Sway

By: Demoness Mark

Chapter 4

Milicent had a problem. A major problem. The worst part of it was that she couldn't tell anyone.

She had known it was him the minute she had laid eyes on him. She had always been a people watcher, and at one point in time had had a crush on him. She knew his mannerisms as well as she knew knew him, which was pretty well as they had become friends in seventh year and were partners in a small business they had opened and teammates.

She knew it was him when he walked up to her, but still she had accepted his offer to dance. She had originally planed on teasing him about his disguise, and how easy it was to tell who it really was. But that plan had fallen through the minute she had been held in his arms. She knew why she had danced the night with him, and why she had nearly cheated on her finance, Justin Finch-Fletchley. She knew that it was partly because Justin and she had been having a fight before she went out with the girls, but she also knew that it was largely because she had never outgrown her childish crush of Harry Potter. She had even let it grow...

'No, can't think about that,' she thought harshly.

scene change

Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini were having their own problems.

"Of course they don't trust us! Even if they don't know what we did to Hermione, they know that we broke her heart and they aren't going to forgive that easily. In fact we got off pretty easily with only being hexed once," ranted Blaise.

"Calm down, we need to regroup and come up with another plan," responded Draco Malfoy.

"Or you could tell me the original plan, and I could tell the rest, and we'll decide if we will help you. If you don't do a good job pitching, though, we'll make sure that you don't have a chance to get near Hermione," Hannah Abbott from the doorway.

"What we plan is this..." Blaise started.

"One minute. Silenco," interrupted Draco.

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Millicent Bulstrode had changed since seventh year. Harry Potter could admit that. Who knew better than he? She was his business partner in Designing Dazzles, their home-decorating firm (Ron still joked about him being a ponce because of his choice of business). She was also his teammate on the Foulmouth Falcons, as a starting beater.

What he couldn't admit, at least not to anyone but himself, was his growing attraction to her, despite the fact that she was engaged.

"I'm screwed," Harry moaned to himself, "I'm most definitely screwed."