The Hallway

Dee Riddle wrote:[It's for DL purposes. LEAVE MY LLAMAS BE.]

[*flails spastically* WELL...OK! BUT ONLY BECAUSE I CAN'T RESIST DRAMA LLAMAS. BUT THIS DRUG PROBLEM WILL BE SORTED OUT, RIGHT? *glares*]

"Ten points to Gryffindor. Scratch that. I want to win the House Cup." She crawls to sit up against the wall. "It was all a lie."

He smiles and sits down next to her. "Wha- Wait! Is this another prank? Like what happened to Dom?"

"What happened to Dom? Did- did she do this to her too?" Dee clenches her fists. "I have to find her and kill her!" She stands up and starts running down the hall.

"Wait! Dee!" He gets up and runs after her to hold her back. "Are you talking about Tam? Because if you are, Dom is already plotting her death. I think she wants to help. Just saying."

"That's the one. My bitch of a sister. She's made my life hell for too long." She sits down and grumbles incoherently under her breath. "I have a knife, somewhere. And there's always Avada Kedavra."

Albus sits down again, glad that he has Dee under control...for now. "Yeah, that was a pretty sick and twisted joke." He frowns at her mumbling and decides that it's best not to question it.

Dee stops trying to remember where her knife, and turns to look at Al. "Erm- so, let's change the subject. What's up?"

"Not much. I actually met some new people," he tells her, smiling proudly. "Katie, Viktor, and Luna.

"Oh, really? Katie and Luna are to of my best friends! But I don't get along with Krum much."

"That's cool. Viktor didn't talk too much, but Katie and Luna seem really nice."

"They're pretty great friends. I'm glad you're meeting more people," she says, smiling dazzlingly. Is that even a word?

Albus melts at her smile. "Yeah. They seemed really nice, and I think that Katie girl might like me. Maybe."

Dee raises her eyebrows. She had thought Katie liked someone else. Maybe she was mistaken. "Really? What... what makes you say that?"

Albus shrugged. "I don't know. I could be wrong, but usually when a girl blushes whenever you talk to her it means something...or when she can't take her eyes off you."

"Right, of course." Dee looks away, not exactly knowing why she didn't want Katie to like Al. She felt very possessive, and she didn't know why. She stood up, averting her eyes from his. "I should go..."

Albus reaches for Dee's arm and looks at her, his eyes begging her to stay. "No, please stay."

Dee halts. But... why? Why do I matter if he has Katie? Why am I thinking these things in the first place? I don't think of him like that! She sinks down against the wall again. "Alright then," she said quietly.

"Why were you going to leave again?" he asks curiously.

"I had homework, and erm... stuff. Yeah, stuff. It's not like it was what we were talking about or anything." She facepalms mentally, as she's a terrible liar.

He tilts his head as he watches her curiously. Could she be- no. She didn't like him like that. They were just friends. It couldn't hurt to test her though. "So, do you know if is Katie's going to prom with anyone yet?"

Dee fidgets with her bag strap. "No... I hadn't heard anything." Her head snaps up. "Were you going to ask her?"

"Um, I don't know. I might. Do you think she'd say yes?"

"Maybe. I don't really know. Why don't you ask her...?" She looks away, wondering why it mattered so much.

Albus raised his hand and gently took Dee's chin turning her to look him in the eyes. "Or I could not." He leaned closer and gently pressed his lips to Dee's, hoping she wouldn't pull away.