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Chapter 5 - Run away

POV Of Cecilia Black
Potions turned out to be not as bad as I thought. Snape put me next to Potter as he was "misbehaving". We had a good chat about Sirius Black, aka my father and his god father. We both missed him. We chuckled and laughed about the things he told us about, about Harry's father, about Remus Lupin, about the terrible things that happened to him in Azkaban.Harry wasn't as bad as most Slytherins said he was. He didn't want to draw attention to himself but it just came onto him. I really felt bad for Harry, he was a nice kid.

Meanwhile I could feel Draco's stare on my back as I talked to Harry. But I ignored it. I wanted to keep away for a while but I knew it would be hard. So later that night I hung out around the common room while Draco was practice. I waited for Theo on the couch and sure enough he came right on time.
"Hey, thanks for coming Theo." I said as he sat down on the couch across from me. "I'm glad you reached out to me," he responded with his kind smile. "Draco's just too much! I need a break from him. The good news is that he's at practice everyday of the week. Do you mind if we just talked for the next week? About Draco?" He smiled and Responded, "Sure, I will look forward to it." He hugged me and left. I sat there for a while thinking about his kindness and went up to bed.
—time skip—- later that week——-
Well my sister had her work cut out for her. She had 2 dates back to back with 2 different guys and they hadn't even realized it. I had to say she had really got the talent for lying. Meanwhile I was having meetings with Theo daily at the time Draco was practicing so he didn't find out about our secret meetings. But on one 2 weeks after school had started things went sideways. As Theo's and I's meeting was coming to a close we had our good bye hug when Draco came walking in.

"What the hell are you two doing!" He yelled making me jump slightly behind Theo. "Cecilia I knew you where acting strange but this!!! I couldn't expect it."
"Calm down, it's nothing Draco!" Said Theo sharply.
"Shut up Nott, this is between me and Cecilia. Cecilia this is getting too much. You need to pick between me and Theo. I can't stand this anymore. Pick now. You are not going anywhere until you pick!"

"Don't talk to me like that Draco!!!!"
"I can talk to you how I want to!!!" Ugh! I couldn't take this anymore! My head was spinning, I was suddenly feeling sick. Draco was clearly taking advantage of me.
"You know what Draco! I'm tired of this! Back off of her!" Theo said stepping toward Draco. "Theo back off this isn't your fight." Draco said. The two boys started to sizing each other up. I couldn't take it anymore.

"ENOUGH!!!" I yelled at both of them. The boys looked taken aback. "IM DONE, I'm leaving! Draco don't talk to me anymore! I'm done! We are through!!!" I yelled grabbing my wand of the table and starting to walk away.
"Wait no! Please Cecilia I made mistake! Please forgive me!" Draco said grabbing my arm.
"GET YOUR BLOODY HANDS OFF ME!!!" I screamed as I burst in to tears. Usually I would be too weak to pull my arm out of his grasps but today was different. I ripped my arm away from him and ran out of the common room.

I could hear the boys fighting each other as I left the dungeons and I ran out of the front doors. I didn't know where to go. I had no where to go. Maybe I could just spend my night in the shrieking shack. I sat down by the lake and started to cry.
"What ye doing out here so late, eyyy? A deep gruff voice came from behind me. I turned to see Hagrid the game keeper.
"Oh I'm sorry, Hagrid, I'm just really upset right now and I don't want to go back to the castle but at the same time, I have no where to go-" I said crying.
"Wow there, li'le slytherin, how about you come for some tea in my hut? Then you can explain what happen'd to yeh." Said Hagrid reassuringly.
"Really? C-can I?" I exclaimed. Standing up and hugging the half giant.
"Wow there li'le one, it's all okay, come one." Said Hagrid leading me to his hut. I sat on his couch and explained what happened while he made tea, he told me I could sleep on his couch tonight if it made me feel better. I said I would love that. I thanked him then fell asleep almost immediately, for the first time in a week I felt okay and not overwhelmed. Maybe things would turn around.

POV of Eva Black
Once I left George I made my way back to the Slytherin common room. I had expected to see a quiet common room with a crackling fire, with only a few stragglers. But instead I was greeted with Theo Nott and Draco Malfoy in a fist fight. Not even, attempting a fist fight. Draco was throwing punches left right and centre, while Theo managed to dodge them all easily. "What's going on?" I asked in a tired tone, it was to late for this shit. "He touched her. He TOUCHED her!!" Draco seethed, glaring daggers at Theo. "We hugged!! That's it!" He shot back, looking to me to be the voice of reason.

"Seriously Draco? Your getting this bent out of shape over a hug?" I asked in disbelief. "Exactly" Theo muttered under his breath, earning another shot at his stomach which he dodged with ease. It was clear neither of them had actually been in a fight, and neither of them knew how to go about it.

"You do know Cecelia isn't your girlfriend right?" I asked.

Theo understood that Cecelia wasn't with Draco, I understood Cecelia wasn't with Draco, but it was clear Draco didn't understand Cecelia wasn't with Draco.

"She's not my girlfriend yet." His anger had now turned to me, and he had stopped trying to hit Theo. "Jesus Draco! Your just a jealous, possessive prick! Why would she want to be with you?" That hit a nerve. "What did you just say?" He growled, clenching his fists.

"Take a good long look at yourself. Your not good enough for her. You used to be, but not anymore." And I walked off, leaving the two boys in shock. If I'm being honest I felt kind of badass.

Time skip to Friday night ——————-

It was Friday night. Three days since I had last seen Cece or Draco. I wasn't all that bummed over not seeing Draco to be honest but I was starting to worry a bit over Cecilia. I had approached Snape about it and he had claimed to be dealing with it, but so far nothing has changed. And damn it I needed her. And not just because I had two dates back to back and I needed her help with what to wear and what to say, even though that did play a factor.

There was a knock at the door, and a tall gangly blonde girl, who I recognized to be Genevieve Briar from third year stood there nervously. "I'm supposed to give you this." She muttered, shoving a small note into my hand. It read, "meet me in our spot." What the hell was that supposed to mean? I didn't even know who it was- oh. Our spot. Obviously it was George, and he meant the astronomy tower.

I quickly pulled on white sweatpants and a black and beige flannel over my black tank top, completely blanking on the fact that I probably should be wearing a bra. But it was late, and I had just relieved myself of the pressure.

I walked through the halls, careful not to run into any teachers, only stopping once I reached the entrance to the tower. Suddenly I felt self conscious, suddenly very aware of the fact that I looked like I hadn't tried at all.

Yet I managed to push on, stopping at the top of the stairs, when I was met with George's dazzling eyes. Damn. He does things to me.

"I just uh, wanted to see you."