first chapter of traitor is up! yay im so excited. review guys! im sorry its so short but well yeah, i think the trend with this story will be that i ovger use cliffhangers to much and yall will get mad at me but fear not! ill update as soon as i can!

-Rae

I peered around the corner of the wall that led to the Gryffindor common room. There he was, standing with her, Ginny Weasly. She laughed at something he had said. He stroked her cheek and leaned into a kiss. I choose that moment to appear. To walk down the hallway, my head held high. They were still sucking each others faces when I walked by. It was after I had gone did they break apart (for air one may assume) did he see that I had passed.

I could see the look on his face in one of the many mirrors along the hallway. He was shocked, I think mostly because I didn't say anything when I passed. Ginny turned to see what he was staring at, her face turned even redder than her hair when she saw me. But I wouldn't show any emotion. I walked up the staircase, I didn't hasten or run, I walked, I had some pride, and I wouldn't allow myself to lose it.

I came to the fat lady and said our password. I walked into the common room it was loud and noisy. I put on a brave face and joked around with Ron and Hermione, tested some Weasly products, and helped nevil with his charms homework. It was hours before harry and Ginny came back. I tried not to think of them. Tried not to let all the questions behind my mental barricade flood my mind. I had succeeded. I waited for the other girls to fall asleep, then I cried silently until the sandman came and put sand upon my eyelids.

I slept a dreamless sleep. Hermione was shaking me awake trying to get me to go take a shower. It was Saturday, I was staying in bed. She 'humphed' and stomped out of the room. I curled back up again under the warm covers and fell back asleep.

This time I did dream. It was like a montage of our years at Hogwarts. Hermione and I have always been close, ever since the day I sat with her and nevil on the train here in our first year. Since then it was us Ron, Harry, Hermione, and me. There was me and Hermione skiing in the Swiss Alps with her parents. Harry and I at Christmas time our third year when Ron went back home and Hermione had to spend it with her nana, Ron and I in hogsmeade buying things for a prank on the twins. How George gave me my first kiss in fourth year. And then when Hermione convinced me to go on a date with harry, when he came back after the war. I did, and I was on cloud nine, mostly because he was all mine. It was such a pleasant dream I didn't want it to end. But Hermione came back. And she woke me up for good this time.

"Arabella! You can't stay in here all day! Besides lunch is starting, you need to get up and put some cloths on. And take a shower for goodness sakes!"

"I took one last night R'mione. Cant I just go in 'jamas?" I asked half asleep.

"as long as you get up and out of this room. Gosh! How can you waste stand to your day by sleeping?" I didn't have to heart to tell her it was because I didn't want to see them. so I did as I was bade and got out of bed and walked down the stairs into the common room.

Harry was looking dejected. Like he lost his best friend, Which I suppose might have been true had I not went up to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I wouldn't have even done that, except for the fact that Hermione and Ron were there and I wanted to keep up appearances. George gave me a knowing look. Not pity exactly, not sympathy. Empathetic. He was being empathetic. I gave him a sad smile. It felt like It used when we were together. I turned back to harry.

"You hungry C.O.?" I asked. He smiled at the nickname I had given him at the nickname at the beginning of the year. "Yeah, I am. Lunch?" he asked.

"No, I thought we would go to dinner." my voice dripping with sarcasm.

He laughed "sure Ara" he smiled thinking how everything would return to normal that all was forgiven.

Oh how wrong he was.