As the carriage slowed down, they waited until it was safe to get out. Jade was so antsy to buy alcohol and cigarettes, she felt like a kid that-well maybe she should just stick to her alcohol and cigarettes and not compare it with a kid. Jade grinned at the man on the counter and danced out of the shop, loving Hermione terribly for this moment.
"Ready?" Hermione asked as Jade nodded.
Jade took a swig of the Firewhiskey and let out a quick sigh. "Let's go." Jade said.
"Who knew, to make Jade Harper happy, you needed to buy her a few boxes of cigarettes and some alcohol." Hermione said walking into Gladrags.
"There are other stuff, but you need to know some people for it. Anyways." Jade said when Hermione's jaw dropped.
"You shouldn't do drugs!" she scolded.
"You should have told me ages ago, but I still wouldn't have listened to you anyways. Go on." Jade said. Hermione shot her a glare and soon quickly forgot about it when she saw the gowns on the racks. Jade took a seat and waited for hours as Hermione tried to find the right dress. Hermione came back with a couple of dresses on her arm and she ran into the fitting room to try them out.
"Very nice." Jade said in a monotonous tone.
"Jade! You've said that before! How does this color look on me?" Hermione asked smoothing the long champagne colored gown out.
"Like I said to the last thousand…very nice." Jade responded.
Hermione shook her head and went back into the fitting room. As Hermione changed, Jade sat back and looked out of the display cases, wondering what Draco would possibly be doing. Hermione's previous comment flooded back to her mind again.
"Don't you feel the least bit sad that he might not be the same Draco you knew?" She was right. Jade was afraid of that. She didn't want to lose Draco. She had been stuck to his side for four years. Four years, many girls came and went through Draco and it never bothered their friendship. Now that he found Ginny Weasley, it was a whole other situation. He actually liked her. Jade didn't like what she was thinking. She had to compete against Ginny Weasley for her best friend. Why was this only happening to her? No one else had this type of situation before, so why is she?
Hermione stepped out of the fitting room and held a pale blue gown in her arm.
"Finished?" Jade asked as Hermione nodded.
"I swear, I like shopping with you more than I do with Ron. All he does is complain." Hermione said.
"Well I'm never doing this again, just to let you know." Jade said as Hermione placed the gown on the counter.
"Yes you will." Hermione said.
"No I won't." Jade said walking out of the store. They traveled to the nearest restaurant to eat and chatted away happily.
To Jade's relief, the day came to a close and they all traveled back to Hogwarts. Jade paid a visit to Crabbe and Goyle, who handed her a fresh pack of 'goodies' that they acquired from some dealers in Hogsmeade. Jade walked alone, through the hallways and turned a corner to reach for the Fat Lady's portrait.
She stopped dead in her tracks to see a red head and a blonde, snogging each other, a few feet away from the painting. She was momentarily stunned, frozen, dead. Horror crept through her stomach and filled her chest and she wanted to scream. Her legs suddenly felt as if the bones had disintegrated, leaving no support. A lump formed in her throat and Jade quickly walked back to the hallway near the turn to hide herself. She felt defeated. She should have been happy for him but seeing them kissing each other so tenderly had broken something in her. She didn't understand why she couldn't just break it apart like she would normally have done, but this didn't feel right. Ginny Weasley had completely stolen Draco Malfoy from her. Jade quickly lit her cigarette and felt her hands start to shake and tears start to form in her eyes.
"Come on Jade…get a fucking grip of yourself. Why are you going to cry? It's not a big fucking deal." Jade said to herself. She took a drag from the cigarette and steadied herself on a wall, her cigarette shaking in her fingers. She roughly wiped her eyes as tears spilled rapidly.
"Jay? Is that you?" Jade froze hearing Draco behind her. She quickly wiped her tears and sniffed.
"Yeah, what's up?" Jade asked turning her head to the side.
"I had the greatest day today. Give me a cig, I'll tell you all about it." Draco said, trying to move around to face her but she kept moving around to avoid seeing him.
"I'll tell you what, you tell me about it later yeah? Night." Jade said leaving.
"Wait! Jay!" Draco called but Jade was long gone.
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