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Rated: M for sexual content, language, adult themes, and violence
Chapter Twelve
"Want I Saw"
"Bella, are you sure you're alright?" asked Ivy for about the hundredth time at dinner later that Saturday.
Bella nodded as she poked at her food with her fork, her eyes were still red and puffy from crying. All the Slytherins around Bella and Ivy looked very moody indeed; Gryffindor had beaten them rather badly at Quidditch. "I'm f—" Bella stopped before finishing her sentence. She had glanced up at the entrance to the Hall and had spotted Malfoy flanked by Crabbe and Goyle, they were leaving. Without a word of explanation to Ivy, Bella jumped up and walked quickly after them. She almost ran into Malfoy as she came skidding out of the Great Hall. "Malfoy! Wait a minute!"
"What do you want, Grundy?" snapped Malfoy.
"I…" Bella didn't want to say anything in front of Crabbe and Goyle. She looked at them. "Could you leave us a alone for a sec?"
Crabbe and Goyle seemed to think this funny and began laughing.
"Bugger off, the both of you!" Bella was more then pasted the annoyed point. When Crabbe and Goyle didn't move Bella grabbed the front of Malfoy's robs and pulled him up the corridor and out of hearing range of Crabbe and Goyle. Malfoy didn't at all seem pleased about this but didn't say so.
"What do you want, Grundy?" he asked again.
"I wanted to apologize for what I said before the Quidditch match today." Said Bella not looking Malfoy in the eyes. "I don't think you're anything like your father at all."
"And how would you know? You've never even met him." said Malfoy with some of his normal haughtiness.
"Goddamn it, Draco, you don't have to protect him around me!" blurted out Bella without thinking. "I know what he's been doing to you!" Bella clapped a hand over her mouth. I can't have just said that!
Malfoy looked a lot paler then normal. "How do you know about that?" he asked in a very low voice.
It's no use hiding the facts now. I'll just have to tell him. "Look, I'm a Memorgist, I can see people's memories. You remember when I fainted on the first day of term? I fainted because…well, because I saw one of your memories. Not the most pleasant of memories, I might add." Bella looked at Malfoy hoping he wouldn't explode at her.
"So, you've known this the whole time?" asked Malfoy.
"Yes, I've known for months. I'm so sorry, I should have told you straight away." An odd lump seemed to be throbbing in Bella's chest as she looked at Malfoy. A silence fell over them. "Say something, Malfoy." Bella's eyes were filling with tears again.
Malfoy still said nothing.
Suddenly Bella couldn't stand to look at him anymore and turned away. Tears began to slid down her pale cheeks. Stop crying…I can't cry in front of him. Just stop crying already!
"Oy, what's going on here?" Ivy was marching towards them.
Bella tried to explain but the second she opened her mouth sobs were all that escaped her. Damn it! What's wrong with me? It's not like me to cry like this.
"Malfoy!" Ivy rounded on him. "What did you do!"
"H-he…d-didn't…do…a-any…thing!" Bella managed to choke out between sobs.
"Then what the bloody—oy!" said Ivy as Malfoy began to leave. "I'm not through with you yet!"
"L-let h-him go, I-Ivy." Choked Bella.
Malfoy stalked back over to a very confused looking Crabbe and Goyle and then left the corridor.
Bella felt her knees give way as more tears rolled down her face.
"Oh, Bella," Ivy kneeled down in front of her. "it'll be alright." She gently stroked Bella's wet from tears cheek.
Bella looked into Ivy's yellow eyes. "I…I…"
"Shh. It's okay, Bella."
Bell felt Ivy move her fingers down to her chin as more tears streamed from her eyes. Before she knew it Ivy had pulled her into a tight hug, she sobbed into Ivy's shoulder.
"Bella, you don't have to tell me what's wrong. But just know that I'll always be here for you…no matter what."
"Ivy, I…" Bella was shaking from sobbing.
Ivy pulled away slightly and gazed into Bella's tear glazed eyes. "It's going to be alright."
"Ivy, when I fainted that first time," said Bella trying to keep her voice steady. "Th-the memory I saw was…I saw Malfoy being raped by his own father. I…I had just told Malfoy what I saw when you came and—"
"Oh, Bella!"
Bella watched as Ivy got closer and closer. "I-Ivy…" Bella was out of breath and didn't know what to say.
"Just don't say anything, Bella." Said Ivy in a low whisper.
"Grundy, Meliflua, just what do you think you are doing?"
Both Bella and Ivy jumped apart because they both heard the voice of their Head of House Professor Snape. Bella couldn't help thinking that Professor Snape rather resembled a large bat.
Ivy made an odd squeaking sound as she jumped to her feet. "Er—um, 'Evening, Professor Snape." She cleared her throat in a nervous way.
Bella got to her feet and wiped away the few tears that still stained her cheeks.
"We were, um, just, uh, leaving." Said Ivy.
Bella felt Ivy grab her sleeve and drag her up the corridor, past a scowling Professor Snape, down to the dungeons and into the common room.
"That was close!" Said Ivy with a sigh of relief.
On the way to the common room Bella had felt her cheeks growing warm but now they were down right burning. "Erm, Ivy,"
"Yeah?"
"What just happened back there?" Bella was looking at the floor and could feel her face growing even hotter.
"We got caught by Sniveling-Sniffing Snape." Said Ivy putting emphases on the 'S's.
"No, I meant when you…" Bella was feeling very embarrassed.
"Shush! Not here." Ivy looked around the common room. "Come on." She and Bella went into the dorm. "Now about that I…well, erm…"
Bella sat down on her bed. "Ivy, I…I think we're both a bit young to be getting into any kind of relationship. We're only eleven after all."
"Bella," said Ivy sitting down next to Bella. "Age doesn't really matter in things like this. I know a lot think that people our age can't really love but we can. And I understand if you're not ready for a relationship but don't make a choice just because of age…or gender." She added with a small smile.
"Can I ask you something?" said Bella looking over at Ivy.
"Of course you can!" Ivy beamed.
"How many relationships have you been in?" Bella felt rather odd asking the question but it had been eating at her for several minutes now.
"One." Ivy shifted her weight a bit.
"What happened?" asked Bella.
Ivy sighed. "She said we were too young to 'really know what we felt' and…"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Bella felt a little guilty now. "If you don't mind me asking, what was her name?"
"Cho Chang, she's here at Hogwarts actually. She's a Ravenclaw." Ivy shifted her weight again.
A rather odd silence fell. "Well," said Bella after a few minutes. "I'm not saying yes or no right now. I'm just going to have to think about it. In the meantime, I think we should just be friends."
"Okay." Ivy yawned. "I'm going to bed."
A/N: If I don't start getting reviews soon I'm gonna stop posting chapters.
