Authors note: I realized i forgot
to reply to your reviews and i aplogize i forgot and i can't do it know
as i'm a little tied up at the moment but i hope this chappie answers
any questions you had and if not hopefully i'll get asnwer them next
chappie. And i know Colin is a mudblood not half and
half but i needed to change because i wanted to. Also if this chappie
isn't properlt betaed i apologize that would be Nix's fault but i love
her anyway. Kisses and hugges. Flutterby.
Discalimer: I own nothing.
Chapter 15.
Back at School.
"This is awful, "Ginny muttered to Gabrielle during Potions. Gabrielle looked up from adding her mandrake root toward her friend.
"But you saw Draco just yesterday," she said looking genuinely confused.
Ginny rolled her eyes, "Not that ding bat, my potion."
Gabrielle looked down into Ginny's cauldron, "Gin, its perfect."
"I know that it just smells awful."
Gabrielle shook her head returning to her own Potion. Ginny sat down pulling out a sheet of parchment. She thought for a second then scribbled something down.
'D,
How 'bout tonight? Same time, same place.
G.'
She folded it and stuffed into Gabrielle's pocket. Gabrielle looked down at her friend and shook her head. "I'm starting to feel like a pack mule." she commented.
Gabrielle walked into the dining hall with Ginny, she let her friend go to The Gryffindor table and made her way over to the Slytherin hold. She sat in between Draco and Blaise. Kissing Blaise she pulled the small note out of her pocket and slipped it into Draco's hand. She broke away from Blaise.
"We're meeting at the lounge tonight right?" She asked.
"Of course," Blaise replied.
Draco felt the rough parchment in his hand and his fingers tightened around it. When he was sure everyone at the table was thoroughly distracted he carefully unfolded it. And read it. He held back a smile and turned it over, and scribbled his reply on the back.
'My Pleasure' he folded it back and slipped it into Gabrielle's pocket.. She looked at him.
"Done already?" she joked. She pulled Blaise toward her for one more kiss, before breaking away. "I have to go eat now."
Blaise pulled her back, "Eat here." He kissed her. Gabrielle smiled against his persistent lips.
She broke away again, "I'd love to but..." She trailed off as Pansy sat opposite them. Gabrielle looked back at Blaise. "I fear I might lose my lunch if I do." She commented. Then got up, to leave but stopped her self. "Oh and Pans have I shown you this," she held her left had under the Girl's nose. The purple diamond glinted on the other girl's face. "Blaise gave it to me for our engagement." Pansy's jaw dropped slightly, and Gabrielle smiled evilly. "Just thought you'd like to know" She smiled cheerily and walked off.
Pansy looked at Draco who looked back with a deadpan stare, "What? They're in love."
Gabrielle walked over to the Gryffindor table, she shuffled the note out of her pocket and dropped it in Ginny's lap as she sat down. Luna was there talking to Ginny about the latest issue of the quibbler when Ron and company entered the great hall. Luna immediately got up and left pushing past Ron roughly. Gabrielle rolled her eyes at the sight of him.
"I still can't get her to talk to me." he complained throwing himself into a seat and pulling a bowl of beef stew towards him.
"Well, what did you expect?" Gabrielle said forking an apple from her fruit salad and eating it. "Her to forgive you . . . you haven't even apologized yet."
Ron scowled at her, "I would have but she won't even stay in the same room as me." he said through gritted teeth.
Gabrielle shook her head and turned to Ginny, "I'll see you later, Diva." She got up. "Harry, Hermione…Pig." with that she left. Ron scowled at her retreating back.
"I hate her." He mumbled
"Sure you do." Harry said under his breath.
"No I'm serious she has ruined my life."
Ginny looked at her brother putting down her own fruit salad. "How exactly has she ruined your life, you've been nothing but horrid to her for years and she's ruined your life, Ron you have the world horribly twisted in that corrupt little mind of yours." She got up and left as well.
Ginny walked into the Lounge she and Draco were meeting up later and she had time to kill. She made her way over to her usual seat in the middle of the Gryffindors, she was welcomed and sat comfortably in between Dean and Seamus.
They were in the middle of a conversation comparing the weird sisters to the mutant slugs when the lounge door opened. Ginny gasped as the person entered with a smile. Regaining her senses Ginny let out a shriek of glee. At the sound of this Luna looked up from her table and let out a matching screech. Both girls jumped out of their seats and ran over to the visitor wrapping their arms around him.
"Wow I guess there is no need to ask if you missed me." Colin laughed as he embraced the two girls. "Hhhmm," he said "we seem to be missing a musketeer." He let the two girls go and stepped back.
Colin had definitely grown over the summer, he was now at least a head taller than the girls and well built. He was no longer the little whingy boy everyone had thought him to be. Though he still carried around his camera and snapped his pictures he seemed to get more respect for especially since his last set of photos were published in the Daily Prophet.
Colin stood back and began to count, "Let's see one musketeer, "He pointed at Ginny. "Two musketeers," He points at Luna. And as if on cue Gabrielle walked into the lounge.
She stopped and looked at Ginny, then Luna then her eyes drifted to the third person at that she jumped into his arms, "COLIN!" she yelled. "Oh Merlin, your back." She hugged him. "Oh I missed you this Christmas, mum says Hi, she also sent cake but that didn't last the train ride back."
Colin laughed, "Three musketeers." he finished.
The group made there way through the Gryffindors, slowly with Colin being welcomed back. They sat down at a table and the three girls looked at Colin.
"Ok, so what happened where have you been?" Gabrielle asked eagerly.
"Gabz I told you already." he said looking at the girl.
"No you sent me an owl saying, sick in Tahiti see you December. Which I didn't, so spill? I have never known you as a sickly being."
Colin stifled a smile but that didn't stop the girls from seeing it, "Oh my gosh, Colin Creevey you bloody liar." Luna yelled, before Ginny shushed her, she faltered. "You weren't sick." she hissed.
Colin laughed, "Yes I was," he said before lowering his voice. "Just not for a whole term." he smirked.
The girl's jaws dropped.
"Spill" Ginny prompted.
Colin smiled, "Well, before you lynch me, I was sick. For about a week, I had the most awful sickness, headaches, nausea, abdominal cramping the whole nine yards, and by the way I apologize for every remark I've ever made about the pain of cramps they hurt like a bitch."
The girls smirked at this and let him continue.
"Any way I finally regain the ability to walk and I do so, I took a walk to the corner shop to get some food having not eaten properly in days due to the vomiting-"
"Colin! We get it you were sick but your sharing to much get to the point."
"- Right, well in the store, in the frozen food section, that is where I met Annabelle. She is the greatest and we had the most amazing time together."
"Well she must be something to keep you away from school." Ginny commented.
"Yeah Amazing or muggle." Gabrielle said.
"Or both." Luna finished and Colin flushed.
"She's both, Colin's in love with a muggle."
"Well I am Half and Half." he reminded them and Gabrielle shushed him.
"If I ever hear you say that again I'll beat you within and inch of your life and stomp on the inch."
"What? But you knew I was half muggle."
"I know just don't say Half and Half."
"Why not?"
"Seamus has been kind of Stalking Gabrielle this year." Ginny explained.
Colin nodded then looked around the room, when he turned back round Gabrielle was watching him intently, "What?"
"You look different." she said.
"He has a tan Gabrielle," Ginny said.
"No that's not it," Now both she and Luna were squinting at him.
"I see what you mean Gabs." Luna noticed, "I just can't put my finger on it."
Gabrielle surveyed him for awhile longer. Suddenly her eyes widen and her jaw dropped. "You had sex." she exclaimed. "That's why you stayed so bloody long you were shagging Annabelle."
Colin's eyes were now wide, "How did you know?"
"I can see it, you have that just fucked glow."
Ginny couldn't believe her ears, "But I thought you were-"
"I am"
"But you just said,"
"I know."
"So your not,"
"No I am."
"But you."
"I don't know, I did it was good but I know what I prefer."
Ginny nodded in understanding. "And then there was one." she said.
"Ginny, your kidding me you still haven't had sex?" Colin asked.
"Nope."
"But she will." Gabrielle commented. Before anyone could question her about her comment she rose from her seat. "I have to go over there now my fiancé has come," said as the Slytherins entered. She stretched making sure her left hand reached Colin's face.
"Wow, what a rock"
"I know."
"So it's official."
She smiled and walked over to Blaise, taking a seat with the Slytherins.
Luna, Ginny and Colin stayed where they were catching up on everything, well not everything Ginny still hadn't told Luna about Draco yet and she just didn't feel now was the time. The evening progressed and Ginny hadn't noticed how late it was getting. Colin was in the middle of a joke that he had heard when the lounge door swung open. And Lucius Malfoy stepped in and instant hush fell over the lounge as he strode in as if he owned the place. He made his way over to the Slytherins, a few of them got up and cleared the way for him to get to Blaise.
"Good Evening," He said his voice like ice. "Blaise have you any idea where I could locate my son?"
Blaise looked up into the stone gray eyes of Lucius Malfoy, "Um, No, Actually Mr. Malfoy I don't."
Lucius looked slightly angered by this but his eye caught Gabrielle's hand which was resting on Blaise's knee. "Why look what we have here." He lifted her hand towards his face. "Well Eleanore had told me her son had the greatest taste in jewelry but this is exquisite."
Gabrielle wasn't smiling.
"What's the matter, Ms. Blackfire? Don't you understand a compliment when you hear it?"
"What do you want with Draco?"
Lucius quirked and eyebrow, "Well that's my business, now isn't it and at the moment the only other person in this room with the right to ask that is. . . Miss. Parkinson." His eyes fell on Pansy.
Gabrielle rolled her eyes and wrenched her hand from Lucius' grasp. "Well unlike her and my fiancé here. I actually know where your son is but until you tell me what you want with him I simply refuse to tell you." Her hands were now on her hips.
"Well I can think of other methods of persuasion, and I'm sure you would be as gracious and understanding as your fiancé was when he found out about the little crush Mr. Weasley had on you."
Silence had fallen over the lounge upon the entrance of Lucius but it seemed to deepen and the mention of Ron's crush on Gabrielle. All eye flickered from Gabrielle to Blaise and back.
Gabrielle's mouth was agape and her breath suddenly ragged, "How did you know about that?"
Lucius didn't answer but his eyes flickered over to Pansy who was now thoroughly interested in her book. Gabrielle turned to face the hiding Slytherin when the lounge door opened a third time and Draco walked in.
"And look I didn't even have to use the art of persuasion."
Draco eyes scanned the room, His father smirking, Gabrielle glowering at Pansy, Pansy hiding behind a book. . . (Pansy can read?), Blaise staring at the Gabrielle who was avoiding his gaze and back to Lucius.
"Father?" He said.
"Draco, Come along I have to speak to you and I have wasted precious minutes looking around this horrid rook for you."
With that Lucius swept from the room, Draco close behind him.
Gabrielle was still glowering at Pansy when Blaise spoke. "Gabrielle?"
"You slimy little bitch." She said to Pansy.
"Gabrielle, its true isn't it."
"I can't believe you would go that far just to be loved." She continued at Pansy. Getting closer to the girl.
"Gabrielle look at me." Blaise said dangerously.
"Guess what Pansy he still doesn't love you, he never has and he never will." She bent over the girl lips deathly close to her ear. "So you ruined my life for nothing."
Pansy looked up over her book, "I didn't do it for love, I did it for myself."
Gabrielle straightened, "Exactly, for nothing."
She turned to Blaise and looked at him. "I have nothing to say to you." she turned and left.
Blaise started after her and stopped and turned on Ron who had been sitting in a corner reading this whole time, "You stay here until I come back or it will be worse than any thing you've ever felt before in your life." Blaise's voice had gone dangerously low and he left the lounge silent.
The only footsteps in the hall were Blaise's as he looked for Gabrielle, he knew she couldn't have gotten far. He turned the corner leading to the Hall of achievement, he began down the hall past the cabinets filled with different awards that the school and it's houses had won. Further down the corner someone was standing silently looking up at something in one of the cabinets. He recognized the persons long ebony hair as Gabrielle's , he neared her and her head turned at the sound of his footsteps.
"Gabrielle why did you keep it from me?"
She didn't answer, she just looked at him with empty eyes.
"I mean what the fuck was all that."
"Don't shout at me Blaise." She spoke softly but Blaise wasn't listening.
"Why the fuck does this keep happening Gabrielle, I mean this has happened basically every year since you first came to the school why?"
"I don't know, now stop shouting at me." Her teeth were clenched and her hands folded across her chest tightly. Gabrielle was looking at the ground.
"It doesn't make any sense I mean what do you do to these guys that they just can't get enough of you."
Gabrielle's head shot up, "What are you saying Blaise I go around seducing these guys…is that what you're saying? For what Blaise… to make you jealous?"
Blaise raised an eyebrow crossing his own arms looking Gabrielle straight in the eye, "I don't know you tell me?"
Gabrielle looked as though she had just been slapped in the face, "I can't believe you would even say that, let alone think . . . of me." Her voice began to break with tears that were welling up in her eyes.
Blaise didn't say anything.
Gabrielle shook her head in disbelief, "I can't do this."
Blaise's hands dropped and he stepped closer to her to embrace her, but she stepped back. "I can't do this." She repeated.
"Do what I'm not arguing anymore?"
"Not that," She indicated to the both of them with a wave of her finger. "This I can't do this anymore, I mean if after all these years of knowing me you think I would do something like that. . . to you. I can't do this anymore."
Blaise looked at her, "Are you suggesting a cooling off period?"
She pulled the ring off of her finger and handed back to him, he shook his head, "I'm not taking it. You can't do this to me."
Gabrielle just looked at him, "Fine don't take it." She let the ring drop at his feet and walked off.
Here it ends. I can't write anymore at the moment I feel sad.:( I need a moment. Next Chappie will be up when I write it . Again i kno Colin is a mudblood but i wanted him to be half and half.
Flutterby
