A/N: Hello all my faithful readers! Here is the sequel to my story The Reason...hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Just so I don't have to type this every time, it's going to count for all of my chapters...I don't own Harry Potter. I only claim the character of Becky.

Chapter 1

Becky gazed over at the Slytherin table, and caught Draco's eye. She gave him a sympathetic smile and she saw him give a sigh, smiling weakly back at her.

"Poor thing," she whispered to Hermione next to her. Hermione looked at Draco, who was sitting by himself, poking at his food without much interest. His fellow Slytherins around him kept shooting him extremely dark looks, whispering menacingly behind their hands.

"Well, he only has to sit there for the Start of Term feast and the End of Term feast…so he'll only have to do this once more, if he can hang in there," Hermione replied.

Professor Dumbledore finally finished his start-of-term speech and sat back down, dismissing them to go back to their dormitories.

Becky, Harry, Ron, and Hermione met Draco in the entrance hall of the castle as the rest of the students filed up the stairs to their common rooms.

"I'm gonna be dead by the end of the year," Draco muttered miserably as he walked with them to the Gryffindor common room.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you," Becky assured, patting Draco on the shoulder. Draco gazed at her, his eyebrows raised in doubt.

"Really?" he asked, clearly not convinced.

"What?" Becky retorted defensively, "You don't think I could take Crabbe and Goyle on? Please! They couldn't curse their way out of a wet paper bag!"

"True," Draco laughed.

"And don't forget about us!" Ron exclaimed, pointing to himself, Harry, and Hermione.

"I could trick them easy," Hermione grinned, "I'll just ask them to read." They all burst out laughing at this, and they were still laughing heartily when they approached the portrait of the Fat Lady.

Becky turned to Draco and put her arms around his neck. They both ignored the stares they were getting from the other Gryffindors approaching.

"Hang in there," Becky said, trying to reassure him.

"I will for you," he replied, leaning down and kissing her softly. He then pulled away and gazed at her for a moment, his gray eyes glowing warmly.

"I love you," he mouthed at her.

"I love you," she mouthed back, blowing him a kiss. Draco mocked catching it and putting it in a pocket of his robes. Becky giggled, and Draco winked at her before turning and making his way back downstairs.

Becky turned back to her three friends and they entered the common room together.

"Man, Draco really did change," Harry said, "You must've had one hell of an effect on him."

"That's the woman's charm," Becky replied, exchanging grins with Hermione.

"Sometimes I think you guys have too much charm," Ron said, shaking his head and sighing.

"Oh, there's no such thing," Hermione cooed, running a fingertip down Ron's cheek, which quickly turned beet red. Everyone laughed, except for Ron.

"Well, we'll see you guys tomorrow," Becky said, waving goodbye to Harry and Ron.

"Goodnight," Harry waved back. Ron was still silent from his embarrassment, which was still evident in his cheeks and his ears. Becky and Hermione giggled as they made their way to the girls' dormitories.

"I need a boyfriend," she said when they entered the dorm.

"How 'bout Ron?" Becky asked, nudging Hermione in the ribs.

"Oh hush!" Hermione giggled, and now it was her that was blushing.

"Oh c'mon!" Becky laughed, "You know he likes you. That's why he picks fights with you all the time."

"Do you really think so?" Hermione asked as she pulled on her pajamas.

"Of course! It's so obvious!" Becky replied, pulling on her own pajamas.

"I dunno…" Hermione said, "I just see how Draco adores you and it makes me…well…envious." She blushed even more at this confession.

"Hey, do you know all the hell we had to go through to get to this stage in our relationship?" Becky asked, her eyebrows raised, "You don't even wanna know!"

"Yea, but it was worth it, right?" Hermione asked. Becky gazed at her, a smile spreading across her face.

"Absolutely."

I know the chapter is short, but once again this story is already completely written, so I can't help it! lol. Anyway, I hope you liked the first chapter and don't forget to review! Thanks for reading!

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