The Dark Side

New Years, New Problems

Zoey's POV
I run down into the kitchen with Fred, George and Mr and Mrs Weasley. "Hey Harry," I say. This is routine. Ron rescues Harry from our aunt and uncle, brings him here to our house and then we all travel to Hogwarts together. Today felt different. I don't know how but it did. We all arrive at the train and go to an empty compartment. It's our second last year at Hogwarts so being around magic, witches and wizards was no big deal. "Anything from the trolley?!" Ron and I run up to the lady and buy three different types of candy then go back and sit down. "You guys are so weird!" Hermione says. "Leave us alone!" Me and Ron yell in unison while stuffing our face with chocolate. Harry wraps his arms around me and kisses my forehead. When we get to Hogwarts we are greeted by Hagrid. We say our greetings and then walk in together. I'm instantly pulled aside. I look up and grimace. "What do you want Malfoy," I spit. "Potter, I need a word so don't interrupt me for a second," I roll my eyes but do as I am told. Only because his hand is tightly wrapped around my neck and his wand is pointing at me. "I've received word that Snape has enrolled his daughter to Hogwarts," he says. "Snape has a dau-" "Don't interrupt me Potter" he says dominantly. He's never been so physical with me. Yeah we fight, every day, more than once but we never use violence. "She's evil Zoey, be careful," he says looking down at me softly before walking away. I stand there shocked. He never calls me Zoey. Wait a second he was looking out for me.  What's happening? "ZOEY GRACE WHERE DID YOU GO?!?!?!" I hear. Ron yells. He picks me up by the waist and carries me into a corner. I smile up at him and he places his lips on mine. "Don't scare me like that," I say and playfully slap his arm. "We are gonna have to tell people about us soon," he says. "Where's the fun in that?" I ask and pull his lips closer to mine. We kiss passionately and then we walk away like friends. I can't believe we are dating. I don't love Ron like that I think I'm just in love with the whole 'secret relationship thing'. Truth is Hermione has a crush on him, a big one at that. I feel bad for doing this to my best friend but I think I deserve to be happy for a little while. I remember exactly how we started dating.
Flashback woooshh woooshh

I stare up at the stars and I almost want to scream. I've had a bad day. "Hello Zoey," I hear Ron say. "I couldn't sleep," I reply. He nods. He smiles at me. "Wanna talk for a little while?" I ask. He shakes his head. "What do you want to do?" I ask. "This." He wraps his arms around me and kisses me softly.

Woooshh woooshh

We get to our dormitories and after about 3 hours of nothing happening I go to look for Ron. The last place I look is the library. I hear screaming. "How dare you?!" I hear Malfoy yell. I stand behind a brick wall to listen to the rest of the fight. "I know ok?! I know! It was stupid!" Ron yells. What? "It was colossally stupid you twit! You cheated on a her with a Ravenclaw slut!" Draco yells. Ron cheated on me, Malfoy is sticking up for me, what's happening? "Look, I love Zoey-" "No you don't and you definitely don't deserve her, at all!" Malfoy cuts him off. "She's better as my friend," Ron says. I agree personally. Oh no. Here it comes. "Achoo!" I sneeze. "Who's there?" Ron yells. "The girl you cheated on!" I yell as I come around the corner. "Zoey? How much have you heard?" Draco asks. "Enough to know you stuck up for me. Thanks for that by the way," he gives me his infamous lopsided smirk and winks. "I'm so sorry Zoey I don't know what I was think-" "I agree, we should just be friends, because you'll always be like my big brother," I say. "Friends?" He asks. "Best friends," I say. "I hate to break up this touching moment but I have a dungeon to get back to," he sends me one last wink then walks off. I leave with Ron to the Great Hall and we eat dinner. Nothing really exciting happened except Snape started screaming. "We will be sorting the first years early!" He yells. I see a young girl with jet black hair and icy grey eyes clinging onto Snapes arm. She stares coldly at the Gryffindor table. Funnily enough she got placed in Slytherin. How convenient. After that we all went to our dormitories and fell asleep.