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At breakfast the next morning, Baylyn sat with her friends at the Ravenclaw table. She felt like she was in a better mood than she was yesterday. Her friends were still catching up on summer's events since some of them didn't sit in the same compartment the day before. Cho Chang spoke of her time in Paris that summer and everyone nodded their heads in interest, admiring every word that came out of her mouth. The worst of them all was Baylyn's close friend, Michael Corner, who had a "secret" crush on Cho Chang.

"Hey, Bunny. Why is that Malfoy boy looking at you?" Florence Kingston interrupted, just as Cho was getting into specific details of their meals at the hotel.

Baylyn stiffened, her eyes growing wide. "W-what do you mean?" she asked, caught off guard.

"He's staring at you. He has been for a while, actually. It's kind of getting creepy."

"Do you want me to do something about it?" Michael asked Baylyn, concerned for his friend.

"No, don't. He's just trying to irk me," Baylyn said, shrugging it off. She couldn't help but to feel suddenly paranoid. For the last five years Draco Malfoy had paid no attention to her but now he was suddenly caught staring at her? Something was off and Baylyn could sense it.

Draco laughed as he saw the Ravenclaws eye him suspiciously. "Idiots. Look at them; I've got them shaking in their boots"

His group of friends cackled and mimicked the look on the Ravenclaws' faces.

Breakfast ended and the students scurried off to their first class of the day. Baylyn and the Ravenclaws had Charms along with the Gryffindors. Lunch arrived later in the day and as Baylyn entered the cafeteria, she felt eyes boring into her head. Her eyes easily found Malfoy with the help of his platinum blond hair, smirking at her from across the room. She felt her face turn warmer and she ducked her head, going straight to her group of friends. Mid-way through her plate, a shadow cast over her. Looking at her friends' faces, she knew that whoever it was wasn't welcome there.

"Can I help you?" Baylyn asked rudely.

"Actually, you can. How about you move your fat ass? I can't quite see anything with your humongous body blocking my line of sight," he said, that same smirk still on his face.

Sighing, Baylyn stood up from her seat and faced Draco. "Came all this way to talk about my body? Oh, Malfoy. You really are a sweetheart aren't you?" she said sarcastically.

"Don't flatter yourself, Denning," he scowled.

"Took the time to research my name? Before I lead you on any further, just know that I don't date obsessed stalkers."

"Look who's talking. You knew my name before I even told you." He countered, his blood boiling.

"Don't flatter yourself. I wish you and your family didn't exist at all so I didn't have to hear your name everywhere. Everyone knows who your family is and what they do. Everyone knows what your father did at the Ministry," Baylyn said, her voice full of hatred. "You must feel quite lonely now that you don't have anyone to go crying off to."

Malfoy's face turned beetroot red and without another word, he marched out of the Great Hall. Baylyn sat back down to a table of cheering friends. Her paranoia was gone, only to be replaced with guilt. She knew she must have hit a nerve with what she had said. Even worst, she knew that it would and said it anyway. Groaning internally, she knew she would have to apologize to him.

Draco stomped down the stairs to the Slytherin common room, annoyed with Bunny, himself, and the world. He didn't know the girl and even she hated his whole existence. All his family's Death Eater involvement has caused is humiliation to him. As much as his mother told him to be proud, all he felt was loneliness, anger, and embarrassment. He had wanted to get to know the girl with the unknown name, the girl he had never seen until the day at the train. But he blew it because of his fat mouth. Even without his rotten attitude, she would have hated him either way because of his parents. Knowing this, he felt truly ashamed of himself for the first time in his life.


a/n: Thanks for the reviews! So this chapter didn't have much going on either. Next one (most likely) will be when things pick up. I'll try to make it longer but I'm a lazy cow, I only wrote this one fast (which is why it sucks in my eyes) because my reviewers were nice. I'll probably rewrite this later. Anyway, leave a review if you want to :)