Chapter Three
The Date at Hogsmeade
The next morning Lisa did her daily routine without any high hopes. How was she going to get through Hogwarts being Malfoy's girlfriend? She wasn't feeling well and she hadn't yet completed any of her homework. And it didn't help for the fact that she would be having her first detention later that day. At breakfast she had a note sent to her by Draco.
Dear Lisa,
As we'll be going out together, we need to be confirmed. So during the weekend you will simply be escorting me to Hogsmeade. So meet me at the Three Broomsticks at one. Waiting with a warm heart.
With Love,
D. T. M.
"Eww," Lisa said as she read the letter. Now Draco was being way too disgusting. She didn't know what else to think of it as. She crinkled her nose in disgust and tried to eat her food. She wasn't ready for this love journey to begin. How she was going to tell Terry, well anyways she simply did not care. Much that is. He still had been kind enough to give her back that diary she'd spent so much of her life writing in and several others she stored away somewhere.
Later in class as she studied the Time Pix in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lisa was assigned to be paired up with none other than Terry Boots. Ever since she had agreed to go the dance with him, she had been avoiding him. He smiled at her from across the room and went to move toward her, while Lisa squirmed in her seat. She spied Draco up ahead being paired up with Dean Thomas, a fellow Gryffindor. He locked eyes with her for a sec, then looked away. Tomorrow was to be their first date.
"So Lees, what now?" Terry said trying to steal her attention.
"Huh." Lisa stopped gazing onward and looked at Terry. "Sorry...had a vision."
"So you're a seer now, aren't you?' He grinned with his hazel eyes shining pleasantly.
"Uh-no. Let's just back to studying. We've got a lot of work ahead of us," she finished off quickly.
Terry's eyes stopped shining and he looked down at her. "Are you sure you're all right Lees?"
"What?"
"Never mind. It's just that you've been off a bit. I haven't seen you talk to anyone."
"And do you ever?"
"I didn't mean it in that way. But I guess not."
"Please Terry. Just be quiet. I seriously know that for a fact that this will be taking up most of our time here."
Terry looked up at her silently but all the same kept his mouth shut. If she didn't want to talk, so be it.
But he had one more thing to say.
"Then you can forget about going to the dance with me Lisa."
"Fine," she said waving him off. He wasn't even sure if she understood its significance of it.
"Did you hear that Lisa? We're not together anymore."
"Yes Terry I heard. I'm real sorry we couldn't have been a better couple and-"
Terry didn't even want to listen to what she was saying. He took his stuff and moved back to his seat. He'd do the assignment alone then.
The next day around one Lisa and Draco were sipping Butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks. Already Lisa could feel the stares from oncoming students around them. She could just hear them talking behind her. Especially loud mouthed Padma Patil and her twin sister Parvati, along with their best friend Lavender Brown. Lisa sighed as their chitter chatter was giving her a head ache. Draco wasn't helping in the case either, or maybe he was. Anyways he was staring at her all funny.
"Ah-so Draco. Feel a need to talk?"
Draco straightened himself up and said, "Wouldn't mind at all. So enlighten me Ms. Turpin."
"OK I will. So when's your birthday?"
"Me? It's the fourth of May." Duh, like I don't already know.
"Really. Mine's in December the nineteenth. And you are sixteen, aren't you?"
"Yes, Lisa for your information."
"Who are your parents?"
"Narcissa and Luscious Malfoy." Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten?
"Do you enjoy being in Slytherin?"
"Sure."
"Who are your best friends?"
"Crabbe and Goyle."
"Do you like them?"
"They're okay. They do come in handy. What's with all these questions Turpin?"
"Nothing. Just having some fun. Now you ask me some questions?"
"OK then. Who are your best friends?"
Lisa didn't answer to that one. Suddenly she didn't feel like talking.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, you did nothing Draco Please continue, just don't make me answer that question."
"Fine then Lisa. Do you have a middle name?"
"No. Not in the slightest. Wait I remember you having one when you sent me that note. What was it? Oh yeah it began with a T." Lisa smiled in a way for she already knew the answer.
"It's Tom if you want to know, after Lor-"
"Yes?"
"Never mind that." Anyways I already know, you told me when we were nearly in diapers, thought Lisa.
"Oh wait a second. I have something I'd like to ask you."
"Go right ahead."
"Why did you end the letter with love? You certainly don't love me?"
Draco blushed at that and slowly muttered, "Just something nice I wanted to write since I've been so mean to you.
"Oh-that's so nice of you."
"Just look at the two of them, they make me sick," said Padma inspecting the two love birds in front of her.
"Yeah, can you believe it, Lisa and Malfoy. Who'd of thought," said Padma's twin sister Parvati.
"I can't believe that Draco would go out with filthy Lisa. For what? She isn't even that pretty. I mean, has she like ever gone out on a date before? Who's she kidding?" Lavender Brown went up to the register to pay for their drinks.
"It's more like who's Draco kidding. Talk about his looks and he chose Lisa. How was it like dating him anyways sis," said Parvati facing her sister. She quickly finished off her first round of butterbeer.
"It was great. He gave me all these superb gifts. Who would of known he was such a romantic person." Padma sighed heavenly and closed her eyes.
"Speaking of Draco," said Lavender once she returned, " I wouldn't mind giving him a smooch once in a while."
"Yeah," they all said in unison.
Lisa would never have imagined her date with Malfoy would be so nice. He hadn't tried anything too rash, which was perfectly fine with her. She would just have to get used to this side of him. It was just like his old self she'd known when she was little and her parents were still alive. But once they've died when she was ten, she hadn't been able to see him again. Their parents were awfully nice friends with each other and spent time with each other frequently. She remembered them laughing and playing out in his yard and her's. After all they were next door neighbors. They were almost going to be married left alone for her mother to decide, but she had died and the question lingered with no response what-so-ever. She couldn't care less, but now she was talking with Malfoy as if they were little old friends. Tears sprang to Lisa's eyes and she couldn't help smiling from all those memories they shared. She still had pictures of them when they were babies as well.
Lisa went to bed that night with a smile spread across her face, thinking how this day was the happiest day in the world by far.
The Date at Hogsmeade
The next morning Lisa did her daily routine without any high hopes. How was she going to get through Hogwarts being Malfoy's girlfriend? She wasn't feeling well and she hadn't yet completed any of her homework. And it didn't help for the fact that she would be having her first detention later that day. At breakfast she had a note sent to her by Draco.
Dear Lisa,
As we'll be going out together, we need to be confirmed. So during the weekend you will simply be escorting me to Hogsmeade. So meet me at the Three Broomsticks at one. Waiting with a warm heart.
With Love,
D. T. M.
"Eww," Lisa said as she read the letter. Now Draco was being way too disgusting. She didn't know what else to think of it as. She crinkled her nose in disgust and tried to eat her food. She wasn't ready for this love journey to begin. How she was going to tell Terry, well anyways she simply did not care. Much that is. He still had been kind enough to give her back that diary she'd spent so much of her life writing in and several others she stored away somewhere.
Later in class as she studied the Time Pix in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lisa was assigned to be paired up with none other than Terry Boots. Ever since she had agreed to go the dance with him, she had been avoiding him. He smiled at her from across the room and went to move toward her, while Lisa squirmed in her seat. She spied Draco up ahead being paired up with Dean Thomas, a fellow Gryffindor. He locked eyes with her for a sec, then looked away. Tomorrow was to be their first date.
"So Lees, what now?" Terry said trying to steal her attention.
"Huh." Lisa stopped gazing onward and looked at Terry. "Sorry...had a vision."
"So you're a seer now, aren't you?' He grinned with his hazel eyes shining pleasantly.
"Uh-no. Let's just back to studying. We've got a lot of work ahead of us," she finished off quickly.
Terry's eyes stopped shining and he looked down at her. "Are you sure you're all right Lees?"
"What?"
"Never mind. It's just that you've been off a bit. I haven't seen you talk to anyone."
"And do you ever?"
"I didn't mean it in that way. But I guess not."
"Please Terry. Just be quiet. I seriously know that for a fact that this will be taking up most of our time here."
Terry looked up at her silently but all the same kept his mouth shut. If she didn't want to talk, so be it.
But he had one more thing to say.
"Then you can forget about going to the dance with me Lisa."
"Fine," she said waving him off. He wasn't even sure if she understood its significance of it.
"Did you hear that Lisa? We're not together anymore."
"Yes Terry I heard. I'm real sorry we couldn't have been a better couple and-"
Terry didn't even want to listen to what she was saying. He took his stuff and moved back to his seat. He'd do the assignment alone then.
The next day around one Lisa and Draco were sipping Butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks. Already Lisa could feel the stares from oncoming students around them. She could just hear them talking behind her. Especially loud mouthed Padma Patil and her twin sister Parvati, along with their best friend Lavender Brown. Lisa sighed as their chitter chatter was giving her a head ache. Draco wasn't helping in the case either, or maybe he was. Anyways he was staring at her all funny.
"Ah-so Draco. Feel a need to talk?"
Draco straightened himself up and said, "Wouldn't mind at all. So enlighten me Ms. Turpin."
"OK I will. So when's your birthday?"
"Me? It's the fourth of May." Duh, like I don't already know.
"Really. Mine's in December the nineteenth. And you are sixteen, aren't you?"
"Yes, Lisa for your information."
"Who are your parents?"
"Narcissa and Luscious Malfoy." Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten?
"Do you enjoy being in Slytherin?"
"Sure."
"Who are your best friends?"
"Crabbe and Goyle."
"Do you like them?"
"They're okay. They do come in handy. What's with all these questions Turpin?"
"Nothing. Just having some fun. Now you ask me some questions?"
"OK then. Who are your best friends?"
Lisa didn't answer to that one. Suddenly she didn't feel like talking.
"What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, you did nothing Draco Please continue, just don't make me answer that question."
"Fine then Lisa. Do you have a middle name?"
"No. Not in the slightest. Wait I remember you having one when you sent me that note. What was it? Oh yeah it began with a T." Lisa smiled in a way for she already knew the answer.
"It's Tom if you want to know, after Lor-"
"Yes?"
"Never mind that." Anyways I already know, you told me when we were nearly in diapers, thought Lisa.
"Oh wait a second. I have something I'd like to ask you."
"Go right ahead."
"Why did you end the letter with love? You certainly don't love me?"
Draco blushed at that and slowly muttered, "Just something nice I wanted to write since I've been so mean to you.
"Oh-that's so nice of you."
"Just look at the two of them, they make me sick," said Padma inspecting the two love birds in front of her.
"Yeah, can you believe it, Lisa and Malfoy. Who'd of thought," said Padma's twin sister Parvati.
"I can't believe that Draco would go out with filthy Lisa. For what? She isn't even that pretty. I mean, has she like ever gone out on a date before? Who's she kidding?" Lavender Brown went up to the register to pay for their drinks.
"It's more like who's Draco kidding. Talk about his looks and he chose Lisa. How was it like dating him anyways sis," said Parvati facing her sister. She quickly finished off her first round of butterbeer.
"It was great. He gave me all these superb gifts. Who would of known he was such a romantic person." Padma sighed heavenly and closed her eyes.
"Speaking of Draco," said Lavender once she returned, " I wouldn't mind giving him a smooch once in a while."
"Yeah," they all said in unison.
Lisa would never have imagined her date with Malfoy would be so nice. He hadn't tried anything too rash, which was perfectly fine with her. She would just have to get used to this side of him. It was just like his old self she'd known when she was little and her parents were still alive. But once they've died when she was ten, she hadn't been able to see him again. Their parents were awfully nice friends with each other and spent time with each other frequently. She remembered them laughing and playing out in his yard and her's. After all they were next door neighbors. They were almost going to be married left alone for her mother to decide, but she had died and the question lingered with no response what-so-ever. She couldn't care less, but now she was talking with Malfoy as if they were little old friends. Tears sprang to Lisa's eyes and she couldn't help smiling from all those memories they shared. She still had pictures of them when they were babies as well.
Lisa went to bed that night with a smile spread across her face, thinking how this day was the happiest day in the world by far.