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Draco POV:

I saw Ray quickly leave the Great Hall after she talked to Lisa. I smiled to myself. My plan was working perfectly.

"Draco, why can't I go to Hogsmeade tomorrow?" Pansy looked at me with sad pleading eyes.

I looked at her. "Because I want a day to myself, Pansy."

"Well…I just don't get why you...." Pansy's voice faded away and I had a sudden sharp pain at my right temple. I put my hand to my temple and started to rub.

I wanted to cry out in pain it hurt so badly. "I…I'm going to bed." I said through gritted teeth. I got up from the table and quickly made my way out of the Great Hall.

When I stepped through the double doors the pain started to subside and I sighed with relief. I wasn't sure what to do at this point. I was afraid that if I went back into the Great Hall that the pain would come back and it was much too early to go to bed. I decided to take a walk. I started walking towards the Dungeons, but I took a sudden left and started walking up the stairs. It almost felt as if my feet were leading me and not my brain.

I found myself on the fifth floor with no recollection of intending to end up there. I smirked when I saw the empty class room Ray and I always used. It would be used again and soon if I had anything to say about it. I heard a sudden short scream coming from down the corridor. It sounded like…Ray?

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Ray POV:

I ran down the corridor as fast as I could, which was amazingly faster than I thought possible for me. I could hear Stephen's heavy foot falls behind me and I could tell that he was catching up. I made a sharp right to try and ditch him, but that only slowed me down enough for him to catch me.

He grabbed my hair and slammed me against the stone wall. My head bounced off the stone like a rubber ball. I started to screamed, but he put his hand over my mouth before it could get loud enough to get anyone's attention. I felt hot tears enter my eyes and I found myself trying to yell Draco's, not Michel's, but Draco's name through my covered mouth. I closed my eyes tightly and tried to ignore the pain in my head and the hand that was making its way up my shirt. Draco had never even gotten this far with me. All of a sudden I felt the hand on my mouth removed and the invading body move away from me.

I opened my eyes to see Draco with his wand at Stephen's temple. "I neither know nor care who you are, but if you ever so much as look at Ray again you're going to have the whole house of Slytherin to deal with." Draco pushed his wand harder into Stephen's temple. "You know who I am and I'm sure you're quite aware that I can do it. Now leave before I change my mind about not using the Cruciatus Curse on you."

Stephen started to back away from me slowly with his hands in the air. He looked at me. "I'll see you later, Ray."

Draco moved his wand to Stephan's throat. "No you won't. I'd start running if I were you." Draco was practically growling his words.

Stephen took one more look at me and then proceeded to run. I was so overcome with relief that I felt myself start slipping down the wall. I landed on the floor with a soft thud. I wiped my eyes and tried to take deep breaths.

I looked up to see Draco pacing in front of me. He was angry, really angry. "How dare he think he can touch you!" His hand was wrapped so tightly around his wand I thought it might snap. He turned to me sharply. He looked positively scary. "Who is he?"

"Uh…he's a Ravenclaw named Stephen." I was still trying to take a deep breath, but all I could manage were shaky ones. My vision was becoming blurry and my head was throbbing.

He looked in the direction Stephan had run and sneered. "Come and tell me if he bothers you again." He turned back to me. "I'd be more than happy to teach him a lesson he's not soon to forget."

What had just about happened suddenly hit me and I began to feel like I was having a panic attack. My breaths came in short spurts and my heart was beating so hard I could hear it in my ears.

Draco looked down at me. "Sonders, you need to go report him to a teacher." He bent down and took both of my hands in his. He pulled me off the floor and placed me in front of him. My legs felt like jelly and my head felt like someone was beating it like a conga drum. I felt myself begin to sway. He grabbed me around the waist just in time before I hit the floor. He was practically the only thing holding me up.

I looked up into his eyes and surprisingly saw worry in them. "Can I sit down, please?"

"You need to go and find a teacher, Sonders."

I looked at him with pleading eyes. "Can't I sit, just for a minute?" I felt dizzy and I wasn't sure I could make it anywhere without resting first. I had hit my head hard and I was starting to fear I had a concussion. I knew I needed to go to the hospital wing, but I wasn't ready to face what had just happened and Draco didn't seem to realize that I was hurt. He probably just thought I was in shock. "Please?"

Without saying a word he put my right arm around his neck and kept his left arm tightly attached to my waist. He led me to the nearest empty class room, which incidentally was the one we always used. He lowered me to the floor and sat behind me with his back against the wall. I wasn't sure what he was doing at first, but then I felt him pull me towards him. He placed me in-between his legs with my back at his chest.

I was completely surrounded by his scent and I felt my body inadvertently relax against him. He began to stroke my hair in a rhythmic manner. After a while of this I started to feel exhausted and just felt like sleeping. I knew I shouldn't if I had a concussion, but I felt myself slipping into a sleeping state.

He wrapped his arms around me and I felt his warm breath at my ear. "Better?"

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Draco POV:

"Yeah…" She sighed. "Thank you…Draco." Her words came out a bit slurred and I realized she was half asleep. I kissed her neck and then leaned back against the wall.

I was so angry I could have killed something. I had images of snapping that Stephen guy in half with my bare hands. I should have done something more to him than just scare him, but all I had cared about at that moment had been getting him far away from Ray. I would have to get back at him later and I knew I would. There was no doubt in my mind that he would regret attacking something that belonged to me, but I had to remain calm for the time being. After what Ray had just gone through I was pretty certain that she wouldn't be able to handle my anger along with whatever else she was feeling.

She probably wanted it to be Michel holding her, but I didn't care. I had saved her and I deserved to get the fix I hadn't had in weeks. I held on to her tighter and buried my face in her hair taking her scent into me.

I felt Ray move in my arms. "Draco?"

I lifted my head from her hair. "Yes?"

"Why, Lisa?" She started nervously playing with her hands.

I looked down at her with surprise. "You're asking me that after what you just went through?"

She looked up at me. "I'm trying to get my mind off of it and that was the first thing that popped into my head to talk about. So…are you going to answer the question?"

This would have been the perfect opportunity to make her jealous. I should have told her that I had lots of girls and that Lisa was just one of many, but somehow I found myself answering honestly. "I knew that she was the one that would bother you the most."

I felt her body shake before I heard her laugh. "You were trying to make me jealous?" She continued to laugh her perfectly genuine laugh. Not that giggle crap she did with Michel. This was my laugh. Ray stopped laughing and I heard her give a relieved sigh. "Thank goodness…" I felt her once again relax against me and felt her begin to rub her head on my chest as a kitten would do. It felt amazing and I started to feel a sting in my heart that I didn't recognize. It was starting to feel a little too cozy, a little too comfortable. This had to stop. I was beginning to break my own no emotions rule.

I placed my hands udder her arms and pulled her up off the floor with me. She moaned in protest. "I was comfortable...Whoa…is the room spinning or is it just me?" She put her hand on the back of her head.

"Did you hit your head?" I was struggling to keep her on her feet. I turned her around and put her arms around my neck, so that I could hold her up more easily.

"Yeah…It really hurt…" She looked up at me. "I don't feel so well, Draco." She put her head on my chest and shut her eyes.

I needed to get her to the hospital wing, but I wasn't sure how to. I didn't think I could carry her the whole way. I thought about leaving her there and going to get help, but I was afraid that Stephen might come back. I decided to throw her arm over my shoulders and hang on to her waist. I started to lead her through the corridors and down the stairs.

When we finally made it to the third floor I started to walk faster, practically dragging her. She hadn't said anything the whole time we were walking and I was beginning to worry that she had passed out. I came up to the double doors of the hospital wing and opened them quickly. I placed Ray on the nearest bed.

"Madam Pomfrey!" I yelled as loud as I could.

"What? What's going on?" Madam Pomfrey came out looking frantic. "Mr. Malfoy?"

I told her what had happened to Ray and she began to heal her and give her some sort of medicine. Madam Pomfrey looked up from Ray and saw that I was still there.

She raised both her eyebrows and began to look very stern. "Mr. Malfoy, none of you should have been out roaming the castle."

"Draco…." Both Madam Pomfrey and I looked down at the bed where the small weak voice had come from. "Draco…"

Madam Pomfrey sighed and looked at me. "Come here, Mr. Malfoy and watch her while I go and get your heads of houses. She'll be fine…She just needs some sleep, but I don't want her to be alone right now incase she wakes up. I gave her some heavy sleep medicine, so she'll be a bit out of it for a while." She rose from Ray's bed side and came towards me. "Now go on." She started pushing me towards Ray's bed. I went over to the bed and heard Madam Pomfrey leave.

I sat in the chair that was beside the bed and looked at Ray. She was sleeping, but she didn't look peaceful. Her face was scrunched up in worry and she was taking in sharp breaths. I ran my hand through my hair and looked down at my hands. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't good at this.

"Draco…" I quickly looked up at Ray and saw that she was still sleeping. I realized that she must be dreaming and it seemed like it was a nightmare. Of course she would have a nightmare about me. I had done nothing but torture her for as long as I had known her. She moved to her side facing me and opened her eyes. I wasn't sure at first if she was aware of what she was doing. Her eyes looked dead and blank. She quickly blinked and life seemed to suddenly enter her eyes. She focused on me and smiled. "You're still here."

"Do you want me to leave?"

She lightly laughed. "Of course not, silly."

I started to quickly realize that she was slightly off in the head. Whatever medicine Madam Pomfrey had given her was making her loopy. I began to wonder if she even realized who I was.

"Draco…Why are you all the way over there?" She playfully frowned.

Guess she knew who I was. I rose from the chair and went to her bed side. "Do you need something?"

She grabbed my shirt and started pulling me down to her. It was a weak attempt and I could have easily resisted her pull, but I didn't. With my feet still on the floor I let her pull my upper body to meet hers. I put my hands on each side of her on the bed to hold myself above her. She smiled at me. "Are you going to kiss me or just stare at me?" I felt myself smirk.

I leaned the rest of the way down and took her lips. I knew I shouldn't. She had no idea what she was doing, but I really didn't care and I doubted I'd feel bad about it later. After all, she technically owed me this. I would just think of this as payment. I slipped my tongue in her mouth and she gladly took it. I shivered from the pleasure it gave me. Until that moment I hadn't realized how much I had missed kissing her. I shifted my weight to my right hand and started running my left hand through her hair. A thought suddenly entered my mind.

Madam Pomfrey would be back with the Professors soon and this was the last position I wanted to be caught in. I reluctantly pulled back from her and tried to rise completely, but she still had a strong hold on my shirt. "Come back…"

I leaned down and kissed her lips while I untangled her fingers from my shirt. I broke the kiss and stood up straight, but sill held on to the hand I had taken from my shirt. I heard the door open and saw Madam Pomfrey and Professor Snape walk in with Professor Flitwick not too far behind. I quickly let go of Ray's hand and stepped back from the bed.

Professor Snape came up to the bed and looked down at Ray. I followed his eyes and saw that Ray had fallen back asleep. He looked back up at me. "Mr. Malfoy, would you care to explain what happen?"

I recounted the story to Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick and they both had a look of shock on their faces. Professor Snape told Madam Pomfrey to get Professor Dumbledore and told me to leave. I didn't want to leave her, but Professor Snape didn't give me much of a choice.

I headed for the door and said nothing, but took one last look at Ray laying on the bed and left through the huge double doors.

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Morning:

Ray POV:

Whatever Madam Pomfrey had given me had knocked me out cold. By the time I woke up I could see the sun through the windows.

"Oh, look who's finally awake." Madam Pomfrey came up to me and put her hand on my shoulder. "How are you feeling this morning?"

I sat up in the bed and realized I felt completely healed. "Yeah, I feel fine."

"Mr. Malfoy has already informed us of what took place last night. Mr. Stephen Cornfoot has been sent to the head master for punishment. He is the one that attacked you, correct?"

"Yes" I started to get up from the bed. I didn't want to think about the night before. I could barely remember anything and I wanted to keep it that way. "Would it be alright if I left?"

She looked at me surprised. "Yes, however, I'm sure your head of house will want to talk to you about this later."

"Alright" I got up from the bed and left.

As I was walking to the Ravenclaw tower I heard someone yell my name. "Rayna!"

I looked to see Michel run up to me. He grabbed me in a huge hug that pulled me off the floor. "Hi, Michel…I can't breathe."

He put me down and stepped back. "Oh, sorry…I just heard what happened. Are you alright dear Rayna? What happened? I just heard you were attacked."

I started thinking about the night before and realized that I didn't remember much. I remembered running away from Stephen and him banging my head against the wall. There was also a very blurry image of Draco. He must have been the one who saved me, but for the life of me I couldn't remember. "Honestly…I don't remember much of anything…"

He took me in his arms. "That is alright dear Rayna." He stepped back from me. "Do you still want to go to Hogsmeade?"

The image of Draco and Lisa entered my mind. "No…not really. I think I should just go and rest. Is that OK?"

"Of course, I will see you later then." He kissed me on the cheek and walked down the stairs.

When I got to my room I was surprised by what I saw. Lisa was on her bed crying and Mandy was huddled next to her, comforting her. "Uh…What's going on?"

Mandy looked up and immediately lunged herself at me. She hugged me tightly. "Ray, we heard what happened. Are you OK? It must have been horrible!" She let me go and looked at me.

"I'm fine Mandy…jeez…Does everyone know?"

She sat on her bed. "No, Professor Flitwick came and told me and I told Lisa and Michel."

"Umm…Speaking of Lisa." I looked at the crying girl in the corner. "What's wrong with her?"

Lisa rose from her bed and came towards me. She had tears in her eyes and an angry edge to her. "That bastard said he doesn't want to go to Hogsmeade with me anymore because I was…I was…low class…and ugly." She burst out into hard tears. I probably should have comforted her, but considering I wanted to jump for joy that probably wasn't a good idea.

"I'm really sorry, Lisa." I patted her on the back and looked at Mandy. "I'm going to the common room." I turned to leave and I heard Lisa let out a sharp breath.

I looked at her and saw that she looked like I had just slapped her in the face. "Do you not even care that he said that to me? You're just going to leave?"

I felt anger rise in me. "Lisa…Do you have any idea what I just went through? You'll have to excuse me if I couldn't care less what some guy, that you shouldn't have been going out with in the first place, said to you." I turned and left for the common room.

I sat on the couch and started to try and piece together the night before. I started to remember Draco. He saved me…and then…nothing. I didn't even remember how I got to the hospital wing. I just couldn't seem to bring it out. Everything was a complete blur. However, I did at least remember Draco saving me and I knew I should probably go and say thank you to him.

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Draco POV:

I hadn't seen Ray since the night before and it was starting to drive me crazy. I had no idea what she would remember, so just incase she did remember everything I broke the date with Lisa. I had admitted to Ray that I had only asked Lisa out to make her jealous, so there was no point in having to endure that insufferable girl if Ray knew my plan.

I had heard nothing about the attack. It was obvious that the school was trying to keep it hushed. I couldn't stand not knowing how she was anymore. I got up from the couch and quickly made my way to exit the common room.

"Draco…Where are you going? You said we could go to Hogsmeade now?" I turned to see Pansy looking at me with a frown.

"I changed my mind. Go on ahead Pansy. I'm not going." With that I left and made my way to the hospital wing.

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Ray POV:

I wanted to leave Ravenclaw tower, but I was actually a little scared to walk around by myself. I knew I was probably being irrational. After all, Stephen was probably still in with Professor Dumbledore if he was even still at the school at all. I knew it was probably perfectly safe, but I still felt a little apprehensive about leaving.

I could hear Lisa still crying up stairs and it was really starting to bother me. I probably shouldn't have been so harsh with her, but I was really starting to speak before thinking lately. I had even gone up to Pansy and insulted her. I didn't know what was happening to me, but I sure knew I wasn't the same person I used to be. I had come out of my shell…no, more like burst out of my shell and if I was going to be honest with myself it was all thanks to Draco. Even though he was a huge git, he had really helped me in some odd way to become a stronger person.

I looked up when I heard the door open and saw Luna walk in. I hadn't really gotten to know her since she was a year below me, but she seemed pretty nice, weird, but nice. "Ray…Draco Malfoy is outside asking for you. He says you have a tutoring session scheduled for today…" She looked at me questioningly.

"Uh…yeah…I forgot…I'll just go out there and see him." I was more than a little surprised to hear that Draco was outside asking for me. I hadn't spoken to him in a week. I supposed he just wanted to make sure I was OK. I got up from the couch and went to the door. "Thanks Luna." I opened the door and stepped out into the corridor. I saw Draco standing there waiting for me. He looked nervous and I could tell he had run his hand through his hair several times. "Draco…you asked for me?"

"What do you remember about last night?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Not much actually…Why?"

He ignored my question. "Are you alright?"

"Yes"

"Alright then…" He turned and started to walk away.

"Wait!" He turned and looked at me with surprise. "Could you order me to take a walk with you?"

"You want to take a walk with me?"

"Not really…Lisa is driving me crazy in here because you upset her, so you kind of owe me." He raised both his eyebrows and I sighed. "Look…She's driving me crazy and I really want to leave, but I'm too nervous to walk around by myself…"

"Where's your boyfriend?"

"Hogsmeade…I think…just…never mind…It was a stupid idea." I turned from him and started to walk back to the door when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Walk with me. That's an order."

I turned around and let out a relieved sigh. "Thank you…"

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Find out what happens on Ray and Draco's walk and Ray has a little alone time with Michel where...she realizes something...read to find out what it is ;)

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