Chapter 6

The lonely Griffindor

Brittany descended the stairs leading to the Griffindor Tower. At the portrait of the fat lady Professor McGonagall stood waiting for her new student. Brittany greeted her with a warm smiled and clasped her hands behind her back. The fat lady was staring at Brittany. She seemed so cheerful.

"Little girl what is your name?" The fat lady asked with a curious look on her face. Brittany turned to the portrait and found herself in a trance at the moving portrait on the wall. Brittany smiled at the woman and told her her name.

"My name is Brittany Malfoy. You might know my brother Draco Malfoy." Brittany held her hands behind her back and kept bouncing on the balls of her feet. She had a proud smile on her face that went from ear to ear. The fat lady looked confused.

"A Malfoy? There had never been a Malfoy in Gryffindor in all my years here." The fat lady's eyebrows furrowed together and Brittany looked around at Professor McGonagall. She had a polite expression on her face with a small almost nonexistent smile.

"Ms.Malfoy this will be your place of living for the rest of the year. This dormitory is password protected and you can not-I repeat cannot give this password to anyone outside of your house. That includes your brother." Professor McGonagall gave her the password which was Mandrake Root and left Brittany without another word.

Brittany passed the portrait hole and went into the common room. The colors of the common room were bright and cheerful, unlike when she was told by her brother that his common room had been dark and stale. Over in the corner of the room Harry, Hermione, Anna, and Ron were huddled together talking about something in whispers. Brittany could see that Anna was getting annoyed with Hermione and Ron.

"Just because she's a Malfoy doesn't mean that I can't be friends with her. She is sweet and kind. Everything that Draco isn't. I mean honestly Ron why should you care who I want to be friends with? She isn't going to turn us over to you-know-who." Anna was standing now with her palms pressed against the table top and her face a foot away from Ron's.

"Oh so now its Draco. When did you and him get on a first name basis? Hmm? When you started to strut around him or when he began to use you as just a quick and cheap shag?" Anna stood there and backed off her eyes tearing. She sat in the chair with her arms on the table and her head resting on them. Harry went over to her and put a comforting arm around Anna.

"Ron what the hell is wrong with you? Since when do you have the right to control her life." Harry tried to calm Anna but it hadn't worked. She had been through this abuse before and to live through it again was like adding another bullet hole to her heart. Brittany immediately ran over to Anna and took her in her arms. She could tell that what Ron had said had greatly hurt Anna.

Anna picked her head up off of whoever was holding her and looked at the person. She hadn't expected Brittany to be there but she was glad that she was. She smiled weakly at her and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

"Brittany what are you doing here? I thought that you were with your brother." Brittany sat down next to Anna with her hand still on her shoulder. Ron had scurried away to his room. Harry was sneaking quick glances at Brittany, wondering if the kiss had meant something to her. Since they had been back at school that was the only thing that had been on his mind since. The strange voice he had heard didn't matter to him anymore. In his eyes it was either wait until Voldermort attacked or focus on something else. So he decided to focus on something else.

"I got put in to Gryffindor. I don't know why but the sorting hat said that I didn't have the makings of a Slytherin. They said I was too nice to be a Slytherin and I was't cunning and sly. Even though I'm not any of those things I would like to be with my brother." Anna smiled a little and nobody heard her say, "I'd like to be with your brother too." Anna looked at her watch and said that she needed to do something before she went to bed. She ran up to the girl's dormitories leaving a very nervous Harry with Brittany.

Harry chuckled nervously and Brittany was twirling her hair around her finger involuntarily. Brittany smiled and Harry led her over to the couch to sit down. By this time nobody was in the common room and this seemed to ease Harry's mind.

"Um…well Harry I wanted to ask you something." Brittany looked at Harry with a small smile on her face. She also had been wondering about the kiss that they had shared. She wanted to know what it meant.

"Sure go ahead. Ask away."

"Well I was wondering why you…um…kissed me? It just doesn't make sense. You were yelling at me and then kissing me." Brittany had her hands clasped in her lap and was waiting an answer. He didn't know how to answer. Instead he decided to tell her the truth.

"Well in all honesty I couldn't take you yelling at me anymore and I wanted to do it. So I figured it was the only way to basically shut you up. I'm sorry if that sounds horrible but its true." Harry took a breath of relief and looked over at Brittany. He could see that she was shocked from what he had just said.

"Oh then I guess it didn't mean anything. I mean if only did it just to…" Brittany's words were cut short as Harry's lips pressed against Brittany's. He grabbed the back of her neck harshly and pulled her closer so his lips were digging slightly into hers. Brittany was taken by surprise and didn't respond immediately. It took her alittle while just like last time to wrap her arms around his neck and pull him closer. She wasn't afraid of who would catch her this time.

He pushed her back against the couch with his hands on each side of her head in order to hold his weight off of her body. Her lips felt soft and tasted sweet like strawberries. He pried her lips open and when his tongue hit the roof of her mouth Brittany moaned. She couldn't believe that she had done that. Nobody had ever gotten her to moan before. Brittany and Harry felt like they were swimming in a sea of bliss, unfortunately their swim was cut short.

"Harry James Potter oh my god!" Anna had come down the stairs and found the two lovebirds ready to go at each other. Harry practically jumped off Brittany and sat up. He acted calm as if it never happened. Brittany's face had gone a light shade of crimson. Anna stood there with her hands on her hips with and a small smirk on her face. A little thing she had picked up from staring at Malfoy so much.

"Oh! Uh...hey Anna what's going on?" Harry had a lopsided grin on his face. Anna came over and rested her arms on the back of the couch.

"All I want to say is that Harry, you have a bed with curtains that go around it. Cast a silence charm on it and go there next time this way I don't have to see you making out in the common room." The three of them laughed and Harry gave Anna a hug.

"Oh and don't worry I won't tell anyone. I may have a talk with Ms. Malfoy over there though." Anna winked at Brittany and pushed Harry away.

"I think that you two need to go to bed. Classes are tomorrow and its already 11 o'clock. So shake a leg people." Anna left the two to say goodbye and hurried up to the girl's dormitory.

Brittany touched her lips and looked over at Harry. She liked the way he kissed her; she had never been kissed by someone like that. His kiss was soft and gentle, not demanding and painful. A soft pink blush managed to form across Brittany's cheeks as Harry looked at her with a small smile on his lips.

"Um…well go-good night Brittany." Harry stood up and leaned down and kissed Brittany's cheek lightly, leaving her smiling. As Harry walked away he thought he could here Brittany mutter, "Good-night," but he decided it was just his imagination.

Brittany ran up to the girl's dormitory finding Anna sitting on the bed waiting for her. Anna quickly got up and ran over to Brittany.

"Ok I want you to tell me everything and don't leave out a single detail." Anna looked so flustered and intrigued that she hadn't even given Brittany a chance to sit down.