Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did I'd be with Draco. All I own is the plot, Callista Everwood and Georgia Walker.

By the way there is swearing in here. Specifically referring to the 'F' word formally known as fuck. :)

This chapter's dedicated to: Sara McKeon, who gave me a very wonderful long review.

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Sunshine shined down onto Callie who was fast asleep with her head in her knees. Shifting her body she slowly opened her eyes to the blinding sun. They slowly closed again as her hand was on her head. She had a throbbing headache and was sweating profusely. A soft moan left her mouth as she curled up even more into a small ball. She had fallen ill and there was no one around to help her up.

Meanwhile Hermione was rolling in her bed deciding whether or not to get up. Slowly she turned over to face Callie's bed empty and not even remotely slept in. Never did Callie make her bed before noon. Something was up. Throwing the covers off fiercely, Hermione jumped out of bed and shook Georgia awake, "Wake up! Wake up!"

Georgia groaned looking up at Hermione still sleepily, "Whaaaaaat?"

"Callie. Did she come in last night?"

"Not that I know of, why?"

"She's not in her bed, and it's made." Hermione said as Georgia's head snapped up to look over Callie's bed.

Georgia was out of her bed just as fast as Hermione. Even though the girls just had their fight Callie was still her best friend. The girls slipped on their shoes and ran down the stairs towards the Great Hall. Georgia stopped at the foot of the stairs and looked at Hermione, "Wait, we have no idea where she is."

"Well shit, that's a big problem."

Georgia ran her hand through her hair and sighed, "Did she say anything yesterday about where she'd be?"

Hermione shook her head. Groaning Georgia ran to the Great Hall in annoyance, sat down at the Gryffindor table, snatched a piece chocolate muffin ripping it apart with her teeth. Hermione sat down next to Georgia trying to calm her down. Georgia merely snapped her hand up into Hermione's face. Shifting her body away from Georgia Hermione tried to think of where Callie might be.

Watching Georgia rip apart the muffin she tried to desperately think of what might have happened to Callie. She had no idea. If she or Georgia didn't know where Callie was then no one would know. This was getting out of control. Didn't Callie have any decency to come up at a reasonable time or at least let her friends know where she was.

Meanwhile across at the Slytherin table Draco Malfoy was eating chocolate chips, smirking and flirting cheekily with three girls sitting around him. He turned to the redhead sitting behind him, "Hey Mel, what's with those two over there? They look worried."

"Why do you care?" The girl Draco called Mel asked.

"I don't, I just want a reason to tease Walker and Granger about it later."

Mel laughed, "I like that idea."

Draco merely smirked, "Hang on, I'll be back girls."

The girls nodded and watched him throw his leg off the seat and walk over to Georgia and Hermione. He sat on the opposite side of them and leaned smirking, "So what's your problem huh?"

Georgia's head snapped up as she glared at him, "You're an ass Malfoy. It's not like you'd ever care."

"How do you know that? I may care." Draco said trying to defend himself.

Hermione chuckled vociferously, "Yeah, in hell Malfoy! IN HELL!"

"Just tell me."

"We can't find Callie. She didn't come up last night and we haven't seen her all morning. We're really worried." Georgia explained slowly.

"WHAT?! She didn't come up? What's that supposed to mean?"

"We mean she didn't come upstairs after she said she was going outside to be in the rain."

Draco nodded slowly before finally realising where Callie might be, "OH FUCK!"

The two girls looked at each other confused as they watched Draco jump up from the table and dash out of the Great Hall. They threw their legs over the bench quickly and ran after him. Following him through the castle they found him stopped at the arch leading to the courtyard. He stepped slowly down the small step and over to the statue where they could see a figure curled up into a small ball.

Draco bent down next to the figure pushing the hair away from the face and whispered to himself, "Oh Callie, why? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you like this."

He scooped her up into his arms and sat with his back against the statue just as she had been rocking her slowly. Fiddling with her hair he twirled it combed it out slowly before slowly stopping on her cheek. Moving his hand away quickly his eyes widened, "Walker, she's....she's burning up."

Georgia tilted her head sideways and stepped over towards Callie. Kneeling next to Draco she placed her hand on Callie's head. Slowly she lifted her head up looking Draco right in the eye.

"Bring her to the hospital wing now." Georgia stated firmly as Draco nodded.

Slowly standing up he held Callie firmly in his arms and slowly made his way over to the hospital wing. On his way he kept running his fingers through her hair slowly trying to calm her body down slightly. Arriving at the hospital wing Madame Pomfrey rushed towards them. She started running around getting certain types of medicine that might help Callie as she pointed to the bed next to her.

Draco placed Callie on the bed and sat down next to her. He took hold of her hand and gently stroked it. She couldn't lose out on him now. No. He didn't mean to upset her last night. She had stayed outside because of him. It was his entire fault. His best friend was sick and he was to blame. Why the fuck did I have to be such a fucking retard? I never meant to hurt her. She's my best friend for Merlin's sake. I can't lose her, no, not now. After just realising that she was finally here, what would it do to me? I'd go insane. Hell, I'd become a sex maniac. Not that there's a problem with that. WAIT! That's a very big problem. AUGH!

"Mr. Malfoy, please move." Madame Pomfrey said.

Draco regretfully let go of Callie's hand and moved to the other side of the bed. He looked down at Callie whose clothes were all crinkled and her hair slightly frizzy from the rain. Madame Pomfrey placed her hand on Callie's forehead turning quickly to face Draco.

"What happened, Mr. Malfoy?" Madame Pomfrey asked patiently.

"I don't know exactly. I think she stayed out in the rain all night."

"Aiyo, how come no one knew about this sooner?"

"Well we just realised this morning that she wasn't in her bed and that's when we got worried." Hermione explained.

"Ah, okay. Well this is what a Muggle calls Pneumonia. I'm pretty sure I have a way to cure this, but I'm not entirely sure it will work."

"What's Pneumonia?" Draco wondered.

"It's a lung disease that can be caught from bacteria or sometimes even sitting out in the rain for too long." Georgia explained.

Draco nodded slowly as he took the information in and looked down at Callie. She was squirming and groaning in pain. Her hair was pushed away from her face and her eyelashes, long as ever. Even though she was sick she looked like an angel, at least to Draco. Every inch of her looked exactly the same as they had when they were kids, except for the fact that she had aged. But in the general scheme of things, she was the same. The world's smallest smile was implanted onto his face as he watched her.

He wanted so bad to just lean down and kiss her hoping it would make everything better. But he knew that wasn't right. Firstly, what would her friends think and secondly who would they tell? His reputation would go down the drain. So instead he sat down next to her and took her hand in his stroking it gently trying to calm her down.

Madame Pomfrey opened her mouth and helped her swallow a pale pink liquid. A large cough escaped Callie's mouth as she turned her body towards Draco. Her eyes fluttered open and she gazed directly into his smoky blue eyes. His hair was ruffled from its normal gelled back. He was here with her as the sexy Draco. She was safe now that he was here. As the sexy Draco Callie knew he'd never dare to hurt her.

There was a knock on the door. It was opened and a tall woman was standing in the doorway, "She's upstairs Draco."

Draco nodded and rushed upstairs to her room. He pushed it open slightly and saw her sitting on her bed with a bag of popcorn in her hand. A smile grew across his face as she turned to look at him. He climbed up onto her bed. She passed him some popcorn. The two sat on her bed underneath the covers eating popcorn and watching Saturday Morning Cartoons.

Once their show ended Draco reached into the bowl of popcorn and turned to smile at Callie, "Look what I can do."

He threw a popcorn piece up into the air and caught it in his mouth. A large grin grew across his face at his achievement. Callie giggled and scooted away from him and threw one towards him. It missed his mouth and bounced off his nose onto the bed spread. Draco smirked, "Missed me. Missed me. Now, you gotta kiss me."

Callie's eyes widened. She didn't want to get him sick, but she knew he was right. Leaning forward she looked into his eyes and placed a light kiss on his cheek making him turn a bright strawberry red. His eyes turned away from hers as he popped more popcorn kernels into his mouth.

Draco grinned at the memory of their popcorn filled nights when Callie was sick. He'd always been there for her and her him. And now, he needed to be here for her. But how he was going to get popcorn and Saturday morning cartoons was beyond him. He thought about asking Professor Dumbledore if he could help, but it would have been a pretty stupid idea.

"I'll be right back." Draco said as he stroked Callie's hand again.

She nodded and he fled the room. Dashing to the headmaster's office he thought about what he was going to say. Professor, Callie Everwood has come down with some disease that Muggles call Pneumonia and I thought it might be sweet if I brought her a little something to help ease the sadness of being sick. So I thought about some popcorn and movies if that was possible. Do you have any idea how I could get that? Yeah, that seemed to work. It didn't sound desperate and in a way it was very sweet.

Draco smiled at his speech idea. Stopping in front of the large phoenix Draco stated the password (which was told to him by Professor Snape) and the phoenix spun. He stepped up onto the step and rode up to the door. Knocking he heard Professor Dumbledore's voice behind the door. Pushing open the door he peered in, "Professor Dumbledore, can I speak with you a moment?"

"Of course Mr. Malfoy, come in."

Draco walked into the room closing the door behind him. He fiddled with his hands and walked over to the desk, "Professor, Callie Everwood has come down with something called Pneumonia, and I thought I might be nice and bring her something. So I thought of popcorn and movies. Is that possible?"

Fidgeting with his shirt he patiently waited for Professor Dumbledore's answer as he watched him scratch his head. He was just about to speak and then closed his mouth to think again. Draco watched Professor Dumbledore think for a good ten minutes before the man finally spoke, "I can get the popcorn for you, but I'm not entirely sure about the movies."

"That's fine Professor."

"If I can, I'll bring it down to the hospital wing alright?"

Draco nodded, "Thank you. I appreciate it."

Professor Dumbledore nodded and turned up into his office. He called down to Draco, "Just hold on a few minutes, the popcorn is popping. Do you want butter or not?"

"Oh, yes please." Draco laughed.

Just as he said within a few moments Professor Dumbledore came back with a bowl of buttered popcorn and handed it to Draco. Once again Draco thanked him and walked out of the room. He headed back down to the hospital wing bringing the smell of butter popcorn with him. Entering the hospital wing Callie turned to face him with a large grin on her face.

"You brought me popcorn?"

"Yes, just like old times." He whispered softly in her ear as he sat down next to her.


You guys are lucky!

My friend Taylor and I had a little run in with Draco. It's a little on the long side but this is how it went:

Draco: You're ruining my rep Tash!

Me: And?

Draco: You're making me a sissy Momma's Boy!

Taylor: There's nothing wrong with that.

Draco: But I'm a MALFOY!

Me: Break away from the crowd!!

Draco: AHHHHHHH!!!!!

Taylor: I think Malfoy's gonna have a meltdown.

Me: This shall be fun to watch.

Taylor: OH yeah!

Draco: Why do you do this to me Tash?

Me: Cause I can.

Draco: But you're ruining me! What about all the other girls like Melody, Kate and Jasmine? What are they gonna think of me?

Taylor: She's not ruining you...she's building you a bigger fan base.

Draco smirked: Oh. Well when you put it that way...I'm all for it.

Me: How did we know you would say that?

Draco shrugged his shoulders: So do I get a prize for being good with you guys or something?

Taylor (to Me): Well, oh wonderous author, does he deserve a prize?

Me: Hmmm... If he thinks hugging the wonderous author and her awesome friend is a suitable prize, then I'd say yes.

Taylor: What do you say, Draco?

Draco: Pass off hugging two pretty girls? Are you joking?

Me: Okay then, congragulations.

Draco smirked and received his prize.

My gosh, he's sexy isn't he? And I got a hug from him! :D

-xActDanceWritex