Chapter 13
That's What Brothers Are For
"Who told you, Pansy!" I demanded for the fifth time.
"I-It was…Ivy." Pansy said.
I let Pansy go and went to the window. Ivy did this. IVY! Granted, she didn't like me spending so much time with Draco, but did she hate it so much that she would set Pansy on Draco and ask him out?
I thought about it, then realized, that yes, yes she did. I pulled out my Invisibility Cloak and went out to the common room.
"What's up?" Blaise asked.
"I got to go and..." I said, not knowing what to say next. Murder Ivy? Sounded like a good plan. "ask Ivy a question."
And with that, I walked out of the common room.
…
I composed myself and walked into the Gryffindor common room.
"Hey, sis!" Harry said, smiling.
"Hey!" Ron, Fred and George said, smiling.
"Hey, guys!" I said cheerfully before laying eyes on Ivy.
"You!" I said glaring at the redhead.
Ivy glanced at me confused "Hi, what's up?"
"You should know." I said "Why did you do it?"
Ivy looked taken aback "Why did I do what?" she asked, getting up and walking towards me.
I grabbed her arm and walked into her dorms.
"You know damn well what you did!"
"What!" Ivy demanded, getting annoyed.
"You set one of my friends on Draco and had her ask him out! You know damn well I like him, why the hell would you betray me like that!" I demanded, clenching my fists.
"I'm sorry." Ivy said, turning around and walking out of the dorm.
"If you really were sorry, you would never have done that to me!" I yelled after her, following her back to the common room.
"Why don't you just leave me alone and go back to your precious Malfoy!" Ivy snapped.
Harry looked at Ivy confused "What's going on?"
Ivy ignored him "Like, seriously! Seriously, Hannah! You honestly think that you have a shot with him? He's freaking evil! Just like all Slytherins!"
I gaped at her "You filthy hypocrite half breed! You're telling me that Slytherins are evil when you're becoming all buddy-buddy with Blaise flipping Zabini!"
"HE'S DIFFERENT! HIS PARENTS AREN'T FREAKING DEATH EATERS!" Ivy bellowed.
"What's your point!" I snapped "You just stood there with a straight face and told me 'all Slytherins are evil, and nothing's going to change that!' so…unless Blaise changed house mysteriously and is still living in the dungeons, that makes you a bitchy little hypocrite!"
"How dare you, Hannah Potter!" Ivy yelled "You are turning into one of them! You are becoming a bad ass Slytherin, just like Malfoy!"
I gaped at her "I am not! If you think that way, then I guess I'm not your best friend anymore!"
"FINE!" Ivy snapped spinning on her heel.
"FINE!" I yelled back.
"FINE!" we said together before Ivy stormed off to the dorms.
I threw myself onto the couch next to Harry and sobbed. Not even when I told Draco about Nightshade's tree did we row that way.
"What was that about?" Harry asked.
"Nothing." I lied.
"Han, I'm your brother, you can tell me. I won't say anything to Ron, Fred or George if you don't want me to."
I looked up to see Harry give Ron and the Twins a look.
"Oh, we get it 'No Weasleys.' Ok, you Potters talk this out." Fred and George said, walking up to their dorms.
Ron just nodded and followed them up to the boys' dorms.
"So what's got you so upset?" Harry asked.
I launched myself into a whole explanation about what had happened. Starting with Draco acting oddly since Duelling Club, then him starting to ask me something, then Pansy barging in and asking Draco out, then my temporary loathing of her, then Pansy telling me Ivy told her to ask Draco out, then everything that was said in the dorms.
"And…well, you pretty much know what happened next." I said, sniffing.
Harry rolled his eyes and pulled me up to look at him "Han, listen to me. You really seem to like Malfoy…as much as I hate to say it. So I'm not going to be the one to stop you. But I think you and Ivy should make amends. Not today if you don't want to, not for a while and let you cool off, but do it soon, before term ends so you don't wind up hating each other into the summer."
I smiled "Thanks, Harry. You're the best."
Harry laughed "Well, I am your brother. That's what brothers are for!" he said.
"Then what are sisters for?" I asked, wiping a stray tear from my eye.
"Being a pain in the ass." Harry put simply.
"Harry! I'm not that big a pain in the ass!" I said, smacking him.
Harry laughed "You know it. Now give me a hug."
I wrapped my arms around Harry tightly, not really wanting to let go at the moment.
He was right. Giving advice and cheering you up was just what brothers were put on the earth for.
"I hope you still know, I still hate Malfoy." Harry said while we were still hugging.
"…I know, Harry…" I said "I know…"
