The next morning Jasmine woke up around noon. She threw her covers off of her and walked out on to her balcony. The sun was shining bright. She looked to the right and saw Daphne Greengrass and waved to her and she waved back. She looked to the left and saw Draco pasted out in a chair on his balcony. She went in to her room and grabbed a piece of paper and folded it in to an origami duck and walked out to her balcony with it. She put it in the palm of her hand and gently blew on it. It came to life and flew over to Draco's balcony and bit him on the nose. He shot right up and the origami bird died. He looked over and saw Jasmine laughing. He waved and she waved back. She walked in to her room and down stairs to get some breakfast. Her mom was in the kitchen. Her bowl of cereal she had every morning was sitting on the counter. She grabbed it and walked in to the living room. She turned the T.V. on to MTV Hits and watched music video's while she ate. Her mom walked in.
"Sweetie, I'm going to pick out the flowers and stuff for the new garden, do you want to go with?" she asked.
"I think I'll pass this time. I'm probably gonna' go for a run or something." She said.
"Okay, I'll see you later then. Daddy's not home he's at the office for a little bit." Mrs. Cortel said.
"Okay mom I love you." Jasmine said. Her mom left and she finished eating her breakfast. She put her bowl on the counter in the kitchen and walked up to her room. He bed was now made and her clothes from the previous night were picked up off the floor. She changed in to her running outfit and put on her sneakers. She grabbed her Ipod and phone off her dresser and headed for her balcony. Draco was out there looking out in to the sky. She wrote her cell phone number with the clouds in the sky. When he saw the number her looked to see who was out there and he say Jasmine. He looked at the sky again and then walked in to his room. A few moments later her phone started to go off.
"Hello?" she said.
"Are you hitting on me through the clouds?" he asked.
"Actually no, I was going to see if you wanted to go for a run with me and show me around so I don't get lost." She said.
"I don't know, You don't have any leverage this time. You cant splash me." He said.
"I could find a way. Please." She said.
"Yeah, I will. I'll meet you out front in like 5 minutes." he said.
"Thank you." She said.
"Now you own me 2." He said and they hung up. She pulled her hair back in a pony tail. She headed out front to meet Draco. He wasn't out there yet so she started to stretch. When she was done Draco still hadn't come out. When he finally did Jasmine just looked at him.
"That was more than 5 minutes." Jasmine said.
"Yeah, don't complain I'm here now aren't I? You're lucky I'm even going." He said.
"Oh really?" She asked.
"Yeah really. I don't like to run with other people." He said.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Well if you must know, their normally too slow." He said.
"Somebody sounds grumpy today." Jasmine said.
"Well I don't know, maybe if somebody didn't wake me up with a paper bird." He said looking at her.
"I wonder who that could be." She said and laughed. They started running and she kept up just fine. They started talking.
"So why did you and your parents move to London?" Draco asked.
"I don't know. I guess they just needed something new." Jasmine replied.
"Oh I see. So do you know what house you're going to be in at Hogwarts?" he asked.
"Not yet. I'm being sorted at the beginning of the year. What house are you in?" she asked.
"Slytherin., so isn't Crabbe, Goyle, Daphne and Marcus." He replied.
"So for houses there's Slytherin, Huffelpuff, Ravenclaw and…and…" She started but forgot the name of the last house.
"The Slytherin enemy, Gryffindor." Draco said.
"Right, so since you somewhat know me, what house do you think I'll get sorted in to?" She asked.
"I don't know that much about you yet." He replied. The two continued jogging. The neighborhood was quiet because most of the people were still asleep from the all nighter party. Marcus Flint was sitting outside with a cup of coffee as they ran by. They ran for about an hour and then headed back to their houses.
"Do you want to come in for a drink or something?" Jasmine asked.
"Sure I guess so." Draco said.
"Good because I'm home alone and I get lonely easy." She said. They walked in and on of the maids was in the hall cleaning.
"Can you get me one of my waters and get Draco a…" She started signaling Draco to finish.
"Just some water." He said.
"Regular, mineral, Vitamin, what kind?" she asked.
"Surprise me." He said. The maid walked out and the two walked to the sunroom.
"Thanks for showing me around Draco." Jasmine said.
"No problem. I'm actually surprised you could keep up, I underestimated you." He replied.
"A lot of people do. Just because I'm small." She said.
"So I was thinking about that question." He said.
"What question?" she asked.
"the one about what house I thought you'd be sorted in to." He said.
"And?" she asked.
"And I think I'm going to take the challenge. I'm going to get to know you and before school starts I'll tell you what house I think you'll get sorted in to." He said.
"And if you get it right what happens?" she asked.
"Then you owe me 4 things, and if I guess wrong you don't owe me anything." Draco said.
"Deal." She replied.
"That means most of you're summer will be spent with me." He said.
"That means most of you're summer will be spent shopping." She replied.
"Great." He said so unenthusiastic.
"Hey, you're the one that made the deal." She said.
"Yes I know." He said. All of a sudden her phone started going off.
"Hello?" she said answering it.
"Hi sweetie it mom." Mrs. Cortel said.
"Hi mom." She said.
"What are you doing?" her mom asked.
"Hanging out with Draco, why?" she asked.
"Just wondering. You need to meet me outside in an hour." Her mom said.
"Why?" Jasmine asked confused.
"Because I said so. I have to go I love you." Her mom said.
"Love you to mom." She said. She hung up and shock her head confused.
"Anyway, where were we?" She asked.
"I was about to start getting to know you." Draco said. They two talked for the next hour.
"Oh mom should be here soon. Lets go wait outside." Jasmine said. The two went outside and talked for a while.
"So who are some people at the school I should watch out for?" She asked.
"Gryffindor's! Especially Potter, Wesel, and that filthy mudblood Granger." Draco said.
"So their bad ne…" she started and stopped in the middle of her sentence looking down the drive way. Draco turned to se what she was looking at. A 2007 Scion tC was driving up the driveway. She stood up. When it parked one of the butlers got out. She froze. He walked over and handed her the keys and then her mom drove up.
"Mom is this…is this for real? Is it mine?" She asked.
"Yes it is." Mrs. Cortel replied. Jasmine immediately got in. Draco was still sitting down. She started the car.
"Draco, are you coming or not?" Jasmine yelled. Draco got up and got in the passenger side.
"Where are we going?" Draco asked.
"I don't know. Just where ever I drive to. I haven't decided yet." She replied.
"Am I safe?" He asked and she it the gas and speed out of the driveway. It was nice out so they rolled the windows down and Draco hit the radio. He put it on the Q and blasted it. The drove through London. They ended up getting some lunch and ice cream. After getting ice cream they ended up heading back home. They pulled in to the driveway and her father was there. They got out and she looked her doors.
"Hi daddy." She said.
"Hi baby doll. Where'd you get the car?" he asked.
"Mommy got it for me." She replied.
"Oh I see. Oh Draco you're parents called and want you home." Her father said.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow Jasmine." He said.
"See you later." She replied and Draco went home.
"So mom picked the car out and brought it home?" He asked.
"Daddy that's the car I've wanted for like ever." She said.
"Did you know you were getting it?" he asked.
"No daddy. Why all the questions?" Jasmine asked.
"No reason." He replied as the two walked in to the house, "I was just wondering." Jasmine walked toward the kitchen and her father ended up going to the lounge where her mother was.
"Tine can I please have a vitamin water?" Jasmine asked.
"What kind hunny?" she asked.
"Mango-peach please." Jasmine said and then she heard her parents yelling at each other. Tina gave her the water and the two just looked toward the lounge. Her parents never fought. She went and stood by the door to hear.
"I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUS GETTING HER A CAR." Her father yelled.
"ITS ONE SHE REALLY WANTED SO I GOT IT FOR HER." Her mother yelled back. Then it went off the car and on to another subject and kept doing the same thing. They argued for a long time. Jasmine ended up running to her room and sat in a hidden corner scared because never in her life had her parents fought before. She started crying because of her parents arguing could be heard through out the whole house and it scared her. She stayed up there the rest of the night. She skipped dinner and put on her nightgown. It was as short as a bath towel is wrapped around you. She crawled in to bed and tried to go to sleep but her parents kept fighting. She was still crying. She went out on to her balcony at about 8:30pm. She jumped and turned in to a bird and flew over to Draco's balcony and landed. She turned back to human. She had a few tears running down her face and her make-up had been running because she never took it off. She knocked on his balcony door because she saw a light shining through the curtain covering it. Draco walked over to it and moved the curtain to look out. He had a facial expression of confusion on his face. He opened the door.
"Whats wrong?" he asked.
"My parents are fighting and I cant sleep." She said and he walked out on to the balcony.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
"I don't know. Maybe because I'm a little scared because never in my life had my parents fought or maybe because it's my fault their fighting started. I don't know." Jasmine said shivering. Draco looked down and noticed that she was only wearing a really short nightgown.
"Come on lets go in and we can talk in there. You look cold." He said and let her in to his room. He walked in and closed his door. The two sat on his bed.
"Okay so whats going on?" he asked.
"My parents are fighting and its really bad. I don't know what to do because they've never fought before." She said.
"What are they fighting about?" he asked.
"The subjects changed so many different times I'm not sure but if I had to guess I'd say about me." She said with a few more tears rolling down her face.
"Why would you say that?" he asked.
"Because everything they've argued about my name seems to pop up and I'm the reason they started to fight." She replied.
"How so?" he asked whipping her tears away.
"Well me and my dad walked in and he was asking me questions about my mom and the car and I answered them and then we went in and I went in to the kitchen to get a water and he went to the lounge and I was talking to Tina and then we started to hear the yelling and screaming so I went over by the door to figure out what they were yelling about and it was about me and my new car." She said. He embraced her in a hug.
"My parents fight a lot and I find it better to just ignore it or tune it out," Draco said.
"How do you ignore it or tune it out if you can hear it in every single room in the house?" Jasmine asked.
"I go to a friend's house." He said.
"Oh." She said and stared at the ground thinking of all her friends back in America.
"You can stay here tonight." He said and she just looked at him. He walked over to the door and locked it. She just looked at him funny. "So nobody comes in and sees you here tonight." She nodded her head in understanding. He pulled the covers to his bed down and the two climbed in and Draco turned the lights off.
"Hey Draco?" she asked.
"Yeah?" he replied in question.
"Thanks." She said.
"No problem. Anytime." He said and the two feel asleep.