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"Holy crap, Anah!" Ginny said loudly, amazed, "How did you do that!"

"That was really funny, Savanah!" Ron agreed with his sister.

"How did you get him all mad that by mentioning his father? What did you say?" Harry asked suspiciously, more with a curious aptitude than a surprised. Everything was a mystery with Potter. Can't keep his brown nose out of it.

"That, is between me and Draco Malfoy," Savanah said with a mysterious voice.

"Come on, Savanah..." Hermione pleaded.

"No," said Savanah firmly, her annoyance level steadily rising. It must have been sensed, for they changed the subject.

"So...what was Malfoy talking about?" said Harry.

"He was just screwing with us," said Ron.

"Savanah? What do you think? Did Malfoy tell you anything?"

"No, he didn't," she said. It wasn't lying...she did know what he was talking about, but Malfoy hadn't told her. Her parents had. The Tri-Wizard Tournament. They could find out for themselves. Why waste her breath?

Hearing the taunting footsteps of Draco Malfoy behind Savanah annoyed her.

Just before getting off the train, Savanah told Ginny and the others, "Hey, guys, I..." she hesitated, "...forgot something. I'm going to go grab it, don't wait up for me." They nodded or shrugged and walked off. Savanah turned and started back down the narrow aisle, pushing past Malfoy as she went into an empty compartment.

Not even needing to wait for a half of a minute, the door slid open to reveal Draco Malfoy. The door slid shut behind him.

"This needs to stop, Malfoy," she said simply.

"What does?" he inquired, taking a step closer.

Savanah took a step back before continuing, "You know what."

"You mean this?" He suddenly stepped forward and pushed her into the window on the other side of the compartment. His head swooped down and he kissed her. She didn't return the pleasure. "Come on, Savanah," he nudged her playfully.

"No," she said determinedly, refusing to move her hands up to push him away, something bad happened to her each time she did that.

He leaned down and began kissing her again. She resisted the strong urges that ran freely through her.

"Malfoy, this needs to stop. I don't like you, and my friends don't like y-"

"You call Mudbloods and blood traitors, friends? " he demanded. "Merlin, you're making it hard for me to enjoy this."

"Look, just leave me alone, like, forever," Savanah told him, trying to push him away.

"And you are going to marry me...how?"

"What do you mean?" she asked, sickened.

"Well, if I can't come near my bride-to-be, how can we be married?" he restated.

"I don't plan on marrying you, Malfoy," she told him seriously.

"But your parents—"

"Malfoy, I assure you, I will not marry you, no matter what my parents say. I hate you."

There was a twinge of hurt in his eyes, "In a loving way, I hope?"

"There is no loving way to hate you, Malfoy. You're too much of a jerk. You were hanging out a lot with that pug faced girl last year, marry her," Savanah suggested coldly.

"Savanah...I don't want to marry he—"

"Look, Malfoy," she interrupted, "I'm not going to marry you. So you might as well just keep looking."

"So there is nothing I can do to change your heart? Everything that we did was nothing? "

"Nothing? Maybe just some fun for the both of us—"

He pulled her in closer and began to kiss her. Unfortunately, the door slip open just as he did this.

"I knew it! Never trust a Slytherin! They always go behind your back and lie, God knows what else—" the voice was Harry's; she recognized it instantly.

Malfoy let go of her shoulders, but tightened his hand around her waist, turning them both towards Harry.

"Harry—it's not what it looks like—" Savanah choked.

"It's not? What is it then? I come back to see if you need help finding whatever it is that you forgot, because you took so long, and I find this! You lied to us, Savanah, all of us."

Savanah knew that that was not why Harry had come back. He had come back because he wanted to spy on her.

Malfoy laughed shortly at Harry's departure, "Did you see the look on his face? Looked like he had just seen—"

"You think this is funny, Malfoy?" she demanded, "You're such a jerk! Because of you, I'm back to where I was in first year, no friends—"

"Don't blame this on me, kitten—" he said with some amusement.

"Don't call me that, and yes I will. Because this is all your fault."

"All my fault? Yeah, right, you were as involved as I was—"

"God, Malfoy, do you realize you just screwed up my whole life? That little romance we had for, oh...one day, is over! O-V-E-R! It never was anything; it never can be and never will be. So just leave me alone!"

He didn't speak. He looked heated and miserable at the same time. Savanah felt a twinge of guilt, but she ignored it. "Eh!" she exclaimed as she pushed past him and left the compartment.

Leaving the train, she found a carriage filled with some Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs.

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