Grudges

Chapter 11

"Well of course I like him he's my best friend. Besides you of course." Victoria groaned loudly at the supposedly smart raven haired girl.

"I thought you were the smart one in this relationship." The blonde put her head in her hands shaking it disapprovingly "You like him."

Skye's jaw dropped. It wasn't possible.

"You think I like Fred Weasley?" Skye laughed a little at the thought. "You think I wanna kiss his soft lips or run my fingers through his silky hair. No of course I don't." Even though Skye didn't want to admit it, her heart fluttered at the thought. The thought of being more than friends with Fred left Skye blushing a light shade of pink.

"So if a girl, say me for example, wanted to ask Fred on a date where we would go to Hogsmeade and drink butterbeer while laughing by the fire, where he would hold my hands to keep them from getting cold. That wouldn't bother you?"

"No." Skye stopped then started again. "I would be with George. Fred's just my friend same with his brother." Skye talked as if trying to convince herself.

"Not even if he hugged me and I laid my head on his chest, or I ran my fingers through his hair while he kiss-"

"Bloody hell Victoria stop!" Skye snapped glaring at her. "Stop talking about going out with him! I don't like hearing it."

"So it does bother you."

"Yes." Was all Skye managed to say.

"So you do like him?" Victoria was grinning ear to ear at her victory, though while she spoke of said date she couldn't stop a certain boy from running through her head.

"Oh shut it Victoria. I guess I do kinda sorta maybe like Fred." A blush returned to Skye's cheeks.

"Ha! I told you so." Victoria did a little happy dance at the confession. "Now go tell him that before he makes a huge mistake."

"I can't do that! Are you crazy?! He already likes a girl I can't just go and try to get his attention."

"And that is exactly the mistake i'm talking about. He's crazy about you and you about him. You should talk to him."

"That's- that's not true and I know it." Skye said confidentially.

"You don't know shite, obviously you should know that by the way I had to spell it out for you that you liked him. He's crazy about you Skye. I know it."

"Then if your so sure why don't You and I go on a date with the two of them." Skye said with a smirk.

"I don't like George like that Skye."

"But...I don't want to be alone." Victoria sighed loudly, wishing for one second that Skye would say somebody else's name, somebody she might actually want to go on a date with.

"But I don't like George!"

"Well who do you like?"

"I don't like anybody." Victoria was a fantastic liar most times, but there was nothing she could do to stop the blush from spreading across her cheeks.

"It's not Malfoy right? You know he's an asshole to me and all of our other friends?" Skye asked raising her eyebrow. Victoria thought for a moment, the thought of Draco making her smile to herself. He was a good person, she'd seen it first hand. She looked down at her left, seeing the scar forming there and remembering how gently he had treated her. He was a great person, but she couldn't tell Skye that.

"...no it's not Draco." She lied, this time succeeding in fooling her friend.

"Then who is it?" Skye was on her toes in excitement. "Is it Harry?" Victoria could see how happy Skye was at the thought, and then she thought of the perfect scapegoat for this situation. She covered her face with her hair to make the lie seem more convincing.

"...maybe." Skye squealed out of excitement and jumped up and down.

"Ahhh! I totally ship you guys!"

"Oh goodness Skye please shut up." Victoria sighed and looked away from Skye, the guilt from lying to her filling up in her stomach.

"So is it true then? Like I don't think you slept with Harry but did you really?"Skye was eager to know the answer.

"There's not anything going on, but that doesn't mean I don't like him." It was one lie after another tonight, and the urge to smoke returned quickly.

Skye smiled and put a little skip in her step. It would be so cool if Victoria and Harry got together.

"What if we go on a double date then. You and Harry, Fred and I.. if I am the one Fred likes that is." Skye mumbled the last part not wanting to hear Victoria's ridiculous lecture.

"I would but that can't happen. You just go on a solo date." Victoria says with a small smile.

"Date? Hamilton is actually able to get a date?" Draco's cold words were like a punch in the gut. Skye looked at Draco then to Victoria.

"I will talk to you later." Skye said nodding towards Victoria.

Skye walked away as she heard an unfamiliar tone in Draco's voice. Was he being nice to Victoria? Then again she was part veela it made sense.

Skye made her way down the corridor lost in her thoughts when a bucket of glue fell on top of her making her scream. All the sudden glitter shot out from a secret passage.

"Fred and George Weasley I am giving you 5 seconds to run!" Skye yelled as she spit blue glitter out of her mouth. She hears the twins snicker and she snaps her head over to them.

"Blue looks nice on you." Fred said with a smirk. Skye returned the smirk and took her wand out of her boot.

"Five."