Slytherin Princess Chapter 6
Disclaimer: If this were mine, I'd be a whole lot richer.
Rating: PG for this chapter
Pairing: Paige/Draco
A/N: Sorry this is so short, but the story is growing into something
totally different from what I had planned out so bear with me. Betaed by living4theblue.
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Harry was nervous. Mrs. Black had arrived and was waiting for him and Paige
in Dumbledore's office. He wasn't really all that sure how he felt about the
woman. On one hand, she was family and all family should get the benefit of
the doubt. On the other hand, she had never even tried to find out what had
happened to Sirius. How could you totally disregard the well-being of
someone if you truly loved them? Harry kept these kind of thoughts to
himself, however, since he didn't want to upset Paige any more than she
already was.
Suddenly Paige stopped and Harry turned to see what the matter was. Paige
looked at him with a determined look in her eye before speaking. "I won't
go!" she said heatedly. "I refuse to go back there and be told that more of
my life was lies, by the women who's been telling them to me all these
years."
Harry watched as Paige's anger quickly fell into sorrow. "How could she? How
could she not tell me that my real father was truly some man off in England?
A man who was risking his life for my own. Why in all these years did she
not even once tell me the truth about who I really am? How
could she be so heartless?" Tears ran down her face as she began to sob.
"I will not speak to her! I won't even go and listen her. I've had enough of
her lies," she half-screamed, half-cried as she broke down, no longer able
to hold herself together. Harry, being unable to just stand and watch her
cry more, moved forward and pulled her into a hug.
"It will get better, I promise. You might not think so now, but one day you'll
be able to forgive her for what she's done," he said while rubbing slow
circles on her back.
"I won't go," she sobbed again.
"Shhh. It's alright, you don't have to. I think I know somewhere to go that
no one will think to look for a while," he told her.
After a few minutes, Paige was able to stand on her own again and wipe away
her tears. Slowly, she nodded her head and followed Harry, hoping that he
was right and no one would think to look for them where ever they were
going.
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Paige smiled for the first time in what seemed like forever when she
realized where they were going. She turned to Harry and grinned. "You're
right. They would never believe that you would come down here willingly."
Harry shrugged. "Well, at least they won't look for us down here,"he said
before stopping and knocking on the door to Snape's office.
There was a moment's pause before it was thrown open by none other than
Draco Malfoy.
"Potter, what are you doing here?" Draco sneered. Harry was about to snap
back at him when Paige pushed Harry aside.
"Hello, Draco. We hope that we're not a bother, but we were hoping to hide
out here for a while. My mother is here, you see, and Harry's helping me by
finding a place that she won't think to look for me," Paige said.
Draco smiled at her and nodded them in before shutting the door. "It's
alright. You're no bother at all. I'm just working on some advanced potion
lessons that Snape gave me while he's teaching a class."
Paige gave him a grateful look before settling down in one of the
overstuffed chairs in the corner. Looking around her, she noticed that the
room was much more comfy than she had imagined Professor Snape's office.
Along the back wall was shelf upon shelf of books. In front of the shelves
was a desk, and near the front of the room a cauldron set up. Beyond all
this, there were a number of overstuffed chairs randomly placed around the
room, making it seem as if Professor Snape like to have options on where to
sit.
They sat in silence as Draco continued to work and Harry and Paige were
trapped in thought until the door to Snape's office was thrown open and
Snape himself walked in.
"It seems the number of students in my office has tripled since the last
time I was here," he said acidly, glaring at Harry.
"It's my fault, Professor. We were trying to stay out of my mother's way.
She's here seeing Professor Dumbledore," Paige said hoping he wouldn't be
too angry with them.
"Ahh yes, Miss Black. I had been informed of the happenings of this
afternoon," Snape said, sounding oddly compassionate. "And while I assure
you that I cannot condone avoiding the head master, I can understand your
reasons for not wanting to see your mother at this point. For that reason I
will allow you and Mr. Potter to stay here as long as you wish so long as
you get back to your dorms before curfew."
"Yes sir we will. Thank you,"she said, smiling widely at him.
"Don't get the wrong impression, Miss Black. There was never any love lost
between your father and I. But your mother is a good woman whom I always
did like. And I always see that those in my house are taken care of," Snape
responded quickly.
Paige nodded her understanding and returned to her inner turmoil. She was
surprised when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see
Professor Snape offering her a book.
"Here. Take this; it will help get your mind off of recent events," he
said, before turning and moving to sit at his desk.
Paige looked down to see that it was a old potions book. Sighing, she opened
the cover and tried to immerse herself in the pages.