Riddle Me This

Chapter 19

Catherine's POV

I went and watched the Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff game with Hermione and Ron. There was a thunderstorm, and I couldn't help but wonder why we were playing a game in a thunderstorm if there was metal everywhere. Harry went up to get the snitch, which was high in the sky, and as he was coming down, dementors came and attacked him, making him fall of his broom. Dumbledore slowed the fall, but he was absolutely furious with the dementors, which was understandable. I went with Hermione and Ron and the Gryffindor team to check on Harry. What really sucked was that his broom had flown into the Whomping Willow, which meant it was nothing more than firewood now. Harry came too and that made me very happy.

When I talked about it with Draco, he seemed a little miffed.

"Of course he got saved." And I hit his arm, since it was no longer in a sling, I no longer cared.

"What did I tell you during Harry's first Quidditch match when his broom was being jynxed?" I said. Draco said nothing as he looked away. "Draco, it was horrifying." I said, and then hugged him. "What if it wasn't Harry, but someone else. For Merlin's sake Draco, what if it was you?" I shivered. Yes, seeing Harry fall terrified me, but imagining if it was Draco? It nearly killed me.

"It wasn't me, Cat. Besides, I can't be on the team this year until my arm heals up." I pulled back and hit him again.

"That's not my point Draco! My point was that the next time you get on a bloody broomstick, you better be careful because if you ever fell from the height Harry did-" My voice hitched and my teeth latched onto my bottom lip. Draco sighed and pulled me into a hug.

"I'll be fine. I'm a hell of a better flyer than Potter anyhow." He said. I sighed slightly.

"Good." I said with a firm nod. Draco rolled his eyes and I continued to carry his books to class.

Snow began to fall and I was more than happy with it. Not because I was pelted with snowballs by those who didn't like me, but because I loved getting into snowball fights with Pansy and Blaise. The 'nothing below the belt' rule was ignored, and Pansy and I both laughed as Blaise fell to his knees, holding himself and the snowball I had thrown.

"You two are bloody evil." He said. Pansy and I giggled.

"Slytherin trait." I said with a shrug and flip of my hair. A snowball came and hit me in the back of the head, and when I turned, some Hufflepuff boys were laughing. The smug looking one stopped looking smug once Pansy through a snowball at his face and Blaise managed to nick his nuts, bringing him down quick. The other Hufflepuffs glared, but the potential snowball fight was stopped once Snape walked through the yard. He didn't say anything, just walked.

Of course, he also did it on purpose because he's been watching me closely because Hermione had said something to him after class one day, so I had meetings with him once a week to talk about the attacks against me. Many a student had detention for it. And once the other professors got wind of it, they kept an eye on me as well. And it was nice, but horrible at the same time. I had no freedom. Not unless I was with my friends in Hogsmeade.

I was walking with Draco, Crabbe, and Pike through the forest leading to the Shrieking shack, when we came across Ron and Hermione. Harry had been unable to get his permission slip signed, which was an absolute shame.

"Well well. Look who's here. You two shopping for your new dream home?" I wanted to push Draco into the snow, made the motion of kicking him in the arse. That, and the thought of looking for some place with Draco entered my mind and made me blush. "Bit grand for you isn't it, Weaselbee? Don't your family sleep in one room?" I did kick him that time. He turned with a 'what the hell was that for' look, when Ron told him to shut up. Draco said something about teaching Ron how to 'respect his superiors.' I sighed and buried my face in my mittens.