It's been a few days since Silver tried to talk to Zende. Since Zende had a couple of days off from school, Silver decided to skip Divinations to try and find her and actually try to talk to her. The only place she could think to find her was the common room. When she walked in, she was relieved when she saw Zen sitting on a chair doodling in a notebook. Silver made her way over to her and sat in a chair in front of her. Zen looked up automatically to see who she was joined by. Just to her luck, it was Silver, "Don't want to talk to you, Silver. I told you already, if this is what has to happen before I'd get any sort of an appology, I don't want to hear it."
Silver just gave her a look, "Then you clearly didn't pay any attention to what I said Friday night, did you?" she got a bit more snappy than she had wanted too.
"What I heard sounded nothing like an appology to me," Zen went back to her doodling.
"I did, more than you could even think..I'll tell you again, which I'm sure you won't listen to me..." Silver took a deep breath hoping that this time it'll get through to her. "I'm sure you already know that everything that had happened to you last week was by me..and a bit by the twins..but mainly me..so Friday..I was thinking...really hard..and I feel aweful for the things I've done to you..I was just jealous and angry that my best friend had been spending all of his time with you..it felt as though I were loosing my best friend...I mean you come..we begin to become friends..and then you and Harry happened..and it just.." she shrugged, "and then I find out what had just happened, and I feel even more rotten than I did..I'm such a horrible, horrible person...I wasn't thinking...I did everything out of jealousy.." this time she didn't start to cry trying to tell her, "I deserve to be tortured in every horrible, possible way..and I understand if you totally hate me now.." Silver couldn't think straight.
Zende listened to the whole thing, and looked up at her, "You're only doing this out of pity, aren't you? Because you're so perfect and you're parents are both alive, and aren't Aurors. And I'm just so sure that miss perfect has the perfect life."
Silver had never felt so...offended in her life. She looked at Zende this time with tears in her eyes, really ready to spill, "One, I didn't do it out of pity. I was thinking of confronting you, and appoligzing all day that day. Hadn't you noticed nothing had happened to you on Friday? That's because everything finally hit me. I really mean what I'm saying..and another thing..both of my parent's aren't alive and well..and no they aren't Aurors..but," Silver couldn't help but let a few tears slide, she's always so good at keeping her emotions hidden, especially when it comes to her parents, "my father was in Azkaban for 13 years..because a crime was planted on him, to make it look like he was a horrible man, but he's not..he was Lily and Jame's best friend, and he's Harry's god father..and my mother was killed by Voldemort," this time tears were streaming down her cheeks, uncontrolably, "I think to get to me..but he couldn't get me..it just...it seems like it's my fault my mother was killed by him..besides..I really didn't know who my father was up until a few years ago, when I was parentless and he escaped from Azkaban..and I've been living with him for a few years now..so don't go saying I have the perfect life..." she looked up at Zen, "Harry's not the only person Voldemort's after.." Silver put her head in her hands and just broke down. She didn't care if Zende believed her or not, or saw her like this, she just wanted to crawl up into a little ball and stay like that forever. How could she have called her perfect? And a perfect life? It was anything but.
Zende just kind of sat there not knowing what to do or say. She didn't know about any of that stuff in Silver's life. Honestly, she thought Silver was just appologizing to her because of what had happened. Then she realized, nothing had happen to her that day.
"I thought nothing happend 'cause you just couldn't find us... " Zen mumbled after a while.. "Harry & I started to take the map with us everywhere.."
Silver just looked at her.
"To be honest... I'm not used to anyone feeling bad after teasing me..." Zen told her. Silver just listened. "I... was always the new person.. I was never in a school long enough to make many friends.. Once I made some, I had to leave again. Um.. and then when we came here.. They were talking about it being pernament.. Then I met you guys... and then Harry happened..things were looking up.. Untill you started hating me out of nowhere.. and I knew the entire time that the pranks were done by you...I didn't know you felt left out 'till Ron said something. You didn't bother to talk to me about it...you said you didn't care about me anyways cause I was new," she paused, closing her eyes for a minute. "and then... Dumbledore gives me that news on Friday... and it wasn't till after that when you started to actually notice me again and talked to me..but it just felt like... you're only doing it 'cause you felt bad or pity... about what happened..and whatever Harry said after I left the Tower.."
"I....didn't know.." Silver said quietly, after.
"Only Harry knew," Zen told her.
"Oh..." Silver barely said, then looked up at Zende, "I didn't say anything because one, I'm not good at things like that..and two, you wouldn't talk to me anyways when I tried to talk to you, that's how all of this started, when I tried to talk to you and Harry, but all you two did was ignore me..and I told you the reason why I said that stuff..was because I was jealous and..well I didn't know how to deal with that kind of thing..I know how it feels like to be alone..and I hate that feeling..I didn't want it to happen again.."
"Sil, did you ever think that maybe you just caught us a few times when we were HONESTLY busy, or honestly on our way out?" Zen asked her and sighed. "Look, Sil, your the first person that talked to me when I came here. So, why would I do something like that to you? I mean, yeah I could see why you'd get jealous over Harry spending some time with me, but I wasn't ignoring you at all, Sil. I mean, when I found out how you felt, I tried to talk to you several times, but you wouldn't even pay the slightest attention to either of us. So I just gave up and figured you'll come around.I didn't bother taking the offer I got for help on revenge, either... one guess who that was from."
Silver just sort of sat there not knowing what to say for a while.
Zen sighed, "Look, I'm sorry you felt left out and that I was ignoring you, I wasn't. But.. I'm not sorry about me and Harry."
"I'm not asking you to be..." Silver sighed, "alright... I'm sorry about the pranks too, and what I said.. I didn't mean it. You can go back to hating me now."
"I never hated you," Zende sighed. "If I did... I would've jumped at the chance for that revenge offer, but I didn't."
"Can we just... start over?" Silver asked quietly, "Forget all this?"
Zen just sighed and looked at her, "Yeah... We should."
They looked at eachother and knew it was over, then just kind of sat there quietly for a long time. Dwelling in their own thoughts. After a long while, Zen decided to break the awkward silence. "So um... curiously.. what did happen after I left the tower Friday?" she asked Silver.
Silver sat there a bit embarrassed then looked up at her now again friend, "Harry punched the crap out of Draco, like right after you left. I've never seen Harry so mad before in my entire life! I thought he was going to kill him. Then I told him that he was my boyfriend, and he only punched him harder. Poor Draco didn't even know what to do. Anyways, when Harry got done with that he told me what happened...and it only made me feel worse."
Zende just kind of laughed then stopped seeing the look on Silver's face, "He's really your boyfriend?" She made a disapproving face.
"He's not such a bad guy once you get to know him," Silver said defending her boyfriend, placing a hand on her hip, even though she was sitting down.
"But how? I mean, how can you stand him? He seems like a creep and a jerk to me," Zen brought her knees to her chest.
"I've always liked him since I can remember, so I didn't tell any one. If I did they'd just letchure to me about how he's a Malfoy and blah blah blah. He's never been mean to me, not that I could remember, anyways. And just the other night..he took me out to a muggle club...and I'd have to say..that was one of the best nights of my life," Silver sighed leaning back in the chair.
Now Zende couldn't help but smirk a bit, "Oh? And what made it such 'the best night' of your life?"
"Well..nothing really happened..just that we had a drink..and started to dance, and I asked him why he brought me of all people and he said because he likes me..well that was kind of a shocker..I could tell something was up by the way he was acting around me before..anyways..a slow song finally came on and we danced to that. A little bit into the song, he kissed me," he dreamy look appeared across her face, "that was the best kiss in my entire life. Oh I love it when he kisses me," Silver let a giggle slip out then slapped a hand over her mouth.
Zen laughed a bit, then looked at him, "If he's such a good kisser, he's probably kissed tons of other girls before you." She didn't realize that sounded kind of rude.
Silver gave her a look, "I'd rather not think about him with someone else, please."
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry.."
"Can I tell you something, that you gotta swear you won't tell a soul..especially Harry!" Silver asked despritaly.
"I promise," Zen nodded, swearing.
"Well that night, when I came back from being out with Draco, I found Ron sleeping on a chair, and he had a piece of parchment in his hands.."
"And...?" Zende urged her on.
"And it was a letter to me..confessing his love. Of course I never told him that I knew about it, I don't want him to know I know, it might make him act weird," she sighed looking at her hands. "I didn't know he liked me.."
"Well gee, Sil, I could have told you that...any one could have told you that! He's like madly in love with you, its so obvious. Just the way he acts around you, or the way he puts up for you. Like that day in the Great Hall, when you went off on us and left, he stood up for you. He was on your side, even though he knew the whole thing, and stuff..you know..? He was on your side.."
"Am I that blind, Zen? How could I have not seen the way he acts, around me," Sil sighed.
"He seems like he's in heaven when you're around. He acts as though it's just you two and no one else. I mean..remember back to that Hogsmeade trip..he was so flirting."
"What am I going to do? I don't want to ruin our friendship..and I have a boyfriend," she made a face. "Oh no..he doesn't know I'm with Draco..he's going to die.." It was Silver's turn to bring her knees to her chest, and put her head on her knees.
Zende just kind of sat there, not really knowing what to say about Silver's little Triangle."So," Silver said suddenly after a while, "how have things been with you and Harry?"
"Um.. pretty good," Zen smiled."It's like... I've know him for ages."
"He really does like you," Silver said. "I've never seen him act... like... that," she shrugged.
"I know..." Zende trailed off, "He um... said 'I Love You' a few days ago to me.."
Silver sat straight up and stared at her, "Your kidding!"
Zende shook her head like mad. "No, I'm not! Why?"
Silver shrugged, "It's just... I don't think he's ever said it before... in that way.."
Zen just kind of sat there, a bit surprised and not really knowing how to react, "Oh... wow.." was about all she could say. Silver just grinned at her for a minute.
"Anyway," she said. "What'd you guys do that made him say it?" she asked, curiously.
Zen sat there for a minute thinking about it, and then just shrugged, "I don't know.. .we were out like all night Friday... just...well... everywhere, litterally. Just like.. to talk and stuff and well, he knew I'd need something like that..and then the next morning, we were at a cafe... and, we talked about the night before, and he said it.."
"I see," she smiled.
"To say I was surprised would be a big understatement," Zende laughed.
"But you said it back, right?" Silver asked.
Zen looked at her weirdly, "Well of course I did! I ment it, too."
They just sat there for a while, not really knowing what else to talk about. Zende's thoughts started making there way back to her parents, on how horrible she felt that she never got to see them one last time, the last time she heard from them was the letter they sent with the pictures for Harry.
So she desperately tried to disctract herself by doodling again. Waiting for Silver to say something...anything at all, or class to end and Harry'd bring the homework by. But it just seemed like the minutes were hours.
She tried not to make it obvious where her thoughts were suddenly at, but apparently Silver knew and broke the silence... either that or she was just getting bored. "So.. uh.. where are you going to be staying now?" she said, sounding like she didn't quiet know how to ask it. "I mean.. uh... like..with family or something?"
"My family is too scattered appart.. and well.. I want to stay and finish school here," Zende told her quietly.
"Yeah... so then where?" Sil asked.
Zende just sat there for a minute, not really sure if she should tell Silver about the plans Harry & Dumbledore were making for her to stay with them. Even though they were friends again, she wasn't sure how Sil would react. She sort of wanted Harry to tell her, but she didn't want to lie to Sil about it either.
"Erm..well..Harry and Dumbledore are going over the arrangements," Zende said, not knowing if she should continue or not. Just then Harry walked in and saved her.
Harry stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the two girls sitting there by each other, talking. Actually talking, "Did I miss something here?"
Silver and Zen both looked up at Harry. Silver was the first to speak, "I made her listen this time, and I appologized," Sil was cut off by Zende.
"..and I accepted. We talked it out, and everythings ok now," she smiled.
"Finally!" Harry then looked at Silver, "Are we ok now then, too?"
Silver nodded, "Yes, and I'm sorry for always pushing you away when you tried and talk to me...and you started to try to talk to me after you found out how I felt," she raised an eyebrow at him. He just shrugged.
"Anyways, I have both of your assignments," Harry handed each girl a peice of parchment with something written on it. They both tossed them to the side, taking care if it later.
Harry sat down next to Zen and looked at Silver, "So, did Zen tell you she'll be staying with us..?"
Silver kind of furrowed her eyebrows, "No, she just told me, that you and Dumbledore were going over the arrangements.." she looked at Harry, "Does dad know about this? I mean it is his house.."
"I'm sure Dumbledore contacted him and let him know what was going on..besides, he said he'd call me and Zen back to his office when he found out," Harry said eyeing Silver.
"Alright," she shrugged, "I just don't know where he's going to put her."
"Probably with one of you girls for now," Harry said leaning back on the couch.
Zende looked at Silver and Harry, "What are you guys talking about?"
Silver bit her lip and leaned in keeping it on the down low as people started to file into the common room, "Have you heard of OOTP?"
"Yeah, I think," Zende said, "Why?"
"Because, the headquarters is my house...and a lot of the people who's in it lives there, as well. And the Weasley's are staying there for a while..well not all of them of course..just Ginny, Fred, George, Ron, Molly and Arthur..then there's Harry and Hermione," as Silver said Hermione's name, she rolled her eyes, "So it's a pretty full house.."
"Oh.." was all Zende said, then she looked at Harry, "Maybe staying with you was a bad idea, I mean I don't want to make more of a hassel than there is already." "No! No, not at all! It's fine," Harry said giving Silver a not so nice look.
Silver just shrugged, "I'm only saying what's true."
Zen looked at Silver, and curiously asked, "Who is your father anyways?"
She just kind of bit her lip afraid of how Zende would take it, "Sirius Black.."
"No he's not..really who's you're father?" Zen pryed.
Silver looked kind of offended, "Sirius Black!"
"You're joking right? He's really not your father," she said, putting her doodle pad down on the other side of her.
"Why would I joke about something like that?!" Sil got up, really offended and stormed out of the common room, right past Hermione making her drop all of her books and headed down the Grand Staircase and out onto the grounds.
"Was that a blur of beautifulness, I saw go past me?" a voice said.
Sil stopped walking and turned around seeing Draco and smiled, walking over to him, slinging her arms around him, hugging him.
Draco returned the hug and grinned, "I thought so!" They let go and he put an arm around her, "So why in such a hurry?"
"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just kind of..ticked. I was just going outside to walk around," Silver said.
"Ticked? About what? That thing that was going on before? Mind if I join you?" he asked, looking at her concerned.
"No it wasn't because of the stuff going on before, that's over with and forgotten about and in the past. It's because Zende thought I was joking about my who my father was. And I took that rather offensively. I love my dad, he's the only thing I have. Family wise, anyways. And yes, you can join me," Silver said all in one breath as they headed outside and started to walk around the grounds.
"Your dad's Sirius Black, right?" he asked, lacing their fingers together.
"Yes, and don't say anything bad about him, I won't take it very well," Silver sighed.
"I wasn't! I would never, I was just making it clear, that's all."
They continued to walk for a while, talking about this and that. The two ended up sitting under a large tree by the lake. Draco had his arms around Silver as she, was leaned on his chest and her head rested on his chest and shoulder. They sat in a comfortable silence for a long time, until Draco broke it, "I like this. Us being together. Especially the way we are right now," he grinned a sly grin and Silver just kinda elbowed him softly in the stomach.
"Draco!" she couldn't help but leave out a giggle.
"But I'm serious, I really love being with you, and just being alone and being close to you," he smiled. Silver could have swore she saw a blush appear on his cheeks.
Silver just smiled, "So do I. We should do this more often."
Draco smiled and nodded, "Definately should." They stayed like that for a while until it got almost dark, before heading inside and going to dinner.
Harry took Zende to the Astronamy Tower, making sure it was completely empty, before he went into the full story about Sirius. Zen, along with.. well, everyone else, had only known what was said in the news.
"So, he's innocent..?" Zen said after Harry finished explaining things.
"Yep," he sighed, "completely."
"Oh..." she said, not really sure what to think, though she knew he'd never lie to her about something like that.
"It's just... not something Sil and I tell people right away," he shrugged. "I was going to tell you everything this week actually... I mean, I figured you'd like to know who you're staying with.."
"Yeah.. I mean, I can understand that.." Zende told him. "I wouldn't be telling just anybody either."
"So.. yeah.. that's why Sil sort of.. stormed out." Harry said. "She'll calm down by dinner."
"I hope. 'Cause we just got over that stupid other fight," Zen sighed, leaning against the couch.
"My point exactly," Harry smiled. "So don't worry about it."
Zende smiled at him,"I'll take your word for it," she said and sat up a bit to lean her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her, and she sat there starring at the stars, for what felt like hours.
"So... how have you been lately? I mean..uh... dealing with things.." Harry asked nervously.
Zen just shrugged. "Alright I guess...I mean.. Now it's just like... The last time I heard from them was that letter with the pictures I gave you... The last time I saw them was leaving for school... I was leaving them.. I was looking forward to seeing them in a couple months for Christmas..and now I wont even get to... I didn't get to say goodbye either.." she squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to cry. Lately, she'd cried enough to last her a life time.
Apparently Harry knew she was forcing herself to not cry, and changed the subject suddenly, "So um... uh....there's a game next week against Slytherin, and.. well.. you wanna come?" he asked. "I mean, everyone's coming, but.. you know," he shrugged.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world," she smiled at him."But, you have to promise me something first."
"Anything," he looked at her.
"Have alittle catch up chat with Sil soon..I know she wants one, and well.. I think you should talk, like about what happend here on Friday, and stuff." Zen told him. Harry looked at her a bit surprised, but nodded. "Yeah, actually..I was planning on it." he said, slipping his fingers through hers.
"Well, once you do that, I'll guarentee that you'll see me at the game," she smiled.
"Good!" he said, kissing her softly. "Time for dinner!" he said suddenly, getting up and pulling her off the couch. They walked back to the Hall, quietly, and sat down with everyone at the table. Zende waited for Silver to show up so they could talk a bit about earlier.
Silver just gave her a look, "Then you clearly didn't pay any attention to what I said Friday night, did you?" she got a bit more snappy than she had wanted too.
"What I heard sounded nothing like an appology to me," Zen went back to her doodling.
"I did, more than you could even think..I'll tell you again, which I'm sure you won't listen to me..." Silver took a deep breath hoping that this time it'll get through to her. "I'm sure you already know that everything that had happened to you last week was by me..and a bit by the twins..but mainly me..so Friday..I was thinking...really hard..and I feel aweful for the things I've done to you..I was just jealous and angry that my best friend had been spending all of his time with you..it felt as though I were loosing my best friend...I mean you come..we begin to become friends..and then you and Harry happened..and it just.." she shrugged, "and then I find out what had just happened, and I feel even more rotten than I did..I'm such a horrible, horrible person...I wasn't thinking...I did everything out of jealousy.." this time she didn't start to cry trying to tell her, "I deserve to be tortured in every horrible, possible way..and I understand if you totally hate me now.." Silver couldn't think straight.
Zende listened to the whole thing, and looked up at her, "You're only doing this out of pity, aren't you? Because you're so perfect and you're parents are both alive, and aren't Aurors. And I'm just so sure that miss perfect has the perfect life."
Silver had never felt so...offended in her life. She looked at Zende this time with tears in her eyes, really ready to spill, "One, I didn't do it out of pity. I was thinking of confronting you, and appoligzing all day that day. Hadn't you noticed nothing had happened to you on Friday? That's because everything finally hit me. I really mean what I'm saying..and another thing..both of my parent's aren't alive and well..and no they aren't Aurors..but," Silver couldn't help but let a few tears slide, she's always so good at keeping her emotions hidden, especially when it comes to her parents, "my father was in Azkaban for 13 years..because a crime was planted on him, to make it look like he was a horrible man, but he's not..he was Lily and Jame's best friend, and he's Harry's god father..and my mother was killed by Voldemort," this time tears were streaming down her cheeks, uncontrolably, "I think to get to me..but he couldn't get me..it just...it seems like it's my fault my mother was killed by him..besides..I really didn't know who my father was up until a few years ago, when I was parentless and he escaped from Azkaban..and I've been living with him for a few years now..so don't go saying I have the perfect life..." she looked up at Zen, "Harry's not the only person Voldemort's after.." Silver put her head in her hands and just broke down. She didn't care if Zende believed her or not, or saw her like this, she just wanted to crawl up into a little ball and stay like that forever. How could she have called her perfect? And a perfect life? It was anything but.
Zende just kind of sat there not knowing what to do or say. She didn't know about any of that stuff in Silver's life. Honestly, she thought Silver was just appologizing to her because of what had happened. Then she realized, nothing had happen to her that day.
"I thought nothing happend 'cause you just couldn't find us... " Zen mumbled after a while.. "Harry & I started to take the map with us everywhere.."
Silver just looked at her.
"To be honest... I'm not used to anyone feeling bad after teasing me..." Zen told her. Silver just listened. "I... was always the new person.. I was never in a school long enough to make many friends.. Once I made some, I had to leave again. Um.. and then when we came here.. They were talking about it being pernament.. Then I met you guys... and then Harry happened..things were looking up.. Untill you started hating me out of nowhere.. and I knew the entire time that the pranks were done by you...I didn't know you felt left out 'till Ron said something. You didn't bother to talk to me about it...you said you didn't care about me anyways cause I was new," she paused, closing her eyes for a minute. "and then... Dumbledore gives me that news on Friday... and it wasn't till after that when you started to actually notice me again and talked to me..but it just felt like... you're only doing it 'cause you felt bad or pity... about what happened..and whatever Harry said after I left the Tower.."
"I....didn't know.." Silver said quietly, after.
"Only Harry knew," Zen told her.
"Oh..." Silver barely said, then looked up at Zende, "I didn't say anything because one, I'm not good at things like that..and two, you wouldn't talk to me anyways when I tried to talk to you, that's how all of this started, when I tried to talk to you and Harry, but all you two did was ignore me..and I told you the reason why I said that stuff..was because I was jealous and..well I didn't know how to deal with that kind of thing..I know how it feels like to be alone..and I hate that feeling..I didn't want it to happen again.."
"Sil, did you ever think that maybe you just caught us a few times when we were HONESTLY busy, or honestly on our way out?" Zen asked her and sighed. "Look, Sil, your the first person that talked to me when I came here. So, why would I do something like that to you? I mean, yeah I could see why you'd get jealous over Harry spending some time with me, but I wasn't ignoring you at all, Sil. I mean, when I found out how you felt, I tried to talk to you several times, but you wouldn't even pay the slightest attention to either of us. So I just gave up and figured you'll come around.I didn't bother taking the offer I got for help on revenge, either... one guess who that was from."
Silver just sort of sat there not knowing what to say for a while.
Zen sighed, "Look, I'm sorry you felt left out and that I was ignoring you, I wasn't. But.. I'm not sorry about me and Harry."
"I'm not asking you to be..." Silver sighed, "alright... I'm sorry about the pranks too, and what I said.. I didn't mean it. You can go back to hating me now."
"I never hated you," Zende sighed. "If I did... I would've jumped at the chance for that revenge offer, but I didn't."
"Can we just... start over?" Silver asked quietly, "Forget all this?"
Zen just sighed and looked at her, "Yeah... We should."
They looked at eachother and knew it was over, then just kind of sat there quietly for a long time. Dwelling in their own thoughts. After a long while, Zen decided to break the awkward silence. "So um... curiously.. what did happen after I left the tower Friday?" she asked Silver.
Silver sat there a bit embarrassed then looked up at her now again friend, "Harry punched the crap out of Draco, like right after you left. I've never seen Harry so mad before in my entire life! I thought he was going to kill him. Then I told him that he was my boyfriend, and he only punched him harder. Poor Draco didn't even know what to do. Anyways, when Harry got done with that he told me what happened...and it only made me feel worse."
Zende just kind of laughed then stopped seeing the look on Silver's face, "He's really your boyfriend?" She made a disapproving face.
"He's not such a bad guy once you get to know him," Silver said defending her boyfriend, placing a hand on her hip, even though she was sitting down.
"But how? I mean, how can you stand him? He seems like a creep and a jerk to me," Zen brought her knees to her chest.
"I've always liked him since I can remember, so I didn't tell any one. If I did they'd just letchure to me about how he's a Malfoy and blah blah blah. He's never been mean to me, not that I could remember, anyways. And just the other night..he took me out to a muggle club...and I'd have to say..that was one of the best nights of my life," Silver sighed leaning back in the chair.
Now Zende couldn't help but smirk a bit, "Oh? And what made it such 'the best night' of your life?"
"Well..nothing really happened..just that we had a drink..and started to dance, and I asked him why he brought me of all people and he said because he likes me..well that was kind of a shocker..I could tell something was up by the way he was acting around me before..anyways..a slow song finally came on and we danced to that. A little bit into the song, he kissed me," he dreamy look appeared across her face, "that was the best kiss in my entire life. Oh I love it when he kisses me," Silver let a giggle slip out then slapped a hand over her mouth.
Zen laughed a bit, then looked at him, "If he's such a good kisser, he's probably kissed tons of other girls before you." She didn't realize that sounded kind of rude.
Silver gave her a look, "I'd rather not think about him with someone else, please."
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry.."
"Can I tell you something, that you gotta swear you won't tell a soul..especially Harry!" Silver asked despritaly.
"I promise," Zen nodded, swearing.
"Well that night, when I came back from being out with Draco, I found Ron sleeping on a chair, and he had a piece of parchment in his hands.."
"And...?" Zende urged her on.
"And it was a letter to me..confessing his love. Of course I never told him that I knew about it, I don't want him to know I know, it might make him act weird," she sighed looking at her hands. "I didn't know he liked me.."
"Well gee, Sil, I could have told you that...any one could have told you that! He's like madly in love with you, its so obvious. Just the way he acts around you, or the way he puts up for you. Like that day in the Great Hall, when you went off on us and left, he stood up for you. He was on your side, even though he knew the whole thing, and stuff..you know..? He was on your side.."
"Am I that blind, Zen? How could I have not seen the way he acts, around me," Sil sighed.
"He seems like he's in heaven when you're around. He acts as though it's just you two and no one else. I mean..remember back to that Hogsmeade trip..he was so flirting."
"What am I going to do? I don't want to ruin our friendship..and I have a boyfriend," she made a face. "Oh no..he doesn't know I'm with Draco..he's going to die.." It was Silver's turn to bring her knees to her chest, and put her head on her knees.
Zende just kind of sat there, not really knowing what to say about Silver's little Triangle."So," Silver said suddenly after a while, "how have things been with you and Harry?"
"Um.. pretty good," Zen smiled."It's like... I've know him for ages."
"He really does like you," Silver said. "I've never seen him act... like... that," she shrugged.
"I know..." Zende trailed off, "He um... said 'I Love You' a few days ago to me.."
Silver sat straight up and stared at her, "Your kidding!"
Zende shook her head like mad. "No, I'm not! Why?"
Silver shrugged, "It's just... I don't think he's ever said it before... in that way.."
Zen just kind of sat there, a bit surprised and not really knowing how to react, "Oh... wow.." was about all she could say. Silver just grinned at her for a minute.
"Anyway," she said. "What'd you guys do that made him say it?" she asked, curiously.
Zen sat there for a minute thinking about it, and then just shrugged, "I don't know.. .we were out like all night Friday... just...well... everywhere, litterally. Just like.. to talk and stuff and well, he knew I'd need something like that..and then the next morning, we were at a cafe... and, we talked about the night before, and he said it.."
"I see," she smiled.
"To say I was surprised would be a big understatement," Zende laughed.
"But you said it back, right?" Silver asked.
Zen looked at her weirdly, "Well of course I did! I ment it, too."
They just sat there for a while, not really knowing what else to talk about. Zende's thoughts started making there way back to her parents, on how horrible she felt that she never got to see them one last time, the last time she heard from them was the letter they sent with the pictures for Harry.
So she desperately tried to disctract herself by doodling again. Waiting for Silver to say something...anything at all, or class to end and Harry'd bring the homework by. But it just seemed like the minutes were hours.
She tried not to make it obvious where her thoughts were suddenly at, but apparently Silver knew and broke the silence... either that or she was just getting bored. "So.. uh.. where are you going to be staying now?" she said, sounding like she didn't quiet know how to ask it. "I mean.. uh... like..with family or something?"
"My family is too scattered appart.. and well.. I want to stay and finish school here," Zende told her quietly.
"Yeah... so then where?" Sil asked.
Zende just sat there for a minute, not really sure if she should tell Silver about the plans Harry & Dumbledore were making for her to stay with them. Even though they were friends again, she wasn't sure how Sil would react. She sort of wanted Harry to tell her, but she didn't want to lie to Sil about it either.
"Erm..well..Harry and Dumbledore are going over the arrangements," Zende said, not knowing if she should continue or not. Just then Harry walked in and saved her.
Harry stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the two girls sitting there by each other, talking. Actually talking, "Did I miss something here?"
Silver and Zen both looked up at Harry. Silver was the first to speak, "I made her listen this time, and I appologized," Sil was cut off by Zende.
"..and I accepted. We talked it out, and everythings ok now," she smiled.
"Finally!" Harry then looked at Silver, "Are we ok now then, too?"
Silver nodded, "Yes, and I'm sorry for always pushing you away when you tried and talk to me...and you started to try to talk to me after you found out how I felt," she raised an eyebrow at him. He just shrugged.
"Anyways, I have both of your assignments," Harry handed each girl a peice of parchment with something written on it. They both tossed them to the side, taking care if it later.
Harry sat down next to Zen and looked at Silver, "So, did Zen tell you she'll be staying with us..?"
Silver kind of furrowed her eyebrows, "No, she just told me, that you and Dumbledore were going over the arrangements.." she looked at Harry, "Does dad know about this? I mean it is his house.."
"I'm sure Dumbledore contacted him and let him know what was going on..besides, he said he'd call me and Zen back to his office when he found out," Harry said eyeing Silver.
"Alright," she shrugged, "I just don't know where he's going to put her."
"Probably with one of you girls for now," Harry said leaning back on the couch.
Zende looked at Silver and Harry, "What are you guys talking about?"
Silver bit her lip and leaned in keeping it on the down low as people started to file into the common room, "Have you heard of OOTP?"
"Yeah, I think," Zende said, "Why?"
"Because, the headquarters is my house...and a lot of the people who's in it lives there, as well. And the Weasley's are staying there for a while..well not all of them of course..just Ginny, Fred, George, Ron, Molly and Arthur..then there's Harry and Hermione," as Silver said Hermione's name, she rolled her eyes, "So it's a pretty full house.."
"Oh.." was all Zende said, then she looked at Harry, "Maybe staying with you was a bad idea, I mean I don't want to make more of a hassel than there is already." "No! No, not at all! It's fine," Harry said giving Silver a not so nice look.
Silver just shrugged, "I'm only saying what's true."
Zen looked at Silver, and curiously asked, "Who is your father anyways?"
She just kind of bit her lip afraid of how Zende would take it, "Sirius Black.."
"No he's not..really who's you're father?" Zen pryed.
Silver looked kind of offended, "Sirius Black!"
"You're joking right? He's really not your father," she said, putting her doodle pad down on the other side of her.
"Why would I joke about something like that?!" Sil got up, really offended and stormed out of the common room, right past Hermione making her drop all of her books and headed down the Grand Staircase and out onto the grounds.
"Was that a blur of beautifulness, I saw go past me?" a voice said.
Sil stopped walking and turned around seeing Draco and smiled, walking over to him, slinging her arms around him, hugging him.
Draco returned the hug and grinned, "I thought so!" They let go and he put an arm around her, "So why in such a hurry?"
"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just kind of..ticked. I was just going outside to walk around," Silver said.
"Ticked? About what? That thing that was going on before? Mind if I join you?" he asked, looking at her concerned.
"No it wasn't because of the stuff going on before, that's over with and forgotten about and in the past. It's because Zende thought I was joking about my who my father was. And I took that rather offensively. I love my dad, he's the only thing I have. Family wise, anyways. And yes, you can join me," Silver said all in one breath as they headed outside and started to walk around the grounds.
"Your dad's Sirius Black, right?" he asked, lacing their fingers together.
"Yes, and don't say anything bad about him, I won't take it very well," Silver sighed.
"I wasn't! I would never, I was just making it clear, that's all."
They continued to walk for a while, talking about this and that. The two ended up sitting under a large tree by the lake. Draco had his arms around Silver as she, was leaned on his chest and her head rested on his chest and shoulder. They sat in a comfortable silence for a long time, until Draco broke it, "I like this. Us being together. Especially the way we are right now," he grinned a sly grin and Silver just kinda elbowed him softly in the stomach.
"Draco!" she couldn't help but leave out a giggle.
"But I'm serious, I really love being with you, and just being alone and being close to you," he smiled. Silver could have swore she saw a blush appear on his cheeks.
Silver just smiled, "So do I. We should do this more often."
Draco smiled and nodded, "Definately should." They stayed like that for a while until it got almost dark, before heading inside and going to dinner.
Harry took Zende to the Astronamy Tower, making sure it was completely empty, before he went into the full story about Sirius. Zen, along with.. well, everyone else, had only known what was said in the news.
"So, he's innocent..?" Zen said after Harry finished explaining things.
"Yep," he sighed, "completely."
"Oh..." she said, not really sure what to think, though she knew he'd never lie to her about something like that.
"It's just... not something Sil and I tell people right away," he shrugged. "I was going to tell you everything this week actually... I mean, I figured you'd like to know who you're staying with.."
"Yeah.. I mean, I can understand that.." Zende told him. "I wouldn't be telling just anybody either."
"So.. yeah.. that's why Sil sort of.. stormed out." Harry said. "She'll calm down by dinner."
"I hope. 'Cause we just got over that stupid other fight," Zen sighed, leaning against the couch.
"My point exactly," Harry smiled. "So don't worry about it."
Zende smiled at him,"I'll take your word for it," she said and sat up a bit to lean her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her, and she sat there starring at the stars, for what felt like hours.
"So... how have you been lately? I mean..uh... dealing with things.." Harry asked nervously.
Zen just shrugged. "Alright I guess...I mean.. Now it's just like... The last time I heard from them was that letter with the pictures I gave you... The last time I saw them was leaving for school... I was leaving them.. I was looking forward to seeing them in a couple months for Christmas..and now I wont even get to... I didn't get to say goodbye either.." she squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to cry. Lately, she'd cried enough to last her a life time.
Apparently Harry knew she was forcing herself to not cry, and changed the subject suddenly, "So um... uh....there's a game next week against Slytherin, and.. well.. you wanna come?" he asked. "I mean, everyone's coming, but.. you know," he shrugged.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world," she smiled at him."But, you have to promise me something first."
"Anything," he looked at her.
"Have alittle catch up chat with Sil soon..I know she wants one, and well.. I think you should talk, like about what happend here on Friday, and stuff." Zen told him. Harry looked at her a bit surprised, but nodded. "Yeah, actually..I was planning on it." he said, slipping his fingers through hers.
"Well, once you do that, I'll guarentee that you'll see me at the game," she smiled.
"Good!" he said, kissing her softly. "Time for dinner!" he said suddenly, getting up and pulling her off the couch. They walked back to the Hall, quietly, and sat down with everyone at the table. Zende waited for Silver to show up so they could talk a bit about earlier.