Chapter 8 – Memories
Leah watched as everyone else walked quietly back to bed. She sat there, looking at the dark sky outside of the window. As she watched, she was thinking of all the good times she had spent with Rhian in their early years.
Like the countless times they would stay up late into the night and discuss their lives out, before they already lived them. They would describe their houses and their ideal boyfriends.
"Well," Leah thought, "She always did have a soft spot for blonde boys..."
She then thought of the time her and Rhian had gone shopping in Diagon alley for school supplies, just before they came to Hogwarts...and the first time Rhian had set eyes on Draco.
Leah remembered it like it was yesterday...
Flashback
"Rhian?" Leah had said, "I think we should go to Madame Malkin's next..."
"Yeah, we've got almost everything else." Rhian had replied, "Anyway, I'm freezing!"
"It's a shame Becky couldn't join us."
"I know but I suppose she had no choice, I mean, she had to look after her little brothers!"
"Yeah."
The two girls entered the shop and sat down on two available chairs.
Leah looked around. This shop had always been one of her favourites, aside from the Quidditch shop. Leah set her eyes on a pale looking boy who was standing on a stool getting fitted. He had silvery blonde hair and stone grey eyes. Leah knew who this boy was already...a Malfoy.
Her parents had always taught her never to trust a Malfoy, so she followed their instructions. Leah then set her eyes away from the boy and looked at Rhian. As expected, Rhian was looking out of the window, like she always did, just as Madame Malkin called her up. Rhian stood up on the stool and looked at the person standing next to her. It was a boy with messed up black hair and glasses. Just as Rhian was about to say hello, Madame Malkin came over to the boy and pulled him down.
"There you go Mr. Potter," she said to him.
Almost everyone in the shop looked at the boy as he walked out into the cold. Leah followed the boy with her eyes and knew who it was...Harry Potter!
As Rhian was looking back, she spotted the blonde boy. Her eyes lit up and a broad grin spread her lips. The boy looked at her and smiled slightly, then he spoke:
"Hi, I'm Draco Malfoy...pleased to meet you." He said, taking Rhian's hand and softly kissing the top of it. "Which race are you?"
"Well...if you mean blood, then I'm pure." Rhian replied, blushing. "I'm guessing you are too."
"Yes, I'm a Malfoy, of course I'm pure..."
"Well, that's OK then."
Draco looked around the shop, and then looked back at Rhian. "So, are you here with anyone?"
"Well, only my best friend, Leah...she's sitting over there." Rhian said, pointing over to Leah.
"Right..."
Madame Malkin then ushered Draco down and then he paid for his stuff, but he didn't leave. He stayed around and talked to Rhian. Leah was called about 20 minutes later, and stood on a stool next to her. Draco stopped his conversation and looked at Leah...
"Hello" He said to Leah, in a sort of drawling voice.
"Hi" was the reply he got back.
"So...I hear you're Rhian's best friend"
"Yes"
Just then, Rhian's robes were done and she sat next to Draco. About 10 minutes later, Leah was finished too. All three of them walked out the shop and then stopped.
"Well, nice meeting you Draco, but me and Leah must go now." Rhian said sadly.
"OK, well, I guess I'll see you at Hogwarts" Draco replied, turning his back and walking off towards Ollivanders.
Leah and Rhian walked the opposite way, towards the Leaky Cauldron.
"Lee...?" Rhian said once the girls had reached the door.
"Yeah?"
"I think Draco is the guy I'm gonna marry one day!"
"Mhm...I'm sure he is..." Leah said doubtingly.
End of Flashback
Now Leah looked back, maybe it was just destiny...she then fell into a dreamful sleep about the old days.
Leah watched as everyone else walked quietly back to bed. She sat there, looking at the dark sky outside of the window. As she watched, she was thinking of all the good times she had spent with Rhian in their early years.
Like the countless times they would stay up late into the night and discuss their lives out, before they already lived them. They would describe their houses and their ideal boyfriends.
"Well," Leah thought, "She always did have a soft spot for blonde boys..."
She then thought of the time her and Rhian had gone shopping in Diagon alley for school supplies, just before they came to Hogwarts...and the first time Rhian had set eyes on Draco.
Leah remembered it like it was yesterday...
Flashback
"Rhian?" Leah had said, "I think we should go to Madame Malkin's next..."
"Yeah, we've got almost everything else." Rhian had replied, "Anyway, I'm freezing!"
"It's a shame Becky couldn't join us."
"I know but I suppose she had no choice, I mean, she had to look after her little brothers!"
"Yeah."
The two girls entered the shop and sat down on two available chairs.
Leah looked around. This shop had always been one of her favourites, aside from the Quidditch shop. Leah set her eyes on a pale looking boy who was standing on a stool getting fitted. He had silvery blonde hair and stone grey eyes. Leah knew who this boy was already...a Malfoy.
Her parents had always taught her never to trust a Malfoy, so she followed their instructions. Leah then set her eyes away from the boy and looked at Rhian. As expected, Rhian was looking out of the window, like she always did, just as Madame Malkin called her up. Rhian stood up on the stool and looked at the person standing next to her. It was a boy with messed up black hair and glasses. Just as Rhian was about to say hello, Madame Malkin came over to the boy and pulled him down.
"There you go Mr. Potter," she said to him.
Almost everyone in the shop looked at the boy as he walked out into the cold. Leah followed the boy with her eyes and knew who it was...Harry Potter!
As Rhian was looking back, she spotted the blonde boy. Her eyes lit up and a broad grin spread her lips. The boy looked at her and smiled slightly, then he spoke:
"Hi, I'm Draco Malfoy...pleased to meet you." He said, taking Rhian's hand and softly kissing the top of it. "Which race are you?"
"Well...if you mean blood, then I'm pure." Rhian replied, blushing. "I'm guessing you are too."
"Yes, I'm a Malfoy, of course I'm pure..."
"Well, that's OK then."
Draco looked around the shop, and then looked back at Rhian. "So, are you here with anyone?"
"Well, only my best friend, Leah...she's sitting over there." Rhian said, pointing over to Leah.
"Right..."
Madame Malkin then ushered Draco down and then he paid for his stuff, but he didn't leave. He stayed around and talked to Rhian. Leah was called about 20 minutes later, and stood on a stool next to her. Draco stopped his conversation and looked at Leah...
"Hello" He said to Leah, in a sort of drawling voice.
"Hi" was the reply he got back.
"So...I hear you're Rhian's best friend"
"Yes"
Just then, Rhian's robes were done and she sat next to Draco. About 10 minutes later, Leah was finished too. All three of them walked out the shop and then stopped.
"Well, nice meeting you Draco, but me and Leah must go now." Rhian said sadly.
"OK, well, I guess I'll see you at Hogwarts" Draco replied, turning his back and walking off towards Ollivanders.
Leah and Rhian walked the opposite way, towards the Leaky Cauldron.
"Lee...?" Rhian said once the girls had reached the door.
"Yeah?"
"I think Draco is the guy I'm gonna marry one day!"
"Mhm...I'm sure he is..." Leah said doubtingly.
End of Flashback
Now Leah looked back, maybe it was just destiny...she then fell into a dreamful sleep about the old days.