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[Chapter twenty six]

[Chapter twenty six]

Was trust something that didn't matter in this screwed up world of mine? As I pondered this to myself the weather began to change drastically, the clouds pulled over the moon shielding it from my pleading eye's, the temperature dropped drastically chilling me to the bone, the wind whistled painfully all around me but I just didn't care. Right now I wanted peace.

It didn't last long.

“Grace!” Leona called, I watched her run towards me with desperation but I couldn't find the strength to talk to her so I just looked at her. “Are you okay!? Kris just told me what happened, I've been looking everywhere for you and-” she stopped, flung herself onto the cold ground and grabbed my hands.

“Don't cry” she soothed. I hadn't realised I began crying. Malfoy had stopped me crying over half an hour ago...When had I started crying again? She was really beautiful my friend. It made me angry that all the boys in our school weren't throwing themselves at her.

“I shouldn't be crying or mad but I just am” I explained pathetically.

“He had no right to do that! If you want me and Kris will kick his ass, we have it planned out. I'm going to hit him from behind then Kris will-” she stopped herself and threw me a small uneasy smile.

I tried to smile back but it came out as a grimace. I'm certain of it.

“The irony of this is funny but I cant really laugh”

She looked at me then with her big blue eye's and there was something being put together in her head, the real facts of Malfoy's and I's kiss but she ignored it before she could finish. I must look dreadful.

“Lets get you inside. There's a storm coming” she grabbed my arms and hauled my numb, cold body up and I whimpered. The cold had really gotten to me. Just as we began walking into the castle the sky opened, unleashed it's fury on us and that's when I was forced to run.

–

I shouldn't feel like this, we had only been going out with each other for a couple of months but here I was skipping breakfast so I wouldn't have to deal with him. Leona and Kris where by my sides like body guards, the most serious faces, and straight backs I had ever seen. I loved them. Kris had also told me that Oliver was trying to get time to talk to me but he quickly added that he wouldn't get the chance because he was going to meet me after every lesson, I thanked him but told him not to go to all the trouble.

I would just ignore Oliver if he did.

I spotted Malfoy as I walked into my potions class, he was sat at the back with a few of his very loud friends. He looked straight at me and then away. His friends began making loud kissing noises and then I heard from Zambini's big ugly mouth.

“Oh Cho I love you!” and then the kissing sounds began again. A soft groan escaped all three of our throats. Leona whipped around and flipped them all off. Firey red head. I sat down in my seat, my head to the table as I pulled my wand, potions kit and heavy potions book out.

“I feel for her I really do” Lavender muttered from Leona's side. I didn't like that one bit! I didn't need other people's pity but instead of causing a scene I refused to look in that direction and looked towards the board.

“Me too but don't worry about her, she'll bounce back she always does” Leona added sharply,

This wasn't enough for lavender, the known gossip hound that bothered anyone that would listen to her nonsense.

“But she's gone through so much! First the war, then Theodore Nott stalking her and trying to”

“Will you shut the fuck up Lavender? I'm only a few chairs down” I hissed nastily so that only Leona, Kris, her and I heard. Her face flushed instantly but this only infuriated me more. I could see she was about to say something back but I didn't give her the chance “Shove your beak into someone else's business”

And that was it, she refused to look at me probably dying with embarrassment but I didn't care. I was sick of being a damsel in distress so I straightened my back and waited patiently for Professor Snape to make his dramatic entrance.

“Nice one” Leona giggled at my side.

I nodded stiffly even though there was a smile tugging at the corner of my lips.

–

“Are you okay Kris?” I giggled as we stepped out of the potions classroom. He looked at me, his face grey with sickness. He frowned at me. Kris had been asked to taste Ronald Weasley's age defying potion which of course had been made incorrectly and he had ended up old and wrinkly, Professor Snape grudgingly fixed the mess but the idea of being old to Kris had left him in a state of shock.

“Never again” he mumbled.

Leona and I laughed, linked arms with him and began pulling him.

“It wasn't so bad. Hey! At least you'll know what you look like as an old man” Leona wasn't really wise with words. Kris began panicking but I placed a soothing hand on his shoulder.

“Many, many, many years to come my friend” I said.

“I hope so” he croaked.

We where coming to the moving stairs when I spotted a sleek mane of black hair. She spotted me to, her eye's widened but I knew she had been looking for me. I couldn't do this right now. I hated her with a passion. I hated her more than Malfoy for heavens sake!

“Grace” Urgh I hated the way the boyfriend stealer said my name. I felt Leona's grip on my wrist.

“Back off Chang” she spat.

Cho Chang look startled.

Oh so she's playing little miss innocent? Skank.

“Please I would just like to talk to you so I can try and explain” She stepped onto the last step of the stairs, blocking our way from moving past her. I growled.

“Just leave me the hell alone. I don't want to talk to you. I already know what happened” I made sure I looked her in the eye's, I wanted to make sure she saw everything that was going on in my head. I wanted to see the guilt on her stupid over pretty face.

“I'm really sorry, It just happened...I didn't mean anything” she lied. I could see the fake crocodile tears and I actually laughed, a laugh that was so loud I actually surprised myself.

I think, just maybe you might be going crazy. Oh baby.

“Sorry just doesn't cut it Chang and you know what?” I unleashed myself from my friends grips to take a step in front of her. She backed off slightly, probably afraid that I was going to hit her “Your welcome to each other. You both have poor tastes” and with that I pushed her aside and climbed down the last step. My friends followed laughing.

As if I would hit her! I am a lady after all.

I would of hit her if she did that to me! Nobody smooches my boyfriend and gets away with it!

Oh I had wanted to very much but I knew from past experience violence gets you nowhere and I smiled softly to myself. I wasn't a weakling like Malfoy had said. As my friends joined me I knew it wasn't right to hide forever so we walked into the great hall with our heads held high. And I walked right into Oliver.

Haha look at his face! All puny and sad.

At this moment in time I didn't want to look at his face, it disgusted me. I felt his hands snake around my waist in an almost pleading way and I had to stop myself from punching him. Oh god I was violent!

“Get your hands off her”

“Grace please just talk to me, let me explain and we can”

I wasn't listening to him, I was to busy looking over his shoulder at Malfoy who was pointing his wand at us. Was Malfoy going to add to my embarrassment by hexing us? I was looking at his face very carefully and then he did something that practically electrocuted my senses. He smiled. A beautiful, toothy, cheeky smile and he flicked his wand.

Oliver Wood was now slithering on the floor. I suppose you could say Malfoy was using what he knew best. I burst into a fit of laughter with the rest of the people surrounding us.

I then mouthed a thank you to Malfoy something I thought I would never do. He nodded.

Malfoy had told me Oliver would get what was coming to him.