Well I'm finally back in writing. It just feels so great to write, it's like eating your favorite food every single day, when you want and how you want and you never get bored of it! I'd like to tell you all that I have a new story that I'm working on and it's going pretty well. I cant wait to have THAT out for everyone to read. Anyways, enjoy!


She turned and the fist met with her cheekbone. The sharp pain that shot from her cheekbone, Jade was convinced he had fractured it. Jade fell to the floor but didn't have time to cradle her face. She looked up, her cheek still throbbing as Dean launched himself on her. He swung fast and hard and Jade dodged his swings, a small fear in her heart when she realized that just one more hit from him would knock her out. Seeing his swings slow down, Jade took this chance to sharply kick his groin as hard as she could with no mercy.

"How about having some blue balls for a week?" Jade asked pumping her fist into his face, breaking his nose. She kneed his stomach and punched him again, dodging his weak swings. She grabbed his hair and knocked it against the stone wall several times. When he loosened in her hands she let him go, seeing him crumble on the floor.

Adrenaline rushed throughout her entire body and she suddenly felt invincible. She forgot that her cheek was still was fractured from the sudden rush and she went ahead to finish him off if she had to.

"2 seconds? Like I said, don't credit yourself." Jade said pulling him up, but a pair of hands pulled her back and carried her away. "Let me off! He needs a good thorough beating!" Jade screamed.

Everyone burst into the hallway, watching a screaming and kicking Jade being carried away by Draco Malfoy. They turned to Dean who lay unconscious on the floor, in dire need of serious medical attention.

"Shut up…SHUT UP!" Draco exploded, setting her down. Jade narrowed her eyes and winced, her hand flying up to her cheekbone. "You don't understand how much trouble you've gotten yourself into." Draco said holding her shoulders.

"Draco, he came to me first." Jade started but Draco hushed her.

"He may have started but Jay, he's nearly dead!" Draco said, grabbing her arm roughly and dragging her to Madame Pomferey's.

"It was a clean fight. I wasn't playing dirty. It's not a bad thing if I get expelled from Hogwarts. I always wanted to get out of this-"

"Shut the fuck up Jay! Honestly, you don't realize how selfish you are sometimes. Some of the idiotic things you do to yourself, I have to be worried all the time! Not even me at least, think about Mudblood! We don't want you to do this to yourself Jay. You might say that Hogwarts is a bad thing for you, but when you get out there in the real world, where there is no shelter from the dangers and cruelty out there; then you'll wish you would have behaved. You need to graduate Jay. You need to do this for yourself. You need to do this for me. I don't want you to leave me like this, not before we reach the end. You can't do that." He said.

Jade stared at him dumbfounded. She never witnessed this side of him before. Sure she'd worry him to the edges of death, but never had he expressed that she was important to him. It was a strange thing to experience this right now. They had been very good friends but the last time they had been vulnerable to each other was the year her father died and the one time he explained about his horrible abusive father and his dead mother. They never told each other what they meant in each other's lives, mainly because they had a friendship where they were comfortable not showing their emotions or feelings. They played Quidditch, smoked together, spoke to each other about deep topics but never crossed the borders that led to their sentiments.

He sat her down in a hospital bed and left off to find Madame Pomferey. Jade sat there, thinking about his words again. She smiled a bit and scowled when the pain shot up in her cheek.

"Fuck you Thomas." Jade muttered.

Soon after, Madame Pomferey came back with Headmaster Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape. Before Madame Pomferey started to treat her, Dumbledore and the rest took a close look at her.

"He struck her pretty severely." Snape said stiffly, his arms crossed. He was still angry with the situation that played down in the dungeons; in his class when he was present himself.

"I hope to inform you Jade Harper, that you are facing serious consequences for your actions." McGonagall said.

Before Jade went to make a smart reply, Dumbledore cut in.

"I'm sure this isn't the right time for ramifications. Miss Harper and Mr. Thomas need medical service for their injuries. By then, when everyone is well, healthy and…sane, we can proceed." Dumbledore said his voice grave and serious.

Jade felt embarrassed, sitting in front of the Headmaster with a swollen, bruised up and broken cheek. She only respected him in Hogwarts, mainly because he allowed her to breathe and let her be who she was. "I'll go see Mr. Thomas's progress." McGonagall said leaving. Jade sat there as Snape told Dumbledore what happened just before the fight. When he was finished, Dumbledore turned and gave Jade a silent look that made her feel guilty for what she had done.

"We will leave to get you treated Miss Harper, after that, you must pay a visit to my office for further discussion." He said softly. Dumbledore went to leave but Jade stopped him.

"Headmaster," Dumbledore stopped and whirled around to see Jade hold a pack of ice that Madame Pomferey handed her to stop the swelling as she fixed Dean's broken nose and fractured ribs.

"I'm very sorry professor. I…I really am. I-ough I don't know how to say this, but it was wrong and childish of me. I should have known better and I'm not saying this to save my…self. I would understand if you expelled me, and would never want to see me again, but I truly wanted to apologize before I leave." Jade said.

She swore she saw a smile flash across Dumbledore's face. Snape was flabbergasted. He had never seen her apologize during the past 6 years and it was true, she never apologized for any trouble she had caused before.

"I'm sure if Mr. Thomas accepts your apology, you will be free from expulsion or any other punishment." Dumbledore said.

Jade's eyes lit up hearing this bit of news but it was quickly repressed when she was reminded that it was Dean Thomas out of all the people in this world that she had to apologize to. She glanced at an unconscious Dean Thomas that Madame Pomferey stitched up and left alone to rest.

"Hold still Miss Harper." Madame Pomferey said walking over to Jade with a potion and some salve.