Chapter 3
Saydee lay in be that night staring at the curtains of her four- poster. She wished she could see Draco now, talk to him, know what he was feeling about what had just happened. She decided just to try and shove it out of her mind and go to sleep, but she couldn't. Then she suddenly sat up when she remembered . . . 'Oh my gosh! My potions homework! I completely forgot!' She thought to herself 'Geese Draco! Distracting me like that!' she added laughing inwardly. She grabbed a blanket from inside her trunk, picked up her bag from the chair next to her bed, and made her way down to the common room. She entered and lit a small lamp and set it on the table next to her. She pulled out her books and began to work.
She began to write, the assignment seemed ridiculously long, eleven whole inches of parchment on the uses of crocodile heart in memory potions. 'How boring!' She thought. She began to write and soon had nine inches done, but she was very sleepy, so she rested her head on one are while the other one wrote. Her thoughts soon trailed off and she was asleep.
*~*~*~*
Draco, also lying awake soon remembered his homework also. 'Oh well, Snape'll pass me if I do it or not.' He thought, then deciding he could not sleep he got up to take a walk. He changed his clothes quietly and grabbed his prefect badge from the table and walked down the stairs out of his dormitory. He was barefoot and did not make any noise as he lightly stepped on the wood floor of the common room. He noticed a figure at the opposite end of the room wrapped in a white blanket, but they where not moving. 'Whoever they are, they must have fallen asleep reading or something.' He thought. Then he noticed in the dim light the chestnut hair cascading down the girl's back, and the way she was sitting, it was Saydee. But why was she here? He walked over to the table and looked over what she had been doing. 'Ah, Snape's essay, nice one, killed another student.' He laughed a bit then decided what he should do. He pulled the chair back gently then picked up her limp, sleeping body and carefully carried her up the stairs to her dorm. He knew exactly which one it was because Pansy was in the same one, and well, he had been in there a few times. Now that he had thought about it, there where a few girls in that dorm he had "visited". And he certainly didn't feel anything for them like he felt for the girl in his arms. He placed her gently on the only empty bed and then went back down the stairs. He picked up her bag and the scattered notes on the table to take them up to her dorm also. Then a small book fell out of her bag, he was about to put it back in when curiosity got the better of him. He opened it to somewhere in the middle and read:
Dear Diary,
Tomorrow I will be leaving for my fifth year at Hogwarts and my father
said he wanted to give me something special before I left. I was not
expecting much, a new set of robes, a cat or something like that, I
was terribly wrong. He asked me to meet him in the dungeons so I did,
and (the writing was becoming steadily more shaky-looking) he took my
arm, and gave me the dark mark.
Draco slammed the book shut, his let arm had began to burn slightly, he opened the book again to the same page and read on:
It hurt so bad. I dan't know why he did, I know he is a death eater
and all, but I don't think I want to be one. Maybe he did it because
he wanted to force me to, or a way to bind me to the dark side. I am
so scared.
Draco now closed the book and replaced it in the bag. He placed the bag by her bed and looked at her angelic sleeping form. 'How could anyone hurt that beautiful girl?' He asked himself. He dropped his head and left the room, silent tears flowing from his eyes.
*~*~*~*
At breakfast the next morning Saydee was still wondering how she ended back up in her bed last night. She had finally decided that while sleepwalking she made her way back up the stairs with her stuff, replaced it by her bed climbed in and fell asleep again, with her blanket covering her, Then Draco sat down beside her.
"You really shouldn't wait till the last minute to do you homework." He whispered in her ear.
"I was just wondering how I made it back up there." She said, watching the smirk on his face. Under the table his hand found her's and the finger locked, sending a small shiver through their bodies, just as it had last night. They finished breakfast quickly and where among the first to leave the great hall. They walked up to transfiguration class still holding hands. As they waited out side the door Draco could not suprese his urge to taste her sweet lips again, but before he could, Saydee had pulled him close to her and kissed him deeply. The kiss was rudely interrupted however when a familiar gloating voice was heard.
"Well, well, Malfoy, who is it this week?" It was Harry potter and of course Hermione and Ron.
"Excuse me." Draco replied, Saydee's face still just out of view of Harry and the others.
"You know what I meant." Harry spat back. "Who's bed have you snaked your way into this time? I thought you had already finished with all the girls in Slytherin, guess I was wrong." Saydee took offense to this, Harry and herself had always been on good terms, she even thought of him as a friend, which to any other Slytherin would be sacrilege. So she stepped forward giving him a look that said 'Did you really just say that?'
"Saydee?!" He asked, obviously taken aback, surprise also visible on the other's faces too. "I thought you where better than that." He said not even thinking, his words not meant to hurt, it was just exactly what he thought.
"I thought you where better than that!" She spat back. "Can't you even-"
"MmmMmm." McGonagall forcefully cleared her throat. "Was anyone planning on coming to class?" She asked. With that she turned and went back to her classroom, the students filling in after her. With their conversation cut short, the small bickering group left the hallway also.
Class went extremely slowly and Saydee could not wait for it to end. They took notes as McGonagall lectured. Saydee wrote a note to Harry as she took notes, 'Multitasking.' she thought to herself. Class finally ended and she took the note and slipped it into Harry's hand as they left. He gave her a strange look.
"Just read it." She said. Harry read it while absent-mindedly walking to charms. It read:
Dear Harry,
I'm sorry our conversation got cut off. I've always valued you as one
of my friends, and I know you and Draco are enemies and all, so I
really think I should explain what is going on. Please meet me
outside of Divination class, and I'll explain then. I'm sorry for my
snappy reaction, please give me a chance.
Love,
~ Saydee
After reading the note Harry stuffed it into his pocket and walked to charms, her words playing in his mind. 'I've always valued you as one of my friends' was the phrase that repeated most often. 'I guess that makes sense' he thought later, 'She has always helped me out with potions. But her and Draco together, I just can't see it! He is such a slime-ball, and she is so sweet!'
*~*~*~*
The day wore on relatively uneventful, unless you call Seamus blowing up a few teacups an event, but that happened so often that Saydee hardly noticed any more. Draco did however. He made a few snide remarks to the Slytherins, a smirk on his face, of course! 'Why does he have to do that!?' was what ran across her mind. Finally, Divination, the last class of the day! When it was over Saydee took a while longer to pack her things and climb down the ladder, but when she did, she found harry waiting for her.
"So, you thought I was better than what?" He asked.
"I thought you would trust me, to know that my judgement was fine, that I could handle myself, and Draco." She said.
"That's the first time I have ever heard you use his first name." He stated bluntly. "And it's not that I don't trust your judgement, Saydee, it's just . . . HIM!"
"Harry, he's not what you think, you don't know him like I do."
"Yeah, well, you used to hate him too." He retorted, becoming slightly agitated that she would not listen to him.
Saydee, however, kept her cool. "Yeah, then I got to know him. Trust me, he really is nice. And," she paused, "I'll be willing to bet that he lays off you for a while."
"Well." He was now at a loss for words.
"As long as you don't, provoke him." She said sternly.
"Alright." He said, finally relenting.
"Thank you so much, it, well, you really mean a lot to me." She smiled at him then pulled him into a hug. Harry held her tight for a moment then released her and she left him quickly, waving back as she went. 'Had to pick him, didn't you?' He thought. Then slowly walked down to the great hall, and dinner.
A/N ( I know, short chapter, but it was a good ending spot. Thanks for the review, Lauren, and I'm looking forward to reading your story! Well, next chapter should be up in about a week-ish, no promises though!
Saydee lay in be that night staring at the curtains of her four- poster. She wished she could see Draco now, talk to him, know what he was feeling about what had just happened. She decided just to try and shove it out of her mind and go to sleep, but she couldn't. Then she suddenly sat up when she remembered . . . 'Oh my gosh! My potions homework! I completely forgot!' She thought to herself 'Geese Draco! Distracting me like that!' she added laughing inwardly. She grabbed a blanket from inside her trunk, picked up her bag from the chair next to her bed, and made her way down to the common room. She entered and lit a small lamp and set it on the table next to her. She pulled out her books and began to work.
She began to write, the assignment seemed ridiculously long, eleven whole inches of parchment on the uses of crocodile heart in memory potions. 'How boring!' She thought. She began to write and soon had nine inches done, but she was very sleepy, so she rested her head on one are while the other one wrote. Her thoughts soon trailed off and she was asleep.
*~*~*~*
Draco, also lying awake soon remembered his homework also. 'Oh well, Snape'll pass me if I do it or not.' He thought, then deciding he could not sleep he got up to take a walk. He changed his clothes quietly and grabbed his prefect badge from the table and walked down the stairs out of his dormitory. He was barefoot and did not make any noise as he lightly stepped on the wood floor of the common room. He noticed a figure at the opposite end of the room wrapped in a white blanket, but they where not moving. 'Whoever they are, they must have fallen asleep reading or something.' He thought. Then he noticed in the dim light the chestnut hair cascading down the girl's back, and the way she was sitting, it was Saydee. But why was she here? He walked over to the table and looked over what she had been doing. 'Ah, Snape's essay, nice one, killed another student.' He laughed a bit then decided what he should do. He pulled the chair back gently then picked up her limp, sleeping body and carefully carried her up the stairs to her dorm. He knew exactly which one it was because Pansy was in the same one, and well, he had been in there a few times. Now that he had thought about it, there where a few girls in that dorm he had "visited". And he certainly didn't feel anything for them like he felt for the girl in his arms. He placed her gently on the only empty bed and then went back down the stairs. He picked up her bag and the scattered notes on the table to take them up to her dorm also. Then a small book fell out of her bag, he was about to put it back in when curiosity got the better of him. He opened it to somewhere in the middle and read:
Dear Diary,
Tomorrow I will be leaving for my fifth year at Hogwarts and my father
said he wanted to give me something special before I left. I was not
expecting much, a new set of robes, a cat or something like that, I
was terribly wrong. He asked me to meet him in the dungeons so I did,
and (the writing was becoming steadily more shaky-looking) he took my
arm, and gave me the dark mark.
Draco slammed the book shut, his let arm had began to burn slightly, he opened the book again to the same page and read on:
It hurt so bad. I dan't know why he did, I know he is a death eater
and all, but I don't think I want to be one. Maybe he did it because
he wanted to force me to, or a way to bind me to the dark side. I am
so scared.
Draco now closed the book and replaced it in the bag. He placed the bag by her bed and looked at her angelic sleeping form. 'How could anyone hurt that beautiful girl?' He asked himself. He dropped his head and left the room, silent tears flowing from his eyes.
*~*~*~*
At breakfast the next morning Saydee was still wondering how she ended back up in her bed last night. She had finally decided that while sleepwalking she made her way back up the stairs with her stuff, replaced it by her bed climbed in and fell asleep again, with her blanket covering her, Then Draco sat down beside her.
"You really shouldn't wait till the last minute to do you homework." He whispered in her ear.
"I was just wondering how I made it back up there." She said, watching the smirk on his face. Under the table his hand found her's and the finger locked, sending a small shiver through their bodies, just as it had last night. They finished breakfast quickly and where among the first to leave the great hall. They walked up to transfiguration class still holding hands. As they waited out side the door Draco could not suprese his urge to taste her sweet lips again, but before he could, Saydee had pulled him close to her and kissed him deeply. The kiss was rudely interrupted however when a familiar gloating voice was heard.
"Well, well, Malfoy, who is it this week?" It was Harry potter and of course Hermione and Ron.
"Excuse me." Draco replied, Saydee's face still just out of view of Harry and the others.
"You know what I meant." Harry spat back. "Who's bed have you snaked your way into this time? I thought you had already finished with all the girls in Slytherin, guess I was wrong." Saydee took offense to this, Harry and herself had always been on good terms, she even thought of him as a friend, which to any other Slytherin would be sacrilege. So she stepped forward giving him a look that said 'Did you really just say that?'
"Saydee?!" He asked, obviously taken aback, surprise also visible on the other's faces too. "I thought you where better than that." He said not even thinking, his words not meant to hurt, it was just exactly what he thought.
"I thought you where better than that!" She spat back. "Can't you even-"
"MmmMmm." McGonagall forcefully cleared her throat. "Was anyone planning on coming to class?" She asked. With that she turned and went back to her classroom, the students filling in after her. With their conversation cut short, the small bickering group left the hallway also.
Class went extremely slowly and Saydee could not wait for it to end. They took notes as McGonagall lectured. Saydee wrote a note to Harry as she took notes, 'Multitasking.' she thought to herself. Class finally ended and she took the note and slipped it into Harry's hand as they left. He gave her a strange look.
"Just read it." She said. Harry read it while absent-mindedly walking to charms. It read:
Dear Harry,
I'm sorry our conversation got cut off. I've always valued you as one
of my friends, and I know you and Draco are enemies and all, so I
really think I should explain what is going on. Please meet me
outside of Divination class, and I'll explain then. I'm sorry for my
snappy reaction, please give me a chance.
Love,
~ Saydee
After reading the note Harry stuffed it into his pocket and walked to charms, her words playing in his mind. 'I've always valued you as one of my friends' was the phrase that repeated most often. 'I guess that makes sense' he thought later, 'She has always helped me out with potions. But her and Draco together, I just can't see it! He is such a slime-ball, and she is so sweet!'
*~*~*~*
The day wore on relatively uneventful, unless you call Seamus blowing up a few teacups an event, but that happened so often that Saydee hardly noticed any more. Draco did however. He made a few snide remarks to the Slytherins, a smirk on his face, of course! 'Why does he have to do that!?' was what ran across her mind. Finally, Divination, the last class of the day! When it was over Saydee took a while longer to pack her things and climb down the ladder, but when she did, she found harry waiting for her.
"So, you thought I was better than what?" He asked.
"I thought you would trust me, to know that my judgement was fine, that I could handle myself, and Draco." She said.
"That's the first time I have ever heard you use his first name." He stated bluntly. "And it's not that I don't trust your judgement, Saydee, it's just . . . HIM!"
"Harry, he's not what you think, you don't know him like I do."
"Yeah, well, you used to hate him too." He retorted, becoming slightly agitated that she would not listen to him.
Saydee, however, kept her cool. "Yeah, then I got to know him. Trust me, he really is nice. And," she paused, "I'll be willing to bet that he lays off you for a while."
"Well." He was now at a loss for words.
"As long as you don't, provoke him." She said sternly.
"Alright." He said, finally relenting.
"Thank you so much, it, well, you really mean a lot to me." She smiled at him then pulled him into a hug. Harry held her tight for a moment then released her and she left him quickly, waving back as she went. 'Had to pick him, didn't you?' He thought. Then slowly walked down to the great hall, and dinner.
A/N ( I know, short chapter, but it was a good ending spot. Thanks for the review, Lauren, and I'm looking forward to reading your story! Well, next chapter should be up in about a week-ish, no promises though!
