"Well, to be honest, it doesn't really interest me (the story of Gwen and Sam). I mean, you haven't even mentioned ONCE Draco or Hermione and, well I read this story because it is in the section Draco/Hermione. So no, I don't find it cute, I find it quite boring (no offense), it's just I would rather read something aiming on a Draco/Hermione story. Sorry, this is not a review that anybody likes and not very constructive, except the fact that you have to imply Draco AND Hermione in your story!" - Jolie Ralph Lauren (Reviewer)

(A/N: Well Jolie Ralph Lauren I'm sorry you feel that way about something I do that I have a lot of passion for, and I'm also sorry you had to just mysteriously miss out 9 chapters of this story that were what do you know? all about Hermy and Draco, I'm all about continuity and I tell each character's respective story from their perspective. Also sorry that I'm not one of those people that has these complex characters have sex or whatever, things don't just boom over night, believe ME I KNOW I've been there with someone where I hated him with a huge passion and then we began to have nicer and nicer convos about each other and now we're close friends, while I harbor a huge secret crush on him. Anyway if you don't like to read what I write there's a Back button on your browser for a reason. Please don't, just do NOT say that this is not even remotely related to Hermione and Draco fan fic cuz it is. Cut me some slack eh? I'm only 14. How many 14 year olds do you put down in a review like that? It kinda hurt frankly and I think you should re-evaluate your reviews next time before hitting the send button. Anyway thanks for your opinions I appreciate you expression yourself, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. So without further monolog-ing here's chapter 11 guys!)

(JK owns character, names, places etc. I came up with the plot and Sam and Gwen.)

Love Is A Terrible Thing.

To Love Is A Sin.

To Be Loved Is A Curse.

Jealousy is Love

"I am sorry if I upset you!" He called after her as she ran up the stone steps with her dress raised above her feet.

"Well too late." She yelled back and continued speed-walking, he followed her and she walked faster. He caught up to her and grabbed her by her upper-arm and wheeled her around. She struggled to get loose but his grip was strong. "Leave me alone! Haven't you done enough damage already?" Her big brown eyes made his hear melt and he saw at once that he did do a lot of damage to her conscious.

"I'm s—"

"Sorry doesn't take back the words you said to me, or the way you looked at me and the way others looked at me. There's nothing you can do that I will find forgiving. Now let me go or I will be forced to use magic on you." His grip loosened but he still held onto her.

He moved his mouth closer to her face but turned his head so that he whispered in her ear. "I will find something to do…to make it up to you…I promise you that." He walked away, his long black cloak swirling behind him. She blinked back tears and clenched her jaw before storming back to her dormitory.

She threw herself onto her bed and put her hands in front of her face. She let out a scream of anger to exhaust it all before sitting up and pulling out her notebook, which was filled with heavy parchment she sketched on. So far she'd come up with many ideas to sheath their wands and she liked two of her designs and decided she would show her father.

By the time Sam and Gwen's scene had toned down all the students went off to their afternoon classes but Gwen went up several steps to her father's office and gave the password. The statue allowed her to pass and she walked into her father's office professionally. He was not there so she set out to look for him, and found him in the Great Hall with the rest of the Founders discussing important matters, she was about to turn around and leave but her father's voice called out to her.

"Gwen. Is there anything you need darling?"

"I am so sorry for the intrusion, but…I would like to make it easier for students to access their wands in case of a surprise attack…I've come up with a few designs…"

"What an excellent idea darling." Said Helga and looked for approval of the other Founders who also nodded, except for Salazar who scoffed.

"Why don't you talk about it with Sam and I'm sure the two of you could devise an excellent proposal." Rowena said looking over to Sam who was standing at the giant double doors of the Great Hall, behind Gwen. He'd startled her and she frowned at him.

"Why don't we just marry them off, eh? Is that what you all want? If you want my son and that girl to marry to keep harmony between my House and Godric's you might as well! But I will never allow it so long as I am alive and I would rather kill the girl than see my son with my enemy's daughter!" Salazar shouted, standing, making Godric also rise and all the Founders pulled their wands out (the Mothers to stop the men and the men who wanted to kill each other).

"That's right Gryffindor; I would rather kill your daughter!" He screamed manically, looking at Gwen who feared for her life at the moment when he raised the wand at her. Sam stepped in front of her, calmly and had a look of hatred, confusion and (maybe?) love. He shielded Gwen and pulled out his own wand while putting his hand behind his back for Gwen's hand, which she gave to him.

"My own son would risk his life for a girl he doesn't love, whom he's spoken words of hatred about in the last few days—nay—hours!" Salazar lowered his wand and opened his arms as if gesturing a hug. "Go on son, kill me."

Sam had the same expression on his face, now mixed with disgust and he slowly lowered his wand and turned to face Gwen. He put his arm around her waist and began to walk her out of the Great Hall, slowly and almost scared of his father. He was only scared his father was going to hex Gwen from behind. Her hands were shaking but once they were out of the Hall he knew that the Founders would resolve the matter with his father. He let out a breath and turned to face Gwen who was almost white in the face.

"Are you alright?"

She looked into his eyes and her lip trembled and she wrapped her arms around him, her hands resting on his muscled back and let her head rest on his chest, where she could hear the fast beating of his heart.

The next morning Gwen awoke to find herself in her bed, under the covers in her night gown. She remembered how she got there: After their hug Sam brought her upstairs to her dormitory and summoned a house elf to help her into her night gown and he saw her off to sleep and told her he would stand watch over her outside her door. And he did so until she got up and opened the door to find him sitting against the wall, one leg outstretched while the other was bent at the knee; and had his hood up (shrouding his face in shadow) with his hand on the hilt of his sword and his other hand gripping his wand under his robes. She had pulled on a long morning cloak over herself to make herself decent and smiled at the sleeping Sam. Her bare toe nudged at his black leather boot and he jerked awake drawing his sword so fast she gasped as it was aimed at her stomach and was a few centimeters away.

He realized it was Gwen and pointed the sword away from her and stood up quickly, pulling his hood off. "Sorry…"

"Thank you for staying here last night, you didn't have to but you did so…" She looked down at her feet and he nodded silently.

"I think I'll see you later this morning?" He asked indicating breakfast. She smiled and nodded.

"In about half of an hour…"

"Yes…" He sheathed his sword and began to walk away after a curt half-bow.

She watched him leave and turned back into her room and summoned a house elf to help her with a special dress she planned on wearing that morning.

Sam cupped some water from the basin and washed his face from the sleep and looked through his clothes and picked out a white shirt and beige pants but kept his black leather boots as part of the ensemble and threw on a white cloak. He then armed himself and left for the Great Hall where the other Founders had just arrived, he noticed his father was absent and Godric took both Mothers as their escorts. Sam looked around nervously for Gwen and then spotted her at the top of the stairs. His jaw dropped at the sight of her, and the other students gossiped amongst themselves about her as she descended the stairs.

Her hair was done up in a neat bun with wavy wisps of hair framing her face; her green dress brought all the attention of detail to her face and hair colour. The dress was formfitting at the waist and bust and the length of her arms but was loose from just under her waist-down. A fat gold belt hung on her hips in a V shape and a fat strip extended down the rest of the dress, and gold embroidery was embedded along the hems of the dress in. The last item was a velvet cloak that was as silver as a unicorn's blood. It was slightly oversized and was clasped at her neck and hung around her shoulders in two small 'layers' before falling across her back and against the floor.

She smiled at him and she took his arm for he was too dumbfounded at her beauty, and led them into the Great Hall where the Founders looked at them proudly. She noted his 'pure' look boded well for him and blushed when he couldn't stop looking at her. When they reached the end of the isle he leaned down to kiss her cheek but she moved her face ever so slightly as to accommodate some of his lips touching the edges of hers. She smiled and walked towards her seat.

After a small speech from Godric the food appeared and the students dug in—so did Gwen. She shoveled her food down that earned her a small glare from her father and the Founding mothers, because it was frankly, un-ladylike. Sam looked down his end of the table to her and grinned. She looked up and then towards Sam and smiled with a mouthful of toast and scrambled eggs. After the food Godric got up to make another motivational speech for the day and the Hall was quiet. Gwen put the cloth from her lap against her lips to stifle a burp but was unsuccessful and it burst out in the back of her throat, causing an ugly flavor to overtake her and make her frown. Sam noticed this and began to smile against his propped-on-the-table hand and continued to try to stifle it. The students noticed the Heirs behaviors and stopped listening to Godric's speech and stare at Gwen, she then began to cough into her cloth. Rowena put a hand on her back and patted it slightly as if to help her breathe again. Sam couldn't hold it in any longer and it came out as a snort at first which made the Hall now look at him and then he began to laugh. He bowed his head and continued to laugh which made Helga smile. Godric made sure Gwen was alright and then began to smile. Rowena took the longest to let loose because she was tense about the fact that Gwen might've been choking.

After Gwen had calmed down breakfast in the Hall was over and she was still seated in her chair, staring off into space. She decided she would not go to her first class of the day (transfiguration) since she was ahead of the class by three classes and so took her time in the empty Hall. Sam approached her and extended his hand to her and she slowly took it.

"I have something to show you…I think you might like it."

"I would like to take back all the food you made me eat."

"I didn't make you eat anything!" He said as they made their way out of the Great Hall and out the Entrance Hall.

"Yes you did…where are we going?" She asked as he led her away from the castle. He stopped her halfway to wherever they were going and pulled out his handkerchief. She raised an eyebrow…she thought it to be cliché he'd have a handkerchief incase a damsel needed it. He went behind her and began to tie it across her eyes.

"What are you doing?" She exclaimed, trying to back out.

"It's a surprise, come now don't be a child."

That had silenced her and she allowed him to apply the blindfold with her arms crossed defiantly. He then stood back from her. She reached out for him and he took her hand and she reached out with her other hand to move any objects in her way.

When they finally reached their destination, he moved away and she didn't hear him anymore and got slightly scared.

"Sam?" She called out and reached for him but couldn't find him. She felt his strong hands wrap around her waist and stomach and he whispered in her ear:

"Remember what I told you about making it up to you?" He undid her blindfold and she nearly cried at the beautiful site before her. A large garden with small pools of water and patches of flowers here and there and a stone backless bench in the middle of the clearing of the garden their were in. Her eyes filled with tears as she tried to take it all in.

He kissed the side of her neck and spoke to her again in a voice that made the whole thing seem real.

"I always keep my promises."

(A/N: Hey you guys im gonna keep it brief since it's like 1 AM and I need to get up in 5 hours to get ready for stuff tomorrow so yeah and hoped you like this and heads up next chappie we pick up where we left off with Hermione and Draco and get a few chapters about them before coming back to Sam and Gwen and love all of you who reviewed, who've read the story till this point and those who will review hint hint lol sorry it took me so long, it was report card week and I was really stressed out but I did okay phew anyway thanks you guys, I'll see you soon!)

K