Chapter 12: Words of Wisdom
I told Ginny to get Dumbledore before Ron and Draco killed each other, and continued watching silently, as they beat each other up because of me. Ron kept punching Draco, while Draco's blood kept smearing all over his face and the floor. Draco would hit Ron in the stomach between punches he recieved. It was horrible. I began to cry. I cried for Ron, who cared most for me. And I cried for Draco, because I cared for him.
Just when I was lost in thought, crying my eyes out, Ginny came running towards me, and Dumbledore not far behind her with Hagrid. Hagrid got there before Dumbledore, ofcourse, and picked each of them up and held them apart. Dumbledore eventually got there (a minute or so later).
"Hagrid, please take these two troublemakers to my office," said Dumbledore, "and, as for you, Miss Linsel, I'll see you in my office in 30 minutes."
"Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore," I said.
Dumbledore left with Hagrid, leaving Ginny and me alone.
"Hazel, why can't you just stay away from Draco?"
"I don't know, Gin, but no matter how hard I try to, I go back to him, or get into situations like what you saw," I replied, as a tear ran down my cheek.
"Don't cry, Hazel, men are slobs, they don't deserve our tears."
I love Ginny and her oh-so-inspiring "words of wisdom." She was right. They dont deserve our tears, and I shouldn't waste my time crying for either of them.
We had completely lost track of time, and were very late for class. We ran into our dorms, and got our books. Ginny and I sped to our respective classes, and as I sneaked into my Potions class, I saw that the 30 minutes had passed, so I headed for the door again.
"Miss Linsel, just where do you think YOU'RE going?" Prof. Snape asked me. I froze where I was.
"Miss Linsel, did you just walk in to my class?"
I nodded slowly.
"And you're walking right back out?"
I nodded again.
"Miss Linsel, turn and face me."
I did as I was told, and I turned and faced Prof. Snape.
"Where are you going?"
"Im going to go see Headmaster Dumbledore," I said, with a half-cracked voice.
"Says who?"
"Dumbledore told me to go to his office at this time."
"Oh, really? Well, why don't I escort you?"
"Yes, Professor."
We walked out of the classroom and he pinned me against the wall.
"You know, Miss Linsel, you're quite an attractive young girl," he said, his breath on my neck. I'd never been in a situation quite like this in my life.
"I guess so," I said shyly. He kissed my neck, then my jawline.
"Professor, I don't think we should be.." He kissed me. I always thought of Prof. Snape as an attractive man, but he's my professor, and it was totally unacceptable...