~*~Marina~*~

I couldn't breathe as I rushed down the corridors of the castle trying to get to the common room as quickly as possible. My vision was beginning to get clouded by the tears that were threatening to break free from behind my eyes.

Damn it why was I so upset over this? I thought angrily as I rounded the corner and grunted in surprise as I ran smack into someone and was about to fall back from the aftershock when two hands caught me by the arms and steadied me.

"Whoa there where's the fire?" Their kind voice asked and my eyes snapped open to come face to face with Harry's.

I opened my mouth to speak but couldn't as my emotions were about to break free. Instead I lowered my head and stared at the floor. "Sorry." I managed to mutter loud enough for him to hear but also shaky enough for him to realize that something was wrong.

"Marina's it's alright, but what's wrong?" He asked concerned as he placed his hands on my shoulders and hunched over to try and make me look at him.

I bit my lip trying to maintain my pride as I looked up at him and met his hazel eyes full of concern and worry and it all became too much. I felt the tears slide down my face before I could stop them. That was all it took for Harry to pull me into a hug and let me cry into his chest.

"I'm such an idiot." I cried as I hugged him back.

"Marina you are most definitely not an idiot." He objected as he rubbed my back trying to comfort me.

"No, I am, I actually thought he felt something like I did.

"I tried so hard not to get my hopes up but I did and now."

I stopped unable to continue as another wave of fresh tears made their way down my face and made my throat tighten.

"I thought he was different but he wasn't." I finally choked out.

I felt Harry let out a heavy sigh before pulling back and holding me by the shoulders. "Look at me." He said gently. I sniffed and tried to regain my composure as I looked up at him. He smiled sweetly making me feel a little better.

"Your no idiot, you just fell for the wrong person."

"It happens but we learn from it."

"It took me a few tries to find Jenny and she was right under my nose the whole time. He informed with a reminiscent smile. I managed a weak smile and wiped my face as I regained my composure.

"What I'm saying is that you shouldn't beat yourself up over something you thought was right because that's half the battle in life." He concluded with a smile. I nodded and sighed as I hugged him again before grabbing my bag off of the floor.

"Thanks Harry, you're a good friend." I admitted before walking back towards the Gryffindor common room with him.

As we reached the portrait he gave me another hug before we went into the common room. I smiled and sighed realizing that I had friends I could count on for the first time in my life.

My smile slowly faded as I began to wonder what would happen if they found out my secret.

Would they still be my friends?

I sighed and shook the thoughts away as I walked into the room I shared with Hermione and Ginny and saw them sitting on Ginny's bed talking quietly as they worked on their homework. They looked up and over at me as I walked in and set my bag down on my bed.

"Hey, missed you at dinner, did you get all your astronomy homework done?" Hermione asked as I walked over to my dresser and pulled out my pajama's. I nodded and smiled weakly.

"Yeah I'm a class ahead as it stands right now." I explained.

She beamed proudly before speaking, "That's great that means that we can relax this weekend at Hogsmeade." She gushed excitedly. I smiled and nodded.

"Yay bring on the butterbeer." Ginny cheered with laughter.

I chuckled and sighed as I walked into the bathroom to change as they began making plans for the weekend and asking for my input as I walked back out.

"So who do you want to bring to the House of Fears?" Ginny asked me as I sat down on my bed and faced them.

"What do you mean?" I asked intrigued. She rolled her eyes and smiled as Hermione answered.

"It's this new place in Hogsmeade that's supposed to scare the pee out of you."

"Everyone who goes is recommended to bring a partner or boyfriend and not go in alone." She explained. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"So it's like a haunted house." I reasoned as I fell back onto my bed. Hermione laughed and nodded.

"Yes exactly except in the wizard world it's more real then fake." She explained. I nodded and sighed.

"Dunno yet might go in might not." I replied making them smile.

"Well even if you don't we have a lot of other things planned." She gushed excitedly. I smiled and nodded.

"Sounds fun." I yawned and crawled under my blankets.

"I'm beat, we can talk more in the morning before class and then the next day we can actually execute these plans." I stated with a small smile.

"Deal!" Ginny cried excitedly making me and Hermione look at her skeptically and her to blush deeply in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I'm a little over excited." She confessed. I smiled and shook my head.

"Good night ladies." I stated sweetly.

"Good night." They called back in unison before I pulled curtains of my bed closed and locked myself in the solitude of the darkness that appeared as sleep slowly took me.

~*~Draco~*~

The day had passed slowly and painfully. I hadn't slept well the night before after she had left the astronomy tower. As I left my final class I spotted her and Loony Luna walking in the opposite direction as me towards the mess hall for lunch. She looked up and met my eyes and I quickly looked away trying not to give her any sort of hope.

I had had another run in with Snape after I left the astronomy tower. I swear his bloody ghost was just waiting for me by the entrance of the common room. He said he was checking up on me. Like that helped everything.

I sighed in irritation as the last person I wanted to see was walking in my direction with his faithful friend. I decided to ignore them until Potter stopped upon seeing me.

Weasley gave me his usual glare and looked over at harry. "You go on ahead mate, I'll just be a minute." He said as I stopped walking towards them.

"Alright but be careful." Weasley warned before walking past me and glaring me down the entire way which I gladly returned until he was out of sight.

"Got something to say Potter?" I finally asked annoyed. He swallowed hard probably trying to keep himself calm as he spoke.

"I ran into Marina last night." He started making my blood freeze in its tracks.

"Shocker there she is a Gryffindor like you." I snapped trying to act like nothing was bothering me about his comment.

"Your right but I ran into her after she was leaving the astronomy tower." He added.

I rolled my eyes trying to act like this was annoying the hell out of me and in a small way it was because it almost seemed like he was waiting for me to feed him his next statement.

"Congratulations, If you don't want to run into her use your little map." I spat walking past him before his next words made me stop in my tracks.

"She was a mess, she was crying and talking about how much of an idiot she was." He continued making my body stiffen and heart start pounding as I slowly turned to face him.

"Do you know what happened?" I asked concern sneaking into my tone. Harry shook his head slowly and shrugged.

"I was hoping you could tell me, seeing as you were there." He continued and I felt my heart hit the floor and air get knocked out of my lungs.

How could he have known that unless, he knew what happened. I set my jaw and glared at him.

"How would you know that?" I asked as normally as possible.

He shrugged, "Kind of hard to miss a couple of first years bursting in your common room talking about a dark mark." He informed me.

I nodded slowly and shrugged, "So I was there so what?" I spat annoyed at the fact that the little first years were causing this conversation. He shook his head slowly.

"Why would you hurt her?" He asked catching me off guard.

"I don't know what your talking about potter." I countered quickly.

"Oh come off it Malfoy, I saw the two of you outside the fat lady portrait."

"I saw you kissing." He confessed making my heart stop again and my throat constrict as my stomach hit the floor.

"What?" I asked stunned.

He sighed and rolled his eyes in annoyance, "I know you care about her Malfoy, so do yourself a favor and stop being an idiot and just tell her." He sighed in exhausted as if he had been waiting to say that for years. I rolled my eyes and smirked.

"Look I don't know what it is you think you saw potter but rest assured I don't care for Marina like you think I do so shove off." I spat irritably and stormed off before he could respond.

My head was spinning with everything he had just said. Somehow he had seen us that night but for the life of me I didn't know how and to top it all off he had run into marina after our conversation in the astronomy tower.

Damn it why was everything getting so damn complicated now. I thought irritably as I headed towards the Slytheran common room to figure things out. I felt my heart stop as I spotted