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Sundays were fun but getting increasingly busy because my end of year exams for Maths, German and Classics were fast approaching. I also got a few letters from my friends and one from my family. My friends were also getting busy because their end of year exams were coming up. My exams were to be held on a weekend in the middle of the exam weeks for my friends. It just so happened that my first two exams, Maths and German fell on the next Hogsmeade visit, so Hermione offered to send my letters for me.

My first exam was Maths and I finally had the full use of my Graphics Calculator, Hermione had found a spell to make it work. Fortunately for me, most of the exam was calculus, my best topic; there weren't too many statistics questions.

The German exam was interesting; I had to go somewhere beyond Hogsmeade because the CD player wouldn't work that close to Hogwarts. I finished most of my exam, which I was happy about. For the writing in German section I wrote about my friends and I on our imaginary pirate ship. Nostalgia is at least good for something.

I got back to Hogwarts in the carriage just as Harry, Ron and Hermione arrived at Hogwarts. I jumped out of the carriage and met them on the stairs. November and it was getting pretty chilly but it hadn't snowed, I wondered how cold it would get before it would snow. I couldn't wait to see snow.

"How did you go?" Hermione asked me and the boys groaned, I giggled at them and told them I felt pretty good about both exams.

Ron held up a bag and handed it to me, I opened it to see lots of chocolate in there. I hugged him and he explained that they had all chipped in, including Draco. My heart gave a little jump a the mention of the blonde's name but I didn't show anything of it on my face, I think I had developed a crush on my former enemy, despite having almost killed him my first day of school.

Draco was becoming increasingly easier to be around, he was no longer sneering at me unless he was in front of his friends and that was only half-hearted so they wouldn't be able to realise that we had a truce. I actually started to enjoy Charms with him as my partner.

Dinner was great, I had my classics textbooks and was trying to re-read about Thermopylae and Artemisium while eating, ducking flying food and candles, guarding my other books from being stolen and discussing exam techniques with Hermione. Amazing fun!

I left early to look for a deserted classroom because I knew the Gryffindor common room would be just as loud. I found one on the second floor, or at least I thought it was deserted. I had already walked in and had my stuff spread over the desk I had chosen before I noticed his presence.

"Too noisy in the Great Hall? What are you studying?" Draco asked as he climbed off the seat and walked towards me.

"Classical studies, muggle stuff, it's my last exam tomorrow. It was also my favourite subject," I answered, my heart doing funny flops and getting caught in my throat.

"Need any help?" he asked being extremely co-operative.

I nodded my acceptance of his offer and handed him a textbook, "Can you test me on the dates for the battles?"

He nodded and we began studying again.

Suddenly he stopped asking me about dates of Mycale. I looked at him to see why he had stopped and saw him staring at my eyes. He realised I was looking at him and he smiled. I couldn't help but respond to that smile, I was drawn in by the power of his eyes and before I knew it we were kissing gently, slowly growing in fervor.

My wrist started to tingle but I took no notice of it, kissing Draco set off fireworks and I realised Matt was no longer holding onto my heart, the blonde before me was.

The tingling in my wrist grew stronger until it was a burning that made my eyes water, it stopped as soon as I stopped kissing Draco. He looked at me questioningly and I couldn't help it, I cried.

"I can't, Matt, he's watching and the burning was only a warning. Next time it will be excruciating pain because he wants me to suffer. I'm sorry Draco," I got up, grabbed my books and fled in record time that Draco was still left in the classroom, looking perplexed.

In that moment I hated Matt more than I had hated anybody, he was ruining my life and I wanted him to just die. I knew then that I would have to finish my gun, no longer to kill Draco but to kill my ex-boyfriend, my tormentor.