Chapter Five - The Confessions Of Angelo And Drucial

Drucial sat in her first class the following morning. Thankfully it was potions with Severus, and even better was that the Slytherin's shared the lesson with Griffindor's. She immediately went and sat by Angelo and he smiled brightly at her. "Good morning sunshine, how are you?" he said as she started pulling out her books.

"Glad you're talking to me, actually." She said truthfully. "Griffindor's and Slytherin's are not well known for their friendship toward one another." She finished, and leaned against the bad of her chair. Relaxing a little in Angelo's company.

"Tell me about the bridge." Angelo said, staring at her with a look of slight confusion. She returned the look and said nothing. "Last night, before we went into the great hall, when you were looking out of the window. You were thinking about a bridge." He shrugged. "I'm a little empathic, I get it from my mum."

"Just a bridge. When things were really bad, my dad once said that he would jump off that bridge. My father told him off for saying such things in front of me and he never said anything about it again. I was wondering if he would have really done it, or whether he was just saying it because things were so bad." She paused for a moment and looked down at her lap. "I sometimes wonder if it would make things easier if I jumped off of that bridge... You shouldn't talk to me Angelo."

"And why not?"

"Because everyone who gets too close to me dies."

Severus entered and began his lesson. Everyone sat through it in total silence, just the way Severus and Drucial liked it, and no more was said between them.

Lunchtime came around and everyone made their way to the great hall. The hall was full of the buzz and chatter of the students, conversing about the lessons they had just had and what they wanted to do in certain classes. Further more they chattered about what they would like to do to some of the teachers, no people thought about this more than Kelly and Miranda, who had there mischievous eyes well and truly fixed on Severus.

The headmaster stood up and raised him hands and everyone fell silent. "I am pleased to inform you that this lunch time you will be entertained by one of out new students!" he said and the buzz started again as Angelo went up and stood beside the headmaster. The old man placed a spell on Angelo and Angelo smiled. "Can you all hear me?" he said, and his voice boomed out around the hall. "I guess so..." he said in a slightly quieter voice. He looked over at Drucial and began to sing.

"Sometimes, the voices in my head start to laugh, I think of you instead.

But the Jokes bury me in the sand, I start to choke, loose all your feeling.

I wanna walk to the bridge that you always said, you'd jump off if things ever get really bad.

I don't for fear that if I made it to the top, I would follow you.

And if the stars came down in a million showers and I made a wish to truly flower and bloom, over you.

Would you take your new life, and give something from it? Instead of a lie and a broken promise?

I'm here, if you care, do you care?"

"Four Star Mary..." Drucial whispered to herself. "My favourite band..."

He finished the song, and by the time he had, tears were streaming down the faces of every other girl in the room. If fact, unless you were a Slytherin, you were either in tears or close to them. Drucial stood and ran to the front of the hall and threw her arms around Angelo. He held her for a while. He didn't want anything else from her. When he first met her he had thought he a good candidate for a kiss and maybe a bit more when teacher weren't looking.

He didn't want to kiss her anymore, and not because he didn't like her. She was just his best friend and he didn't want to change a single thing between the two of them, it was all just too perfect to spoil. "You're my best friend." He whispered.

"And you're mine Angelo. No matter what, we are gonna be friends forever." She whispered in return. It was now Angelo's turn to cry, he wished that it would last forever, but that wasn't what his mind was telling him, and his little itching feelings were never to be ignored. They were, after all, always right.

"You really are a disgrace Malfoy." Said a Slytherin girl as she walked past Drucial and Angelo in the corridor on her way to lunch. Drucial shrugged it off; nothing was going to ruin her day. She suddenly stopped and walked back the other way.

"Where are you going?" Angelo asked as she dashed back up a flight of stairs.

"There's something I have to do, I'll see you in a few!" she shouted as she reached the top and rounded a corner. Angelo shook his head and walked off to the great hall, taking a seat between Kelly and Miranda, who, much to the shock of Angelo, seemed to be... were they really... studying!?

Kelly seemed to sense his stare and looked up. "We have a plan. A tickle spell for that bugger up there after he took ten point from Griffindor after you 'inappropriate' behaviour yesterday lunch." She said, jabbing a thumb toward Severus. He smiled and shook his head, looking up at the unsuspecting victim and seeing Drucial standing next to him.

The headmaster stood up again, and this time it was Drucial that stood beside him. "It seems that lunch time entertainment is popular this year!" the headmaster said, and cast the same spell on Drucial that he had done to Angelo the day before.

"I'm finding my way back to sanity again, but I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there.

I take a breath and hold on tight, spin around one more time, and gracefully fall back into the arms of grace.

Because I am hanging on every word you're saying. Even if you don't wanna speak tonight.

That's alright, it's alright with me.

Because I want nothing more than to, sit outside heavens door, and listen to you breathing.

That's where I wanna be, yeah.

I'm looking past the shadows of my mind into the truth, and I'm, trying to identify the voices in my head.

God which one is, you, let me feel one more time, what it feels like to feel and.

Break these calluses off of me, one more time.

Because I am hanging on every word you're saying. Even if you don't wanna speak tonight.

That's alright, it's alright with me.

Because I want nothing more than to, sit outside heavens door, and listen to you breathing.

That's where I wanna be, yeah.

I don't want a thing from you, I bet you're tired of me waiting for, the scraps to fall off of your table.

Onto the ground... I just wanna be here now...

Because I am hanging on every word you're saying. Even if you don't wanna speak tonight.

That's alright, it's alright with me.

Because I want nothing more than to, sit outside heavens door, and listen to you breathing.

That's where I wanna be, yeah, it's where I wanna be..."

She smiled softly at him, and blushed a little as she realized just how much attentions she had gained. She shrugged and walked over to the Slytherin table, sitting quietly, not talking to anyone, with a huge smile on her face. 'Revenge is sweet' she thought to herself. Again she ate nothing, she didn't want it, she was too lost in thoughts of her best friend.

"Stars Come Down" by "Four Star Mary" and "Breathing" by "Lifehouse"