There is Always a Choice

Chapter Seven IV: A little bit of a bad [girl]

Author’s Notes: Alrighty, folks. Prepare yourselves. This is the chapter that started this whole shebang. The first true image I had of the story began here. The rest was developed over weeks of thought and planning and pure evilness (and some-parts fluffiness). I hope you enjoy, cringe, cry, laugh, shout, threaten your poor phone/computer for delivering these words to you, and all around love what you read here. Any questions? You know where the review button is! Or the PM button…message…thingy… er…yeah… Enjoy!

p.s. Some of the original plot lines remain. Slughorn is potion’s teacher, Severus is Defense, and Dumbledore introduces Harry to Horcruxes, which is then revealed to Ron, Hermione, and Draco. Harry’s obsession with Draco stems from an…entirely different reason this time. If you catch my drift. *nudge, nudge*

There is Always a Choice

Chapter VII: A little bit of a bad [girl] Part 4

The tapping was an ever present tune to this scene.

Tap…tap…tap…tap

It echoes travel across the stone floor, meeting with the stone walls of the empty classroom, ricocheting back towards the two occupied— rather dusty – school chairs. This caused the tapping – Tap…tap…tap…tap – to sound twice as loud to one already infuriated dark-haired wizard with too round glasses and a hero complex.

Tap…tap…tap…tap

“Draco!”

“Gah!” The startled blonde clutches at his chest, his ears ringing as his heartbeat slows back down. “What?”

“Stop it!” A dark blonde brow lifts in confusion. Harry gestures in annoyance to the still tapping appendage. “Stop that infuriating tapping before I remove your foot.” Draco huffs in irritation.

“I need that foot, thank you very much.”

“For what? Strutting like an over-imposing rooster?”

“I need it to put it in your mouth when you begin talking like that!” Draco snaps back, wounded by the scathing reply his boyfriend had just delivered. Harry sucks in a breath and hangs his head, letting his unruly locks fall to hide his eyes.

“You’re right, I’m being an ass. Draco, I’m so sorry.” He peeks through his lashes, widening his eyes to bring more power behind his puppy-eyes. Draco gapes slightly before groaning and nodding.

“Fine, you’re forgiven. But I want compensation later tonight.” Harry perks up and winks lasciviously with full intentions of keeping that promise.

“Please, boys, lets save the sex talk until after the ladies are gone, shall we?” A teasing voice, with the barest hint of strain, startles them. Tallie stood in the doorway, her silvery-blonde hair spilling about her shoulders as she tilts her head questioningly at the two. The back-from-break feast had ended an hour ago, when she had received their note to meet them here for something important.

The two wizards jump to their feet, pretty blushes splashing across their cheeks as they walk over to greet their best friend.

“We missed you this Christmas.” Harry whispers after kissing her cheek. He spots Draco’s face as it tightens slightly out of the corner of his eye. Tallie frowns and ruffles their hair affectionately.

“It was stupid of me to not come with you both. I wanted to see if it helped any, changing my routine.” She replies. Draco sighs and wraps an arm around her shoulders as he guides her to a desk while Harry closes the door. He then joins them up on the desk, their toes brushing the floor slightly as they swing them back and forth.