If Only
By Jeni Draco's Girl
I won't say it.
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Breakfast Thursday morning found Jeni where she had been the day before, only with even more grim determination. She was slightly stressed that she had to get it done before the owls came again, as the longer she thought about it the less she thought it was a good idea. ~Especially~ since all the teachers were there.
She took a deep breath, pulled her wand out of her bag, and holding it concealed under the table, focused on her target. She swished and...glanced quickly around. There were no owls. Jeni released her breath, swished and flicked and one ~'Wingardum leviosa'~ later Draco looked extremely shocked as he started floating into the air.
Everyone in the hall turned around to look up at Draco. A lot of the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws started laughing, others just looked perplexed or worried. Some of the Slytherins tried to magic him back down, but Jeni was concentrating so hard on not breaking eye contact that they couldn't.
Draco floated higher and higher until he reached the height where candles floated at dinner, when it was dark. Jeni's tongue was poking out of the corner of her mouth as she prepared to flip Draco upside down – it was a little trick she'd been practicing on books and other random objects all week. But when she flicked her wand to flip him, nothing happened. She looked up at Draco, who looked happy as Larry just floating there as if he were laying on a deck-chair. (AN: who is Larry, anyway?!) Then Jeni glanced under the table at her wand. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it, but she flicked it to be sure, then tried to flip Draco again. Nothing. Jeni was extremely confused – if she wasn't keeping Draco up there, then who or what was?
She put her wand back in her bag. If it wasn't working then what was the point in having it out? Jeni thought it would be much less suspicious if she fell in with staring at Draco like everyone else was. But then she felt worried. How was he going to get down?
Her attention was drawn again to Draco – he seemed to be moving across towards her, almost as if a current in the air was sweeping him along. Jeni looked around for anyone who seemed to be concentrating on holding him up, but could see no-one.
Then a weird sensation started in her tummy and she shrieked out loud as she herself began to float up into the air. Jeni looked straight into Draco's face and saw it was filled with amusement – he was laughing at her! She scowled back at him, but not too hard. Somehow ~he~ was holding them both up there and she ~didn't~ want to be unceremoniously dropped on her head.
Jeni gripped her robes tightly round her knees – people were still looking up at them and she didn't want anyone to see she had pink knickers. It was just as well that she was holding them so tightly as Draco took her preoccupation as an opportunity to flip ~her~ upside down, causing her to shriek again – much to Draco's amusement. It seemed to her that he was quite enjoying the whole experience.
He must have seen her confusion, as he told her calmly, 'You don't need a wand to do magic.'
She scowled at him, then tried to raise an eyebrow and failed. How did he do it?
'Practice,' he explained.
And what was with the whole mind-reading thing?
'Your not very good at hiding what your thinking,' Draco told her. 'Definitely nowhere ~near~ as good as myself.' He added conceitedly.
Luckily, the owls chose that moment to make their entry, distracting everyone, including Jeni, and preventing her from bashing him over the head with her shoe.
This thought, and the fact that she felt very dizzy, brought Jeni back to the present moment and she realised she was still hanging upside down.
'Draco, would you mind? Before all my blood rushes to my head and I BLACK OUT!' she said in the most civilised way she could manage under the circumstances.
'What?' he asked, obviously having also been distracted by the owls. 'Oh, right.'
Jeni was finally the right way up. She sighed a sigh of relief.
'Now, down to business.' Draco said, sounding very much like, well, a business man.
'What business?' asked Jeni, very much confused.
'Why do you think I brought you up here?' He asked her, looking for all the world like it was obvious.
'I don't know!' she exclaimed. 'I ~thought~ it was because I brought you up here first, but ~apparently~ it isn't.' She said defensively.
'~You~ magiced me up here?' Draco cried, clearly shocked.
'What, don't you think I could have?' Jeni said, insulted.
'Well...I, I assumed... well, that saves me some searching.' Draco trailed off.
'Hmm.' Jeni frowned. 'So why ~am~ I here then?' She crossed her arms.
Draco smiled and floated closer to her. 'Will you go with me to Hogsmeade next visit?' he asked her, his voice sounding like it had on the train, velvety and smooth but slightly dangerous.
Jeni clenched her teeth for a second to try and calm herself down. It didn't work. 'If you think I'm going to go ANYWHERE with you JUST because you...because you...did what you did the other day, then you've got another thing coming.'
She made to slap him across the face but he caught her hand just inches from it. His expression was still the same shocked that it had become at her reply. Jeni narrowed her eyes, furious at his senselessness, tugged her hand free and tried to turn and storm off dramatically, but then realised she couldn't actually move herself. How did he do that whole 'wandless magic' thing?
'ARGH!' she cried. 'And can you just PUT ME DOWN for god's sake!' She barely managed to suppress a squeal as she felt herself free-fall and only slow down when her feet were a few centimeters from the ground. She scowled angrily, and looked around to see if anyone had been staring at the whole scene. They didn't seem to be and Draco had returned to his seat himself. She sat down with a sigh and finished breakfast.
But there was one girl who had seen everything. And she didn't look very happy.
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Chapter 8 COMPLETE!! :D YAY! What a relief! I am having so much fun writing this! Hope you're having fun reading.
By Jeni Draco's Girl
I won't say it.
~~
Breakfast Thursday morning found Jeni where she had been the day before, only with even more grim determination. She was slightly stressed that she had to get it done before the owls came again, as the longer she thought about it the less she thought it was a good idea. ~Especially~ since all the teachers were there.
She took a deep breath, pulled her wand out of her bag, and holding it concealed under the table, focused on her target. She swished and...glanced quickly around. There were no owls. Jeni released her breath, swished and flicked and one ~'Wingardum leviosa'~ later Draco looked extremely shocked as he started floating into the air.
Everyone in the hall turned around to look up at Draco. A lot of the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws started laughing, others just looked perplexed or worried. Some of the Slytherins tried to magic him back down, but Jeni was concentrating so hard on not breaking eye contact that they couldn't.
Draco floated higher and higher until he reached the height where candles floated at dinner, when it was dark. Jeni's tongue was poking out of the corner of her mouth as she prepared to flip Draco upside down – it was a little trick she'd been practicing on books and other random objects all week. But when she flicked her wand to flip him, nothing happened. She looked up at Draco, who looked happy as Larry just floating there as if he were laying on a deck-chair. (AN: who is Larry, anyway?!) Then Jeni glanced under the table at her wand. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it, but she flicked it to be sure, then tried to flip Draco again. Nothing. Jeni was extremely confused – if she wasn't keeping Draco up there, then who or what was?
She put her wand back in her bag. If it wasn't working then what was the point in having it out? Jeni thought it would be much less suspicious if she fell in with staring at Draco like everyone else was. But then she felt worried. How was he going to get down?
Her attention was drawn again to Draco – he seemed to be moving across towards her, almost as if a current in the air was sweeping him along. Jeni looked around for anyone who seemed to be concentrating on holding him up, but could see no-one.
Then a weird sensation started in her tummy and she shrieked out loud as she herself began to float up into the air. Jeni looked straight into Draco's face and saw it was filled with amusement – he was laughing at her! She scowled back at him, but not too hard. Somehow ~he~ was holding them both up there and she ~didn't~ want to be unceremoniously dropped on her head.
Jeni gripped her robes tightly round her knees – people were still looking up at them and she didn't want anyone to see she had pink knickers. It was just as well that she was holding them so tightly as Draco took her preoccupation as an opportunity to flip ~her~ upside down, causing her to shriek again – much to Draco's amusement. It seemed to her that he was quite enjoying the whole experience.
He must have seen her confusion, as he told her calmly, 'You don't need a wand to do magic.'
She scowled at him, then tried to raise an eyebrow and failed. How did he do it?
'Practice,' he explained.
And what was with the whole mind-reading thing?
'Your not very good at hiding what your thinking,' Draco told her. 'Definitely nowhere ~near~ as good as myself.' He added conceitedly.
Luckily, the owls chose that moment to make their entry, distracting everyone, including Jeni, and preventing her from bashing him over the head with her shoe.
This thought, and the fact that she felt very dizzy, brought Jeni back to the present moment and she realised she was still hanging upside down.
'Draco, would you mind? Before all my blood rushes to my head and I BLACK OUT!' she said in the most civilised way she could manage under the circumstances.
'What?' he asked, obviously having also been distracted by the owls. 'Oh, right.'
Jeni was finally the right way up. She sighed a sigh of relief.
'Now, down to business.' Draco said, sounding very much like, well, a business man.
'What business?' asked Jeni, very much confused.
'Why do you think I brought you up here?' He asked her, looking for all the world like it was obvious.
'I don't know!' she exclaimed. 'I ~thought~ it was because I brought you up here first, but ~apparently~ it isn't.' She said defensively.
'~You~ magiced me up here?' Draco cried, clearly shocked.
'What, don't you think I could have?' Jeni said, insulted.
'Well...I, I assumed... well, that saves me some searching.' Draco trailed off.
'Hmm.' Jeni frowned. 'So why ~am~ I here then?' She crossed her arms.
Draco smiled and floated closer to her. 'Will you go with me to Hogsmeade next visit?' he asked her, his voice sounding like it had on the train, velvety and smooth but slightly dangerous.
Jeni clenched her teeth for a second to try and calm herself down. It didn't work. 'If you think I'm going to go ANYWHERE with you JUST because you...because you...did what you did the other day, then you've got another thing coming.'
She made to slap him across the face but he caught her hand just inches from it. His expression was still the same shocked that it had become at her reply. Jeni narrowed her eyes, furious at his senselessness, tugged her hand free and tried to turn and storm off dramatically, but then realised she couldn't actually move herself. How did he do that whole 'wandless magic' thing?
'ARGH!' she cried. 'And can you just PUT ME DOWN for god's sake!' She barely managed to suppress a squeal as she felt herself free-fall and only slow down when her feet were a few centimeters from the ground. She scowled angrily, and looked around to see if anyone had been staring at the whole scene. They didn't seem to be and Draco had returned to his seat himself. She sat down with a sigh and finished breakfast.
But there was one girl who had seen everything. And she didn't look very happy.
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Chapter 8 COMPLETE!! :D YAY! What a relief! I am having so much fun writing this! Hope you're having fun reading.