Somehow, it felt like the week went faster then normally. Ron has been nervous about his date all the time. When the day has come of their Hogsmeade trip, most students were up early. When Sarah walked down the staircase from her dorm to the common room, she saw that most of the students were already up.

"Good morning." George said to Sarah.

"Hey." she answered and forced a smile.

"What's wrong, are you nervous?"

"Nervous? About what?"

"Your date." George said teasingly.

"Of course I'm not! And it's not even a date...We just will go drink something together."

"That's a date." Fred said. "Ron is very nervous about it too."

"I'm not nervous!" she answered annoyed. The twins laughed at her.

"Where is 'my date' by the way?" she asked.

"Trying to have breakfast." George said. "But he's too nervous to eat."

Sarah shook her head "Seriously…" she mumbled as she sat down a chair.

"We're leaving in an hour, so we are going to check if he's still alive." Fred said and laughed.

"Yep, see you later." George added as they walked out together.


In reality Ron, Sarah, Harry and Hermione arrived at Hogsmeade one and a half hour later, but to Sarah it felt like 5 minutes (probably even shorter for Ron.)

"So…" Ron started nervously when they stood at the High Street. "Should we go to the Three Broomsticks? Or do you want to do something else first?"

"Let's go to the Three Broomsticks first." Sarah answered and smiled nervously.

Ron nodded. "Okay."

"I would like to do some shopping first." Hermione said.

"That's ok." Ron answered.

"I need to do some shopping too." Harry said. "I hope you don't mind. We will come later."

"No, no of course not! No problem." Ron said happily, he would be alone with her again.

"Okay, we will go then…" Sarah said and grabbed Ron's arm. Ron blushed a little at her action. "Yes, see you later." he said to his other friends, waved and he and Sarah started walking toward the Three Broomsticks.

"Where do you want to go?" Hermione asked Harry.

"I don't know. I just wanted to leave them alone." He said and laughed.

"Really?" Hermione said in disbelieve. "You really think it's going to work out between them?"

Harry shrugged. "I don't know, but we have to give them a chance."

"Maybe you're right. Come on, I want to go to Honeydukes." she said and tugged Harry's arm.

On their way to Honeydukes they saw Malfoy, sitting on a bench on his own. It looked like he was reading something. Harry was the first one who noticed him, he suddenly stopped walking and hold Hermione arm. "Wait!" he whispered to her.

She turned around. "What is it?"

"Look, Malfoy." he said as he pointed at him.

"So?"

"He's alone. Do you ever see him alone?"

"Not really…"

"And he's doing something...Looks like he's reading a letter or…"

"Yes you're right." Hermione said.

"Come on." Harry said as he walked a little closer to him.

"What are you going to do?"

"Trying to find out what he's doing. I don't trust him. Remember when Sarah told us when she saw him at the staircases? He also was alone, walking around the castle when he supposed to be in class."

"You just sound like Ron now." Hermione said and laughed a little.

"I know, but I think he's right." he said when he kept on walking. Hermione rolled her eyes and decided to walk after Harry. When they were a few feet away from the bench, Malfoy stood up, folding up the paper he was reading and putted it in his pocket.

"Enjoying yourself?" Harry said coldly.

Draco turned around. "What are you doing here, Potter?"

"What were you reading?"

"It's private, none of your business." he said and turned around again.

"I don't know what you are doing," Harry continued. "but keep Sarah out of it."

Draco turned to Harry again, looking confused.

"Sarah? What do you mean?"

"You're up to something and I know you're going to use her for something!" Harry cried.

"Harry!" Hermione said and grabbed his shoulder.

Malfoy laughed at him. "I'm not going to use any of your friends, Potter. And even if I was up to something, why would I use her?" He shook his head and walked away.

"Harry, what was that!" Hermione said.

"I don't trust him!"

"I know you don't, but why Sarah?" she asked confused.

"He's talking to her all the time, last week after potions, they were talking about something. But they both didn't want to tell me what was going on."

"You shouldn't snoop in other people's businesses all the time."

"What ever...Let's go to Honeydukes." he said annoyed and walked towards the shop.

"Sure." she said and smiled as she walked after him.


"Should we sit down here?" Ron asked Sarah as he walked up to a table at the Three Broomsticks.

"Yes, that table is fine." she answered and gave him a smile. They both sat down. "Do you want me to get you a butterbeer?" he asked a little nervously.

"Oh that would be nice, thank you."

Ron gave her a smile and walked to the bar. When Sarah sat at the table she got a little nervous. 'What am I doing?' she thought. 'I'm really giving him hope, I need to tell him… But maybe I will like him…Later…' she sighed and put her head in her hands.

"Are you okay?" Ron asked worried as he putted the beers down on the table. Sarah looked up. "Yeah… I'm fine."

Ron sat down again.

"Thank you." Sarah said and she drunk some of her butterbeer.

"You're welcome. So, do you like Hogsmeade so far?"

"Yes I do, I haven't seen much of it yet, but what I've seen looks nice."

"We can go to Gladrags Wizardwear later, I mean you look like a fashion girl to me…"

Sarah laughed at him. "Yeah you're right, I really like fashion."

There was a silence for a few moments.

"I'm still sorry that I didn't listen to you…" Ron suddenly said quietly.

"What?" Sarah asked confused.

"At the library…"

"You're still sorry about that?!" she cried. "Ron, I already told you it was okay, don't worry so much." she said and put her hand on his.

Ron looked at their hands. Sarah seemed to notice what she was doing and quickly took her hand back.

"Sorry." she said and blushed a little.

Ron smiled. "It's okay. You are really sweet, you know that?" he said and turned red.

Sarah smiled uneasy. "Well, thank you...I guess."

There was an awkward silence again.

"I need to go to the restroom, I'll be right back." Ron said as he stood up.

"Yeah, sure." Sarah answered. As soon as he was gone she did put her head in her hands again "What am I doing?" she said to herself.

"Yes, what are you doing?"

Sarah jumped at that voice, she looked up and saw Malfoy again.

"Can't you just leave me alone for one day?!" she cried.

He smirked at her and sat down at the table.

"Okay, I know you don't like me Parker, but you really have to listen to me." he said as he looked at her seriously.

"I never said I don't like you, and why do you care so much?" she said annoyed.

Draco sighted. "I already told you that I just wanted to help you. I saw you grabbed his hand, do you have any idea what that means to him?" he said looking at her more serious.

"Are you stalking me or something?" she said shocked.

"Of course not! That's insane."

"But you've been spying on us…"

"No, not spying. I just saw you guys when I looked trough the window."

"Sure." Sarah said sarcastically.

Draco stoop up again. "Just tell him. You don't want to hurt his feelings."

"Who said I never will fall in love with him? Maybe it just has to grow." she said and shrugged.

"You don't choose who you fall in love with, Parker. It just happens…" he said as he looked down.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused. "Are you trying to-"

"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?!" Ron cried as he came back.

"Ron! Seriously, calm down." Sarah said to him.

"Go away, Malfoy!"

"Easy, easy, I was just about to leave." he said.

When he walked away he put a hand on Sarah shoulder and whispered "Do what I told you." And walked out.

"Sit down, Ron." Sarah said.

"What was he doing here?" he asked again as he sat down.

"Nothing… Uhm, Ron, I need to tell you something…"

"What are you talking about?" he asked worried.

"I uh-" She couldn't finish her sentence because she was interrupted by Harry and Hermione, who just came in.