I climbed to the top of the tower. I had never been this far. Nor had I ever been out of the dorms after curfew. I was always unnoticed. Always unnamed. I was a gryffindor that hid in the shadows. I had seen Harry Potter, but never had we spoken. I had watched Hermione study in the library, but never had I studied with her. I had heard Ron joking with his brothers, but never had I joined them. I was unheard. I was unnamed.

Now I stood at the top of a tower that belonged to the infamous Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, pondering what I should do next. The wind whipped my hair wildly about my face as I paced around the roof, unsure of myself. Had I really come up here to jump? Had I really believed I would end it tonight?

There was a fumbling noise and I turned to see a shadowy figure. I squinted and with as much courage as possible whispered "Who are you?" The wind carried the person's answer away from my ears. "Who are you!" I yelled once more. Then the figure stepped forward and my mind reeled. Draco Malfoy stood there looking at me.

"What are you doing up here? It's cold and windy, you're likely to fall off if you aren't careful." But this wasn't said in Draco's normal sneer. It was said with what could be called caring. He took a step forward and I took a step back, bumping into the low wall that ran along the edge of the tower.

"P-p-please. Go away." I was terrified. I had heard of Draco's bitter personality, his steely demeanor, and his ability to make any situation ten times worse. He was likely to talk me into jumping off the side of this bloody tower.

He tilted his head to the side, "Lorelei, was it? What are you doing up here?" He took another slow step toward me, his brow was furrowed and his mouth was tilted down in a frown. He looked… Worried. Then I realized that he had known my name. We had had several classes together but of course I had never spoken to him, thinking I was invisible to the people around me. "We're in the same grade, right? We have Herbology together. Potions too, correct?"

All I could do was stare at him. Not only did he know my name but he knew what grade I was in and that we had classes together. I shook my head in a silent nod. I was too terrified to speak and too astounded to think of a verbal reply. He kept taking tiny steps closer to me. "Draco. P-please, I don't want trouble."

He snickered, "It would seem you've already found yourself in trouble. I suppose I have too since I'm out of bed and also standing outside on the top of a tower. What are you doing up here anyhow?"

I remembered what I had come up here to do and looked over the side guiltily. Draco seemed to read my thought and I heard him sigh. "You know," He said coming to lean on the wall beside me, "I had a friend, back before I came to Hogwarts, he had a terrible time. Did what I suspect you came up here to do. He did it with a spell though." The look on Draco's face was grim and his voice was hard and cold as he told me what had happened. "Idiot. That's all he was. Didn't know what he had." But i could see his eyes get glasses and the moonlight reflected off the wetness of his cheek.

I turned and leaned on the wall beside him. "You knew my name." It was a statement that didn't require an answer, but I wanted him to find one.

"Of course I did. You're second ranked in both Herbology and Potions." He snickered "I'd bet you could give Granger a run for her money." His face grew serious again and he looked at me coldly. "You're terribly selfish for coming up here to kill yourself"

I bit my lip and looked over the side, down, down, down, to the ground below. "You don't understand. You have Crabbe and Goyle.." I trailed off thinking about how stupid both of those blokes were.

Draco grabbed my arm, "Lorelei, please come down."

I jerked away from him and slid on top of the wall. "You don't understand! I don't have anyone! I'm the unnamed girl! I'm in the same house as Harry Potter and I've never even talked to him!"

Draco's face twisted into one of disgust. "Potter is nothing but a waste of…" He trailed off. "Lorelei, you're worth more than Potter. Please. Come down."

I looked at him. The sincerity in his face made me look away. Why would Draco Malfoy, the biggest bully at Hogwarts, be trying to keep me from committing suicide. This didn't add up. "Why are you even here Malfoy? Is this all part of your plan? Bring me down from here just to get me detention? Or to torture me throughout class? Well no thanks I'll take my chances on falling off the side of this tower." I stood up and looked over the edge. Now was the perfect time to do it, if there ever was a perfect time. I took one step over the edge.

"LORELEI NOOOO!" Draco screamed over the edge watching me fall.

I closed my eyes, bracing for the impact. The impact that never came. I opened my eyes and saw that I was only a few feet from the ground. Not only had I not hit the ground but I was slowly being lifted up. Back up to the roof, where Draco was holding his wand and looking very sweaty. He lifted me over the wall and i dropped lightly onto the roof of the tower. Draco sank to his knees in front of me, chest heaving from the effort. " What - in - blimey - hell-" He had to stop from lack of breath. "Stupid - girl - trying - to - save - you - I - like - you-" Draco passed out and fell to the ground. I sat up and looked at him. He liked me? Draco Malfoy was capable of anything other than dislike and disgust? He never even talked to me, how could he like me?

I crawled over and cradled his head in my lap, brushed the blonde hair out of his face, and looked up at the sky. There was nothing to do now but wait for him to wake up.