A Flame Betwixt

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Draco ran through the corridors, a look of utter shock on his face. \"What the hell did I do?!\" He muttered to
himself over and over again. What was he going to do with himself? He reached slytherin dorms, grumbled the password, threw himself into the commons and collapsed on a sofa, finally breaking down and crying. Pansy
walked into the room, reluctantly glancing at Draco, not noticing he was crying. \"Hey, bud, what\'s--are those tears?!\" She ran to his side immediately, always the caring friend, and cradled him in her arms. \"What\'s wrong, dollface? tell me all about it.\" And so, Draco relived the worst day of his life.

\"I was walking through the corridors when I saw Harry and Ron strolling the other way. Harry looked at me and
cried out, holding his arms out. I could tell he had missed me when he had been away. I still am not sure where the hell he went, but he\'s back now, that\'s all that matters.\" He let out a long sigh, and then a sob.

\"Anyway, I ran and jumped into his arms and Ron called me a flaming git. I shrugged it off and Harry invited me to
go with them by the lake. So, naturally, I followed my boyfriend like an undiginified mutt, which I am not. I really
do love him, though. So out we were by the lake, and usually, when we sit by the lake, I\'ll tease him\"

Drake smiled at the thought, Pansy let out a muffled little \"ooh\" as he went on. \"I cuddled up next to him, and suddenly, out of nowhere, here comes Susan, barging up and demanding that us \'fruit loops\' get off eachother
before she hurls. Darling Ron flags her down and catches her in a most disgusting and sloppy makeout session, I hope Harry and I never look like that, so Harry and I can do what we do, without getting naked.

\"That\'s when the trouble started. As you know, I have to come back here every night for a week because we got
cum on Weasley\'s sheets last time I spent the night, and after Susan left, that horrid bitch, Harry decided he
wanted to go back to Gryffindor Tower. Of course, I wanted him to stay, so I put on my cutest pout and whined about how he always left as soon as he got there, and how I barely ever saw him, and when I did it was very short.
He nodded solemnly and apologetically.

\"That\'s when he said to me \'I know that\'s the truth. I\'m allowed to have a life, aren\'t I?\' I nodded, and whispered \'I
just wish sometimes that I could be part of it\'\" Draco sighed \"\'Ooh, dramatic,\' said Ron. I glared at him. From there,
many things were said that, if I could, I would take them back in an instant. All I did was bitch and bitch and bitch, and he bitched back. Then he pushed me off, stood up and stormed away. I was left stunned for a moment, but
then I got up to run after him. but it was too late. By the time I was at the front door, he was already in Gryffindor
tower. I think I ruined his whole night.\"

He looked at Pansy, who looked back sympathetically and hugged him tightly. \"Oh, Draco, I am so sorry.\" Draco nodded his thanks to his best friend as tears streamed down his face. He tried to laugh, but it just came out as a strangled sob. He looked to the corner of the room for no apparent reason, then shut his eyes and hugged Pansy back as she rocked him back and forth, trying to soothe the crying blonde.

\"Later, I ran into George Weasley, who told me to \'get a life because it\'s not the end of the world\' and I take that advide to heart. It isn\'t the end of the world. I even wrote a poem. Would you like to hear it, Pansy?\"

Pansy nodded, and Draco smiled a cracked and broken smile. He cleared his throat and began.
\"Monkies, by Draco Malfoy\" He smirked triumphantly at the confused look on Pansy\'s face.
\"Monkies hide under my bed
Chew my toes
Hit my head
Monkies hide inside my shoes
watching me, my every move. Monkies stalk me, day and night
Monkies keep me in their sight
Monkies steal my underwear, Monkies follow me EVERYWHERE!
Monkies drive me up the wall
Monkies kill me, and I fall
Monkies tie me to the fence. Monkies poke me when I\'m tense. Monkies, monkies, there are TEN!
Monkies monkies, not again! Monkies all around my chair,
MONKIES, MONKIES EVERYWHERE!!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!\" And with that, he fell backwards with maniacal laughter, and Pansy herself chuckled in amazement at her friend. How did he manage to be so silly, and so graceful
at the same time? It was a mystery to her.


~*~


At the other end of the castle, in the Gryffindor commons, Harry sat in his chair brooding. \"I don\'t know why he
has to be like this, it makes me so angry when he goes off into his stupid rants.Why can\'t he just accept that I
have things to do, places to be and people to meet?!\" Ron looked up from his Chudley Cannons magazine and
said quietly \"Maybe because he loves you. Fights are healthy.\" Harry nodded, now in another world, his brain running a million miles a minute. The crimson-and-gold flags fluttered aimlessly in the cold winter wind coming
from the open window. That\'s when it hit him.

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