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Chapter 12: Payback

Kate fingered the pendant Draco had given her. The serpent watched her with green eyes that still glowed as vibrantly as they had before. She sighed.

'So someone cares for me, huh?' she thought. 'Well, it's certainly not you, Draco.'

She sighed again, frustrated this time, and yanked the necklace off her neck. She looked at it one more time before whipping it on to her bed.

Kate sat alone in her room. She looked beautiful with perfect makeup and her curly hair pinned up. She wore a tight top and a mini skirt. The only flaw was the tear stained face.

Physically, she was completely ready to go. She was trying to get a hold of herself, to mentally prepare herself for what was to come. Her hands shook, her palms were damp. She drew in a shaky breath.

"Kate?"

The timid voice of Ginny wrenched Kate from her thoughts.

"Are you almost ready?"

"Yeah," croaked Kate. She stood nervously and walked to the door, opening it slowly.

"Well," Ginny said thoughtfully as Kate appeared before her. "If it's any consolation, you look fantastic."

Kate just let out a weak laugh.

"Oh, Kate," Ginny said sadly. "This is really tearing you up."

"I got way too involved," Kate shrugged, tears pricking her eyes. "I liked him, Gin."

"I know," Ginny said, embracing her friend. She drew back and looked Kate squarely in the eye. "But now you've got ammo. Now you can punish the bastard. Draco Malfoy is going to regret ever crossing you."

Kate nodded, her friend's words restoring some of her strength.

"Dinner's in half an hour," she said. "I'm ready."

"Then let's go," Ginny said, taking Kate's hand and leading her down the stairs.

"Hello, Draco."

Draco turned, startled, and his breath caught. Kate stood before him. And she looked amazing.

"Katie," croaked Draco. He couldn't find anything else to say.

"God, I've missed this room," said Kate, looking around Draco's bedroom and smiling slightly. She wandered over to the bed and sat down on the black silk sheets. She crossed her legs and fixed her gaze on Draco.

"Katie, what are you doing here?" asked Draco eventually.

"I'll be honest with you, Draco," Kate said. "I've been missing you terribly. I can't eat, sleep, focus. I totally get that we can't be together and everything but I was kind of wondering…" Kate fidgeted nervously as she trailed off.

"What?" Draco asked breathily.

"…if we could have one more time together," said Kate finally. "You know, for old time's sake."

"You want to sleep with me?" Draco spluttered incredulously.

"Yeah, if you wouldn't mind," Kate said, biting her lip and smiling embarrassedly. "I think it'll help me to move on. Who knows, maybe it'll even help you. What do you think?"

Instead of replying, Draco strode over to her and kissed her feverishly. Kate responded eagerly, wrapping her arms around his neck as Draco eased her back onto the cool silk.

"Draco," Kate whispered, breaking the kiss.

"Yeah?"

"Ever since I came here, I've had this fantasy," she said, biting her lip. "I never got a chance to mention fantasies to you while we were dating and…"

"Tell me."

It was a command. Kate felt a shiver go through her body. She grinned.

"Well..." she began mischievously.

"This is seriously kinky, Katie," Draco said as they entered the vacant Great Hall, a hint of both uneasiness and admiration in his voice, not to mention serious arousal.

"I know," laughed Kate. "But ever since I first walked in here, I knew that I wanted to have sex on the teacher's table. I don't know why. But I always pictured myself taking complete control of some gorgeous guy on top of the table."

"Well, I certainly fit that bill," said Draco smugly. Kate stopped walking and turned to face him.

"You're a cocky boy, Draco," she said, eyes smoldering. "Not to mention very naughty. Perhaps I should bring you down a peg."

Draco gazed at her intently. When he spoke, his voice was husky. "Perhaps you should."

Kate smiled sexily and took Draco's hand, leading him to the table where the professors ate three times a day. When they reached it, Kate slammed Draco into it. He sat down heavily on the edge, facing four long tables, each one belonging to a different house. Kate straddled him and began kissing his heatedly.

After several minutes of kissing, Kate took out her wand and whispered a spell Draco didn't recognize. Suddenly, silk scarves appeared out of thin air, bounding Draco's ankles and hands. One scarf came before his face and forced itself into his mouth, tying itself at the back of his head. Draco attempted to speak but all that came out was a muffled sound. Kate took the scarf out of his mouth and left it loosely tied around his neck.

"What was that, Draco?" Kate asked smugly, raising an eyebrow.

"I said that you're full of surprises, aren't you, Katie?" Draco repeated huskily.

"That I am," Kate agreed with a chuckle. She began to kiss Draco again with intensity. She let her hands wander down to the bulge in his pants. She unzipped his trousers and stuck her hand inside. Draco groaned.

"Oh, Katie," he panted. "What do you do to me?"

Kate ignored the question and kissed his neck, sucking the skin there. Draco's clothes began to disappear until he was completely nude. As Kate's hands moved faster, Draco's breath became shorter. Just as he was about to reach his release, Kate suddenly stopped.

"Katie?" Draco mumbled deeply. "What are you doing?"

Kate ignored him and pulled back, fixing her clothes and hair. She stared at Draco for a moment and he looked back in confusion. She then kissed her fingers and placed them to his lips before turning and striding away from him.

"Katie!" Draco's voice was frantic. "Where are you going?"

"Away from you, Draco Malfoy," Kate said in a bored tone as she stopped and turned to look at him.

"Why?" he asked hysterically. "Why are you doing this?"

"Let me give you one piece of advice, Draco," Kate said seriously. "Do. Not. Fuck with me."

Draco's eyes narrowed. "You bitch," he snarled. Kate just grinned maliciously in response.

"I think karma is the real bitch here, Draco," she said, tilting her head to the side and smiling. "Finally, after all your years of screwing people over, it finally caught up to you."

"Bitch," Draco repeated. "You can't do this to me. Dinner's in a few minutes. Everyone will see me!"

"That's the point, Draco," Kate said. "Everyone will see the high and mighty Draco Malfoy naked, tied up and gagged, left helpless and alone. Everyone will see the real Draco Malfoy, and I mean all of him." Kate smirked. With that, she turned on her heel and walked towards the massive doors.

"I'll get you for this, Katie!" Draco yelled, trying to wiggled off the table but finding himself glued to his spot. "I'll fucking get you!"

Kate just smirked and waved her wand, causing the scarf currently around his neck to shove itself back into Draco's mouth. The sounds of his muffled yells followed Kate as she left the room.

Outside of the Great Hall, Kate waited in the shadows. It was only a matter of minutes before the dinner rush arrived. Hundreds of people came from all different directions and trouped into the Great Hall. Instantly after, whispers, shouts, gasps, and burst of laughter emerged. Kate waited a little while to make sure that the majority of the school was inside before going in herself. People were talking, laughing and pointing at the bright red, naked and livid Malfoy sitting on the teachers' table. The professors that had already arrived were looking shocked, angry, amused.

"A little mean, don't you think?" Blaise's smooth voice infiltrated Kate's senses. She didn't turn around as he approached her from behind.

"No, I don't," Kate said smugly. She turned to grin at Blaise. "It's the price he has to pay, Blaise. It's perfect."

"You're pretty pleased with yourself, aren't you?"

"Blaise, my dear," Kate said cheerily, looping her arm through his. "I have never been more satisfied in my life."

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