Dynamic Duos: We Are Young [hogwarts fanfic]

fifteen

// draco
As Aaron and Rhaenys were comforting Jamie once we got out of the woods, I found Neville and Phil standing next to Dan who was comforting a sad Elsa.

"Um, Dan, Elsa," I began as I approached them. They both looked up and I felt my throat tighten. "About Jamie... she... she didn't call you guys Mudbloods... I did.... She was just defending you."

"You said that?!" Dan yelled, standing up. He was about to lunge at me when Phil pulled him back.

"Look, it's only becau--"

Before I could continue, I heard a loud snapping-like sound and felt my cheek burning. 

I looked and saw Elsa, whose eyes were wide and regretful.

"Elsa?" Neville asked, shocked. I was too surprised to speak.

"C-Come on, guys," she stuttered, still shocked, and walked away.

Everyone else looked surprised as well, and walked away, leaving me standing by myself.

-

// jamie
"Jamie!"

I turned and was engulfed in a hug by Neville.

"You forgive me?" I asked, relieved.

"Of course we do. We don't even need to forgive you because you didn't do anything and I'm sorry we didn't believe you," he mumbled as he kissed the top of my head.

"Are Dan and Elsa mad at Draco?" I wrung my hands together.

"Well... uh... you see... Elsa sorta... slapped Draco," Neville told me.

"Elsa? Elsa slapped him?" I asked, bewildered. "Elsa never loses her temper!"

"Well she did this time," Neville pointed out.

"You guys shouldn't be mad at him. I warned him. I told him if we told you the truth, you'd hate him, and he said it was worth it if I was happy, but now I'm not so sure if I can be happy with my best friends fighting like this."

Neville wrapped his arm around me. "Maybe we can talk some sense into them."

"Elsa's probably crying because she hit Draco. Dan won't forgive the kid unless something miraculous happens, like Draco saves Phil's life or something."

"It's still worth a shot. C'mon."

-

"Elsa!" I called when I saw her.

"Jamie! I'm sorry I didn't believe you!" Elsa exclaimed as she rushed forward, Dan and Phil following.

"Yeah, really sorry," Phil chimed in, rubbing the back of his neck.

"We should've known it was Malfoy." Dan clenched his fists.

"Elsa, did you really slap him?" I asked, ignoring Dan's comment.

"Y-Yeah. I didn't mean to! It just happened! I should apologise, where is he?" Elsa rambled.

"Elsa, stop. If anything, you should be ignoring him," Dan told her.

"What?" Elsa raised an eyebrow.

"He can't just call you that and you still talk to him as if everything is fine and dandy!" Dan yelled.

"So... I shouldn't talk to him anymore?"

It looked like Elsa had trouble processing the fact.

"That's exactly I mean." Dan nodded.

"So I have no one to talk to about Disney with anymore? No one to introduce Muggle things to? No more Draco?" Elsa asked in disbelief.

"No more Draco," Dan confirmed.

"Now, hang on--"

"It's for the best, Jamie. We're better off without him anyway." Dan grit his teeth.

"Dan, listen to me. Draco is the only family I have. He's like my brother. He is my brother. So if you shut him out, you shut me out too." I clenched my fists, glaring.

"Who would want to be a sibling with that?" Dan arched an eyebrow.

"Dan, leave it," Phil whispered, interlacing his fingers with Dan's.

"No, no! I won't! Jamie, he called Elsa and me... he called us Mudbloods! Aren't we your friends too?" Dan exclaimed, furious.

"Of course you are, but not when you're like this!" I protested.

"Jamie, Elsa has never even raised her voice with anyone, let alone slapped someone. If she slapped Draco, then you know something's up with him," Dan hissed.

"Dan, calm down." Elsa put a hand on his shoulder.

"Pick, Jamie. It's either me or Draco," Dan demanded.

"Draco's more of a brother to me than you'll ever be if you keep up this act." I glared and stormed off.

I heard someone follow. Without looking to see who it was, I yelled,

"Go away!"

"No," I heard Neville's soft voice say, and he held my hand as we walked. "You're not angry, Jamie. You're upset. You're crying, for Merlin's sake."

I reached up to my face, and sure enough, there were tears streaking down my cheeks.

"Dan n-needs to get h-his head o-out of his f-fucking arse," I muttered, wiping my eyes with my sleeve.

-

During dinner that night, I saw Dan sitting by himself at the Slytherin table, and Neville and Phil at the Hufflepuff table. Where's Elsa? I thought as I walked past Dan.

Normally, Draco would sit with Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle, but seeing that he wasn't here I sat by myself.

-

// elsa
I was in the library, trying to avoid drama. I sat and doodled random things when I heard someone approach me.

I looked up and saw Draco, and my heart stopped.

There's no Dan or Jamie here. RUN ELSA RUN!

I then remembered what Dan said about ignoring Elsa, so I looked back down and kept doodling.

"Those are nice sketches," Draco told me, and I ignored him.

I heard him sigh a bit before he said, "I found out a bit more about Frozen and the meanings it has in the Wizarding world."

I bit my lip, trying not to reply. Darn it! He knows my weaknesses too well!

Stay strong, Elsa! Woman up! I thought of Gogo from Big Hero 6 giving me advice, and I stayed silent.

-

// draco
I saw Elsa bite her lip so she wouldn't talk, and I smirked on the inside.

Her weakness is Disney. Use it, Draco! I thought.

"There's also more about how Beauty and the Beast was actually real," I proceeded, and I saw her stop biting her lip and look up at me. She's gonna say something! You did it! I cheered.

"I don't like being called a Mudblood," Elsa told me, and collected her things and left.

What did I do?