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Chapter Sixteen

Draco ran around the school; he was looking for… Once he found them…

"Okay here's the plan…" Draco told them. "You have to convince Candie… Do you get what I am saying?"

"Yeah…Uh…No. It would be nice if you told us your plan and not just say 'You have to convince Candie…' And then ask if we understand. What do we have to convince Candie?"

"Oh, sorry. I was adding affect to the moment." Draco said matter-of-factly.

"Please don't." (Okay I will tell you who is talking now).

"Okay, so could you tell us what is going on now?" Miranda asked impatiently. Usually she is patient, but Draco was making her frustrated.

"Alright, fine. I want you to pick a hand, what ever the name is on the piece of parchment is the person who you will have to convince Candie to like." Draco said this as he showed them the pieces of parchment with names on them. "I want you all to take turns choosing. Two of you will have to share one name, is that okay? And since there are three names, whoever doesn't get the last name I will send to Caitlyn." They nodded, "Allyson and Miranda, you go first."

"Okay, your right hand." Draco opened his right hand. On the piece read:

Neville Longbottom

"Okay next, Heather and Lindsay." They chose the right hand also. This time the piece read:

Draco Malfoy

"Okay, that means I will send Caitlyn the directions and she will try to convince Candie to like Gus."

"Poor Caitlyn." Heather said laughing.

"So do you understand what I am talking about now?"

"Yeah, when do we have to convince Candie?" Allyson asked.

"Well I was hoping tonight. Maybe; if Caitlyn sends her letter back in time."

"I guess we should get started. Come on Lindsay, let's go to the common room with Draco and ask him questions." Heather looked at Draco, "Is that okay Draco?" Heather winked at him.

"What's wrong Heather? Do you have something in your eye?" Draco said with a playful smirk. Heather walked off with Lindsay to the common room leaving Draco to follow behind them.

"I get it!" Lindsay shouted on their way to the common room. She was laughing now about a comment that was about half an hour ago, (the one where Heather said, "Poor Caitlyn.")

Draco sent off his owl to Caitlyn explaining the plan and hoping to get her answer back soon. He went over to where Lindsay and Heather sat on the couch; he saw that they were already half-way done with their list.

"How's it going ladies?" Draco said pushing his blonde hair back with his fingers.

"Fine." Heather said shortly. Lindsay looked from Heather to Draco, and then back to Heather again. She shrugged her shoulders and went back to their list.

"Do you need to ask me any questions?"

"No." Heather said again a little firmer. Draco backed off and went to go and find Miranda and Allyson.

Miranda and Allyson had successfully found Neville. They got him to sit down and answer their simple questions. They were almost finished when Draco had come up to the three of them. Neville started to get up to run but Draco caught hold of his arm.

"Wait, can I talk to you for a minute?" Draco said quietly. Neville slightly nodded and they walked over to the edge of the courtyard.

"Look, I can explain…" Neville hesitated to say. "I met Candie up in the owlery and we got to talking and found that we had a lot in common."

"Yeah, okay, that's great. But…" Draco stopped, "Wait, what exactly the both of you had in common?"

"Well I don't think I am supposed to tell you. We kind of promised not to tell anyone." Neville looked straight into Draco's eyes.

"Well anyways, you seem like a nice bloke. No wonder Candie always thinks of you. I mean she must see something in you that others don't." Draco rambled.

"I know what that is. It's experience." Neville confessed.

Draco looked down at his feet. He noticed how strange they looked in the afternoon light. He was fixed to the patterns of light streaking the top of his shoes. Neville bent over and waved his hand in front of Draco's face. Draco blinked and lifted his head. They walked around the castle grounds and got to know each other a little bit better.

Secretly, Draco still hated Neville, but wanted to get to know him, just in case Candie was convinced to choose him. He told Neville about the plan he had to convince Candie. Neville thought of the plan clever, and fair. The sky was growing to be a dark blue color as they bade each other good bye.

Later that night after they had had dinner, Draco wrote a letter to Neville explaining how he still doesn't like him. He likes him a little more than hew did, but not much. He sent the letter and headed down to the common room, (oblivious about how much Draco might have hurt Neville's feelings, all though he didn't care). About a half an hour later he started the "Convince Candie Act". He had just gotten a letter from Caitlyn when he had explained the concept to Candie.

"So, we are going to try and convince you to like a certain guy. All you have to do is mark down how much you thought we convinced you." Heather instructed as she handed Candie a quill and a piece of parchment. Candie got comfortable; she leaned back and listened to what all of them had to say. She marked down how good they all had convinced her, (through the numbers one to ten, ten being totally convinced). After Heather and Lindsay went up, Allyson and Miranda went up. Then finally Draco read Caitlyn's letter. Draco didn't know Gus was standing in a dark corner listening to the whole entire "Convince Candie Act".

Draco made a slight bow and sat close to Candie. Candie was marking her score when Gus stepped out of the darkness.

"So how is everything here?" Gus looked distinctly at Candie.

Candie stared into his eyes and answered, "Fine, what about you?"

"Actually, I was wondering what everyone was doing." Gus looked at the rest of the girls and then long at Draco. Draco stood up and explained what they were doing. He was going on and on about how brilliant his plan was. He suddenly stopped when he noticed Heather staring at him. He cleared his throat, sat next to Candie, and kissed her lightly on the neck.

Candie stood up, "I think I am going to go and find Pansy, Heather would you like to come with?" Heather nodded and they headed out of the common room.

"So what's new with you?" Candie asked tersely.

Heather looked shocked by this question, "Uh- nothing. Why do you ask?"

"Oh I don't know. I just thought we could talk about something. So I thought asking you what was new would be a good conversation starter. Apparently I was wrong."

"Sorry, have you ever liked someone but know that they already have a girlfriend? And you don't want to break them up because the girlfriend is your best friend?"

"Well, I can relate to the first part of it. But I can't relate to the second."

"I am kind of going through that. Could you help me in any way?"

"I don't know? I could try? What do you need my help with?" At this, Heather leaped at Candie hugging her rather tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Heather cried. "I knew you would help me. So when can I go out with him?"

"Whoa, whoa, what are you talking about? Go out with whom?"

"Go out with Draco of course. I love him!" Heather jumped up and down again hugging Candie.

"You didn't say anything about having me set up a date for you. He doesn't even know you and you him. How can you love him?"

"He's so hot!"

"I think you're infatuated, not in love."

"So when can I go out with him?" Heather said excited.

"Listen, you can't go out with—," Heather's eyes were big. "Okay, but I have to ask him first." Heather screamed with happiness. Candie touched her neck, she searched for her necklace. Then she searched her pockets, she couldn't find it.

Heather and Candie found Pansy. They accidentally ran into her while she was making out with Goyle. Goyle was extremely embarrassed. He pleaded Candie not to tell their father. Pansy on the other hand, didn't let go of Goyle's arm. Her hair was messed up and her blouse was twisted. She kept pulling back on his arm saying that they should go back to what they were doing. She was also half upset that Candie and Heather interrupted them. She didn't say a word to them as they walked through the corridors.

They headed back to the common room and Candie went up to her room, she searched her bed, bag, trunk, and even Emmy's cage. She still couldn't find her necklace. She asked every one if they had seen it. Most of their answers were, "What are you talking about," or "Who the heck are you?" One guy even said, "The only thing I found lately was you." Candie immediately stopped asking random people after that. She sadly told Draco that she had lost the necklace.

Draco looked shocked, "But while you were with Heather I was talking to you through the necklace."

"That probably wasn't me talking back." Candie said as she looked around the cold common room.

Spring Break was almost over, Candie still hadn't decided which guy she was convinced to like. She had got up the nerve to ask Draco if he would go out with Heather. Surprised, he said he would do it for her. Candie had told Heather and she set the date for that afternoon. Heather was very excited; she hugged Candie a million times that morning.

"Don't worry Candie. I will tell you exactly what happened. Remember, I am doing this for you, because you asked me to." He kissed her lightly and left with Heather.

Candie took the rest of the lot to Hogsmeade Village. They bought candy, butterbeers, and Zonko's products. They fooled around and had a lot of fun. Miranda and Allyson were amazed; they had no idea that the wizarding world could be so much fun. They headed back to the common room. Gus quietly went to his dorm and wasn't heard of for a few minutes.

"I am going to go check on Gus. I'll be right back." Candie headed up the stairs and knocked softly on the door. Gus opened it slightly and invited her in. "Is anything wrong Gus? You've been really quiet lately." Gus had told her that everything was fine but one little problem. He pulled out a small box from underneath his four poster bed. He then handed the box to her. Candie stared at him confused. Gus motioned to her to open it.

Candie lifted the lid off of the box. She gasped as she saw her necklace wrapped in cloth. "Why did you take this from me?" Candie said a bit taken back.

"I wanted you to notice me. I thought that taking this from you would be a good way to get your attention. You asked everyone but me if they had seen it. My plan hadn't worked."

"All you had to do was ask to talk to me. I am always happy to talk to you alone. Stealing something from me isn't going to make me like you more either." Candie scolded. Gus looked down at his hands. Candie could tell he was sorry. She took his hands in hers and looked directly into his eyes. She forgave him for his actions and left his dorm. She put her necklace on as she was walking down the stairs. She rubbed it and asked Draco, "Is everything alright?"

Suddenly his voice came into her head, startling her, "I could be better, Heather talks a lot. I am having fun, but I feel awkward. She likes to flirt, laugh, and sing."

Candie laughed to herself and kept talking to Draco, "That's Heather for you. She so much fun, do you like her?"

"Yeah but—Sorry I got to go, She's getting frustrated because I'm spacing out. I love you. Bye."

Miranda and Allyson were playing with their Zonko's products. Lindsay was doing something with her hair. Candie walked over to Lindsay and tapped her on the shoulder. Lindsay flipped her hair upwards and combed through it with her fingers. Candie stood in shock. Lindsay had dyed her hair. Redheaded Lindsay was now brunette, (more of auburn because her hair was a red-blonde, adding the brown made it have a red tinge).

"How do you like it?" Lindsay asked as she modeled it for Candie.

"I love it! I have to get use to it, but it looks great."

"Thank you. My mom sent me the kit and I just couldn't wait. Look, isn't the guy on the box so hot?" Lindsay handed the box to Candie. The box had a fairly handsome bloke on it.

"I don't think my mum would let me dye my hair." Candie laughed as she handed the box back to Lindsay.

Draco ran through the portrait whole, soon after him, Heather ran through it. Her eyes were happy. She skipped around the room slightly ungraceful as she tripped over the end of the stairs. Draco ran over to Candie's side, he wrapped his arms around her and whispered, "Help" into her ear.

Heather skipped to Candie's other side and said, "Thank you so much for letting me go out with Draco, I had so much fun." Heather ran up to her dorm humming, she was singing something about being in love again. Candie knew it was infatuation after that.

"Listen Draco, you have to tell her you're her friend. She is taking this way to seriously."

"Funny thing, I was just going to ask you to do that for me." Draco dodged Candie's playful blow at his head.

"I'm not doing anything! This isn't my problem. Now go!" Candie was trying not to laugh. She smiled as he turned his back on her and started headed up the stairs to Heather's dorm.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh! Wh-whoa!" Draco shouted as he fell down the enchanted stairs. Candie laughed and ran to help him to his feet. She kissed and hugged him. She apologized for tricking him and went up the stairs to fetch Heather for Draco.

Heather, who was still singing, was sitting on her bed writing in her journal. Candie slowly sat next to her friend and said, "Heather, uh… Draco wishes to see you in the common room. He needs to tell you something really important."

"Is he in love with me too?" Heather fell backwards onto a fluffy pillow.

"Well, that's what he wants to talk to you about, but don't get your hopes up too high." Candie said as she opened the door for Heather. Heather checked herself in the mirror, which told her that she looked lovely, (talking mirror). She slid down the stair's rail and met up with Draco by the evening fire. She was humming loudly and skipped around the couch to sit next to Draco. Draco scooted over so that there was no room left on the couch. Heather frowned and sat in a chair next to the couch.

"Candie said you wanted to talk to me about something." Heather said as she fiddled with her beautiful blonde hair.

"Well actually I wanted to show you…" Draco said as he reached into his pocket.

"Show me! Show me how?" Heather's eyes gleamed. Draco pulled out his wand and muttered a few words and then all of a sudden a picture of two, lime green, slightly transparent snakes burst out of his wand. The picture was made out of smoke. He told Heather to watch carefully as he blew softly on the picture.

Heather was slightly disappointed; she thought he meant something else. She watched without blinking, and noticed how graceful this message was. Heather's mood changed, instead of being disappointed, she was awed.

The two snakes moved to Draco's soft blows. They formed a story; the story of the time they had together that day. The snakes slithered around; the one snake resembled Heather flirting with Draco. The other snake was acting annoyed by the flirting snake. Heather had gotten the idea that Draco didn't like her as much as she liked him. Yet she couldn't take her eyes off of the picture. Draco went over to the other side of the picture and blew it towards Heater. The snakes floated around her head giving her the same message as before, but it seemed to be stronger. Heather could smell the sent of the smoke, it was a vanilla bean sent. Heather loved the sent of vanilla. She was drowned in it. She felt light-headed and slumped into her seat. She closed her eyes, and passed out.

"Well that was easier than I thought it would be." Draco whispered. He bent down next to Heather and whispered into her ear, "I'm sorry heather, but I don't love you, you are my friend, and I don't want that to go any further than that. Please don't think of me as a git, just as a friend who wants nothing more than his friend to find the right person, which if I may add, is not me." He kissed Heather lightly on the forehead and left her there to sleep on the couch.

"How did it go?" Candie asked later that evening in Draco's dormitory.

"She took it pretty well, mind you, she was knocked out." Draco said. Candie gave him a what-did-you-do kind of look. Draco explained his little theory and told her that Heather would wake up and only remember what Draco had whispered into her ear.

Candie and Allyson went down to the common room in the middle of the night to try and wake up Heather. Lindsay didn't come because she threatened to throw a brick at their heads. Miranda didn't come because she was dreaming about her boyfriend, they could tell because she was saying things in her sleep. Pansy didn't come either; well she might have if she had come back from Goyle's dorm by now. They two girls slipped quietly down the stairs and over to the couch where Heather lay. Candie bent down next to the bed and tapped her lightly on the head. Then Allyson tried to roll Heather off of the couch.

"It feels like she's dead." Allyson said frustrated at the fact that she couldn't budge Heather's limp body off the couch.

"Here, I'll take her legs and you take her arms; we'll drag her off the couch together."

Allyson sighed, "Why can't you just wave your wand and pop her to her bed? You are a witch." Candie laughed, she had sort of forgotten about that. So she did as suggested, which made their job a lot easier. She took out her wand and mumbled a short spell that made heather rise off the couch exactly how she was. Her feet heading for the dorm, Candie guided Heather up the stairs, and to her bed. Then Allyson and Candie went to bed themselves after trying once more to wake Heather.

The next morning Heather was the first one up. She woke Candie up and they walked down to the courtyard. The courtyard was covered with a thin layer of ice. The frost was making them cold and they hurried to the library.

Heather mentioned her weird experience to Candie as they traveled the stairs, "I had the weirdest dream. Draco told me how he felt about me, he said he only liked me as a friend, isn't that silly?"

Candie looked down at her feet, "Actually what he said was true. It was his way of telling you that he didn't like you as much as you thought he did. He knocked you out with a spell to make you dream what he was telling you. You can't say he didn't say it to your face because, technically he did." Heather looked shocked and confused, but she took Candie's word for it.

"So the whole time I was asleep I was dreaming what he was telling me? He knocked me out?"

"Yeah, that's exactly what he did."

"I bet he wanted to knock me out." Heather said deeply.

"I don't think he wanted to knock you out, I think he wanted to get it done and over with without any crying or fighting."

"I wouldn't have cried; what does he think I am a baby?" Heather laughed and then was serious again. At her own thought, she was mad, "He does think I'm a baby doesn't he!"

"I don't―"

"I can't believe he would think of me as a baby! Wait 'til I get hold of him! I'll kill him!"

"Heather! He just―"

"He doesn't care about me! How could I have been so stupid?"

"You're not stupid! And he does―" Candie was getting tired of being interrupted. She pulled out her wand and yelled, "Patrificous Totalous!" Heather's body froze up and she fell straight backwards. Candie hoisted Heather's body up and leaned it against a near tree. "Listen, Draco didn't want to knock you out, he doesn't think you're a baby, he does care about you, and you're not stupid. Oh, and other thing, you're not going to kill him. Remember he has a wand and can use it in very bad ways. Now, I am going to take this curse off of you, and when I do, I don't want you to be angry anymore. If you don't calm down I will put a different curse on you." Candie lifted her wand again and muttered the counter-curse; Heather sprang back to life and hugged Candie. Candie comforted her and they headed back to the castle for breakfast.

The break had gone by really fast, Heather and the gang were packing their bags, (well Candie had waved her wand and all of their belongings had gone to their bags themselves). Candie helped them get their things down to the common room; after she did she went to go help Gus. She went up to the guys' dorm and knocked a few times.

Draco opened the door, "Watch out for Goyle, he and Pansy are at it again."

"Oh brilliant." Candie said grimly as she stepped over Goyle and Pansy, who were lying on the floor. She worked her way over to Gus's four-poster. She sat on the bed and asked him if he needed any help.

He answered, "No! Why would I need you're help, I can do it by myself. Thanks anyway, Mother." Gus spoke strictly.

"I'm not your mother, nor would I want to be. All I want to be is your friend, and know that I am. Besides, I have finally made a decision about who I want to be a girlfriend to, and it's not you." Candie stomped out of the dorm. She grabbed her broom and stormed outside.

Candie ran all the way to the field. She mounted her broom and kicked off the ground with so much force she almost fell off. She wobbled a little and sped off towards the lake. She landed near the waterbed, and fell back onto the soft green grass. She cried out for help as she didn't know what to do. She decided that she couldn't be heard and started to cry her heart out. She cried about all of her problems out loud. She had stopped crying after a few minutes and wandered over to the very edge of the lake. She looked into the crystal-clear water. She sifted the soft water through her hands. Candie loves to swim, no one was around, and the water was so beautiful and warm. Candie decided to take a short swim.

"What could happen?" Candie thought aloud, "I'll only be a few minutes." She waved her wand gracefully over herself and was now in a perfect-fitting, teal bikini with short board shorts over the bikini bottom. She also performed another small spell the made her curly, long, naturally highlighted, brown hair waterproof. She walked slowly out in to the depths of the water. She finally came to the middle where the waterbed drops. She performed two more small spells making her eyes being able to see under water, and her lungs being able to breathe. Now, with a bubble over her nose and mouth, Candie dived deep into the lake. She swam through the strange underwater plants and came to a beautiful scene…

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