Every Rose Has Thorns
Michelle Colli
Chapter Four – Slytherin Jerks and Pathetic Soothsayers
Draco was awoken rather rudely by an annoying red headed, green eyed prat of a boy in his grade.
"Blaise go the fuck away and let me get some sleep." Draco growled and rolled over.
"Nope, not happening. Today is the first day of school and it is nearly breakfast. As much as I know how you love to starve yourself, that's not going to happen, because your getting your lazy arse out of this bed and into the great hall even if I have to drag you there." Blaise laughed and pulled Draco's pillow out from under his head.
Draco snarled as he attempted to get his pillow back. Once he realized that it wasn't going to be returned, he glared at the smirking Blaise and rolled over once more using his arm as a pillow. He heard Blaise sigh.
"Draco, get your fat arse up and out of bed."
"My arse is not fat, and no." He could see the image of Blaise rolling his eyes behind him.
"Your arse is fat." With this Draco felt the cold of his blankets being ripped off his bed.
"ZABINI!" Draco rolled over towards Blaise and attempted to get his blankets back, but they were gone. Blaise must have used magic. "You're a prat Zabini, a bloody fucking prat!" Draco curled up into a ball and closed his eyes attempting to sleep once more.
Draco heard rustling and a clinking then Blaise's voice.
"I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do this Draco, but as Head boy, you have to set a good example by getting to your classes on time." There was sarcasm dripping from his words.
Draco then felt something cold. Very cold. Icy cold, and wet! Draco snarled as he jumped out of bed to see Blaise Zabini holding a metal bucket that must have contained very cold water right before he dumped it on him.
"ZABINI! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS!" Draco threatened the snickering Slytherin. Blaise ran out of the door dropping the bucket, which Draco picked up and threw at him. He missed though and ended up hitting Goyle in the stomach.
Draco went back into his dorm room grumbling and muttering profanities to himself.
Ginny was in the great hall earlier than most of the student population in the school. She slowly ate her breakfast since she still had plenty of time to spare. Slowly, one by one students began entering the hall. Among the students were Ron, Harry, and Hermione who sat across from her. They said their hellos and good mornings to her before beginning to talk amongst themselves.
"Good morning." Ginny said back her eyes locking with Harry's green ones. He smiled at her, and she nervously smiled back. Yes, as sad as it is, Ginny still had a slight crush on the boy-who-lived. She hoped that this year would be the year that Harry would finally notice her.
Ron and Hermione had recently started dating and Harry had to be thinking about relationships, how could he not? This year Ginny had decided that instead of being blunt about it like before, to discretely do things to catch his eye. Maybe if she played hard to get? Guys usually like to get the ones that would be most challenging to get. Ginny snapped out of her thoughts when she noticed a pair of eyes on her.
"Yes Harry? Did you want something?' She asked him raising her eyebrow.
"Oh, I was just wondering if everything was okay, you've been pushing your food around your plate for some time now." Harry looked a you with concern, along with Ron and Hermione. Your slightly blush and smile.
"Oh no, I'm good, just not very hungry right now. Thanks for asking though." She smiled at him. This was an improvement, the three of them never really took notice to her behavior of habits before, and now Harry is. Ginny mentally grinned to herself as Harry nodded.
"Alright, just making sure." He said before continuing his meal.
"I'm going to head for class." Ginny said as she got up, picked up her school bag, and left the great hall passing a fuming blonde boy on the way out.
After having a shower and changing, Draco made his way up to the great hall. He was so pissed with Blaise that he didn't even notice that he walked right passed Ginny Weasley. He stopped and blinked. He then turned and his hand shot and he grabbed her arm. He apparently startled her because she dropped her bag that she had been carrying, spilling all of her quills, ink, and parchment onto the floor. She grumbled and didn't look up; she just bent down and picked up her things. Draco was just about to help her, feeling suddenly guilty for making her drop her things, but she squashed the feeling and stopped himself.
Ginny felt a strong hand grab her arm. She gasped and her mind filled with memories of her past. A sudden sound of breaking glass snapped her back to reality. Once she realized what happened she grumbled and bent down to pick up the things that were still useable. Many of the parchment and ink bottles would have to be thrown out. Only one quill was broken, thank goodness. Only once everything that wasn't stained or broken was back in her bag did she looked up at the person who grabbed her.
"Malfoy." She spoke bitterly getting up form her crouched position, "You should have to pay for my broken things, surely you don't need the money."
Draco smirked when she finally spoke up and stood. "Weasley, you know, I don't need that money, but since it's you, I'll wash you scrounge up some money from else where to find extra parchment and ink." He watched her glare at him.
"What did you want, Malfoy?" She spoke to him and answered.
"Just wanted to tell you that you have patrolling tonight." If looks could kill.
"You made me drop all my things to tell me something that I already know?" Draco loved getting a rise out of her.
"First of all, I grabbed your arm, 'you' dropped your things. Second, it's my job as head boy to remind you so you don't forget.
Ginny hissed to him, "Just leave me alone, and let me get on with my life. I'll remember what I have to do, I don't need you reminding me and making me dropped things or something. Just stay the fuck away from me Draco!"
This time after she spoke she turned a corner and ran to her next class. 'Malfoy is such a bloody Prat!' she thought to herself.
'She did it again.' Draco thought, 'She called me by my real name.' Draco decided to dwell on that thought later, first he had to eat. He opened the great hall doors and made his way to the Slytherin table. As soon as he saw Blaise he smirked. Walking up behind Blaise, he pushed his head into his cereal. Laughing, Draco walked away from the sputtering Blaise. He sat down at the far end of the table only to have Pansy sit nest to him.
"Hello Drakey." She said in that shrill voice of hers. Draco sighed, maybe after classes she'd be of some use after all.
"Hello Pansy." The Slytherin girl giggled and snaked her arm around Draco's. As far as he was concerned, Pansy was good for one thing, and one thing only, a descent shag, maybe it's not even considered decent, but at least it was a willing shag. 'Who are you kidding Draco,' he thought to himself, 'willing shags are all over this school. Pansy is just the closest.'
Draco allowed her to hold onto his arm while he ate is breakfast. He listened to her talk about absolutely nothing that was important to him, yet he continued to let her yap. Once he was finished he turned his head in the direction of Pansy's ear and leaned in to whisper something.
"Meet me tonight, my dorm." He let his lips lightly touch her ear in the way he knew sent sparks down any woman's spine. With his words he left a grinning Pansy behind. At least he'll get something tonight, ever since those encounters with a certain red-headed minx he needed to find a way to satisfy himself, and this was it.
Ginny was one of the first people to make it to the divinations classroom. The only other person in there was Colin, not even Professor Trelawney was in the classroom yet.
"Hey Gin," Colin smiled at Ginny as she walked in.
"Hey Colin." Ginny replied back as she sat down beside him, "Anything new and exciting?" Colin shook his head.
"Nope, not at all. You?" Ginny thought about telling him about her run in's with Draco but decided not to since they weren't that important.
"Nope, same old same old." The class began to fill in then and soon Professor Trelawney appeared as well, "Goody, another day with the coot."
Colin laughed at her comment. Normally Ginny would have liked a class like
this, but it was that it had a pathetic professor. Ginny had no doubt that Professor
Trelawney was a real soothsayer, since she had over heard Harry talking to her brother
and Hermione about the time Trelawney actually had a prediction, Ginny just wished that Dumbledor get a professional soothsayer that could predict things all the time. Ginny sighed, 'Oh well.'