A/N: hey all thanks for reviewing. really appreciate it. I know that i don't exactly rush me chapters. So this might take a long time to complete. And i know last chapter was crap. Cause i have no idea what the heck i was doing. I didn't describe the rooms cause i thought you guys might be bored reading it. After reading so many fanfics, i figured that you all will have a rough idea on what it looks like. If you don't well, its that same as their rooms in the Riddle manor.
Chapter 7 : A new Chaser.
It was Wednesday morning at Hogwarts. Clarissa lay awake on her bed. Paige told her last night that qudditch tryouts was on Saturday and that Clarissa had to attend.
Flashback
Clarissa was reading her Advanced Charms textbook when she heard a knock on her door and Paige walked in. Clarissa raised her head to acknowledge her.
" There will be qudditch tryouts on Saturday, and I want you to go."
" But-"
" No buts." Paige interrupted. "You should be able to play qudditch, its in our blood."
"In our blood? What do you mean by that?" Paige could not believe her ears. Sure, Clarissa was thick about her family history, but surely not that thick?
"Your mother was the best chaser ever to be seen in Hogwarts and she was the first woman ever to compete in the World Cup!" Clarissa's lips formed a small 'O' , nodded her head to assure Paige that she will attend.
From what she had heard, the Slytherin qudditch team only needed a chaser and two beaters. Clarissa knew that she could not be a beater, she just did not have the barbaric part of actually hitting someone with a really hard ball in her. So she figured that chaser was the best position she could try out for was the chaser. Well, there was two more days, she could ask Draco to teach her how to fly before making a complete fool of herself on Saturday. What she could do now is to get changed and go down for breakfast.
As Clarissa walked down the stairs to the common room, she saw Draco sitting on the sofa. When he heard her footsteps, he got up and greeted her.
"I figured you might want to go for breakfast with me since you are not that familiar with the Slytherins." Clarissa smiled and they walked out of the common room together. The walk was filled with silence, Clarissa guess that now was the best time to ask him.
"Draco?"
"Clarissa?" Both of them spoke at the same time. Clarissa waved her hand to let him speak first.
"Would you go to Hogsmed with me on Saturday? After the try outs I mean." He spoke in what seemed like a single breath but Clarissa was shell shocked. The great Draco Malfoy, the man who had a swarm of girls queuing up to go out with him had just asked her out.
"If only you teach me how to fly before the try outs. So that I won't embarrassed in front of everyone on Saturday." Draco Malfoy smiled a genuine smile before walking on to breakfast.
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When Clarissa and Draco reached the Slytherin table, Paige and Hayden were already there. Eating waffles and bacon. They greeted each other good morning before helping themselves to the food.
"Draco!" a high pitched scream echoed throughout the Great Hall. Draco let out a frustrated sigh , Paige and Hayden remained indifferent while Clarissa tried to hold back a giggle. Without looking, each one of them knew that it was Pansy Parkinson. Pansy came running and threw her arms around the Slytherin Prince.
Draco sighed. "I thought you had Zabini? Why bother coming back to me?"
"Oh Draco." Pansy cooed. "He can't replace you, no one can. You are my one and only." Many Slytherins started coughing. Everyone knew that Pansy slept with anyone and everyone, she would even sleep with the third and fourth year students, some even said that she had slept with Professor Snape, but Draco knew otherwise. Draco did the unexpected, her shoved Pansy away from him and she landed on the floor with a thud and went back to his breakfast. Pansy clumsily got up and trotted towards Blaise and sat next to him, grumbling throughout the meal. They were halfway through their meal when their time-tables appeared out of no where. First class for the day, double Care of Magical Creatures, followed by Herbology then there was lunch. After lunch, there was double Arithmacy and finally double Potions. All the classes they had were with Griffyndor. Clarissa's cheerful face turned into a frown. Clearly Dumbledore had a right mind before arranging the time-tables. Every class they had that day was with Griffyndor, today was going to be one of the longest days in her life.
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Draco noticed Clarissa's change in mood. She was still smiling from the incident with Pansy but since after they have received their time-tables, she seemed to be troubled. Draco was not the only one who noticed, Paige and Hayden did too. They gave Clarissa a concerned look before going off so that Draco can talk to her.
"Clarissa, what's wrong?"
"Every single class is with Griffyndor, which means I have to face Harry and Ron. They will come searching for answers, no doubt about that." Clarissa suddenly found it difficult to breathe.
"Come on." Draco got off his seat and took Clarissa's hand. "Its time to take a stroll." Clarissa opened her mouth to object but she felt as though all her energy was drained from her body. Clarissa walked out of the Great Hall with her hand still in Draco's. They walked in silence until they reached the edge of the lake. They just sat there, totally silent. Looking at the lake, he could feel Clarissa shaking. He pulled her into a hug without hesitation as she sobbed into his chest.
"You have to learn how to put your feelings aside. People like us cannot afford to have too much feelings. It ends up hurting us more." Clarissa tried her best to stop crying. She lifted her head to look into Draco's eyes. His eyes seem to change dramatically before hers. It used to be a cold, dark, steely grey. Now it transformed into a warm silver with specks of sapphire surrounding it. She was drawn to his eyes. Now she finally saw who Draco Malfoy really was and was clearly mesmerized. Not only her eyes were drawn to him. Her lips were too.
Draco felt totally at ease opening up to Clarissa in such a way. Talking to her felt as though the weight of the whole world had been lifted off his shoulder. Opening up was not as difficult as he thought. He looked at Clarissa and saw her eyes clear up, he noticed that her eyes were far from ordinary. The combination of deep chocolate and amber captivate him. He felt the both of them coming closer to each other. Draco closed the gap by kissing her full on the lips. If there had to be a special moment to kiss, this would be it. On a cool sunny Wednesday morning, the breeze running through your hair, the cushion of the lush green grass, the view of the crystal clear lake. Only to be yanked out of such a wonderful experience.
"Don't you dare touch her you filthy scum!" Draco was squirming on the ground while Harry and Ron were kicking him and using language so colorful that it can even outshine a rainbow. Clarissa kept yelling them to stop, but neither one of them listened to her. She finally had enough, she reached into her school robes and pulled out her wand. Clarissa placed them on a body bind, away from Draco and helped him up.
"Hermione! Why are you doing this." Ron was still struggling with the hex. Clarissa stiffened and turned to Harry and Ron.
"Listen you ignorant gits!" she was slowly walking toward the boys. "I already told you that Hermione Granger doesn't exist anymore!"
"But-"
"But neither one of you would listen right? You always think that you are right. Now you are wrong Ron Weasly. I am Clarissa Riddle! The second heir to the dark throne! Get it into your think skulls! Both of you!" She released the full body bind and stormed off with Draco, leaving both boys who were her best friends for six years behind.
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Clarissa walked into the Hospital Wing with Draco's arm draped over her for support. She put him down the moment she saw an empty bed.
"Oh my goodness! What happened to Mr Malfoy?" Madam Poppy rushed to Draco's side and started tending to him.
"He met with a little accident." Clarissa lied sheepishly. Although she had severe all ties with Harry and Ron, she still did not want to get them into to trouble. But Madam Poppy didn't believe her and probed further.
"What sort of accident actually?"
"Erm, its kind of complicated you see. I... Draco..."
"I was rushing to class and I slipped on something and I rolled down the stairs. Thanks goodness Clarissa found me when she did." Draco interjected. Madam Poppy believed him and walked away to get more medicine for Draco.
"Thank you." Clarissa said after Madam Poppy was out of sight. "And sorry."
"Sorry? What for? That you are a really horrible liar?" Draco teased.
Clarissa smiled. "No, for not telling on Harry and Ron."
"Its Potter and Weasly now." He corrected her.
"Right. But thanks anyway. And sorry about all the injuries." Draco brushed it off.
"Its nothing. Compared to Qudditch and my father. This is just a scratch. I'll be alright by lunch. Don't worry."
"I'm not worried. I'm just concerned." The first bell of the day rang to indicate that it was time for classes, Clarissa cursed under her breath. "I am really sorry, I have to go."
"No, its alright. Studies are more important anyway. Oh and by the way, could you take note for me?" Clarissa nodded eagerly and walked over to Draco. What had been intended to be a small peck on the lips turned into a passionate kiss. Clarissa knew that she was late for class and pulled away. She looked deep into his eyes and saw warmth and hope in his eyes.
"Don't forget my flying lessons." Clarissa said as she rushed out of the Hospital wing and rushed to class.
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The day passed fairly quickly for Clarissa. Draco was back by lunch like he said and she passed him the notes he missed during class. Classes passed by like a breeze after that and soon after that, it was dinner time. Clarissa, Draco, Paige and Hayden sat at their usual seat. Paige was ignoring Hayden as usual. Everyone knew that they hated each other with a passion, ignoring each other when ever possible. When Paige announced that Hayden had taken over Draco as co-captain, the whole of Slytherin was shocked, not only that, that whole school was shocked as well. All of them thought that Slytherin's Qudditch team will crumble beneath their rule. But neither Paige nor Hayden will give up without a fight but they fought in front of everybody and that night was one of the nights where they fought during dinner.
"Why do you have to be so damn organised?" Hayden who was sitting opposite Paige shouted.
"Why the hell do you have to be sloppy? Don't you know that it pays to prepare and be organized?" Paige retorted
"Well sorry! I had no idea that you were fully in charge here. Does co-captain mean anything to you?" Hayden argued back.
"You are impossible do you know that? Fine! Be like that!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Draco and Clarissa sat and watch in amusement as Paige and Hayden shoved their food into their mouths and stormed off.
"This is clearly not the worst fight you've seen." Draco stated, Clarissa nodded to that comment.
"Are you done with dinner?"
Draco wiped his mouth and nodded. "Seems so, why?"
"My flying lesson."
"Right. Do you have a broom?" Clarissa had the urge to hit herself on the forehead. She had everything but a broom. "No."
Draco let out a small chuckle. "I'll lend you my spare broom then. Come on, lets go. We have curfew."
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The air was cool and moist at the Qudditch field as Draco and Clarissa walked down with their brooms in their hands. A couple of levels above, Paige was watching them with great interest. She watched as her sister got on the broom very awkwardly. She watched as Clarissa laughed along with Draco when Clarissa fell off the broom. She watched as they created a special bond with each other. Hayden entered Paige's room to see her staring out the window. He crept behind her and grabbed her waist. Paige spun around as she felt someone come near and slammed into Hayden's chest. She pushed herself away from Hayden.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Paige yelled at Hayden.
"Well sorry for showing a little concern!" He yelled back at her.
"Sorry. The fight we had just now just got to me." Hayden hugged her and soothed her by rubbing her back. Both wondered the same thing. Why did the school see only the bad side of their relationship. They had to keep it a secret, that was for sure. Her father wouldn't want anything less then the best pureblood. But the rest still saw the worst in them. Others saw them fight and ignored each other. Others did not see that deep down, they needed each other. That Paige needed Hayden. She hated him when he pretended not to care, when he deliberately picked a fight with her or when he disappeared without warning to go on raids but she loved him when he held her close, when he protected her from her own insecurities or when he kissed her just to irritate her.
"Look at them. They are kissing." Hayden whispered into her ear. Paige turned around and giggled at the sight before her. Draco and Clarissa were kissing on their brooms floating high above the ground.
A/N: ok. This was supposed to be until the Qudditch match on saturday. But i guess i'll leave it until next chapter. Don't worry. I'll update soon. And please review. Thanks!