Chapter 4: The Library
Aquaria hurried into the library and glanced around quickly. She didn't want to explain to Hermione why she wasn't in either the library or Gryffindor Tower. Luckily, she didn't see very many people at all in the library.
"Phew," she breathed relievedly. Aquaria grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill from the spare quill cup, and found a book on Potions and sat down.
"Now...Bliss Potions, Bliss Potions...where is that? Ah, here it is," she murmered to herself. It had been the last potion they'd covered in class and Aquaria had not fully understood how to make one, and had messed her mixture up a bit. Since they were sure to be on the finals, Aquaria knew she better learn the potion by heart. She wasn't very good at Potions, although unlike the other Gryffindors, Snape was as soft as he got with a student, especially a non-Slytherin. Aquaria tried to read, but she just couldn't keep on focus with the words on the page. Her mind was somewhere else...
"Hey Aqua, how long have you been studying?" It was Harry. He was sitting beside her and she turned her head towards him.
"Hm?" Aquaria's vision came back into focus and she blinked at Harry. He laughed.
"Aqua, you haven't been studying at all, have you?" Aquaria pouted.
"I have too!"
"Studying what then?
"Er...Bliss Potions." She shoved the book towards him. "Harry barely ever comes to the library; he just asks Hermione for help. I wonder what he's doing here?" she thought as Harry skimmed over the page.
"What's the first ingredient you need?" he asked casually. Aquaria squirmed.
"Erm....Dried Billywig stings?" she guessed. Harry grinned at her.
"You got lucky," he teased, poking her in the stomach as they walked back to the shelves to put away the book. Aquaria frowned and then tickled him back. Harry laughed.
"Don't Aqua, you know I'm ticklish!"
"Well you know I am too." Harry grinned impishly at her.
"No, actually; I didn't. Glad I do now." Hidden behind the shelves he grabbed her around the stomach, tickling her relentlessly as she giggled hysterically as they sank to the floor.
"Harry Harry! Please--Please-please--STOP!" she gasped in a high-pitched voice between breaths.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" said a cold voice. Both Aquaria and Harry looked up to see Draco, an angry look on his face.
"Go away, Malfoy," Harry responded, sounding bored. Aquaria tried to keep a straight face.
"Would you like to join us down here, Draco?" she asked politely. Draco rolled his eyes.
"I doubt I was far from my guess in the Three Broomsticks earlier--" Draco would have continued, but Madam Pince had bustled up to them.
"Here, what's this ruckus? If you want to be rambunctious, go out on the school grounds. But keep that out of the library!" she fussed.
"Yes ma'am. We're sorry," Aquaria and Harry chorused, trying to sound apologetic and not laugh. Draco rolled his eyes. "They think they're so cute," he thought spitefully.
"Good then." Madam Pince marched away to tell off a group of third year girls who were giggling, crowded around a book. Harry and Aquaria grinned at each other.
"Say Aqua; I'm going to fly my broom around a bit out on the field, want to come with me?" he asked.
"Well, okay. But don't think you're getting me up in the air!" she said, smirking at him.
"Yeah, we'll see about that!"
"What, afraid of heights, MacNamara?" Draco piped up. The two looked at him, not realizing til then he was still there. Aquaria was quiet a moment before breaking the silence.
"Yes, I am, Draco; something wrong with that?" she answered curtly. Draco looked taken aback by Aquaria's assertiveness, but he sort of admired it.
"Better hope no one pushes you off a broom," he said, regaining his composure.
"Better hope no one pushes you in to a lake--or pulls you in," she retorted sweetly. Draco glared at her, angry a second, but then a small smirk came to his lips, and she returned it. "C'mon Harry let's go," she added, grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him away. Draco didn't understand. Sometimes this girl seemed like she wanted to be his best friend--not that he could blame her--and other times she was just a little bitch. His cold silver eyes followed her and Potter on their way out of the library, she was still holding Potter's hand. Draco hadn't really thought she was Potter's girlfriend; he was just trying to irritate him as usual. A second before she passed through the door, Aquaria twisted her head back and locked eyes with him--and then they were gone.
"Not fair!" Draco breathed infuriatedly. He then left for the Slytherin Dungeons quickly.
Aquaria hurried into the library and glanced around quickly. She didn't want to explain to Hermione why she wasn't in either the library or Gryffindor Tower. Luckily, she didn't see very many people at all in the library.
"Phew," she breathed relievedly. Aquaria grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill from the spare quill cup, and found a book on Potions and sat down.
"Now...Bliss Potions, Bliss Potions...where is that? Ah, here it is," she murmered to herself. It had been the last potion they'd covered in class and Aquaria had not fully understood how to make one, and had messed her mixture up a bit. Since they were sure to be on the finals, Aquaria knew she better learn the potion by heart. She wasn't very good at Potions, although unlike the other Gryffindors, Snape was as soft as he got with a student, especially a non-Slytherin. Aquaria tried to read, but she just couldn't keep on focus with the words on the page. Her mind was somewhere else...
"Hey Aqua, how long have you been studying?" It was Harry. He was sitting beside her and she turned her head towards him.
"Hm?" Aquaria's vision came back into focus and she blinked at Harry. He laughed.
"Aqua, you haven't been studying at all, have you?" Aquaria pouted.
"I have too!"
"Studying what then?
"Er...Bliss Potions." She shoved the book towards him. "Harry barely ever comes to the library; he just asks Hermione for help. I wonder what he's doing here?" she thought as Harry skimmed over the page.
"What's the first ingredient you need?" he asked casually. Aquaria squirmed.
"Erm....Dried Billywig stings?" she guessed. Harry grinned at her.
"You got lucky," he teased, poking her in the stomach as they walked back to the shelves to put away the book. Aquaria frowned and then tickled him back. Harry laughed.
"Don't Aqua, you know I'm ticklish!"
"Well you know I am too." Harry grinned impishly at her.
"No, actually; I didn't. Glad I do now." Hidden behind the shelves he grabbed her around the stomach, tickling her relentlessly as she giggled hysterically as they sank to the floor.
"Harry Harry! Please--Please-please--STOP!" she gasped in a high-pitched voice between breaths.
"Well, well, well, what have we here?" said a cold voice. Both Aquaria and Harry looked up to see Draco, an angry look on his face.
"Go away, Malfoy," Harry responded, sounding bored. Aquaria tried to keep a straight face.
"Would you like to join us down here, Draco?" she asked politely. Draco rolled his eyes.
"I doubt I was far from my guess in the Three Broomsticks earlier--" Draco would have continued, but Madam Pince had bustled up to them.
"Here, what's this ruckus? If you want to be rambunctious, go out on the school grounds. But keep that out of the library!" she fussed.
"Yes ma'am. We're sorry," Aquaria and Harry chorused, trying to sound apologetic and not laugh. Draco rolled his eyes. "They think they're so cute," he thought spitefully.
"Good then." Madam Pince marched away to tell off a group of third year girls who were giggling, crowded around a book. Harry and Aquaria grinned at each other.
"Say Aqua; I'm going to fly my broom around a bit out on the field, want to come with me?" he asked.
"Well, okay. But don't think you're getting me up in the air!" she said, smirking at him.
"Yeah, we'll see about that!"
"What, afraid of heights, MacNamara?" Draco piped up. The two looked at him, not realizing til then he was still there. Aquaria was quiet a moment before breaking the silence.
"Yes, I am, Draco; something wrong with that?" she answered curtly. Draco looked taken aback by Aquaria's assertiveness, but he sort of admired it.
"Better hope no one pushes you off a broom," he said, regaining his composure.
"Better hope no one pushes you in to a lake--or pulls you in," she retorted sweetly. Draco glared at her, angry a second, but then a small smirk came to his lips, and she returned it. "C'mon Harry let's go," she added, grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him away. Draco didn't understand. Sometimes this girl seemed like she wanted to be his best friend--not that he could blame her--and other times she was just a little bitch. His cold silver eyes followed her and Potter on their way out of the library, she was still holding Potter's hand. Draco hadn't really thought she was Potter's girlfriend; he was just trying to irritate him as usual. A second before she passed through the door, Aquaria twisted her head back and locked eyes with him--and then they were gone.
"Not fair!" Draco breathed infuriatedly. He then left for the Slytherin Dungeons quickly.