As Sidney went to her bed, Martha was very surprised to see her. She cried, "SIDNEY!" She wrapped her arms around Sidney and laughed, "I can't believe you are our new seeker!" Sidney laughed halfheartedly; she wasn't in the mood. Martha said, "Do you want to party?" Sidney shook her head; "No thank you." Martha said, "Why not? It would be the best party ever!" Sidney shook her head again, "I'm tired!" Martha said, "Awe, come on!" She pushed Sidney into the wall; Sidney said, "No..." Martha said, "Sidney...a PARTY!" She finally gave up, and said, "Come down, or I'll-" "What? Or you'll what?" She punched Sidney in the face, and tackled her down. Sidney started fighting back, when she seemed to be paralyzed. She curled up into a ball and took every blow.
Snape entered the room, to find Martha punching at Sidney. "MARTHA!" He pulled the girl off of Sidney, and said, "Detention; kitchens, now!" Martha went off; Snape got to Sidney's side, "Are you alright?" He didn't see any tears in her eyes; the shutters were closed. She said, "Please, I want to be alone!"
The sound of her voice actually startled him; it was full of recognition and bitterness. She turned around and sighed into her hands. He saw Sidney's back; that was the only thing she would let him see. He frowned slightly, thinking. She was acting like she was used to this stuff; first, she is pushed into the wall by Ronald Weasley, now she is being beaten by Martha Malfoy. She didn't seem to care.
Then he waved those thoughts away, leaving Sidney alone in her dormitory.
Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley were talking animatedly about Quidditch. Ron seemed to know everything about it; Harry smiled at him and told him that. Ron flushed, "Oh please!"
Finally, they ran into Malfoy again. Draco looked up, and when he saw Harry he was surprised, "You're not expelled!" Harry's eyes narrowed, "What's that s'posed to mean, Malfoy?" Malfoy was only half listening; if Harry wasn't expelled, maybe Sidney wasn't either! He blushed slightly at the thought; Harry came up to him, a hand in the air as if he was going to punch him.
Draco ran to the dorms, and Snape was leaving. He said, "Sir, is Potter expelled?" He looked up at his godfather; Snape looked down, surprised, "No, why?" He ran into the dorm and said, "Where's Sidney?" Rachael said, "Up in our dorm...she's upset." He tried to run down the stairs to their dorm; the stairs wouldn't let him down. Pansy Parkinson said, "I'll talk to her; tell her you want to talk to her."
She went down the stairs, and Sidney was in the corner, her bed ripped up a lot. A piece of bed fluff was in her hair. Pansy looked at her; she looked defeated somehow. She coughed; Sidney looked up and said, "Hey Pansy." She smirked at Sidney, "Guess who wants to talk to you..." Sidney looked curious, "Who?" Pansy said, "Draco!"
Sidney immediately jumped up and got in front of a mirror, "Oh, no! I'm a mess!" She took the fluff from her hair hurriedly and started hacking at it with a brush. Pansy said, "I'll do that for you, ok?" Sidney grinned back at her, "Thank you!" She brushed Sidney's hair and Sidney got the bobby pins out.
As soon as they'd finished up getting Sidney presentable, Sidney ran up the stairs, "Draco!" He turned, "Sidney!" They stared at each other, both of them blushing a little. He said, "Why the party?" Sidney hesitated for a moment, "I'm seeker of the Quidditch team!" He laughed, "Great! You'll be the best one of the century!" Sidney said, "Thank you!" He said, "Well, wanna dance?" She consented and they danced around.
The whole house saw how happy they were, and they suspected something would happen at some point. Sidney's red hair flew around her face as they twirled around the house floor. They turned up the music a little, and Snape came in. He was silent, though. When he saw Sidney and Draco dancing, he smiled at them together. He saw the red on both of their cheeks. He suddenly suspected they would at least try something in the future.
The whole house clapped to the beat as the two danced. Sidney and Draco were both panting by the time they'd finished. She had messy hair, sure, but Draco loved it either way...wait, did he just think love?
Sidney stared into his light blue eyes, "Whoa..." Snape saw something spark in her eyes, and he came out of his dark corner. He leaned against a column and smirked at the two as it turned to slow dancing. He stared at the girl who looked exactly like Lily Evans. His finger stroked the air around him. Draco saw him and blushed. Sidney grinned and hugged him, "Thank you!"
Snape laughed; Draco looked too stunned to speak! Way too stunned! Draco hugged her back hesitantly; she cried happy tears silently on his shoulder. Snape sighed at the happy face she had. He wished he could've seen Lily that happy...