Day Ten

Dear Mr. Diary...

I've woken up yelling out "What the fuck?" numerous times in my life, and for two main reasons. One, I was just having some seriously whacked-up dream- usually with Dumbledore, for some reason. Two, something equally disturbing happened to occur to me as soon as I woke up. In this case, this happening was what woke me up this morning.

So, yeah, why did I call out the moment I'd opened up my- still- green eyes? Because I was being held bridal-style in Draco's arms. My head resting against his chest, his soft school sweater. My own hands around his pale- vampiric- neck. I mean, Merlin, his hands were on my legs! So, of course, I yelled and shocked the wits out of Draco, who dropped me insantly. And, damn, we were on the staircase leading down from Dumbledore's office! I fell, like... many steps. It hurt...

"What the fuck?" I repeated, sitting up against the wall on a step but not yet standing. "Why the-"

And, here's the funny thing. Draco's face was red. And by red, I mean redder than the Gryffindor lion... very red. Embarrassed-red, not angry-red. But he still sounded pretty pissed at me- though a little flustered- when he replied, "Dumbledore told me to!"

"And, what, you just listened?" I yelled back, clutching my shoulder. I wondered if I would have one of those sexy scars on my face now, or at least a few bruises. I could say I got in a fight... Only now, sitting in the bathroom and writing this, I see that it's hardly anything to show off. Damn...

Anyhow, Draco then said that he couldn't say no to Dumbledore. Whatever. I jumped up suddenly and grabbed him by the shoulders. He just kind of stood there, looking at me. And since it's no fun to punch someone who's just being there, I didn't. Plus, Blaise's little note was irritating me, too. I sighed, and then both of us were just standing there and looking at each other.

"So, where does this leave us now?" I asked after a few moments of this. "And... why did Dumbledore ask you here again?" By then I was just thoroughly confused.

"He just came into the dormitory and dragged me out of there, everyone else was still sleeping. Then, on the way out here, he was going on about how you'd fallen asleep in his office... and something about how you'd really appreciate it if I did this for you?" Now our expressions mirrored each other again: utter confusion. Which was beginning to really annoy me. Luckily, my tired mind was putting the pieces together, so I was starting to finally get this.

I guess Dumbledore really is pretty delusional.

Then I realized something. "The diaries!" I exclaimed, jumping away from Draco. Why had we been so close...? The door to Dumbledore's office was shut tight, I saw. I began to stumble my way up the stairs, the same way I'd fallen down them- oh, excuse me, the same way I'd been dropped down them- but then Draco took hold of my wrist, yanking me back.

"I have it here," he explained hurridly, quickly letting go when he saw my face. Why was he being so chicken, I wondered? Did I really look that scary, or was he just tired?

After a few seconds, I observed that my fellow housemate was making no effort to retrieve either my diary or Pansy's. Why? Oh, right, because he's a jerk. I told him this, and he grinned. "You locked it, And her lock spells are never very good..."

That was precisely the moment in which I did a classic manuever: grab and run. You know those muggle movie scenes where one guy's chasing another? That was me and Draco for, hmm, four hours or so... until lunchtime. It finally ended when I came upon Pansy and chucked her diary at her. It hit her in the face, and she got pissed at me- again- but, hey, I was still her hero, and she knew it. She's having a talk with Draco right now...

And me, as I wrote, I'm still here in the bathroom, giving the evil eye to anyone who dares to look at me and wonder why the hell I'm sitting on the counter and writing. Just the way I like it... no, not really. I'm just too afraid to go out into the common room for fear that more first years will mock my hair. But let's let that be a secret...

Besides, if anyone in this place had to have green hair, it should be me, because I'm the only one here who could rock this.

-Theo ;)