AN: This chapter is from draco's point of view, and I was wondering if I should start considering writing from 1st point of view rather than 3rd, what do you guys think? Let me know by reviewing, constructive criticism welcome.

PREVIOUSLY

Some teachers like Snape noticed the change in Alex and questioned her but Alex would just play dumb nod stupidly and say nothing.

After all, they had no idea what she was dealing with..or did they? She thought doodling idly in her potions class, aware that Snape was eyeing her in an ever so crucial way, probably thinking what was wrong with her.

NOW

It's been 2-3 weeks since Alex had started acting all weird and different from what she was and how he liked her. Draco didn't know what was up with Alex and it was literally eating him up!

She was never present in the DADA classes and the one or two times she was, she would slip next to him, between his big group of friends and start talking as if they were best friends and she loved his company, but he knew all too well that that wasn't the case.

After thinking it over several times, the most reasonable and logical reason he could think of was that Alex was desperately trying to hide, hide from someone or something but what he didn't know was who was it that Alex was hiding from, and it was most definitely eating him up!

Not that he cared, he was just curious…right? Oh good lord, who was he kidding? Since the day he saw Alex at Madam Malkin's Robes shop, he'd felt kind of pull towards her, he'd wanted to talk to her, to know her and to just feel her presence, he liked it. Hell, he liked her.

He'd heard from Pansy and a few other girls that she muttered things in her sleep and had nightmares.

He noticed he looked different too, with worry lines and dark circles, confirming what Pansy had told Draco about her. He was still wondering when, by chance he saw Alex coming from around the corner.

Key words : by chance. Of course he wasn't stalking her, pfft, what kind of creepy lovesick stalkerish guy would do that? He thought to himself.

You a smug voice answered him, but for now he flipped it off, his eyes not leaving Alex. Just as she was passing by the teacher's staff room, unaware of the pair of eyes on her, she was stopped by Snape who called out to her, loud enough for Draco to hear, 'Alex, can you come here for a second?'

Alex sighed and entered as Draco moved closer. Interrupting the little student-teacher talk they were gonna have would seem very rude, he thought smirking eavesdropping was way better and a more polite way of listening.

He looked through the tiny open part of the door and discovered Quirrell was there too, and the looks he was giving Alex and Snape were just priceless. He looked as if a vampire had chased him all the way to here whenever Snape looked at him and when Alex looked at him, he looked as though he was a vampire who could even chase Snape if he wanted.

But seriously, Draco didn't know he was capable of making Alex cower under him, though Alex had her back towards him, he could make out by her shuddering shoulders that she was desperately trying to calm herself down as Quirrell shot her 'can't-wait-to-torture-you-again' looks which took Draco to a whole new level of shock.

I mean it's not every day he saw a Quirrell, a person easily scared to deaths by even small rats he might add, shoot a pure evil look at the most badass girl he knew at Hogwarts; Alex.

'Quirrell here, tells me that you Alex have been missing out on many of his classes, ' Snape said in his silky voice tapping his foot.

Of course she had been, but why the bloody hell did Quirrell report it to Snape of all people. He got it that Snape was Slytherin's head and all that stuff but Quirrell had been extremely scared by Snape if his increased nervousness and worsened stuttering were any indication.

So why report such a thing to Snape? Draco wondered.

'Y-yes, she h-h-hardly ever turns u-up, ' Quirrell interjected.

Although Alex could've easily lied as Draco observed; she instead kept quiet. To say this puzzled Draco would be the understatement of the century.

'I'm concerned about you Alex, for I'm your house's head, ' Snape continued , 'why have you been ditching his classes? You must know DADA is an integral part of our studies,;

'Because…' Alex paused probably thinking of an excuse and then continued, 'they're a bit of a joke- actually, no scratch that- they are a huge joke if you ask me. He stammers all the time, teaches nothing, too scared to teach his own subject.' Alex rambled on concluding finally, ' So you can see how much of a brilliant teacher he is.' She said, her tone dripping with sarcasm.

Quirrell was apparently too stunned and embarrassed to speak as Alex added a bit too sincerely, ' I think you would be a much better teacher than him, professor.'

Even though Snape ignored it, Draco could literally feel how pleased he was feeling. What a kiss up Draco thought smiling nonetheless. It was true, what Alex had said but he could easily make out that that was definitely not the reason for her absence.

'That's sooo not true, ' he heard Quirrell whine. He could literally imagine Quirrell scowling indignantly and stomping his foot at Alex while Alex put her hands on her hip and looked at him defiantly.

But that's not what quite happened as Quirrell's rather abnormal turban caught Alex's attention, while Quirrell and she had a silent conversation, which didn't go unnoticed by Snape who witnessed it with utmost amusement while narrowing his eyes at Quirrell who for a change managed to make Alex cower in the end.

Draco, who couldn't see it, assumed that they were just waiting for Snape to respond.

'Alright, alright. Well, Alex , from now on, you need to stop ditching DADA classes. Also, as Quirrell had requested, you will be having extra classes with him for a few weeks every evening so you can catch up with the other students, ' Snape said finally highly amused.

'No!' Alex panicked and paused, then continued after calming herself down, 'I mean-' but Quirrell interrupted her in an unusually smug and cheerful voice, ' I'll be going now!' this alerted Draco who immediately shrank into the shadows. He didn't really think Quirrell would take any notice of him since he assumed Quirrell was too busy looking over his shoulder to check for any imaginary vampires following him to notice Draco.

But unfortunately for him, as Quirrell got out he banged the door loudly and triumphantly strutted away, leaving a cross Draco behind who could no longer hear the conversation going on between Snape and Alex.

'Stupid dunderhead, ' Draco mumbled under his breath as he was forced to walk away. He wasn't so stupid as to still linger around, with the danger of Snape or Alex coming out and catching him; for in his opinion their observation skills were a whole lot better than Quirrell's, who spent his time looking for trolls, vampires and merlin knows what.

P.S The next chapter will be up in a few hours hopefully.