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A/N: So this is it folks, the sequel to In Her Smile. I hope you enjoy this. Thanks a bunch.

I saw her.

She was still as beautiful as she had ever been.

Her eyes were still that same piercing blue as always.

And she had let her hair grow longer, almost halfway down her back now, and she had dyed white . . . in honor of her Uncle.

I heard she wasn't talking either, using silence to make a point to. I didn't know how long it would work but someone said it was unnerving. She would just sit and stare, eyes hard.

Gale walked past me, in between Longbottom, Lovegood, and Ginny Weasley. She didn't even spare me a glance. She just walked past, eyes straight ahead, back straight, head held high . . . noble.

I had to talk to her. "Gale. . . ."

Of course she didn't turn around.

I started after her, pushing through the crowds of people on their way to class. "Gale, wait. . . ."

If anything, she didn't stop but sped up, long legs carrying her swiftly away while her friends struggled to keep up in the crowded hallway.

"Gale, I'm sorry. . . ."

It wasn't working. She didn't want to talk to me. Weasley glanced at me over her shoulder, glaring. "Go away, Malfoy."

"I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt," I said ignoring her.

Gale stopped.

Did it work? Was she going to talk to me?

She turned, slowly at first –

And then she punched me.

Right in the face, she just punched me.

It hurt too, really hurt. I went falling backwards, landing painfully on the floor. I could feel my lip already swelling, probably even bleeding. When I looked up, it was to find Longbottom and Weasley holding Gale back . . . and she fought against them!

"He's not worth it, Gale!" Longbottom was telling her.

"Gale, please, you're going to get in trouble," Weasley said.

I wondered briefly if they knew how I had used her, almost got her kidnapped by Death Eaters, almost got her killed too. I wondered if they knew that we had fallen in love and that I had broke her heart to save my life.

If they knew all that, I'm sure they would have let her go.

She wrenched out of their grasps, pulling her wand from her pocket. It quivered in her hand as she pointed it at my throat. Did she know wandless magic? It wouldn't surprise me if she did.

"Miss Dumbledore!" The rest of us looked up as McGonagall came running towards us. She grabbed Gale's wrist with a force I didn't know she had. "Come along, Gale. It'll be alright, just come along."

She pushed the wand down, wrapping her arm around her shoulders and pulling the struggling girl away, Ginny and Neville following after her.

Luna reached down to pick up the books that Gale had dropped in her haste to punch me. Surprisingly, she didn't smile like I was used to or look at me with that goofy expression. She looked quite serious. "Can't say you don't deserve it."

And she walked away.

I got up, ignoring everyone staring at me as I dusted myself off, lifting one of my sleeves to my bleeding lip. It stung but I didn't feel the pain, not really. I felt Gale's hatered, her disgust with me and that hurt more.

You really couldn't say I didn't deserve it. I had killed her Uncle after all. I would hate me too. I was kind of surprised she didn't kill me.

Though I bet she would have if McGongall hadn't come into the picture.

I had never felt this way before about a girl. I would fix it. I had too.

Gale

McGongall pulled Gale around the corner away from Malfoy. She didn't know why. She wasn't going to kill the boy, she was just going to injure him, gravely injure him. He'd live.

"Gale," McGongall said, placing her hands on her shoulders. "You must calm down. You don't know how dangerous it is for you to be here, at the school. One toe out of like and –"

Gale could understand why her Mentor was worrying but she didn't care. She could only see red at the moment.

'I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt'? Were those the words that really came out of his mouth? Was he serious?

HER UNCLE WAS MURDERED!! AND ALL HE COULD SAY WAS 'I DIDN'T MEAN FOR ANYONE TO GET HURT'!

Someone grabbed her hand and she looked over to see Neville, Ginny standing behind us. "Harry asked us he wanted us to watch out for you while they were gone, Gale," he said softly. "And we're going to do that. Forget about Malfoy, okay? It's going to be alright."

But why couldn't they see that it wasn't going to be alright? She couldn't just forget about Malfoy! She had – she had mistakenly fallen in love with guy, never mind the fact that he broke her heart into a million pieces.

She took a deep breath though, and leaned back against the wall. For them, for her friends, she would try to keep her composure. She smiled at Luna as the other girl handed her the books she had dropped.

"Professor?" They all looked up at the small boy who was watching them apprehensively. "Er, the Headmaster wanted me to send for you and, um, Gale Dumbledore."

McGonagall bristled slightly at the thought of being sent for by that man, but she nodded. "Very well." Looking back to Gale, she gave her a stern gaze. "Come along, Gale."

Gale realized what that look meant as they walked down the hall towards the Headmasters office. She was to behave, she guessed, in front of the man who killed her uncle.

A/N: So this is just the first chapter, that's why its kinda short.. It'll get better I swear (I hope) lol jk. Thanks for reading and I will see you guys next chapter.