Chapter 21...now with 10% more Snape XD

But anyway, I was thinking the other night and I may take aunt Marceline and the famiy room out of this story...just because I honestly don't know where it's going.

Tell me if you think this is a good or bad idea, I may use it as an intro into a sequal for the 7th book...I'll leave it up to you guys ^_^

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Our Time Is Running Out

Parchment 21: The Bathroom

"He's tailing you, for christ sake!" she yelled, "get a clue, he's been onto you from day one. Ever since you beat him up on the train!"

"There's nothing to worry about, okay. He couldn't get in if he tried!" Draco shouted back at her.

They had been fighting for a good half an hour now. It started when Lixella ran into Harry Potter this morning. He had been avoiding her, and she wanted to apologize. However, upon starting her apology, Draco had appeared with his savage little posse, and proceeded to mess the whole thing up. Thus, Lixella made it her job to chew him out.

"But, he's one of the few people in the school that knows how to open the room."she screamed, "He's one of the few that even know of it's existence! You need to be more careful!"

"Dammit! I am being careful, it's everyone else that won't get off my case."

"okay…" she calmed down, "okay…I'm sorry-I'm just, I'm worried. It's almost the end of the year, and the cabinet still won't work correctly."

"I just-I need more time!" he banged his hands on a nearby table.

"We have to figure this out, soon! I'm not letting him kill you, Draco!"

"It's not just me, that I'm worried about" he turned around, staring at her, "he knows….and if I can't do this, he said he'd kill you! he'd kill you, my mother, and even my father. Or worse, use the imperius curse and make me do it!"

"That vial man!" she shouted, "That disgusting, slimey, slithering, loathesome little vermin! We have to-"

"No, there is no we, Lixella" he grabbed her shoulders, "You have to stay, and be safe! I can't have you just trotting around, anyone could get to you."

"What-what do you mean?" she was confused. Was he leaving her, out of fear?

"I-I've got to go…" he said, and rushed out of the room.

"Dr-Draco….No! you come back here, right now!" she ran out after him.

He had already gotten pretty far, he was heading upstairs to the second floor. Lixella followed close behind him, yelling for him all the way there. She would not let him just leave her standing there. He may have thought that this was a good idea, but Lixella knew better. He needed her, now more than ever. He wouldn't succeed without her help. He turned a corner, sharply, and slammed the door to the boys bathroom behind him. She tried to push it open, but he had barricaded himself against the other side.

"You open this door, Draco Malfoy!" she shouted, banging on the doorway. After a few minutes of this, she finally gave up. "Dammit, boy", she slumped down to the floor, "you'll just never get it, will you?"

She, then, got up and headed down the hallway. Her head was hung low in defeat, and it took everything to keep her feet moving. An aching pain welled up in her stomach, making her nauseous. Suddenly, Harry Potter pushed past her, he looked extremely determined to get wherever he was going. Then, it hit her, he was going to run into Draco.

"Harry…Harry where are you going?" she shouted up to him.

"To finally catch a rat" he spat, marching up the stairs.

Lixella's face turned into a portrayal of shock and terror. She had to go find help. She rushed down the stairs, and to the dungeon. After turning a few corners, she found Snape's office. She hit the door so hard, that it nearly knocked over.

"Professor-please, come quickly, Draco's in trouble!" she said, banging on the door. It swung open, Snape stood there, looking nearly frightened.

"What's wrong, Lixella?" he asked

"It's Draco, he's in the second floor bathroom…and, I think Harry is going after him! Please, you have to help me." she begged.

The two of them rushed up the stairs. Lixella swung the door open. Apparently they had arrived just in time, because Harry was leaning over Draco, who was covered in crimson red blood. Lixella gasped.

"No-I didn't-" Harry rushed through the words.

Snape ran over to Draco and leaned down. He started whispering something, and the scars seemed to close. Lixella, however, was fixed on Harry. She stared, her eyes almost burning holes right through him. She couldn't believe that he had just nearly killed Draco. The two of them hated each other, certainly, but they'd never tried to kill one another. A few seconds past, and Snape hoisted Draco up by his arm.

"We need to get you to the hospital wing, you stay here, Potter." he made his way out of the door. Lixella was almost to tears.

"Lixella, make sure he doesn't go anywhere" Snape said to her.

She nodded, and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. She stood in front of the doorway, her arms crossed, tears pouring down her cheeks. The bathroom smelled of wet stone, and blood. Harry was still on the floor, in disbelief of what he'd just done. Lixella didn't want to say anything to him.

She walked over to a wall, and slid down it, burying her head in her knees.

"I-I'm…"he stuttered

"No" she said, coldly, "just don't talk to me, Harry. You aren't yourself right now, I want the you that actually has sense enough to not shoot deadly spells at people. Not this…"

"You act like he wasn't doing anything bad…" Harry retorted.

"Why is it any of your business what he's doing?" she said, as she hit her hands hard onto the floor, causing a splash. "Did you ever think, for one second, that maybe he was under a hell of a lot more stress than he puts off. That maybe none of this shit was supposed to go this badly. Or did you just assume that he was disgustingly evil by sheer nature?"

"What do you mean 'this shit'?" he asked, "How would you know what he's been doing, Lixella?"

Then, Harry realized it. She had become a death eater as well. This whole time, she was sticking up for him, because she was working for Voldemort too. He had been right, when he suspected her, that night in the stairwell. It was hard for him to believe it. Lixella was the first Slytherin he'd met, who didn't seem to want to kill everyone 'below' her status.

"you're one of them, aren't you, Lixella?" he looked at her with shock.

"Hold your tongue!" she spat, "Don't you think for one second that I would join those street rats willingly."

"Willingly?" he whispered in confusion.

Snape busted through the bathroom door. He marched down the entrance and stopped between the two of them.

"Go" he said, nodding towards the door.

Lixella left and rushed towards the hospital wing. The bottom of her robes lagged behind her, dripping with water. When she arrived, she found Madame Pomfrey applying a bottle of dittany to Draco's wounds.

"I know it's just scarring" she said, "but you look positively shaken up. I'll have to keep you here, for at least the night. You can leave tomorrow, once you've calmed down."

Madame Pomfrey then stood up, and headed towards the door. She stopped suddenly when she noticed Lixella.

"Sorry" Lixella said, "Professor Snape sent me to check on him."

"Alright then, but don't be too long. The boy is in shock."

She then headed out of the door, and into her office. Lixella walked in and grabbed a chair from a nearby bed. She then pulled it over to Draco, and sat down next to him. He was lying flat on the bed, staring at the ceiling. His breathing was overdrawn, and he looked shell-shocked. He turned his head towards her, and stared at her, forcing a smile. She reached over the side of bed, and held onto his outstretched hand. Tears began dripping down her face again. He took his hand and, with what strength he had, gently wiped them away.

"Crying over me, eh?" he said, even in his weakened state, he was just as snarky as ever.

"of course" she said, as she leaned over and kissed his forehead. They sat there in silence for a bit.

"I-I can't believe Harry did that to you" Lixella exclaimed as she stared at the wall.

"yeah, well…that's potter for you, always pulling something big." he sneered.

"But, you…the cruciatus curse, Draco?" she asked, "In a student bathroom, you could've been caught. They could've found out about you…they would've thrown you in Azka-"

She was quickly interrupted as a high pitched squeal was heard from the doorway. Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise came marching into the hospital wing. Pansy was squealing in terror all the way to Draco's bedside.

"Draco!" she gasped, "Oh, Dwakie, what happened to you?"

Lixella's face became buried into the corner of the mattress. She was trying to deny that Pansy was standing across the hospital bed from her. She let out a long overdrawn sigh into the sheets. Pansy suddenly noticed her presence, and glared.

"It was her wasn't it, Dwakie?" she grabbed onto his sheets, "That little prat…she must've been the one who hurt you so badly."

Draco looked up at her in utter disbelief. Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle were trying to hold back laughter. Then, a loud grunt came from the side of the mattress. Lixella lifted her head up, and stared at Pansy with a look of shock and confusion.

"Are you that stupid? Really?" Lixella laughed, "come on Pansy! If I was the one who hurt him this badly, why would I be sitting by his bedside? And before you got here, as well."

"Maybe you came to beg for forgiveness, Cruxshade!" she sneered.

Lixella slowly got up out of her chair, until she was at eye level with Pansy. The room became awkwardly silent. Draco had seen Lixella do this before, when she had told him off at his house. He looked to Pansy with fear in his eyes, she had no idea what she was in for.

"I was the one who saved him…you despicable creature! I ran off and got Snape, who luckily knew the counter curse to whatever Harry did. And just for your information, Harry did this…not me! So, why...I ask you, why would I need to be forgiven? Also, where the fuck were you, Parkinson? Sitting in the common room, doing jack shit about the situation. It seems to me like you couldn't have cared less where he was. And for that matter, you insufferable twat, why the fuck do you think I was the first one here? Maybe because I give two shits about who's going after him. So don't you even try to pull that card on me, Parkinson!" she shot a hand to her forehead, "Dear god, I am so tired of you! Just get over yourself, Pansy!"

Everyone sat in shock for a second. Blaise was positively beaming at Lixella's speech. Draco had pushed himself up, and was now sitting against the headboard, watching the whole thing with a delighted smirk.

"How dare you!" stated Pansy, "Do you hear her, Draco?"

He merely looked over to Lixella, whose mouth was just hanging open.

"Get out of here, Parkinson!" she yelled with rage.

Pansy jumped back, startled. She stared at Lixella with large fearful eyes.

"LEAVE!" she screamed through gritted teeth, her words dripping with venom. Pansy did not hesitate this time, she darted for the door. Lixella stood there, her face watching, in shock, as Pansy stormed out of the room. She then plopped back into her chair. And buried her face back into the side of the mattress.

"Wow…"said Blaise, nearly applauding her amazing performance.

"That was bloody brilliant, Lixella" said Goyle from across the hospital bed.

"Ya know…I never did witness you go off on someone." said Draco, "that was terrifying!"

"Yeah, you could've given Voldemort a run for his money." said Crabbe.

"I didn't think she had it in her" Blaise said to Draco, "Honestly, I really underestimated this one."

"Yeah.." Draco nodded to him, "really!"

Lixella lifted her face off of the mattress. She caught her breath, and tried to calm herself down.

"How?" she looked over to Draco, "How have you been able to stand that thing for this long?"

"I dunno, actually" he exclaimed, "I guess she was just there for the fluff. Ouch!"

Lixella had punched him hard in the arm.

"Fluff?" she asked, shocked.

"What?"

"You kept that girl around because she gave you compliments?" Lixella stared in disbelief, "oh, Barf! Draco, Really? Dear god, you are so full of it."

She sat back in her chair, and face palmed.

"Yeah he is" stated Blaise.

"Zabini!" Draco shrieked

"What?" he asked defensively, "you are! You really are, mate! Parkinson is terribly annoying! I never understood why you kept her around."

"Yeah" said Goyle, "She is really annoying"

"and she screeches like a spider monkey" said Crabbe plainly.

Lixella began laughing into her palms. Draco began laughing too, as did Blaise, and Goyle.

"She spits like one too!" exclaimed Lixella through bouts of laughter.

They all began laughing even harder.

"And the shit flinging, don't forget the shit flinging!" said Blaise.

At this comment, they all began laughing like maniacs. Lixella almost turned red form lack of enough oxygen. Goyle fell out of his chair and onto the floor. Eventually they all slowed their amusement, chuckling in between breaths. The mood in the room had changed very nicely, and the atmosphere was much more open. They all sat there in an enjoyable silence for a few minutes.

"You blokes got here awful fast" said Draco suddenly, "How'd you know I was here?"

"well…" started Crabbe, "it's quite a story, actually."

"You see Harry Potter was walking down the hall, dripping wet and covered in blood." explained Goyle.

"So, naturally…" Blaise started, "the whole school knew what was up in less than a few seconds!"

"Bloody hell!" sneered Draco, "do they all know that he was covered in my blood?"

"Yeah, mate" said Blaise, "that's how we knew you were here!"

"Good" scoffed Draco, "Maybe now Potter will learn a lesson about messing with me!"

"Um" Lixella exclaimed, "messing with you? Draco, you had a brawl in the bathroom, and you nearly died!"

"Yeah…so" he said, "I'm still here."

Lixella just sat back and rolled her eyes. They all sat chatting about Harry and school for a bit, but eventually, she had to leave.

"Okay, well….I've had enough of an emotional roller coaster for one night!" she said, "If you guys don't mind, I'm going to head back!"

She pushed the chair towards the other bed, "Good night" she said as she leaned down to kiss Draco. Blaise, Goyle, and Crabbe, look at them in confusion, no one had told them that the two were dating.

"You'd better be out of here tomorrow." she said to Draco, and headed towards the door.

"Good night guys! Hopefully I won't get hit with monkey crap after stepping into the girls room!" she shouted.

"Good night!" the three of them said. Draco's gaze lingered on the doorway as she left.

"You should really keep that one, mate." said Blaise, "I like that one!"

"Yeah….much better than Pansy" said Crabbe.

"For sure…" agreed Goyle.

"Yeah…" said Draco, "she's my favorite so far. I don't think I want to really look for anyone else."

"Shocker!" gasped Blaise, "you mean to tell me, that the great Draco Malfoy. The crowned prince of Slytherin house, player of the century….." he paused.

"No, you can keep going!" Draco smirked. He was thoroughly enjoying the wonderful titles.

'You mean to tell me that you…the boy who puts up with Pansy Parkinson, has found a girl that he doesn't just want for the snogging?"

"Yeah" he said, leaning back against the head board, "I have."

The other three stared at him in disbelief.

"Well" said Blaise, turning to Crabbe and Goyle, "I never saw this coming! When did this happen?"

"Winter break, Zabini." he stated, staring into the distance, "let's just say it was….a really damn good Christmas!" He raised his arms up and rested his hands behind his head.

"When did you all multiply?" asked, a rather frazzled looking, Madame Pomfrey. "Do you know what time it is? If you don't get to your houses, you'll be given detention. And, no, I am not writing you a doctor's note!"

Blaise, Goyle, and Crabbe, all said good night, and headed for the dorm. Draco laid down, pulling the sheets over him. For the first time in a while, he felt like the most accomplished guy in the school. He, finally, had a girl that his friends could actually stand, and that he could parade around in front of Potter, with pride. Truly, he had just won the jackpot.


Aw...sad panda face...that's the end :(

Don't worry, because I will have the next chapter up fairly soon :D

anyways, time for review replies:

Winni: Thaaaannnkkk Yoooouuuu...this particular review made very happy ^_^

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