Due to practically no internet at my house, I am either forced to use my SUCKISH wifi-hotspot service, which kicks me off the internet a lot… or just wait until I go to the places with internet. I might do the second… since it's easiest. I write ahead on this story, and usually overload on uploading when I get to the computer. So… That is usually the case when you get more than three or so chapters in a dosage. PLEASE REVIEW. This is the most reviewed story of mine… sadly. D:

I do not own Harry Potter because my name is not J.K. Rowling.

I also do not own Althea Mirna. She is property of Bonexyz.

Chapter Sixteen:

To say Pansy Parkinson was embarrassed in front of the whole Slytherin table was a fact.

To say Cilwenu Snape was utterly happy with herself was an understatement. The rest of that lunch period, Cilwenu laughed, she earned some praise, and munched happily on her food despite being covered in sticky amber liquid.

In her next class, she shed herself of her cloak, and tossed it on the floor beside her. Althea sat next to Cilwenu with a smile on her face, and a blush just as bright as day. She was staring hopelessly into a letter that Seamus wrote her, for some reason, during lunch. Cilwenu decided to not to comment on it, because, really, she wouldn't mind getting a letter from Draco every now and again.

Out of boredom, Cilwenu reached over to her best friend and snatched the letter up with a flick of her wrist. She laughed upon hearing Althea's protests and read it anyways.

Cilwenu mocked gagged at the words, before throwing it back to Althea, "Sappy, isn't he?"

Althea blushed and clutched the piece of paper to her chest, "like you and Draco don't get on my nerves!"

"You don't even hang out with Draco…" Cilwenu said in a harsh tone.

"He has a reputation, Cilwenu and you know it."

"He's not as bloody bad as you guys all think!" Cilwenu stared at her best friend with cut eyes.

Althea was taken-aback by her defense, and shook her head slightly. She let out a heavy sigh. "Okay, Cilwenu, if you really want to break this down, I suppose I have no other choice but to remind you just how poorly Draco treats… treated you before you guys broke up."

"Why are you being like this over a bloody letter?"

"Maybe it's time you know the truth instead of trying to block it out! He will never change. Once he's sure he has you wrapped around his finger, Draco is going to shut you out from us. He's going to make you a social outcast to anyone other than the Slytherin house, Wenny…"

Cilwenu jerked herself from her chair then. She glared down at Althea with her dark eyes, filled with a fiery anger that Althea winced at. Althea went to open her mouth for apology, but was interrupted when Cilwenu kicked her chair to the floor and held out her hand.

"How dare you!" Cilwenu shouted, obviously hurt.

The teacher stopped in mid-lesson, to stare at the two girls.

"He's trying! He's doing it for me! I thought you would be the one to understand, Althea… I thought you would be happy for me! But… no… you get mad at me and tell me everything I've thought about before over a letter from your boyfriend!"

Althea had glistening tears in the crooks of her eyes the more Cilwenu went on. Cilwenu felt her own tears starting to fall, and immediately bolted out of the classroom.

Althea looked at the Professor, who was confused about it all. With her letter still in her hands, Althea bowed her head, and cursed herself mentally for what she had just done.

Note: Sorry this was so short. Right now I am actually working on three stories at once. The third on is not Harry Potter though, so it might slow me down on these fics for a bit. Which is what I need. The other fan fiction isn't going to be long at all. I'm trying to branch out with my fan fiction categories. :D

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KagsChann