Chapter Eighteen: Cheated
The common room was beginning to fill up with students returning from Hogsmeade.
"Nope I don't recall having a friend in Hufflepuff." Jo said putting her hands behind her head. "Do you think it's wrong that a Slytherin is playing on a Ravenclaw team?"
"Well, if you want to know the truth, yes I do think it is wrong. But, on the other hand, if you were to play in Slytherin, you would have to replace me, and with you being in Ravenclaw, I actually get some competition in a game." Malfoy stated.
Jo laughed. "You mean to tell me my brother is a breeze for you?"
"I never said that, I just meant Cho was a breeze and I get bored of facing someone who thinks an earring or nail-polish is more interesting than any kind of spell or game or magical creature." Malfoy said picking up the Daily Prophet again.
"Good, because I was gonna say Harry beat you a few times, he told me about the times when I was back at "home". He sent Hedwig back and told me everything."
Malfoy rolled his eyes and flipped through the paper.
Jo tossed a Bertie's bean at him.
Malfoy opened his mouth and the bean landed in it. "Thanks, that was chocolate."
"NOOOOOOO!!!" Jo said leaping up. "Draco you owe me!!!"
"I don't owe you squat, you're the one that threw it at me." Malfoy said somewhat ignoring her.
Jo sat back down. Some first year came by and whispered something in Malfoy's ear. "How much you gonna give me to mess up Potter's hair and turn her bed pink?" The little first year girl asked.
"I'll give you a black eye and a missing tooth." Malfoy replied not looking up from the paper.
The first year backed away kind of frightened.
"What did you say to her?" Jessica asked.
"Nothing." Malfoy said with a smirk.
Pro. Snap came striding in to the common room. "Malfoy and Flint I want to see you in my office ASAP."
Malfoy looked up from the paper. "Uh, ok." He dropped the paper on Jo's head and followed Flint out the door.
Jo shook it off her head.
Once in Snape's office Snape began to explain. "Please have a seat. You both know that Potter is now on Diggory team. I want to know how much you two want to beat him and Potter. Because I know I am tired of them beating us all the time, and I am getting willing to got to extremes if you are." Snape said his lips curling in to a sly smile.
"You mean cheat?" Malfoy said, somewhat confused and totally surprised.
"We did it before and didn't get caught. I bribed the seeker to lose or I'd fail him."
"But...sir." Malfoy said, still surprised. "I...I sort of want an even chance game with Jo, I mean, it is going to be her first game against her own house..."
"Then if you lose Mr. Malfoy I will take 10 points from your grade."
Malfoy bit his lip. "...Fine then, take them if you have to." Malfoy stood up and left the office.
Professor Snape shook his head. "That is all Mr. Flint."
Flint nodded and left. Malfoy returned to the common room and reclaimed his spot on the couch and swiped up his paper from the floor to flip through the pages again.
Jo looked up at Malfoy. "Did you get in trouble?"
Malfoy shook his head slightly, not really wanting to talk about it. Any other time he might have told about it, but Jo was one of the only people he was ever nice to and knew Professor Snape was her favorite, not to mention how it would crush her to know he wanted to cheat to defeat her.
Jo nodded. "Well I'm gonna head to bed. I'm tired." She said as she got up and walked to the girl's dorm. Jo got changed and got in to bed.
"Night." Malfoy muttered.
When she heard the girl's dormitory door shut, Jessica leaned forward. "What happened Draco?"
"Snape just...he's lost it."
"What do you mean lost it?" Jessica asked.
"He...he wanted to cheat in order to beat Ravenclaw.he wanted to threaten Jo."
"You're kidding?" Jessica said surprised that there own house teacher would do such a thing.
Malfoy shook his head sadly. "That is what I said. But he was serious, he has done it before."
"Wow. What did Flint want you to do?"
"Flint never said a word. I told Snape that I wanted a fair match with Jo, and that if he wanted to fail me for turning down his offer, he would have to, because I wasn't going to cheat. Not on Jo, she and I just got to be friends, I wouldn't want her to find out I cheated to beat her."
"Whoa. I would think Flint would take him up on the offer."
Malfoy shook his head to symbolize I-don't-know-it's-whacked.
Jess patted his shoulder. "See ya in the morning." She said going up to her dorm and getting changed. She got in to bed and closed her eyes.
Malfoy lingered on the couch for a moment, looking at the Daily Prophet but not reading it. Then he sighed, dropped the paper on the table, and went to bed.
The common room was beginning to fill up with students returning from Hogsmeade.
"Nope I don't recall having a friend in Hufflepuff." Jo said putting her hands behind her head. "Do you think it's wrong that a Slytherin is playing on a Ravenclaw team?"
"Well, if you want to know the truth, yes I do think it is wrong. But, on the other hand, if you were to play in Slytherin, you would have to replace me, and with you being in Ravenclaw, I actually get some competition in a game." Malfoy stated.
Jo laughed. "You mean to tell me my brother is a breeze for you?"
"I never said that, I just meant Cho was a breeze and I get bored of facing someone who thinks an earring or nail-polish is more interesting than any kind of spell or game or magical creature." Malfoy said picking up the Daily Prophet again.
"Good, because I was gonna say Harry beat you a few times, he told me about the times when I was back at "home". He sent Hedwig back and told me everything."
Malfoy rolled his eyes and flipped through the paper.
Jo tossed a Bertie's bean at him.
Malfoy opened his mouth and the bean landed in it. "Thanks, that was chocolate."
"NOOOOOOO!!!" Jo said leaping up. "Draco you owe me!!!"
"I don't owe you squat, you're the one that threw it at me." Malfoy said somewhat ignoring her.
Jo sat back down. Some first year came by and whispered something in Malfoy's ear. "How much you gonna give me to mess up Potter's hair and turn her bed pink?" The little first year girl asked.
"I'll give you a black eye and a missing tooth." Malfoy replied not looking up from the paper.
The first year backed away kind of frightened.
"What did you say to her?" Jessica asked.
"Nothing." Malfoy said with a smirk.
Pro. Snap came striding in to the common room. "Malfoy and Flint I want to see you in my office ASAP."
Malfoy looked up from the paper. "Uh, ok." He dropped the paper on Jo's head and followed Flint out the door.
Jo shook it off her head.
Once in Snape's office Snape began to explain. "Please have a seat. You both know that Potter is now on Diggory team. I want to know how much you two want to beat him and Potter. Because I know I am tired of them beating us all the time, and I am getting willing to got to extremes if you are." Snape said his lips curling in to a sly smile.
"You mean cheat?" Malfoy said, somewhat confused and totally surprised.
"We did it before and didn't get caught. I bribed the seeker to lose or I'd fail him."
"But...sir." Malfoy said, still surprised. "I...I sort of want an even chance game with Jo, I mean, it is going to be her first game against her own house..."
"Then if you lose Mr. Malfoy I will take 10 points from your grade."
Malfoy bit his lip. "...Fine then, take them if you have to." Malfoy stood up and left the office.
Professor Snape shook his head. "That is all Mr. Flint."
Flint nodded and left. Malfoy returned to the common room and reclaimed his spot on the couch and swiped up his paper from the floor to flip through the pages again.
Jo looked up at Malfoy. "Did you get in trouble?"
Malfoy shook his head slightly, not really wanting to talk about it. Any other time he might have told about it, but Jo was one of the only people he was ever nice to and knew Professor Snape was her favorite, not to mention how it would crush her to know he wanted to cheat to defeat her.
Jo nodded. "Well I'm gonna head to bed. I'm tired." She said as she got up and walked to the girl's dorm. Jo got changed and got in to bed.
"Night." Malfoy muttered.
When she heard the girl's dormitory door shut, Jessica leaned forward. "What happened Draco?"
"Snape just...he's lost it."
"What do you mean lost it?" Jessica asked.
"He...he wanted to cheat in order to beat Ravenclaw.he wanted to threaten Jo."
"You're kidding?" Jessica said surprised that there own house teacher would do such a thing.
Malfoy shook his head sadly. "That is what I said. But he was serious, he has done it before."
"Wow. What did Flint want you to do?"
"Flint never said a word. I told Snape that I wanted a fair match with Jo, and that if he wanted to fail me for turning down his offer, he would have to, because I wasn't going to cheat. Not on Jo, she and I just got to be friends, I wouldn't want her to find out I cheated to beat her."
"Whoa. I would think Flint would take him up on the offer."
Malfoy shook his head to symbolize I-don't-know-it's-whacked.
Jess patted his shoulder. "See ya in the morning." She said going up to her dorm and getting changed. She got in to bed and closed her eyes.
Malfoy lingered on the couch for a moment, looking at the Daily Prophet but not reading it. Then he sighed, dropped the paper on the table, and went to bed.