Title: Keep me Safe 7/34- upside down
Author: Harmoni
Category: HP-BTVS
Rating: T for teen...cuz I like to swear hehehe
Chapter Summary: Her one chance at a new life is ruined, her secrets out. Everyone knows and she's all alone. Or is she? Alexa finally opens up about what happened to the last person she expected to be there.
Disclaimer: the OC's belong to me… Harry Potter to Rowling, Buffy to Whedon
Spoilers: Doubt it, this takes place after Season 7 and book 5
Feedback: Please
Author's Note: Yes so this is being revamped.. why? Cuz parts of it make me cringe… and I'm waiting out my current writers block…so bare with me, and give it a chance please and thank you, and review…and this is also my first one ever so things may not be superb… but I'm still proud of it… most of it…
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I turn to you
Like a flower leaning towards the sun
I turn to you
'Cos you're the only one
Who can turn me around when I'm upside down
I turn to you
I Turn to You Melanie C
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Alexa had no idea where she was going. She had walked out in a rage and failed to see where she was going. She couldn't say she really cared. She was content to stomp down the hall and swear.
Then someone grabbed her arm. She turned and slammed him against the wall before either knew what had happened.
"Bloody hell, woman." Draco rasped, trying to remove himself from her strong hold.
She stared at him a moment before letting him go. "What do you want Draco?" She asked turning away from him.
"To see if you were all right."
She snorted turning back to him. "You came to see if I was all right? I thought I was just some filthy mudblood"
"Maybe, maybe not, but it looks like you could use a friend."
"Gee, know where I can find one?" She asked, sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"Lynne, Alexa, what the hell is your name?"
"Alexa."
"And what happened to your hair?" He asked, stepping forward and touching it.
"Probably Hermione." She replied with a sneer. "She's so smart. I know she suspected me when we first met.
"Suspected you of what?" Draco asked.
"Didn't you hear what happened? I thought everyone was listening."
"But I'm asking you." He told her
"Why does everyone want me to talk about it?" She exploded. "It's my own god-damn business."
"Fine." Draco replied with a sneer of his own. " You want everyone to think you're a murderer, go for it."
"I know what people are like, Draco." She snapped at him. "They will believe what they want. They'll believe whatever sounds more exciting."
"But I won't." He quietly replied.
She stopped in surprise and stared at him.
"I didn't kill them." She finally moaned, dropping her head.
"I know."
"Do you?"
"If you say you didn't, then I believe you."
Alexa sighed. "You spent the last three weeks being rude and putting me down. Now you are willing to believe me just like that?"
"Yes." Was his simple reply
"Why?"
"I know what it's like to be looked at the way you just were. I know what it's like to be blamed for things you didn't do."
Alexa backed up until she was against the wall and then slid down. " I didn't kill them." She cried.
"I know." He said, sitting down beside her and putting an arm around her.
"I didn't." She sobbed. "I found them, murdered. All but my mom, then I watched as they killed her. I did nothing but watch and then I ran away like a great big chicken. I ran but they caught me 'cause I tripped. But then I was able to get away and I left. I left them all dead and I'm still alive, it's not right." She sobbed and Draco pulled her into his arms and let her cry.
After a few minutes, he stood up and pulled her with him.
"Come with me."
She followed him as he led her through the castle, not really paying attention to where they were going.
Then he let go of her hand and walked up the hall, turning around and coming back to her. He did it again and stopped when he was down the hall.
"Look." He softly called to her, indicating to her right.
She turned as a door appeared.
She gasped as he walked back to her and grabbed her hand. He led her inside where she gasped again. Inside it was almost an exact replica of her old room except there was a couch and a fireplace that looked oddly like her family's living room. Immediately she felt comforted.
"What is this?" She asked
"The room of requirement. If you're in need of something, it appears. I asked for a place where you would feel comfortable and this appeared."
"This is neat. It's my old bedroom and living room combined."
"Come on." He pulled her to the couch where they sat down.
"You want to talk some more?" He asked.
She nodded, now that she had started, she wanted to tell it all.
"I lived in a pretty big city in BC. My parents loved each other very much. I got along great with my brother and sisters. There was my older brother, James, he was 19, and as protective as an older brother could be. Then came Jenny, she was 17. I was the baby of the family born 9 minutes after my sister Kat."
"You had a twin?" Draco interrupted.
"Yes. We were so identical, you couldn't tell us apart. We were very close." Tears came to her eyes again as memories came flooding back. "We did everything together. The same sports, except for cross country, and swimming, I hate running, she hates swimming, and we were in the same clubs, but I wanted to do something different for myself. So I went out and got a job. When Kat found out, she, of course, went and applied herself, but she didn't get the job. She was upset but I said it was no big deal because then we could try something a little different. Then we got into a big fight and I left to go to my job. Nothing was resolved. That night I came home and the door was open. I got scared but went in anyways. I went to my room and Kat's bed was full of blood. I became more frightened and went to my parents room, calling their names.. I found my family on the bed, all of them were dead, except for my mom. She cried for me to leave and then they slit her throat." Alexa started sobbing again and Draco gathered her up in his arms.
"You keep saying 'they'. Who?" Draco asked.
"I don't know these freaky guys in black robes."
"Deatheaters." Draco's voice came out hard and cold.
"No." Alexa told him. " H-harry thought that too, but no they were different. They had no eyes. Instead they had these symbols that seemed to be burnt into their skin. Yet, they knew exactly where I was."
"That's odd. But why change your name? Why go into hiding and change your appearance. This is how you really look?"
Alexa allowed herself a soft smile before continuing.
"My hair is blonde. This actual shade. I know it looks almost fake 'cause it's so light, but it is natural. My eyes are really brown. AS for everything else, well go watch the muggle news, I was all over it. They believed I was either kidnapped, dead or an accomplice. When no ransom note was sent and no reason, they ruled out kidnapping. My whole family was found dead together except for me? So they ruled out death. So all that was left was me being an accomplice. They think I helped. I would never- I loved them so much. I miss them."
Again she went quiet, content in Draco's arms. After a few moments, she broke the silence.
"I figured if I went the complete opposite of how I looked, no one would recognize me. Then after a couple of weeks here, I think someone did recognize me while I was shopping for food. That's how I met Harry. When he asked me my name, I felt it was safer not to give out my real name so I gave him my middle name. I mean I didn't even know him, but then I got invited here and I was like ohhhh maybe I can hide and start new, but that backfired."
"No, no it didn't." Draco told her. "Who cares if they know your real name or what you really look like. You'll get by here, I'll be here to help you."
"They think I'm a murderer." She protested.
He smirked at her. "All the better for you, you won't be bothered by all these stupid gits here."
"And Hermione, Ron, and Harry? What about them?"
"You really going to make me say this?" He muttered, gritting his teeth and taking a deep breath. "If they're really your friends, and I really don't know why, then they'll understand and come around. Just don't forget, you have me."
"Draco, until now, you've been mean to me."
"Ly-Alexa, I was upset. I'm a Malfoy, I'm not supposed to fall for a mud. a non pureblood."
She shyly looked down." Do you still feel- Do you still ."
"Do I still like you?"
She nodded.
"Hell, yes. Even after you delivered that wicked right hook. I wasn't mad, I wanted to find you and kiss you."
"Kiss me?" She asked, surprised. "Oh and I'm sorry for punching you."
He waved off the apology, looking deep into her eyes.
"Look Conners, there's just something about you. Since I first met you and you looked at me like I was a real person, I haven't been able to get that out of my mind. But like everything else in my life, Potter got you first."
"Nobody has me." She replied with an icy tone. "I am my own person."
"I know." He held up his hands in a surrendering pose. "It's just that- Bloody hell, who am I kidding?"
He grabbed the back of her neck and bent down, catching her lips in a kiss. At first she tried to pull away but then surrendered to it. Never had she felt so needed. Never had she felt so much emotion. Never had she felt so dizzy. She fell back on to the couch, pulling Draco with her. Instead he pulled away, getting up from the couch.
"Draco?" She asked, confused
He quieted her with a kiss, picking her up and carrying her to the bed. He gently placed her on it, lying down beside her.
Then he started kissing her again, going down to her neck, where she gasped in delight.
Alexa pulled his head back up, catching his lips with hers once again. Her hands were caressing his back, feeling his smooth skin and hard muscles from training for quidditch. His hands were on her stomach and travelled up higher.
Alarm bells went off in Alexa's head.
"No." She gasped, pulling away. "Draco I can't."
He groaned as he rolled off of her. "Why?"
"I'm not ready, and it's so fast."
"I'm sorry." He apologised
"Don't be." She replied, giving him a soft kiss. "I just never had a boyfriend before."
Draco started laughing but stopped when he saw her hurt expression. "I don't mean to laugh, but you can't be serious. How could you not? Are the guys in Canada blind?"
"No." She said looking away. "It was a rule. WE weren't allowed boyfriends until we were 16. I'm not 16 until tomorrow."
"So we can finish this tomorrow?" He asked with a suggestive smile.
She punched him lightly in the arm. "Draco." She smiled. "I know Jenny and Kat got around that rule but no one ever interested me."
"So that was your first kiss?"
"Yeah." She replied "And it was wonderful, you know despite the circumstances."
"I just find that hard to believe, I mean, wow." Was all he said.
He gathered her into his arms and stared deep into her eyes. "I promise no matter what, I won't push you, or rush you into anything. " He gave her an evil grin. "Just don't let that get around, I have a reputation to uphold."
She rolled her eyes. "Yes, the almighty Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Bad boy. I've heard all about you."
"All of it bad I hope."
"Of course. So how do I know you won't break my heart.?" She teased him.
"How do I know you won't run back to Potter?" He challenged back.
This earned him another roll eye. "Maybe 'cause I was never with Harry. When I came here, I wasn't ready for a relationship."
"But now?" He prompted.
She sighed and looked away. "I don't know if I'm mentally or emotionally stable enough."
"Then I'll wait until you are."
She laughed as she looked at him again." You're really not as horrible as everyone says."
Can I tell you a secret?" He asked, pulling her closer and placing a kiss on the tip of her nose. "It's all an act."
She smiled at him, feeling a rare feeling of happiness in Draco's arms. She sighed contently and closed her eyes.
Soon they were both fast asleep.
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