Do you really still need a disclaimer to realize that I own next to nothing? Sad. I know. But true.
Draco rushed to class after spending thirty minutes looking for Lena, only to find her sitting into the classroom with Blaise. He glared at his friend.
"I thought you said she was in the castle!" Draco growled. Blaise raised an eyebrow.
"No, I told you to go talk to her, you assumed she was in the castle," Blaise answered. Draco ground his teeth in frustration.
"You could have told me she wasn't," he said.
"I didn't want to talk to you and Blaise was being a good friend," Lena snapped.
"I need to talk to you!" he growled, frustrated.
"Obviously she doesn't want to talk to you, Ferret. I'd leave her alone, I hear they teach students to be tough in America. Wouldn't want her to embarrass you too much now would we?" Hermione said. Lena shot her a grateful glance.
"No one asked you, Mudblood," Draco snapped. Before Harry and Ron could pull their wands out Draco was paralyzed on the floor.
"What on earth is going on here?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"He called Hermione a mudblood," Lena said. "I didn't mean to paralyze him. I though the spell before I could stop myself." Professor McGonagall looked at Lena in shock.
"You mean to say this was a non-verbal spell?" she asked.
"Yes, ma'am, we had to learn them as fifth years at my old school," Lena explained. Professor McGonagall nodded and waved her wand undoing the spell on Draco.
"I'm afraid I'll still have to give you detention, Miss Andrews, for using a spell on another student," she said. Draco laughed.
"You will be joining her, Mr. Malfoy," Professor McGonagall said.
"But, Professor, I haven't do anything!" Draco protested.
"Calling another student such a vile word will not be tolerated in my classroom!" she snapped.
"My father will hear about this!" Draco muttered.
"I'll be sure to tell him you were disrespecting a teacher as well," Professor McGonagall said before turning to the rest of the class. "Today we are going to practice charming tea cups to grow legs non-verbally," she said. A collective groan came from the class.
"If you had all learned how to do this, we could be moving on. Mr. Malfoy, take a seat," she said. "Miss Patil, please hand out these tea cups to everyone." Parvati jumped up and started passing out tea cups with shaking hands, she was one of the students who had been goofing off instead of learning how to charm her tea cup last lesson.
"This isn't over," Draco told Lena before taking a seat behind her. Lena rolled her eyes and grabbed her tea cups. She was the second to charm her cup perfectly, second, of course, to Hermione Granger.
"How do you do that?!" Blaise asked cursing under his breath.
"With alotta concentration," Lena answered. "We learned how to do this already." Blaise cursed under his breath again.
"Mr. Zabini!" Professor McGonagall said. Blaise blushed.
"Sorry, Professor," he said. Lena giggled.
"It's not funny," Blaise muttered going back to charming his tea cup.
By the end of the class most students had their cups running around in some sort of fashion.
"Mr. Malfoy, is there a reason your cup is still leg-less?" Professor McGonagall asked. Draco grit his teeth.
"No, Professor," he said.
"Let's see you do it then," she said. Draco concentrated on his cup and waved his wand, nothing happened.
"It seems, Mr. Malfoy, that you need some help with non-verbal spells. Since our new student has such a great talent for them, you will both meet me here at 7 o'clock tonight for tutoring. Class dismissed."
"Go on," Lena told Blaise. She went up to Professor McGonagall.
"Is there a problem, Miss Andrews?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"It's about the tutoring. I know I'm the best at it, but I'd really rather not spend any time with him," Lena said. Professor McGonagall gave her a stern look.
"I understand why you would have a problem with him, but keep in mind that Draco is not his father," Professor McGonagall said. Lena flushed.
"Yes, Professor," she said.
"Give him a chance, you never know, he might surprise you."
"Yes, Professor," Lena said before running out of the room, straight into Hermione Granger.
"Hermione!" she said shocked.
"Lena," Hermione replied. "Are you ok?"
"No," Lena answered. Hermione gave the other girl a hug.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"First, I was placed in the house with my family's killer's son, then I found out said killer is comin' to Hogwarts soon, and now I find out that I have to tutor the evil spawn of the man who killed my family!" Lena said, tears falling freely.
"Lucius is coming her tonight?" Hermione asked. Lena nodded.
"And I'm pretty sure he's contracted Malfoy into find out more information on me so that he can figure out how to finish me off," Lena sobbed.
"Do he know anything that Lucius could use?" Hermione asked. Lena shook her head.
"I've been avoidin' him as much as possible."
"Good, I need to go, but if you need anything, come find me," Hermione said. Lena nodded.
"Thanks," she said. Hermione smiled and left Lena to find her way down to the Slytherin common room.
~*~
After Transfiguration Draco was fuming. Not only had Blaise lied to him, but he was no stuck being tutored by a know-it-all.
"Another know-it-all. We already have one. One Granger is enough for this school," Draco ranted. Crabbe and Goyle laughed stupidly.
"Yeah, but you can get close to her and find out information," Goyle said.
"I wi-" Draco broke off and started at Goyle. "That's actually a good idea!" he said. Goyle grinned. Draco shook his head.
"Something wrong, Drakie?" Pansy simpered.
"Goyle just had a good idea," Draco answered, too surprised to ignore the annoying girl. Pansy started from Draco to Goyle.
"Gregory Goyle had an idea?" she asked stunned. Draco shrugged.
"It was bound to happen one day," he said leaving the girl staring at Goyle and going to his dorm, he was going to have to prepare if he wanted any chance of getting Lena to trust him.
~*~
Shortly after Draco left the common room, Lena walked in to find Pansy still staring at Goyle.
"You in love with Goyle or somethin', Pansy?" she asked. Pansy jumped.
"No, no, no. Goyle here had an idea. I didn't think it could happen," she said. Lena laughed.
"So what's this idea that's got Pansy so astounded?" Lena asked.
"I told Draco to use the tutoring sessions to get close to you so he can report to his father," Goyle said.
"You're not supposed to tell her," Crabbe said. Lena and Pansy rolled their eyes.
"Morons," the muttered walking away.
"I don't understand Draco's fascination with you. Or his father's for that matter," Pansy said. Lena shrugged.
"No idea," she said. "It's slightly creepy." Pansy laughed darkly.
"I'd give anything for that kind of attention from the Malfoy's," she said. "I bet you're going to be the future Mrs. Malfoy." Lena burst out laughing.
"Trust me, Pansy, the last thin' the Malfoy's want is me in their family," she said.
"Why else would they be so fascinated with you?" Pansy asked. Lena's cringe went un-noticed by the other girl. "Oh wait until I tell everyone!" Lena paled. Before she could protest Pansy had run off to tell the "news".
~*~
That night at 7, Draco sat in the Transfiguration room waiting on Lena.
"Do you know what could be keeping her, Mr. Malfoy?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"No, Professor," Draco answered.
Five minutes later, Lena came rushing into the classroom.
"Sorry I'm late, Professor, I was in the library doing homework," she gasped.
"It's quite alright, Miss Andrews," Professor McGonagall said. "I'll leave you two to get to work then." Draco glared after McGonagall as she left.
"Alright, Malfoy, let's start," Lena said. Draco snickered.
"Let's not and say we did," he drawled. Lena smirked and flicked her wand at him, laughing as Draco started to dance.
"Bloody hell, woman! What was that for?" he yelled.
"To show you the importance of non-verbal spells," Lena answered. "If I had to say the spell out loud, I would have given you time to react, thus killing my amusement." Draco glared at her.
"You're not supposed to be amusing yourself, you're supposed to be teaching me," he yelled. Lena smirked.
"You didn't want to learn," she said.
"STOP THIS BLODDY CURSE, WOMAN!" Draco shrieked. Lena flicked her wand again causing Draco's legs to stop so suddenly he fell over. Draco growled at her.
"Do not mention this to ANYONE," he snarled. Lena looked at him, her face emotionless.
"I'm not scared of you, or your father," she said. "Tell your father that I am prepared, and he won't catch me off guard. Now, since you refuse to take instruction from me being her is pointless, I'll be sure to let Professor McGonagall know." She walked out of the room leaving a very confused Draco Malfoy behind her.
A/N: ok. I know I said Lucius was going to show up. But then somehow this is what came out... So he'll be here soon...
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