That night around ten o'clock the teens arrived back at the school. The carriage carrying Ali, Draco, Lauren, and Blaise landed last. The four walked into the school stood in the Grand Hall for a few minutes. "Drake, I'm going to walk Lauren back to Ravenclaw I'll see you in a few." Blaise said before going.
Ali felt like the whole fairy tale was over and it was back to life, but she kind of liked that. She and Draco were still dressed in their party clothes, and they were in a castle. It should have made it feel more like one, but it was school... you get the point.
The two walked to the dungeons and walked through the portrait hole into their common room. "Well, see you tomorrow." Draco said and stared walking down the stairs to his dormitory.
"Draco, wait." Ali called to him.
"What?"
"Are you going to act like tonight didn't happen?"
"I just figured, that you wouldn't want to talk about it. I know you said not to bring up Potter, but I know you fancy him. It would be great to steal you away from him just to piss him off, but in turn I'd be hurting you and I'm not that heartless."
"I know your not, I've found that all of you Slytherins can be kind of nice to your own kind."
"Hey, you're a Slytherin too."
"Yes, but I'm different."
"I think maybe that's what sets you apart from the rest, and in a good way, even in my opinion."
Ali smiled. "Happy Birthday Draco." she kissed him on the cheek, sat down, and watched him disappear down the staircase. Moments later the portrait swung open and Blaise walked in. He sat across from Ali with a grin on his face.
"So, what's going on with you two?" she asked him with a raised eye brow.
"I just asked Lauren to have lunch with me in Hogsmead tomorrow. And there, I plan on asking her to be my girlfriend. Don't tell her, I want it to be a surprise."
"I wont. You two seemed pretty cozy at the party."
"Oh-My-Lord! Her kiss was so enchanting, I swear it took me over."
Ali laughed historically.
"Come on, I'm being serious! I really fancy her!"
"Good, just don't hurt her."
"Oh, and what would you do about it?"
"I have my ways... I'm going to bed now, goodnight." She said before leaving Blaise alone.
The next morning at breakfast Ali was deep in conversation with Blaise about Lauren when she felt a tap on her shoulder. "Harry!" she said in shock. "Can we talk? he asked in an emotionless tone. Ali couldn't tell what it was that he wanted. "Sure, uh, let's go down to Hogsmead."
They walked in silence for some way but before exiting through the gates Harry stopped and said "I heard about the party."
"Oh." Ali decided to just let him talk.
"Seamus' friend was there. She said that you and Draco were... were... Snogging!!!"
"Huh? Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know what that means."
"You were kissing!"
"Oh, that..."
"I thought you fancied me... if sure seemed like it." he calmed his voice.
"I do like you Harry. It's just... I think I like Draco too..."
"You know who he is, you know what he's like, how can you fancy him?!"
"He's different around me, Harry I know it's crazy..."
"I can't force you to feel anything, but I hope you come to your senses and forget about him. Until then, I hope nothing changes between us and we can still be friends."
"Of course Harry, come on let's forget about this and you can show me around Hogsmead."
The two friends walked happily around the town for hours exploring the different shops and sites. They stopped at The Three Broomsticks for some ever famous butter beer, when Ali spotted Lauren and Blaise cuddled in a corner sipping from a shared mug. "I'll be right back." she told Harry at walked across the room.
"Hey!" Lauren said when she say her friend. Ali sat down across from the two. "So...?"
"So what?" Blaise asked.
"So...?"
"Yes, I did it. I asked her out, and as you can tell, she said yes!"
"So, where's Draco today?" Ali asked.
"Er, he's with his parents."
"Again?"
"Er, sort of... a family birth day thing..."
Something told Ali that Blaise was lying.
"Hey, Lauren." Harry said, coming up behind Ali.
"What do you want Potter? Please, rid us of your stench."
Harry turned a shade of crimson and was about to retaliate but Ali grabbed his hand and pulled him away from Blaise.
"I don't see how you can stand him! Or any of them for that matter!" Harry said once they sat at a table on the other side of the room.
"It's simple really. How can you stand Ron and Hermione?"
"What?! I thought you were their friend!"
"I am, Harry, but my point is... well that they feel the same way about you and your friends and you feel about them. You, Ron, and Hermione are super nice to me but when you get around the rest of the Slytherins you all just get angry and you feel the need to pound the life out of them."
"They treat us like dirt! They call Hermione a MudBlood! They make fun of Ron because he doesn't have a lot of money! And they hate me just because I wasn't murdered!? There's a huge difference! We hate them because of the things they do to us, we at least would have given them a chance!"
"Well did you?"
"It's a little hard to do that while they are trying to get you in trouble or kill you!"
"Well, you have a point... I'm just saying that they're nice to me... there's probably no way that I could ever stop them from being rude to you... but I'm not even going to try because I'll just get on their bad side and then my life would be like hell trying to live with them!"
The rest of the conversation clamed down and they reacquainted. Ron and Hermione joined them some time later and the four friends caught up on things.
Later that night when Ali went back to her common room she saw Draco in the corner brewing a potion. "What's that for?" she asked, startling him.
"Pain killer."
"Are you hurt?"
"Er, just uh... to relax my muscles..."
There was definitely something going on with him.
She walked over to the couch and sat down. A few minutes later Draco had chugged down his potion and joined her.
"Harry told me that he only wanted to be friends." she said catching Draco's eye.
"Hah! What changed the pricks mind?"
"Hey, no name calling!"
"Whatever."
"Well, he found out about your party. And he heard about...things...that happened there."
Draco laughed at how modest she was about the whole thing.
"It's not funny! I hurt him!"
"Good, then your finally becoming a true Slytherin."
Ali frowned and Draco. She was about to walk out of the room when he said "Why don't we go down to the Quidditch pitch and I can teach you how to fly."
Ali stopped and turned, she smiled "Really?!"
Draco but on a charming smirk, "Of course."
He went and got his Firebolt and older Nimbus 2001. The two snuck out of the school and across the grounds. Draco mounted his broom and started doing a few tricks to show off. Then he came down and showed Ali just how to sit on it and how to hold it. He told her how to control it, how to start off, and how to land. Then she tried it. She pressed off of the ground lightly, but flew way too high for her liking. She started to freak out and lost control.
Her hands slipped and she slid off of the broom. She was falling fast. Draco took out his wand and said a spell, she slowed down. He caught her in his arms. "I don't remember telling you to ever let go of it!" he joked, putting her back on her feet.
"I'm too scared of heights!"
"Oh come on! Your so intelligent. Your the only person to ever give Granger competition, yet you can't even fly? You don't want to turn into Longbottom, do you?" he laughed.
"Well, thanks for the compliment, but I just think I'm not meant to fly."
"Give it another try, go on."
She reluctantly mounted her broom again and took off. This time Draco was flying along side of her, giving her pointers and telling her not to look down.
Two hours later they were ready to head back inside.
"Thanks Draco, I think I'm finally getting the hang of this. Maybe I'm not like Neville after all. Thanks to you..." she kissed him on the cheek and began walking towards the castle.
"That's all I get?!" he complained, running after her.
"Well, what'd you expect?"
"A little something like this..."
He said leaning in and kissing her on the lips. He pulled away slightly and looked into her eyes. She smiled at her and kissed him back. They ended up having a little make out session before going back.
They were tiptoeing to the dungeons when they heard someone giggle. Thinking that it was peeves they kept walking until they heard it again. "Who's there!? Show yourself!" Draco demanded. They heard someone gasp and then it was silent.
Draco light up his wand and walked towards the earlier sounds. "Oh, it's just you Draco!" Ali heard Blaise say and walked over to them. Lauren and Blaise were sitting in a dark corner, wrapped in each others arms. "Looks like were not the only ones out for a midnight snogging." Blaise joked.
"We weren't out for that! I was teaching Ali how to fly!" Draco said defensively.
"Sure you were. Then why is it that you've got lip stick on your cheek?" Lauren giggled.
Draco rubbed it off quickly and said "A thank you gift... now if you'll excuse us we're heading back to the common room before we get caught out of bed. Goodbye."
Draco and Ali walked through the portrait hole together and sat on the couch.
"So, where does this leave us?" Draco asked, closing Ali's hand in his.
"What do you mean?" she questioned
"It's just that, between last night and tonight there seems to be something going on with us."
"What do you think about it?"
"It's obvious that I'm attracted to you, and I think that you feel the same for me."
"And if I do?"
"Well, I don't think that we should rush into anything. Because I know that no matter what you say you still have feelings for Potter. I know that you still have your doubts about me. I know that your friends hate me, and I don't want to hurt you."
He kissed her on the head and walked down to his dormitory. Ali couldn't believe that Draco Malfoy had said all of those things. He was right though, she did still have feelings for Harry, especially after that day they had spent together.
The next night at band practice Ali had a chance to talk to Lauren. "So, how are things going with Blaise?"
"He is sooo amazing!"
"Glad your happy!"
"If you hadn't invited me to that party I probably would have never even talked to him!"
"Don't you just love me?!" Ali joked
"Yes, yes." Lauren said sarcastically.
"If only things were so easy for me." Ali sighed.
"What's wrong? I thought things were going great with you and Draco?"
"That's the problem. They are, but I still like Harry!"
"Yes, that could be a problem."
"And both of them like me! And both of them are waiting for me to stop liking the other one!"
"What you need is a plan..."
"What kind of plan would help me with guys?"
"Oh please! Girl, you have a lot to learn."
!$!$! I hope that was a little longer for you guys... eek! Lauren is being a meanie and forcing me to write, and write fast! So I hope you liked it... review!!!
Oh yes...and people please... NEVER INSULT MY STATE!!!!!! shakes fist at "cori"!$!$!
Ali felt like the whole fairy tale was over and it was back to life, but she kind of liked that. She and Draco were still dressed in their party clothes, and they were in a castle. It should have made it feel more like one, but it was school... you get the point.
The two walked to the dungeons and walked through the portrait hole into their common room. "Well, see you tomorrow." Draco said and stared walking down the stairs to his dormitory.
"Draco, wait." Ali called to him.
"What?"
"Are you going to act like tonight didn't happen?"
"I just figured, that you wouldn't want to talk about it. I know you said not to bring up Potter, but I know you fancy him. It would be great to steal you away from him just to piss him off, but in turn I'd be hurting you and I'm not that heartless."
"I know your not, I've found that all of you Slytherins can be kind of nice to your own kind."
"Hey, you're a Slytherin too."
"Yes, but I'm different."
"I think maybe that's what sets you apart from the rest, and in a good way, even in my opinion."
Ali smiled. "Happy Birthday Draco." she kissed him on the cheek, sat down, and watched him disappear down the staircase. Moments later the portrait swung open and Blaise walked in. He sat across from Ali with a grin on his face.
"So, what's going on with you two?" she asked him with a raised eye brow.
"I just asked Lauren to have lunch with me in Hogsmead tomorrow. And there, I plan on asking her to be my girlfriend. Don't tell her, I want it to be a surprise."
"I wont. You two seemed pretty cozy at the party."
"Oh-My-Lord! Her kiss was so enchanting, I swear it took me over."
Ali laughed historically.
"Come on, I'm being serious! I really fancy her!"
"Good, just don't hurt her."
"Oh, and what would you do about it?"
"I have my ways... I'm going to bed now, goodnight." She said before leaving Blaise alone.
The next morning at breakfast Ali was deep in conversation with Blaise about Lauren when she felt a tap on her shoulder. "Harry!" she said in shock. "Can we talk? he asked in an emotionless tone. Ali couldn't tell what it was that he wanted. "Sure, uh, let's go down to Hogsmead."
They walked in silence for some way but before exiting through the gates Harry stopped and said "I heard about the party."
"Oh." Ali decided to just let him talk.
"Seamus' friend was there. She said that you and Draco were... were... Snogging!!!"
"Huh? Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know what that means."
"You were kissing!"
"Oh, that..."
"I thought you fancied me... if sure seemed like it." he calmed his voice.
"I do like you Harry. It's just... I think I like Draco too..."
"You know who he is, you know what he's like, how can you fancy him?!"
"He's different around me, Harry I know it's crazy..."
"I can't force you to feel anything, but I hope you come to your senses and forget about him. Until then, I hope nothing changes between us and we can still be friends."
"Of course Harry, come on let's forget about this and you can show me around Hogsmead."
The two friends walked happily around the town for hours exploring the different shops and sites. They stopped at The Three Broomsticks for some ever famous butter beer, when Ali spotted Lauren and Blaise cuddled in a corner sipping from a shared mug. "I'll be right back." she told Harry at walked across the room.
"Hey!" Lauren said when she say her friend. Ali sat down across from the two. "So...?"
"So what?" Blaise asked.
"So...?"
"Yes, I did it. I asked her out, and as you can tell, she said yes!"
"So, where's Draco today?" Ali asked.
"Er, he's with his parents."
"Again?"
"Er, sort of... a family birth day thing..."
Something told Ali that Blaise was lying.
"Hey, Lauren." Harry said, coming up behind Ali.
"What do you want Potter? Please, rid us of your stench."
Harry turned a shade of crimson and was about to retaliate but Ali grabbed his hand and pulled him away from Blaise.
"I don't see how you can stand him! Or any of them for that matter!" Harry said once they sat at a table on the other side of the room.
"It's simple really. How can you stand Ron and Hermione?"
"What?! I thought you were their friend!"
"I am, Harry, but my point is... well that they feel the same way about you and your friends and you feel about them. You, Ron, and Hermione are super nice to me but when you get around the rest of the Slytherins you all just get angry and you feel the need to pound the life out of them."
"They treat us like dirt! They call Hermione a MudBlood! They make fun of Ron because he doesn't have a lot of money! And they hate me just because I wasn't murdered!? There's a huge difference! We hate them because of the things they do to us, we at least would have given them a chance!"
"Well did you?"
"It's a little hard to do that while they are trying to get you in trouble or kill you!"
"Well, you have a point... I'm just saying that they're nice to me... there's probably no way that I could ever stop them from being rude to you... but I'm not even going to try because I'll just get on their bad side and then my life would be like hell trying to live with them!"
The rest of the conversation clamed down and they reacquainted. Ron and Hermione joined them some time later and the four friends caught up on things.
Later that night when Ali went back to her common room she saw Draco in the corner brewing a potion. "What's that for?" she asked, startling him.
"Pain killer."
"Are you hurt?"
"Er, just uh... to relax my muscles..."
There was definitely something going on with him.
She walked over to the couch and sat down. A few minutes later Draco had chugged down his potion and joined her.
"Harry told me that he only wanted to be friends." she said catching Draco's eye.
"Hah! What changed the pricks mind?"
"Hey, no name calling!"
"Whatever."
"Well, he found out about your party. And he heard about...things...that happened there."
Draco laughed at how modest she was about the whole thing.
"It's not funny! I hurt him!"
"Good, then your finally becoming a true Slytherin."
Ali frowned and Draco. She was about to walk out of the room when he said "Why don't we go down to the Quidditch pitch and I can teach you how to fly."
Ali stopped and turned, she smiled "Really?!"
Draco but on a charming smirk, "Of course."
He went and got his Firebolt and older Nimbus 2001. The two snuck out of the school and across the grounds. Draco mounted his broom and started doing a few tricks to show off. Then he came down and showed Ali just how to sit on it and how to hold it. He told her how to control it, how to start off, and how to land. Then she tried it. She pressed off of the ground lightly, but flew way too high for her liking. She started to freak out and lost control.
Her hands slipped and she slid off of the broom. She was falling fast. Draco took out his wand and said a spell, she slowed down. He caught her in his arms. "I don't remember telling you to ever let go of it!" he joked, putting her back on her feet.
"I'm too scared of heights!"
"Oh come on! Your so intelligent. Your the only person to ever give Granger competition, yet you can't even fly? You don't want to turn into Longbottom, do you?" he laughed.
"Well, thanks for the compliment, but I just think I'm not meant to fly."
"Give it another try, go on."
She reluctantly mounted her broom again and took off. This time Draco was flying along side of her, giving her pointers and telling her not to look down.
Two hours later they were ready to head back inside.
"Thanks Draco, I think I'm finally getting the hang of this. Maybe I'm not like Neville after all. Thanks to you..." she kissed him on the cheek and began walking towards the castle.
"That's all I get?!" he complained, running after her.
"Well, what'd you expect?"
"A little something like this..."
He said leaning in and kissing her on the lips. He pulled away slightly and looked into her eyes. She smiled at her and kissed him back. They ended up having a little make out session before going back.
They were tiptoeing to the dungeons when they heard someone giggle. Thinking that it was peeves they kept walking until they heard it again. "Who's there!? Show yourself!" Draco demanded. They heard someone gasp and then it was silent.
Draco light up his wand and walked towards the earlier sounds. "Oh, it's just you Draco!" Ali heard Blaise say and walked over to them. Lauren and Blaise were sitting in a dark corner, wrapped in each others arms. "Looks like were not the only ones out for a midnight snogging." Blaise joked.
"We weren't out for that! I was teaching Ali how to fly!" Draco said defensively.
"Sure you were. Then why is it that you've got lip stick on your cheek?" Lauren giggled.
Draco rubbed it off quickly and said "A thank you gift... now if you'll excuse us we're heading back to the common room before we get caught out of bed. Goodbye."
Draco and Ali walked through the portrait hole together and sat on the couch.
"So, where does this leave us?" Draco asked, closing Ali's hand in his.
"What do you mean?" she questioned
"It's just that, between last night and tonight there seems to be something going on with us."
"What do you think about it?"
"It's obvious that I'm attracted to you, and I think that you feel the same for me."
"And if I do?"
"Well, I don't think that we should rush into anything. Because I know that no matter what you say you still have feelings for Potter. I know that you still have your doubts about me. I know that your friends hate me, and I don't want to hurt you."
He kissed her on the head and walked down to his dormitory. Ali couldn't believe that Draco Malfoy had said all of those things. He was right though, she did still have feelings for Harry, especially after that day they had spent together.
The next night at band practice Ali had a chance to talk to Lauren. "So, how are things going with Blaise?"
"He is sooo amazing!"
"Glad your happy!"
"If you hadn't invited me to that party I probably would have never even talked to him!"
"Don't you just love me?!" Ali joked
"Yes, yes." Lauren said sarcastically.
"If only things were so easy for me." Ali sighed.
"What's wrong? I thought things were going great with you and Draco?"
"That's the problem. They are, but I still like Harry!"
"Yes, that could be a problem."
"And both of them like me! And both of them are waiting for me to stop liking the other one!"
"What you need is a plan..."
"What kind of plan would help me with guys?"
"Oh please! Girl, you have a lot to learn."
!$!$! I hope that was a little longer for you guys... eek! Lauren is being a meanie and forcing me to write, and write fast! So I hope you liked it... review!!!
Oh yes...and people please... NEVER INSULT MY STATE!!!!!! shakes fist at "cori"!$!$!