Author's Note: Oh dear, chapter seven! I can tell you, I'm starting to slow down because I'm running on nothing. I've used up the chapters that I had written and now this is from complete scratch! But you know I'll keep updating as long as you guys keep reading and start reviewing more! The final chapter is done and I'm not going to touch it anymore, and the second to last chapter is maybe.. a quarter done. Well, I don't know how long it's going to be, but I'm hoping that I can get to a place where my chapters will be longer like five. So root for me and I'll do my best!
Chrystal: You are sooo sweet. You give me the best compliments that a writer could get! And I don't think that's weird because I look forward to reading my inbox for your reviews~ I hope you were happy with my explanation of Draco's sexuality. And please enjoy the playlist that I've put up!
Miss Cow: According to my records, it does say that this fic includes M/M which is male/male. I've also put it in the pairing's listing down there /points. Anyways, thank you for your review. As for the houses, there were reasons. Max, I just picked a house because I needed to put him somewhere. I read somewhere that Ravenclaws are amazed by the simplicity of things so I figured his stage magic tricks would be a good fit. And Justin, although smart, is very brave and would do anything for his brother and sister. He's also in there because of his smarts. I mean, look at Hermione. Those two are so similar.
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Title: It's Magic, You Know~
Fandom: Harry Potter / Wizards of Waverly Place
Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Justin Russo; Harry Potter/Alex Russo, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger
Rating: T for now. Rating might go up soon.
Warnings: Contains slash, AU, swearing, and incredibly sexy use of Draco X3
Summary: Oh-oh-oh, its magic you know~ The Russo kids get sent to Hogwarts only to find themselves in an incredible world that they might not want to leave.
Chapter 7: Quiet
::Draco's PoV::
As soon as we'd rounded the corner out of the Great Hall, Alex dropped my hand and pushed me. "You said this would work! Now he's mad at me, and he doesn't care!" She wiped her mouth and spat on the ground, making a face. "Ugh, I can't believe I kissed you!" She'd grabbed some sort of candy from her school bag and put it in her mouth. I wasn't offended, because I really felt the same way.
"You're the one with that crap on your lips!" I worked off the gloss she'd been wearing, looking back at the entrance to the Great Hall. I was half expecting him to come running out after us, to tell me that he was sorry and that he didn't want that vampire. But I knew in my heart that it wouldn't happen. "Look. If that doesn't do it, then I don't know what will short of shagging." Alex looked at me with an odd look, and I realized that I'd used slang she didn't know. I looked at her, as if to imply something and she jumped back.
"You want to do that to my brother?" As she had her little flip out, I rolled my eyes and started to walk away. "Malfoy, wait." She jogged after me, grabbing my sleeve with her fingers. "What do we do now? If I know my brother, and I think I do, he really isn't affected by this. I doubt if we kept going, he'd do anything about it."
"And if I know your brother, which I know I do, it'll start to bother him and he should be around to see me tonight. If we keep it up for the next twenty four hours, Juliet is as good as gone and you and your family don't have to worry." She sighed, thinking on it. I was probably worse for Justin at this point, but Alex had made a good point that Juliet could turn around and drink Justin dry at any moment. Being a death eater seemed like the better choice. I couldn't kill anyone without the Dark Lord's permission.
"Ugh, fine. But I am not kissing you again." I nodded, shaking my head and hurrying up the stairs. I had Care of Magical Creatures with Ravenclaw, so I needed to go torment a few souls. Relieve some stress before Justin confronted me later like I planned.
***timeskip***
It was time for dinner, but no one was around. It was the later end of dinner, but I'd hung around just to be on the safe side. Potter and Weasley had already been down to eat, but Justin hadn't come down with them. I'd seen Alex come and go, along with her little brother. What was his name again? I couldn't remember for the life of me. I was finishing up a sweet teacake when someone sat down next to me very harshly as though to get my attention. When I looked, Justin was sitting next to me, facing away from the table and watching the few stragglers come and go with their desserts. I didn't say anything for now.
"Where's Alex?" he asked me, but I just shrugged. I wasn't keeping track of her past seven, so she might have been off wandering the Forbidden Forest for all I really cared.
"Does it matter?" Justin shook his head a little. He kept eyeing the door, as though he was waiting for someone to come bursting through. But pretty much everyone had gone up to their respective dormitories to do their weekend work or just relax with friends. There were only a few people hanging around now.
"So she's not your girlfriend? If she was, you'd be keeping tabs on her." I sighed, licking some icing off of the corner of my mouth. I really didn't care if he knew or not. It was a matter that the plan had worked, because he was sitting here right now, and I could tell that something was eating at him.
"Nope. How very smart of you." He chuckled, and shook his head. I wasn't surprised he'd figured it out. Maybe Alex had let it slip, but I didn't put it past him to have figured it out on his own. "Last I knew, she was talking to Potter about Merlin knows what." Justin nodded, still very casual about our exchange. "I think they fancy each other, but he's very not her type."
"Yeah, her type is…"
"More like myself, apparently." Justin looked at me then, a soft smile appearing on his face. "Do I really look like this Dean guy? He's all she talks about." It took him a moment to look at me before answering.
"Maybe if you had dark hair and weren't a complete jerk. Otherwise you're a perfect match to her type." Ouch, that jerk thing hurt. Of course, I probably deserved it. I had been a jerk to a lot of people recently. "So…"
"I'm being selfish with this. I know I'd said I'd respect your little girlfriend, but I happen to be a very self-centered and jealous type of person." I was picking at what was left of my teacake, pulling it apart crumb by crumb. I really hated talking about myself, but it was going to come up anyways. Maybe after this, he'd talk about himself, or talk about me positively. I liked it when he did that.
"I noticed. But…"He looked at me again, and I looked at him. "You can't just come up with a plot to fake date my sister just to get to me. If anything you've lost some of my respect because of it." Well, that wasn't the outcome I'd expected. But he was still here, so that aspect had worked out. He looked away again, and I returned to pulling apart my teacake. "Why'd you do it anyways?"
"I just told you, and you just told me." He looked at me from the side as if to say 'you know what I mean'. And I did, I just wanted to avoid talking about me again. But he was persistent with his looks and I crumbled just as my teacake did. "You can't tell from the past three conversations we've had that I fancy you? I don't know why, and it bothers me. I wish I knew so I could stop it and let you go on with your life and myself with mine."
"Well, it's not that easy, apparently. Hermione did some research- she's even worse than I am with the studying thing- and she found something on veela or whatever." I felt myself tense up, wondering if he'd actually told her what I'd said. I played it down though, as though I didn't really care. He didn't fall for it one second. "Apparently, wizards who come into veela inheritance, when it happens, they go through something called 'soul searching'. What it means is that the heart of the witch or wizard seeks out the most compatible person out there and brings the two together." I nodded, knowing all this. My mother had enclosed this information with her last letter; however I thought that it would have meant I'd either end up with some girl, or Potter. I didn't expect it to be someone I'd never met before. Someone I'd be inexplicably drawn to from the moment they walked on the grounds.
"Your point?" I was still playing it down, but even I didn't believe myself. I was having a very hard time with this, knowing what was probably coming. I really didn't want to hear him tell me that there was nothing an amount of 'soul searching' could do to break him up with his girlfriend. My bloodline wouldn't have it if that happened.
"I'm with Juliet… but my family has a very strong belief in soul-whatevers. I'm not going to be the first one to stop a long line of Mexican beliefs. But… I don't know what to do." He sounded defeated, and I was shocked that he'd said those things. I was being driven to be selfish and keep him to myself, but this newly not stuck up part of me said that I couldn't break up someone who was so obviously in love. Still, that other part was bigger.
"Break up with her and go out with me." He looked at me with that look again. I hadn't completely meant to say that out loud, but I suppose it just slipped. Of course I couldn't ask him to do that, despite my jealousy and selfishness.
"You can't just say that and expect me to do it. I already told you; I really, really love her." I knew that, but maybe he was just trying to convince himself. That's exactly what it sounded like to me.
"I totally believe you. You're just trying to convince yourself now." He nodded, and when I looked at him, I noticed he was picking at some fraying edges of his robes' sleeve. "Great Hall's going to close soon. Want to go somewhere else to talk?" He nodded again and stood, keeping his eyes on the floor this time. I decided against taking his hand and leading him. He'd follow if he really wanted to talk still.
We headed back up to the Astronomy tower. It had been abandoned for some time since they couldn't get anyone who wasn't crazy to teach the class. The room itself was still furnished with plush sofas and text books, carpeting covering the floor from wall to wall. It was a huge, circular room that reeked of dust and mold. The scent was surprising because of the very big window that looked out over the lake. Justin sat there while I looked over some of the furniture.
"What's that lake called?" He asked, and I looked up at him. His eyes were fixated out there, and he was deep in thought.
"Black Lake. It's filled with all sorts of creatures like mermaids and a giant squid. It's like, wicked cold too." I moved over to the window and sat on the sill across from him. His eyes remained trained out on the lake, but mine rested on him. If I let my mind wander there, I'd find myself thinking about how pale his skin was in the moonlight, or how his hair wasn't really black, but brown. He had dimples when he frowned, but not when he smiled. Just like right now. "Justin…"
"Be quiet, I'm thinking." I raised my hands in defense as he snapped, and then held my knee to my chest. I wasn't used to this, I suppose. Being alone with someone and not doing anything. It was a little awkward for me. But what was I supposed to say anyways? It wasn't in my character to start apologizing for all the things I've done. And I wasn't about to just take control of the situation. I was trying to win him over, not lose even the friendship we sort of had. "Look…"
I looked up at him, and he was staring back at him. We sat a good meter apart, but suddenly it felt like we were in the tightest space. "Justin, I-"
"This isn't about you right now. God, you're selfish." He shook his head and looked away for a moment. "You just said that. Stupid…" I watched him, unsure of what to do. He'd told me to be quiet, but how could I just let him leave it in silence. The silence was deafening.
"This is all obviously an issue for you if you're here with me. Tell me what I can do to help." I asked and he looked at me with a thoughtful way. I could only hope he was thinking of exactly what I was thinking, but he probably was far too naïve to think like that at all.
"Well, I can think of two things. You could disappear off the face of the planet, which I can arrange very easily, but there are probably people who would be the upset with that solution." I nodded slightly, taking his school bag from his feet and rooting through it for the bag of candy. He watched me with interest, and when I'd put I strip of clack licorice in my mouth I noticed and looked up at him.
"Sorry. Crazy addiction." He smiled and laughed only a little bit before looking back at the lake or something near to it. "The other option?" I asked around the licorice in my mouth.
"The other option is… not so kid friendly." Oh, sweet Merlin he was thinking the same thing I was. I bit off some of the candy, chewing it thoughtfully. I wanted to weigh out just what exactly doing such things would accomplish. If he thought it would help solve the problem, then I said by all means. But I had to be careful with a lot of things and be very conscious of just what was happening. I couldn't make a pair bond with him and there was no way I would let him do anything of the sort to me. "What… what do you think?"
"Don't ask me about that. I'll answer wrong and you'll get all flustered and defensive." I waved my strip of licorice around, becoming suddenly bored with this conversation. It meant a lot that Justin was even here, but I sort of wished it could go back to the comfortable state we'd had last night when we were up here. "Justin, we don't have to do anything right now."
"Juliet's coming in a month for Halloween." He said, looking away. I'd almost forgotten school started late this year because of reconstruction to the castle and issues with permits from the ministry. I felt my heart sink. That time frame was certainly an issue. Well, there was my father's philosophy…
"What she doesn't know won't hurt her. Shower well before she comes and load up on candies at Honeyduke's." He blinked at me and I wondered if he was confused about the philosophy or Honeyduke's. "It's a candy store near here." He nodded then, and I'd answered his question. He was thinking hard about what I'd said and I started to think about it too. Would I be able to keep up appearances while she visited? I had the feeling that once I was allowed to do anything to him, I would have a hard time keeping away. And frankly, the whole 'bathroom buddies' concept didn't appeal to me. I'd never been private about any of my other relationships, why should I about this one? I think the only people who'd care would be Potter and his crew of do-gooders. I'd leave the explaining to him, because I had no clue what to say otherwise.
"I'll… have to think about it. But for now, can we just talk?" I smiled, and nodded. It was just what I'd wanted otherwise.
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