The morning of the hogsmeade trip, I set my alarm early. I had already picked out what I was going to wear, and it was now lying on my bed. I planned out my bright green capries with a spike belt and a black shirt with Marvin the Martian on it, which read, "WARNING. CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. ATTITUDE MAY EXPLODE CAUSIING SERIOUS INJURY IF AGITATED." And a pair of my black converse high tops, to top it off. I went and took a shower, and after drying my hair, slipped into my clothes and put on a little bit of eye shadow. It's not like I cared what Malfoy thought of me, I just wanted to look good.
Yup, I was in denial.
Over all this I put on my school robe, and went down to the common room to say goodbye to harry, Ron, and Hermione. They all assured me they would bring things back for me, and then they were off. I snuck back upstairs and put my robe away, and after waiting a few minutes, I rushed out of the common room. It was suprisingly sunny, considering it had rained only two days before, and it was a beautiful day. There was a warm breeze that played with my hair, and seemed to push me along the path. I took my time, and when I finally got to the shrieking shack, it was 1:45pm according to my watch. I was sure malfoy had left, but to my surprise I saw him leaning against the fence waiting…. for me? I quickly tapped my watch with my wand, causing it to go berserk.
"Took you long enough." Draco spat coldly.
"Am I late? What's the time?"
"Don't play stupid with me, you have a watch. You know perfectly well that you are 45 minutes late!"
"Oh no, you see, my watch went berserk on the way over here, so I had no idea it was so late. I can see you don't believe me, see for your self." As I held out my wrist for Malfoy to see my watch, he grabbed my wrist, and twisted my arm behind me.
"Don't play smart with me princess. We both know you're lying, you were late on purpose to piss me off, and it worked. But I always get what I want." He whispered in my ear.
"Then I'm sorry to break the tradition." I spat back. Before malfoy had a chance to look confused I grabbed his wrist, and in no more then a second our positions were reversed. It was he who had his arm twisted behind his back, and I who was in control.
"Know this, I am not weak like other girls, and I refuse to submit to your…ahem charms. You will never get what you want from me, no matter how hard you try, so I suggest you stop trying. And if you insist on continuing on your useless venture, then try to be subtle about it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have much better things to do then be wasting my time on you." I spat venomously. I pushed his arm up, knowing perfectly well the rush of pain that was surging through his arm, and then I let go.
"So sorry to cut our date short, but I have places to go, people to see, you know how it is don't you?"
As I turned he grabbed my arm once again, in an attempt to regain control, but I was expecting it, and I slapped him in the face as hard as I could. The force of my slap caused him to stumble backwards and fall, I smiled in grim satisfaction, and turned, leaving him lying on the floor, with a cheek that had already started to swell, and pride that was grievously injured.
All the hate that I had ever felt for that snobby little jerk came flooding back the second he had tried to take advantage of me. True, I had not meant to harm him to the extent I did, but I had got my point across. He wouldn't be running after me anytime soon, and when he did, I'd be waiting.
I took my time going back to the castle, and when I finally reached the common room, I flopped on one of the couches. This day had NOT gone as planned. I had a sudden craving for green apples, so I went to the kitchen. Among the bustling house elves I spotted Dobby. He was my favorite elf in all of Hogwarts though I'm not quite sure why. When I voiced my craving three house elves quickly ran up carrying a whole bushel of apples for me to take back to the common room. After a very appreciative thank you on my part, and much more bowing and curtsying on their part, I left the kitchen and went back to the common room to hide my treasures.
By the time Harry, Hermione, and Ron had come back I was munching thoughtfully on my fifth apple, while staring into the fire. Truth be told, I didn't realize they were back until I felt the couch sink about an inch on either side of me. I looked up to fine harry and Ron beaming at me.
"What?"
"We promised you we'd bring you back something to cheer you up right?"
"I suppose."
"Well then cheer up."
As they said this, they poured what must have been half of Honeydukes, and Zonkos into my lap. I squealed and tackled the two of them in a huge hug, which is saying a lot considering the amount of things in my lap.
"Thank you so much! You guys didn't have to do this! You're the best mates ever!"
"Tell me about it, you better come next time, because I don't know if I could afford it again." Replied Ron in a half-exasperated, half-joking way.
"I know just where to put this." I grabbed all of the candy and jokes that my friends had bought me, and I hid them upstairs, in the same bag as my bushel of apples. When I returned, we made our way to the great hall for dinner, and if it wasn't for the lingering Malfoy in my mind, I would've have been the happiest I've been for a while.
