Living a Lie

Chapter 11: Meeting of Dismissal.

Sarah walked down to the common room after she had had a rest in her bedroom. She watched as students roamed around the common room. Across the common room Sarah saw the co roo room door open and in came Draco. Sarah tried to hide herself but he spotted her.
“Sarah!” Draco ran up to her. Sarah turned around and looked at him.
“Now what?” Sarah growled.
“Snape wants you to go to Dumbledore’s office?”
“Why?”
“Because we have to have a meeting about what happened.” Draco replied.
“No.” Sarah didn’t want this to go any further.
“It wasn’t my idea.” Draco walked over to the store room. When Sarah had left early this morning after what happened with Anthony Draco had locked the door to keep Anthony in. Draco opened the door and walked in. Sarah looked into the room and saw Anthony sitting up against the wall with his head resting on his knees. Sarah hid herself behind Draco not really wanting Anthony to see her. Draco pulled Anthony up off the ground by his collar. “Get up bastard.”
“Hey, hey, watc.” A.” Anthony chuckled. His nose, lip and cheeks were swollen and black. Draco took out his wand and pointed it at Anthony’s wrists. Ropes flew out of Draco’s wand and wrapped around Anthony’s wrists.
“Come on.” Draco grabbed Anthony’s arm and pulled him out of the little room and then out of the common room. Sarah walked behind them at a good meters distance.
“Did you enjoy the fuck?” Anthony shouted at Sarah. Sarah didn’t reply. “I see you’re not talking to me now.”
“Shut up Anthony what do you expect her to do? Jump all over you and worship you after you raped her?” Draco shouted at him in anger.
“Hell yeah. she should be on her knees begging for another good fu-” Anthony’s mouth kept moving but nothing came out. Draco looked behind him at Sarah wondering what happened. Sarah had her right arm stretched out with her wand pointing at Anthony’s back. Draco could see her angry face and how she struggled not to burst out.
“I…I…I’m sorry.” Sarah put down her arm. “He started to get on my nerves.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’m not going to take away any points or tell on you. I was just about to do something a little worse.” Draco smiled. That was the first time Sarah had actually seen Draco smile, not smirk, a proper smile. Sarah smiled back and they kept walking. Anthony’s mouth moved violently but nothing came out and Sarah was glad about it. They kept walking until they got to Dumbledore’s office, then Anthony started thrashing around.
“Don’t move!” Sarah snapped as she pointed her wand at him once again. Anthony stopped moving. “Good.” Draco opened the door and pushed Anthony in. Sarah looked into the room and saw Snape standing by Dumbledore.
“Thank you for coming Sarah and thank you Draco for bringing Anthony.” Dumbledore wore a rough tone. Sarah just looked at Dumbledore. “Please do sit.” Dumbledore had three chairs in front of his desk. Sarah sat on one of the end seats, Draco in the middle and Anthony on the other end.
“Um professor Dumbledore maybe you would like it if I let Anthony talk again.” Sarah held out her wand.
“Yes that would be better.” Dumbledore nodded. Sarah flicked her wand and Anthony spoke again.
“Bitch.” Anthony muttered.
“Silence!” Dumbledore growled. Anthony sat quietly. “Mr Poland do you understand that what you have done will being consequences. Rape is an utterly disgusting crime.” Anthony still kept quiet. “Sarah may I please see some of your bruises?”
“Um… can I just show you a few of them?”
“Yes.” Dumbledore nodded.
“Well therone one on the cheek, on my neck.” Sarah pulled down her turtle neck. Snape, Draco and Dumbledore looked at the bruises. Anthony couldn’t care less. “Arms.” Sarah pulled up one of her sleeves. “And my back, stomach and legs.”
“My, my, my.” Dumbledore could not believe that any of his students could do this. “Thank you Sarah. Do they not hurt you?”
“Just a little sir. I’m ok.” Sarah replied.
“You are a strong girl.” Dumbledore acknowledged. Sarah just softly smiled. Dumbledore looked over to Anthony. “Mr. Poland I can do nothing but expel you from Hogwarts immediately.
“What? I can’t be expelled. My parents will kill me.” Anthony ranted.
“MR POLAND!” Dumbledore growled. Anthony stopped talking. “Go and collect your belongings now. I shall send a letter to your parents. You shall leave as soon as possible. You may leave now.”
“Come now Mr. Poland.” Snape walked over to Anthony. “I will supervise you as you collect your bginggings.”
“Fine but can someone take the ropes off?” Anthony grumbled, she stood and shook his arms showing that they were tied up. Draco took out his wand and flicked it at Anthony’s wrists.
“Done. Now please go.” Snape motioned for Anthony to walk out of the office. Anthony walked out and Snape followed, his wand poised. Sarah just kept looking at Dumbledore.
“Sarah I do assure you that Anthony will not be able to go anywhere near you again.” Dumbledore assured.
“Thank you sir.” Sarah smiled. “I do appreciate it.”
“Will you be ok?” Dumbledore asked.
“Yes sir. I will be fine. Apart from the bruising I have no other ‘side effects’ so I’m fine.” Sarah replied.
“I do admire you dear.”
“Thank you sir.”
“You two may go now. I do need to write a letter to a certain someone’s parents.”
“Yes sir. Come on Draco.” Sarah walked out of Dumbledore’s office. Draco stood up and followed.
“Oh and Draco.” Dumbledore started. Draco turned around and looked at the headmaster. “Thank you for doing this.”
“It was no problem sir. I had to do something.”
“And I’m glad you did.” Dumbledore looked over the rim of his half moon glasses. Draco just nodded and left the office. He walked down the stairs and saw that Sarah had gone.
“Draco.” Sarah’s voice called. Draco looked to his left and saw Sarah.
“Hi. I thought you had left.”
“Yeah.” Sarah walked up to him. “Um… Thank you Draco.”
“It’s ok. I only wanted to help.”
“Good on you.” Sarah gave Draco a hug. Draco didn’t know what to do. Sarah had hatim tim this morning and now she was hugging him. “Ah… I would like it if we are friends.”
“Yeah… ok.”
“Cool.” Sarah hugged him even tighter. “I’m not in for a relationship right now.”
“No it’s ok. We can just be friends.”
“You’re not that bad once someone gets to know you.”
“Yeah I guess.” Draco’s cheeks turned red. What Sarah didn’t know was that Draco wasn’t nice, but to her he was. Sarah kissed his cheek.
“Come on.” Sarah began to walk away. Draco stood there foromenoment, thinking. He liked her, he liked her a lot and now she only wanted to be friends? What was he going to do? He likes her a lot, hell he thinks he might even love her. “Draco?” Sarah watched him stare blankly in to thin air.
“Huh?” Draco snapped out of his thoughts.
“Are you coming? It’s time for lunch.”
“Oh, yeah.” Draco quickly walked up to Sarah.
“What were you doing?” Sarah asked.
“Thinking.”
“About?”
“Nothing.”
“Right.” Sarah laughed. Draco just looked at her and smiled. They both eventually began to walk to the great hall.