Chapter 9: Draco Malfoy

"Get up Jane! You will be late for your first class and plus you don't want to miss breakfast," shouted Hermione. Jane rolled over on her side and pulled one of her pillows over her head, so not to hear Hermione's voice.

"Get up Jane!" Hermione shouted again. "You don't want to be late for potions class. I know you don't either." Jane's eyes opened immediately and basically jumped out of bed and ran towards her suitcase to look for her uniform.

"Now that's better," said Hermione, obviously satisfied. Jane glared at Hermione and saw a smile on her face.

"I will see you down in the common room in a minute so that the four of us can go to breakfast," ordered Hermione as she left. "We will be waiting," she added. Jane just rolled her eyes and focused on what's at hand, which was not being late for potions class and to annoy Hermione anyway she could.

Down in the Great Hall, there was a ton of commotion as the students ate their breakfast and talked about what was happening today. Most of the students were saying that it was just going to be another day at Hogwarts, while others were saying that something exciting was going to happen in one their classes.

"It's your basic gossip here. People talking about people like any normal school would have," Ron said amusingly.

"Ron!" Hermione snapped back at him.

"What? Is there something wrong with me saying that?" Ron asked. Hermione just glared at him.

"So, did everyone have a good night sleep?" Jane asked trying to change the subject.

"I slept fine. I don't know if Ron slept alright. Did you Ron?" Harry asked Ron.

"I slept okay if you would put it that way," he answered back.

"What do you mean by okay?" questioned Jane.

"Well, I had a bad dream about spiders," he said.

"Spiders?" Jane said confused.

"Yes, spiders," Ron confirmed.

"What about spiders?" Jane questioned even more.

"Well, . . ."

"Ron hates spiders. He absolutely hates them. That is his big fear," interjected Harry.

"Ah," Jane said. "Well, that turns the tables a little bit." There was a moment of silence as the four started eating their breakfast. Jane had got some cereal and some strawberries to eat. She had some orange juice to drink. While she ate breakfast, she watched as the other students got their breakfast. Some of them had pancakes or waffles with whipped cream on top or on the side. Jane really wished she had some of Sarah's famous pancakes right now. Just thought of Sarah's famous pancakes remind Jane of Sarah, so she just pushed that thought away to the back of her head for now. Soon everyone was done eating and just sitting down watching the kids go by one after the other. When Jane thought it was time to go, she got up and was going to grab her belonging when she said, "Ron."

"Yes?" he answered.

"There is a spider on top of your head," Jane joked. Ron immediately stopped moving and started to quiver. Jane looked at Harry who was trying to hold back a laugh and then at Hermione who was glaring at Jane straight in the eye. "Alright, alright," Jane thought.

"Jane, is the spider still there?" Ron asked with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Ron, there is no spider," Jane finally corrected herself.

"But, you told me that there was one," he argued.

"No Ron. I was joking. There really is no spider on your head." Ron put his hand carefully on top of his head and to his astonishment, there was nothing there except his hair. Suddenly, Harry burst out laughing and Jane had to break a smile there, for it was funny. Ron glared at Jane and then at Harry.

"I got to break it to you, Ron, but it was pretty funny," Jane said happily. Ron looked at Harry who was smiling a big smile.

"Okay, I have to admit, it was pretty funny, but please don't do it again, Jane," begged Ron.

"I promise, I won't," Jane promised. With that being said the four of them said their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Jane went to Potions while Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to their classes.

"Ah, finally you're here on time," said Ginny as Jane walked into the door and sat down next to her. Ginny's long ginger hair was down with a blue barrette in her hair.

"Yeah, finally I am. Hermione had to pour cold water on me to wake me up so that I wouldn't be late for potions class," Jane exaggerated. Ginny laughed at the thought of Hermione pouring cold water on Jane.

"Did she really have to do that?" Ginny asked still laughing.

"Nah, she didn't. I was just exaggerating," said Jane. They both laughed.

"Fun time is over. Turn to page 13 in your books," ordered Professor Snape. Ginny and Jane stopped laughing and did what they were told to do. The rest of the class was total silence except for the boring voice of Professor Snape talking and occasionally the voice of a student answering a question that Professor Snape asks.

"Wow, class was so boring," Jane told Ginny after class. "I mean we never got to make any potions or use magic. All we got to do was sit, read, listen to Professor Snape talk, and occasionally listen to a student answer a question."

"Hopefully tomorrow will be better," suggested Ginny.

"Yeah hopefully," agreed Jane. The two girls walked back to the Gryffindor Common Room to grab their books and items for their next class. Once they got their items for their class, they went towards the double doors that lead outside, for their classroom for transfiguration was outside in the middle courtyard. Ginny and Jane were talking about their homework that they got from their potions class and how boring the class was today.

"I mean we don't do anything fun in potions class because of Professor Snape," complained Jane. "He doesn't let anyone have fun. Do you agree?"

"I sort of agree with you and sort of not agree with you, Jane," said Ginny.

"What do you mean by sort of not?" asked Jane.

"Well, . . ." Suddenly, Jane bumped into someone and all of her books landed on the ground with a big THUD. Jane landed on her bottom really hard. Jane looked up and at the person, she had just run into. He was a boy, probably about her age. He had on the school uniform but, from the looks of it, he was in the house of Slytherin because his tie showed the colors of that house. He had slick white hair. It looked like his hair was gelled because there were no hairs sticking out. His books and items were also scattered everywhere. Something told Jane that this boy would not be happy and Jane was right.

"Watch where you're going!" he basically shouted at her.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I should have looked where I was going. I didn't mean to bump into you," Jane apologized. The boy started to gather his stuff and Jane did the same. When she got up, the boy had an angry look on his face, but then it softened for some reason.

"Look, I'm sorry," Jane apologized again.

"No, no. It's okay," he said. Now Jane thought this was weird because for a second in time, he was angry at her, but suddenly out of nowhere, this boy in front of her, had changed.

"Are you okay?" the boy asked.

"I'm okay," Jane answered.

"Oh, I think I should introduce myself. My name is Draco. Draco Malfoy," Malfoy introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you Draco or do you want me to call you Malfoy instead because I know that around her, some people call each other by their last names," Jane said.

"You can call me Draco," he said with a smile.

"Now this is definitely weird," thought Jane. "Um," she thought.

"Your name?" he asked.

"Right, my name is . . ."

"Jane Potter, right?" he interjected.

"Yes, it is. How did you know, oh wait you heard it at the ceremony the first night we got here, right?" Jane guessed.

"Yes, I did hear it there," he confirmed. There was a moment of silence.

"Oh, this is Crabbe and Goyle," he introduced. The one boy on Malfoy's right was Goyle. He was also in Slytherin, but what Jane saw was that both of Malfoy's friends were in the same house as he was. Goyle was taller than Malfoy and Crabbe. He had broad shoulders. Goyle and Crabbe looked like they were large bodyguards as they stood next to Malfoy. His hair was brown and his eyes were brown also. Crabbe on the other hand, was shorter than Goyle. Crabbe looked fatter with a thick neck and a pudding bowl-style haircut. With the expression that Crabbe has on, it looks like he is mean, very mean. Jane made a mental note about not to bother Crabbe. Even though Crabbe was fat, it looked like he could run very fast. His hair was black and his eye color was black. Jane looked at Draco and then at Crabbe and Goyle who weren't talking at all.

"Jane, we should get to our class," suggested Ginny. Malfoy looked over at Ginny.

"I agree, Ginny," Jane said. "Well, I should get going. I will see you later on," Jane addressed Malfoy. He turned his attention back to Jane.

"Yes, of course, you will see me later on," Malfoy said.

"Well, then. Bye!" Jane concluded as she and Ginny walked away. Jane wanted to look back, but she didn't. Once they were outside, Jane took a big sigh.

"What is there something wrong?" Ginny asked.

"No, no. I'm fine," Jane informed Ginny.

"Are you sure?" Ginny asked again.

"Well, no. I'm not okay," Jane admitted.

"So, what is bothering you?" Ginny questioned.

"It was that conversation back there," Jane said hesitantly.

"What about that conversation?"

"It was weird and awkward," said Jane.

"What was weird and awkward about it?"

"Well, did you hear Malfoy say something mean to me?"

"Yes, I heard him say something mean," agreed Ginny.

"Well, at one point he was mean, but then all of a sudden his voice softened and soon before you knew it, he was nice to me," complained Jane. "It was really weird."

"Well, maybe well," stammered Ginny.

"What?" Jane questioned. Now it was Jane's turn to question Ginny. By now, they had stopped walking.

"Well," Ginny said again.

"What?" Jane nearly shouted.

"Okay, okay, calm down Jane," Ginny said trying to calm down Jane.

"Sorry, just say what you going to say."

"What I was going to say was that Malfoy might like you," Ginny concluded. Jane's eyes went wide and it even felt like Jane's heart had skipped a beat.

"What?" Jane boasted.

"Okay, okay, calm down now, Jane," Ginny said now with a bit of fear in her voice. Jane took a couple deep breaths to calm her down. Finally, when she was calmed down enough she asked, "So, you think that Malfoy might have a crush on me?"

"That's what I think. I might be wrong, but I think that might be the best answer right now, that I have anyway," confirmed Ginny. Jane took a couple more deep breaths.

"Please don't tell anyone about what happened just in the past couple minutes. Don't tell Harry, Hermione, Ron, or anyone else. This conversation stays between us, okay?" asked Jane. Ginny nodded. Then they started walking towards their class again. But, as they kept on walking, Ginny's expression changed to one of worry.

AN: I don't own Harry Potter. The only characters I own are Jane, Sarah, and any other characters that I made up. (Last edited 3/7/17)