I couldn't help not to laugh as Pansy left the compartment. Draco and Blaise looked at me like I was crazy.
"She hates you now," Blaise noted, "And you're laughing." I nodded my head.
"I've never liked her. I don't care what she thinks of me."
"She probably wants you dead." I shrugged.
"Lots of people want me dead." Blaise nodded like he understood and stopped talking about Pansy. "So what did you do over the summer?"
"Stayed at Jordan's most of it," Draco said twirling at piece of my hair around his finger. Blaise raised his eyebrows.
"And?"
"And what?" Draco asked. Blaise glanced at me.
"I'll ask you later."
"I didn't sleep with her if that's what you wanted to know," Draco said. Blaise's cheeks got a tinge of red and he nodded. Just then a second year walked into our compartment. We all stared at him, and he looked nervously around.
"Professor Slughorn requests Blaise Zabini and Jordan Potter to join him for lunch," the boy said looking at the ground.
"Slughorn?" Blaise asked.
"He's a teacher," I explained. "At the beginning of the summer Harry and I had to convince him to come back to teach."
"What's he teach?" Blaise asked standing up.
"He used to teach potions," I turned to Draco, "I'll try to get out of it by saying something about the prefect meeting even if it isn't for a couple hours alright?" I said kissing his cheek.
"Alright. I'll just wait here I suppose." I nodded and followed Blaise out of the compartment who was following the second year boy. The boy suddenly started talking excitedly.
"Was that Draco Malfoy? Why didn't he yell at me? Aren't you Jordan Potter? Doesn't he hate your brother? Are you his girlfriend? Does Harry know?" I covered my ears with my hands and glared at the boy.
"I don't see why it's any of your business, but I'll answer your questions. Yes that was Draco. I don't know why he didn't yell at you," Blaise interrupted me here.
"He didn't yell because he's in love," he said leaning against a wall. I rolled my eyes at him and continued.
"Yes I'm Jordan Potter, and yes Draco and Harry used to hate each other. I am Draco's girlfriend. Be sure to spread that around, and yes Harry knows. Are you happy now?" He nodded excitedly and continued leading us to Slughorn's compartment. Once we got there only a few people were inside. I didn't bother taking a seat.
"Professor," I said and Slughorn turned towards the door, "I'm sorry, but I have prefect duties. Could you and I have lunch together some other time?"
"Ah yes yes of course Jordan. Don't want you in trouble with Dumbledore for missing out on prefect duties," he said. I saw Hermione raise her eyebrows behind him. She was also a prefect and knew I wasn't missing anything. I winked at her and smiled. Hermione just rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Run along then, Miss Potter," Slughorn said waving me away. I nodded and skipped out of the compartment. I made my way back to the compartment Draco was in and skipped inside.
"How did you get out of the lunch?" Draco asked as I sat down next to him.
"Slughorn loved my mum which means he loves me," I said smiling.
"I see," Draco said pulling me onto his lap. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned my head against his. I heard the compartment door open after a few minutes, but I didn't bother looking to see who it was until I heard them talk.
"Bloody hell can you get off him J.D.?" I turned around glaring.
"Ron what do you want?" I asked getting off Draco's lap.
"Everyone left to have some lunch. I came to see if you or Malfoy had been invited."
"I was invited, but I didn't want to go so I got my way out of it," I said.
"Who gets invited?" Ron asked sitting down.
"People," I said. Ron rolled his eyes.
"What kind of people?"
"Special people," I said smiling. Ron glared at me. I just smiled even wider and crossed my feet, resting them on his lap.
"Get your feet off me."
"Nah I'm comfortable," I said closing my eyes.
"Fine. Keep them there," Ron huffed.
"I was planning on it."
"But seriously what people get invited?"
"I was wondering that too," Draco said.
"People who Slughorn thinks will do great things or that have parents with a big name or just people he finds extraordinary. Like Harry and I were invited because we were hit with a killing curse and we're still alive. Blaise was invited probably because of his parents. You see now?"
"Why wasn't I invited?" Draco asked.
"I don't think he counts Death Eater as a big name for your parents. Sorry."
Draco nodded like he understood.
"Why was my sister invited then?" Ron asked.
"I dun' no. Ask her when the lunch is over."
"I will."
Ron, Draco and I continued to talk for an hour or so until Harry and Hermione knocked on our compartment door and let themselves in.
"How was lunch?" I asked as they sat down.
"It was alright," Hermione said but Harry rolled his eyes behind her.
"It wasn't alright. It was horrible, and J.D. Dumbledore wants to see us right after the feast."
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't know. Some second year and came and told me to go to his office after dinner. Then he asked where you were, and I told him I would tell you."
"I see. I wonder if it's important or whatnot."
"Me too." Hermione stood back up.
"We should probably get to the prefect meeting Ron," Ron grumbled, but stood up. I stood up too.
"Draco and I will walk with you guys," I said as Draco nodded and stood up.
The prefect meeting was the same as last year's. The head boy and girl discussed the rules and then handed out the passwords to the common rooms. It was quickly over, and we all went back to our compartment. Harry wasn't in the compartment when we got back.
"Did Harry say where he was going?" I asked everyone. They all shook their heads.
"Weird." We were almost to school when Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle came into the compartment. Blaise looked around the compartment, nodded, then took the empty seat by Hermione. Hermione looked shocked but didn't say anything. Crabbe and Goyle on the other hand stood awkwardly in the doorway. Draco muttered something under his breath then turned to them.
"If you're going to stay in here then sit. Don't stand in front of the door." They nodded then sat down in the seats by Draco who just shook his head.
"Draco," Crabbe said, "Why are we sitting with them?" He said sneering at Ron and Hermione. I narrowed my eyes and was about to say something, but Draco squeezed my hand.
"They can sit wherever they want and seeing as they're Jordan's friends they want to sit with Jordan."
"Why is she in here? I thought we hated her," Goyle said.
"I don't hate her. She's my girlfriend. Now quit asking questions." Crabbe and Goyle nodded and were silent the rest of the trip.
The train pulled up to Hogsmeade and Blaise spoke up.
"Are we going to get a carriage together?" I looked to Ron and Hermione to see if it was okay with them. They both nodded.
"Sure, I'm going to try to find Harry too if that's okay," I said. Blaise nodded in agreement. I gave Draco a quick kiss on the cheek and started to head out of the compartment.
"J.D.," Ron said stopping me, "I'll help you look for Harry alright?"
"Okay thanks Ron. Could one of you guys take our trunks?" I asked.
"We'll get them," Hermione said.
"Thanks 'Mione," I said leaving the compartment. "So where do you think he is?" I asked Ron.
"I dun' no," Ron said shrugging.
"Alright well let's ask around to see if anyone has seen him." We looked in all the compartments for Harry as we walked down the corridor. We got to the back of train and still hadn't found him.
"Maybe he already got off," Ron suggested. I shrugged my shoulders. I was getting kind of worried about where Harry could be.
"Maybe he did. Let's just check back here then we will get off." I opened the door of a few compartments when I heard footsteps. I thought everyone had got off the train, but Ron and I. "Hey Ron did you hear that?"
"The footsteps?" he asked.
"Yeah, I thought we were the only ones still on the train."
"So did I," he said pulling out his wand. I reached for mine, but then realized I left it in my robe which was with Draco. I turned around to move next to Ron when I felt a fist collide with my cheek. I opened my eyes to see who my attacker was and came face to face with Pansy.
"You bitch!" I yelled.
"Stay away from Draco!" She yelled back. I glared at her and punched her in the face. She stumbled back and I punched her again. I was going to punch her one more time when Ron grabbed me by the waist and pulled me back.
"Jordan!" He yelled, "You've hurt her enough. Let her go." I glared at him.
"She punched me first."
"And you punched her last." I glared at him again. "Don't glare at me. Let's go. I'm sure Harry is off the train by now." Ron led me off the train and looked around for the carriages. "Great, they already left. We're walking to the castle. Can you make it?" I nodded a little. I could feel the side of my head bleeding, and I was starting to get a little dizzy. Ron shook his head and muttered something under his breath. He helped me walk to the castle gates and once we were there Flitwick asked for our names. Ron shook his head again, but told him our names. Flitwick glanced at me, and muttered something.
"I'm not even going to ask Ms. Potter. Here's a towel," he said waving his wand. I nodded in thanks. "You missed the sorting. The feast has just started though so no need to worry about lack of food Mr. Weasley." Ron nodded and helped me the rest of the way to the castle.
"I'll walk you to your table alright?" He said opening the doors to the Great Hall. No one really noticed Ron and I had entered until we were halfway down the Slytherin table. Harry and Hermione were the first to notice, and they jumped up. Draco must have been watching our table because when they started walking towards me he stood up too. Draco got to Ron and I first.
"What happened?" He asked taking the towel from me to examine my head. Ron answered for me.
"Parkinson happened," he said searching the Slytherin table for her.
"What did she do to my sister?" Harry said coming up behind Draco.
"Punched her in the face for dating Draco. Don't worry J.D. got in a few punches before I pulled her off Pansy." Harry muttered something under his breath and looked for Pansy. "J.D. should probably sit down though. I had to help her walk up here." Draco nodded and took Ron's spot beside me helping me to a table. He helped me sit down then sat next to me. Harry sat on my other side while Ron and Hermione sat across from us. We sat in silence for a few minutes until the dizziness went away. After a couple minutes I turned to Harry.
"Where did you disappear to?" He shrugged.
"I was just wandering." I raised my eyebrows, but Harry just shook his head. He would tell me where he really was later.
"So what exactly happened?" Hermione asked as Draco dabbed the cut on the jawbone. I looked at Ron, and he nodded saying I could tell them.
"Well Ronald and I were searching for Harry when we heard footsteps. We thought we were the only ones on the train so Ron pulled out his wand. I started to get mine out when I realized I left it in my robe that was with Draco. So I started to turn around to stand next to Ron when I felt some mysterious person's fist hit my face. So I see who it is and surprise surprise it's Pansy. So I do what anyone else would. I punched her in the face two times and was going for a third when Ronald," I paused and glared at Ron, "pulled me off her." Ron just shrugged.
"I didn't think you wanted to be charged for murder."
"I wouldn't have killed her. I have more common sense than that."
"Sometimes I wonder," Harry said under his breath. I just glared at him.
"We better get back to our table," Hermione said before I could respond to Harry, causing a fight. Ron and Harry nodded in agreement.
"Try to stay out of fights J.D.," Harry said leaning down and kissing me on the forehead.
"I'll do what I can," I said smiling. Harry just rolled his eyes as he walked back to the Gryffindor table.
"Are you okay love?" Draco asked.
"I'm fine. It's not too bad." Draco looked skeptical but let it go.
"Alright, eat a little before all the food is gone." I nodded and grabbed a couple random items and put them on my plate. I looked at Draco's plate and noticed he had grapes. I looked around for them and saw them quite a ways down on the table. I shrugged and picked a few off Draco's plate. "I was going to eat those," he said watching as I ate them.
"I want them though." Draco just smiled a little at me and shook his head.
