The other Potter

Chapter 35

It has been a couple of weeks and it's finally the first excursion to hogsmeade. Draco and Annie have become closer and closer but still Annie thinks that there is something that Draco is not telling her, after the known inspections to his house and the things he  tells her about his mother's letters, she knows something big is happening, and being honest she has an idea of what it is... but she is not gonna bring the topic to the table, more now that Draco seems more vulnerable every time they meet.
During breakfast she is sitting next to Colin and Lex
"So Ginny is not coming?" Lex asked
"She is going with Dean" Annie said while eating her toast
"Aren't you feeling jealous?" Colin asked
"Jealous of what?"
"Well I mean Ginny is with dean and Emma is with me"
"How sutil mate..." Lex said
"Yea right I should be jealous of my friends dating a guy like dean and Well you.." Annie says sarcastically
"Don't get mad! I mean I'm sure Lex feel the same, and Harry too"
"Harry?"
"Oh common I'm not the only one who sees the sexual tension between Hermione and Ron?"
Annie didn't answer but she knew what he was talking about
"Well for your information no I'm not jealous or sad that my friends are in relationships, I'm good in my own situation" that's all she said. Which she was not lying. She didn't said she was single but she neither said her situation
They finished their breakfast and they were going their way out of the castle
"Oh fuck I forgot my money at my room" Annie said as an excuse
"I can lean you some and you can pay me later " Lex said
"Oh no don't worry I will catch you guys in a bit"
"Are you sure?" Emma asked
"Yea Yea go ahead I will be there soon" she said and then she saw her friends parting out.
She headed to the other entrance of the castle not before crossing path with some of Draco's friends,
When she was out of the castle she made her way to the black lake, were a blonde in full black attire was waiting for her in behind some big rocks
"Hey sorry I'm late" she said
"Don't worry.. you look great in that dress" comment that make her blush
"Thanks" she said and starting kissing him
"Are you sure you've time to be here with me?" He said between kisses
"I would not imagine myself in a better place right now" she answered
They continue with their kissing session until Annie felt something unusual..
"Umm" She said looking down
"Oh shut, Annie I'm sorry I didn't mean to, I promise I wasn't..."
"Draco it's okay, I know it's something natural, you can't control it"
"You're not mad at me?"
"Of course not, it's good to know that at least I make someone feel like that..."
"Annie you probably make millions of guys feel like that" comment that made her do a funny face and laugh " that came out wrong right?" He said laughing which make her happy because every time it seems harder to make him laugh
"I'm sorry I guess I still have self confidence problems when it comes to all of this" she adds
" I know, and I want you to know that I would not make you do anything you don't want to, all I want is to make you feel special just as you make me feel" She felt so good after he told her that
"Thanks" She said kissing him again "hey I forgot I brought you something" she said taking an apple out of her bag " your favorite one" she says laughing
"Are you mocking me?" Draco said pretending to be offending
" Of course not" She said laughing before he hugged her
"You should get going before your friends start worrying about you"
"I saw Zabini and the others on their way out, are you going with them?"
"No I'm.. gonna stay here today, not in the mood of going to Hogsmeade"
"Are you sure? Do you want me to.."
"Don't worry about me An.. I will be okay" he said before kissing her cheek "have fun" he said.
She smiled and stared to walk away
"Hey and thanks for the apple" he said before she left the area.
After a quick walk she arrived to hogsmeade and started looking for her friends, it was not that long after she met Luna
"Annie there you're" She said with a big smile " everyone is looking for you"
"Oh sorry something got me over there... where are the others?"
"Common let's go to meet them" Luna said leading her to one of the stores where Lex and Neville where inside
"Where you were?" Lex said concerned
" calm down I got between something, why the attitude?"
"Someone missed his chance to talk to that hufflepuff girl.." Neville said
"She was here? The one from fourth year?"
"Yea but now she is gone I think.."
"And Emma and Colin?"
"They left me to get a romantic date or something like that, after that I found Neville and we started hanging out, and then Luna came too"
"They have been good friends" she said smiling
"Well can i join the group too?"
After a couple of hours they all went back to the castle, and to their respective common rooms.
When they entered to the tower Annie saw majority of the 7th year girls in a corner whispering
"What's going on?" She asked to Ginny who was already in there with dean
"Didn't you heard?" She said while standing up "Katie bell... she was cursed... or at least we think that".