Saying I was miserable would be an understatement. I was past miserable. I knew I was failing almost all of my classes and I needed as much help as possible if I wanted to pass my O.W.L'S. So I did the only thing I could do. I had to go to Professor Magonagall to get help… or at least some useful advice.

"Professor, I need to talk to you about something." I stated as I stepped into her office.

"Why yes, what is it Miss Parkinson?" she asked. Yes, you heard her right. Parkinson. No, I'm not my sister Pansy. She is a major bitch, unlike myself. She is in Slytherin and I am in Gryffindor. She is night and I am day. She's fire and I'm ice. We are complete opposites so I find it hard to believe that she's my twin sister. We don't even look alike. She has short black hair, brown eyes, she's short, she has a pug face and her voice is high pitched and annoying. I on the other hand have long, wavy light brown hair that reaches my lower back, blue eyes, I'm average height, my face isn't pushed in like a pug's and my voice could get me a recording contract if I really wanted it. Thank god for fraternal twins.

"I know I'm doing poorly in my classes, Professor. I was wondering if you knew of anyone that would be able to help me improve my grades and my test scores if possible." I replied. She smiled at me.

"Well Miss Parkinson, there is Miss Granger. But I'm sure she's busy helping Potter and Weasley. But there is one other… I could talk to him for you if you would like. I'm sure he wouldn't mind tutoring someone in his free time."

"Thank you Professor. It's greatly appreciated." I stated before heading back outside to relax. It was such a nice autumn day and it shouldn't be wasted. I went and sat under a willow tree that was on the other side of the courtyard. Unfortunately, my peace was short lived thanks to my sister and her crew.

"Well if it isn't Violet Parkinson." Stated an annoying voice. I looked up and noticed that it was coming from my sisters' boy-toy. Draco Malfoy. Pansy of the rest of their crew were following close behind… well Pansy was basically clinging to him. Sometimes I felt bad for him just for that reason.

"Yes, well if it isn't the dumb-ass of the century, Draco Malfoy." I replied, not even daring to look up at him.

"Don't you dare talk to him like that!" screeched my sister. Oh how sometimes I just wanted to punch her in her pug face. I angrily stood up in place and glared at my sister. I knew her weakness and damn… I was about to use it in front of all of her little friends.

"Pansy," I spoke in a calm voice. "We don't want a repeat of what happened over the summer now do we? We don't need you're skin turning blue again and having everyone around call you a smurf. And we also don't want to take you to St. Mungos again so they can give you the proper shots to get rid of the blue. You're loud crying and screeching when they came in with the needles was hilarious if you ask me, but I don't wanna hear that again… it was just plain annoying. I mean a tiny little needle isn't going to hurt you, dear sister."

I watched carefully as my sister's face turned whiter than a ghost. I then let my gaze travel to Draco, who was trying not to laugh. When I looked back at my sister she was still staring at me in shock. She then turned to Draco to find a way out of this, but as soon as she saw him trying not to laugh, she ran off. Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle following her. The other member of their posy stayed behind. Theodore Nott. I just looked at him, waiting for him to insult me. I waited a moment, but the insult didn't come. He was silent.

"Nott." I greeted.

"Parkinson." He replied.

"Can I assist you?" I asked, wondering why he was still standing here.

"I shouldn't be doing anything like this to boost your courage, Parkinson, but that was bloody brilliant. Your sister is rather annoying sometimes." He replied.

"Don't you mean she's annoying all the time? I mean since you're not around her 24/7. That's why I feel bad for Malfoy. He has to deal with my sister almost a full 24 hours." I replied. Nott smiled. I had never really seen him smile before. It was nice to see a genuine smile on a Slytherin every once in a while.

"Yes. I do feel bad for him sometimes. But I guess that this is where I leave you. See you around, Parkinson."

"Later, Nott." I replied. I watched him walk away from me. I was still standing beneath the willow tree in the courtyard. I just sat back down and went off in to my crazy daydreams.

The day had come and gone and it was finally time for us to settle down in the Great Hall for dinner. As usual, I was sitting in between the infamous pranksters of the school. Fred and George Weasley. Needless to say, the two of them were my best friends… along with their little sister Ginny.

"So Violet, we saw you talking to Nott earlier today." Stated Fred.

"Not having a secret romantic sex filled relationship with the no good Slytherin behind our backs are you?" finished George playfully. I almost choked on the pumpkin juice I was sipping.

"Oh Merlin! Heavens no! I would never sink so low. After all, you said it for yourself. He's a no good Slytherin. I mean, he hangs out with my sister after all." I retorted, hoping that they couldn't find a way in to harassing me more.

"Well if you're not having a romantic sex filled relationship with him, then why were you talking to him?" asked Ginny. I looked at her and she gave me a devilish grin.

"If you must know, I had just insulted my sister by talking about how your mischievous brothers and I had turned her skin blue over the summer and also revealing her fear of needles in front of her friends. Nott was just commenting on how brilliant my insult was to her and proceeded to tell me how annoying she is. That's all that happened before he walked away."

"Okay… but you know I'm here for you if anything ever happens and you want to talk to someone." Replied Ginny. I smiled at her.

"I know, Ginny. I will always come to you when I need to talk."

That night after dinner, things in the common room became immensely awkward for me. I was bombarded with questions by almost everyone.

"Are you in a relationship with Nott?"

"Are the two of you friends?"

"Does Nott like your sister?"

I let everyone finish speaking before replying. I had one simple answer for them. A quick answer for all of their questions.

"No." I stated. Everyone looked at me in shock as I went back to reading my book. I needed to study or else I would fail horribly. I just continued to ignore everybody throughout the night. By the time I looked at the clock, it was past 11:00 and I was the only one left in the common room. I realized that I had only been down in the common room that long thanks to my mind buzzing with thoughts of Theo.

I couldn't stop thinking about how much taller than me he was. Or about how his eyes were a beautiful blue. Or how his bangs hung in his face. Or how he was one of the smartest students in our year… other than Hermione. I didn't know why, but I just kept thinking about him. I shouldn't have been thinking about him. I knew it was wrong. He was friends with my nasty twin of a sister.

I needed to get to bed. I was just too tired. That had to be why I was thinking these irrational thoughts. I hurried to gather up my books and headed back to the girls dorm. I just plopped my books down, crawled in to bed and went to sleep. I was exhausted.

I was woken up way too early by Ginny. I glanced at the clock on the wall to see it was 4:00 in the morning.

"Ginny, what the hell do you want? It's too early for this shit." I mumbled into my pillow. She flipped me over and gave me a serious look. I covered my face with my pillow. She proceeded to take the pillow from me and throw it on the floor.

"Violet, you were mumbling in your sleep. I just happen to be awake and heard you. I figured I should at least tell you what you were talking about." She said, looking away from me as if what she was about to tell me was bad news. I gave her a stern look.

"Gin, no matter what you tell me, I'm way too tired to even care right now."

"You kept mumbling Theo's name…. like all you were saying was Theodore." She stated, not letting her eyes meet mine.

"Ginny, you're hearing things." I replied, not wanting this information to be true.

"I'm serious, Violet. Were you dreaming about Theodore Nott?" she asked, a smile beginning to play on her lips.

"I… don't remember. Can we talk about this tomorrow morning, Ginny? I really need to finish sleeping. It's 4:00 in the morning. I still have 3 more hours of sleep before I have to wake up." I basically begged. She smiled at me.

"Okay, fine. We will talk about this tomorrow morning, but I want to know everything." She replied before heading back to her own bed. I smiled to myself, grabbed my pillow off the floor, and proceeded to go back to sleep. Was I really dreaming of Theo? I don't even remember.