Authors Notes: I'm sorry to say but I, Chris-Black, am writing this chapter
because SugaQuill03 couldn't be bothered doing it (lazy cow!). So by now
you know the drill, so please read and review.
CHAPTER 5.
Biting The Bullet
"Brad, I-I-I kissed-" Chris closed her eyes dreading the words. Harry had just been a thing. Not that she didn't regret it; rather she always believed things like that made people. She was also secretly terrified at how Imogene and Dani would react, because she knew they would not be happy.
"Who?" Questioned Brad, his upper lip curled.
"Hey guys!" said Harry as he walked down the stairs.
The whole room fell silent and looked towards Harry. Brad's face fell; he was beginning to think it was one of Chris' bad jokes. But one look at her face told him.
"HIM!" Brad yelled as he pushed Chris off him. "You kissed HIM??!! That pathetic scrawny loser!!!"
Imogene and Dani's faces fell identically, and disappointment turned to anger rapidly.
"Brad, stop it!" pleaded Imogene helplessly, tears in her eyes over her friend's betrayal.
Brad ignored Imogene's pleas and walked over to Harry.
"You think you're so big don't you?! Kissing my girlfriend. Just because you're a bloody wizard. I never knew Chris would aim so low." Brad yelled, going red with anger.
Harry clenched his fists. He had never been this mad before. Chris was the only memories of Sirius he had left.
"A guy like you doesn't deserve a girl like Chris." Shouted Harry, throwing Brad up against the wall as he reached boiling point.
Imogene shot Chris a look, and if looks could kill then Chris would be hung, drawn and quartered. It was clear what she thought: Chris didn't deserve Brad or Harry.
Dani pulled Harry off Brad.
"You're not even good enough to say her name." Shouted Brad as he lunged towards Harry.
"Cool it!" screamed Chris. She ran past them and sprinted to the girl's dorm.
"Guys, she's played you both, and I know that's the worst thing, but please don't resort to violence." Said Dani, coming between them and causing them to stop.
Brad stormed out of the room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Brad walked past the many moving portraits that lined the corridors of Hogwarts. 'How could she?' thought Brad angrily.
"Brad." called out a voice from behind. It was Imogene.
"What?" he hissed as he sat down.
"What's gotten into you?" she questioned as she sat next to him.
"My girlfriend kissed some squirmy little black-haired freak, how do you think I should react? She didn't even miss me."
"I know. I'm not happy with it at all either. But the fact is this has been a traumatic time for all of us." Said Imogene.
Brad opened his mouth angrily.
"I am in no way excusing what Chris did! But just think of that before you open your mouth or throw a punch."
Brad looked away. Dani and Imogene were the most loved students at their high school, while Chris was the person that everyone loved to hate. But it was so hard to believe that someone wanted them dead.
"But cheating is still cheating."
"I know. But this isn't just about Chris. It's about all of us, so try to make this just a little easier." said Imogene. "And she did miss you."
"She missed me?! She has a funny way of showing it."
"This is Christine Black we're talking about. She never shows emotion, except, well, occasionally she smiles."
"I know. It's one of the things I love about her."
"Wait you love her, you just don't really, really like her, but you love her?"
"So what if I do?" Snapped Brad.
~#~#~#~#~#~
Chris was lying on her bed, sobbing into her pillow. She had never seen Brad so angry and violent.
Dani saw her, but didn't say anything. She couldn't bring herself to feel sorry for Chris this time.
"Brad acted like a bloody prat!" blubbered Chris.
"So did you. I'm sorry Chris, but you were asking for it when you kissed another guy." Said Dani.
"I know, but I didn't mean to."
"Oh, you can't pin this on Harry. He didn't take advantage of you. It takes two to tango."
"I'm sorry I lied to you." Said Chris.
Dani sat down next to Chris.
"Oh, Chris, I know you are. But you really did act selfishly, and now you're going to have to live with the consequences. I suppose I forgive you." Said Dani, putting an arm on Chris' shoulder. "What about Imogene?"
Dani snorted.
"Well, that'll take a while. You really got her nice and riled."
"You know what I thought was great about this though?" asked Chris.
"What?"
"Two guys were fighting over me. Probably the first and the last time that ever happens."
Dani smiled. Sometimes Chris had low self-esteem. She knew guys had liked Chris but she just kept pushing them away.
"Come on Chris. SMILE!" ordered Dani, hugging her best friend.
"God what have I gotten myself into?" Moaned Chris as she ran her fingers through her brown messy hair.
"Come on Chris, Harry did kiss you as well. He did know you had a boyfriend."
"No he didn't. I wanted it." She said looking at the ground.
"What? You betrayed Brad willingly? Brad is like a brother to Imogene. He helped her with Derrick and John."
Chris rolled her eyes.
"Yeah whatever." mumbled Chris.
"Do you know something that I don't?" asked Dani, raising an eyebrow.
'What did she mean?' thought Dani 'Does she know something that I don't?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
The door opened and in walked Hermione. Her frizzy chestnut hair was loose around her face.
"Are you OK, Chris?" asked Hermione, sitting on Chris' bed.
"Yeah. How's Harry?"
"He's OK. Bit shaken up."
"Brad is twice his size." commented Dani, looking at Chris.
"All meat, no brains." said Hermione sticking up for her friend.
"No brains no personality." Joked Chris flashing everyone a cheeky smile.
"Chris?" Hermione studied her face. She just bagged her boyfriend in front of everyone.
"I've got to ask one thing, Chris." Said Dani.
"Fire away."
"Are you going to dump Brad?"
Chris looked away. She didn't expect that question.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry was pacing up and down the boys dorm. He just met the famous Brad. Why would Chris date a stuck up pig like him? One of life's mysteries.
"Hey Potter." said Fred and George as they entered the room.
Harry looked at them then went back to pacing the room.
"He's not going to speak." Informed Ron doing his Potions homework.
Harry stopped walking and sat down on his bed.
"My life is a living hell!" said Harry. "First my parents were killed, then I was sent to live with the Dursleys. Then I fought Voldemort twice, then I saw Cedric die and then last year I watched Sirius, the only connection to my father I had left die. I thought everything was lost until I found out that Sirius had a daughter."
Fred, George and Ron just looked at him.
"And now." He continued "Some muggle punk is trying to take that away."
"I don't know why Dani ever made friends with him." Remarked Fred.
"Oh Fred likes Dani" teased Ron.
"Shut up RON!" yelled Fred.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~
"You've got to tell her." said Imogene "I bet you anything she'll say it back."
Brad looked at Imogene, wishing he could believe her.
"Imogene, Chris isn't like you. She doesn't believe in love." He informed.
"But she likes you."
Brad sat up. He didn't know what to say, but he needed to speak to Chris. Make her see his point of view.
Imogene skipped to the common room with Brad lagging behind.
They walked through the door. There was Chris sitting on the couch.
"Chris can I speak to you?" asked Brad jumping from one foot to the other.
Chris nodded.
Brad looked around. Fred, George and Ron were sitting in front of the fire.
"Alone."
They soon got the message and left the room.
Chris looked up at him her eyes looked like she was looking for something to say.
"Chris....."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Imogene ran into Dani and Hermione on her way to the Girls Dorm.
"What are you so happy about?" questioned Hermione.
"Brad loves Chris." Giggled Imogene.
"He told you that?" asked Dani.
"Yeah and he's going to tell her."
"Crap!"
"Why?"
Dani took Imogene's hand and led her down to the common room.
"Brad what's gotten into you?" asked Chris referring to Brad's pale face.
"Nothing.........I lov-"
"Because I think we should break up."
"WHAT!?" Yelled Brad "I was just about to tell you that I love you and you want to break up with me!"
"Long distance relationships don't work. I was gone for a week and I already kissed someone. Anyone could see that I don't love you."
"Rub it in, Christine. I thought the freak was just a thing."
"Well you thought wrong!" Screamed Chris.
"What's going on?" whispered Harry as he met the girls sitting on the stairs listening into Brad and Chris' fight.
"Chris is breaking up with Brad." replied Dani.
A smile reached Harry's lips.
"So you like that Harry guy better than me!"
"I like dog shit better than you!"
"After all I did for you!"
"Remind me what have you done for me?" sniggered Chris.
"I saved your ass."
"What?"
"Come on Chris. Derrick and John. You beat the shit outta them, but I took the rap. Why? So you wouldn't get expelled."
Chris walked over to the other side of the room.
"Don't tell me you still believe all of the lies you told." She snarled.
"What lies?" whispered Dani, then the penny dropped. Her mind raced to the conversation back in the Girls Dorm.
"I let Dani and most of all Imogene, believe that you where some saint for beating up them. When all along you knew that I did it." Said Chris.
"Like I said, I saved your ass that day."
"They think you're an angel because of that. But I let you get all the glory because I would be expelled if the school found out about me fighting."
"Like I said, I saved your ass." Brad repeated.
Chris walked over to him and smiled.
"But it did so much else for you when you stole my glory. It made you popular, like you'd always wanted. I made you everything you are today, but you expect me to roll over and forget that you're trying to make me something I'm not, and trying to change my mind. Well, I won't. So, this is goodbye, and if you didn't notice, IT'S OVER."
Chris started to walk towards the stairs.
"I did all that to protect you." Brad called out to her.
"Well I don't need you. For the rest of this week when you're in MY school do not speak to me or look at me. CLEAR?!"
"Crystal."
Chris nodded and walked up the stairs, she saw Dani, Imogene and the rest of the people listening into her conversation with Brad. Christine gave then a smile and continued to walk to the Girl's dorm.
Imogene didn't return the smile though, instead wondering how two of her best friends could betray her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Imogene ran into the common room, she looked at Brad with tears in her eyes.
"Brad you lied to me!" she cried. Imogene ran into the hallway. She didn't stop running until she reached the Quidditch pitch. Somehow the green grass made her calm down.
"Hey, what's wrong?" asked a Scottish accent from behind.
"Brad-lied-to-me." Sniffed Imogene.
Oliver put an arm around her. Imogene felt shocks through her body. That always happened when she was around Oliver.
"What lie?" Questioned Oliver brushing some loose hair off Imogene's face.
Imogene explained in great detail about Brad and Chris' break up.
"Chris has some wonderful one liners," exclaimed Oliver.
Imogene smiled, somehow everything seemed so little and unimportant to her when she was with him.
Oliver leaned towards Imogene and kissed her.
Imogene pushed him off her. Tears in her eyes again. She got up and darted to the Gryffindor common, the one place where she didn't want to go.
"Who are you?" asked Oliver, referring to the dark shadow.
Out of the dark appeared Brad.
"I'm Brad, Imogene's friend." Snarled Brad "And if you hurt her I'll-I'll-"
"You'll what? Send Chris after me!" snapped Oliver walking away from him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"What's wrong 'Gene?" asked Chris as Imogene sulked into their dorm.
Imogene sat down on her bed and started to cry.
"Oh crap" moaned Chris "Dani, you take care of her"
Dani smiled and walked over to Imogene.
"Oliver-kissed-me" blubbered Imogene
Dani shot Chris a questioning look.
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Dani.
"I don't know."
Dani and Chris rolled their eyes.
Just then the door burst open and in came Hermione.
"Look at this." she showed Dani a note in her hand.
Hermione and Dani had become friends. Hermione liked Chris and Imogene but not as much as Dani, who were so much alike. They had both read Hogwarts: A History, they both liked the same subjects and they both had the same taste in guys (ie. The Weasley twins).
"Oh my God!" shrieked Dani rereading the note the Hermione had just handed to her. She opened her mouth to read to the girls in the dorm "In light of the Australian students coming to Hogwarts we are having a dance. The dress code will be muggle clothes. A trip to Muggle England has been arranged and will take place this Monday. Girls will be expected to wear a formal dress while boys will be expected to wear a suit."
The room full of girls (Lavender and co) soon burst into mindless chatter about dresses and guys they would like to take as their dates.
Dani came up to Chris who was reading the note.
"Oh crap." repeated Chris shaking her head.
"Poor widdle Chris going to wear a dress?" teased Dani in a baby voice.
"Shut up." she hissed.
"I think a pink strapless dress with-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" shouted Chris as she left the room.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Lavender.
"She hates wearing dresses." Responded Dani.
A thought hit Dani like lightning.
She left the room looking for a certain person.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~
Chris was sitting on the roof of the Gryffindor tower, just thinking which was a novel experience for her. So much happened in the past couple of days her life had changed for a normal girl with a secret, to a girl with two guys after her and with Voldemort trying to kill her.
"Come here often?" asked a voice from behind.
Chris turned her head and saw Harry.
"I won't now." Joked Chris.
Smiling Harry sat next to her. He slowly put his arm around her.
Chris slowly rested her head on his shoulder.
"The dance- are you going?" questioned Harry
"Depends." Egged on Chris.
"On what?"
"On two things."
"And they are?"
"If I can find a dress...." said Chris imitating a girly-girl "Or if someone asks me."
"Then will you?"
"Will I what?"
"Go to the dance with me?"
"Let me think about it."
Before leaving she gave Harry a kiss on the lips.
Chris got up and left Harry sitting there alone.
`~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~`
Dani walked into the Gryffindor common room. There sat Fred looking at the billboard.
Dani approached him slowly.
"Hey Fred." greeted Dani.
"Hi Dani." said Fred, it sounded like his voice was breaking.
"Dani, I was wondering- about the dance." Said Fred, going red.
"Yes?" said Dani, feeling her cheeks go red.
"Are you going with anyone?"
"Um, no."
"Well, would you like to go with me?" asked Fred, looking at the ground.
Dani was so shocked and happy, that she couldn't speak.
"It's OK if you-"
"Yes."
"What?"
"I want to go with you."
"Oh, super!" said Fred. Forgetting he was supposed to be nervous, he jumped up and gave her a kiss on the cheek before dashing off, cheering.
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Author's Notes: So I have finished this chapter. It's bad I know, but who cares. Well you do, but I don't. Well ok I tell a lie I do care but I pretend that I don't so when you flame me I don't get upset. Anyway SugaQuill will be writing the next chapter then I think things will go back to normal. So please review.
Thanks a bundle.
Chris-black
CHAPTER 5.
Biting The Bullet
"Brad, I-I-I kissed-" Chris closed her eyes dreading the words. Harry had just been a thing. Not that she didn't regret it; rather she always believed things like that made people. She was also secretly terrified at how Imogene and Dani would react, because she knew they would not be happy.
"Who?" Questioned Brad, his upper lip curled.
"Hey guys!" said Harry as he walked down the stairs.
The whole room fell silent and looked towards Harry. Brad's face fell; he was beginning to think it was one of Chris' bad jokes. But one look at her face told him.
"HIM!" Brad yelled as he pushed Chris off him. "You kissed HIM??!! That pathetic scrawny loser!!!"
Imogene and Dani's faces fell identically, and disappointment turned to anger rapidly.
"Brad, stop it!" pleaded Imogene helplessly, tears in her eyes over her friend's betrayal.
Brad ignored Imogene's pleas and walked over to Harry.
"You think you're so big don't you?! Kissing my girlfriend. Just because you're a bloody wizard. I never knew Chris would aim so low." Brad yelled, going red with anger.
Harry clenched his fists. He had never been this mad before. Chris was the only memories of Sirius he had left.
"A guy like you doesn't deserve a girl like Chris." Shouted Harry, throwing Brad up against the wall as he reached boiling point.
Imogene shot Chris a look, and if looks could kill then Chris would be hung, drawn and quartered. It was clear what she thought: Chris didn't deserve Brad or Harry.
Dani pulled Harry off Brad.
"You're not even good enough to say her name." Shouted Brad as he lunged towards Harry.
"Cool it!" screamed Chris. She ran past them and sprinted to the girl's dorm.
"Guys, she's played you both, and I know that's the worst thing, but please don't resort to violence." Said Dani, coming between them and causing them to stop.
Brad stormed out of the room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Brad walked past the many moving portraits that lined the corridors of Hogwarts. 'How could she?' thought Brad angrily.
"Brad." called out a voice from behind. It was Imogene.
"What?" he hissed as he sat down.
"What's gotten into you?" she questioned as she sat next to him.
"My girlfriend kissed some squirmy little black-haired freak, how do you think I should react? She didn't even miss me."
"I know. I'm not happy with it at all either. But the fact is this has been a traumatic time for all of us." Said Imogene.
Brad opened his mouth angrily.
"I am in no way excusing what Chris did! But just think of that before you open your mouth or throw a punch."
Brad looked away. Dani and Imogene were the most loved students at their high school, while Chris was the person that everyone loved to hate. But it was so hard to believe that someone wanted them dead.
"But cheating is still cheating."
"I know. But this isn't just about Chris. It's about all of us, so try to make this just a little easier." said Imogene. "And she did miss you."
"She missed me?! She has a funny way of showing it."
"This is Christine Black we're talking about. She never shows emotion, except, well, occasionally she smiles."
"I know. It's one of the things I love about her."
"Wait you love her, you just don't really, really like her, but you love her?"
"So what if I do?" Snapped Brad.
~#~#~#~#~#~
Chris was lying on her bed, sobbing into her pillow. She had never seen Brad so angry and violent.
Dani saw her, but didn't say anything. She couldn't bring herself to feel sorry for Chris this time.
"Brad acted like a bloody prat!" blubbered Chris.
"So did you. I'm sorry Chris, but you were asking for it when you kissed another guy." Said Dani.
"I know, but I didn't mean to."
"Oh, you can't pin this on Harry. He didn't take advantage of you. It takes two to tango."
"I'm sorry I lied to you." Said Chris.
Dani sat down next to Chris.
"Oh, Chris, I know you are. But you really did act selfishly, and now you're going to have to live with the consequences. I suppose I forgive you." Said Dani, putting an arm on Chris' shoulder. "What about Imogene?"
Dani snorted.
"Well, that'll take a while. You really got her nice and riled."
"You know what I thought was great about this though?" asked Chris.
"What?"
"Two guys were fighting over me. Probably the first and the last time that ever happens."
Dani smiled. Sometimes Chris had low self-esteem. She knew guys had liked Chris but she just kept pushing them away.
"Come on Chris. SMILE!" ordered Dani, hugging her best friend.
"God what have I gotten myself into?" Moaned Chris as she ran her fingers through her brown messy hair.
"Come on Chris, Harry did kiss you as well. He did know you had a boyfriend."
"No he didn't. I wanted it." She said looking at the ground.
"What? You betrayed Brad willingly? Brad is like a brother to Imogene. He helped her with Derrick and John."
Chris rolled her eyes.
"Yeah whatever." mumbled Chris.
"Do you know something that I don't?" asked Dani, raising an eyebrow.
'What did she mean?' thought Dani 'Does she know something that I don't?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
The door opened and in walked Hermione. Her frizzy chestnut hair was loose around her face.
"Are you OK, Chris?" asked Hermione, sitting on Chris' bed.
"Yeah. How's Harry?"
"He's OK. Bit shaken up."
"Brad is twice his size." commented Dani, looking at Chris.
"All meat, no brains." said Hermione sticking up for her friend.
"No brains no personality." Joked Chris flashing everyone a cheeky smile.
"Chris?" Hermione studied her face. She just bagged her boyfriend in front of everyone.
"I've got to ask one thing, Chris." Said Dani.
"Fire away."
"Are you going to dump Brad?"
Chris looked away. She didn't expect that question.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry was pacing up and down the boys dorm. He just met the famous Brad. Why would Chris date a stuck up pig like him? One of life's mysteries.
"Hey Potter." said Fred and George as they entered the room.
Harry looked at them then went back to pacing the room.
"He's not going to speak." Informed Ron doing his Potions homework.
Harry stopped walking and sat down on his bed.
"My life is a living hell!" said Harry. "First my parents were killed, then I was sent to live with the Dursleys. Then I fought Voldemort twice, then I saw Cedric die and then last year I watched Sirius, the only connection to my father I had left die. I thought everything was lost until I found out that Sirius had a daughter."
Fred, George and Ron just looked at him.
"And now." He continued "Some muggle punk is trying to take that away."
"I don't know why Dani ever made friends with him." Remarked Fred.
"Oh Fred likes Dani" teased Ron.
"Shut up RON!" yelled Fred.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~
"You've got to tell her." said Imogene "I bet you anything she'll say it back."
Brad looked at Imogene, wishing he could believe her.
"Imogene, Chris isn't like you. She doesn't believe in love." He informed.
"But she likes you."
Brad sat up. He didn't know what to say, but he needed to speak to Chris. Make her see his point of view.
Imogene skipped to the common room with Brad lagging behind.
They walked through the door. There was Chris sitting on the couch.
"Chris can I speak to you?" asked Brad jumping from one foot to the other.
Chris nodded.
Brad looked around. Fred, George and Ron were sitting in front of the fire.
"Alone."
They soon got the message and left the room.
Chris looked up at him her eyes looked like she was looking for something to say.
"Chris....."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Imogene ran into Dani and Hermione on her way to the Girls Dorm.
"What are you so happy about?" questioned Hermione.
"Brad loves Chris." Giggled Imogene.
"He told you that?" asked Dani.
"Yeah and he's going to tell her."
"Crap!"
"Why?"
Dani took Imogene's hand and led her down to the common room.
"Brad what's gotten into you?" asked Chris referring to Brad's pale face.
"Nothing.........I lov-"
"Because I think we should break up."
"WHAT!?" Yelled Brad "I was just about to tell you that I love you and you want to break up with me!"
"Long distance relationships don't work. I was gone for a week and I already kissed someone. Anyone could see that I don't love you."
"Rub it in, Christine. I thought the freak was just a thing."
"Well you thought wrong!" Screamed Chris.
"What's going on?" whispered Harry as he met the girls sitting on the stairs listening into Brad and Chris' fight.
"Chris is breaking up with Brad." replied Dani.
A smile reached Harry's lips.
"So you like that Harry guy better than me!"
"I like dog shit better than you!"
"After all I did for you!"
"Remind me what have you done for me?" sniggered Chris.
"I saved your ass."
"What?"
"Come on Chris. Derrick and John. You beat the shit outta them, but I took the rap. Why? So you wouldn't get expelled."
Chris walked over to the other side of the room.
"Don't tell me you still believe all of the lies you told." She snarled.
"What lies?" whispered Dani, then the penny dropped. Her mind raced to the conversation back in the Girls Dorm.
"I let Dani and most of all Imogene, believe that you where some saint for beating up them. When all along you knew that I did it." Said Chris.
"Like I said, I saved your ass that day."
"They think you're an angel because of that. But I let you get all the glory because I would be expelled if the school found out about me fighting."
"Like I said, I saved your ass." Brad repeated.
Chris walked over to him and smiled.
"But it did so much else for you when you stole my glory. It made you popular, like you'd always wanted. I made you everything you are today, but you expect me to roll over and forget that you're trying to make me something I'm not, and trying to change my mind. Well, I won't. So, this is goodbye, and if you didn't notice, IT'S OVER."
Chris started to walk towards the stairs.
"I did all that to protect you." Brad called out to her.
"Well I don't need you. For the rest of this week when you're in MY school do not speak to me or look at me. CLEAR?!"
"Crystal."
Chris nodded and walked up the stairs, she saw Dani, Imogene and the rest of the people listening into her conversation with Brad. Christine gave then a smile and continued to walk to the Girl's dorm.
Imogene didn't return the smile though, instead wondering how two of her best friends could betray her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Imogene ran into the common room, she looked at Brad with tears in her eyes.
"Brad you lied to me!" she cried. Imogene ran into the hallway. She didn't stop running until she reached the Quidditch pitch. Somehow the green grass made her calm down.
"Hey, what's wrong?" asked a Scottish accent from behind.
"Brad-lied-to-me." Sniffed Imogene.
Oliver put an arm around her. Imogene felt shocks through her body. That always happened when she was around Oliver.
"What lie?" Questioned Oliver brushing some loose hair off Imogene's face.
Imogene explained in great detail about Brad and Chris' break up.
"Chris has some wonderful one liners," exclaimed Oliver.
Imogene smiled, somehow everything seemed so little and unimportant to her when she was with him.
Oliver leaned towards Imogene and kissed her.
Imogene pushed him off her. Tears in her eyes again. She got up and darted to the Gryffindor common, the one place where she didn't want to go.
"Who are you?" asked Oliver, referring to the dark shadow.
Out of the dark appeared Brad.
"I'm Brad, Imogene's friend." Snarled Brad "And if you hurt her I'll-I'll-"
"You'll what? Send Chris after me!" snapped Oliver walking away from him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"What's wrong 'Gene?" asked Chris as Imogene sulked into their dorm.
Imogene sat down on her bed and started to cry.
"Oh crap" moaned Chris "Dani, you take care of her"
Dani smiled and walked over to Imogene.
"Oliver-kissed-me" blubbered Imogene
Dani shot Chris a questioning look.
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Dani.
"I don't know."
Dani and Chris rolled their eyes.
Just then the door burst open and in came Hermione.
"Look at this." she showed Dani a note in her hand.
Hermione and Dani had become friends. Hermione liked Chris and Imogene but not as much as Dani, who were so much alike. They had both read Hogwarts: A History, they both liked the same subjects and they both had the same taste in guys (ie. The Weasley twins).
"Oh my God!" shrieked Dani rereading the note the Hermione had just handed to her. She opened her mouth to read to the girls in the dorm "In light of the Australian students coming to Hogwarts we are having a dance. The dress code will be muggle clothes. A trip to Muggle England has been arranged and will take place this Monday. Girls will be expected to wear a formal dress while boys will be expected to wear a suit."
The room full of girls (Lavender and co) soon burst into mindless chatter about dresses and guys they would like to take as their dates.
Dani came up to Chris who was reading the note.
"Oh crap." repeated Chris shaking her head.
"Poor widdle Chris going to wear a dress?" teased Dani in a baby voice.
"Shut up." she hissed.
"I think a pink strapless dress with-"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" shouted Chris as she left the room.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Lavender.
"She hates wearing dresses." Responded Dani.
A thought hit Dani like lightning.
She left the room looking for a certain person.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~
Chris was sitting on the roof of the Gryffindor tower, just thinking which was a novel experience for her. So much happened in the past couple of days her life had changed for a normal girl with a secret, to a girl with two guys after her and with Voldemort trying to kill her.
"Come here often?" asked a voice from behind.
Chris turned her head and saw Harry.
"I won't now." Joked Chris.
Smiling Harry sat next to her. He slowly put his arm around her.
Chris slowly rested her head on his shoulder.
"The dance- are you going?" questioned Harry
"Depends." Egged on Chris.
"On what?"
"On two things."
"And they are?"
"If I can find a dress...." said Chris imitating a girly-girl "Or if someone asks me."
"Then will you?"
"Will I what?"
"Go to the dance with me?"
"Let me think about it."
Before leaving she gave Harry a kiss on the lips.
Chris got up and left Harry sitting there alone.
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Dani walked into the Gryffindor common room. There sat Fred looking at the billboard.
Dani approached him slowly.
"Hey Fred." greeted Dani.
"Hi Dani." said Fred, it sounded like his voice was breaking.
"Dani, I was wondering- about the dance." Said Fred, going red.
"Yes?" said Dani, feeling her cheeks go red.
"Are you going with anyone?"
"Um, no."
"Well, would you like to go with me?" asked Fred, looking at the ground.
Dani was so shocked and happy, that she couldn't speak.
"It's OK if you-"
"Yes."
"What?"
"I want to go with you."
"Oh, super!" said Fred. Forgetting he was supposed to be nervous, he jumped up and gave her a kiss on the cheek before dashing off, cheering.
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Author's Notes: So I have finished this chapter. It's bad I know, but who cares. Well you do, but I don't. Well ok I tell a lie I do care but I pretend that I don't so when you flame me I don't get upset. Anyway SugaQuill will be writing the next chapter then I think things will go back to normal. So please review.
Thanks a bundle.
Chris-black
