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Chapter 2: The common Room (crappy title...)
The meal was over, and it was time for everyone to return to their bedrooms.
As usual, Dumbledore gave his words ("I hope you have a nice year" and "you will find that your things are already in your rooms"). Once he did everyone was aloud to go.
Kate had ate a lot, turkey, potatoes, meat and a huge amount of pumpkin juice. Honestly she didn't felt like able to stand up, or to move.
"Well," Kate said, finally managing to stand up, "I'm glad to be here."
"And I'm glad you are here." Dumbledore spoke to her softly and warmly, almost soothingly, but again she had ate a lot, and probably the effect of the meal was affecting her. "Now, I believe you should go to your room," he said.
"Yeah, you're right." Kate yawned
Dumbledore hugged her and she hugged him back. "Goodnight ,Kate," he said.
"Goodnight." Kate began walking, making her way through the bunch of people who were trying to get out. She then thought of one little problem: she didn't know were to go. The first years, had already left with the prefects. What would she do? Would she have to ask her grandfather to take her around? How embarrassing!
She sighted heavily, thinking in turning around to were Dumbledore was, when suddenly someone tapped her shoulder. She immediately reacted turning around violently.
"Calm down , Angel, " a surprised yet not frightened boy said, putting his hand up in defense. Kate recognized him as Blaise. "We were just wondering if you needed any help to find your way around?" he asked.
Kate was surprised he had said 'we' she saw nobody else but him. She soon found out why he used 'we' instead of 'I'.
Another boy came from behind her. It was Draco."So...do you?" he asked.
She smiled at the boys. Just what she needed two cute boys taking her around the school.
"Actually," Kate said, "yeah, I could use some help."
Both boys exchanged looks and smiled.
"Well then," Draco said taking Kate's arm, "let's go."
They walked around the school, and through some stairs. Draco explained Kate she had to be careful with the staircases, because they liked to change. Kate didn't understand this at first, until some staircases began moving.
"I see," Kate said, with a fearful expression upon her eyes.
Blaise noticed this. "Don't worry," he said, "nothing will happen to you as long as you are with Zabini."
Kate smiled at him as they arrived to Slytherin's common room. They stood in front of a painting of a snake wrapped around a woman's arm.
"Password?" the snake hissed.
"Potionbrew," Draco said.
To Kate's surprise the painting moved and instead of it a huge hole appeared, big enough for a tall boy like Blaise to come in.
"Welcome, Kate to Slytherin's common room," Draco said.
"Wow..." Kate was speechless
"Pretty cool, huh?" Blaise asked her as he grabbed her by her shoulders. "Now, if you walk up those stairs, you'll arrive your room."
"Thanks," Kate said walking to the stairs.
"Wait, Kate...!" yelled Draco, but Kate kept on walking up.
"See ya tomorrow boys!" she said cheerfully as she walked and waved them a careless goodbye.
Once she was out of sight, Draco and Blaise, who were still standing there, exchanged looks.
"What a girl," Blaise said sighting as he smiled slyly.
"Yeah..." Draco sighted. "Anyway Zabini she's already mine...so you keep your nasty hands away from her," he said as he went up the stairs that would lead him to his room.
Blaise speed past him and once he was beyond him, he turned and smiled, with his usual devil-may-care smile. "We'll see about that," he said.
Draco smiled in the same way. This was a challenge. "Ok," he said walking up.
Kate walked into the rooms of the fifth years. She found out her things were already there. Dumbledore was right, As always.
She was about to change into her pajamas when a voice interrupted her.
"I see you are messing around with my Drakkie!" a girl said.
"Umm...yeah nice to meet you too..." said Kate, sarcastically. "And who exactly is your Drakkie?
"Oh, you perfectly know who my Drakkie is! You were hanging around with him a few minutes before you came up here!"
"Oh...you mean Draco?" Kate faced the girl. "Look, I wasn't messing around with your Drakkie, Zabini and him were showing me the way around, that's all..." She smiled nervously extending her hand to her. "I'm Kate."
The girl smiled, not really meaning it. "I'm Pansy," she said turning around walking to her bed at the other end of the room.
Kate sighted, as she scratched her head.
Soon a girl with bulky complexion came near her. "Hi," she said, "I'm Millicent, Millicent Bullstrode."
"Oh, hello." She swallowed. "I'm Kate."
"Yeah, I already know that," Millicent said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Oh, that's great," said Kate shakily, "what's up? Can I help you with anything? "
"Nope." Millicent sat on her bed. "I'm in charge of telling you a few things..."
"Hehheh...re-really? " Kate asked, "what would that be?"
"First of all," Millicent said and stood up menacingly, "Don't mess with me."
"O-okay..."
"Secondly, don't mess with Pansy," she said, "and thirdly, have a good night, see you tomorrow." With that said, Millicent closed her bed curtains and went to sleep.
"Good night," said Kate, eyes wide open in surprise. Where all Slytherins plain crazy? She sighed inwardly and finished dressing. Once she had her comfortable pajamas she slipped into bed, closed her eyes and slept deeply.
Kate woke up in the middle of the night. She sat up sweating and scared to death. She had just had a terrible nightmare which she didn't remember at all, but it surely wouldn't let her go to sleep in a while.
The room was completely soaked in darkness. Kate lay on her back for a while trying to go back to sleep. It was useless. The room was too dark, so she decided to go to the common room and clear out her thoughts.
She walked down the stairs and soon found herself in Slytherin's common room. She threw herself on to one of the big sofas.
"It was only a dream, she kept muttering in the barely lightened room, "only a dream...nothing can happen to me here...a dream, a dream, a dream, a dream...."
"Couldn't sleep, Angel?" Blaise was behind her.
Kate jumped startled she felt her heart beating heavily. "Blaise!" she whispered, "I'm gonna kill you!"
Blaise walked round the couch and stood in front of Kate. "Sorry Angel," he said charmingly, "it wasn't Blaise's intention to scare you," he said.
It was strange. Blaise used his own name instead of saying my or I...really strange.
"Can I seat here, Angel?" he asked.
"It's okay, I guess..." Kate yawned. "So, you couldn't sleep, Blaise?"
"Nope." He smiled."Blaise felt the Angel was frightened, so Blaise decided to keep his promise...".
"Promise?"
"Ah, Blaise promised the Angel that nothing would happen to her as long as Blaise was with her," he said smiling warmly, "remember?"
Kate chuckled slightly. "But, I'm fine, really. You don't need to be here...go back to sleep."
"No, no, no... the Angel is worried and scared, Blaise can help, " he said looking at her with his warm light green eyes.
"Scared? I'm not scared," Kate lied.
Blaise smiled to himself. "I heard you saying nothing will happen to me here," said Blaise. It was funny, this time he used I instead of his own name...
"You're right..." She sighed.
"The Angel was having bad dreams?" he asked. It was amazing how he could read Kate, just like a book.
"Yeah... " she admitted. "Blaise?"
"Yes?"
"I have a question..." She looked at him, and he nodded motioning her to go on. "Why do you speak in third per..." Before she could continue he covered her mouth, not allowing her to say a word.
"Shh! Someone's coming," he whispered.
They sat still, not even breathing. Suddenly Blaise sat up smiling.
"Draco," he said.
"Hello Zabini...what are you doing here?" Draco asked.
"Keeping the Angel company," he said, smiling. "Kate...keeping Kate company," he cleared out at Draco's confused expression.
Draco walked up to Kate and smiled. "Hi Kate," he said.
"Hey Drakkie!" she imitated Pansy.
"Drakkie?" He frowned. "So you've met Pansy?"
"Unfortunately." Kate pouted. "Sit here Draco." She patted the vacant space next to her.
Draco sat down. "Did she said something to you?" he asked worried.
"Only to stay away from her Drakkie..." Sighed Kate. "And I met...whatever's her name...a scary tall and bulky girl..."
"That would be, Millicent Bullstrode, Angel," said Blaise with a twitch in his eye.
Draco snickered. "Poor Millicent," he said with a dramatic tone, "still fancies the mysterious Blaise Zabini."
"She fancies you?" asked Kate, "Do...do you fancy her back?"
Blaise twitched his eye again. "Nope," he said, "But last year I kissed her...or more like she forced me to kiss her."
"I bet, you felt raped, didn't you Blaisey?" said Draco, who by then was laughing his head off.
"No, and shut up Malfoy," said Blaise, "you don't want to talk about Pansy do you?"
"Hahah, very funny," said Draco, "I only dated her a week, you know."
"Anyway, Kate," said Blaise, ignoring Draco, "if they keep bothering you, tell me and I'll put a stop to it..."
Kate smiled. "I can do that myself."
Blaise smiled at her. They locked eyes for a moment, lost in the depths of bright azure and green.
"So...have you like it here?" asked Draco.
"I don't know...haven't seen much." Kate looked at them innocently. "Maybe you boys could show me around."
"Now?" asked Draco, surprised.
"Yeah, my grandfather told me some of the students had been put in detention because they were walking round the school at night.."
Blaise smiled. "I guess you are a devil one, Angel." He looked at Draco who nodded. Blaise took Kate's hand. As he ran towards the painting followed by Draco.
A/n: SO? Cliffhanger!! What will happen wait until he next chapter and you'll find out! Please REVIEW!!!
