When Maya finally stopped sobbing, she was silently holding Kayla close to her still as if she'd disappear if she let go. Kayla sighed. She knew that if Maya could, she wouldn't say anything. She removed Maya from herself.
"Maya… just spill it." Kayla said bluntly. Maya looked away, tempted to cry again. "Calm down and tell me what's wrong."
"It's a guy problem isn't it?" Hermione said, making her presence known. Maya nodded, still refusing to meet their eyes.
"Which guy?" Kayla asked, though Hermione knew perfectly well.
"It's Draco… you see my problem is… I'm not sure what it is." Maya said, realizing she wasn't very sure as to what she was particularly upset about.
"How do you feel towards him?" Hermione asked, sitting on Maya's bed. The other two collapsed there also so that the girls were in line with each other.
"Well, he can be so sweet and so wonderful," Maya began, before Hermione snickered. Maya ignored the intrusion and continued: "But then he can be… strange. He'll suddenly become cold and distant and it's as if I'm looking at him behind a glass wall."
"More like a wall of ice." Hermione said, glancing over. Neither girl disputed Hermione for these intrusions however. As they lay on that bed speaking, there was so much else to be upset about than such little things.
"… Yes, that's a better analogy." Maya responded. She played with the pendant around her neck thoughtfully.
"Have you tried talking to him about it?" Kayla asked, not well acquainted with the infamous rival.
"Well, it's hard to explain but… there's no talking to Draco. There's no room for my words, my thoughts at all in his world. There is no place for my words." Maya said, attempting to explain something far more complicated than it should have been.
"I never knew the ferret was so complex." Hermione commented, arching an eyebrow. It was as though Maya saw something the rest of the world could not in Draco Malfoy.
"Has he done anything in particular that made you upset?" Kayla asked, trying to grasp the situation. Maya thought carefully on the matter at that moment. But she could find nothing solid to speak of.
"It's just… everything!" she said, exasperated. Kayla sighed; she wasn't getting any closer to understanding. "But at the same time… I like everything."
"That's very confusing," Kayla said her head swimming.
"You can say that again." Hermione agreed. These were things she had never known about Malfoy and also things she had never bothered to know. For a moment she wondered if perhaps he was actually a good person deep inside. Then she mentally laughed at herself for being a git. Malfoy good? When hell freezes over!
"Kayla… I guess we haven't seen each other that much lately but…" Maya said quietly. The blonde looked over at her curiously. "… I think I'm engaged." Kayla shot up from the bed, eyes wide.
"You THINK ! Engaged? When did this happen and to whom!" she said in a demanding voice. Maya looked at the far wall as if it were remotely interesting.
"To Draco." She answered simply, anticipating Kayla's loud response.
"Well you shouldn't be! If he makes you this upset, you should leave him!" Kayla said, now furious with the boy she knew so little about.
"Do you thick so?" Maya asked, looking back at the angry blonde.
"Well you didn't say yes to the engagement, so you really didn't have a chance." Hermione said. "Did you say yes?"
"… No." Maya answered after a moment. "But I don't want to hurt him."
"Do you realize how much you were crying just now?" Kayla said with the voice of a stern parent as she lay down again.
"Kayla is right. You should leave him, Maya. Tell him tomorrow when you see him that you're not going to put up with this anymore." Hermione said, feeling her guilt melting away like snow.
"If that is what I must do…" Maya said thoughtfully. She knew it was what she had to do. She wouldn't have done this to herself before she came to England. If this had all happened back home she would have left him long ago. After all, there was only supposed to be so much pain in love. Wasn't there? She could almost remember a song speaking of the very situation.
Snape eventually had to help out with carrying the drunken student which was unbecoming of him. It seemed that Cho Chang didn't take her alcohol very well. Snape was assured that he knew the problem from her breath. He was about to mumble under his breath about "back in his day…" when he realized just what he was dealing with.
"I'll have to take her to her teacher, Ms. Black. I hope you realize this." He said solemnly. Demiarez seemed to have regained her composure over the walk to the school.
"I don't think so, Severus." She spoke coldly. She seemed to hold a stance that told of her authority under the circumstances.
"How else do you think I'm going to get her into her room?" he said, slightly agitated.
"I'll take care of that. As far as things go, you forget everything you saw here. You know the consequences…" Demi said, grinning like a beautiful devil. Instead of admitting the defeat however, he flopped the half conscious Cho on her and stormed away.
Kita: So here I am, not owning Draco or any of them. But we all understand the ownership of the trio, correct?
Draco: Actually… has Maya over shoulder before throwing her into get away car.
Kita: laughs like a maniac as Draco hops in the car. Little does he know… Bwahahahaha! Holds up tracking device.
To my Reviewers:
Armadia- ah, my wonderful, patient muse. :D Heh, heh… I'm going to run far away now…
Niome-Chan- Really? O.o That's weird. Glad you came back!
Falron- Uhm… yeah. Sorry again about the delay. I was finishing up some other stories and I accidentally wrote this one twice. Don't ask.
Aaron- Thank you. Those are such touching words from a homophobe. Yes, that's right. You're afraid of a little gay love! Kisses Armadia and Niome in your honour. Bwahahahahahaha! They're both girls! Take that!
Rae Arthur- Yay! Not killing! I like it! XD
