A Story for Juanita
Beaner-Bop
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A/N: Geesh, how long has it been since I updated?
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Disclaimer: What do you think?
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Chapter Three: Meetings by the Lake
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Narcissa groaned as she neared the fat lady's portrait. Why did so many of the Gryff's always seem to think that she was a Slytherin in disguise? Okay, so she said that she was but honestly… She prepared herself for a questioning 'trial' when she felt a hand slap onto her shoulder. She looked behind her and grinned slightly.
"Why didn't you wait up for me Narcissa, I was just about done with my ice-cream!" The black haired girl told her. Narcissa snorted to make the story believable.
"You're never 'almost done'. Ugh…" The two girls began to walk to the portrait together, and the fat lady slid open at the password, slightly annoyed the 'Slytherin's Gryffindor' didn't have any gossip for her.
When the two girls walked in, some Gryffindors looked up immediately but didn't really do anything, seeing that the dark haired girl was standing by Narcissa. Narcissa turned back to her.
"Thanks for the story, Potter." The girl beside her rolled her eyes.
"Just remember, you owe me…" Potter began to walk up to her dorms and Narcissa was getting ready to go up to hers.
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Juanita was the first one out of class the next day and went straight to Pearl's dorm room which was where they were planning on telling her the rest of the story. When she got there she pulled herself up onto the bed and pulled out some homework to help time pass as she waited. When the twins finally arrived she sat up straight and glared at them.
"Took you long enough." Pearl rolled her eyes.
"Sorry your highness, we all had class." Juanita stuck her tongue out before snuggling into the pillows of Pearl's bed and waited for one of the twins's to start talking.
"Alrighty then… if I'm correct the two of them are at school now, right?" Juanita nodded. "Okay then…you want to go Severus?" He nodded his head and began.
"The girl and prince hadn't run into each other after the train when they were at school for a few weeks. This however was about to end…the girl was out, enjoying some time by the lake…"
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Ginny lightly put her feet into the water after taking her shoes and socks off. She splashed them around a bit before looking up at the sky, thinking about her day. She heard a soft footfall behind her and she turned to see who it was.
Her eyebrows rose slightly when she saw that it was none other than Draco. He glanced at her before sitting beside her Indian style and then pretty much ignoring her.
She looked at him strangely before turning back to the water while silently wondering what the heck she should do or for that matter if it really would make any difference. She splashed her feet in the water again lightly but then added a little more energy behind it, liking the way the water went and massaged her feet.
Her head jerked up when the person beside her called out a quick 'Hey!'. She brought her hand up to her mouth when she saw that a bottom bit of Draco's robes were slightly soaked with some of the water she accidentally splashed up onto the ground beside them. She reached into her pocket but then remembered it was in her robes which were conveniently sitting on a chair in her dorm. She cursed inwardly, hoping that Draco had brought his own wand. Seeing from his glaring face and the question of 'Well?' that he asked, she guessed that he didn't have his wand either.
"Sorry." She mumbled before sitting back down beside him. She silently berated herself. She should have left when he sat down or have told him to bugger off. Did she do either? Nooo…
'Idiot.' She thought to herself when she heard Draco beginning to complain beside her. 'This is not happening. Why didn't I just leave when I had the chance?'
"I can't believe you got my robes soaked and you didn't even bring your wand. It's going to ruin the material..." Ginny couldn't help sucking on her teeth lightly. 'Idiot, Idiot, Idiot…'
After a while Draco quieted down and Ginny was once again wondering why she didn't just stand up and leave. So, yeah, the leaving would be awkward, but would it feel nearly as bad she was making it out to be?
She turned her head and saw that Draco was staring at her for some reason. Yes, yes it would be as bad, if not worse, as she was making it out to be.
While the cons and pros of leaving filtered around her mind, Draco made her decision much easier to deal with when he stood up and dusted his robes off before giving her his hand.
"It's late, Weasley. We'd both better start going to bed the later we're out, the more likely we're going to get caught." She looked up at his face and then his hand before tentatively putting her smaller one into it and allowing him to pull her up. After they let go of hands, Draco turned around and began to head back to the castle, Ginny being close behind him. When the two got back up to the front, Ginny stopped him slightly.
"Um…sorry about your robe…again…" She felt stupid saying it, but once it was over she just waited for some snide remark, slightly surprised when nothing rude came from the boy beside her. He shrugged at her before answering.
"'s all right. I'll live. See ya." And with those uncharacteristic words, he turned around, leaving Ginny to turn and walk back to her own dorm.
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"So, the meeting wasn't all that great, and the evil prince knew it. However, he did know that the girl was starting to get confused. The thing about being confused, as he was pretty sure she was, was that you wanted to get out of it as quickly as possible. It was easy that if an explanation popped into their head, even if it was insane, the idea, I mean - they may very well believe it." Juanita nodded her head lightly, some blond hair falling in front of her eyes. She looked up at her brother again, though, looking slightly confused herself.
"Why was the girl confused?" Severus shrugged his shoulders.
"Think about it Juan. The person she was pretty much born to hate, and vice versa, who showed that he didn't mind be called that, ever, was suddenly being… pleasant to her. Can you see how that's confusing for her?" Juanita shook her head lightly, catching on to what he meant.
"Yeah, I guess so…so what happened next?" She looked straight at Narcissa, knowing that it was her sister's turn to start.
"Well…nothing much at all really." Her sister looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" Narcissa shrugged before leaning back onto one of the wooden posts of Pearl's bed."
"Nothing really happened. The most the prince could do with the girl was help her pick up some supplies she accidentally dropped that he was nearby enough to have seen her drop them and maybe nod a few times to her in the hall. I think they may have had a conversation or two in the next two or three weeks, but I'm not sure. The two of them were pretty much swamped with homework to, like us," She rolled her eyes before continuing, "so they didn't have much time to do anything. Kinda stinks, really." Juanita rolled her eyes at that.
"So when do they meet up again?" Juanita asked, leaning forward. She couldn't help but have a slight grin on her face. Narcissa grinned again.
"Let's see…the time they met up again was in late November. You'll never guess what dad did…" Narcissa couldn't help the slight slip, but when she saw Juanita's grin turn into a smirk, she knew she would be forgiven for it - if the girl even caught on in the first place.
"What? What did he do?"
"He had this great big plan about getting the girl alone with him so that he could make it so that she would go to the ball with him - remember the little charade he has wanted to play since the beginning of this." Juanita leaned forward again, nodding her head, wanting her sister to continue. "Well, apparently his plan worked to well…" Juanita cocked her head to the side.
"How could his plan work to well?" Narcissa grinned.
"He was going to get and have them get 'locked' in this room near the Slytherin dorms…" Juanita was still nodding her head as Narcissa continued. "What he wasn't counting on was the two of them, being literally, locked in the room!" Juanita's eyes widened as she brought her hand to her mouth, trying to stop the giggles that were soon to erupt from her.
"Figures da' would go and do something like that, isn't it?" Severus spoke for the first time since Narcissa began to tell her part of the story, he didn't get an answer as his younger sister was currently giggling and squirming on Pearl's mattress. He rolled his eyes as she finally started to calm down, while looking at him expectantly. He sat up a little straighter when all eyes in the room were on him. He cleared his throat before starting again.
"The fact that dad got the two of them locked in a room, alone no less, is nothing compared to the fact of when went inside the room after it was all over with…" Juanita's eyes widened as she leaned forward. She was getting ready to listen to what her brother had to say now.
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A/N: Egh, took me long enough, eh?
Beaner-Bop