Avoiding People and Unexpected Visitors
Over the next couple weeks, it was hard to have to avoid both Harry and Malfoy. Draco was always looking for Cora, and she was tempting to find Harry but stay away from him. She knew it would be awkward if they ever met up. She made it a point to only see him in class. She would go to all her meals and sit with someone else or just skip them. It was December now, just before the holidays. Cora was up in her dormitory writing out Christmas cards and putting small gifts in the packages. She got cards from many of her friends, from Beauxbaton. It was dinnertime and no one was up with her. She should have been down enjoying it with Ron and Hermione. Hermione was going away for the Holidays, which meant she was stuck with Ron and Harry for comfort, or would have been with Harry, if she wasn't avoiding him, and he her. She got many owls from Malfoy asking her to meet him somewhere; she just ignored them, like she never got them. He had sent her many things, mainly charms for her bracelet and deep letters with the world 'love', came into play. All around her bed she had things hanging and the letters crumpled. She was just finishing a letter to her Grandmother and she heard a faint tapping at the window. She looked over and saw an owl flapping around in the snow. She went to let it in and took the letter from its feet. It was addressed to her, obviously. The owl hung around though.
Tonight, I will see you again
- "What?" she asked.
There was a slight wind and the owl turned into a man, in a cloak. He took it down and saw it was her father.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. "I won't be alone, when I see you again, next time," he told her. "What do you mean?" "Are you friends with Harry Potter?" "Why do you care?" she spat. "Stay away from him, I'm warning you Cora, stay away," he told her and he turned back into an owl and flew away.
She started shaking all over and fell to the ground.
---- "Cora? Can you hear me?" a voice said. "Don't tell Harry," she sputtered, still in a sleep. "Don't tell me what?" he asked. "Don't tell him," she said. "Hey, wake up and tell him," Ron said. "Don't...don't..." she suddenly jolted awake. "Where am I? Where's my father? He must have flown away!" "Cora, calm down what are you talking about?" Hermione said. "Don't tell me what, Cora?" Harry snapped. "What are you doing here?" she retorted. "I don't even know why I care about you, you don't care about me!" he yelled at her and walked out.
Cora looked around at Hermione and Ron with tears in her eyes.
"Cora, don't cry, Harry's still mad about the Draco thing," Ron assured her. "Why doesn't he understand? I didn't want to kiss Malfoy, it just happened and I don't even like Draco!" she sobbed. "Aw Cora, don't worry, he'll come around," Hermione told her softly.
There was a bang from the door being opened and in came Draco. Cora wiped her eyes. He came rushing over to her bed, scorning at Hermione and Ron.
"We'll see you in the common room," Ron told her quickly and they left.
Malfoy watched them leave and then turned back to her.
"How are you feeling? Are they bothering you?" he asked. "Leave me alone." "Look I bought you things, I've sent you probably over a million owls, and you keep avoiding me why?" "I'm not avoiding you." "Yes, you are. I try to talk to you and you turn away and go the other way, I send you things and you act like you've never gotten them, and you're lying about avoiding me now." "It's because of Hogsmeade. Malfoy I didn't want to kiss you. I didn't want you to buy me all those things but it was just so sweet of you. I had feelings for Harry okay, and he saw you kiss me and then well we're not friends and I have no idea what I'm doing right now!" she yelled at him. "Harry Potter. You like Harry Potter. Not me?" "I do like you but I like Harry and just leave me alone Draco, go away," she cried.
Madam Pomfrey came over just then.
"Miss Defrance, you may go back now, you'll be just fine. Just had a bit of a fall," she told her smiling. "Are you sure?" she said cautiously. "Yes, now excuse me dear," she said walking away.
Malfoy looked at Cora with delight. She sneered at him and pulled back the covers from the hospital bed. Malfoy got up and put his hand out for her to grab. She pushed it away angrily and got up.
"Draco, please, just leave me alone." "I'm not going to leave you until you are safely back in your common room," he told her. "Whatever," she hissed.
They walked out of the hospital wing. He was walking her back up to her common room. They stopped in front of it.
"Well 'night," she said turning to go.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"Cora, listen," he began. "I'm sorry for what happened with you and Potter. I didn't mean to, well you know, I thought that you would have been with me." "Draco, I like you really but, I'm just confused with all this that's going on with my dad and Harry and you," she told him pulling her hand away. "Can we still hang out and such?" he asked. "Yes, we can," she smiled.
He gave her a wide grin and then leaned down to kiss her. She pushed him away.
"Draco..." "Please?" "No!" she said suddenly getting angry. "Fine!" he yelled and ran off.
Cora was left standing all alone. She sighed and went into the common room where Harry turned his head away and Ron waved but turned away to talk to Harry. She felt alone. She sat down next to Hermione, who was reading a book.
"Can we talk?" she said not lifting her nose from the book. "Yeah, I was just going to ask you that," Cora said. "Good, let's go up to the room," she said and put the book down.
They walked up to their dormitory. Cora sat down on Hermione's bed while Hermione stood.
"You broke his heart," she started. "I didn't mean to. Really I didn't mean to," Cora told her. "Ron and I have been trying to figure out what was wrong with him for weeks! Why he wasn't talking to you, or about you. We were wondering what was up," she yelled. "Hermione..." "No, you broke his heart! You hurt him! This is all your fault and you know what, you shouldn't be here Gryffindor, you should be with your lover Malfoy in Slytherin!" she screamed. "What?" "You should be with the rest of the Slytherins with their death eater parents!" she glared. "Shut up! Just Shut the Fuck up! I didn't fucking mean to hurt Harry! And don't you ever say I should be with them!" she yelled and ran out of the room.
Cora ran from the dormitory and out of the common room. She ran down the stairs to the dungeons, almost near Professor Snape's classroom. She slid down the wall and sat with her head in her hands. All she could do was cry. She cried harder than ever.
Over the next couple weeks, it was hard to have to avoid both Harry and Malfoy. Draco was always looking for Cora, and she was tempting to find Harry but stay away from him. She knew it would be awkward if they ever met up. She made it a point to only see him in class. She would go to all her meals and sit with someone else or just skip them. It was December now, just before the holidays. Cora was up in her dormitory writing out Christmas cards and putting small gifts in the packages. She got cards from many of her friends, from Beauxbaton. It was dinnertime and no one was up with her. She should have been down enjoying it with Ron and Hermione. Hermione was going away for the Holidays, which meant she was stuck with Ron and Harry for comfort, or would have been with Harry, if she wasn't avoiding him, and he her. She got many owls from Malfoy asking her to meet him somewhere; she just ignored them, like she never got them. He had sent her many things, mainly charms for her bracelet and deep letters with the world 'love', came into play. All around her bed she had things hanging and the letters crumpled. She was just finishing a letter to her Grandmother and she heard a faint tapping at the window. She looked over and saw an owl flapping around in the snow. She went to let it in and took the letter from its feet. It was addressed to her, obviously. The owl hung around though.
Tonight, I will see you again
- "What?" she asked.
There was a slight wind and the owl turned into a man, in a cloak. He took it down and saw it was her father.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. "I won't be alone, when I see you again, next time," he told her. "What do you mean?" "Are you friends with Harry Potter?" "Why do you care?" she spat. "Stay away from him, I'm warning you Cora, stay away," he told her and he turned back into an owl and flew away.
She started shaking all over and fell to the ground.
---- "Cora? Can you hear me?" a voice said. "Don't tell Harry," she sputtered, still in a sleep. "Don't tell me what?" he asked. "Don't tell him," she said. "Hey, wake up and tell him," Ron said. "Don't...don't..." she suddenly jolted awake. "Where am I? Where's my father? He must have flown away!" "Cora, calm down what are you talking about?" Hermione said. "Don't tell me what, Cora?" Harry snapped. "What are you doing here?" she retorted. "I don't even know why I care about you, you don't care about me!" he yelled at her and walked out.
Cora looked around at Hermione and Ron with tears in her eyes.
"Cora, don't cry, Harry's still mad about the Draco thing," Ron assured her. "Why doesn't he understand? I didn't want to kiss Malfoy, it just happened and I don't even like Draco!" she sobbed. "Aw Cora, don't worry, he'll come around," Hermione told her softly.
There was a bang from the door being opened and in came Draco. Cora wiped her eyes. He came rushing over to her bed, scorning at Hermione and Ron.
"We'll see you in the common room," Ron told her quickly and they left.
Malfoy watched them leave and then turned back to her.
"How are you feeling? Are they bothering you?" he asked. "Leave me alone." "Look I bought you things, I've sent you probably over a million owls, and you keep avoiding me why?" "I'm not avoiding you." "Yes, you are. I try to talk to you and you turn away and go the other way, I send you things and you act like you've never gotten them, and you're lying about avoiding me now." "It's because of Hogsmeade. Malfoy I didn't want to kiss you. I didn't want you to buy me all those things but it was just so sweet of you. I had feelings for Harry okay, and he saw you kiss me and then well we're not friends and I have no idea what I'm doing right now!" she yelled at him. "Harry Potter. You like Harry Potter. Not me?" "I do like you but I like Harry and just leave me alone Draco, go away," she cried.
Madam Pomfrey came over just then.
"Miss Defrance, you may go back now, you'll be just fine. Just had a bit of a fall," she told her smiling. "Are you sure?" she said cautiously. "Yes, now excuse me dear," she said walking away.
Malfoy looked at Cora with delight. She sneered at him and pulled back the covers from the hospital bed. Malfoy got up and put his hand out for her to grab. She pushed it away angrily and got up.
"Draco, please, just leave me alone." "I'm not going to leave you until you are safely back in your common room," he told her. "Whatever," she hissed.
They walked out of the hospital wing. He was walking her back up to her common room. They stopped in front of it.
"Well 'night," she said turning to go.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"Cora, listen," he began. "I'm sorry for what happened with you and Potter. I didn't mean to, well you know, I thought that you would have been with me." "Draco, I like you really but, I'm just confused with all this that's going on with my dad and Harry and you," she told him pulling her hand away. "Can we still hang out and such?" he asked. "Yes, we can," she smiled.
He gave her a wide grin and then leaned down to kiss her. She pushed him away.
"Draco..." "Please?" "No!" she said suddenly getting angry. "Fine!" he yelled and ran off.
Cora was left standing all alone. She sighed and went into the common room where Harry turned his head away and Ron waved but turned away to talk to Harry. She felt alone. She sat down next to Hermione, who was reading a book.
"Can we talk?" she said not lifting her nose from the book. "Yeah, I was just going to ask you that," Cora said. "Good, let's go up to the room," she said and put the book down.
They walked up to their dormitory. Cora sat down on Hermione's bed while Hermione stood.
"You broke his heart," she started. "I didn't mean to. Really I didn't mean to," Cora told her. "Ron and I have been trying to figure out what was wrong with him for weeks! Why he wasn't talking to you, or about you. We were wondering what was up," she yelled. "Hermione..." "No, you broke his heart! You hurt him! This is all your fault and you know what, you shouldn't be here Gryffindor, you should be with your lover Malfoy in Slytherin!" she screamed. "What?" "You should be with the rest of the Slytherins with their death eater parents!" she glared. "Shut up! Just Shut the Fuck up! I didn't fucking mean to hurt Harry! And don't you ever say I should be with them!" she yelled and ran out of the room.
Cora ran from the dormitory and out of the common room. She ran down the stairs to the dungeons, almost near Professor Snape's classroom. She slid down the wall and sat with her head in her hands. All she could do was cry. She cried harder than ever.