Chapter 13: The Library
"It was kind of a lame prank but I'm just getting warmed up." Demon said walking around another corner.
"Are you kidding? Seeing Umbridge fall on her face was great. You know you could really help with some of the jokes Fred and I have planned." George said sheepishly.
"It would be my pleasure." Demon said giving a slight bow.
"Hey! What are you two doing?" A voice yelled behind them. They turned and found Draco and two of his friends walking briskly up behind them.
"Draco darling." Demon said clapping her hands together. "How are you doing? I hope your classes are going well." She finished as if they were the best of friends.
"Don't try to get on my good side now. That's insulting given your taste in friends." Draco sneered. "You two couldn't be up to anything good. I think I'll take…"
"Oh Draco, silencio," Demon said waving her hand in the air. "We're not up to anything just going to stop by the library before dinner. Well we shant waste anymore of your time." Draco tried to continue taking points away from Gryffindor but found that he couldn't talk at all. "We'll see you later." Demon said sweetly. She hooked her arm into George's and they walked away from the group.
"You've got a lot of nerve." George said leading her deep into the rows and rows of shelves.
They stopped in a deserted isle and Demon began to skim the titles of the books and asked, "Is that a bad thing? Me having a lot of nerve that is."
"I don't think it is." George said apparently very interested in the floor.
"Good because you and Fred are the only friends I really have." Demon said pulling a book about potions down off the shelf.
"Ginny fancies you a friend." He said reading over her shoulder. Demon could feel his warm breath on her cheek.
"She's really nice. Readily agreed to help me with the rope. She's really cool, Hermione's alright too but she seems to get a bit too worked up about the small stuff." Demon said pulling another book down, this one about Translating Ancient Texts.
"You sure have Hermione's taste in books. I'll have to make sure you don't start getting worked up over nothing." George said. He was standing so close that when Demon turned around she walked right into him.
"You're so sweet." Demon said, she gave George a quick peck on the cheek and lead him towards the desk in the front of the library. By the time they got to the desk George's ears had turned bright red. "What's wrong with you?" Demon asked as they left the library.
"Nothing," George stammered, his ears turning redder by the second. "Hey do you think that maybe…" George was quickly cut off by the sound of a cat purring.
"I guess Filch is near if his cat's right there eh? Think he's going to accuse us of causing trouble?" Demon asked nonchalantly.
George paled, "I can't get another detention."
"Why not? Never really thought you'd get worried about that." Demon said. By now they could hear Filch calling out to Mrs. Norris.
"I just can't get another detention." George said desperately. "Please we have to run for it." He gripped her hand and pulled her away.
"You're never going to make it out of this hallway before he turns the corner. Sit." She said nodding towards a bench against to wall. She pulled her wand out of her ponytail and let her hair down. Putting her wand in her coat she put the books down on the bench and pushed George onto it when he didn't sit down.
"What are you…" George started but was interrupted when Demon sat down on his lap and with her arms around his neck kissed him. They remained in the lip lock until they heard Filch walk by mumbling about detentions should be given for kissing in the corridors. Finally he turned around the corner at the other end of the corridor and Demon pulled away from George.
"See no detentions. No problem." Demon said getting out of George's lap and gathering up her books.
George grabbed her hand again as she moved away. "You want to go to Hogsmeade with me? I mean the next time there's a trip." He stammered.
"Sure." Demon said, "as long as it's a date, cause as much as I like hanging out with everyone spending time alone with you would be good too."
"It could be considered a date if you want it to." George said.
"Good cause I was going to ask you out but a friend told me to hold off on it. That whole hard to get thin you know. As you can plainly see though I'm used to taking what I want." Demon rambled on as George plastered a wide grin on his face as the walked to the Great Hall.