Disclaimer: I do not claim to own any of these characters. They do of course belong to Genius that goes be the name of J.K. Rowling.

Author's note: Sorry it took me so long to get this up, my step-dad's grand mother was in the hospital and I wasn't allowed to get on the net incase they had to call. The good news is I've got to finish another chapter in the meantime, which you don't get unless you Review!!!! I hope that you enjoy this chapter as much or more than the last one. I try to keep the characters mostly in character, but I have difficulty with Draco, I can't help it he's just too cute to be mean! I'm sure most of you girls are agreeing with me right now. admit it. Also J.K. doesn't go into much detail on Cho. So please forgive me for any out-of-character-ness that may pop up. ENJOY!!!
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She stepped out of the shadows of the stairwell and stepped past him. She walked over to an owl and tied a piece of parchment to its leg and broke down crying. Draco considered his options, he could A: go and console her, thereby destroying the her speaking to him plan as well as destroying his tough guy demeanor. B: Walk away and hope she said something to him before he was out of earshot. Or C: just stand there like an idiot and hope she said something. He chose to go for plan A, after all it was already Thursday. He walked over and sat down beside her putting a comforting arm around her.
"Don't touch me!" She screamed flailing her arms to knock his away. He sat there pondering whether or not that counted as speaking or not, he decided that it did.
"What's the matter?" He asked. She turned her back to him and didn't answer. He scooted over in front of her and asked again. "What's the matter?"
"Nothing that concerns you." She sobbed. She turned around again and hid her face from him. He moved in front of her again and just sat there for a few moments trying to decide what he should do next.
"Sure it does. I would like to help you. I promise that your secrets are safe with me." He offered.
"Your promises mean nothing to me." She said sniffling a little and turning to where she faced the door.
They sat in silence for awhile. "Why?" He questioned.
"Why what?" She asked.
"Why don't you trust me?" He inquired.
"Because, you're. your. your just not trustworthy." She said getting defensive.
"I can see where you'd get that I suppose." He admitted. "But I can keep a secret like you wouldn't believe." He smiled.
"Right, I believe you." She said sarcastically.
"No really I can. I would give you an example but then I would be telling a secret now wouldn't I?" He reasoned giving his most winning smile.
"I suppose so." She said sadly.
"Ouch!" He thought to himself. "Not even a smile on that one." He thought long and hard on what to do next. They sat in silence. Draco decided just to wait it out. Surely she would speak sometime. He looked out the window a few hours had passed since breakfast. He leaned his head against the wall and closed his eyes. He drifted off to sleep like that. He awoke sometime in the night with her head leaned against his shoulder fast asleep. He looked around, trying not to wake her. Youkai still had not returned. He looked down at Cho's sleeping form and thought about how lucky he was to have not had to kill himself. He reveled in the fact that even she, as perfect as she was, still had something to hide. He leaned his head back against the wall and fell asleep again.
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They both awoke to someone shaking them awake. Their eye's fluttered open and they saw three teachers surrounding them. Cho shot up and scooted away from him. Draco searched the faces unhappy to find that both Snape and the Ravenclaw head of house were there, as well as Dumbledore. He looked up at them aware of what they must think had happened. He moaned loudly and rubbed his face trying to wake up.
"Mr. Malfoy!" Snape moaned.
"Ms. Chang!" The head of Ravenclaw screamed. They both jerked their students up and dragged them to their office. Dumbledore followed behind Draco curiously.
"Mr. Malfoy! I would like to know what happened up there last night, without all the grim details please! I have never seen anything like this before in all my years! What is happening to today's youth? I am going to have a time finding the right words to explain this to your father! A whole day's classes missed for some Ravenclaw slut!" Snape screamed. Draco stood up quickly.
"First and foremost she is no slut! Second of all nothing happened! How dare you assume like that! You know I would never risk my family's name for some girl! She was having a rough time with something and I was trying to console her, not rape her!" Draco screamed angrily. Snape stepped back and looked shocked.
"A likely story!" Snape scoffed an angry glint in his eye. Draco didn't even take time to think; he leapt over Snape's desk and tackled him. Dumbledore stood shocked for a moment before trying to pry off Draco. He decided it was hopeless and used a spell to immobilize Draco.
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"Ms. Chang I would like to know what happened up there last night, without all the grim details please! I have never seen anything like this before in all my years! What is happening to today's youth? I am going to have a time finding the right words to explain this to your family! A whole day's classes missed for some Slytherine boy!" The Ravenclaw head of house screamed.
"Nothing happened! How dare you assume like that! You know I would never risk my family's name for some boy! I was having a rough time with something and He was trying to help me!" Cho screamed angrily. The Ravenclaw head of house stepped back and looked shocked.
"What was your problem then?!" She said as though she had Cho backed into a corner.
"If you must know my father is making me become a Death Eater!" Cho sobbed. She broke down and began crying uncontrollably.
"What?! They don't let women be Death Eaters! Besides he can't do that! Not against your will!" The Ravenclaw head of house screamed in shock.
"They do now, and yes they can." Cho sobbed.
~ ~ ~ Whoa! Right out of left field! Did you expect that? You probably did. But I thought it was a good idea to go ahead and throw that in. It was going to happen regardless. Hmm. What will happen next? What do you think of this story? Tell me in a REVIEW!!!!! Please Review!!!!! Let me know that someone is reading this!!!!! Thank you very much.