Chapter 28
LB
I was impatiently bouncing on my heels at the train station waiting for the train to arrive filled with Hogwarts students returning from the holiday break. I had spent the morning at the Gryffindor tower with Harry and the others, not only for company but also to look for the rat. One of them had been a success, the other... well not so much. I was straining my eyes as far as I could, but still no train. I glanced at my watch and saw that the train was late. The train was never late, Oscar was never late. I started pacing up and down the train station. The grounds around me were clear of snow by now, as the temperature kept rising. Turning around for the umpteenth time, I finally saw the train in the distance, coming closer. I smiled broadly as the train stopped in front of me. The doors opened and the students started filing out. Nope, don't know that one, or that one. I craned my neck to find the people I was looking for. I first saw Angelina pop out, her head already in search for me. I send up red sparks as other students droned past me. Angelina's eyes found me beneath the sparks, and she pushed herself through the crowd. When she reached me, we wrapped our arms around each other.
"I missed you." We said at the same time. We pulled back grinning at each other, before we turned to the train again, each an arm around each other's waist.
I saw Lee and the twins appear out of the same door as Angelina. The door right behind them, Emmett Nott appeared. The twins and Nott appeared to look around the platform too. And as a creepy coincidence the three of them found me at the same time, and they all had a large smile on their faces. The twins nearly pushed younger students to the ground trying to get to us. Nott too was making his way to me, but he was stopped by another Slytherin. My gaze went from Nott to the twins who were almost there. Their beaming faces, had me smiling back just as wide. Their arms were already open before they reached me and when they finally did, they enveloped me in their famous and amazing twin hug. It felt amazing being hugged by them.
When I opened my eyes over their shoulders, I saw Nott smiling at me as he was walking towards us. The boys let me go and opened their mouths to say something but before a word was uttered, Nott stepped between them and lifted me up, twirling me around. I laughed as I buried my head in his neck. I saw the others surprised looks when he put me down on the stone tiles and kissed me, in front of everyone. Not just a hello kiss, but a deep and sensual kiss. Even though, I knew people were watching, I couldn't help but kiss him back like that. Our first kiss had been on New Year's, and we had a few smaller kisses that night. But now it was a few days later and it felt needed. When I heard some Slytherins cat call, we pulled a part.
"Hi." I smiled up at him.
"Hi." His smile wide. He looked to my friends around me, before he looked back at me. "I'll let you catch up with your lion friends. I'll see you tonight?"
"Yeah." I nodded with a grin, he leaned down and gave me a short kiss and a wink before he disappeared with the rest of the Slytherins. "Well, uhm." I cleared my throat as I looked to Angelina. "We better get up to the castle, I've been outside too long waiting for you lot."
Angelina looped her arm through mine, and before we even started to walk to the carriages, she started to quiz me. Lee next to Angelina's other side, while the twins were behind me. "I thought you said you hadn't kissed yet."
"Like I told you, we didn't kiss on our date. He was a perfect gentleman, just a kiss on the cheek. But Draco invited him to the New Year's party at the Malfoy Mansion. And he kissed me at midnight." I blushed slightly as Angelina squealed. I heard the twins grumble behind me, and I turned to look at them. They both had a frown on their faces as they looked at the ground. I let Angelina's arm go and squished myself between them. While I wrapped my arms around them, Lee had thrown his arm around Angelina's shoulder. "Don't worry, no one can replace you two knuckleheads. I weirdly became attached to the two of you."
"He better not." Fred said, a grin finally replaced the frown, and he wrapped his arm around my waist. I turned to look at George, who had a similar look. "We're more fun to be around anyway." George winked.
"I think I'll be the judge of that." I chuckled. "But you're not that bad."
The twins huffed as they grinned, leading me up into the last carriages. I walked with them to the Gryffindor tower. Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting in front of the fireplace, and we joined them. I sat down next to Harry with my back towards the fire, warming me up quickly. Harry blushed as our knees touched when I leaned over to shuffle the deck of cards. We talked about what we did over break, and Harry nearly choked in his drink when I told him I was at Draco's party. When the twins' cards exploded, I grinned at them, my eyes twinkled as our eyes met.
After a few hours, I left them at the tower, much to the twins' chagrin, as I walked down to the dungeons where a certain Slytherin was waiting for me. Nott was leaning against the wall in the dark lit corridor. When he heard me approach, he didn't move. He just waited until I reached him, not opening his eyes. My fingers went to the collar of his shirt, tugging it a little. I saw a little smirk on his face.
"Well, -" I breathed softly, near his lips. "If there is no one here who's interested in me, I'll better go to my room." I let the collar go, my hands sliding down on his chest. When I stepped back, his arms wrapped around my waist, his eyes flew open, dark and full of lust.
"Nu-hu." He shook his head, making his wavy brown hair bounce. "You're not going anywhere." He grumbled as he pulled me close. I looked up to him through my dark lashes with an innocent smile. My hands rose up from his chest to curl around his neck, pulling him down. Our lips met for a searing kiss. The moment was broken when we heard footsteps in the empty corridor. With a sly grin, he took my hand and led me to the Slytherin common room.
Draco nodded his head as Nott and I walked past him. Nott sat down in one of the armchairs near the fire and pulled me into his lap. I pulled my book out of my bag and made myself comfortable on his lap. He nuzzled me neck when I started to read. But I wasn't reading much. Nott was whispering sweet, and maybe not so innocent things in my ear. I chuckled and slapped his chest as I tried to continue reading. An hour later, I gave up and closed my book. I turned to looked at him with a frown.
"You know I'm trying to read, right?"
"Maybe." He grinned and placed a featherlight kiss on my neck. "But I like distracting you."
"I'll bare that in mind the next time you need to concentrate." I shoved his arm playfully. I hopped off from his lap and tucked my book away.
"Hey, where are you going?" He pouted as I placed my bag over my shoulder and leaned over the armrest.
"It's getting late, and my uncle wants me to be back in time, since classes are starting tomorrow."
"Even though I like Professor Lupin, he's a bit of a cockblocker being at Hogwarts."
"Hm." I hummed as I kissed him. "Who said you're getting anything more than this." I kissed him again, letting my tongue swipe over his lips. Before he could deepen the kiss, I pulled back with a teasing grin. "Good night, Emmett."
He grunted as I whispered his name. "Tease." He grinned playfully, but his eyes were dark. "Night, Alec." He leaned forward to kiss me again. I waved Draco and his friends a good night, before walking back to my chambers.
LB
The next few weeks were filled with classes, fight club (as the twins like to call it), dividing my time between my friends, Harry and Nott. Or maybe I should start calling him Emmett. After one of our fight club meetings, I was waiting for the twins to arrive at the tower. They were busy setting up a prank, so I decided to wait in the tower. Angelina had a date with Lee, so I sat with Harry and his friends. After Harry lost a game of chess, I decided to try my hand at it. But I may be as bad as Harry. Ron's grin was wide as he broke another piece of mine, swiping it off the board. Crookshank's was sleeping on my lap as I caressed his head softly.
"Hey, Ron?" I asked, and he looked up from the board. "Where is Scabbers?"
"Hiding from that monster." He grunted, glaring at the cat. I saw Hermione jump up, grabbing Crooks from my lap and hurried upstairs. I swear I could hear her hiss at Ron for his comment. Ever since Christmas break, when McGonagall confiscated the firebolt, Harry and Ron had been given her the cold shoulder to say the least. I talked to Harry about it a week after class started, and even though he was still angry, he at least talked to Hermione again. It took me a while to convince him that it was in his best interest, for his own safety. But Ron was another story. I know he's George and Fred's brother, but he could just be a giant git! It wasn't even his fucking broom.
"I'm done." I said pushing my chair back. Ron and Harry looked at me in surprise.
"What? I've nearly beaten you." Ron exclaimed. "Can't stand losing?" He teased.
"No." I shook my head. "I can't stand idiots who are assholes to his friends." I turned my head away before something worse came out. "Bye, Harry."
Harry opened his mouth to say something but glared to Ron instead. When I reached the portrait, he called after me. "You don't have to go."
I looked over my shoulder with a small smile. "I know." I said and walked out the Gryffindor common room.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" A voice asked when the portrait closed behind me. I looked up to the grinning faces of the twins.
"Escaping your git of a little brother." I grumbled.
"Still about the Hermione-firebolt thing, he?" George asked, offering his arm to me.
"Yeah." I said as I looped my arm through his. Fred came to my other side and offered the same.
"Even though, we would've loved to see the firebolt. And see Harry win with it in every game." Fred said as I looped my other arm through and walked down.
"We get her concern." George finished.
"That's good. She's only being a protective friend. You can't blame her for wanting to keep Harry safe."
"And we don't. Someone needs to keep golden boy safe." Fred laughed. "He would be dead if it weren't for Hermione."
"You think Hermione likes Harry? I mean, like-like?" George asked.
"Oh, I don't know." I frowned. "I haven't really paid attention. But with Ron being mad about the firebolt and the rat..."
"Yeah." The twins said in unison with a short nod.
"On a happier note. Now that you are here, you can help us with the prank." Fred said with an evident twinkle in his eyes, a twinkle that stood for mischief.
"I thought you were coming to collect me after."
"Well, we thought." George smirked. "That you are in dire need to experience a prank with us. Since you still haven't joined us."
"Alright. I would love to see your work in action." I grinned broadly at the two ginger boys next to me. "So, who are we pranking?"
"Oh, you'll see." They both grinned devilishly, and I was afraid of the answer. I wasn't even surprised when we stopped in front of Filch's office.
LB
The first part that takes place in the Prisoner of Azkaban will be forty chapters long, then we will go over to the Goblet of Fire, which will be quite different then the book/movie. But you have to wait and see how much ;-)