5

Alone Again

Harry sat at the lake, staring into the water. The giant squid that had reside there looked up at him and then quickly swam away. Harry laid back, running his fingers through his longish brown hair. The breeze was relaxing after his first chunk of classes today. So far, Adrienne was in only one of them and he was happy to see that she had kept her distance from Malfoy.

He didn't mean to be jealous of him or overprotective of Adrienne. He cared a lot for her and couldn't help be worried about her. He had asked to meet her here, but now he was just worried about falling asleep. As he was drifting off, he felt a light pressure on his lips. he heard a young woman's voice call his name saying, "Wake up sleepy baby." He recognized Adrienne's voice and smiled, opening his eyes to see her glowing face.

Harry pulled her head down to his and kissed her passionately, keeping one hand on her neck and the other on the ground, pushing himself up to a sitting position. They kissed each other for about a minute before Adrienne tore herself away from him. "I'm can't stay much longer, Malfoy's waiting for me." Harry sat up more, the hair on the back of his neck stood up and gave him goose bumps.

"How long has it been?" he asked her, taking her hand. She looked at her watch, studying the time.

"Three minutes," she said, giving him an evil grin. "Three whole minutes." She kissed him, varying the pressure on his lips. The kiss picked up pace, when he leaned on her to trying to make her lie back, she mumbled, 'Nuh uh." She took his wrists in her hands. She pushed him back and he smiled in their kiss as his back hit the ground. They broke apart and laughed at each other, Adrienne looked at her watch again frowning. "I've only got two minutes left, babe," she said.

Harry leaned up on his arm, looking at her sad face. Something wasn't right. "You smell like a guy," he said confused. Adrienne looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face. He looked down at her shoes, then went up from there. He stopped at the small patch of tan, smooth leg he could see (remember, he's a seventeen-year-old boy here). He managed to tear his eyes away and continued on his path upwards. His eyes stopped and his gave turned into a glare when he saw the Slytherin patch neatly sewn onto the black jacket that she wore. "Is that his?" he asked, pain in his voice.

"Yea, I was cold this morning and I forgot my jacket," she said, keeping away from eye contact.

"So… you're wearing his shit now?" his voiced croaked and began to rise with anger. "What's next, Ri? Are you going to help him out of his clothes too!" Adrienne could not believe what she was hearing. What was he suggesting!

"We are not having this conversation!" she said to him, jumping up from where she sat. She was genuinely hurt and her time was running out. Harry got up and ran after her, grabbing her arm. She turned around and looked at his face, yeling, "Yes Harry, I'm wearing his jacket. I was cold that means nothing. No, I am not fucking him, no, I don't like him, and NO, I don't want to HEAR IT!" she screamed at him. Tears began to stream down her face. She spun around again, making her way to the castle. She needed to see him, NOW- before it was too late.

"We're not finished here Adrienne!" Adrienne couldn't breathe, the images were coming to her mind again. It had been way too long. She was going to collapse any second. Look up she heard a voice in her head say. Look up. It kept repeating. The voice was so warm and welcoming, she had to look up. There he was, Draco in the window. Their eyes locked and they smiled at each other, the images and screaming drained from her mind.

Harry saw them looking at each other and his anger rose even more. "See? You two are doing more than you're telling me, Ri! Confess it now!" He yelled. Harry wanted her all to himself. Most older teenage boys thought the same way. She began to walk to the castle again, ignoring his harsh words. he took her arm and turned her around, looking into her eyes.

She said quietly and calmly, a single tear dropping down her cheek, "I will confess on thing to you Harry." He let go of her arm. "At this moment, I would rather have him," she looked up to the window where Draco stood, "than you." And with that she turned and walked to the castle, leaving his stunned and hurt emotionally.

Adrienne ran to the fifth floor, going in whatever direction her senses told her to. She finally found her five minutes later, she was on the brink of madness. She found him lying on the floor unconscious. "Shit," she cursed as she saw him. His jaw was black and blue, and he was bleeding out of a cut above his ear. Adrienne ran over to him, laying his head on her lap. She screamed, "Help! Somebody help me!" Adrienne heard other students yelling for teachers and running over. One girl ran to the door and upon seeing Draco in Adrienne's lap, said a prayer for him out loud. He was bleeding really bad now, Adrienne found another wound on the side of his neck, whish also began to bleed again.

"Oh God," Adrienne began to cry again, slipping her hand in Draco's. He groaned, and began to hold her hand tightly, still half way unconscious. She kissed his cheek and held him close, forgetting all about Harry. He groaned again and tried to get up, lifting his leg to try and stand. Suddenly he opened his eyes wide and yelled. The pain was horrible, he didn't have the strength to keep his eyes open. He closed them again, holding onto Adrienne's hand really tightly to try and relieve some pain.

She shushed his moaning and stroked his hair, both seemed to calm him. He fell asleep again in her lap while waiting for the professors to come. When they did, they made so much noise, he awoke again. She could see right through him, all his pain. They put him onto a stretcher, he yelped in pain when they touched his leg.

"His leg's broken, don't touch it!" she yelled at them, trying to spare him any hurting she could. They began to carry him out of the room.

"Adrienne," he mumbled. "Adrienne." He kept calling her, his voice growing the slightest bit louder each time he said it. "Adrienne!" he called her to him, but the professors pushed her back.

"You can follow us, but please stay out of the way Ms. Bates!" Snape snapped at her.

"Adrienne!" Draco called again in a loud whisper. He was weak, but managed to hold his hand out, wanting to her to hold it, hold him. She reached out to do so, but was blocked again. He looked at her and everything went in slow motion. A single tear fell down Draco's face as her got carried away on the stretcher until she was out of sight, at which time he fell unconscious once more.