If Only
By Jeni Draco's Girl
words in ~s are italics...if you don't know that by now then there's something wrong...
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Jeni was sitting up in her hospital bed bored. She had been there for four nights - it was now Friday - and Madame Pomfrey didn't show any signs of letting her go any time soon. So she was bored ~and~ annoyed, frustrated and generally pissed ~off~!!
The only good thing to come of her being stuck in bed for five days straight was that Draco had come and visited at least once a day, and thankfully brought her homework too. It was a small consolation that she could work in peace here.
Her mind turned to the reason she actually ~was~ stuck here. All the scientific words had passed her by, she was definitely ~not~ a scientific person, but from what she had understood, you do not under any circumstances take panadol for wizard-cold headaches. It had been a welcome pastime listening to Madame Pomfrey yell at her until the woman could be sure it had been drilled into her head.
Jeni came out of her thoughts to think of the time. Classes must have finished by now, so Draco - her heart sighed as her head grumbled in frustration that it couldn't take it anymore and was giving up reprimanding the heart for sighing at the thought of a deatheater's son - should come soon with her days homework. There was always more on Fridays because they had more time to do it over the weekend. At least it was the start of the year still, so there wasn't any exam pressure. Jeni felt sorry for Draco, having his NEWTs at the end of this year. And...
Speak of the devil, thought Jeni as Draco swaggered into the room in his usual style, holding a small pile of books. He came around to her right side and put the books down lightly as he had lifted her back into bed that Monday (AN: see chap.4). Jeni wondered if he treated ~everything~ like it weighed only as much as a feather. Her thoughts were interrupted by Draco's regular full-of-himself commenting.
'You know, I think it's a good thing we have Gryffindors,' Jeni was confused. 'You Ravenclaw girls would make terrible spies, or blind-rush- into-everything-stupidly heroes like Potter.' Jeni cocked her head. Draco smiled at her. She felt herself blush. 'Exhibit A.' He continued, waving his hand vaguely in her direction. 'All I had to do was smile at them and they turned into jelly and spilled everything. I finally got them to shut up and tell me your homework, I even borrowed some of their books,' another vague wave towards the pile on the table. 'If you Ravenclaws had a secret database, it would be the easiest thing in the world to infiltrate. Especially for me,' he added as an afterthought, 'since I ~am~ so devastatingly handsome.'
Jeni rolled her eyes, but felt her blush grow.
'So, been having fun?' Draco asked her, sounding like he was trying as hard as he could to keep the sarcasm out of his voice.
'Oh, yeah.' Jeni replied, overly sarcastic. 'I've been having a ~ball~ all day just sitting around here.'
'Well,' he said evilly, lowering his voice and putting his head near hers, 'what d'you say we blow this joint?'
Jeni looked at him, amused at his horrible impression of a gangster.
'There won't be any need for that, Mr Malfoy.' Said Madame Pomfrey who was walking towards Jeni's bed. 'As soon as I've checked everything, Miss McNite should be free to go.'
Jeni's heart leapt. She was free!
Draco looked happy for a few seconds before he recomposed his cold, bored expression, but his eyes remained bright, which Jeni thought made an extraordinary change to his face.
Madame Pomfrey checked her pulse and waved her wand around a bit excessively - was it possible that she was showing off? wondered Jeni - to check her other bodily functions were all working properly. 'There you are,' she said, 'once you've changed you can leave - but no unnecessary physical activity for another week.' She handed Jeni her clothes from a chair and magiced up the curtains around the bed.
Jeni got up and changed as fast as she could, then grabbed her books and other belongings from the table and stepped out from behind the curtain to see Draco smiling slightly at her, amused.
'What?' she question sharply.
He smiled wider. 'I've never seen anyone get dressed so quickly.' He told her with a slight chuckle which shocked Jeni possibly even more then what he'd said. She turned to look back at the curtain, and was relieved to see the silhouette of the bed. All Draco had seen was her shadow! She breathed deeply, then hurried after Draco whose long strides had carried him almost all the way to the door in the last few seconds.
She caught him up, and they walked in silence until she was sure they were far enough away from the wing that Madame Pomfrey couldn't hear them.
'Draco,' she asked him, slightly worried, 'if she heard your awful attempt at being a gangster' 'Hey!' interrupted Draco - Jeni ignored him. 'Then do you think she heard me when I called her an old bird?'
Draco shrugged. 'Does it matter?' he asked, sounding disinterested.
'Yes! It does!' Jeni burst out.
'Well, if she hasn't done anything about it yet, she either didn't hear or doesn't care.' He replied casually.
'But...'Jeni squeaked, confused. She stopped walking.
Draco sighed, stopped as well, and turned to face her, resting a hand on her shoulder. 'But what?' He asked her, his face so close to hers she felt her heart beat speed up significantly and was surprised he couldn't hear it. 'Look,' he said quickly when she opened her mouth to protest. 'It doesn't matter. Let it go.' His voice was reasonable and calm. Draco then turned and walked back the way they had come, to where the stairs were so he could go down to the dungeons, leaving Jeni standing at the entrance to the Ravenclaw commonroom feeling slightly sad and ~very~ muddled.
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The next Monday, after spending the weekend doing homework and talking to teachers about classes she had missed, Jeni was sitting in Herbology with Henri, pruning Squgglebumps who just sat there with their many eyes tightly closed. They were peaceful, but very shy and easily scared, plants.
'So, have fun in the hospital wing?' Henri asked, looking slightly evil.
'Argh!' Jeni cried, loud enough that most people turned to look at her, but turned back around when she glared at them. 'Why,' she asked Henri in a quiet, angry whisper, 'does everyone keep asking me that?!'
Henri put his hands up, sarcastically defending himself as Jeni's voice rose. He suppressed a laugh. 'Malfoy told me you would do something like that.'
It seemed to Jeni that Henri was getting on with Draco better then he previously had.
'However,' he continued, 'there's no reason to get revenge. I took care of that myself at breakfast this morning, when Malfoy and I had our little, er, discussion. It ought to brighten your spirits.'
Jeni's expression became powerfully curious, and she opened her mouth to ask what he had done.
Henri smiled and held up a finger to cut her off. 'You'll just have to wait and see.'
Jeni frowned sulkily, but began pruning her Squgglebump as fast as she could in the hope that the lesson would go faster.
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When the finally got out of class, behind everyone else as usual, Jeni was looking madly in every direction at once in the hope to see Draco on his way back from Care of Magical Creatures. When she suddenly saw him, she stopped dead in her tracks. Draco was racing across the grass towards them, and when he reached them, he started skipping around them in a circle singing:
'Henri and Jeni, sitting in a tree; K-I-S-S-I...'
'Shut up, you little wiener!' Yelled Jeni, furious enough at his ridiculous behaviour to use Char's nick-name for him. Henri only smirked, slightly.
Draco paused for a second, staring at her, then burst out in another song.
'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me!' He jeered over and over, turning away from the two and skipping in random directions up towards the castle.
Henri's facial expression was changing quickly from a small smirk to a wide grin, and he burst into hysterical laughter. Jeni just stared at him until he quieted down, then asked, 'This is what you did, isn't it?'
Henri nodded, his shoulders still shaking with suppressed giggles. He pulled out his wand and waved it, magicing a small pile of sticks and stones on the ground in front of them. 'Shall we?' he asked, his face now composed, acting every part the perfect gentleman.
Jeni just grinned and grabbed a couple of handfuls, as did Henri, and the two of them raced after Draco, pelting him with sticks and stones all the way up to the door of the school.
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Hehe!! This was very amusing and fun to write.Crimson Sun, I KNOW you wanted me to make Henri do something evil, but you of all people should know that I'm not evil at heart, so in the future, MAKE YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS! Or something like the above my happen again, and you'll only have yourself to blame.
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By Jeni Draco's Girl
words in ~s are italics...if you don't know that by now then there's something wrong...
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Jeni was sitting up in her hospital bed bored. She had been there for four nights - it was now Friday - and Madame Pomfrey didn't show any signs of letting her go any time soon. So she was bored ~and~ annoyed, frustrated and generally pissed ~off~!!
The only good thing to come of her being stuck in bed for five days straight was that Draco had come and visited at least once a day, and thankfully brought her homework too. It was a small consolation that she could work in peace here.
Her mind turned to the reason she actually ~was~ stuck here. All the scientific words had passed her by, she was definitely ~not~ a scientific person, but from what she had understood, you do not under any circumstances take panadol for wizard-cold headaches. It had been a welcome pastime listening to Madame Pomfrey yell at her until the woman could be sure it had been drilled into her head.
Jeni came out of her thoughts to think of the time. Classes must have finished by now, so Draco - her heart sighed as her head grumbled in frustration that it couldn't take it anymore and was giving up reprimanding the heart for sighing at the thought of a deatheater's son - should come soon with her days homework. There was always more on Fridays because they had more time to do it over the weekend. At least it was the start of the year still, so there wasn't any exam pressure. Jeni felt sorry for Draco, having his NEWTs at the end of this year. And...
Speak of the devil, thought Jeni as Draco swaggered into the room in his usual style, holding a small pile of books. He came around to her right side and put the books down lightly as he had lifted her back into bed that Monday (AN: see chap.4). Jeni wondered if he treated ~everything~ like it weighed only as much as a feather. Her thoughts were interrupted by Draco's regular full-of-himself commenting.
'You know, I think it's a good thing we have Gryffindors,' Jeni was confused. 'You Ravenclaw girls would make terrible spies, or blind-rush- into-everything-stupidly heroes like Potter.' Jeni cocked her head. Draco smiled at her. She felt herself blush. 'Exhibit A.' He continued, waving his hand vaguely in her direction. 'All I had to do was smile at them and they turned into jelly and spilled everything. I finally got them to shut up and tell me your homework, I even borrowed some of their books,' another vague wave towards the pile on the table. 'If you Ravenclaws had a secret database, it would be the easiest thing in the world to infiltrate. Especially for me,' he added as an afterthought, 'since I ~am~ so devastatingly handsome.'
Jeni rolled her eyes, but felt her blush grow.
'So, been having fun?' Draco asked her, sounding like he was trying as hard as he could to keep the sarcasm out of his voice.
'Oh, yeah.' Jeni replied, overly sarcastic. 'I've been having a ~ball~ all day just sitting around here.'
'Well,' he said evilly, lowering his voice and putting his head near hers, 'what d'you say we blow this joint?'
Jeni looked at him, amused at his horrible impression of a gangster.
'There won't be any need for that, Mr Malfoy.' Said Madame Pomfrey who was walking towards Jeni's bed. 'As soon as I've checked everything, Miss McNite should be free to go.'
Jeni's heart leapt. She was free!
Draco looked happy for a few seconds before he recomposed his cold, bored expression, but his eyes remained bright, which Jeni thought made an extraordinary change to his face.
Madame Pomfrey checked her pulse and waved her wand around a bit excessively - was it possible that she was showing off? wondered Jeni - to check her other bodily functions were all working properly. 'There you are,' she said, 'once you've changed you can leave - but no unnecessary physical activity for another week.' She handed Jeni her clothes from a chair and magiced up the curtains around the bed.
Jeni got up and changed as fast as she could, then grabbed her books and other belongings from the table and stepped out from behind the curtain to see Draco smiling slightly at her, amused.
'What?' she question sharply.
He smiled wider. 'I've never seen anyone get dressed so quickly.' He told her with a slight chuckle which shocked Jeni possibly even more then what he'd said. She turned to look back at the curtain, and was relieved to see the silhouette of the bed. All Draco had seen was her shadow! She breathed deeply, then hurried after Draco whose long strides had carried him almost all the way to the door in the last few seconds.
She caught him up, and they walked in silence until she was sure they were far enough away from the wing that Madame Pomfrey couldn't hear them.
'Draco,' she asked him, slightly worried, 'if she heard your awful attempt at being a gangster' 'Hey!' interrupted Draco - Jeni ignored him. 'Then do you think she heard me when I called her an old bird?'
Draco shrugged. 'Does it matter?' he asked, sounding disinterested.
'Yes! It does!' Jeni burst out.
'Well, if she hasn't done anything about it yet, she either didn't hear or doesn't care.' He replied casually.
'But...'Jeni squeaked, confused. She stopped walking.
Draco sighed, stopped as well, and turned to face her, resting a hand on her shoulder. 'But what?' He asked her, his face so close to hers she felt her heart beat speed up significantly and was surprised he couldn't hear it. 'Look,' he said quickly when she opened her mouth to protest. 'It doesn't matter. Let it go.' His voice was reasonable and calm. Draco then turned and walked back the way they had come, to where the stairs were so he could go down to the dungeons, leaving Jeni standing at the entrance to the Ravenclaw commonroom feeling slightly sad and ~very~ muddled.
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The next Monday, after spending the weekend doing homework and talking to teachers about classes she had missed, Jeni was sitting in Herbology with Henri, pruning Squgglebumps who just sat there with their many eyes tightly closed. They were peaceful, but very shy and easily scared, plants.
'So, have fun in the hospital wing?' Henri asked, looking slightly evil.
'Argh!' Jeni cried, loud enough that most people turned to look at her, but turned back around when she glared at them. 'Why,' she asked Henri in a quiet, angry whisper, 'does everyone keep asking me that?!'
Henri put his hands up, sarcastically defending himself as Jeni's voice rose. He suppressed a laugh. 'Malfoy told me you would do something like that.'
It seemed to Jeni that Henri was getting on with Draco better then he previously had.
'However,' he continued, 'there's no reason to get revenge. I took care of that myself at breakfast this morning, when Malfoy and I had our little, er, discussion. It ought to brighten your spirits.'
Jeni's expression became powerfully curious, and she opened her mouth to ask what he had done.
Henri smiled and held up a finger to cut her off. 'You'll just have to wait and see.'
Jeni frowned sulkily, but began pruning her Squgglebump as fast as she could in the hope that the lesson would go faster.
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When the finally got out of class, behind everyone else as usual, Jeni was looking madly in every direction at once in the hope to see Draco on his way back from Care of Magical Creatures. When she suddenly saw him, she stopped dead in her tracks. Draco was racing across the grass towards them, and when he reached them, he started skipping around them in a circle singing:
'Henri and Jeni, sitting in a tree; K-I-S-S-I...'
'Shut up, you little wiener!' Yelled Jeni, furious enough at his ridiculous behaviour to use Char's nick-name for him. Henri only smirked, slightly.
Draco paused for a second, staring at her, then burst out in another song.
'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me!' He jeered over and over, turning away from the two and skipping in random directions up towards the castle.
Henri's facial expression was changing quickly from a small smirk to a wide grin, and he burst into hysterical laughter. Jeni just stared at him until he quieted down, then asked, 'This is what you did, isn't it?'
Henri nodded, his shoulders still shaking with suppressed giggles. He pulled out his wand and waved it, magicing a small pile of sticks and stones on the ground in front of them. 'Shall we?' he asked, his face now composed, acting every part the perfect gentleman.
Jeni just grinned and grabbed a couple of handfuls, as did Henri, and the two of them raced after Draco, pelting him with sticks and stones all the way up to the door of the school.
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Hehe!! This was very amusing and fun to write.Crimson Sun, I KNOW you wanted me to make Henri do something evil, but you of all people should know that I'm not evil at heart, so in the future, MAKE YOUR OWN SUGGESTIONS! Or something like the above my happen again, and you'll only have yourself to blame.
SO! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! And if in doubt, review a fourth time!