Catch Me When I Fall: Chapter Two
Summary: They've named her the School . Brutally bashed and raped by a close family friend as a child, Jacinta has lost all respect for her body; and for the male sex. Now they'll do whatever she likes to get what she wants, plots, schemes, manipulates; she's done it all. Until someone sees she needs help, she needs a rescuer. Only problem being, they hate each other; they always have. Why did fate chose them? Why did the prophecy have to claim her for its gruelling task? Will he save her, or is his birth-right more important?
Disclaimer: Anything associated with Harry Potter in this story belongs to J.K. Rowling, thank you.
Warning: mentions of rape, OOC, violence, sexual references and language. Anything else will be added in future chapters.
Last Time:
All of a sudden, she began to shake, but not a normal shake, i was as though someone was trying to shake her awake.
"Lorrington, wake up, Lorrington."
She recognised that voice, it was Malfoy's.
Her eyes snapped awake; she had fallen asleep in the library, Malfoy was shaking her.
"Merlin, are you okay?" Malfoy asked, looking almost concerned.
Chapter Two: Following Sorry.
Jacinta sat up abruptly, eyes widening as she realised where she was, and who she was with.
"Don't touch me," she hissed, moving away from Malfoy's hand.
Malfoy raised an eyebrow. "Whatever, now that you're awake, would you mind passing me your Arithmacy text?"
Silently, she handed it over, staring down at the pages of her Charms text; unable to think of anything other than her dream, or past, to be correct.
Malfoy keep shooting odd looks at her all night, as though she was suddenly about to faint. Finally getting sick of it, Jae turned to him; scowl on her face.
"Can I help you?" she snapped, eyes narrowed.
Malfoy seemed shocked by her sudden outburst.
"Er- no."
"Why do you keep looking at me?"
Malfoy glared at her accusation. "What makes you think I was staring at you?"
"Oh get real, Malfoy. I know you were looking at me."
"There isn't a law against it, Lorrington, relax."
Jae seethed with anger; she knew he was challenging her. She looked around the Common Room, no-one seemed to be paying any attention to their quarrel; they were all so used to it by now. Turning back to Malfoy, she picked up her quill and gripped it in her fist, trying to vent her anger.
"You're a real dick, you know that?"
"You're a real bitch, you know that?"
Jae gritted her teeth, squeezing the quill's feather harder. "You haven't got a clue, Malfoy," she shot.
"About what?" Malfoy spat.
Jae made to speak, but nothing came out.
At that moment, Candy Dalton, Malfoy's current girlfriend, strode over to their table, sat on Malfoy's lap and began kissing him passionately. Malfoy eventually pulled away, still glaring at Jae.
"Well? Lorrington?"
" you," she said acidly.
"In your dreams," Malfoy told her as she stood up.
Jae's anger got the better of her; she slammed her quill into the table, a centimetre from Malfoy's hand. Malfoy's eyes widened as her stared into her eyes. "I wouldn't even in your dreams," she said before storming up to her dorm room.
A tap of her shoulder seemed to bring her back to reality, well back to Potions class anyway. Jae turned around to see who had tapped her; it was Malfoy. They were, of course, partners in Potions, all thanks to their "delightful" Deputy Headmistress.
Jae shot him a glare and went back to cutting dried mandrake roots.
"Listen, Jae-" he began, but Jae cut him off.
"Do me a favour, and leave me alone."
"I wanted to say sorry," he told her huffily.
Jae snorted, "Yeah right."
"I'm serious, I actually feel bad."
"Like I care," Jae said, taking a first handful of roots and sprinkling them into their potion.
"Why are you so hard to get along with?" he questioned irritably.
"You tell me," Jae said, looking up at Snape; wishing he cared if they talked during practical lessons.
"Can you not be a smart ass for once?"
Jae slammed her fist against the desk. "Can't you just let it go? We both can agree on this. I hate you, you hate me. Let's compromise and agree to never speak to each other again or at least until the end of the semester."
It was at this moment when Malfoy shocked her completely as these words came from his mouth, "But I don't hate you."
End Chapter
Ooooo, he doesn't hate her, this is BIG! How will Jae respond? Find out, next chapter.
Until then...
