Chapter Five

Arella POV

I stomped my way through the halls searching for Ginny. I was mad, no I was beyond mad. I was pissed. Just because he was a Malfoy he thought that he was superior and didn't have to have a reason for what he did. It aggravated me like crazy. I couldn't stand people like that.

I noticed Ginny and walked over to her knowing she could tell I was pissed and waiting for me to speak "Gin! I swear. That boy is evidently wishing for death. I mean really. He won't stop calling me a Parkinson, and he kicks me for no flipping reason!" I huff with anger. I could tell she was near to laughing at me till I gave her my glare that tends to frighten mostly everyone.

I then heard the whiny voice of my sister coming through the hallway and roll my eyes. I didn't feel like putting up with her right now especially after what Malfoy just did. "Arella! How dare you treat my Drakey-poo like that!" I roll my eyes and turn to face her "I didn't treat him in any wrong way." I turned back around dragging Ginny through the doors of the Great Hall when I felt a hand on my arm.

I faced my sister and looked down at my arm and back up at her "Remove your hand Parkinson!" She huffs "You're a Parkinson too, or have you forgotten!" I laugh and smirk at her "I'll never be a Parkinson! It's just a name and has no significant meaning" I laughed at her face as I knew she didn't understand half of what I said. I then took that as my cue to head to the table for food noticing everyone staring.

I gave them my deathly glare and sat down at my table between Blaise and Draco. As I sit down between them I noticed Draco giving Blaise a confused look. I smirked at Draco and turned to Blaise ignoring Draco all together "Hey Blaise. How has your day been?" Blaise laughed and leaned back getting Draco's attention wiggling his eyebrows.

I saw anger flash in Draco's eyes and gave him a confused look. He ignored my look and looked down at his plate. I heard someone sit down beside him but didn't bother glancing over. "Drakey-poo! Why don't you come sit with me?" I giggle noticing Draco's panicked look. "Why don't you leave and fix your face Pansy!" I said to her leaning on the table to look at her.

She huffed "Why don't you get a fashion sense Parkinson!" I slammed my hands down on the table and leaned over towards her pushing Draco back off the bench into the floor "I do have a fashion sense! At least I don't dress like a whore!" I watched as she huffed and stormed off down to the end of the table. I looked down at Draco who sat shocked on the floor.

I lean my hand down to him "Sorry about that Malfoy. It seems you have a tendency of being in the way" I stood up from my seat after helping him up and left the Great Hall leaving a very confused Draco behind. I walked through the halls sometimes stopping to hold a short conversation with some of the portraits. I headed towards the dungeons toward the Slytherin common room.

I sat on the couch facing the fire place when I heard the common room portrait open. I glanced over and noticed Pansy walk through with a few more seventh years. I sighed and shook my head knowing that another argument was about to happen. I stood up and glanced at her seeing her glare at me.

"What do you want Pansy?" she walked over to me getting right in my face "How dare you embarrass me in front of everyone like that!" I laughed "It shouldn't have been to embarrassing for all I did was speak the truth" I noticed a few more people entering the common room but didn't pay attention to who it was.

We had quite an audience and I knew that this wasn't going to end well. "I do not dress like a whore! It's not my fault you don't have guys flaunting after you like they do me!" I looked at her not really shocked "Pansy the only reason they flaunt after you is because you are easy!" I heard gasps go throughout the common room when Pansy spoke again "You shouldn't even be a Parkinson! For our family wouldn't go and hang out with blood-traitors!"

I growled and grabbed my wand "I don't want to be a Parkinson thank you! I didn't get to choose my family! Of course the family would have been less of one person if Malfoy hadn't stepped in the way during the final battle! You better be happy he did for in a sense he saved your life!" I saw her look shocked that I would have even considered of killing her but she underestimated me.

I couldn't stand my sister and sometimes wished I was an only child. I was for once glad though that I finally shocked her into silence. I looked around the common room and noticed that they also wore shocked faces but one stood out more than others. Draco Malfoy for once had a look on his face of shock and concentration as if he was remembering the past and trying to figure out what actually happened.

Then for once in my life I actually saw a look of understanding flash across his face. I looked back around and noticed that Pansy had left the room with almost everyone in tow behind her. I sighed and sat back on the couch glancing into the fire. I felt someone sit down beside me and looked up noticing Draco. I gave him a small smile and turned back to the burning flames "So. You didn't really mean to try and kill me" I laughed and looked at him "No Malfoy I wasn't trying to kill you. Like I said earlier, you just have a habit of getting in the way." I saw a smirk show on his face slowly "So you do like me!"

I looked at him shocked "What the heck gave you that idea?" I watched as he showed an actual smile one that no one had hardly seen "Well you do tend to fight with me. I just see that as a way of you flirting" I laughed at him "Think that all you want Malfoy, but it's not true." I stood up and headed up the stairs to the girl dormitories but glanced back at Draco "I wouldn't think to hard though Malfoy. It might be a bit straining on you." I walked up the steps.

Draco POV

Blaise and I were walking down the halls heading to the Great Hall for dinner when he looked at me getting ready to speak. I glanced at him as he spoke "What exactly happened during potions?" I glared at him and shook my head "Heck if I know. One thing we were having a civil conversation and the next think we're biting each other's heads off." He laughed and shook his head "Why don't you just go ahead and admit you like her."

I blanched at him "I don't like her! I don't know what you're talking about." I looked back forward as we continued walking down the hallway watching Pansy rush by. I shuttered how Arella could be sisters with that thing is confusing. I mean Arella had a lot more going on for her in the looks department where Pansy just looked like a dog.

I shook my head from those thoughts yes Arella was pretty but she had mood swings like crazy. I had no clue how to act around her. I glanced at Blaise hearing him beginning to speak "If you say so man, but I believe differently" I shook my head as we entered the Great Hall and sat down at the Slytherin Table. I heard a commotion going on and glanced up at the doors and seeing Arella and Pansy in a heated argument.

At least that's what it looked like. I watched as Arella gave a glare across the room and walked over to the table. She sat herself down between Blaise and myself. I glanced at Blaise with a confused look and noticed her smirk at me before talking with Blaise ignoring me. "Hey Blaise, How has your day been?" I hear Blaise laugh and lean back looking at me wiggling his eyebrows.

I was jealous. It was true. I mean really, how could she ignore a Malfoy? It's hardly ever been done before. I noticed someone sit down beside of me and glanced over briefly before I noticed who sat down. I groaned inwardly, why won't she just leave me alone? It bugged the heck out of me! "Drakey-poo! Why don't you come sit with me" I flashed a panicked look over at Arella and Blaise.

Arella leaned on the table looking at Pansy "Why don't you leave and fix your face Pansy!" I looked at her shocked and looked between the two. I seemed to always be in the middle of something, especially when it had something to do with Arella. I heard Pansy huff "Why don't you get a fashion sense Parkinson!" I looked between them in horror for I knew how bad it got when someone called Arella a Parkinson.

For I have been at the end of her anger for doing the same thing. It was not pretty! Arella slammed her hands on the table and stood pushing me off the bench making me land in the floor. That hurt like hell! I looked at them and waited for Arella to hex her sister. "I do have a fashion sense! At least I don't dress like a whore!" Ouch. I knew that would had to hurt, but Arella did have a point. Even when Pansy wore the school uniform it still ended up looking skanky.

I watched at Pansy stormed off and looked up at Arella as she reached her hand down to help me up "Sorry about that Malfoy. It seems you have a tendency of being in the way" I glanced at her confused and stood up. She quickly left as I glanced at Blaise even more confused. "What do you think she meant by that comment?" I asked Blaise as I sat back down to finish eating. I watched as she shrugged "I don't know man but you do have a tendency to step on her toes." I looked down at my plate thinking.

I still haven't figured out what the comment meant. I haven't been in her way ever before. I was just the brunt of her anger evidently, but for what reason I haven't figured out yet. I finished eating quickly and walked with Blaise to the common room. As we neared the portrait we heard voices that seemed to be in a heated argument. I had a feeling I knew who between.

As we walked in I saw a few of the students standing a good distance away from Pansy and Arella who stood behind the couch anger showing on their faces. Blaise and I evidently walked into the middle of the conversation "I do not dress like a whore! It's not my fault you don't have guys flaunting after you like they do me!" I winced at that comment.

Pansy did have a few guys following her most of the time but it wasn't because she was pretty. "Pansy the only reason they flaunt after you is because you are easy!" I was laughing inside. I couldn't have put it any better if I was in Arella's place. She had a fiery temper on her, an even worse temper than any of the Parkinson's. "You shouldn't even be a Parkinson! For our family wouldn't go and hang out with blood-traitors!" I glanced at Arella's expression for that had to hit some sort of sore spot.

I would have winced and felt betrayed if my sibling, if I had one, said that to me. "I don't want to be a Parkinson thank you! I didn't get to choose my family! Of course the family would have been less of one person if Malfoy hadn't stepped in the way during the final battle! You better be happy he did for in a sense he saved your life!" I looked at Arella shocked. What the heck! She wasn't aiming to kill me. Well that made me feel better.

At least I know she don't hate me, maybe I could get on her good side. I watched as the common room emptied of students leaving out the portrait hole. I watched as Arella sat on the couch staring into the fire. I sat down beside her she looked up at me with a small smile "So. You didn't really mean to try and kill me" I looked at her as she laughed "No Malfoy I wasn't trying to kill you. Like I said earlier, you just have a habit of getting in the way."

I smirked at her evidently she was flirting. I mean who wouldn't flirt with a Malfoy. "So you do like me!" She looked at me with shock on her face "What the heck gave you that idea?" I smiled at her. I didn't smile much but sometimes it just happened. "Well you do tend to fight with me. I just see that as a way of you flirting" She laughed and stood up "Think that all you want Malfoy, but it's not true."

I looked at her and watched as she headed to the stairs. She was half way up the steps when she turned around "I wouldn't think to hard though Malfoy. It might be a bit straining on you." I looked at her confused at first. As she disappeared I understood what she said. She was insulting me for being a blonde! I shook my head and laughed quietly she was amazing.

Arella POV

I walked back down the stairs, Draco had left the room. I walked out into the corridor, and blinked. So to him, fighting was flirting…? I shook my head, and paused for a moment. There were voices nearby… I crept over to the corner, and pressed myself against the wall, and listened. "Albus, its not safe." It was professor Tonks. "we won't worry as long as it doesn't happen again. Don't tell the students." "they'll ask, albus. They always ask." "tell them she had an accident. Maybe she'll wake up…" "She's dead, albus." There was quiet for a few moments, then in his hushed voice saying "I know." My heart sped up to the rhythm of a humming bird's wings, and I ran to find Ginny. I never found her, I suppose she was asleep. I couldn't enter the Gryffindor common room. I shook my head, I wasn't even supposed to know. I walked back to my own common room, I ran up the stairs and laid down on my bed.