After a few moments Abby pulled away, she looked up at Draco and smiled
"About time" she said with a wink
Abby walked into her room and put on a pair of shoes. She then walked to the common room. Draco followed her to the common room looking puzzled
"Where are you going" he asked once he finally caught up to her
"Dinner; I am starving, I haven't eaten anything all day" She said not slowing down on her way to the great hall. She sat down across from Goyle and started to pile mashed potatoes on her plate. Draco sat down next to her
"Don't we have to talk about things?"
Abby turned to him with an odd look on her face "Talk about what"
"I don't know, maybe whether or not we are a couple or not"
"Draco calm down" she said putting her hand on his shoulder "These things take time. And thinking about them that much is never a good thing"
"I just thought"
"What did I just tell you about thinking?"
Draco sat there trying to figure out what Abby had just said. He helped himself to some potatoes, he had just taken a bite when Montague came over and told Abby he had to talk to her. She followed him to the other end of the table, where she sat between Montague and Kelly. On the other side of the table were Damien and Murphy. Draco watched as they huddled together and spoke for almost twenty minutes. He talked to Crabbe and Goyle while he kept an eye on Abby, when she finally returned he turned to her looked her straight in the eye and growled "What the bloody hell what that about"
"Don't you get snotty with me" she snapped "I will tell you about it later, just not here"
Draco stood up, slammed his fork on his plate and stormed out of the great hall. As he walked out Weasley turned to Crabbe "What happened, did he finally realize that he is a giant prat?"
Abby instinctively took out her wand and was about to hex him when Snape walked up behind him "Was that name calling I heard Mr. Weasley? I believe that will be ten points" Snape said as he coolly walked away toward the head table.
Weasley turned to Harry and said "Why is he always around when I say something, but no one ever hears Malfoy insult me and my family"
Abby, Crabbe and Goyle all laughed at him
"You guys finished eating" she asked
They each grabbed a few éclairs and followed her to the common room. Abby looked everywhere but couldn't find Draco. She sat down next to Crabbe when Goyle turned to her. "Abby, me and Crabbe need to ask you a favor"
"What" she asked suspiciously
"Not here"
Abby followed them up to their room. She sat down on Draco's bed and waited for Goyle to close the door. He tried to get Murphy to leave but he refused "It is my room too" he said a few times. Goyle finally gave up and sat down on his bed. Abby raised her eyebrows at him
"So what seems to be the problem?"
Goyle glared at Murphy and whispered "I kind of have a crush on Pansy"
"YOU WHAT" screamed Murphy
"Shut your face Murphy"
Murphy had jumped off his bed and sat next to Abby looking extremely interested in the conversation. Abby crossed her legs and looked at Goyle
"Well I figured"
"Really"
"Well ever since you saw hr in that black contraption"
"Yeah it was nice"
Murphy crossed his legs just like Abby "Now Goyle, do you like her or just her chest"
"I don't… well I mean she has always been my friend"
"And you want me to help you get her" said Abby raising her eyebrows
"Yeah"
"Well Goyle I am not going to lie, if I help you I am going to have to use some trickery. Is that alright with you?"
"I guess so"
"Then if you are lucky, in time Pansy will start to like you"
"Wicked"
Abby turned to Crabbe "Now Crabbe, Goyle said you had something to ask me as well"
Crabbe looked from Goyle to Abby "Well I want a girlfriend"
"Do you want a girlfriend or just someone to snog?"
"Isn't that what a girlfriend is?"
Abby shook he head at him. "And you want me to help get you a girlfriend"
Crabbe nodded his head
"Do you care who it is"
"Well I want to date someone in our house"
"No shit Crabbe. Did you forget what Snape said" blurted out Murphy
Abby put her hand up to stop Murphy "Yes Crabbe it would be someone in the house"
"Well I'm not picky"
"Alright stay her for a second I will be back" Abby got up and walked to the Common Room. Murphy looked from Crabbe to Goyle then started at Goyle
"I still don't want Parkinson in here while I am in here"
"OK"
Abby returned and sat next to Murphy
"So before I help you I want to know what's in this for me"
"We will do whatever you want whenever you want" said Crabbe
"We can be very intimidating" said Goyle
"Alright" Abby slowly stood up and walked a few times in front of them "Crabbe, I don't know if you know this but Millicent has a crush on you. If you ask her she would defiantly got to the tea house with you tomorrow"
"Really?"
"Yes. But what I want you to do is tonight, go to her and tell her that you think she is really pretty and have a crush on her. Then ask her if she wants to meet up with you at the tea house tomorrow. Then tomorrow after the tea house ask her to be your girlfriend"
"She is pretty; I want to crush her at the tea house tomorrow" he repeated "Got it"
"NO!" Abby practically shouted "Concentrate now. Go down to the common room. Find Millicent, tell her she is pretty. With me so far"
Crabbe nodded "Tell he you have a crush on her, then ask her if she wants to meet you at the tea house tomorrow"
"Crush her at the tea house"
"No, for Merlin's sake Crabbe. Come with me" she said as she grabbed Crabbe's hand "Stay here" she said to Goyle
Crabbe followed Abby to the common room, she walked over to Millicent "Millicent can I talk to you for a minute" she asked
Millicent looked from Abby to Crabbe then nodded; she followed Abby to one of the darker corners. "What's up" she asked trying not to sound too excited
Abby whispered "You know my friend Crabbe, right"
Millicent looked at him and nodded
"Well he keeps telling me that he thinks you are really pretty and he has a crush on you"
"Really" she squealed
"Yeah but her was too nervous to tell you, so he asked me to. Also he was wondering if you wanted to meet up with in Hogsmade tomorrow and maybe go with him to the Tea Room"
Millicent jumped up and embraced Abby in a hug, that almost crushed her "Yes, of course I will"
"Alright great. We will be at the Three broomsticks for awhile, so you can come find us there" Abby said once Millicent had let go of her "And don't worry I will make sure he looks presentable"
Millicent gave her another bone crushing hug "Oh Thank you Abby. I knew you couldn't possibly be as horrid as Pansy says you are"
Abby finally escaped from her hug "Well I am glad to help out a friend" she said with a very convincing smile. Now if you will excuse me I better go give Crabbe the good news"
Abby walked to Crabbe, she told him that he officially had a date for tomorrow. Crabbe did a mini dance until Abby made him go back upstairs.
"Crabbe don't ever let me see you dance again" Abby said once they were back in the room
"So" asked Murphy
"I have a date" said Crabbe starting his dance again
Abby shook her head at again. Goyle cleared his throat "What about me" he asked
"Well, I can't promise that she will snog you tomorrow… but in time. Tomorrow during breakfast just follow my lead, and what ever you do don't disagree with me at all. Got it"
"Sure"
"Alright good. Now if this is going to work at all we are going to have to make sure that you two look presentable tomorrow." Abby walked over to their wardrobes and rummaged through their clothes. For Crabbe she picked out a black sweater and dark blue jeans. For Goyle she picked a white shirt to wear under a black jacket, with a pair of jeans "So wear these with your house cloaks and scarves. Don't forget to shower and brush your teeth. Got it"
They both nodded at her when Malfoy stormed in the room
"What planning something else you can't tell me about" he snarled at Abby
Abby looked at him and crossed her arms "You know if you would stop being such a prat people might tell you things"
"I am not being a prat" he said crossing his arms and glaring at her "You just are keeping secrets from me"
"No I am not. And stop being such a girl"
"If you aren't keeping secrets then why won't you tell me what you were talking about with Murphy and Montague and the Donovans?"
"We were talking about a way to get in weasel's head during the quidditch match"
"If that's all you were talking about then why couldn't you tell me at dinner?"
"Because McGonagall was standing behind you"
"Oh" said Draco sounding defeated "Well then what are you doing in here"
"Helping out Crabbe and Goyle"
"They didn't ask my help"
"I wonder why; maybe because you are being a giant git. Or maybe they needed a girls help, although if that is the case they could ask you, because right now you are being a girl"
Draco glared at her like he was going to hit her
"Why you"
"Don't even start with me" she said getting in his face "You brought this on yourself"
"I brought it on"
"That's right"
"You are the one who didn't want to talk about me and you"
"Ever think that maybe it was because I can't figure you out and I don't really need to put myself in a situation to get hurt" Abby glared at him then turned to Crabbe and Goyle, if you need anymore help I'll be in my room otherwise, I will see you at breakfast" She shot Draco one more look then walked out the door.
"What the bloody hell was that all about" asked Murphy
"She is such a… a… I don't know something bad" Stammered Draco
"Well what happened" asked Goyle
Draco laid down on his bed "Well I apologized to her. Then we kissed. I asked her if we needed to talk about us. She said no, and told me not to think about it too much, or some rubbish like that. Then she goes and keeps secrets from me and bites my head off"
Murphy let out a snort "Got something to say" snapped Malfoy
"You messed up mate"
"What are you talking about?"
"You did exactly what she was afraid you would do"
Draco sat up and glared at him "You think this is my fault"
Murphy didn't say anything
"Maybe I should just go snog the hell out of Pansy. That would piss her off" Draco thought
Goyle let out a small whimper that he quickly turned into a cough
"Yeah that's smart, piss her off even more" said Murphy "Then you won't ever have a chance with her"
"What do you know about it?"
"I know that if her piss her off much more, you will push her directly into the arms of Kelly Donovan"
"She wouldn't"
"She did last time"
"Shit" Draco slowly put his face in his hands "I have to apologize again don't I" he asked Murphy
"You better"
Draco slowly stood up and walked to Abby's room. He walked down the stairs when he heard Abby telling someone off. "No I am not going to sleep with you. Honestly if you were any thicker you would be going backwards"
Draco waited a few minutes and saw Montague walk past him. He slowly walked to Abby's door and knocked
"How many times do I have to tell you No" she yelled
Draco knocked again and Abby finally opened the door "Oh it's you" she left the door open and walked back in her room. Draco followed and shut the door behind him.
"So what did you come to accuse me of this time" she asked as she sat on her bed and started to take off her shoes
"I wanted to apologize"
"What"
"You were right I was being a giant prat. I was just mad, I guess I like you a lot and I want more than friendship, but I have no idea what you want or anything like that"
"Ok seriously Draco, you need to stop being so sensitive; it is really getting annoying. Also you need to think about what you say before you say it. It is really going to get you in trouble if you can't control your emotions. It is a weakness, showing that much emotion"
"Well you say stuff that gets you in trouble too"
"No I don't I say things that gets under people's skin, thus making them extremely emotional and they end up saying things they regret. It is all about power"
"So what that is all you care about…Power"
"No Draco that is not all I care about but it is a very handy thing to have" she stood up and walked over to him "I know your father has made that quite clear to you"
Draco moved close to Abby "My father has made that quite clear. He also said I need to take control of my life and do whatever I must to get exactly what I want"
"Another important thing many people over look"
Draco slowly brushed a piece of hair out of Abby's eyes
"But one must make sure they are not trying to take advantage of someone with powers greater than their own"
"But combining their powers can only make the two of them stronger"
Abby quickly took a step back "the Dark Lord never shared his power"
"He shared his protection, which is part of his power"
"But everyone answers to him"
"That's because No one is as powerful as he is"
Draco quickly pulled Abby in and kissed her with all of his might. Abby pulled away after a few minutes
"I hope you don't expect me to go to the tea house with you. It is so tacky"
Draco didn't answer her quickly kissed her again. After a few minutes the kissing turned into snogging. After a bit there was a knock on Abby's door.
"What" she called
Goyle walked in and looked panicked "Abby I don't know how I should wear my hair tomorrow"
"Why don't you just comb it" she suggested
"Good Idea" he said as he turned and walked out the door. Abby went and sat on her bed, Draco quickly followed "What was that about"
"Goyle wants a girlfriend" she said as she lay down with her feet hanging off the side of her bed.
Draco lay down next to her "So that's what they were talking to you about, getting girlfriends"
"Well I think they just want someone to snog" she said as she stretched causing her sweater to rise up and show her belly, on it Draco noticed a tattoo of a snake. Draco quickly sat up to examine it. Abby quickly pulled her sweater down so he couldn't see it anymore
"What was that" he asked
"Nothing" she replied looking away
"No that was defiantly something" he said as he tried to look at it again. Abby quickly slapped his hand. When he tried again Abby grabbed his tie and pulled him within two inches of her face "In time you will learn"
"Fine" he said as he lay back down next to her
"You are really nosy" she told him
"You have way too many secrets"
"It makes life more interesting that way"
"You never cease to keep me guessing"
"But it makes things more interesting now doesn't it"
"Well yeah I guess so"
Abby rolled over and quickly kissed Draco
"Told you"
"I guess you did"
Abby gave him one last kiss "Now I need to get some sleep if I am going to help Crabbe and Goyle"
"Do you need my help?"
"I might tomorrow. I'll let you know"
Abby stood up and walked to the door; she turned around and saw that Draco was still lying on her bed. She went back over and pulled him so he was sitting up "Come on I'm serious"
"Can't I just stay here tonight" he asked with a smirk
"No. Now get up"
Draco finally stood up and followed Abby to the door. He kissed again before she was able to push him out of the door. Draco whistled all the way to his dorm
The next morning Abby showered and got dressed. She started to walk to the Great Hall but found Crabbe and Goyle waiting for her at the top of the stairs
"We just thought we would walk you to breakfast" said Goyle
"How nice" said Abby with a cough, it smelled as if both Crabbe and Goyle bathed in cologne "How much cologne did you two put on this morning?"
"A fair amount" replied Crabbe sniffing himself
With a cough and a wave of her wand Abby took away a good amount of the cologne and make it possible to breathe around them. She walked with them to the Great Hall she sat down next to Crabbe and started to help herself to a waffle, out of the corner of her eye she saw Pansy walking toward them, she leaned over and started to whisper to Crabbe and Goyle
"Are you ready Goyle" she asked
"I think so"
"Good follow my lead"
Just as Abby suspected Pansy sat down and stuck her nose in everyone else's business
"What are you talking about" she asked Crabbe
"This has nothing to do with you" Abby snapped
Pansy sat down but made sure to listen to every word
"So I was talking to Murphy last night" Abby started "And Draco told him, that dating his best friends would make him more jealous than anything else. And ignoring him would just make him even more jealous"
At this Pansy's ears perked up. Abby pretended not to notice and continued "And Crabbe I know you were planning on asking out Millicent today, so I was wondering if you would pretend to date me Goyle" she asked with a wink
"Yeah sure I guess so"
"Brilliant" Abby sat back down and ignored Pansy as usual. As soon as Draco walked up Abby left with out saying anything
"I hate it when she does that" said Draco watching Abby walk away
Draco grabbed two pieces of toast and without another word he walked back to the common room, once inside he walked over to Abby
"What is wrong with you? I thought we were fine after last night"
"Sit down and lower your voice" she snapped
"I was just helping Goyle; I came up with the plan last night. I told Pansy… well indirectly that Murphy told me that ignoring you makes you really jealous"
"Well it kinda does"
"Huh. Well anyways I told made it sound like I wanted to date Goyle and ignore you to make you jealous"
"You want to date Goyle"
"No. You can be so thick sometimes"
"Look to help Goyle I have to make it seem like I am ignoring you"
"But you really aren't?"
"No"
"How long are you going to keep this up for?"
"Depends"
"But what about Hogsmade?"
"We will see" she said with a wink "Wait remember how you wanted to help last night"
"Yeah"
"Well just get pretend to get really mad when I ignore you and when I pay attention to Goyle"
"I don't think I will have to pretend" he muttered to himself
"Good" Abby said standing up "Better go get ready for Hogsmade" Abby walked away and Draco stormed up the stairs. He hastily put on his cloak and wrapped his scarf around his neck. Once Crabbe and Goyle were ready he walked with them to where Filtch was checking people. Abby met up with them and immediately grabbed Goyle's arm. Draco gritted his teeth and made it very obvious he was not happy with Abby ignoring him. Less than a minute after Abby arrived; Pansy came wearing her new favorite outfit. She quickly walked past Draco and gave a big smile to Goyle. Once they were at Hogsmade Crabbe suggested that they go to the Three Broomsticks. Abby went and got them drinks, when she went back to the table Pansy was attached to Goyle's side. She had removed her cloak and made sure Goyle could see down her top.
"I was sitting next to Goyle" Abby told Pansy through gritted teeth
"Well he would rather sit by me right now" she said leaning closer to Goyle
Abby took a seat between Crabbe and Malfoy; she quickly turned to Crabbe and asked "So are you going to ask Millicent to be your girlfriend today?"
"Yeah maybe while we are at the tea house" he replied with a shrug
"You two are going to the tea house" asked Pansy
"Yeah, I asked her last night"
"Oh brother" Draco said rolling his eyes
Pansy turned to Goyle "Gregory maybe we could go to the tea house as well. I have always wanted to go"
Goyle turned bright pink "If you want to"
"Oh I do" said Pansy
"But" Abby started, making sure she looked like she was about to cry
"Well it looks like Gregory and I have a date for today" Pansy said getting up and putting her cloak on "Shall we Gregory?"
Goyle jumped up from his chair knocking over his butterbeer
"If you get bored with her" Abby started shooting Pansy a nasty look "You know where to find me"
"Oh believe me he will not be bored" Pansy snapped leading Goyle out the door
As they left Millicent walked over to Crabbe "Hello Vincent" she said shyly
"Hi Millicent" he said jumping up from his chair "I'll see you two around" he said with a wave
"That was a lot easier than I thought" Abby said
"Does that mean you are going to stop ignoring me?" he asked
"Until I run into Pansy again"
"Well let's get out of here and look around"
Abby followed Draco outside; they walked down the main road to Honeydukes. They each loaded up on sweets and headed off to Zonkos. Abby bought a few jokes and sat down on a bench.
"What else is there to do in Hogsmade" she asked
"Tea room" Draco suggested
"You wish" she said with a smirk "I know… shrieking shack"
"I don't know" Draco said sounding a little scared "I have been there so many times, it gets a bit boring after a while"
"Nice cover. I know you think it's haunted"
"No I don't"
Abby stood up and started walking toward the shrieking shack "Sev told me the story"
"What story" he asked trying to catch up with her
"You had some mud thrown at you, and then you screamed like a girl, and then saw Potty's head"
"I did not scream like a girl" he protested
Abby slowly stopped in front of the shack. She leaned on the fence twenty feet in front of the shack itself. After five minutes Draco stood next to her
"Well we saw it. Pretty horrid, let's go"
"Don't be such a Hufflepuff" she said "It's not haunted"
"How do you know?"
"Sev told me. When Lupin was in school he would go to the shrieking shack to transform"
"Really"
"Yeah. But you never know some ghosts could have moved in since then"
"I doubt it"
"Well this is boring let's go back"
"You know we still have time to make it to the tea room" he said with a wink
Abby grabbed his scarf and led him back in town. He coughed loudly as they walked past the tea room. Abby abruptly stopped. She forced him to look in the tea shop where he saw Millicent all over Crabbe and Pansy and Goyle glued together. Draco looked as though he was going to be ill
"Do you really want to go in there" she asked
"Not anymore" he said still looking ill
"Good"
Draco took on last look at the tea shop and followed Abby back to the common room and then to her dormitory
"Is there something I can help you with?" she asked taking off her cloak
"I just don't think that it is very fair that I get ignored all day"
"Oh poor baby"
"I think I should get a reward for being so good, and going along with things even though I got the short end of the stick"
"Oh you do. So does that mean every time I get the raw deal I get rewarded too?" she said raising her eyebrows
"If you want" he replied putting his arm around her waist and pulling her close to him
"Actually if you think about it, I saved your neck today so technically I should be rewarded"
"How did you save my neck" he demanded
"Well I got Pansy off your back and snogging someone else. So I think that deserves the best reward of all"
"I agree" said Draco kissing Abby
For the next few weeks Abby rarely saw Crabbe or Goyle, who could usually be found snogging their new girlfriends. Draco rarely saw them outside of class and quidditch practice. Now that the big match was coming Quidditch practice was being held every night. During practice Abby was left with the task of making a song that would get inside weasel's head during the game. After the team picked the official song Abby was asked to make badges for the whole house to wear. Abby decided that the task was too mundane for her liking so she enlisted in Millicent and Pansy. One night during practice Abby walked up to them
"Hey Millicent and Pansy" she said
"Hi Abby" said Millicent
"I have a giant favor to ask you" she said sweetly
"And why would we help you" snapped Pansy
"Well I was just thinking since you two are dating two players on the quidditch team"
"That's right we are dating them and you aren't"
"Well I was just wondering if you wanted to help out the team"
"Of course we want to support our boyfriends" replied Millicent beaming
"I was just hoping that you could make the "Weasley is our king" pins" asked Abby
"Ohh that sounds like fun" replied Millicent
"Brilliant. Well then I will just leave you two in charge" she said as she went to read a book
Finally the day of the big match came. Every Slytherin was sporting their own "Weasley is our King" pin. The Donovans had taught the entire house the song Abby wrote. Pansy had insisted on being able to lead the chant. Abby didn't protest because she didn't want the teachers to know the song was hers. As Abby walked with the rest of her house to the match she was pulled aside by professor Snape. She stood off the side as she waited for everyone to pass.
"What's up" she asked
"I just want to tell you, I received a letter from Lucius Malfoy this morning. Draco has been telling him about you and Lucius very much wants to meet you"
"Really"
"Yes. Now remember that the Malfoys are good allies to have"
"Yeah, I know, they have much power don't take them for granted. You told me before"
"That's because it is very important. But I also want you to make sure you do not play any of your power games with him"
"I wont if he doesn't"
"You will not play your games with him. You can play your games with someone in front of him. But do not play your games with him"
"Fine"
"Good. I am going to tell you something that you will not tell anyone"
"Of course"
"What you have to understand about Lucius, he once was one of the strongest death eaters, so for a while now he has believed that he has more power than he actually does have. But he does have a great deal of power"
"So he has an inflated head"
"Well he believes he has more power than he does. But most people don't know that he no longer is as powerful as he once was. So in a way he is still quite powerful, as you know, having people scared is in itself a very powerful thing"
"I know that is why I have made sure that people are scared of me"
"Exactly. But I just want you to make sure you do not try to overpower Lucius that would be one of the biggest mistakes you could make"
"I see"
"Well we better get to the match" Snape said as he led Abby outside
By the time they were outside Slytherin was already up twenty to nothing. All Slytherins were singing "Weasley is King". Almost as soon as Abby had taken her seat Potter had caught the snitch right in front of Draco
"Shit" she said to herself
Almost instantly the Slytherins fell silent as the Gryffindor section erupted. The Slytherin quickly emptied the stands as most blamed Malfoy. Abby waited until all the Gryffindors had left. She walked back to the common room where Montague was complaining loudly about Draco
"The bloody snitch was right in front of his nose" he said loudly
"Montague calm yourself" Abby said as she strolled over
"Where is Malfoy? Too ashamed to come back to the common room"
"He is in the hospital wing"
"Why"
"Well while you all were running away like a bunch of whinny babies, Malfoy just got Potter and the Weasley twins kicked off the team"
"How do you know?"
"I have my resources"
"Well if he got them kicked off the team why is he in the hospital wing?"
"They attacked him. Madame Pompfrey is fixing him up. Then I am guessing Umbridge will check on him"
"Oh"
"So it looks like you should stop blaming him for your loss. And perhaps just figure out how you are going to win your next three matches"
"But it was his fault"
Abby quickly got in his face "We must stand together as a house. Or have you forgotten what Snape said"
"No I have not forgotten"
"Good"
Abby turned on her heels and went down to her dormitory.
A/N alright another one done