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Chapter 10
Judgement's Always Hard
Harry jumped up as they heard the footsteps and Olivia tugged her robe back on.
"Now, now what have we been up to?" Red hair became visible as someone came closer to the firelight.
"Harry," it was Ron's elder twin brother Fred, "and.Olivia." he said puzzled. A grin came across his face when he saw Olivia's tousled hair and Harry askew glasses.
"Look it's not what you think," she said breathlessly. Fred started to laugh.
"It's exactly what I think, isn't it Harry. I wonder what Lord Malfoy would say if he was here." Olivia's face grew anxious when she thought about Draco.
"You won't tell him will you Fred or anyone else?" she asked nervously, reality sinking in.
"Are you daft? Me, tell Malfoy? No don't worry, my lips are sealed; I'll just leave you to get back to where you were." Fred winked and left them in the common room retreating back up the stairs.
Olivia sighed and sank back onto an armchair.
"Harry, what exactly happened just now?"
"Well, we kissed and then Fred came down." Harry replied.
"No, not just that, why did we do it? I'm going out with Draco." Harry flinched when she said Malfoy's name, he had no idea what she saw in him.
"Olivia, I've told you, I really like and care about you but if you're just going to toy with me while Malfoy's not here then there really isn't a point."
"You know I like you too but I'd rather just finish with Draco first, I don't won't to hurt him. Goodnight Harry." She went towards him and kissed him again before vanishing up the dormitory stairs.
Yeah right, Harry thought, hurt Malfoy he's more likely to hurt you.
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Draco Malfoy returned the next day, to his possibly over enthusiastic girlfriend. He didn't know anything though which was the good point and invited Olivia to the Slytherin common room at 7pm that night. Hermione was still away and she couldn't speak to Harry about Draco so Olivia found herself going to Ginny Ron's little sister who she had first met on the Hogwarts Express.
She knocked on the door of the fourth year dorms and waited.
"Come in." Olivia pushed the door open and found Ginny sitting cross legged on her bed a discarded magazine next to her. Ginny looked up when she saw Olivia slightly surprised. She had never been best friends with the girl but they had spoken.
"Ginny, do you mind if I have a word?" Ginny shook her head and Olivia sat down.
"Is this about you and Harry?" she asked casually. Olivia looked taken aback.
"Wait how do you know, did Fred tell you?"
"Fred, tell me what? Isn't it obvious, I've seen you after Quidditch practise and around but you're here to speak because you like him but you're going out with Malfoy. Right?" Ginny was good at this.
"Yeah actually that's right. You see Draco is amazing and I love being with him but I can talk to Harry about other things and he listens to me."
"Harry is nice that why I first liked him, "she saw the look on Olivia's face and went on. "Don't worry I've moved on and anyway you feel good with him. I'd tell you to go for him but you have a more physical relationship with Malfoy. In the end you have to decide who makes you feel better."
Olivia left Ginny who hadn't been very helpful and spent the rest of the day up in her room. While reflecting on it she realized there wasn't much Ginny could have said to help her. 5pm passed as did six and Olivia began to get ready. Since it was the holidays she wasn't wearing uniform under her robes and was now figuring out what to wear. In the end she pulled out a pair of jeans and her silver cashmere sweater. When she'd dragged a comb through her hair and brushed some make up on Olivia left the empty room and snuck out the portrait hole making her way to the dungeons.
She made her way into the unfathomable darkness of the dungeons and past the lamp brackets. Olivia found herself standing outside the Slytherin portrait hole and was wondering what to do next.
"I was wondering where you were." She grasped onto the two hands now on her waist and pulled herself around. She found herself once again drowning in the pools he called eyes.
"Serpensortia." He muttered and the picture of the snake came to life and swung open. She found herself looking into the Slytherin Common Room. The stone walls were covered with dark and ancient tapestries and there was a unfamiliar boy sitting on the settee.
"Enrico," Malfoy said. "I'm here with my lady friend so bugger off." The boy didn't seem to notice Malfoy and was too busy looking at Olivia. Then seeing the look in Malfoy's eye picked up his book and ran up the stairs squealing like a pig. Olivia stared bewildered after him.
"Oh don't mind Enrico, he's a bit of a loner and is beaten up a bit..by girls. Now where were we?"
"Nowhere at the moment." She said sitting down on the now vacant settee.
"We'll have to fix that won't we?" Draco replied taking a seat beside and placing his arm around her. Slightly awkwardly she accepted his arm and then looking at him once more and began to relax.
"How was your Christmas?" she asked him, getting the conversation moving. He pouted playfully.
"You wanted to know about my Christmas?" Olivia nodded and he told her. "Wasn't too bad, father was gone for most of it and mother fussed too much."
"Thank you," she said and leaned in to him, kissing him on the cheek. Draco pouted again. "I wasn't finished," and she kissed him again this time on the lips. For a moment Olivia was simply calm. He slid his finger up her arm and felt her shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked her.
"A bit," she said, the stone fire place was now empty and she could feel an icy draught on her back.
"It's a lot warmer upstairs you know, there's another fire burning. Do you want to move?" She didn't have a problem and so followed him up the steps and into the fifth year dormitory.
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Chapter 10
Judgement's Always Hard
Harry jumped up as they heard the footsteps and Olivia tugged her robe back on.
"Now, now what have we been up to?" Red hair became visible as someone came closer to the firelight.
"Harry," it was Ron's elder twin brother Fred, "and.Olivia." he said puzzled. A grin came across his face when he saw Olivia's tousled hair and Harry askew glasses.
"Look it's not what you think," she said breathlessly. Fred started to laugh.
"It's exactly what I think, isn't it Harry. I wonder what Lord Malfoy would say if he was here." Olivia's face grew anxious when she thought about Draco.
"You won't tell him will you Fred or anyone else?" she asked nervously, reality sinking in.
"Are you daft? Me, tell Malfoy? No don't worry, my lips are sealed; I'll just leave you to get back to where you were." Fred winked and left them in the common room retreating back up the stairs.
Olivia sighed and sank back onto an armchair.
"Harry, what exactly happened just now?"
"Well, we kissed and then Fred came down." Harry replied.
"No, not just that, why did we do it? I'm going out with Draco." Harry flinched when she said Malfoy's name, he had no idea what she saw in him.
"Olivia, I've told you, I really like and care about you but if you're just going to toy with me while Malfoy's not here then there really isn't a point."
"You know I like you too but I'd rather just finish with Draco first, I don't won't to hurt him. Goodnight Harry." She went towards him and kissed him again before vanishing up the dormitory stairs.
Yeah right, Harry thought, hurt Malfoy he's more likely to hurt you.
***
Draco Malfoy returned the next day, to his possibly over enthusiastic girlfriend. He didn't know anything though which was the good point and invited Olivia to the Slytherin common room at 7pm that night. Hermione was still away and she couldn't speak to Harry about Draco so Olivia found herself going to Ginny Ron's little sister who she had first met on the Hogwarts Express.
She knocked on the door of the fourth year dorms and waited.
"Come in." Olivia pushed the door open and found Ginny sitting cross legged on her bed a discarded magazine next to her. Ginny looked up when she saw Olivia slightly surprised. She had never been best friends with the girl but they had spoken.
"Ginny, do you mind if I have a word?" Ginny shook her head and Olivia sat down.
"Is this about you and Harry?" she asked casually. Olivia looked taken aback.
"Wait how do you know, did Fred tell you?"
"Fred, tell me what? Isn't it obvious, I've seen you after Quidditch practise and around but you're here to speak because you like him but you're going out with Malfoy. Right?" Ginny was good at this.
"Yeah actually that's right. You see Draco is amazing and I love being with him but I can talk to Harry about other things and he listens to me."
"Harry is nice that why I first liked him, "she saw the look on Olivia's face and went on. "Don't worry I've moved on and anyway you feel good with him. I'd tell you to go for him but you have a more physical relationship with Malfoy. In the end you have to decide who makes you feel better."
Olivia left Ginny who hadn't been very helpful and spent the rest of the day up in her room. While reflecting on it she realized there wasn't much Ginny could have said to help her. 5pm passed as did six and Olivia began to get ready. Since it was the holidays she wasn't wearing uniform under her robes and was now figuring out what to wear. In the end she pulled out a pair of jeans and her silver cashmere sweater. When she'd dragged a comb through her hair and brushed some make up on Olivia left the empty room and snuck out the portrait hole making her way to the dungeons.
She made her way into the unfathomable darkness of the dungeons and past the lamp brackets. Olivia found herself standing outside the Slytherin portrait hole and was wondering what to do next.
"I was wondering where you were." She grasped onto the two hands now on her waist and pulled herself around. She found herself once again drowning in the pools he called eyes.
"Serpensortia." He muttered and the picture of the snake came to life and swung open. She found herself looking into the Slytherin Common Room. The stone walls were covered with dark and ancient tapestries and there was a unfamiliar boy sitting on the settee.
"Enrico," Malfoy said. "I'm here with my lady friend so bugger off." The boy didn't seem to notice Malfoy and was too busy looking at Olivia. Then seeing the look in Malfoy's eye picked up his book and ran up the stairs squealing like a pig. Olivia stared bewildered after him.
"Oh don't mind Enrico, he's a bit of a loner and is beaten up a bit..by girls. Now where were we?"
"Nowhere at the moment." She said sitting down on the now vacant settee.
"We'll have to fix that won't we?" Draco replied taking a seat beside and placing his arm around her. Slightly awkwardly she accepted his arm and then looking at him once more and began to relax.
"How was your Christmas?" she asked him, getting the conversation moving. He pouted playfully.
"You wanted to know about my Christmas?" Olivia nodded and he told her. "Wasn't too bad, father was gone for most of it and mother fussed too much."
"Thank you," she said and leaned in to him, kissing him on the cheek. Draco pouted again. "I wasn't finished," and she kissed him again this time on the lips. For a moment Olivia was simply calm. He slid his finger up her arm and felt her shiver.
"Are you cold?" he asked her.
"A bit," she said, the stone fire place was now empty and she could feel an icy draught on her back.
"It's a lot warmer upstairs you know, there's another fire burning. Do you want to move?" She didn't have a problem and so followed him up the steps and into the fifth year dormitory.
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