Outcasted

10- Slughorns party

𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙸𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜!

Willows POV

It's finally Slughorn's dinner party. It has been the only thing getting me through todays lessons. I'm stood outside Slughorn's office waiting for Fred. I hear footsteps coming around the corner. It's Zabini. I thought he was attending with Astoria Greengrass. Where is she? Zabini stops before he reaches the door. He leans against the wall opposite me and says nothing. Strange.

Fred's now 15 minutes late and Zabini is still opposite me. "Are you waiting for someone?" I ask Zabini. He looks embarrassed . "Yes" he say's avoiding eye contact . "I'm waiting for Fred." I say. "I know, I don't think he's coming" He blurts out. "What? How do you know?" I ask quickly. "Um just a guess. Since Fred and Astoria aren't here we should just go in?" he says. "Do you want to be my plus one?" I say nervously. He looks at me almost in disgust but thinks for a moment. "Sure can't be more embarrassing than getting stood up". Rude.

"Miss Lovegood! Mr Zabini! I was beginning to worry!" Slughorn says standing up as we walk into the room. "Oh where's your plus one?". "Lovegood is my plus one Professor." Zabini says. "No worries then, sit down sit down." Slughorn says pointing towards the two spare chairs.

"So Miss Granger what do your parents do in the muggle world" Slughorn asks curiously.
"They are dentists" Everyone looks at her confused.
"They attended to people's teeth" she adds.
"And is that considered a dangerous profession" Slughorn asks intrigued.
"No, not really Professor. Except one time a boy did bite my father once."
"Hmm interesting, How's your father Miss Lovegood?"
"Oh um he's doing great"
"Great man he is" Yeah great man I mumble under my breath. Zabini looks at me confused.

I was so excited for the dinner party but since Fred didn't show up it's quite boring. Professor Slughorn had brought out ice cream sundae's to share with our plus ones. Zabini is already eating the ice cream. "Do you want some?" He whispers to me. He picks up my spoon and scoops some ice cream. "Here". Does he think I'm some sort of child that can't eat without help! I say nothing and take the spoon. The flavours were quite nice. Toffee and caramel were really nice. The coldness melted on my tongue. I take another bite and Zabini looks at me with a laugh. He stares at my upper lip. He slowly places his thumb and swipes across my upper lip. His touch is cold yet again. He says nothing but sits there and smirks. My stomach feels as if it's been blended, all over the place. The feeling is opposite of what I feel when I'm with Fred yet I still love it.

I hadn't realised I'd been staring at him until Malfoy chuckles from the other side of the table. "What's so funny Malfoy?" Slughorn asks with a smile trying to start a new conversation. "Oh nothing professor." "No worries then!" Slughorn says. "Oh is that the time already! You best get your selfs off!" At once everyone stands up eager to get out of the room. I sit thinking about that feeling I got. Do I have feelings for Blaise Zabini? No I can't. I don't. "Miss Lovegood, Mr potter?" Slughorn says confused. "Oh sorry sir lost in my thoughts" I say jumping up. I hear professor Slughorn and Potter talking about an hourglass as I leave the room.

"did you find anything out?" A voice from around the corner says quickly and nervously. "No Professor" Another familiar voice says. I slowly and silently walk towards them. I peer around the corner. It's Snape and Malfoy. What are they up to? "How! Draco the dark lord trusts you! I swore to help you!" Snap says angrily. "Yes he trusts me so I don't need your help!" He says loudly but also trying to keep his voice down. "You were to find out what Harry Potter is doing with those Horcruxs and how close he is that finding them!" Snape says angrily. " I will he gave me this mark for a reason!" Draco says pulling up his robes sleeve. Revealing the skull and snake mark imprinted on his skin. Draco Malfoy and Snape are deatheaters! I thought those were just rumours. They start to walk away from me so I turn around quickly to go tell Fred but I'm stopped. Someone was right behind me. Zabini grabs my collar and throws me at the wall.

"OW! what is is your problem" I scream. "Keep your voice down!" He yells. I try to break free from his grip but he pushes me harder against the wall. "You won't tell anyone what you heard!" He says angrily. "What no! I'm going straight to Dumbledore!" I say. He pushes harder against my neck making it hard to breathe. I try pry his hand away but he's too strong. "You won't tell anyone what you heard" he says angry staring at me. "And what will you do if I do tell someone?" I manage to get out of my mouth. He pulls out his wand and points it towards me. Pushing me even harder against the wall. "Zabini please stop! Your hurting me!" I only manage to get out ,along with tears. "Tell me you won't tell anyone!" He's getting angry and annoyed. "I have too!" I squeal. He backs away letting go of me I start falling down to the floor. But that's not all. He lowers his wand to were I am leaning against the wall coughing from not being able to breathe. "𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙖!" I fall flat on the ground gashes appear on my chest and face. My blood pooling out of them. He kneels down next to me. I'm half unconscious . "You won't tell anyone" he says stern forcing me to look at him. " I won't tell anyone" I repeat quietly my voice breaking. Tears roll down my cheeks . I am unable to move. I need help.