chappie five

The next day…

Holly woke up around 6:30 only to find Blair had been up for half an hour.

"Took you long enough Holly." stated Blair crossly as she jumped on Holly's bed.

"Sorry. Last night's secrets might have taken their toll on me. " joked Holly

"Haha I think not. Well come on, lets go eat." beckoned Blair

"Kay," replied Holly. Both girls quickly changed and walked down to the Great Hall.

At the Great Hall, breakfast was sausage and kippers. While the girls were eating, Draco and Blaise came over to the Gryffindor table. A few Gryffindors looked uneasy seeing two Slytherins at their table, but then realized that they were there to see Holly and Blair, not to pester them.

"We were wondering if you girls wanted a tour of the castle and Hogsmeade. It would be just the four of us. Do you mind?" asked Blaise.

Draco and Blaise's POV and thought (A/N: haha thought! cough sorry.)

PLEASE SAY YES!!

"Malfoy is coming right?" confirmed Blair.

"Yes Grenaldi, I am coming." replied Draco irritably.

"Well then I don't think I'll be joining you, I'll ask Hermione to give me the tour."

"C'mon Blair, GROW-UP." said a very frustrated Holly.

"Fine I'll come but I'm not talking to him."

Holly just sighed, "Ok" she said dejectedly

Blair's POV and thoughts

Gosh, he finally snapped. He called me by my surname. This is bad. I don't see how this shows that we like each other.

Holly's POV and thoughts

Oh no. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKING DRACO?!?! How is that showing Blair you like her? Oi, you idiot, you've done it now.

"Alright, on with the tour." said Blaise trying to be cheerful.

During the tour Holly made several futile attempts to get Blair to talk to Draco –

"WILL YOU STOP TRYING TO GET ME TO TALK TO HIM!!" Holly got wide-eyed at this "IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!" yelled Blair -

Blaise and Draco had showed them all the classrooms, and the Astronomy tower. After a quick break for lunch, they went out on the grounds. This is when Holly made her first attempt to make Blair talk to Draco.

"Draco!" Holly whispered "Try talking Blair!"

"NO! are you mad?, she'll rip off my head before I can even say hello!" he whispered back, semi-angrily.

"Just do it!, or are you chicken?" she asked teasingly. "Besides I don't think she will hurt you, trust me I have my reasons."

"No…Malfoys don't back down from anything." He already knew he'd lost this argument.

"Then GO!" Holly said. Draco walked cautiously toward Blair; she looked quite peaceful, sitting on the ground looking out on to the lake, until she saw Draco walking towards her. Then he sat next to her, turned to face her, and nervously said, "Hi".

"Oh? Do I hear some nervousness in your voice Malfoy? Afraid of a girl?" Blaire asked with sarcasm dripping off every word.

Blair's POV and thoughts

Uh oh. I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I am mad so I will. So there!

"Um..?" was all that came out.

"Why are you here? To bother me?" she asked furiously, now standing up.

"No, no. I just wanted to say hi, but I was afraid you might bite my head off. But Holly prodded me to." said Draco sheepishly.

"Ugh. Get away and tell Holly to stop." she said, now rather angry. Draco immediately got up and ran to Holly.

"Told you!" he said.

"No, not entirely. She didn't hurt anything…except maybe your pride." said Holly, smiling slightly.

"Yeah…but she seemed pretty mad at me…and you." said Draco.

"Me? What'd I do?" questioned Holly.

"You sent me over there." stated Draco.

"Oh, right. I didn't think she'd react that way when I sent you." said Holly slowly.

"Well, I'd stay away if I were you." said Draco, fearing for his friend.

"Well you're not me and she's my best friend. I'll take my chances and try to make you two talk. Again." said Holly quite confidently.

"You really think she won't hurt you?" asked an awestruck Draco.

"No, but I'm the only one who's got the guts to go up to Blair when she's mad." said Holly flatly.

"Oh." said a less but still awestruck Draco. Holly just smiled.

"Holly, Draco let's go, we're going to Hogsmeade!" hollered Blaise.

"Coming!" they yelled back. Draco being a gentleman held out his hand to help Holly up. She accepted and they walked up to Blaise.

Blaise's POV and thoughts

If Draco ever does that again, I will seriously hurt him. He knows I like Holly! I hope he was doing it just to be nice. He had better not do that again, or I might crack and fall on my knees and tell Holly I like her.

"Blair come on!" yelled Blaise. Blair just walked up to them silently. She shot a glare towards Holly and Draco as they arrived, but they didn't see it.

When they arrived at Hogsmeade the four friends headed to Honeydukes, the best candy store ever.

After spending about an hour marveling at all the amazing candy, they made their purchases. Draco bought Acid Pops, Blaise bought Sugar Quills and Ice Mice, Holly bought tons of Chocolate Frogs, to eat when she was stressed, which, with Blair and Draco at each other's throats would be quite often, and Blair bought Blood Pops. When Holly saw what Blair was buying, she was mortified, but Blair claimed that they were "just for kicks".

The next store they went into was Zonko's Joke Shop. The only reason the girls were in there was because the boys had begged until they finally obliged. The girls didn't buy anything but the boys stocked up on Dungbombs, Stink Pellets, and Nose-biting Tea-cups. (A/N: come on, they're in Slytherin, what'd ya expect?)

The last place they visited was The Three Broomsticks, for Butterbeer.

"You guys go find a booth; I'll get the Butterbeers." said Blaise. Everyone nodded, looked for a booth, and found one. Holly and Blair sat on one side, with Draco on the other along with an empty seat for Blaise. When Blaise sat down, everyone talked about their purchases.

"Holly, you bought a lot of Chocolate Frogs." stated Blaise. "We know you eat chocolate when you're stressed, but the amount you bought was absurd!" Although he tried not to show it, everyone at the table knew he was concerned, especially Holly

Holly's POV and thoughts

YAY! He's concerned about me! I bet everyone can tell he is. He's usually so good at hiding his emotions. Maybe he's starting to snap. Maybe.

"Well, first of all, two of my best friends are at each others throats. Second of all I'm not sure of how I'll react to my classes and the homework. You'd expect me to eat a lot of chocolate." replied Holly. Everyone nodded understandingly.

While everyone was making small talk, Holly whispered to Draco, "Try talking to Blair! Again." Draco looked at her wide-eyed and said, "This is a public place! I don't want her embarrassing any of us!" Holly gave him a do-it-now look so he gave in. Draco tried talking to her, but every time he tried, she ignored him. Holly finally got fed up with her ignoring Draco so she said, "Why are you ignoring him? He wants to talk to you! Why don't you talk to him?" her voice then dropped down to a whisper. "Besides, you know you want to." Blair's eyes then got as huge as saucers

"WILL YOU STOP TRYING TO GET ME TO TALK TO HIM!!" Holly got wide-eyed at this, "IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!" yelled Blair. When she yelled this, the entire pub went silent. Draco and Blaise, taking the hint, decided to call it quits.

"Come on guys lets go back to the castle." pleaded Blaise unsurely. Both Blair and Holly were too mad at each other to move so Draco had to take Holly's hand to drag her out while Blaise held Blair's arm. Since they were all mad, they walked out the door swiftly, making their robes billow so much that it would've made Snape proud.

The walk back to the castle was silent except for Draco saying to Holly, "See? I told you she'd embarrass us." Holly tried to shoot him a glare, but failed miserably because she felt horrible inside. She had almost given away a secret! Draco saw this and gave her a sympathizing look, but Holly's face told him not to feel sorry.