Chapter 13
Snape- my father - was droning on some subject that I wasn't paying attention to. I kept glancing over at Draco... he was looking at me, too.
Harry was sitting next to me, he kept glancing across the room. 'What was he looking at?' I looked to where he was looking and saw Morgan leaning back in her chair, her arms crossed. Rainey was sitting next to her practically bouncing in her chair. 'Where does that girl get her energy?'
"I have a question, sir!" she called.
"What?" he demanded, nearly breaking a jar.
"Are you really Sydney's dad?" she asked energetically.
The jar broke. Pieces of glass fell to the floor and the lines on my father's face deepened, if that was possible. The room was deadly silent. Everyone kept looking at me as if I has three heads. I wanted to disappear into the floor - something, anything! What if he denied it? I'd have to make a fool out of myself by claiming it was true. And if he said yes... I didn't want to think about the endless humiliation, people asking me why I didn't call him 'Dad' in class, and those horrible father-daughter outings at Hogsmead. I shuddered to think of it, and glared at Rainey.
"Did I say something wrong?" she asked innocently. Morgan rolled her eyes and leaned back on her chair. Draco's eyes darted back and forth. There stood Snape- cool, impassive, debating the same thing as me.
I held my breath and waited for the explosion to happen.
"Miss. Thortan, now is not the time for such ridiculous questions. But you can ask me tonight, in detention." He said in a calm voice that shocked everyone, including me.
Rainey's eyes widened and she settled back in her chair looking very hurt. Snape continued to teach as if nothing had happened, but I couldn't pay attention to what he was saying. I knew the whispers would fly. Everyone was staring at each other with the exception of Morgan, who hadn't budged the whole time. I kept ignoring everything around me. Snape continued on, acting as though nothing happened.
'You can't avoid it.' I thought evilly. 'No matter what, he would say it out loud.' I sat back and plotted until the end of class. Snape dismissed us with a wave of his hand. I walked a couple of steps behind Rainey and Morgan, overhearing what they were saying.
"I can't believe he gave me detention! I just asked him a question!" Rainey complained.
"Well why did you ask the question, when you already know the answer.?"
"I just wanted to know if he would answer or not."
"You're such and idiot!" Morgan said, rolling her eyes.
"No, I'm unique. That's what my mama says."
I lowered my head and walked past them, Rainey gasped, not realizing I heard every word she said. Morgan was indifferent.
Rainey was stupid and Morgan was just void of any emotions. I didn't know where I was going, I just let my mind wander and my feet kept moving. I ran smack into Draco. He caught me before I fell.
"Sorry." I muttered.
"You should look up when you walk. Less likely to run into things."
I didn't say anything. I had just realized he was still holding me. The last time we had talked had been in the Prefect's bathroom. I guess Draco must have realized he was still holding me too because he released me.
"Look I'll see you later. I've got to get to Ancient Runes." Draco quickly walked past me and disappeared down the hall.
'Was he actually blushing?' I wondered in confusion. 'Am I blushing, too?' I kept walking no real destination in mind. Somehow I ended up on top of the Astronomy tower. I looked over the edge, it was a long way down.
I hoisted myself up and sat on the edge of the wall, legs dangling over. I didn't care if anyone saw me or pitied me. My mom was dead, and my father was an ass. I started to swing my legs back and forth banging then against the stone wall. My mind started to wander again, it seemed to be doing that a lot lately. I thought back to the say my mother was killed. It had been raining all day and I needed to get out of the house. I begged my mom to go into Salem to go shipping. She said it was to dangerous, said she had a bad feeling about it. Mom always had those feelings and nothing worse than us getting mobbed by fans happened. So I kept on begging and finally she gave in. Her apprehension never left, but I was carefree and happy, enjoying the quality time with my mother.
I dragged her into NY Charms, a clothing store with the latest big city fashions. I was looking at the shirts when I heard a loud bang. A blonde haired girl stared from the next row, hurriedly shoving something into her pocket. I blinked and she was gone. I spun around quickly, there under a pile of rubble was my mom... dead.
I snapped back to where I was on the Astronomy tower. There was something very familiar about that girl, but for some reason I couldn't place it. I looked up into the sky and for the first time realized how late it was . The sun was just setting and I knew the Astronomy students would be coming out soon. I didn't want to face anyone yet. Even though Snape was alive, it felt like I'd lost both parents. Being alone in world was the most empty feeling I could experience.