Flowerpot - Slytherpuff Story

Chapter seven

"You brought the hufflepuff, are you serious?" Lucas says when he sees me.

"I have a name." I say quietly hoping he wouldn't hear it, but he did.

"Oh really, well i don't care." He says, i don't remember him being like this. Maybe he is in a bad mood.

"Let her be Lucas, i only brought her here because i want to see how many rules she dares to break." Virgil says, oh right thats why im here. I guess i hoped he actually also wanted to see me, i guess not.

"Let's just get going." A gryffindor i haven't seen before says, i didn't expect gryffindors and slytherins to hang out.

"Yeah lets go." Lucas says and gives me a glare.

We walk down the corridors and sneak glares around the corners to make sure we won't get caught. I'm actually really nervous, but i don't say it out loud since i don't want to come off as a typical hufflepuff. I want to be respected and i guess i wanna impress a certain someone as well, if that's even possible. Let's face it, he is one of the high class slytherins and i'm just a mudblood hufflepuff. Mudblood, i hate that word so why do i even call myself that?

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I don't get to finish my thought as everyone suddenly stops, so i do as well. A ravenclaw with black hair peeks around the corner, and i can feel my heart beating in my chest. Why am i so scared, the worst thing that could happen is probably a detention.

"No ones there, lets go." The ravenclaw says, and i suddenly realise i was holding my breath.

We all walk carefully around the corner as quietly as we can. We turn the corner and now Virgil is walking close to me.

"Where are we going?" I whisper to him.

"To the clocktower." He whispers back and his voice is deeper than usual, for some reason it gives me chills down my back. Why does he have to have this effect on me?

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As we almost arrive at the clock tower my heart skips a beat as we all hear someone walking slowly in our direction. I quickly look around after a hiding spot but there are few and most of them are already taken. Some people start to panic and run away from the sound, while others stay and try to hide. I feel like i can't move, and like if my feet are stuck to the ground. I can feel my anxiety build up as a hand from out of nowhere grabs my wrist and pulls me into a closet. Im pressed up against one of the sides as someone is towering over me with a hand on my wrist and one over my mouth.

"Its okay, it's just me," Virgil whispers quietly into my ear and i can feel his breath on my neck. He removes his hands from me and put them against the closets wall behind me, so that in between his arms. He does it to not fall onto me since he's too tall for the closet. But even tho he doesn't want to hurt me, if still feels like i'm melting from him being so close. We hear a teachers voice, and its Snape. He finds some of the students and looks around a bit more, i hold my breath while being terrified of him finding us. I hear him get close to where we are hiding and my heart starts beating faster. But then we hear him yelling after some students and suddenly he is gone.

"Lets wait a bit." Virgil whispers.

"Yeah." I whisper back carefully, it's the first thing i say since he pulled me in here so i hope i cant hear how nervous i am.

We wait a few minutes in silence and it's quite awkward. Well that's a lie, it was really awkward. Virgil opens the closet door slowly and we look outside, nobody's there. We step out, me first and the Virgil. Then i hear someone move and i freeze, luckily it's just Lucas.

"You guys didn't get found either, not so bad puff." He says in a teasing tone.

"Well i would have been found if it wasn't for Virgil." I say and laugh quietly, l Lucas just smiles. Why does he act so differently from when there's a lot of people around to only Virgil, well it isn't my place to ask.

"Should we go see if the rest are in the clock tower?" Lucas ask.

"Are you sure that's a good idea." I say fidgeting with the ring on my finger.

"Are you suddenly scared?" Virgil asks teasing me.

"Well... kinda, it's your fault if i get in trouble." I say and point at him.

"I will take that risk." He says with a smirk.

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We get to the clock tower and it looks like Snape only got 2 out of 7 of us. The ticking of the clock is louder up here but it's not too bad. We just stand there in silence not really knowing what to do now so we just head back. It's a bit awkward between me and virgil now that we have let what happened really sink in, but i think it will be better tomorrow. I hope.

I split up from the group since in the only hufflepuff here but the walk back is scary on your own, especially since we already almost got caught.

I make it back safe and i sneak up in my bed without waking the others, i guess tonight was a success. But even though i'm really tired i still can't fall asleep, because the events of tonight keep replaying in my head. Especially the part in the closet, i wonder what Virgil thinks of me? I know he did say i was only there because of the challenge, but he's still nice to me and isn't scared of teasing me. I'm guessing he sees me as some kind of friend at least.

I lay like that the rest of the night just thinking about everything, until i finally fall asleep.

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