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AN: Hello, my friends! How has life been lately? hopefully good. Well I am sorry for all the confusion about my last chapter. I accidentally published it totally seperate but then finally got it to be the second chapter for Is this for real? Lol...sorry again, I am knew at this whole thing. So I will now be updating correctly. I hope you ALL like it!
and I am soooo sorry it took forever to get this up. Well you see I was gonna put it on the site before I went on vacation, well I got kind of busy, so I am sorry.
To all my reviewers:
satinzevi: lol, I am glad that you like it. I hope you like this chapter as well, and sorry for the whole second chapter confusion thing again. Hope you like it!
The ORIGINAL meathead: I can assure you that he will come to his senses, but it will be after the dance sometime, probably the day after. But please keep reading, and I hope you like it.
PrincessLuckyCML: To tell you the truth at first it wasn't going to be, but then a bunch of people said that it should be so I decided to change it. Hope you like it!
Chapter 3: Didn't Expect That
Now there was only a couple of weeks until the big Christmas dance that everyone was talking about. Harry had been waiting for the perfect chance to ask Keira. As he was walking outside the grounds he saw her leaning up agaist a tree looking out at the lake. 'This is it' he thought reassuringly to himself.
He walked up and leaned against the other side of the tree.
"Oh, hello there Harry. Isn't it just beautiful?" Keira smiled, while gazing out at the shimmering lake.
Harry muttured under his breath, "Not half as beautiful as you." Then before she could say a word he added, "yep. It sure it."
Keira smiled.
Harry looked around the tree at her and asked, "Oh um, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance, with me?" 'I hope this is the right thing to do'
Keira turned and faced him, smiling politely, "I would love too."
Even though Harry couldn't see his own face, he knew there was a huge dorky grin across it. The breeze blew a strand of Keira's golden hair into her face and she was jsut about to readh up to pull it behind her ear when Harry reached over and pushed it back. "Meet you in the common room at 8?"
"Okay." Keira smiled.
Harry slowly turned around and headed back to the castle. Before he reached the stond steps, he turned around and looked at Keira, who raised her hand and waved. he waved back then walked inside. 'I did it! And she said yes!'
Later that day, as Keira entered the Great Hall, she saw Hermione wave to her and motioned for her to come and join them. Keira nodded, and walked over and sat down next to Hermione. "Hey guys!"
"Ello." Ron said while stuffing some chicken into his mouth.
Hermione rolled her eyes clearly disgusted, and Keira just giggled. "So...who is everyone going to the dance with?" Hermione took a bite out of her toast. 'Keira is so nice and has become one of my closest friends, that even if she was going with Harry I don't think I could be mad at her' Hermione thought loosening up a bit.
'I would have asked Keira but Harry did', "oh...um...Lavender. She is pretty cool..."
Hermione interrupted, "Well I am going with Jack. He is Ravenclaw" Hermione smild, and almost laughed after seeing all the perplexed looks upon there faces, "He is a transfer."
No one seemed to notice malfoy walk behind them. "Well Granger, if the guy is going out with you, he is either blind, or incredibly stupid!" Crabbe and goyle chuckled as Hermione glared.
Harry spoke up, "Oh well Malfoy I don't expect that you have a date. I mean who would want to go with a stinky ferret?"
"Why you...' Malfoy began before Harry interrupted...
"I will stop if you leave her alone!" He said pointing to Hermione who was looking down in her plate.
"Why don't you make me Potter!" Malfoy yelled.
Keira stood up and looked at Malfoy, "You know what, why don't you just leave?...please!"
"Oh Potter, got yourself a little girlfriend to defend you now?" He laughed.
Keira sighed, "Malfoy grow up!"
Malfoy was not in the mood to fight, because he heard pansy calling his name, "This isn't over!"
Keira sat down. Then looked at Hermione and said kindly, "Hermione, Malfoy doesn't know what the keck he is talking about. YOu are so pretty and nice, that any guy would be stupid not to like you."
Hermione looked up at Keira, 'man she is such a good friend', "thanks. And to you too."
She turned to Harry.
Harry smiled and said, "Anytime."
Ron who was trying to resist the urge to puch Malfoy's face in, finally piped up, "So Harry, who are you going with?"
Harry looke dup at Keira, who was smirking, and said, "Take a wild guess."
Ron looked up and saw Hermione staring at Harry, who quickly glanced away, "Um..."
Before he could say anything, Hermione squealed and turned to Keira who nodded, "I knew it! Oh my gosh!" 'Why do I always have to be so smart'
Keira and Harry couldn't help but laugh at Hermione's reaction.
Now, Malfoy has still been teasing Keira, and his pranks are getting worse. He has tripped her, dumped a bucket of water on her head, stole her homework, and jinxed her. Keira was sitting out on a rock by the lake when she heard a voice that sent bad shivers down her spine, "Well look who it is."
Keira turned around and saw Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe standing behind her.
Before Keira coudl say anything, Malfoy said, "I heard that you are goign with Potter to the dance."
Keira stood up, "Well I guess you heard right."
Malfoy snickered, "Oh really? Why woudl you go with that loser?"
Keira clenched her fists, "He is no loser, and I am going with him because I like him!"
"Sure whatever, he still is no man."
"He is more of a man than you will veer be!"
Malfoy who was utterly shocked that she would say something like that, grabbed her wrist, "Shut up, you little freak! He is nothing!"
Keira pulled away from his grip, "maybe to you, but he means a lot to me!"
Malfoy laughed which caused Keira to cringe, "You are noth pathetic! I hope you fall in a lake. Wait...I think that can be arranged." He snapped his fingers. Crabbe and Goyle started walking towards Keira. Keira didn't care what they thought but bent down and flipped over their heads and landed behind them.
Malfoy spun around and yelled, "How the heck did you do that?"
Keira just stared at him. She had had enough of him and his cruelty to others, "Malfoy, please leave me alone!"
"Or what? you will do a flip?" He mocked.
Keira jsut shook her head and turned and headed back towards the school. Then all of the sudden she was lifted off the ground, and is carried over to the lake.
Malfoy watched as his accomplices carried her over to the rock and said, "Gotta anything to say?"
"No Draco, because then I would be just like you." Keira said staring straight ahead.
The next noise heard was not foul word coming out of Malfoy's mouth but a huge splash. They had thrown Keira into the lake. Keira swam up to the surface and breathed in fresh air. Malfoy was almost having a cow he was laughing so hard.
Keira swam to the shore and headed back to school soaking wet, ignoring the stares and few giggles coming from a dozen kids.
Keira walked into the first girls' bathroom that she came across. She walked past all the stalls and looked under just to make sure that no one was inside, and once she saw that the coast was clear, she stood completely still and a orange-yellowish glow apeared around her and was spinning really fast. A few moments later she stopped spinning and was completely dry.
She walked over to the mirrow and looked at herself in the mirror. 'I wonder what people will do when they found out about my gifts, as some call them' She thought to herself cocking her head.
When she walked out of the bathroom she saw Malfoy leaning against the wall opposite of her, with his mouth open.
Keira rolled her eyes, "Close your mouth, Draco, or you might catch some flies."
Malfoy replied, "How did you get dry that quickly?"
Keira took a deep breath, "Oh don't you remember that spell we learned...that makes you dry in an instant. You might want to consider paying attention in class rather than staring at the back of Pansy's head."
Malfoy glared, then stomped off.
Keira sighed in relief and turned around and ran directly into a white beard and looked up to see Dumbledore examining her over his spectacles. "Oh, sorry," Keira said while moving to one side of him.
Dumbledore held up his hand, "Hold on a moment, Miss Clarphire. By the way, you have a very pretty last name."
"Oh, thanks." Keira turned pink. NO one knew about her last name, so she didn't expect to get complemented on it.
"I know about your special gifts..."
"You do? Oh, well I should have known. I mean you like know everything."
Dumbledore chuckled, "Its truly amazing?"
"Yeah, I guess it is."
"Don't be afraid to use it though."
"But what will everyone say?"
"They may be a little frightened at first, but they will come to their senses...I am sure of it."
"Um...alright."
'You truely are a remarkable young lady, Keira."
"Thank you, Sir."
"Of course. Not many people can put up with Malfoy as long as you did."
"Yeah, well, I thought he might possibly get better, but actualyl it was kind of the opposite of that."
"Well I will see you at the dance tomorrow correct? Going with Harry right?
"Yes. How did you know?"
"News travels fast, especially about Harry."
Keira smiled, "I guess so."
