I woke up the next day with a note floating in the air above me. I put on my glasses to read it.

"Had to go see Headmistress McGonagall, see you after breakfast in the common room.

xo, Draco."

I gaped at the note and grabbed it, holding it closer to my face. I traced my finger over the signature. Draco Malfoy signed this note with hugs and kisses. Honestly. I laughed a little, folding the note and putting it on the bureau. I wrapped his warm silk blankets around me, inhaling his fresh, stormy scent one last time.

I slowly stood up, realizing that I was still naked. My face heated up at the thought of last night. I pulled on my clothes slowly, wishing Draco would come back so that I could kiss him again before we left.

I flicked my wand and his bed made itself, fluffing his pillow and tucking his sheets underneath. I walked out the door and down to the great hall for breakfast. Neville and Cho and I were the only ones at breakfast today. Ginny had woken up early, and joined us at the table. Cho and Neville were creating a list of the things they needed to get from Dogweed and Deathcap, and were deciding who would buy what for their Mandrake.

After we had finished breakfast, we all made our way to the Ravenclaw common room to get Luna. I picked up the brass gold knocker and slammed it against the door three times. The eagle knocker came to life and asked its riddle question.

"You are trapped in a room with two doors, one red and one blue... One door leads to certain freedom and the other leads certain death. You don't know which door leads where. There are two guards in the room. One guard always tells the truth and the other guard always lies. You don't know which one is honest and which one is the liar. To figure out which door to choose, you get to ask one guard one question What is your question and which guard will you ask?"

Though I knew Luna was waiting for our knock on the other side, and I had no intention of answering this question, I still paused to think about it. Neville, Cho, Ginny and I looked at each other, trying to think of an answer to this riddle.

"Good I didn't get sorted into this house, I'd never be able to get in the common room!" Neville muttered.

Luna popped out and said her hellos, and we all walked back up to the 8th year common room, talking about the riddle the knocker gave. Luna said she knew the answer (of course) but promised not to tell us until we asked. She linked her arm around Neville's and skipped along next to him, causing him to blush and smile at the floor.


Upon arrival to the common room, I checked around, but didn't see Draco anywhere. I wend up and checked our room, and it was vacant. I walked back down the stairs to inform them that he wasn't there, but upon arrival I saw his blonde head amongst the rest, shaking the hands of everyone in welcome. It was strange to see my past girlfriends shaking hands with my current boyfriend. Boyfriend.

Is Draco Malfoy my boyfriend? Suddenly coming back into reality I realized Draco was staring at me- and so was everyone else.

"Hm?" I asked vaguely.

"Are you uhh.. ready to go?" Ginny asked, looking at me like I was crazy.

"Oh, yeah." I laughed a little and looked away from Draco.

We all walked out of the common room, the door closing behind us. Trying to think of something to say so I didn't look weird.

"What are you planning on getting at Hogsmeade, Gin?" Her nickname just slipped out of my mouth, and I realized I hadn't called her that since we were together.

She blushed a little and looked away. "I was planning on getting a quill for Andy. His birthday is coming up."

I nodded and smiled, "That's sweet of you."

She blushed brighter. "Thanks." She said, briefly leaning up against my arm as she smiled at me. I wonder when Malfoy's birthday is. I lifted my eyes from our path, looking around for Draco, he was behind me and Ginny, and I slowed my pace to walk beside him.

"When's your birthday?" I asked, trying not to sound like a stalker.

"June 5th." He replied, brow furrowing as he looked down at me."Why?"

"Just wondering." I said with a smile, marking it in my mental calendar.

We were silent until we got outside the castle. Suddenly Draco inhaled sharply to speak, his brow still wrinkled.

"You're not still um.." I looked up at him, his eyes were glued to the back of Ginny's head. "You're not still seeing Ginny, are you?" The tips of his ears turning pink.

"Me? Wh- No! Gin- she- we aren't- I stopped-" I took a deep breath, closing my eyes briefly to calm my thoughts. "No. We broke up a while back."

He nodded, looking slightly relieved, his ears were practically the color of strawberries. I heard Luna giggling, looking up to see her drag Neville along faster as she skipped. He practically had to run to keep up with her. Cho and Ginny were watching and laughing at them, shaking their heads at how bizarre Luna was. I smiled after them and looked at Draco, who was smiling too. I loved the little wrinkles that formed around his eyes as he smiled, and the way his nose got a little scrunchy. He was wearing his usual white dress shirt and tie, black pants, neatly pleated. He was as posh and proper as always. I could almost see my reflection in his polished shoes. I practically rolled my eyes at how overdressed he was. Looking up from his shoes I saw that we were almost to Hogsmeade.

"Do you have anything specific you need to buy?" He asked, glancing in my direction.

"Not really, just wanted to come along. I'm looking forward to a butterbeer though, I haven't had one in ages."

"A butterwhat?" I looked at him, open mouthed.

"You've never had a butterbeer?"

"No. What is it?" He asked.

I stopped walking to stare at him incredulously. He looked where I would have been if I had kept walked next to him, realized I wasn't there and glanced around in search for me. He turned around and saw me, pausing and lazily tucking his hands in his pockets, a smirk forming on his face.

"What, Potter?" He said with a sigh.

"I can't believe this. Never had a butterbeer. You've been at Hogwarts for nearly 8 years now and you've never had a butterbeer." I threw my hands up, turning around and pretending to walk back towards Hogwarts. I heard the crunching of his fancy shoes on the trail coming after me. One of his cool, strong arms wrapped around my waist and he lifted me off my feet from behind.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked, his face right next to my ear.

He planted a kiss right on my neck and plopped me back down, facing the direction of Hogsmeade. I laughed and jokingly pushed him, he stumbled a little bit and held up his hands innocently, a smile spread across his face. I was blushing ferociously and I looked ahead to see if anyone from the group had seen. They were all facing the other direction, headed into various shops.

"Where do you want to go first?" I asked, blush fading a bit. He shrugged his slender shoulders.

"Anywhere you want." He looked around at all the stores. His eyes stopped on Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. "What's that?" He asked, pointing to it.

I visibly rolled my eyes, of course he would pick the most posh shop in the entire town.

"What?" He asked, clearly seeing my eye rolling.

"Nothing, nothing. That shop is very Draco." I smiled at him. "First we have to go get a butterbeer for you to try, no excuses."

I grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him toward the Three Broomsticks. As we entered, a witch knocked into us, separating our hands. I made my way over to the bar. "Two butterbeers, please." Madam Rosmerta happliy handed them over. "It's on the house. See you later, Harry." Then she gave me a wink and turned to a witch near me, taking their order. I I thanked her and turned around to search for Draco amongst the crowd.

I found him sitting at a table near the corner, looking around nervously. He was fiddling with the end of his sleeve, smoothing out the creases. I smiled as I walked over to him, his eyes meeting mine as I sat down.

"So this is butterwine." He said, looking down at his cup.

"Butterbeer, and yes." I corrected with a smile. "Try some."

He picked up his glass slowly, swirling it around in his cup a few times before smelling it. His nose wrinkled up and his grey eyes looked down it distastefully. I rolled my eyes, yet again.

"Try it, Draco." I said impatiently.

He gave a resigned sigh, and took a graceful swig, getting a bit of foam on his upper lip, which he wiped off with a delicate thumb. Licking his lips, he looked across the table at me with a smirk.

"It's alright." He muttered.

I shook my head, taking a drink from my own glass, closing my eyes to feeling the sweet warmth of it fill my stomach. I exhaled, savoring the taste. When I opened my eyes again Draco was looking at me, half smiling. He glanced down at my lips. I tilted my head, confused. He pointed at his own lip and then at me. My hand flew to my mouth and I wiped the foam off with the back of my hand, blushing. He chuckled and took another sip of his butterbeer.

"Hiya, Harry" I turned around and saw Luna and Ginny.

"Hey Luna, Ginny." I smiled at them both, "You two get everything you wanted?"

Luna nodded. "But they didn't have any of the Zarbluffs in Dogweed and Deathcap. I can always go back later." She smiled and looked at Ginny.

"Luna, I don't think that Zarbluffs are actually real." Ginny said, her eyebrows pulled together.

Luna shrugged and turned back to me. "Neville and Cho are still at the Herbology shop, but they should be done soon. What are you two going to do?"

My face flushed, realizing that the Tea Shop was notoriously known for dates. "Um.. Well I wanted to stop by Honeydukes after I finish my butterbeer." I said, looking at Draco. "And then I think we are going to go to Madam Puddifoot's for a while."

"Who, you and Cho?" Ginny asked, her face going pink.

"No, um.." I avoided Ginny's gaze. "Me and Draco." I'm sure my face was as red as Ginny's hair by now.

Ginny looked back and forth from me ad Draco for a bit and then nodded. "Alright, well meet us back here when you are done and we will all leave together."

I nodded and they walked away, going to grab some butterbeers of their own. I drained my glass, giving myself something to do.


I walked out of Honeydukes with an armful of sweets, Draco looked down at me with raised eyebrows, holding the only piece of candy he got between his slender fingers.

He smirked and nodded his head toward Madam Puddifoot's.

"Fancy a tea, Potter?" He asked.

I nodded, shoving my candy into my pockets.

When we entered the shop, the bell above the door tinkled and announced our entrance. Everyone turned and looked at us, staring even longer and beginning to whisper when they realized it was 'Harry Potter' and then extending their stares when they realized I was here with another guy. My face blushed scarlet and I looked up at Draco. His grey eyes were glancing around the place, noticing all the couples in the room and the lace napkins on the table tops.

He shrugged and mumbled. "Looks like Umbridge threw up in here."

I bit my lip to keep from laughing as he waved down madam Puddifoot and requested a table for us. She glanced from me to him for a moment and then pointed to a table near one of the foggy the windows. Draco and I squeezed through other tables to get there, it was quite cramped. When we sat down, Draco observed the china sugar bowls and tea set, running a graceful finger down his spoon and straightening it. He folded his hands delicately on the table and looked across at me. I met his eyes with a smile and he smiled back. Madam Puddifoot hobbled over a second later and asked what we wanted.

Keeping his eyes on me he said. "Earl grey, please."

It took me a second to realize I hadn't ordered. "Same for me, please." Not wanting to break our gaze to look at the menu.

She scribbled it down, Mmm'ing sourly as she hobbled away.

"So." The corner of his mouth twitched up. "I see this place is where people bring their dates. Why didn't you tell me? We could have gone somewhere else." The tips of his ears turned pink and he ran his finger around the rim of his cup.

"I would like this to be a date." I replied.

The words surprised me, but Draco seemed unaffected except for the pause of his finger on his cup. I attempted to be confident, shifting in my seat and sitting up a little straighter. His eyes searched my face for a minute, only to glance away to smile thankfully at Madam Puddifoot for our tea. He waved his hand and our tea poured itself.

He inhaled sharply and held his breath for a second, parting his lips. He seemed to decide against what he was going to say and asked.

"Sugar?" As two cubes floated around above my tea.

"Please." The cubes plopped into my tea making a satisfying noise. I tapped my tea with my wand and it began to stir itself, dissolving the sugar. "Thank you."

He smiled and nodded curtly, taking a sip of his tea. One of his long legs stretched out and rested up against the side of mine, warm and comforting. I cleared my throat.

"So, um.. what did you have to go see McGonagall for this morning?" I blushed slightly, remembering last night.

He looked at me from over his tea, setting his cup down on the saucer in his other hand.

He shrugged. "I got a letter from her at breakfast yesterday, telling me to come to her office this morning. She wanted to welcome me back to Hogwarts and ask how my summer was. Asked me about my classes and told me to come back next week. She seemed concerned.. it was quite nice of her." He took another sip of tea and looked into it thoughtfully, setting it back down. I searched his face for concern or worry, but it remained smooth and content.

I nodded, bumping my leg against his and smiling when he looked up at me. He smiled back, and we finished our tea in comfortable silence, making small talk now and again about how Neville and Cho's Mandrake is going to be pampered with all the fussing they're doing. It was relaxing talking to Draco like this, his voice always calm and smooth, getting deeper the more relaxed he was. He was very articulate, and he never stuttered or fumbled a word, always saying everything perfectly. I could practically hear him say 'Potter', cooly and meticulously pronounced. Even I can't say my own name as well as he can. "Harry Potter" Quite a silly name, actually. Harry.

Wait... My eyes shot to his face, and I realized that last night he had called me Harry. Not 'Potter' or some other dumb name, but 'Harry'. The butterflies in my stomach started acting up again and a smile spread across my face as I watched him take his last sip of tea and straighten everything on his side of the table with his graceful fingers. He waved a hand up and asked for the check, looking back down at me.

"What?" He asked, his expression curious. I shook my head, looking down.

"Nothing." My smile grew wider.


When we got back up to the common room, Draco left to take a shower. Luna and Neville were huddled in a corner chatting. I remembered the riddle and walked over to them.

"I know the answer. To the riddle that The Golden Knocker asked us." Luna raised her eyebrows."The question you need to ask is: If I want freedom, which door will he tell me to go through? You can ask either of the guards, assuming the re door is the one that leads to freedom, the liar would say the opposite of what the truth teller would tell him, which would be the blue door. The truthful one would would say the blue door, truthfully saying what the liar would say. That means that no matter who you ask, they will tell you the opposite of the truth. This means you should go through the door opposite to what the guard replies."

Luna clapped her hands and jumped up to hug me, squealing. "I knew you'd get it Harry." She stepped back and looked at me dreamily. "I do wish you were in Ravenclaw. You might be a little slow, but you're as smart as the rest of us." She sat back down next to Neville, holding his hand causing him to blush.

"Thanks... I think. Goodnight, Neville. Luna." I smiled, turning away. I waved goodnight to Ginny and Cho on my way and I continued up the stairs, my mind already in my room, going to sleep.

As I was changing into my pajamas, I heard the door open and shut behind me. I tugged my shirt over my head and turned around, but was shocked when I saw a flash of red hair incredibly close to me. Before I knew it, Ginny had her hands in mine and her lips on my lips, kissing me and.. crying? Shocked and confused it took me a second to realize what was happening. I grabbed her shoulders gently and pushed her off of me, looking at her.

"Ginny, what are you doing? Why are you up here? Are you okay?" I asked, my brow creasing.

She shook her head and held her face in her hands. "I miss you, Harry. I miss you."

She tried to kiss me again, I stepped backwards, away from her. She reached her hand out and touched my chest.

"I'm sorry, Harry." Tears started flowing again.

I felt bad for pushing her away. She rested her forehead on my chest, her tears dripping down onto it. I sighed and embraced her, rubbing my hand on her back and smoothing out her hair while she cried. She sniffed a few times and took some deep breaths. Putting her hands on my shoulders she leaned back, looking at me again. Even though her eyes were a bit puffy, she was just as beautiful as always. Her smooth red hair curling as it reached her elbows, naturally blushed cheeks, soft and tearstained.

"What's wrong, Gin?" I wiped a trailing tear from off her cheek.

"It- It's Andy. He's a good guy, I ju-just... I don't love him." She looked away, toward the window. "I-I don't know what to do. I don't want to hurt him." Her eyes dropped and another tear fell from her eye. "It was just easier with you. Natural. I never felt pushed or-or trapped."

She looked at me again, leaning forward. "I just miss you. I miss us. Please, Harry."

She kissed me again, softly this time, and I remembered all those times we kissed before. Her lips were tender, her hands light and gentle on my shoulders, hair brushing against my cheek. She smelled like roses and grass. Like the burrow. Like home.

The door opened with a loud creak, making me jump and my eyes flutter open and I yanked my head back from hers. Draco was standing in the doorway, his grey eyes looked from me to her, obviously seeing our kiss. His eyes bore into mine, hurt and angry. He snatched up some clothes and slammed the door behind him before I could say anything. Ginny had turned around and watched him leave, but was now looking at me as if she were going to kiss me again. She leaned forward, I pulled back, coming to my senses.

"I'm sorry, Ginny. I don't.. I don't have feelings for you like that anymore. I truly am sorry." I said, holding her shoulders gently but firmly.

She looked at her hands, nodding and letting tears fall. I wanted to run out of there, find Draco and explain what had happened. I didn't know how. I was torn between him and Ginny, my best friend's sister or my boyfriend?

I pushed her hair behind her ear and kissed her cheek. "You're kind, smart, beautiful, hilarious and a hell of a Quidditch player. Any man will be lucky to have you, I just don't think that man is supposed to be me." I nudged her chin up with my finger. "Yeah, Gin?"

She nodded, smiling a little. "Yeah.. Thank you, Harry. S-Sorry about um.. the whole.. kissing thing." She blushed, avoiding my eyes.

"No worries. Forget it ever happened." I gave her another hug, picking up my shirt. I tugged it on as we walked out of my room together.

I looked around the common room for Draco, he was no where to be seen. Hermione rushed over to Ginny as soon as she saw her puffy eyes, and I walked over to Ron.

"Hey, did Draco walk out of here a minute ago?" I asked, my eyes still traveling around the room.

Ron nodded. "Yeah, he seemed really angry. Haven't seen him get like that since Hermione punched him in the face."

He laughed, and I smiled, secretly wondering where he could be. I poked my head out of the door, but I didn't see or hear anyone.

I sat down on a Pouf near Neville and Luna, waiting for Draco to come back, thinking about what I was going to say to him. Yeah I know she's my ex girlfriend but it was an accident. or She attacked me. I rubbed my temple imagining his face to every excuse I came up with. I heard the common room door open and I stood up and turned around so fast that I saw stars. To my disappointment it was just Luna and Ginny leaving. Luna kissed Neville's cheek and whipped out the door in a flash of blonde hair. Ginny waved goodbye to Ron, and then to me, blushing a little. I waved back and plopped back down on my pouf, resting my chin on my fist.

I felt a hard slap on my back and awoke with a start about an hour later.

"Mate its 2 a.m. 'bout time you went to bed, eh?" Ron muttered.

I nodded and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, wondering if Draco had returned. I walked up the stairs, heart pounding, expecting him to be waiting in there, wand aimed at the door. I creaked it open, holding my hand through the crack and waiting for it to explode with some curse or jinx. When nothing happened, I poked my head in and saw that his bed curtains were drawn. I sighed and slumped my way into the room, shutting the door behind me. I walked over to his bed, trying to peel the curtains apart, but they were sealed together with a spell of some sort. I rubbed my face and ran my fingers through my hair.

"Draco.." I waited for a reply, ears alert for any kind of sound. "Draco, please."

I pushed my hand against the curtain and waited for a response. I stood there for 10 minutes at least.

Accepting the fact that he was ignoring me, I flopped down on my bed, reserved and hopeless. I grabbed the note he had left for me this morning and tucked it into my breast pocket. At least I still had that. Making up my mind that I'd talk to him tomorrow, I rolled over and closed my eyes, letting dreams carry me away.