Kay, so this chapter might be a little short, but whatever. Please review, and I would love it if you did. Please! Yeah, and I'll accept any constructive critism.
"Oh what am I gonna wear!" I cried for the thirtieth time. Lavender looked up curiously.
"Wear for what?" she asked, coming over to where all my clothes were.
"My, uh, date, with, um... Michael Corner!" I shouted. Parvati raised her eyebrows.
"That bozo that Ginny was dating last year?" she asked. I nodded carefully. "Gosh Kennedy, i would have thought you had better taste," she replied.
"Thanks," I muttered. I finally slipped on a new pair of robes and put my hair into a french braid. Or at least, I tried to. The most I could do was a ponytail, so Lavender helped me. When Parvati and the rest assured me that I was gorgeous, but a natural sort of gorgeous, I set off for the library. My shoes clicked merrily on the floor, but my stomach was filled with dread. Why did he call me? Was he going to kidnap me? Had he forgiven me? All these thoughts swirled through my head and I didn't even notice where I was going, until SMACK!
I rammed into a person and flew to the floor. Books dropped everywhere and one hit me on the nose. "Oh, I am so sorry!" I gasped, pushing myself off the floor.
"It's okay-" came a familiar voice. I looked up. Katie was standing there, biting her lip like she always did when she was thinking. I blushed. She did too. "Hey, I've been thinking that what we were fighting over was stupid. Friends?" she apologized.
"Friends," I said with a warm smile. "I'm sorry too. Well, I'm gonna go meet him, so wake up early and I'll tell you all about it," I said. Katie's eyes widened.
"Okay. And I won't blab to anyone," she promised. I smiled. Then I bid her goodbye and we went our seperate ways.
I nervously made it to the library, and managed to stutter out an excuse why I was there to Madame Pince. I looked around, and a flash of white-blond hair caught my eye. I walked over. It was no one but Loony Lovegood. I walked over to her and whispered, "Do you know where Draco Malfoy is?"
Luna raised her eyebrows. "Of course," she whispered back, "he's right there, by the Restricted Section," she said in her usual airy tone.
I grinned. "Thanks Luna," I said, giving her a smile. She smiled back. Then she waved me off and went back to sketching a Nargle.
I pranced over to the shelf by the Restricted Section, pretending to be interested in gardening rare herbs. Madame Pince looked at me suspiciously; I had nearly failed Herbology for the first three years. I whistled gently while making my way over to Malfoy, and out of sight of Madame Pince. He looked up. "Kennedy!" he whispered in surprise. "I thought you wouldn't come," he said.
"And what made you think that?" I wasn't my usual sarcastic self, no. When I talked to him, I kept my face to the ground and I blushed beet-red.
"Hope, I guess," he said casually. "And don't worry about that whole "I love you" thing, it's called acting," he said. I looked at him curiously. He grinned teasingly. "Just kidding. Hey, we should go if we want to get back on time," he said urgently, checking his watch. I was about to follow him out, when he put his hand over my eyes. "No peeking," he said. I pouted, and tried to pull his hand off of my face, but all I really did was scratch at him.
He led me up a few stairs, and walked me back and forth a few times, which made me really, really dizzy. Finally he pushed me through a threshhold, and all I could do was stare in awe.