Chapter 2
A/N: Okay, so here is the next chapter! Enjoy!
"Did you hear Draco started stripping in the middle of the hall?" I heard titters from a small group of Fourth Years, looking delighted at the news.
"Yeah," One of them said, "And I heard he's got a really big...you know." This set them off again in hysterics as she turned bright red.
One week on and people were stilltalking about it. Thanks to me Draco had become even more infamous in the school so even more girls began to chase him. And of course, he was absolutely lapping it up like the dog he is.
As we got closer to the girls I heard one of them say, "You know why he did it right?" She looked at me slyly as Daphne and I came closer, "Someone told him to. I heard she also took off her knickers. They were probably about to Do It right then and there." The whole group gasped and gave me dirty looks.
Ugh, stupid Fourth Years and their silly gossip. I glared at them and they backed off a little, still whispering.
Daphne looked at me, shocked, "Anna! Why didn't you tell me?"
I scoffed, "You really believe some Fourth Year gossip?"
"Well...They were right about the knickers thing."
"I told you, it was a dare!"
"Okay, if you say so..." She was studiously avoiding my eye.
"Look Daph, I would never, ever, EVER in a million years sleep with Draco. Especially in the middle of the hall in front of everyone..."
She still didn't look convinced.
"Look. The day I sleep with Draco Malfoy is the day that I throw away my whole stash. And I mean ALL of it."
"All of it? But you would never..."
I nodded, "Exactly."
Hehe, she knew how much I loved my stash. I mean, I had a major sweet tooth. My Mum says it's because when she was pregnant with me se snacked on cookies and chocolate all the time.
But honestly, who doesn't like chocolate? Okay, so maybe having a secret stash in my room under lock and key and having some form of sweets on me at all times and having a major spazz attack when I can't find any was a little overboard. But still. Chocolate was amazing. And however says otherwise can go die in a hole.
"...And then he kissed me!" Daphne finished happily. She looked at me expectantly for my reaction.
Oh crap, I wasn't listening to her little fantasy dream or whatever about some guy kissing her. "Sorry? I didn't catch that."
She groaned. "I was telling you about my date with Roger."
Woah, wait. This was an actual guy? "Davies?" I said incredulously.
She blushed scarlet, "Yeah..."
"He kissed you?" I grabbed her in glee, and she grinned excitedly.
"Yeah..." Her eyes got a dreamy look, "He's a great kisser. Much better than any guy I've been with. And he's so sweet. And smart. I mean, he is in Ravenclaw... But he's just..." She sighed contentedly.
"Smart, handsome, charming and all-round perfect?" I supplied for her.
"Talking about me again, ladies?" A smooth voice interrupted.
Draco had come up behind us and he was looking at us with immense amusement, looking happier than usual. How suspicious.
"What are you so happy about?" I demanded.
"Well, after what you said about me why wouldn't I be?" He grinned.
"We weren't talking about you Draco..." Said Daphne exasperatedly. "I was just telling Anna about Roger Davies." At his name she got all lovey dovey again starting smiling goofily at no one.
Draco looked unimpressed and ignored her comment, "There's going to be a party thing tonight in the Room or Requirement. Sixth years only from ALL houses. You guys in?"
"All houses? That'll be fun!" I said, grinning.
Draco nodded, "Half an hour from now, 'kay?"
We agreed to meet Blaise and him there and went back to our room to get ready. Daphne was never a huge fan of parties but I managed to convince her to go, saying that Roger would probably be there. It was hard to believe she seemed that keen about one guy. From what I'd known before she was always pretty distant with boys, never really letting herself get attached and ended up breaking quite a few hearts. Poor guys, they always looked shattered after being dumped by the ruthless Daphne that I actually felt sorry for them.
I knocked on the door of the bathroom, it was about time to go and I was ready, wearing a simple oversized tee tucked into black shorts and heels. I hadn't bothered to put on any makeup except a little eyeliner. "Daph! We have to go now, you ready yet?"
She had been in there for an alarmingly long time. She had asked to borrow some of my clothes for the night and I had let her. But judging by the time she was spending in there it seemed like she was going through my whole wardrobe piece by piece.
The door opened and Daphne came out. My mouth dropped opened as I stood there in stiff shock. She looked... Well, so different.
Daphne noticed my expression and tugged on the hem of the short black dress she was wearing, her heavily made up eyes widening, "Is it too much?"
The black dress that looked blah on me fit her perfectly, moulding to her curves but not too much and not showing too much cleavage. Her wavy blonde hair was tamed into a low side pony that hung over her shoulder and her makeup was done almost perfectly, giving her cheeks a tinge of red like she was constantly blushing slightly and showed off her innocent doe eyes.
"You look great! Why don't you dress like this normally?"
She shrugged, embarrassed, "Dunno. I just don't like to, you know that."
"Shall we go then? Imagine people's reactions when they see you!"
The whole way to the Room of Requirement I was practically skipping. Just wait until they saw my gorgeous best friend. Everyone knew she was pretty already but I bet Roger Davies would have a heart attack at the sight of her this time. To be honest I felt a little overshadowed but I tried not to let it get to me too much. It isn't often that Daph tried this hard for a guy and I really wanted to be happy for her.
As we walked in there was a small buzz of noise as people were talking. This time the room had arranged itself into that of a living room, with couches in a big circle. In the back corner was a big table full of party food and next to that was a cooler for all the drinks, which judging by the less-than-sober states of people around me, was full of alcohol.
Near us someone gasped as they caught sight of Daphne and went to nudge her neighbour who also turned to look, an identically shocked expression on her face. Soon, almost everyone was looking at Daphne, their hushed conversations drifting through the room.
I saw Roger Davies coming closer, his handsome face looking surprised but also immensely in awe. "Wow," he said breathlessly, "You look...You...Wow."
Daphne giggled delightedly and leaned forward to give him a small peck on the cheek and he blushed a little.
I decided it would probably be better to leave them alone than to stare and look like a creepy stalker so I left to find Draco and Blaise, who were, of course, hanging out next to the drinks.
Upon seeing me they grinned identically. Blaise gestured in Daph's direction, "Daphne looks great tonight. Is it for Davies?"
I laughed, "Actually, yeah. She was just saying how much she liked him today."
"Drink?" Draco asked, and handed me a Firewhiskey.
I drank the whole thing in gulps, feeling it burning down my throat.
"Woah, slow down down there." Draco was looking at me in amusement and slight concern.
"Why so worried, Draco?" I grinned at him.
"Well, the last time you got drunk wasn't exactly fun...Took me days to get that red marker off."
Hmm, I don't remember that. Honestly, every time I get drunk, which isn't a lot mind you, I don't really remember anything.
"Okay everyone!" Pansy was standing in the middle of the room, her boobs about to pop out of her tight red dress, "Let's play a game! How about Spin the Bottle?"
Some people groaned while others looked excited. I saw a couple of girls look hopefully at Draco. As if half of them haven't snogged Draco already...
"Everyone in a circle on the floor!" Directed Pansy.
"Who made her in charge?" I grumbled to Blaise.
We all sat in a circle, half staying in our houses. On the left of me was Daphne with Davies next to her and on my right was Blaise who was sitting next to Draco. Pansy took an empty Firewhiskey bottle and placed it in the middle of the room.
"I'll go first then, since this is my idea." She said imperiously.
Was it only me who noticed that she winked at Draco?
She spun the bottle hard, and everyone watched with baited breath for it to land. No one really wanted to kiss her.
Finally, it started to slow down and landed on...Neville Longbottom. The whole room was in hysterics, especially her fellow Slytherins. The idea of Pansy kissing Neville was just too much.
We watched as Pansy's face went a bright purple and she looked like she was going to throw up.
"Come on Pansy! Give him a kiss!" I called out to her. This was actually turning out to be a good party.
With reluctance Pansy was dragged to Longbottom. He looked downright terrified like she was about to kill him for having the bottle land on him. Which, considering Pansy, wasn't so impossible.
She gave him her darkest glare and leaned in, barely touching him. At this the whole was set off again and some people wolf-whistled. Pansy jerked backwards away from him, and stalked back as everyone was still making fun of her. She grabbed a bottle of Firewhiskey and drank it hysterically.
Still trembling, Longbottom spun the bottle and it landed on Granger. He actually looked quite pleased. Interesting. After a boring small kiss from him it was Grangers turn. Granger got some Hufflepuff guy. Boring.
Honestly, the party was starting to get quite boring, with no interesting kissing. I watched with uninterested as the bottle seemed to land on everyone but me.
And then finally I looked up to see that everyone was looking at me. The bottle on the floor was pointing towards me. But I was so busy being bored I didn't notice who spun it...
Draco was grinning at me. Oh shit. Don't tell me it was him. If I had to kiss Draco I think I would rather go naked, cannonball into the Black Lake and get eaten by the Giant Squid.
I looked at him in horror and he noticed my reaction and smirked, "Not me you dolt. Davies."
Wait, what?
I turned next to me to see Daphne looking at me, slight horror in her face.
"Er, sorry Daph."
She closed her mouth and gulped. "That's okay. It's only a game," she sounded like she was trying to convince herself.
Davies came over to me, he gave a last look at Daphne apologetically and then suddenly his lips were pressing on mine.
He was actually a good kisser, with soft lips and not too forceful. We pulled back after a couple of seconds and I saw that his face was bright red, he looked at Daphne quickly, watching for her reaction. She looked quite calm but wasn't smiling. Just watching us.
I grinned at her in an attempt to lighten the mood, "You're right Daph, he IS a good kisser. Lucky you."
The tension broke and Daphne laughed. "I know," She said, looking at Davies.
Phew, talk about awkward. I never want to kiss one of Daph's boyfriends ever again.
"Okay! That's everyone right?" Pansy was still trying to sound upbeat and 'fun'.
A couple of drinks later my head was beginning to buzz and my speech was already slurring. Surprisingly, Daphne was joining me on the couch as we giggled about the funny patterns on the carpet and the things the boys were doing.
"You knowha's awesome?" I slurred to Daph, swaying precariously on the couch.
She giggled and took another sip of Firewhiskey, "What? What? What?"
"Me," I burst out into uncontrollable laughter at my hilarious joke. I mean, I was in fucking stitches.
Daphne laughed too and spilt some drink on my legs.
"Hey!" I said halfheartedly, swatting at her hand and missing completely. "Watch the shorts."
"Sorry..." She mumbled, "Want me to get it off?" Daphne leaned over and wiped it off my leg with her hand and then licked her hand. She giggled, "Shouldn't waste it!"
I nodded in agreement. Draco walked by, a blonde draped on his arm. "Slut!" I shouted at her.
She wrinkled her nose in disgust while Draco smirked. He untangled himself from her and whispered something in her ear before sitting between Daphne and me. The blonde walked away, looking extremely put off.
Daphne tittered, "What did you say to her, Draco?"
"Nothing important. Are you two girls drunk?" He gasped dramatically.
I shook my head and tried to look as serious as I could, "What? I never get drunk, you know that."
"Apart from that time at my house." Daphne said, "And the time near the pool. Ooh, and remember when we went to that person's party? And at that sleepover we had. And when we-"
"'Kay Daph. We geddit." I scowled at her.
Daphne spotted Davies and rushed over to him, leaving me and Draco alone. Suddenly, I was fully sober and felt myself squirm under Draco's level gaze. He was watching me from his side of the couch, a slight smile on his mouth and a faraway look on his face as if he were daydreaming.
"What?" I demanded.
"Nothing," He smiled faux sweetly.
I sighed and lay down, my legs splaying out over his lap. I closed my eyes and covered my face with my arms. We both stayed there for a while, none of us saying anything, just listening to the buzz of the party around us. No one noticed us and we didn't care about them. It was as if we were in our own little bubble, cut off from everyone else.
But the moment shattered when a girl came and puked right next to my head, some of it splashing onto my arms.
I jumped up furiously, "What the fuck? Are you fucking blind? Watch where you spray your fucking puke."
She continued to retch, oblivious to my annoyance.
"Bitch," I muttered.
Suddenly, she collapsed on the floor in a tangled heap. At first I was a bit worried but then she started snoring. Guess she couldn't handle her liquor. What a baby.
Draco was peering at her curiously, "Should we move her to the couch?"
"Nah, she can handle herself," and with that I left to get more Firewhiskey. All I wanted tonight was to get fully pissed. Just one little night where I could just let everything go and not care about anything.
The rest of the night was just a fuzzy blur of alcohol and balloons and feathers and stripped clothes and alcohol and glitter and snogging and puke and more alcohol.
A/N: So? How was it? I wonder what happened that night...
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"He leaned in and his lips brushed my cheek with a tenderness I never knew was possible with him. My breath hitched in my throat as Draco's lips then drifted up to my ear, leaving a trail that made my skin tingle." - Draco and Anna.
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