Its now been a month since the new school year started. There were still Aurors walking casually around the school, but no one really seemed to notice them.
Ava, Mary and Stacey were walking down the hallway to their Transfigurations class. Logan walked by and waved at Ava, she smiled and waved back. Ava didn't notice the sneaky smile on Stacey's face.
Suddenly she turned as Logan was walking away and whispered a spell and pointed her wand at Logan.
There was a bright light and suddenly Logan's feet started dancing, he looked down at them with horror and tried to get them to stop. Stacey ran over to him " Oh my gosh, are you alright? I am so sorry" she said. She was trying not to laugh.
Ava stood there shocked " I can't believe she actually took my advice" she whispered. Mary looked confused. " What advice? Why did she just stun him?" she asked and looked at Ava for answers.
Ava grabbed her arm and pulled her to their class " It's a long story, I will tell you later" she said.
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It was around 8 pm on a Friday night and Ava was in the common room curled up by the fire reading. All her friends were downstairs. There was some kind of party going on but Ava didn't feel like participating. She felt like staying in the common room tonight and relaxing.
The common room door opened and Donna ran in. " There you are, I have been looking everywhere for you" Donna said. " a bunch of people are going to Hogsmead, Lets go!" She said.
" I don't know, I am really not in the mood to go out tonight" Ava sighed. Donna rolled her eyes.
" Oh come on Ava, you have been doing nothing but working your butt off since school started, this will be a good break for you, it will be us and all of our friends, no Pansy Parkinson or Malfoy"
Ava thought about this. It did sound nice.
" Come on, Stacey and Mary are downstairs waiting, Elaine, Nancy, Hannah and Hermione already left, they said that they are going to save us a table, so hurry up!" Donna said. Ava could tell she was getting frusterated. Ava smiled and closed her book.
" Alright, just one sec" Then she ran up stairs and put on a pair of jeans and a cardigan and put on her winter jacket, scarf and mittens.
Donna and Ava headed out of the Common room and went downstairs to find Stacey and Mary waiting at the end of the stairs.
Mary was looking at the door, wanting to leave to join the others and Stacey was tapping her foot impatiently against the hard stone floor.
" Finally!" Stacey said as she saw Ava and Mary. " My goodness you take a while, come on, everyone is already at Hogsmead"
The air outside was cool and fresh. Snow was falling lightly and Ava could see the lights in the distance where Hogsmead was. Ava, Donna, Mary and Stacey trudged through the snow.
" Ava could I talk to you for a second" Stacey said and pulled in Ava's arm to slow her down. Donna and Mary continued on their way.
" Yeah sure" Ava said, and slowed down slightly. Stacey's eyes were wide and excited, she was smiling very widely.
" So your advice totally worked with Logan" Stacey said. " After the hospital wing, he asked me if I was going to the party in Hogsmead tonight, and when I said yes, he told me he was glad and that he would meet me there" Stacey clapped happily.
Ava laughed " I am so happy for you Stacey, he is a good guy so you made a good choice"
Stacey smiled " I know he is a good guy, I could feel it"
She clutched her heart dramatically, Ava laughed at her again. " I think your going to have a good time tonight" Ava said and winked.
Ava and Stacey were just making their way into Hogsmead, when Ava raised her head. She could see Donna and Mary entering the three broomsticks, where the party was.
Ava swore that the cheers and yells and music was so loud, that if she listened hard, she could hear it all the way from Hogwarts.
When they entered, Ava wasn't surprised at what she saw. The room was crowded, there were people scattered everywhere, a few people were dancing and people at the bar, she saw a group of boys chugging down butterbeers, she noticed that Ben, Dean and Tyler were among them.
Suddenly Logan appeared and smiled at them, " Hey Stacey, Ava, I am glad you guys made it" Ava noticed him glancing at Stacey. Stacey blushed.
Logan smiled at her " Can I get you something to drink?" he asked. Stacey blushed again " Yeah sure" she said. Logan turned toward Ava " Can I get you something as well?" he asked. Ava smiled and shook her head " I was just about to look for Donna, but thanks anyway" she said.
Logan smiled and then took Stacey's hand and led her to a table. Stacey stole a glance at Ava and waved and walked away. Ava laughed and turned and spotted Donna at the bar talking to Ben, she didn't want to interrupt them so instead she walked towards Mary, Elaine, Nancy and Hannah who were sitting at a table talking. She looked on the dance floor and saw Hermione grinning as she was dancing with Ron. Ava smiled at them.
Ava walked past a few people snogging, and past Donna and Ben. Suddenly Tyler stepped in front of her.
" Ava!" he screamed at her. He was drunk.
Ava chuckled at him. He grinned widely " you came! You're here! I think I was suppose to tell you something but I really can't remember!" He yelled into her face. Ava sighed " Well go think about it and tell me later" she said.
" Wait! W-wait! I remember!" he yelled " Seamus is looking for you" he finished, then he smiled proudly at himself like he made a huge accomplishment and walked off toward his friends, well more like teetered off.
Ava' heart pace increased suddenly. Seamus was looking for her? , now that she thought of it, she didn't see him when she walked in, why wasn't he with Ben, Dean, Tyler and their friends.
She walked over to the table where Mary, Elaine, Nancy and Hannah were sitting at. She noticed the cold look on Elaine's face.
" What's wrong with you?" Ava asked Elaine as she sat down. Elaine snarled at her and turned away. Mary sighed " She is mad about Tyler" she said. Ava looked confused " What about him?" she asked. Elaine turned angrily at Ava, her face was almost as red as her hair. " He was getting it on with a girl just a few minutes ago, that's what!" She said. " I swear he was about to kiss her too, if the clumsy whore didn't fall" she spat.
Ava stared wide-eyed at Elaine. She never heard her use such foul language before. " Why don't you just go talk to him then" Ava said, Elaine pouted " he wouldn't want to talk to me, he might think I'm annoying and what am I suppose to say to him?" she said. Ava was getting frustrated. " He is your friend of course he doesn't think your annoying, and if it makes you feel better he full out drunk so even if you mess up with him, he wouldn't remember anything by tomorrow morning!" Ava said. She knew it was harsh but she was sick of Elaine's pouting.
Elaine stared at Ava for a long time, so long that Ava was a little scared that Elaine would yell at her. Then she stared at Tyler. A determined look crossed her face and Ava grew a little worried. Elaine took a sip of her Butterbeer, the stood up and walked over to Tyler.
What happened next was totally unexpected, and the last thing Ava thought Elaine would do in public, but she saw her walk right up to Tyler, who was talking, or more like speaking gibberish to his friend. She grabbed him and spun him around, and Ava saw her kiss him straight on the mouth.
Tyler's shocked expression soon faded away, and Ava, Hannah, Nancy and Mary looked at them shocked, as their heated kissing soon turned into a full make out.
Ava looked away " Well that was uncalled for" she said. Mary, whose wide eyes still didn't leave Elaine and Tyler, just nodded. Suddenly two hufflepuff boys walked over to their table, she knew one of them as Ernie. She didnt know who the other boy was. They both smiled shyly at Hannah and Nancy
" We were just wondering if you two would like to dance" Ernie said, eyeing Hannah. Nancy squealed " Of course we would!" she said, and she grabbed the hand of Ernie's friend and dragged him on the dance floor. Hannah just blushed at Ernie " Yes, that would be fun" she said. Ernie smiled widley at her and grabbed her hand and they walked to where Nancy and his friend were dancing.
" I am going to get a drink" Ava said, Mary just nodded.
Ava walked towards the bar, she caught a glimpse of Stacey and Logan, in the corner of the room, Stacey was laughing and they seemed to be whispering. Ava tried to avoid Donna and Ben, who seemed to be getting very close, their foreheads were just touching.
"2 Butterbeers please" Ava said to the bar tender. Ava sat on a stool and waited. She looked around and what she saw made her heart almost burst. Seamus was sitting in a chair, and Lavander Brown was on his lap. She couldn't stop staring at them. It took everything Ava had to not cry. Just as Seamus looked her way, Ava quickly turned away.
She grabbed the Butterbeers and practically ran back to the table. She gave one of them to Mary, who casually sipped on it. Ava quickly gulped down her one butterbeer, she didn't want to feel depressed all night, she came here to have fun.
Mary looked strangely at her " Ava are you alright?" Mary asked. Ava smiled at her " Just fine" she said, as she ran back to the bar to get a few more drinks.
Throughout the night, Ava tried to have as much fun as everyone else was having, she danced with a few boys and hung out with her friends. But not once did Seamus try to find her.
" Well if it isn't the little mudblood" she heard someone sneer. Ava turned, Malfoy was standing there grinning meanly at her. Feeling much more confident, Ava groaned very loudly she stood up and looked Malfoy straight in the eye,
" Leave me the hell alone! Don't you have other people to tease?" she yelled at him. He grinned even wider. " Nope, because no one is as easy and fun to tease as you, and watching you suffer makes me happy" he said. Ava just groaned again " you know what? I bet making me suffer isn't the case, you probably tease me because you are obsessed with me and want me for yourself, ever think about that? What are you some crazy stalker!" Ava yelled at him. So loud that a few people turned around at them.
Malfoy's face grew white and he grabbed Ava's hand and dragged her outside. She tried to stop him, but she was starting to feel the effect of the Butterbeers and was beginning to feel dizzy.
Malfoy roughly pushed her against the wall at the back of the building. He whispered in her ear " No listen here mudblood, I warned you many times what I could do if you challenged me, I was nice enough to let you go those times, but I am tired of playing nice, that was my last straw. I guess it is time to teach you how us Malfoys take care of women who aren't respectful toward us, then he hit her across the face.
Ava screamed, but Malfoy covered her mouth. He was going to beat her possibly to death and no one was going to help her. She took all the energy she had and spit in his face. He growled and raised his hand to smack her again. She closed her eyes and waited for the blow. But it never came. She felt his weight lift off of her, and heard a grunt beside her and the sound of a fist hitting flesh.
She opened her eyes and Malfoy laying on the ground. Someone was over him and was punching ever square inch of face there was. Ava just watched the disturbing scene as the stranger punched Malfoy over and over again, she saw a bit of the snow around them turn dark.
After 5 minutes Ava covered her eyes from the gory scene and silently cried. Suddenly the person stopped punching Malfoy and turned towards her as if remembering that she was there. He grabbed Malfoy, who was barley conscious, by his collar and whispered just loudly enough for Ava to hear.
" If you ever touch her, come near her, or so much as look or think about her, next time I won't stop" He whispered chillingly. Then he threw him to the ground again and slowly got up and walked toward Ava. She didn't know why, but she backed away from him, scared that he would hurt her as well. Though she didn't know why she thought that since he just saved her.
"Ava?" He whispered. Ava didn't say anything, she just continued crying on the ground. She felt gentle hands wrap around her wrists. " Ava its alright, its me".
Ava looked up. Seamus was looking at her. His expression was a mixture of fury, pain and worry. She looked at his fist, she could see the dark stain of blood on it.
Ava threw herself at him and cried into his chest. His arms wrapped around her and he tightened his hold. It felt like they sat there forever, until Seamus slowly picked her up off the ground.
" Stay here, I am getting your stuff. We are going back to Hogwarts" He said. Ava nodded but didn't want him to leave.
As he was gone, she stood there staring at the unconscious Draco, never in all her times with Seamus, has she seen him this angry and aggressive, and it scared her.
In just a few minutes Seamus came back with all of her items, and handed them to her. She put them on, but backed away from him, scared that he would lose his temper again. Seamus must of noticed this reaction, and he looked at her sadly and walked over to Draco and picked him up and through him over his shoulder. Though she was scared, she was still impressed by his strength
" What are you doing?" she asked. He smiled slightly at her " I can't let him bleed to death here, as much as I would like him too. I am taking him to the hospital wing"
Ava stared at him. He held out his hand. She hesitated but eventually took it, and they walked back to the castle.
As they reached the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey came running up to them and helped carry Malfoy to the bed. Ava waited in the hallway as Seamus and Madam Pomfrey had a quiet discussion.
Then he walked out and took her hand again and led her up to the common room. She sat on the couch and watched the fire. He stood in the middle of the room.
Ava jumped when she suddenly heard the shout and the bang. She turned and saw that Seamus had kicked a chair across the room.
He looked furious. " I promised!" he yelled. Ava looked at him confused. She tried to stay calm.
" I promised that I wouldn't let him hurt you, I promised to protect you from him!" he shouted at the wall. Ava slowly got up and started to walk toward him " It wasn't your fault, you didn't know" she whispered.
He looked at her " No, your wrong, I could of stopped him".
" and you did!" Ava said. " You did stop him, he could of killed me tonight, but you stopped that, you did protect me Seamus" she said and put her hand on his cheek. He grabbed her hand and stroked it with his thumb. " I am sorry that you had to see what happened, you have never seen me that angry before" he whipered.
" It was a little scary, but I'm over it" she said. " If you were truly mean, you would of left him there lying in the snow to die, but you didn't" she stated.
" Well whatever happens to him, he deserves it. When I saw him hurting you, at that moment I wanted to kill him, I don't think I would of stopped if I didn't hear you crying, I think I would of killed him. He deserves to be dead, to think that he would treat you like that. You go through so much with him and I hate it, you don't deserve to have that, you-"
But he didn't have time to say the rest of what he was going to say because she walked right up to him and kissed him. She didn't know why she did it, but she didn't care. she just wanted him. Ava could tell he was shocked, for a few seconds he just stood there, then he groaned and leaned into the kiss, she put her hands in his hair and he placed his hands on her hips.
This was the best feeling she ever felt, this is all she ever wanted to do, to kiss Seamus Finnigan.
He gently pushed her up against the wall and pushed himself against her. She groaned and wrapped her hands around his head. She felt herself being lifted into the air, and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He slowly made his way up the stairs, being careful not to drop her.
He backed into her room and dropped her on her bed. Seamus kicked off his shoes and slowly climbed on top of her.
He placed one hand on her breast and his other hand was on her cheek, and he was trailing soft kisses down her neck. She giggled when he hit a soft spot, and hearing her laugh he kissed it again.
Seamus started to unbutton her shirt, and when her hand began to unbutton his pants, he sighed. Then he slowly climbed off of her and put his shoes back on.
Ava sat up, angry and confused. " What is it? Whats wrong?" she asked.
He looked at her sadly " We can't do this Ava, not now" he said. She groaned " Why not?"
" Your too emotional right now, I am not so sure if you want this for us or because you want to relieve some stress" he said, slightly embarrassed.
Ava sighed, but before she could speak he interrupted. " and not just because your too emotional, you've been drinking all night, I saw it myself. Your not yourself tonight Ava, just think, if we did this now, would you regret it tomorrow? I want you to be one hundred percent sure you want this and sober, I am not going to take advantage of you" he said.
She didn't know why, she should of felt touched by his words, but for some reason she was angry.
" You didn't seem to back out when you were with Lavender. You seemed pretty confident of that tonight, and I am pretty sure she was drinking too" Ava snarled.
Seamus turned to her " What are you talking about?"
" Don't play around Seamus, I saw you with her tonight" she said.
" we were both drinking, I didn't mean it" he said, and started to walk out of the room.
Before he closed the door behind her he looked back at her
"Lavender means nothing to me, she never did, there is only one girl in this school that I have ever cared about, and I think you know who that is Ava" he said, and left the room, leaving her staring at the door.