Chapter 3-Rivalries Grow Stronger
"What the hell is going on?" Ginny said curiously, pulling herself away from Harry, who looked confused and had lipstick marks all over his face with his glasses askew.
"You look like a lovesick leopard, mate!" Ron said, sniggering.
"You don't look too good either!" Harry shot back. Leah had run her fingers through Ron's hair as they kissed, which had caused it to stand on end, looking like he had received an electric shock. The entire group laughed. Becky had finally managed to pull herself away from Wood.
"Do you think us girls should go and see who, or what is making that noise?" Leah inquired.
"Yeah, I'll come!" Becky said, her face full of curiosity and excitement.
"I'm not, it's an invasion of people's privacy!" Hermione chanted.
"Fine!" Leah replied "And I don't think Ginny's going to come either!" She looked over at Ginny, who had started kissing Harry again.
"Come on then!" Becky said, her face valiant and bold, the yearning still there.
Leah and Becky got up and opened the door. They closed it behind them. They were right outside the giggling compartment, and the door was open a bit. Leah stared through it. A voice spoke.
"Come here" came a drawling voice of a male.
"That's Draco Malfoy!" Leah whispered to Becky.
"We should have known!" she replied, a look of deep disgust on her face.
"Wait...there's someone else in there with him"
"Ohhhh, who is it?"
"I dunno, let's keep listening"
Another voice from inside. Leah saw a person pass the door, but thankfully, they didn't notice her.
"Oh, ok"
"I know that voice!" Leah said to Becky.
"So do I, but from where?" she replied.
They began to open the door wider to see inside...
It was Rhian...
Leah and Becky both knew Rhian Daniels rather well too. Before they came to Hogwarts, they had all been good friends in primary school, but were shocked when they all received letters from Hogwarts. Although Rhian had been sorted into Slytherin, and the other two in Gryffindor, they had still been close friends. The last 2 years though, Rhian had been acting odd, but nether Becky or Leah could have given this explanation to her odd behaviour.
"OH MY GOD!" Becky shouted. Malfoy and Rhian looked around, dumbstruck.
"I can't believe you!" Leah said, sounding rather disappointed.
"What the hell are you two doing here!?" Rhian said, or half shouted really.
"We heard you two giggling from our compartment. We just came to see who it was. Not a crime, is it?" Becky replied back, with a hint of malice in her voice.
"Well, if you're looking for a bit of privacy, I'd say yes, it is a crime" Malfoy sneered back.
"I don't remember her asking you, Malfoy" Leah butted in.
"Yeah, well Davis, the thing is, you are both invading our privacy!" He replied, pointing at Rhian, then to himself.
"I think she can tell us herself!" Becky insisted, giving Rhian a patronising look.
"Go away!" Rhian replied in an angry tone.
"It's him, innit?" Leah said hoarsely "Here's the reason you've been acting so odd lately!"
Leah looked from Rhian to Malfoy and back to Becky.
"I don't see if that's any of your business!!" Draco inquired. His stone grey eyes were now boring into Leah's, a look of hatred in each other's eyes. They were shooting daggers at each other, not literally, but mentally. Leah wished him nothing but ill, to drop dead on the floor, to lie at her feet. A sound from outside broke the silence.
"Leah?" Ron's voice said, getting closer.
"Ah...here comes your knight with ginger hair!" Draco sneered.
"Shut up!" Leah shouted at him.
"Nah, I like inflaming you, I still can't believe you're going out with the Weasel..."
SMACK!
Malfoy didn't know what hit him. Leah had slapped him across the face. Rhian just sat there, looking in horror as her boyfriend's nose started to bleed. Leah ran from the compartment and into her own. She nearly knocked Ron off his feet as she ran past him. She collapsed on to her chair and began to sob into her knees.
"What's wrong?" Ron said to her, as he put a comforting arm around her.
"M-m-alfoy" Leah stuttered, in between cries.
Becky came barging in through the door and sat next to Oliver, who looked stunned. The group were all wondering what Malfoy had done this time, when Becky, seeing the curios look on all their faces, launched into the story. After she finished, Ron said to Leah;
"I hope you hit him really hard, he deserves it!"
Everyone looked at him.
"Well, it's true! He can't keep going around hurting people like that!"
"Yeah...and he insulted you!" Harry said.
"Th-that's why I hit him!" Leah replied.
"You did that...for me?" Ron inquired, looking stunned and touched, both at the same time.
"Y-y-yes!"
"Ahhh...now you see why I love you!"
He lifted her chin upwards and kissed her. Then he wiped her tears away.
"Don't let him get to you" Ron said. Leah felt safe at these words.
"What the hell is going on?" Ginny said curiously, pulling herself away from Harry, who looked confused and had lipstick marks all over his face with his glasses askew.
"You look like a lovesick leopard, mate!" Ron said, sniggering.
"You don't look too good either!" Harry shot back. Leah had run her fingers through Ron's hair as they kissed, which had caused it to stand on end, looking like he had received an electric shock. The entire group laughed. Becky had finally managed to pull herself away from Wood.
"Do you think us girls should go and see who, or what is making that noise?" Leah inquired.
"Yeah, I'll come!" Becky said, her face full of curiosity and excitement.
"I'm not, it's an invasion of people's privacy!" Hermione chanted.
"Fine!" Leah replied "And I don't think Ginny's going to come either!" She looked over at Ginny, who had started kissing Harry again.
"Come on then!" Becky said, her face valiant and bold, the yearning still there.
Leah and Becky got up and opened the door. They closed it behind them. They were right outside the giggling compartment, and the door was open a bit. Leah stared through it. A voice spoke.
"Come here" came a drawling voice of a male.
"That's Draco Malfoy!" Leah whispered to Becky.
"We should have known!" she replied, a look of deep disgust on her face.
"Wait...there's someone else in there with him"
"Ohhhh, who is it?"
"I dunno, let's keep listening"
Another voice from inside. Leah saw a person pass the door, but thankfully, they didn't notice her.
"Oh, ok"
"I know that voice!" Leah said to Becky.
"So do I, but from where?" she replied.
They began to open the door wider to see inside...
It was Rhian...
Leah and Becky both knew Rhian Daniels rather well too. Before they came to Hogwarts, they had all been good friends in primary school, but were shocked when they all received letters from Hogwarts. Although Rhian had been sorted into Slytherin, and the other two in Gryffindor, they had still been close friends. The last 2 years though, Rhian had been acting odd, but nether Becky or Leah could have given this explanation to her odd behaviour.
"OH MY GOD!" Becky shouted. Malfoy and Rhian looked around, dumbstruck.
"I can't believe you!" Leah said, sounding rather disappointed.
"What the hell are you two doing here!?" Rhian said, or half shouted really.
"We heard you two giggling from our compartment. We just came to see who it was. Not a crime, is it?" Becky replied back, with a hint of malice in her voice.
"Well, if you're looking for a bit of privacy, I'd say yes, it is a crime" Malfoy sneered back.
"I don't remember her asking you, Malfoy" Leah butted in.
"Yeah, well Davis, the thing is, you are both invading our privacy!" He replied, pointing at Rhian, then to himself.
"I think she can tell us herself!" Becky insisted, giving Rhian a patronising look.
"Go away!" Rhian replied in an angry tone.
"It's him, innit?" Leah said hoarsely "Here's the reason you've been acting so odd lately!"
Leah looked from Rhian to Malfoy and back to Becky.
"I don't see if that's any of your business!!" Draco inquired. His stone grey eyes were now boring into Leah's, a look of hatred in each other's eyes. They were shooting daggers at each other, not literally, but mentally. Leah wished him nothing but ill, to drop dead on the floor, to lie at her feet. A sound from outside broke the silence.
"Leah?" Ron's voice said, getting closer.
"Ah...here comes your knight with ginger hair!" Draco sneered.
"Shut up!" Leah shouted at him.
"Nah, I like inflaming you, I still can't believe you're going out with the Weasel..."
SMACK!
Malfoy didn't know what hit him. Leah had slapped him across the face. Rhian just sat there, looking in horror as her boyfriend's nose started to bleed. Leah ran from the compartment and into her own. She nearly knocked Ron off his feet as she ran past him. She collapsed on to her chair and began to sob into her knees.
"What's wrong?" Ron said to her, as he put a comforting arm around her.
"M-m-alfoy" Leah stuttered, in between cries.
Becky came barging in through the door and sat next to Oliver, who looked stunned. The group were all wondering what Malfoy had done this time, when Becky, seeing the curios look on all their faces, launched into the story. After she finished, Ron said to Leah;
"I hope you hit him really hard, he deserves it!"
Everyone looked at him.
"Well, it's true! He can't keep going around hurting people like that!"
"Yeah...and he insulted you!" Harry said.
"Th-that's why I hit him!" Leah replied.
"You did that...for me?" Ron inquired, looking stunned and touched, both at the same time.
"Y-y-yes!"
"Ahhh...now you see why I love you!"
He lifted her chin upwards and kissed her. Then he wiped her tears away.
"Don't let him get to you" Ron said. Leah felt safe at these words.