Chapter Fourteen: Everywhere At Once
Dedication: Light-hearted69; where have you gone????
HARRY
Draco watched, amused, as Reyan fell to the floor, holding his nose. "Wow, Potter. That was pretty good."
"Yeah, I know. I've been practicing on my pillow."
A silence followed. "I was talking about the punch."
My face fumed. "Ohhhh." My face was so hot my glasses were starting to steam up. "Well, you know what they say... the good... die ...young..."
Draco nodded. "They do say that."
A lengthy silence followed. "You and me should really go out again."
He blinked furiously. "On a date?"
"No. Outside."
"It's too cold outside so I'd rather just-"
"I MEANT ON A DATE! God, I was joking...."
Draco 'humphed'. "Okay, fine. But since you asked me... I get to pick where we go, and you have to pay."
"That isn't fair... If I'm paying, then I should get to chose."
"That isn't fair! You'll chose a sea-food place, and I'm allergic to sea-food."
I rolled my eyes. "You've never even had sea-food before."
"BECAUSE I'D DIE IF I ATE IT, HARRY!" he cried. "You're slow today."
"What? Excuse me? I'm slow? Who thought when I said 'go out' I meant go outside??"
"That was a reasonable mistake! Anyone could make it."
"If their name is Draco Malfoy and they have turned into a squib because they ate too much muggle food to hold into their pureblood system... then yes! They could make that mistake."
A silence passed between us. Draco grew teary-eyed. "Are we having our first fight, Harry?"
"No. This is more like our-"
"I meant since we started a relationship."
"Oh..." I rubbed the back of my neck. "Well, then... yes. I guess it is our first fight... Please don't cry. It'll never happen again."
"Harry... what if I'm pregnant?"
I sighed, loudly. "You are not pregnant."
"But how would you know?"
"BECAUSE, Draco! Just because! YOU ARE A GUY! GUYS DO NOT GET PREGNANT! I swear, you've gone absolutely insane! I can't deal with this anymore. I'm going to my room." I grabbed my books and left him there, breathing a sigh of relief once I'd entered the hallway.
"Hey, Harry." a small voice said, and I turned around to see Kara rushing up to me. "Can I walk you to class?"
"...Sure..."
"You look depressed. Everything alright with you and the misses?" she giggled at her joke.
"Yes. Everything's normal."
She looked skeptical.
"Okay, fine! I'll tell you." I grabbed her arm, and forced her to stop. "Draco is a great guy. I think... maybe... that I... you know - feel about him. Like that. You know? But he's going insane. I know the symptoms. Hermione went crazy not too long ago, remember? So... what do I do? Do I send him away?"
Kara's eye filled with concern. "Harry... I didn't want to tell you this but... Draco is planning on killing you."
"What? Ugh, he is not-"
"He is." she insisted. "This whole dating you thing has been a total joke. He wants you erased, and he thought the only way he could do it would be to... you know... be with you. Personally I'd say kill him...but, since you can't... You need to break up with him, Harry. This is serious. It's out of my control."
I nodded slowly, heartbroken. "But... he told me he loved me..."
"It was all just a lie."
I nodded, and she hugged me. "I'm so sorry, Harry. I didn't want to be the one to deliver bad news..."
"It's okay." I said, quietly. "I'm fine. It's not like I - you know - had feelings for him, right? I'll be fine."
She nodded. "Well, I need to go over to Hagrid's. It's really important." she dropped her pencil as she walked away, so I picked it up and followed her, getting close enough to hear "Mwauhaha- Harry? What is it?"
"You dropped this..."
She took it from me. "Oh... thanks...."
"You're welcome." I left in enough time to hear the last "ha!" and then went to my bed, to rest my head and take a shower.
However, along the way stood a giant panda. He was too big for me to pass by, so I had to politely ask him to shoo.
"Everyone's a critic." he snapped, before disappearing into orange snow.
DRACO.
Ron walked down the hallways by himself, staring at the carpet as he passed by.
I felt my conscious mind slowly devouring my insides before it eventually annoyed me. "Hey, wait up." I called out, before realizing I'd said anything.
He turned.
Man. Next time I need to keep my mouth closed... Hmm... maybe he won't notice that it was me.
"What do you want, Draco?"
"Erg...do... you..." e-gads. Think of something! "like eggs?"
A silence followed. "...Sure... Why not?.. Well, goodbye-"
"Wait!"
He did.
What the...? Why am I still talking to him? "Uhm...how are you?"
And...gee...is that a cactus? Where the hell did THAT come from?
"...Fine..."
"You know... you and I aren't as close as we once were..."
"Uh-...huh..."
"So, Ron... how does this make you feel?"
"I dunno. Kind of hollow inside. Lonely. You know how it is..."
HERMIONE. (We haven't seen much from her since chapter eleven. .)
Kara and Reyan sat outside of the library, so caught up in their conversation, they didn't even hear me come up.
"No, Reyan! It's not going to work that way! Harry is obviously going to continue to punch you anytime you go near Draco, so you're just going to have to talk to him in your dorms. Harry can't follow you forever."
"Uh, actually, Kara..." Reyan sighed. "I don't like this."
"...Don't like what?"
"This deceit. Going behind Harry and Draco's back. All of it... the kids in school are right. Harry and Draco are perfect for each other."
"But...but you... you love Draco!"
"I did." he admitted. "And then I really got to know him and... that boy is insane. I'm kind of glad that he's dating Harry. It means nobody else has to put up with him."
"So that's it, then? You're just going to leave me here to do this by myself?"
"Uh...yeah, actually."
"You know what, Reyan? You are a piece of dirt!" she called, as he left her by herself. "And you call yourself a Slytherin!"
I used that time to my advantage and took a seat beside her. "Hey, Kara."
"..Hullo, Hermione."
"You and Reyan looked a "
"Ugh. He's a total jerk."
"Really?! I was under the impression that - you know - you liked him."
"EW! REYAN? ME LIKING REYAN?? WHAT THE- okay, yeah, I kinda do." I blinked a few times in surprise. "I dunno, though. You think he likes me?"
"Well...I always thought Reyan was gay, but... you know... He's Reyan. He doesn't really have any sexuality... Er... yeah, actually. I think he does like you. You and him should totally hook up."
"I need to go and talk to him...Thanks for your advice, Mione."
"...You're welcome."
Well...I thought, as she left. That was weird...
HARRY
After me and Draco's "fight," I felt bad, and went to go and find him.
Sure, he can be crazy, but he's still a good person...Kind of hard to understand at times... a little on the weird side but... Draco is Draco. Nobody really understands him.
"And, that was about the time that my brother left for Romania... It was an empty time in my life..." faintly, I could make out Ron's voice. That's a little odd... I thought, after a moments silence. Who's he talking to?
I followed his voice to the end of the hallway, and peaked through the cracked door.
He was laying on a couch, and on the chair opposite him sat Draco, with a notepad and glasses.
The scene was way too funny to be weird.
I'm dating a lunatic. I thought, mildly, before heading back to my common room.
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Authors Note
This chapter got a little more serious, I guess. Beats me. I'm never fully satisfied with my work, but I think this one is moving in the direction that I want it to. Because this will be over shortly (and by shortly I mean I have no eff-ing idea of any time) I'm trying to get this to fit into the ending...not that it hasn't since the first chapter, but it'll all make sense in the end. I promise.
I'm sorry about the delay, but I've been on a... vacation, I guess, is the only way to describe it.
Literally. I had a nervous breakdown, and lost my head, but it's back now, although I'm beginning to doubt if I ever had one to begin with...
Thank you to all of my reviewers! I will thank you each separately on the last chapter, since I have limited time anymore glares at school OH, AND DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THE NEW GREEN DAY CD YET?!?!?!