Well, it's been a while and for that I'm sorry. I've been lacking inspiration for this story. It's not that I don't know where I'm going to take it, I just can't seem to make myself sit down and actaully write it. GRR!
Maybe a few encouraging review would do the trick?? wink, wink Hehe.
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter (which I don't) I'd make myself a maid in the Weasely household. You know one of those maids in the sexy french suit that everyone falls in love with? Yeah, that'd be me.
Having Harry's Destiny- Winter Time Fun
After a couple of weeks of bearing the guilt that partially came from sending Helena to the Hospital wing and partially from the royal scolding Hermione, Ron and Ginny had been giving them, the Gryffindors extended their deepest of apologies to the kooky raven haired girl who had dared to befriend a Slytherin.
Helena, to her friends' disgust, welcomed her fellow Gryffindors back with open arms. It's not like they could expect anything else from the kind hearted girl, but they had secretly hoped she would hex them into oblivion. The Gryffindors were still uncomfortable with Helena's friendship with Draco but said nothing when they saw them together. If the Slytherins had any problems with the friendship, they never reached Helena. Draco probably saw to that. Between him and Ron, Helena was under constant surveillance and if the truth were known, she probably had better protection then most politicians.
The weather had become increasingly colder and Christmas was fast approaching. The entire school was alive with talk of the upcoming holiday. Helena, on the other hand, grew uncharacteristically silent whenever the subject came up in a conversation. Hermione was, as usual, the first to notice. She pointed it out to Ron and Ginny and together they speculated as to what could be the cause.
"Well, it is her first Christmas away from her family and friends and everything she's used to." Hermione stated. "And it's not like she can send a card or give them a ring on Christmas morning to wish them Happy Holidays."
"Yeah, Christmas is a holiday for the family." Ron said. "I can't imagine what it would be like to have your family taken away on that day, or any day for that matter." There was a moment of silence as they each tried to comprehend what Helena must be feeling.
"We'll have to do everything possible to make this the best Christmas we can!" Ginny exclaimed finally breaking the silence.
"We could ask mum if she could come home with us!" Ron added excitedly as ideas began to rush through his mind. "And maybe you could come over for a few days, Mione." Two identical grins slowly spread across his female companions' faces.
"Of course!" Ginny practically squealed. "Mum will love having her plus the twins would keep her pretty busy and keep her mind off things."
"I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind if I came over for a few days." Hermione pondered. "Maybe I could come over Christmas afternoon and spend a few days."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Ron nearly shouted in his excitement. "We have letters to be writing!" With that he grabbed the two girls by their wrist and dragged them off in the direction of the common room.
Mean while, outside, Helena was taking full advantage of the first snowfall of the year and building a family of miniature snowmen. Draco happened to be walking past with his broom swinging carelessly in his hands when he spotted her playing in the snow with a look of deep concentration on her face. With a sly grin on his face, Draco carefully leaned his broom against the wall and snuck around behind the unsuspecting girl.
"BOO!!"" He yelled directly into her ear causing her to spring forward with a startled yelp, knocking over the one of the snowmen in the process.
"YOU!! YOU….LOOK WHAT YOU DID!!!" Helena fumed. "AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!"
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist myself." Draco apologized through his laughter. "Besides you should have seen the look on your face!"
"Hmph." Helena huffed pretending to pout even though a smile was tugging at the corners of her mouth. "Well I don't know if that's going to cut it. I mean just look at poor little Fredrick!" She pointed to the pieces of the tiny snowman.
"I bet I could think of something that would make it up to you." Draco said slyly.
"And what would that be?" Helena asked obviously intrigued.
"Close your eyes and you'll find out." Draco said with a smirk. Helena looked at him for a minute, trying to decide whether or not to trust him. Finally curiosity took over and she closed her eyes.
"You better not be trying to kiss me, Malfoy." Helena warned.
"UGH NO!" Draco protested as he grabbed his broom from where he had left it. "Especially not after you've had your lips all over Weasley!"
WHAT?? EEW!!" Helena made a disgusted face. "Me and Ron are not THAT close! Where did you get an idea like that??"
"Calm down! I was just joking." Draco said with a laugh. "Call it pay back for the "gay" trick you pulled on me." While they were talking, Draco very carefully slid the broom underneath Helena, being very careful not to touch her legs and give himself away. Luckily she wasn't wearing her uniform so he didn't have to worry about her skirt. Helena on the other hand was happily talking away when she realized that Draco was suddenly VERY close to her. Before she could protest she felt something underneath her and realized that his arms were encircling her waist.
"Draco, what are you doing???" She shouted her eyes flying open. She looked down to see what she was setting on. A stick? She was sitting on a stick? Her eyes grew wide as she realized exactly what it was she was setting on.
"DRACOOO!!!" She squealed as she was suddenly air borne. Draco laughed as she clutched wildly at his arms.
"Put me back on the ground RIGHT NOW!!" She shrieked. Inwardly she was screaming frantically for Harry.
Harry Potter! Get over here NOW! Megan shouted. Harry came rushing over immediately. What is it? What's wrong?
You have to take over NOW! She said wide-eyed. I don't do heights. Harry looked out and assed the situation.
No way. Harry said as he pulled back.
What?? Megan asked in disbelief.
You are setting way to close to Draco Malfoy for me to even consider it. Harry protested firmly.
Ugh, I hate you! Megan said before returning her attention to the outside world.
"Hey, Helena, are you alright?" Draco asked the silent girl.
"I'm…going…to kill…you." She said in a very low voice. He chuckled slightly at her response.
"You just need to relax and enjoy yourself." He said in a calming voice. "You have to admit that the view is gorgeous." Helena looked down timidly. The view was breath taking but the ground was way to far away.
"Okay, so it's pretty. Now can we go down?" Helena pleaded.
"Just a few more minutes and then I promise I'll take you down." Draco said as he slowed down slightly so that Helena wouldn't be quite as scared.
Several minutes later, Draco finally took the shaken Gryffindor back to solid ground.
"Halleluiah!" She shouted as she jumped off the broom and stumbled away from him.
"Oh come on! It wasn't that bad!" Draco protested
"You" She pointed at him and glared. "are evil, eeevviiill." That was it, Draco couldn't hold it anymore. He burst into laughter causing Helena to glare even harder. About this time Hermione and Ron walked outside and stopped at the sight of the peculiar scene. Defiantly Helena turned away from Draco and stalked in the opposite direction. Draco tried desperately to control his laughter to no avail. Then WHAM! A white blur flew through the air and hit Draco directly in the face. The stunned Slytherin stopped dead in his tracks, frozen in shock, his face covered in snow.
"HAA! HA!" Helena shouted doing a little victory dance. "That's what you get boy!" Ron and Hermione stood in shock trying very hard not to laugh at the sight of Draco Malfoy standing, dumbfounded, covered in snow.
"Why you!" Draco yelled and charged at the gloating girl. Helena shrieked as she fell to the ground with Draco on top of her.
"Eat snow!" He said pouring several handfuls of snow onto her face. Helena responded by grabbing his arms and tossing him to the ground beside her.
"Revenge!" She declared as she lunged at him with a handful of snow. Soon they were rolling around in the snow, laughing and shouting.
"Are you two having fun over there?" Hermione called out to them through her laughter. Draco and Helena stopped in mid-roll, covered from head to toe in snow. Their confused expressions only caused Ron and Hermione to laugh even harder.
"Hey, Draco, look they're all DRY." Helena said with a sly grin. Draco smirked and began gathering snow in his hand.
"Hey now!" Ron held up his hands in a defensive posture. "Don't go getting any-" WHAM! WHAM! Snow whizzed through the air and hit its mark.
"You'll pay for that!" Ron declared gathering snow. Soon the air was filled with snowballs and the sounds of laughter. The game continued long into the afternoon, until all its participants were completely covered by snow and too tired to lift their hands to thrown another snowball.
"Whew!" Helena said as they stumbled into the building. "I haven't had that much fun in a long time!"
"Yeah," Hermione agreed. "But now I'm freezing!" They all stopped and looked down at themselves. The snow that had covered them had now melted and was dripping onto the floor.
"I guess we should get out of these wet clothes before we all get sick." Helena said shivering slightly. "So I guess I'll see you guys later." They each said their good byes and headed off to their perspective rooms. Helena couldn't help smile as memories of the day flooded back to her. As she took a warm shower and climbed into her warm bed, she found herself actually looking forward to the future, something she hadn't done in quite some time
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