Kori and Samantha left the library around dinner time. Kori hadn't realized that she had talked for so long. As she entered the Great Hall, Samantha went and sat with her Ravenclaw friends, telling her while walking away she'd talk to her later. Kori nodded and joined her own friends at the Gryffindor's table.

"Where have you been? You skipped out on nearly all of our classes today!" Hermione said frantically as soon as Kori took a seat.

"Malfoy and I blew up our Potion in Snape's class today." Kori said grinning.

"You what? Are you alright?" Hermione asked. Kori laughed.

"Yes yes, I'm perfectly fine! We went to the hospital wing and then we cleaned Snape's room. After that I ran into someone and we ended up talking for a while. I forgot about going to class." Kori laughed. Hermione gave her a disapproving look.

"That just seems like your luck these days, doesn't it? First detentions with that idiot and now today you spent another good two hours with him." Brandon said sitting next to Kori.

Kori shrugged. "Yeah... he's not that bad though… sometimes."

"Okay... sure." Brandon grinned. "But I don't believe you."

"I didn't say you had to believe me." Kori said. "I think I'm going to go to the common room guys. I'm tired." Kori stood up from the table.

"I'll go with you then." Brandon offered.

"Whatever makes you happy?" Kori said shrugging. She turned to the rest of her friends. "I'll catch you all later."

Brandon wrapped his arm around Kori's shoulders and she exited the Great Hall. She didn't really mind. After all, Brandon was a pretty good looking guy. Plus, Samantha had told her to look for other guys, to help her forget what she felt for Malfoy. So she flirted back and forth down the hallway. As Kori rounded a corner, she almost ran into someone else for the second time that day. It was Malfoy. Kori started blushing. She hadn't forgotten that just a few short hours ago she had kissed him. He wasn't alone now though. Pansy was with him of course. God Kori hated her! She had her arm wrapped around Malfoy's waist which caused Kori to feel a surge of jealousy. No no...I'm not jealous. I have Brandon. Not jealous, not jealous... Kori kept repeating it in her head.

"Malfoy." Brandon said coldly, stepping around him. Malfoy stared at Kori, making her blush even more.

"Wright." Malfoy said, answering Brandon by his last name. Brandon scowled and continued down the hallway. Kori turned and glanced over her shoulder at Malfoy, only to find him doing the same thing. She quickly looked away and finally entered the common room.

"I think I'm just gonna go to bed, Brandon. I'm really tired." Kori said.

"Alright night then." Brandon said. He then kissed her softly on the cheek. Kori smiled and blushed. Brandon grinned. Kori walked towards the girl's dormitory steps.

"Night." Kori called, as she ran up the stairs. She changed her clothes and fell into bed. She desperately could use Samantha's guy advice now. First Malfoy... now Brandon, but there was a difference. What she felt for Malfoy, whether it was hate or her liking him a lot was much stronger than anything she'd felt with Brandon. Oh lordy...boys are so confusing.

It was early the next morning at breakfast and Kori was sitting alone, because all her friends were still sleeping. "Hey Kori!" Kori looked up to see Samantha making her way over towards her. It looked like she had one of her Ravenclaw friends with her.

"Morning Sam!" Kori sang out as Sam took a seat next to her.

"This is my friend Natasha." Sam said, introducing Kori to the girl next to her. She smiled shyly. She had blond hair with brown highlights, and warm brown eyes. She looked like a nice person.

"Hi... I'm Kori." Kori said flashing her a friendly grin.

"Hi." Natasha replied, still a little shy. I guess she will talk when she feels more comfortable around me.

"You will never believe what happened after I left dinner last night!" Kori exclaimed.

"What?" Sam asked curiously, leaning forward. Kori glanced over at Natasha. She felt she could definitely trust her and went on with her story. When Kori was finished Sam spoke up.

"Okay so let me get this straight. First, you kiss Draco. Then later Brandon kissed you. Geez... the boys are loving you."

Kori laughed. "Well, Brandon might like me, but I was the one that kissed Draco. I don't think he likes me."

"Whatever... I think he does. Now anyways… this Brandon guy. Is he evil, arrogant, and perverted like Draco?" Samantha asked with a grin.

"Not that I know of." Kori grinned back.

"Well, there is one way to find out..." She said with a mischievous smile.

"How?" Kori asked, totally clueless.

"Read his mind, moron!" Samantha shouted. Students down the Gryffindor table looked at them oddly. Kori laughed.

"Let's inform the whole table now shall we."

Samantha rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up, but seriously. It's a good idea. It won't cause any harm. Just read his mind!"

"Right now?" Kori asked, glancing down the table at Brandon and his 5th year friends.

"Yeah… why not?" Samantha said shrugging.

"You can read minds?" Natasha piped up. Kori looked over at the quiet girl.

"Yeah, comes in handy at times like this." Kori grinned.

"No way! I have something like that too! Not exactly mind reading, but it's similar. I have C.R.!" Natasha stated. C.R… That's awesome! What is it…?

Seeing the blank expression on Kori's face, Natasha went on.

"C.R. is this nifty little trait power. I can pick up on which guys like me and what they think about me. It's pretty cool." Natasha explained.

"Pretty cool? That's awesome! You know how much easier all girl's lives would be if they could do that?" Kori shouted, excitedly. Natasha shrugged, smiling.

"Okay, okay! I already know this so it's not news to me. But I, and I'm sure Natasha too, really wants to know what's going on inside this guy's head. So go!" Samantha interrupted. Kori laughed.

"Alright... hold on." Kori said. She looked over at Brandon again. He was laughing at a joke one of his friends had just told him. Kori concentrated on his mind. She heard something… yes she was in. Kori closed her eyes to look at the pictures in his mind. Okay let's see... some homework... boring... is that firewhiskey? Okay so he's a little bad and drinks sometimes... Kori dug deeper in his thoughts. There was an image of him kissing a 5th year Gryffindor girl in the hallway. I wonder who she is... wait, wait... is that me? Kori looked at the next image in his mind. It most definitely was her. This can't be a real memory, because this has never happened...

It was a thought about her. She was in the common room sitting on the couch with Brandon. He starts kissing her and she pulls him on top of her. The image showed that she were really getting into it. What is he doing? His hand began to slide up her skirt and…

"Ahh!" Kori pulled out of his mind quickly and fell off the bench on to the floor. "Eww, eww, eww!" Kori cried, covering her eyes with her hands.

"What happened? Are you okay, Kori?" Natasha asked, leaning over the table. Kori sat up and brushed her skirt off, sitting back down on the bench. It seemed like everyone in the hall had heard her scream, because every face was turned towards her. Kori looked over towards the Slytherin table and saw Malfoy grinning at her. She felt her face heating up.

"Okay... you all can stop staring at her lovely face now... unless the lot of you want to be hexed!" Samantha yelled, brandishing her wand. Everyone immediately turned away and continued with their conversations.

"Thanks, Sam." Kori said appreciatively.

"No problem." She replied, placing her wand back into her pocket. "But what did you see? It must have been pretty bad!"

"You have no idea!" Kori said, horrified. She told her what exactly she just saw.

"Oh my god! Eww!" Samantha hissed when Kori had finished. Natasha was just staring over at Brandon, horrified and clearly disgusted.

"I know, I know! I don't even wanna look at him anymore!" Kori said in disgust.

"Well then, we better move now, because I think he's comin over here." Samantha said, pointing towards Brandon.

"Oh Merlin... come on you guys." Kori said, getting up from the table and leaving the Great Hall. Samantha followed.

"I think I'll head to Potions early today." Kori said, leaning against the wall just outside the Great Hall.

"That would be a good idea, but do you wanna hang out with us tonight after dinner? Natasha and I were gonna find some trouble to get into or something." Samantha asked.

"Oh yeah, Sam." Natasha said, rolling her eyes. "More likely were gonna go sit in the library and study." She grinned.

"I can't!" Kori groaned loudly. "Detention with Malfoy."

"Ah yes... I'm sure that will be horrible... seeing how you're in love with him and all." Samantha said grinning.

"I am not in love with Draco Malfoy!" Kori shouted loudly. And how ironic is it that at the same moment no other than Draco Malfoy strolls out of the Great Hall. Kori shut her mouth quickly, but it was too late. He had heard her then smirked.

"What's this, Anderson? First you kiss me and now you're declaring your love for me?" Malfoy asked, grinning. Before she could answer, Samantha spoke up.

"Oh shut up Malfoy! We all know you liked it and how badly you want her." She smiled. Malfoy didn't reply. He just grinned more broadly and headed down the passage way. He is so hot! Kori smiled to herself.

"Ah... you do love him! You'll have to tell us all about that detention later!" Samantha grinned. "But right now, we have to go before we're late for Charms."

They both ran off, hollering about how Kori Anderson was desperately in love with Draco Malfoy. Kori rolled her eyes and headed for the dungeons.

My awesome friends... Kori thought with a smile.