.
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Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this story! And thank you even more to everyone who takes out more time to review! Your thoughts mean a lot to me!
To Shadow Angel 61090: I'm glad you liked my story. I LOVE Percy! I think he's a really interesting character. I'm trying my best to stay true to him in this story. What do you think? All in all, I think Percy is a pretty good guy, he's just a little misunderstood, and he makes the wrong choices sometimes. I can't wait to see what JK does to Percy in her next book.
To a1s2d3f4: You actually read my profile? Wow! I didn't think anybody ever did that. I'm very impressed. Thanks for your review.
Slainte: Interesting idea. Maybe your right. Maybe your not. We shall see. Thanks for the review.
Apple-Freak: Thank you for reviewing this story, and all the other ones that you do. You were one of the first people to put me on their Favorites List, so thank you. Have you checked out Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir lately? It's close to being complete, I'm working one of the final chapters.
Crystal Lighting: Thanks for your review. Who do you think it is?
Hermione 30: I will tell you right now it is NOT Cho Chang. I can not stand her! (starts waving anti-Cho flags) Thanks for your review and your guess.
Imogen Weasley: You are very observant! Thanks for reading and writing. Please keep on reading and reviewing. I'm sure you will figure it out. The clues are there.
Ambience McG: Thanks for reviewing. I hope you like this chapter too.
I really enjoyed reading and responding to your reviews. Please keep them coming! Reading your guesses are very interesting. If you have any suggestions, or anything you want to see in this story, let me know.
These chapters are probably going to be short, which makes it a lot easier for me to update more often. I will try to update this story about once a week, but with college and work, and other fan fictions, and a boyfriend, I don't know. If you would like to read a longer story or mine, a novel length one with lots of Percy and a love triangle, check out Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir. It's a lot similar to this story. And no, Katrina Figg is NOT the mystery girl. Please let me know what you think about that fic. Also, thank you for all of you who have put me on your Favorites List. I hope I won't disappoint you, and for those of you who might thinking about putting me on their Favorites, II hope you decide to do it because I'm going to post some really good work.
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Chapter 2
"Argument"
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Disclaimer: My name is not JK Rowling's and I did not create Harry Potter. But you knew that, right?
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Percy sat next to his girl, and watched her eat that ice cream sundae. She was wearing very pale pink lip gloss that was just barely there. He guessed it was bubble gum flavor since if he tried real hard, he could almost sense it.
Bubble gum.
That brought back a memory of their first date.
"You remember out first date, don't you, love?" he asked her.
She nodded. "Of course, I remember." she joked. "I'm not a senile old lady, am I?"
Percy grinned. "It was a trip through Honeydukes on the first Hogsmeade weekend of the term."
"We could only go into that one shop together because were afraid it would raise suspicion if they saw a teacher and student walking through all of Hogsmeade together." she continued.
"But the time we had together at that little candy shop was amazing together." Percy said.
"Yeah, until Draco Malfoy showed up and started making stupid little comments about me. Calling me names." she said.
"I don't know why anybody would ever call you any names. You are so beautiful." Percy said.
"Thanks," she said blushing. "But why couldn't you have taken a few house points from him or something?"
"Darling, you know that I can't do that. I can't abuse my power as a teacher to punish students just because they called my girlfriend mean names."
She sighed. "You always follow the rules, Percy. Why do you always have to follow the rules?"
"The rules are there for a purpose, honey. The rules are there to guide us, and to protect us. If there were no rules, think of the chaos that would be. No, we are much better off with the rules that are in place in our society, even if we don't always like them." he said very pompously.
She rolled her eyes. Percy was trying to sound mature and noble again. She hated it when he did that. Although, she did find it a little bit attractive. Kinda cute all puffed up like that, Kinda like a roster or something. Okay, so maybe Percy's attitude was one of the reasons she fell for him. He was such a good little boy, always aware of the rules, always believing just what everyone wanted him to believe. She always had the urge to shake up his neat little world. There was so much out there in the world that Percy had never seen. So much Percy didn't know about or believe in. But she did. And she had seen some of it too. She knew that she was young, but she felt like she had already lived a very full life. Being with Percy was just another new adventure. But she did like the way that he added some stability to her life. She liked the way the contrasted each other, like a photograph and it's negative. And she did have a thing for redheads...............
"I just think sometimes in life we have to play by our own rules, and make them up as we go along. If you keep on living the way that somebody else is telling you to, you have to stop and wonder. Are you living for yourself or for somebody else?" she said.
"I live for you." Percy said, kissing her cheek softly.
She returned the kiss.
"Still, I wish you could have punished Malfoy." she told him, grinning.
"I wish I could have done that to, sweetheart." he said.
"Harry and Ron would have liked that." she said, as if that settled the matter.
"You and Harry became very close after Sirius Black died." observed Percy.
"Yes, we did. Harry needed somebody to talk with about his emotions, and I was the one he felt most comfortable doing so with."
Percy gave her a significant look.
"Oh, there was nothing between us, if that is what you mean." she told him.
"I didn't think there was." Percy lied.
"Actually," she said giggling. "I had a crush on Ron for awhile."
"What!" Percy cried, his tea cup shattering onto the floor. "You had what! My baby brother!"
"Calm down, Percy!" she hushed. "You are making a scene. Everyone is looking at us. It was a long time, and I don't like him anymore. It doesn't matter."
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked.
"You didn't need to know. Once we met, I forgot about Ron. And Ron never liked me back anyway. He always liked someone else. I always knew he did. Besides, it doesn't really matter to me. Why should it matter to you?"
"Well, it does matter to me!" he said, jumping up out of his chair, and storming out of the cafe. "It matters to me a lot!" he yelled, as he slammed the door.
"Percy! Wait! Don't go!" she called out to him. He didn't answer.
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Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this story! And thank you even more to everyone who takes out more time to review! Your thoughts mean a lot to me!
To Shadow Angel 61090: I'm glad you liked my story. I LOVE Percy! I think he's a really interesting character. I'm trying my best to stay true to him in this story. What do you think? All in all, I think Percy is a pretty good guy, he's just a little misunderstood, and he makes the wrong choices sometimes. I can't wait to see what JK does to Percy in her next book.
To a1s2d3f4: You actually read my profile? Wow! I didn't think anybody ever did that. I'm very impressed. Thanks for your review.
Slainte: Interesting idea. Maybe your right. Maybe your not. We shall see. Thanks for the review.
Apple-Freak: Thank you for reviewing this story, and all the other ones that you do. You were one of the first people to put me on their Favorites List, so thank you. Have you checked out Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir lately? It's close to being complete, I'm working one of the final chapters.
Crystal Lighting: Thanks for your review. Who do you think it is?
Hermione 30: I will tell you right now it is NOT Cho Chang. I can not stand her! (starts waving anti-Cho flags) Thanks for your review and your guess.
Imogen Weasley: You are very observant! Thanks for reading and writing. Please keep on reading and reviewing. I'm sure you will figure it out. The clues are there.
Ambience McG: Thanks for reviewing. I hope you like this chapter too.
I really enjoyed reading and responding to your reviews. Please keep them coming! Reading your guesses are very interesting. If you have any suggestions, or anything you want to see in this story, let me know.
These chapters are probably going to be short, which makes it a lot easier for me to update more often. I will try to update this story about once a week, but with college and work, and other fan fictions, and a boyfriend, I don't know. If you would like to read a longer story or mine, a novel length one with lots of Percy and a love triangle, check out Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir. It's a lot similar to this story. And no, Katrina Figg is NOT the mystery girl. Please let me know what you think about that fic. Also, thank you for all of you who have put me on your Favorites List. I hope I won't disappoint you, and for those of you who might thinking about putting me on their Favorites, II hope you decide to do it because I'm going to post some really good work.
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