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Summary:

Chapter Seven – Khadesia's First Attack.

Ariella and Lucas had arranged to meet after dinner the next day in the library as usual. As Ariella was walking to her Charms class at ten in the morning she ran into Khadesia.

"Lucas gave me this to give to you this morning. If it's a love letter then you will have me to mess with. Do you understand?" Khadesia told her as she handed a piece of parchment to her.

"Of course."

Ariella started to walk away and opened the note to read it quickly. It said:

Ari,

I can't meet you after dinner. I'll meet you in the library at lunchtime. Usual table.

Lucas.

Ariella sighed then realised that if she didn't hurry she would be late for Charms. However she didn't see that Khadesia was smirking at her whilst thinking that everything had gone according to her plan. At lunchtime, Ariella waited in the library for Lucas but he didn't turn up. At first she had thought that something had come up but then she thought that he had written the letter to play a cruel joke on her. As she was leaving, she decided that she was angry with him and wouldn't talk to him to get her own back.

Lucas didn't know anything about the letter so he went to the library as usual after dinner. He like Ariella waited and waited for her and after he had waited for an hour he decided that he would go to Gryffindor Tower to see if she was there. He just hoped that someone would get her for him. Once he was outside the entrance to the Gryffindor common room Lucas found a first year and asked him to go and get Ariella. A few minutes later Ariella came out of the tower and glared at Lucas.

"Why didn't you meet me in the library?" Lucas asked.

"Why didn't I meet you? That's a bit rich isn't it? Why didn't you meet me? You said you would meet me at lunchtime in the letter!"

"What letter? I didn't send you a letter!"

This comment made Ariella angry.

"What do you mean what letter? You know what letter it was. The one that said that you couldn't meet me after dinner and that you would meet me at lunchtime instead!" Ariella shouted at him.

"Ari, I didn't write you a letter!" Lucas replied.

Ariella glared at him again and stalked off down the corridor. Lucas watched her go and decided that he wanted to get to the bottom of this situation so he began to chase her. He finally caught up with her in the Charms corridor and saw that she was on the floor crying. He slowly walked towards her and sat down next to her.

"Ari, please believe me. I didn't write you a letter. Let me see it."

Ariella gave Lucas the letter and watched him as he read it. Once he had finished, Lucas screwed it up into a ball and threw it away from them.

"I didn't write that. Who gave it to you?" he asked.

"Khadesia. She said that you gave it to her this morning and asked her to pass it on," Ariella replied.

Lucas frowned and took Ariella's hands in his own.

"She must have written it. She hates the idea of you and me being together. She's always believed that I'm meant to be with her. Do you believe me?"

Ariella nodded and watched as Lucas rubbed his thumb over her knuckles.

"Believe me Ari, Khadesia will get what's coming to her. She won't mess anymore once I've finished with her," Lucas stated.

When Lucas was back in the Slytherin common room the first thing he did was look for Khadesia. He had to do something to make her stop her somewhat strange hate campaign against him being with Ariella. As he looked around he saw that he couldn't see her although he did see Alyssa. He slowly walked over to her and glared at her.

"Where's Khadesia?" he asked Alyssa.

"I don't know. She was here earlier then mentioned something about your dormitory. Maybe she went up there," Alyssa replied.

As Lucas walked away he thought that maybe Alyssa had been sorted into the wrong house. She didn't come across as a typical Slytherin and would probably be better suited to Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. While he was thinking about house he thought about his position in the Slytherin house. Did he belong there? Maybe in earlier years he did as he was an arrogant, selfish and sly boy but now he thought that he been sorted there by mistake as well. By now he had reached the door of his dormitory. He cautiously opened then door and the first thing he saw was Khadesia laying on his bed with the covers over her. It didn't look as though she had anything on underneath the covers though. Khadesia saw him enter the room and smiled at him.

"I wondered when you would get here."

Lucas looked at the girl on his bed in disgust and picked up the pieces of clothing that had been littered everywhere. He dumped them on the bed and glared at her.

"Get out of my bed," he growled.

"Are you sure you don't want to join me?" Khadesia replied.

"Of course I don't want to join you. Khadesia I only have eyes for Ari. Now get out of my bed!" Lucas demanded.

"Okay then."

Khadesia went to sit up and Lucas saw that she nothing on. There wasn't a single piece of clothing on her body. He groaned and glared at her again.

"Wait! Put these on first. Then you can go and get dressed in the bathroom. I do not wish to see you completely naked."

Lucas handed Khadesia her underwear, which she quickly put on underneath the bed covers. Khadesia then got out of the bed and stood facing Lucas.

"Luke I know you want me. Why don't you just give into your want? Do you really think that Ariella Potter could satisfy your needs when I know full well that I can."

"Ari is the only girl I want. I don't want you Khadesia! Why would I want you when Ari is perfect for me?" Lucas replied.

"Oh so it's Khadesia now is it? What happened to Desia and even Desie? I remember when you used to call me those names and believe me Ariella Potter isn't what she's cracked up to be. You may think that she's little miss perfect but I know that she isn't. She'll just end up breaking your heart."

"What like you would do? Somehow I don't think Ari would go and sleep with someone else."

"I think that she would. There's a lot to learn about the Gryffs, they can be just as sly as us Slytherins. But I'm sure that you will learn that for yourself."

Lucas glared at Khadesia again and pushed her in the direction of the bathroom.

"Go and get changed. And don't you ever try to pull a stunt like you just did. Whether it's supposed letters from me to Ari or being naked in my bed. For the last time I do not like you in that way!" Lucas retorted.

Khadesia glared at Lucas at walked into the bathroom where she got changed quickly. When she re entered the dormitory she saw that Lucas had disappeared. She shrugged her shoulders and walked back down the stairs to the common room all the while thinking about a new way to break Ariella and Lucas up.

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