The Universe Against Us

A TAPE RECORDING AND A BOOK

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My head throbs in pain. It's been three days since I talked Draco out of ending it and it has been more awkward than ever. He still bullies and torments me but I can see that he doesn't feel happiness in doing it. I have no idea what exactly he feels but he doesn't take much pleasure in it anymore. Almost as if he is bored, oh I hope for that so much. I wipe the blood from my lip. "Get up Mudblood" Pansy spits at me. 

I roll my eyes as I get up from the cold hard ground. I punch her square in the jaw. "OW! WTF!" she screams as she holds her mouth. 

I shake my hand, trying to rid of the redness. Pansy pulls out her wand and shoots a spell at me but misses after I duck to the side. Angered by this she shoots another one, hitting me making me fly back and hit a tree. I groan from the crash. My muscles tighten as I slowly and painfully get up. I grab my wand from the ground and shout "Confundo!"

Pansy is too busy bragging to everyone that she made me fly a good few meters that she isn't paying attention to the fact I still have my wand. The spell hits her instantly and Pansy stops laughing. "What was I saying again? Where am I? Who are you?" she says to Blaise backing away from everyone with her hands up. 

"I do not know who any of you are! Who am I?!" she asks Mattheo.

He laughs and says "come this way" as he and Blaise lead her into the fields.

I sly smile creeps at the ends of my mouth. I notice a girl with dark straight hair wearing a Slytherin robe standing in a corner watch me. Hello Hailey, I say to myself mentally. I shoot Hailey a smile and she shoots me a laughing smile in return. I had hope she wouldn't be mad but obviously I had no reason to worry. She walks over to me and helps me up. "That was probably the best thing I have seen this week" she exclaims. 

I let out a laugh. "It should wear off in an hour or so, so don't worry Parkinson" I say pushing Hailey playfully and looking back at Pansy who is now wandering the lower field, asking Mattheo what the ground is. I shoot him an apologetic look mixed in with a smirk. He shakes his head laughing as he tries to tell Pansy that her name is Pansy Parkinson. She looks drunk, I could easily say that in my defense if it ever popped up. I don't worry though, I could use Harry to help if Dumbledore got into it. "So" I say slowly to Hailey as we watch Pansy wonder the fields looking at sticks and pretending they're wands. 

"I am sorry Em, I really am" she says sadly.

"It's okay I am sorry too, but mostly just sick of not having my best friend around to annoy the hell out of me" I say smirking. 

"You can never take anything seriously can you?" she asks me. 

"I can! When I want to" I say nudging her in the side.

"Meanie" she says.

"Oh you love me so shut up" I say laughing. 

She lets out a laugh. After another minute or so of watching Pansy she says "lets go to your dorm and we can catch up on what we missed this week" she says  moving her head to show she has a hickey and then quickly covering it. 

I gasp loudly. "Who the hell gave you that and why haven't I met them yet!" I say excitedly. 

"I'll tell you later c'mon lets gooo its too cold out here" she whines.

"Oh you big baby" I say rolling my eyes as we link arms and head for my dorm.

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"You have to walk up all that?" she asks as she groans. "I guess living in the basement has one good thing about it."

"Yeah I suppose each house dorms have their own flaws and perfections" I say as I lead her up the moving staircases.