If Only
Jeni Draco's Girl
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A few days later, Jeni and Henri were lying beside the lake in the sun at lunchtime. Henri's cat Diablos was stretched out beside him, its jet black fur a stark contrast to the emerald green grass, its huge luminous yellow eyes closed.
'So, how did Sunday go?' Henri asked, presumably kindly.
'I don't want to talk about it.' Jeni replied grumpily. 'It was ~terrible~.'
'Didn't look like it to me...' Henri trailed off, suddenly realising he shouldn't have said what he just had.
Jeni was sitting up in a flash.
'What do you mean?' She asked, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.
'Nothing,' Henri replied quickly. Too quickly.
'What do you mean.' Jeni all but growled at him, her fingers curled like claws.
'Well...I was just watching to make sure you were okay...' Henri replied nervously, inching slowly away. Jeni looked furious. 'You know...so I could step in if it looked like he was hurting you...or something...' This was the COMPLETELY WRONG thing to say.
'So you mean,' Jeni hissed, 'that the whole time Draco was practicing being a Dementor you were just watching and doing nothing?'
'Yes...?' Henri replied tentatively, like a student who doesn't know if it's the right answer.
'Argh!' Cried Jeni, her control snapping like a twig. 'How could you?!'
'You...you looked like you were enjoying yourself...' Henri just didn't know where to stop.
'You just don't know when to stop, do you?' Jeni demanded rhetorically.
'Well...'
'ARGH!' Jeni screamed. It was lucky there weren't to many other people around. 'Just SHUT UP!'
Thankfully, Henri did. Jeni flopped back down onto the grass, her eyes clenched shut, fingernails biting into her palms.
'Jeni...?' Henri ventured. 'I'm...sorry...'
Jeni was silent.
'Jeni?!' Henri sounded worried now.
Jeni couldn't help a smile creeping onto her lips. She sighed.
'It's okay.' She breathed.
'Next time, I ~promise~ I won't follow you.' Henri said solemnly.
Jeni raised a brow, her eyes still closed. 'There isn't going to be a next time, Henri.' She said patiently.
'Of course there is.' He replied confidently. 'And you said there wouldn't be a first time...'
'I didn't have much of a choice that time.' Jeni cut in. 'And I had no interest whatsoever in what it feels like to be a pot plant.'
'Well,' Henri said matter-of-factly, 'Maybe you won't have much of a choice next time either.'
Jeni opened one eye. 'Do you know something I don't know?'
'Maybe.' Henri teased.
'Are you going to tell me or will I just have to go and permanently put Draco's lights out so he can never do it?'
Henri wavered. 'Weeeelll....'
'Come on,' Jeni poked him in the arm. 'Tell me.'
'No.' Henri stated.
'Pleeaase?' Jeni begged him.
Henri shook his head firmly. 'You know I'd never kill Draco, don't you?'
Henri nodded affirmatively. Jeni sighed.
'Fine then. Be that way.' She sulked.
Henri patted her on the head. Jeni scowled. He smiled.
'I'm laughing at you on the inside.' He told her, sounding almost fatherly.
Jeni just scowled harder.
~
That Saturday, the two were out by the lake again, walking. They hadn't been talking much, and so Jeni was pretty shocked when Henri suddenly dove forward, as though someone had pushed him over.
'Henri! Are you alright...' she began but trailed off into a shriek when something lifted her up into the air.
'Jeez, why do you always scream so much?' a familiar voice drawled as he seated her on his broom in front of himself.
Jeni scowled, even though he couldn't see her. 'Well hey, let's think. Maybe it's because I don't expect people to keep levitating me or lifting me onto their broomsticks!' She told him sarcastically.
'You're really bad at sarcasm, you know.'
Jeni ignored him. 'What do you want?' she grumbled, gazing over the school grounds.
'I want you to go on another date with me.'
Jeni could feel his breath in her ear. She couldn't tell if it was that or the flying that was making her stomach tie itself into knots.
'I would have though that it would be obvious that I didn't want to.' She snapped back at him.
'We're pretty high off the ground.' Draco commented casually.
Jeni glanced down nervously. 'So?'
'So,' Draco continued, 'I would be pretty tragic if you were to...fall.'
It was obvious this was not what he meant.
'Are you threatening me?' Jeni was rightfully suspicious.
'No, of course not.' Major sarcasm here.
Jeni frowned and crossed her arms. She didn't have to worry about falling unless Draco moved his hands from where they were holding the broom in front of her. 'Can you just take me back down?' she was very frustrated by this whole event.
'I don't think so...' Draco replied casually, 'Not yet.'
The broom slowed and hovered over the Forbidden Forest.
'I'm nothing like my father.' He stated.
Jeni was silent.
'Just because he's a presuming, arrogant Death Eater doesn't mean I am. Voldemort's gone. There aren't any 'Death Eaters' anymore, anyway.'
Jeni turned, swinging one leg over so that both were on the same side, to face Draco.
'It's just hard to let go of what you've been told your entire life.' She whispered, staring determinedly at his chin. 'And my Dad's always told me that Malfoys are the ones to stay away from, and not get involved with.'
'What about your mother?' Draco asked hesitantly.
Jeni's eyes flickered up to his briefly. 'I...never knew her.' She answered, looking away. She knew later that she should have told him then.
'Sorry.' Draco apologised.
Jeni shook her head, and turned back to face him again, her sad blue eyes gazing into his shielded grey. Why could she never tell what he was thinking?
'It's just hard to let go of what you've been taught your entire life.' He told her with a friendly smirk.
Jeni couldn't help but smile.
'So, how about that second date?' Draco was grinning widely now.
Jeni sighed, resignedly. 'Well, you were going to rope me into it somehow.' She joked.
'That I was.' Draco agreed.
And with that, he turned around and flew them back down to where Henri was waiting by the lake, smirking superiorly. Jeni just poked her tongue out at him.
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YAY! CHAPTER 12 IS DONE! I HAVE DELT WITH MY WRITERS BLOCK!...of sorts...Now I just have to come up with a second date...hmmm...this will take some thought.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCORAGMENT CRIMSON SUN! also Emma and Michelle...and let's not forget MELANIE! There you go, you got CAPITALS!
Jeni Draco's Girl
~~
A few days later, Jeni and Henri were lying beside the lake in the sun at lunchtime. Henri's cat Diablos was stretched out beside him, its jet black fur a stark contrast to the emerald green grass, its huge luminous yellow eyes closed.
'So, how did Sunday go?' Henri asked, presumably kindly.
'I don't want to talk about it.' Jeni replied grumpily. 'It was ~terrible~.'
'Didn't look like it to me...' Henri trailed off, suddenly realising he shouldn't have said what he just had.
Jeni was sitting up in a flash.
'What do you mean?' She asked, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.
'Nothing,' Henri replied quickly. Too quickly.
'What do you mean.' Jeni all but growled at him, her fingers curled like claws.
'Well...I was just watching to make sure you were okay...' Henri replied nervously, inching slowly away. Jeni looked furious. 'You know...so I could step in if it looked like he was hurting you...or something...' This was the COMPLETELY WRONG thing to say.
'So you mean,' Jeni hissed, 'that the whole time Draco was practicing being a Dementor you were just watching and doing nothing?'
'Yes...?' Henri replied tentatively, like a student who doesn't know if it's the right answer.
'Argh!' Cried Jeni, her control snapping like a twig. 'How could you?!'
'You...you looked like you were enjoying yourself...' Henri just didn't know where to stop.
'You just don't know when to stop, do you?' Jeni demanded rhetorically.
'Well...'
'ARGH!' Jeni screamed. It was lucky there weren't to many other people around. 'Just SHUT UP!'
Thankfully, Henri did. Jeni flopped back down onto the grass, her eyes clenched shut, fingernails biting into her palms.
'Jeni...?' Henri ventured. 'I'm...sorry...'
Jeni was silent.
'Jeni?!' Henri sounded worried now.
Jeni couldn't help a smile creeping onto her lips. She sighed.
'It's okay.' She breathed.
'Next time, I ~promise~ I won't follow you.' Henri said solemnly.
Jeni raised a brow, her eyes still closed. 'There isn't going to be a next time, Henri.' She said patiently.
'Of course there is.' He replied confidently. 'And you said there wouldn't be a first time...'
'I didn't have much of a choice that time.' Jeni cut in. 'And I had no interest whatsoever in what it feels like to be a pot plant.'
'Well,' Henri said matter-of-factly, 'Maybe you won't have much of a choice next time either.'
Jeni opened one eye. 'Do you know something I don't know?'
'Maybe.' Henri teased.
'Are you going to tell me or will I just have to go and permanently put Draco's lights out so he can never do it?'
Henri wavered. 'Weeeelll....'
'Come on,' Jeni poked him in the arm. 'Tell me.'
'No.' Henri stated.
'Pleeaase?' Jeni begged him.
Henri shook his head firmly. 'You know I'd never kill Draco, don't you?'
Henri nodded affirmatively. Jeni sighed.
'Fine then. Be that way.' She sulked.
Henri patted her on the head. Jeni scowled. He smiled.
'I'm laughing at you on the inside.' He told her, sounding almost fatherly.
Jeni just scowled harder.
~
That Saturday, the two were out by the lake again, walking. They hadn't been talking much, and so Jeni was pretty shocked when Henri suddenly dove forward, as though someone had pushed him over.
'Henri! Are you alright...' she began but trailed off into a shriek when something lifted her up into the air.
'Jeez, why do you always scream so much?' a familiar voice drawled as he seated her on his broom in front of himself.
Jeni scowled, even though he couldn't see her. 'Well hey, let's think. Maybe it's because I don't expect people to keep levitating me or lifting me onto their broomsticks!' She told him sarcastically.
'You're really bad at sarcasm, you know.'
Jeni ignored him. 'What do you want?' she grumbled, gazing over the school grounds.
'I want you to go on another date with me.'
Jeni could feel his breath in her ear. She couldn't tell if it was that or the flying that was making her stomach tie itself into knots.
'I would have though that it would be obvious that I didn't want to.' She snapped back at him.
'We're pretty high off the ground.' Draco commented casually.
Jeni glanced down nervously. 'So?'
'So,' Draco continued, 'I would be pretty tragic if you were to...fall.'
It was obvious this was not what he meant.
'Are you threatening me?' Jeni was rightfully suspicious.
'No, of course not.' Major sarcasm here.
Jeni frowned and crossed her arms. She didn't have to worry about falling unless Draco moved his hands from where they were holding the broom in front of her. 'Can you just take me back down?' she was very frustrated by this whole event.
'I don't think so...' Draco replied casually, 'Not yet.'
The broom slowed and hovered over the Forbidden Forest.
'I'm nothing like my father.' He stated.
Jeni was silent.
'Just because he's a presuming, arrogant Death Eater doesn't mean I am. Voldemort's gone. There aren't any 'Death Eaters' anymore, anyway.'
Jeni turned, swinging one leg over so that both were on the same side, to face Draco.
'It's just hard to let go of what you've been told your entire life.' She whispered, staring determinedly at his chin. 'And my Dad's always told me that Malfoys are the ones to stay away from, and not get involved with.'
'What about your mother?' Draco asked hesitantly.
Jeni's eyes flickered up to his briefly. 'I...never knew her.' She answered, looking away. She knew later that she should have told him then.
'Sorry.' Draco apologised.
Jeni shook her head, and turned back to face him again, her sad blue eyes gazing into his shielded grey. Why could she never tell what he was thinking?
'It's just hard to let go of what you've been taught your entire life.' He told her with a friendly smirk.
Jeni couldn't help but smile.
'So, how about that second date?' Draco was grinning widely now.
Jeni sighed, resignedly. 'Well, you were going to rope me into it somehow.' She joked.
'That I was.' Draco agreed.
And with that, he turned around and flew them back down to where Henri was waiting by the lake, smirking superiorly. Jeni just poked her tongue out at him.
~~
YAY! CHAPTER 12 IS DONE! I HAVE DELT WITH MY WRITERS BLOCK!...of sorts...Now I just have to come up with a second date...hmmm...this will take some thought.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCORAGMENT CRIMSON SUN! also Emma and Michelle...and let's not forget MELANIE! There you go, you got CAPITALS!