The last two weeks of the summer flew by quickly and before I knew it, we were walking down the street to the train station.

Even though we'd all advised against it, Sirius was coming along as well in his animagus form.

When we reached the train station we all started off on our goodbyes. I was nervous. It would only take Parvarti to open her mouth or for Draco come out of nowhere for Sirius to find out I'd been lying to him all summer.

"Harry!" a girl called out as we all stood there. I turned my head and saw Kristen dashing towards us.

Harry flushed pink, but maintained his composure.

"Hey, you," he said coolly.

"You stopped writing to me," Kristen said sadly. "I thought maybe you'd forgotten about me. . ."

"Me forget you? Course not. You see, Hedwig got really sick so I couldn't have her out there flying around," Harry said. "That's all. Sorry about that."

"Oh, is she alright now?" Kristen asked turning to Hedwig's cage.

"Yep, right as rain," Harry said. "And as spunky as ever."

"I'm sure you'll want to sit with your friends during the ride but how's about coming to find me during lunch?" Kristen asked, twirling her fingers through her hair nervously.

"Actually, Ron and Hermione will be on Prefect duty and Hannah and Ginny already made arrangements for lunch, so you can just come to my cabin instead," Harry said.

Harry was getting to be just as smooth as Draco was these days, and not only that, but he'd definitely just kicked me out of my cabin to make out with Kristen.

Kristen smiled excitedly. "Sounds like a plan, then. Oh! And that reminds me, Hannah, Draco wanted me to tell you he made prefect. He's around here somewhere. He said you didn't write to him at all after you left his house."

"Yeah, well I was with Harry and Hedwig was sick so. . . That didn't happen," I said, praying that she would stop talking about Draco then and there.

"Yeah, well, obviously he's looking for you," Kristen said. "Anyway, Harry, it sounds like a plan."

"So, I'll see you at lunch time then," he said.

"Yep," she replied.

Then, Harry, to seal the deal, kissed her on the cheek. Kristen immediately flushed bright pink and giggled stupidly.

"Bye, Harry," she said in a high squeaky voice. She cleared her throat. "I mean, bye, Harry." Kristen turned and started to walk away, accidently knocking a few in the way Hufflepuff second years who she threatened. They dashed away and she made her way on to the train.

"Oh. My. God," I said, almost laughing.

"What?" Harry asked.

"You couldn't even form a coherent sentence about Kristen when you talked about her a few weeks ago, and now look at her, she's pudding," I said.

"It is a very vast improvement in your 'game' Harry. I remember when you couldn't even look at Cho Chang without drooling or getting orange juice all over yourself," Hermione said.

Harry rolled his eyes at her.

"And where do you get off throwing us out like that? We're on break during lunch," Ron said.

"You'll find something to do, I know Hannah will," Harry said pointedly. If he blew my cover I was going roundhouse kick him. "Oh, look, Hannah, it's your best friend, Draco, coming this way."

I turned and looked in Harry's direction and Draco was indeed coming closer.

I waved to Draco and he waved back, then I motioned for him to wait. He stopped midstride, looking confused.

*Disaster averted.*

-It would be so easy to just tell the truth.-

*So would my rabid dog 'Snuffles' jumping up and ripping out Draco's throat.*

"Well, it's about that time, we'd better get going," I said.

And then, delaying our time there even further, Emily popped up.

"Hi, Fred!" she said.

"Emily. . . Hey," he said, trying to be cool, but that tell-tale red face all Weasley's got when they were embarrassed was apparent on his face.

"What's up you guys?" she asked.

"Oh, you know, the sky," Hermione said.

"Always funny, Hermione," Emily said with a mock laugh.

"So. . . What brings you here?" Fred asked, clearly trying to not to bounce around excitedly now that his heart and soul had come over to say hello.

"Well, I saw Professor Lupin and I couldn't miss an opportunity to say hello. He is my favorite teacher after all," she said. "Haven't forgotten me, have you sir?"

"Of course not, Emily. How are you?" he asked.

"Swell," she said. "You look a lot healthier than the last time I saw you. You're doing well aren't you?"

"Yes I am. Thank you for noticing," he said.

"No problem," she said. Then she turned to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. "And these are your parents, Fred?"

"Oh, yeah. Mum, Dad, this is Emily, my girlfriend. Emily, these are my parents," Fred said.

"Oh, it's so nice to meet you at last!" Mrs. Weasley said.

"Yes, Fred talks on you all the time," Mr. Weasley said.

It was then that I realized that Fred was more concerned about his parents embarrassing him than he was Emily doing it.

"Does he really?" she asked turning to Fred. "Oddly enough, my own mother keeps begging me to pick a new subject of conversation as well."

"Well, it looks like it's really about that time. I'll see you guys later," Fred said.

He grabbed Emily's hand and his trunk and pulled them away.

"Whipped," George said.

"Indeed," I said. "Anyway, we had all better get going."

I hugged everyone and then knelt down to Sirius. "You stay out of trouble, Snuffles, and I'll try my best to."

I hugged him and then walked down the platform to Draco.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing really," I said pulling him onto the train.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine," I said. "I heard you made prefect."

"Of course I did – Pansy did as well though," Draco said.

"Tell her to keep her hands to herself or I'll cut them off," I said.

"So, you wanna sit in my compartment with me?" Draco asked.

"You want me to sit with Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise, and Kristen while you frolic about the train with Pansy? No thanks. I think I'll stay with Harry," I said. "Ron and Hermione made prefect as well."

"Oh. . . Great," Draco said. It was my one wish that Draco and my friends would one day get along. Obviously it wasn't today.

"But, Harry's tossed us out of the cabin for lunch time so he can have Kristen alone so I'll be all alone and have nowhere to go," I said.

"I'm sure I can get those tosspots out of my cabin at lunch time so I can court my lady," Draco said. He kissed my cheek. "Stay out of trouble. I can give detentions now."

"And what would you do to punish me?" I asked.

"I don't know, but it'd probably involve those handcuffs you need to give back to Parvati," Draco said with a sly smile on his face.

My face flushed red. "I'll see you around then."

"Bye," he replied.

I walked off and found a cabin to sit in with Harry, Ginny, Neville, and Ginny's best friend, Luna Lovegood.

"Hello, all," I said taking a seat.

"Hello," Luna said, putting her upside down copy of The Quibbler down on her lap. "You must be Hannah Potter."

"Yeah, you're Luna, right? Luna Lovegood?" I asked.

"Yes," she replied pleased that I knew her name.

"Doesn't your father own The Quibbler?" I asked.

"Yes he does," she replied.

"The Quibbler is a very strange paper, in my personal opinion anyway, but it's a very fascinating read. Your journalist are. . . Very open minded," I said. That was a polite way of saying "a bunch of people off their rockers."

Luna smiled. "Thank you."

"No problem. Besides, your father prints more reasonable news than The Prophet these days. If I have to read one more story about how much of a psycho I am, I'll have to puke," I said.

"My father and I agree. We both you and Harry," Luna said.

"Well, it's good to see we've got one supporter here," Harry said.

Luna smiled.

"So, Neville's what's this plant thing you've got here?" Ginny asked pointing out the cactus looking object on his lap.

"I know! I know!" I said as if I were in class or something. "It's a mimblus mimbletonia!"

"Yep," Neville said proudly. "It was a gift from my gran for my birthday. It's got all this boils on it to protect itself. You see if you poke them-."

And of course, Neville poke the plant with his hand causing foul smelling goop to cover all of us.

Just then the door opened and Cho Chang entered.

"Oh. . . Hi, Harry," Cho said.

". . . Hi, Cho," Harry replied.

*Awkward…*

"Bye," she said. She closed the door and walked away.

"Well, then, I feel pretty damn sexy, how about you?" I asked pulling out my wand. "Scourgify."

We were all instantly clean.

"Thanks for that," Ginny said. "And I promise your plant is perfectly safe."

After dinner at Hogwarts, I collapsed onto my bed and snuggled up to my pillow.

"I've missed my bed," I said.

"Did you see Harry and Kristen together?" Hermione asked.

"I know! They're the most adorable couple I've ever seen," Parvati said. "I mean, even though Kristen can be a bitch sometimes but she's in Slytherin so it's okay."

"You guys and your attraction to Slytherins. What's their appeal? Do you like that they're bad?" Emily asked.

"Ooh! Speaking of it, you and Draco were shaking up over the summer. Tell me everything, and I mean everything," Parvati said.

"There's nothing to tell. You think just because I slept in the same house as him for two weeks that automatically I'm going to let him whisk my virginity away?" I asked.

"I'd expect you to at least consider it," Parvati said honestly. I groaned. "Go on, Hannah, lie to us. Tell us you haven't thought about doing the nasty with Draco Malfoy."

"I haven't," I said.

"Liar!" they all chimed in at once.

"Hannah, you're telling me that not once have you ever thought about doing it with Draco? Not once?" Parvati asked.

"Well, I have, but what does it matter if I don't act on it?" I asked.

The girls didn't hear anything past "I have" as they went off to tell me "I told you so."

"So, while you were at Draco's house having all these thoughts in your head and being around him all the time," Parvati started.

"With limited parental supervision," Hermione added.

"Limited parental supervision? Hannah, you were alone with him most of the time?" Emily asked.

"We didn't do anything," I said.

"I don't know, Hannah, it all seems very suspect," Emily said.

"What did you do while you were there?" Parvati asked.

"We hung out. We talked. Made out a few times. Nothing out of the ordinary," I said.

"And you slept in your own bed every night?" Parvati asked.

*Lie, Hannah! Lie!*

But my hesitation was all it took to show my guilt.

"You slept in the same bed? And you didn't tell me?" Hermione asked.

"Well you would tell Harry and you know what he would think," I said.

"Oh, if only you knew what I am thinking right now," Parvati said.

"We were in the same bed and we slept. That's all. All we did was sleep," I said.

"So you, a 15 year old girl in need of a serious hormone check, were in the same house, in the same bed with your boyfriend, who is also in need of a serious hormone adjustment by the way, with no parental supervision and you didn't do anything?" Parvati asked.

"No," I said.

"I'm sorry, Hannah, but I think you're full of crap," Parvati said.

"Yeah, me too," Hermione said.

"I call shenanigans," Emily said.

"So you all really have that little faith in me?"I asked.

"Well I did believe you," Hermione said, "but you left out the whole part about sleeping with him."

"But that's all we did was sleep," I said.

"Then why didn't you tell me? You tell me everything," Hermione said. "Unless you're guilty of something."

"Well it makes me look guilty," I said.

"And so does lying," Emily said.

"Then I guess I can't win," I said. "Just promise me you won't tell Harry or anyone else."

"Alright," Parvati said.

"Parvati, I swear to God, if you tell anyone I'm going to hex you into oblivion," I said. "The last thing I need is for this to get back to Harry."

Parvati promised, but with her there was no telling. I loved Parvati but she couldn't keep her mouth closed.