-PART 1-

Edyn slumped down lower in her seat, her eyes not once taking their gaze off the blazing fire in front of her. Another year had gone by at Hogwarts.. always getting tormented by the damned Slytherin King. Ron,Harry and Hermione had gone to bed hours ago.. leaving Edyn alone.

She picked up her Walkmen and played 'The Scientist' over and over.
"Nobody said it was easy,
It's such a shame for us to part. Nobody said it was easy, No one ever said it would be this hard. Oh, take me back to the start."

Lately the 'golden trio' had been fighting alot. But this time it was different, different from their usual constant bickering. No, something had changed. Edyn was overjoyed that it was summer, she would be leaving Hogwarts soon. Leaving Harry, Ron and Hermione... and Ginny. Slowly the two Gryffindor girls had become closer.. and eventually became very good friends. It was nice for Edyn to have a girlfriend, even if they were in different years.

For hours she sat there.. staring into the fire.. wishing she was different.. she had a pretty good life, good grades.. and now that she was straightening her curly black hair differently.. she was very good-looking. But for once in her life she wished she was popular.. she wished she was surrounded by a group of girls, all of them best friends.. but most of all she wished she had a boyfriend.

Edyn stood up and went for a walk out in the empty corridors. It wasn't even past 10:00 but most students were in bed already. She had the corridors to herself.. or atleast that's what she thought. Little did she know that she was being watched... it wasn't very often that she had a secret admirer. But somehow you couldn't call this one an admirer.. for the young man was so blind.. and had no idea that he was in love.

Draco had been watchingEdyn alot, tormenting 'Wee Little Potty and his Gang of Gryffindors' A small chuckle escaped his mouth at the thought of his little name for the golden trio. Yet he immediately regretted it knowing Edyn would hear him. He was standing in the shadows, watching her, the way her eyes twinkled in the light, the way her nose wrinkled when she laughed, the way Potter, Weasel and the other Mudblood could make her laugh so easily... and if Draco ever tried to... his posse would find out he liked Edyn. He was thinking about that.. when he realized for the first time in his mind.. he admitted he was in love with.. a mudblood! His thoughts were broken when Edyn started talking. '...and the way her voice sounds so beautiful even if she's yelling out insults at me...' Draco thought sadly.

"Um.. hello?" Edyn asked, she thought she was the only one in the corridor, but apparently not. Draco placed a small smirk on his face and stepped out of the shadows.

"Shouldn't you be burrying your pretty little face in a books right now?" Draco asked.. hoping that she didn't notice the comment on her beautiful face.

It was true Edyn was normally the type to be constantly studying for an upcoming test. She opened her mouth to snarl out some comeback when she realized what he said, "Pretty?" She asked quietly using a soft tone, hoping for once in his life he would use a little love and compassion. Her best friend, Hermione always believed that everyone had good in them yet it never occured to Edyn that the famous Slytherin King might not be as bad as he seemed.

"It's called sarcasm... sorry I'm not sure if all those muggle friends of your back home use it" Draco knew that was a pretty lame excuse... but it was all he could think of... his brain was clogged with fear.. he was afraid she would find out he fancied her.

For the first time Edyn saw something else in those beautiful blue/grey eyes of his.. other then hatred. It was fear, but what could Malfoy be scared of? A small tear dared to escape her tearduct and slowly trickled down he cheek. She wiped it away and turned to run. Why was she crying? But she just realized.. Malfoy wasn't being sarcastic when he said she was pretty... it was the first time anyone has ever commented on how she looked.. Ron and Harry always had crushes on other girls. There was once a little chemistry between Harry and Edyn... but it was just a little crush, and it didn't last long.

The petite Gryffindor girl had never been called beautiful... and never seen anything other than cold, dark hatred in Malfoy's eyes. She was running through the hallways as fast as possible.. hoping the footsteps of Malfoy following her would just fade away.