Storms Ahead

|Chapter Seventy five : Spiders|

"Daphne? Will you kill this spider for me?" Blaise asked Daphne quietly as me and Pansy peeked through a small gap in the boys dorm door, watching as Blaise stood stock still, staring at his pillow while Daphne stood in front of him with her arms crossed, an unimpressed look on her face as she teased him

"Is it trying to hurt you?"

"It's on my bed and hurting my heart" he said to her quietly as I stuck my wand through the gap in between the door and pointed it at the spider on Blaise's pillow

"Engorgio" I whispered as I watched the spider grow over ten times in size as our ears were met by the sound of Blaise's loud, horrified shrieks as we burst out laughing before going into the dorm, still filming, as we looked at Blaise who had jumped on top of his desk shouting at the top of his lungs as I tried to talk through my fits of laughter, attempting to cast the spell but not being able to get it out. Giving up I just flicked my wand aimlessly as it shrunk and I held my sides, wiping the tears from my eyes as I zoomed in on all of their faces individually with the camera, ending with Blaise

"Amelia!"

"Hi Blaise-"

"You psychotic whore!" He screamed at me as I burst out laughing, turning off the camera as I pressed it into Pansy's hands as she ran out laughing while I went over to Daphne, giving her a high five as Blaise stared at me

"I love the word choice-"

"So do I. So descriptive"

"It is, isn't it?" I asked Daphne laughing as she nodded and soon disappeared as Blaise slipped off of his desk cautiously and looked around

"You really don't like me, do you?"

"Not anymore. Is it gone?"

"I don't know-"

"Amelia!-"

"Oh, look at that! Time flies Blaise, but I'm afraid I've got to go. Quidditch practice" I told him with a grin, shrugging as I waltzed to the door, glancing to him before I shut it.

"Might want to check around your pillow" I told him quietly, another shriek meeting my ears as I burst out laughing and left with a grin on my face.

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"Have fun getting that out" Adrian laughed as he pointed to the mud smeared all across my robes as I sighed before glancing to the trousers and jumper I was currently trying to get the grass and mud stains out of

"I know, do you want to do it?"

"Absolutely not-"

"I'll pay you"

"It'd have to be no less than twenty galleons"

"Deal"

"I-what?... it's still a no" he told me after a few pauses as my face fell and he started laughing

"Miles?"

"No chance Amelia. They're your robes at the end of the day"

"I know... but I thought you loved me" I mumbled as the three of us shared a laugh as they hung their robes up to dry

"Well, have fun getting that mud out-"

"As well as the smear off of your forehead-"

"No! Don't leave me! Not with him!" I hissed as I jerked my head to Draco who was washing his robes behind me as they shared a grin, nodding to me as they walked out and I tried to hide the scowl as I finally got the stains out from my jumper and hung it up next to the other chaser robes to dry as I put my trousers up next to it and took my robes down, mumbling under my breath frustrated as I walked to the other side of the room to get the brush. Casting a glance to see how he was washing his robes on the way back I let out a scoff, watching as he prodded at the water bucket as he looked at me

"What?"

"Did I say anything?"

"You scoffed. What are you scoffing at?"

"Why do you care?" I asked simply, shrugging, as I soaked the brush and started scrubbing the mud before pouring a little bit of powder over it, watching as purple bubbles appeared and I continued scrubbing at all the patches of mud before dragging a basin of water towards me as I started to soak my robes in the water as a hissing noise came from behind me

"You're doing that wrong"

"You don't even know what I'm doing-"

"You've put the water at a high heat and a brisk clockwise turn. It's got to be a cool temperature and the turns change direction every four times" I told him, turning my head towards him as he stared between me and the water with a look of dislike

"What difference does it make?"

"If you do it the way you were going to, the letters on the back will change colour and start to come off and the ties will become loose and weak and the stitching of the Slytherin crest on the front will start to come undone"

"Well then how am I meant to do it?"

"I've already told you"

"No you haven't-"

"Yes I have, clean your ears out and listen to what people tell you. Surely you're capable of that?" I asked as I turned and looked at him, raising my eyebrows as I watched him try to hide his scowl before he wandered over, peering into the basin I was using as he stared down confused as I let out a sigh, dragging it away from him as I pulled my robes out and started wringing them dry with my wand before hanging them up as I heaved the basin up and tipped the water out

"How do I do it?"

"I've already told you-"

"No you haven't Black-"

"Yes I have Malfoy" I groaned as I put everything back, discreetly flicking my wand as what was happening in the basin he was using changed while he turned to me

"Instead of being so self centred you should give help when I asked for it-"

"Me? Self centred? It's rich coming from you Malfoy, and before you jump to the conclusion that I wasn't going to help- I did, use your eyes and check the basin. But, since you're being such a pain in my ass-" I said to him before flicking my wand as the basin went back to what it was doing beforehand as I stared at him

"That's what you get. And next time you should ask for help, not demand it"