Vanessa's POV
I woke up to a knocking on my door as I sat up in my bed and told whoever was on the other side to come in. The door opened to show Blaise and he came and sat on the edge of my bed.
"Do you wanna talk now?" He asked
I sighed and flopped back down on my bed. "It's my fault."
"What do you mean?"
"This is all my fault. I had plenty of opportunities to tell them, and I didn't. I didn't want them to make it a big deal. I could have lessened the blow, but I wanted to savor the moment." I explained
"Ness, this isn't your fault."
"Yes, it is. I had every opportunity to tell them. I'm going to take a shower." I sighed, getting out of bed and walking over to the bathroom. I hopped in the shower, washed my hair and body, then got out of the shower. Then I put my green cropped sweater and high waisted jeans on, put my makeup on, and pulled my hair back into a low bun. Once I was ready, I walked out of the bathroom and into my room to put my black booties on. I also grabbed my silver hoops, glasses and silver ring the Draco got me and put them all on. I looked around at my room one last time for a while before I walked out into the living area. Blaise wasn't there so I just walked through the door and towards the Great Hall. When I got to the Great Hall, I stopped and took a breath. Around here drama and rumors spread like wildfire, so I needed to prepare myself for the stares and whispers. The doors to the Great Hall opened then I walked through them, the entire hall went silent. I looked over to the Slytherin table and locked eyes with Draco, he had a black eye and a swollen lip, he stood up from the table still looking at me. I turned away from him and started to walk towards the Gryffindor table. Then the hall erupted in whispers of everyone in the hall. I sat down at the table beside Harry and in front of Ron; Harry cleared his throat when I sat down and looked towards Ron.
"Ness… I'm sorry about yesterday. I just wasn't expecting that and I lost my temper." Ron apologized
"You don't have to worry about it anymore. It's done." I explained and grabbed some breakfast off the table.
Harry squeezed my thigh under the table as a reassurance. I gave them all a small smile before going back to eating.
"Are you okay?" Hermione asked
"No." I heard before I could say that I was fine, I looked over to the voice that said it. I looked over to Harry searching for an explanation.
"No, she's not okay. You two can see her. You can tell she isn't anywhere near okay. She is a human traffic accident and people are stopping, staring, and whispering about the wreckage. She is not okay." He said harshly.
Everyone sat silently until I broke the silence, "I'm not okay, but I will be okay. Don't worry about me."
Ron and Hermione looked concerned but still nodded while Harry just squeezed my thigh. I smiled at everyone before getting up and heading out of the Great Hall. I don't really know where I'm going but I just had to get out of there. I was walking around the castle when someone came up behind me and grabbed me in a hug. I turned around trying to not hope for it to be Draco, but still became disappointed when I saw that it was Fred.
"Hey, I heard what happened…" He started, but I stopped his before he could continue.
"Can we just skip the lecture please." I almost snapped until I saw his face, he looked guilty.
"Please don't feel sorry for me." I begged and I felt the tears pooling in my eyes as I looked at him.
"Hey hey hey there's no crying here." He joked and pulled me into a hug. I laughed and hugged him back, while smelling the scent of my best friend. I was always close with the Weasley twins, but Fred and I have always had a special bond with one another. During the war when he had that scare with the wall, I was across the courtyard and couldn't do anything to stop it. I screamed from across the courtyard and it felt like my life was moving in slow motion. I just had to watch as the wall came crashing down, Fred only just got out of there before… before he would have died.
"I'm fine. Fred, I promise." I reassured him as we broke off the hug.
"Yeah, and I'm a niffler. It's okay not to be okay."
I nodded and grabbed him tight in another hug.
"I'm not okay…" I whispered and he rubbed back.
"I know. I know." He soothed
I heard a cough and the two of us jumped apart to see George leaning against the wall.
"Well, hello Nessa." He said with a smirk.
"Hey George" I said smiling at him from across the corridor.
"How are you doing on this fine morning?" He asked still smirking at Fred and me.
"I'm fine" I answered putting on a smile as I went over to hug him.
"Are you excited about going to France?" George asked as we hugged.
"Not particularly, I would rather be here" I said with a small laugh.
"Well why's that?" George asked slightly confused, apparently, he hasn't heard what the whole school has yet.
"I just have some stuff going on. I'm actually surprised you haven't heard by now." I laughed at my own misery.
"Oh, I've heard, but I didn't want to bring it up." George said honestly.
I rolled my eyes and laughed.
"Thank you." I told him as I grasped both Fred and George in a big hug. Once we broke out of the hug, we realized that we should be outside getting ready to leave. We headed outside to the courtyard and met back up with everyone else.
"Hey, where'd you run off to Nessa?" Ginny asked
"I was just making sure I had packed everything I need. Then on my way back, I ran into these two!" I explained pointing at Fred and George. They nodded and went back to their conversation. While they were talking, I let my eyes drift over to where Blaise, Pansy, and Draco were standing. Blaise and Pansy were in a heated, whispered conversation while Draco was staring off into space and not paying attention. His eyes wandered over to me and we made eye contact. This was the first time I had looked at him closely, and he looks worse than I had originally thought. His eye was bruised so badly it was almost black and his lip had a cut on it and was swollen. Once he realized that we were making direct eye contact, and I was assessing his injuries, he quickly looked away and joined in on the conversation that Blaise and Pansy were having. After he looked away, I realized that someone was trying to talk to me.
"Nessa? Nessa!" Jordan yelled.
"Yeah, sorry. What were you saying?" I asked her.
"Nothing, it's not a big deal." She sighed.
I nodded and went back to look over at Draco, Blaise, and Pansy but they were all in the bus we were taking to Beauxbatons.
"Hey guys, let's get on the bus before it leaves without us!" I joked towards my friends and they agreed with me. We all got on the bus and waited to take off to France. Harry and I sat beside each other and started talking.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay with the tournament?" I asked him
"Ready as I'll ever be, I guess." He responded
"I believe everything is going to work out for us." I said as I laid my head on his shoulder. He pulled his arm out and wrapped it around me. We both fell asleep until we arrived at Beauxbatons.
I woke up to Harry softly shaking my shoulder.
"Nessa, we're here." He said softly as he shook me awake. I woke up and looked outside to see some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen. We had landed across the lake and we were positioned perfectly so that we could see the whole school. Unlike Hogwarts, there were no mountains, no forest hiding the school. Beauxbatons was in the middle of an open field with trees on either side of the castle. After I got done staring at the beautiful scenery in front of me, I stood up and we all walked off the bus. Harry and I walked over to our friends who were near the front of the large group of Hogwarts students waiting to be told what to do.
"This place is beautiful! I can't believe we are really here!" Jordan exclaimed.
"I know this place is absolutely gorgeous!" I said while smiling.
We continued talking until Dad and McGonagall got up to the front of the group of us and started talking.
"Hello, I'm glad everyone had a nice trip and has arrived safely at Beauxbatons. Before everyone gets their rooms and we have a feast with Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, a few of the older students will be giving us a tour of the castle. Everyone needs to be respectful and listen to the students and staff here at Beauxbatons during the tour and our entire stay at Beauxbatons." McGonagall said very sternly to all of us. She and Dad then stepped aside to allow Madame Maxime and two students to step forward.
PSA I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO WRITE THEM WITH A FRENCH ACCENT
"Welcome students of Hogwarts! If you do not know or do not remember me, my name is Madame Maxime and I am the headmistress here at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. These are two of my best students Marius and Arabella. I will let them introduce themselves and start your tour." She said with a smile and handed it over to her students.
"Hello, my name is Marius Thomas and I am a seventh-year student here at Beauxbatons." He ended his little introduction with a small smile and a wave in our direction.
"Hi! I am Arabella and I am also a seventh year here at Beauxbatons." She said with a smile and then stepped back in line with Marius.
"Okay, now you will begin your tour with our seventh years. They will now take you all to the Great Hall, the library, some of our classrooms, and then they will show you to your rooms. Tonight, for our feast we are having an elegant dinner, so please dress nicely. Thank you all for visiting Beauxbatons and we will all have a great year!" Madame Maxime ended her welcome with a smile and a wave before Dad and McGonagall joined her. They walked into the castle and left the rest of the teachers and us out here with the Beauxbatons students.
"Okay now we will start the tour first we will go to the Great Hall. Follow us." Arabella said as her and Marius started into the castle with all of us following eagerly behind them. When we walked into the castle all of us gasped at the beauty of the inside of the castle.
"It's so beautiful!" I gasped and looked over at my friends. They were all just as in awe as I was. "It's so different from home. I can't believe it!" When we walked inside the corridors were painted with white and light blue, the lightest blue that it almost looked white. There were magnificent paintings on the ceilings and everything looked so airy, feminine, and beautiful.
"This is the way to the Great Hall." Marius instructed as we continued down the corridor. We all followed them into their Great Hall. We walked into this fabulous room with high ceilings, chandeliers, and big round tables. Once we all were done with being floored by the French architecture, they then led us to the library. While we were all walking, I started to get a feel on the personality of our two tour guides. Marius seemed quiet and a little snooty, but that could be because he is shy. Arabella was the complete opposite. She is outgoing, loud, and seems like someone that is a lot of fun to be around. Her and Marius seemed like a really good pair for this because Arabella made him break out of his shell.
"Here is our library and our lovely librarian Madame Dubois. If you need any book or any help with anything this would be the first place to look." Arabella whispered and winked at us. As we walked out of the library, I hung back so I could catch up with Blaise and Pansy.
"Hey, isn't this nice here?" I asked them
"Yes! It's fabulous!" Pansy responded while gazing around the corridor. Blaise nodded his agreement.
"Where did Draco wander off to?" I asked nonchalantly
"Uh, I'm not sure he wandered off a little bit ago. Maybe he's still in the library?" Blaise said, but I could tell he was lying. I nodded and let it go. If he doesn't want to see me, I'm not going to force him.
"Come on. Let's catch up to the group." I suggested and they both nodded and we walked to where the group was standing in front of a classroom door.
"Okay, those are a few of our classrooms and finally we will escort you to your bedrooms." Arabella announced with a smile. We headed up some stairs and down a corridor before we came across a long corridor with lots of doors. Then they handed us room numbers for our bedroom and roommate. I nodded over at Blaise and smirked waiting to get our room until I looked at my piece of paper and realized that we weren't going to be roommates like we were at Hogwarts. I was going to be living with Hermione, which was fine but I was still confused.
"Who's your roommate?" I asked Blaise
"Draco" He responded.
"I should've known." I laughed and rolled my eyes. I walked over to Hermione and we went into our room. It was white like everything else in the castle, but the furniture and the fireplace made the place feel cozier and more at home. It was almost like the Heads Room at Hogwarts there was a living area with a fireplace, a kitchen area, a shared bathroom and two separate bedrooms.
"Wow this place is amazing!" Hermione exclaimed as we went into out bedrooms to see all our clothes in a closet and a queen size bed in each room. The bedroom with my clothes in it was painted blue with gold accents all throughout the room.
"This is going to be fun living together again. I was kind of getting tired of living with boys!" I laughed
"Boys? I thought it was just Blaise?" Hermione asked
"Yeah, well wherever Blaise is Draco is too. They are like two peas in a pod. Draco basically lived in our place." I explained
"Oh, that makes sense." She said and we dropped the topic of boys and Draco.
"I'm excited for our first feast at Beauxbatons! I wonder what kind of food they will have!" I exclaimed.
"Me too! I'm really excited!" Hermione agreed.
"Hey, I'm gonna go see Blaise's room will you be okay here for a little bit?" I asked her
"Yeah! I'm gonna go look at Harry's and Ron's!" She responded
We both walked out of the room and went opposite ways down the corridor. When I got to Blaise's room I knocked, then I heard feet shuffling and the door was opening. What I wasn't expecting was to be face to face with Draco Malfoy. His perfect blonde hair falling in his face, wet like he just got out of the shower. His face pale, eye bruised, and lip cut. He didn't have a shirt on and was just wearing jeans.
"Oh… I'll just come back." I said as I was turning around to walk away.
"No, it's okay. Come in, Blaise is on the couch." He said tilting his head away from the door. I nodded and walked through the door frame. Their room was almost an exact replica of mine and Hermione's. I saw Blaise laying on the couch and I went over and pushed his feet off the couch and made myself at home. To my surprise after he put a shirt on, Draco came and joined us in the living room.
"How do you guys like Beauxbatons so far?" I asked
"It's fine. Just another place to go to school." Blaise responded and Draco just nodded.
"Did you guys happen to hear when they are doing the champion selection?" I asked
"Tonight. Madame Maxime sent out an announcement to everyone who put their name in the cup. Told us all to dress to impress tonight." Draco said as he rolled his eyes.
"That's probably why we are having an 'elegant dinner' tonight." I reasoned and they both nodded in agreement. "Speaking of selection, are you nervous?" I directed my question towards Draco.
"I'm excited and a little nervous, but I want to be the champion. I'm ready." He responded with a smirk. I smiled at him, but he looked away. "I have to get ready for dinner, see you later Vanessa." He said as he got up off the chair and went into his bedroom. I looked over at Blaise exasperated.
"Give him time. He's trying to figure things out." Blaise explained
"Yeah. Yeah. Always him trying to figure things out. I gotta go." I said angrily. I swiftly stood up from the couch and marched over to the door swung it open, stomped out, and slammed the door behind me. I walked swiftly to my living area and opened the door, ran into my room, and shut the door behind me. Once I was in my bedroom I started to pace around my room until I got so mad that I started getting ready for dinner, so that I wouldn't scream or cry. I got in the shower to wash my hair and body. Then once I was out, I started on my makeup, hair, and finally outfit which was a black, fully sequined jumpsuit and some black sparkly heels. By the time I was done getting ready it was almost time for the dinner to start. I was slipping my shoes on when I heard a knock on my bedroom door.
"Nessa?" Hermione asked
"Come on in Mione!" I yelled
"Wow you look amazing!" She complimented as she opened the door.
"You look great too, Mione! Are we waiting on anyone else to finish getting ready?" I asked
"No, I think everyone is in the living room." She answered as we walked in the living room to see Harry, Ron, Jordan, Neville, Luna, and Ginny all sitting in our living room.
"Everyone looks so great!" I announced as I walked in the room. They all smiled and they went back to talking amongst each other. Almost everyone was sitting in the living room and having fun and laughing, everyone except on Harry Potter. Harry was sitting by himself at the island in the kitchen. I walked over to the kitchen area, grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey, and sat down on the empty bar stool beside him.
"Hey, looked like you needed some liquid courage?" I suggested with a smile as I handed him the bottle and watched him take a swig.
"Thanks. I really needed that." He said as he handed the bottle back to me. I took a swig and put the bottle back down before he started talking again. "I'm not sure I can do this, Nessa. This is like reliving some of my worst nightmares and I don't think I can do it again." He said as a shiver went down his body and he started hyperventilating. I put my hand on his shoulder to try and calm him down and as soon as it was on his shoulder, I could feel an instant release of everything he was holding in. In an instant he was calm again and falling into my arms.
"It's okay. You're gonna be okay. We are all okay." I soothed him until he was calm enough to face the world.
"Come on, everyone already went down to dinner. We better go so we aren't late." He said with a soft smile. We left my room and followed the other students down into the Great Hall. We found the table where all our friends were sat and sat down. I looked around for Blaise and Draco and saw them at a table with Pansy, a pair of other Slytherins, and a few Beauxbatons students including Marius and Arabella. Harry and I took the last two seats at the table with our friends. It was only a little bit before Madame Maxime stepped forward to give a welcome speech.
"Hello, I would like to welcome the students and faculty from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Durmstrang Institute. These wonderful students are here to participate in the Triwizard Tournament and cheer on their fellow students. I would like to thank both Headmasters of Hogwarts and Durmstrang. Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts..." Dad stood up from the staff table and waved towards us. Everyone clapped and then he sat down. "And the new Headmaster of Durmstrang Professor Viktor Krum." The entire hall went silent as Viktor Krum stood up from the staff table. Slowly people started to clap for him after the confusion washed away. "Now everyone needs to eat!" When she said that food appeared on everyone's plate. We all started eating food that was laid on our plates. Once everyone was finished, all the chairs turned to face the front of the Hall.
"Attention! Now that everyone is finished with dinner, we are going to bring out the Triwizard Cup so it can choose it's champions." Madame Maxime announced as they wheeled the cup out to the front middle of the room. Everyone gasped in awe when they saw the cup. Everyone except our table, our table just looked like they could vomit. We all looked over at it with disgust and almost hate. It took a few minutes before the cup's fire changed from blue to red and then spit out a piece of paper. I held my breath and waited for the Hogwarts champion.
"The Durmstrang champion is… Aleksandar Nikolvo!" Madame Maxime announced and the whole hall cheered for him. Aleksandar got up from his seat and walked up to Madame Maxime. He bowed, took his piece of paper, and then headed into the back room.
"The Beauxbatons champion is… Madeleine Beaulieu!" Madame Maxime announced as the piece of paper flew out of the cup. The hall erupted into screams for Madeleine who walked up to receive her piece of paper. I took a deep breath because the final champion had to be one of ours. The cup changed from blue to red and spit out another name. Madame Maxime takes a deep breath before she starts to speak.
"And finally, the Hogwarts champion is… Draco Malfoy!" Madame Maxime finished and the hall went so silent you could hear a pin drop. I looked over at Draco's table and he slowly stood up then started walking towards Madame Maxime. Hogwarts students slowly started clapping as did I until I heard Ron say, "Bloody git gets everything handed down to him." and crossed his arms. I turned around and hissed at him, "Stop talking right now." before turning around to meet Blaise's eyes.
"You are now dismissed and can go to your rooms." Madame Maxime announced then retreated into the room the champions were in.
"I can't believe that pompous arse got that handed to him on a silver platter! He gets everything he wants! Wonder who he had to pay to get that one!" Ron yelled throughout the hall.
"I can't believe you. You really can't get over anything can you, Ron! Get over it! Yes, he has money that doesn't mean he paid anyone to become the Triwizard champion! You have a rivalry from when we were kids! Grow up!" I screamed and stormed out of the hall. I swiftly walked to the corridor where our rooms are and stormed into Blaise and Draco's room to see Blaise sitting on the sofa drinking Firewhiskey.
"I knew you'd be coming here, brought out the Firewhiskey just for you." Blaise smiled.
I rolled my eyes before taking the bottle he extended towards me took a few sips before handing it back to him. I sat on the couch and took off my heels and jewelry and collapsed back onto the couch to wait for Draco to get back to the room. We sat there for maybe 30 minutes before the door slowly swung open. I jumped up off the couch and ran into Draco as he opened the door.
"Oomf! Hey, hey, Vanessa are you okay?" He asked as he walked through the door and then shut it behind him.
"M'fine, just worried about you." I said as I breathed in his scent then slowly removed myself from him.
"What did they say, Drake?" Blaise asked
"They told us the date of the first task and then said we couldn't have any professor's help…"
"That's bull. They do it every year" I interrupted him
"Then they congratulated and dismissed us." He finished
"How do you feel?" I asked him
"I'm scared shitless, but I also can't wait to prove myself." He replied while smiling at me and then he pulled me into a hug.
"Can we talk?" I asked softly against his chest and he nodded. We went into his bedroom and sat down on the edge of his bed. We were both silent for a bit before I spoke up, "I'm sorry about yesterday… Everything was my fault and I…"
"Nothing about that was your fault, Vanessa. It wasn't your fault."
"I could have told them. I could have made them understand. I could have done something so you wouldn't have gotten hurt." I whispered and put a gentle touch on his black eye. He flinched but didn't pull away. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I whispered as tears fell down my cheek.
"Vanessa, I'm okay. We are going to be okay. Come here." He soothed as he opened his arms. I fell into him and held onto him tight like when I let go, he would be gone. When we pulled apart, we both were confused as to what to do until we both looked into each other's eyes and kissed each other. When we pulled apart, we kept our foreheads together.
"I miss you." I whispered and then pulled him into another kiss. We kissed for sometime before we pulled apart.
"Stay here tonight?" Draco asked.
"I can't Hermione will wonder where I've been."
"Tell her you went to bed early and stay with me." He pleaded.
I nodded and we went back to kissing on his bed. We stayed like that for a while before I broke it off. "I need to get changed!" I laughed when he tried to pull me back and then pouted about me having to get up. "Do you have a t-shirt I can wear?" I asked and he nodded as he got up off the bed to get it out of a drawer for me. He handed me a Calvin Klein shirt and I laughed, "Of course it's Calvin Klein shirt." He rolled his eyes and smiled as I started undressing in front of him. I threw the shirt on and I pulled my hair up into a bun. Once I was finished changing, Draco was attached to my lips again. I laughed, "Come on we need to sleep."
"I don't want to sleep." Draco whined while I laughed at his childish behavior.
"One last kiss and then we need to sleep." I bargained before I gave him one pop kiss before I turned over.
"Hey! That doesn't count as a kiss."
"It does to me!" I laughed "I'm now going to sleep."
"Fine…"
I rolled over and gave him a 'real kiss' and then went to sleep smelling in his sweet scent.