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BPOV

I gazed up at Edward in complete shock. Out of all the people that could find me like this, it had to be him. I guess it was good in a way. Harry would go berserk if he saw me like this and Ron would insist on finding and teaching the person who hurt me a lesson, and I didn't want them going anywhere near Draco. He hadn't done anything wrong, it was my fault.

"Uh, hi," Edward said nervously, probably remembering all of the things I said to him when he first came here and how furious I had been with him. Lucky for him, I didn't have any energy to take my anger out today. Too bad, he would have made the perfect punching bag.

"What do you want Edward?" I asked, annoyed but also curious. He didn't look like his usual cocky self. I was expecting him to come over and gloat, but he didn't look like he was going to be doing any of that.

"I heard what happened right now. Between you and Draco."

"And?" I snapped, annoyed.

"I'm sorry about that. I can see how much you two care about each other."

I stared at him as if he had grown another head. Where was the mean and selfish Edward that I had come to know ever since I had arrived here? Out of all of the things that I expected him to say, this was not one of them.

He laughed at my expression. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised that that is your reaction. My behavior toward you hasn't exactly been the best. Just let me explain why I was like that."

I nodded. " Go on." This should be good.

He took a deep breath and then said, "I was blinded by jealously. I said all of those things to you that day in the forest, and then I came here and found out that you were the Bella that I had known in Forks, and all I knew was that I wanted to be with you and I wanted you back. You made my life mean something, but then Jasper attacked you and I knew that we had to leave because we were a danger to you. So I made up that lie that I didn't love you anymore."

I sucked in a breath, remembering all of the pain and heartbreak that I went through that day, but it didn't hurt nearly as bad as the thought that Draco may never forgive me. I had to hold back tears as I thought about that. I pushed those thoughts out of my mind and concentrated on what Edward was saying.

"I'm sorry about that. I know it couldn't have been easy on you, and then to make it worse I come back and acted like a jerk. I just wanted you back and I was jealous that you were with Draco. I wanted to be the person that you loved, the only person. But then I started opening my eyes up and I saw how much you two cared about each other, and how truly worried he was about you after you're father died. I never could have done what he did, and I think that was when I realized that you weren't mine, you were his and you always would be."

Tears welled up in my eyes at his explanation. "Thank you Edward for telling me this. And I do forgive you for all of the stuff you did to me, but it doesn't matter. Draco probably hates me right now. He's never going to forgive me."

Edward tentatively put his arm around me and relaxed when he saw that I wasn't going to hit him or anything for putting it there. "He will forgive you. He loves you too much to live without you. He just needs some time to think and calm down and then you can work everything out. I don't know him that well, though, so maybe you should talk to Harry."

I sighed. Harry always did have good advice, but I wasn't sure that I wanted to tell him about this just yet. He would either be mad at Draco, or worse, disappointed in what I had done. I hated to disappoint Harry, and I tried my best not to do it. But he would eventually find out that something was wrong and he wouldn't stop asking me until I finally gave in. I would have to tell him, and the sooner I got it over with, the better.

"Yeah, you're right. I'll go talk to him."

Edward released me and started walking away. "That's good, and I hope that everything works out, Bella, I really do."

"Thank you, Edward. I needed a friend tonight, and thank you for helping me clear my head and give me advice and also for explaining what happened."

"You're welcome, Bella. I'll always be there for you. Just call me and I'll be there. Oh, and by the way, Alice has been itching to go on a shopping spree with you."

I groaned. I didn't mind shopping, but shopping with Alice was a completely different thing. That little pixie was crazy and bought a ton of stuff that she did not need. For her and me. But I had missed Alice and I did want to make everything right between us. She hadn't made Edward's mistakes and I didn't want to punish her for them.

"Fine," I said. "Tell her, I'll go."

Edward smiled. "She'll like that. She's really missed you. Thank you."

I nodded. "Good night Edward."

"Night Bella," he said, walking away.

I took a deep breath and started walking toward the Gryffindor Common Room to find Harry and tell him everything that happened tonight.

I walked as slowly as I could, dreading what was to come. I was hoping that he would be in bed already so I could hold it off until the morning, but unfortunately that didn't happen and I ran into Harry on my way to the common room.

"Hey Harry," I said nervously, which earned me a questioning glance.

"Hey Bells. What's up?"

"Um . . .I . . .um," I stammered and Harry started to get concerned. He put his hands on my shoulders and demanded that I tell him what was wrong. I knew this was going to happen.

When I didn't say anything, he searched my face for any clues about why I was upset and then his face softened. "You've been crying. I can tell. Please Bella, tell me what happened."

That broke me. He really was concerned about me and wanted to know what was going on with me. "Okay, but please don't get angry with me."

He looked at me, confused. I shook my head at him and then took a deep breath and explained to Harry everything that had happened tonight. His face remained impassive throughout my whole explanation so I couldn't tell what his opinion was about anything.

"So?" I asked impatiently once I finished telling him about what had happened between me and Draco. I wanted to know what he thought about all this, but he hadn't said anything. I was starting to get nervous again so I asked, "are you mad at me?"

Harry glanced at me in astonishment, shocked that I had come to that conclusion. "Why would you think that Bells? Of course not," he said, wrapping his arms around me. "Yes, I'm a little disappointed in both of you. You both should have handled things differently, but it's in the past now and there's nothing that we can do now except concentrate on fixing it."

I smiled at him mockingly. "When did you get so wise?"

He grinned back. "Well with you and all of your problems, I've gotten used to giving advice."

I glared at him and he started laughing. "Okay, master of advice and good ideas, how am I going to fix this?" I asked.

The smile faded away and he looked at me, serious again. "I'm sorry, but I don't know." I sighed and frowned. I was never going to fix this. "But," Harry continued, "I do know how to cheer you up."

I glanced up at him questionably. "How?" I asked, dubious that he could even come up with anything.

His grin widened and I found myself smiling back in response, despite all of the pain I was feeling toward what had happened. "I know how much you love to compete against me so, Isabella Snape, I challenge you to a Quidditch Game!"

I grinned back. He was right, that did cheer me up. Nothing put me in a better mood than beating Harry at something. "You're on brother! Rules?" I asked.

He smiled at me. "We gather our own teams and in two days we play a real live game against each other and whoever wins is the ultimate Quidditch champ. Agreed?"

"Agreed," I said loftily. "Be prepared to lose. And we can choose anyone to be on our team?"

"Yeah," Harry replied, instantly suspicious. "Why?"

"No reason," I replied innocently, walking away. "See you later bro, I have a team to assemble. And thank you Harry, for everything."

He smiled. "No problem Bells. Don't hesitate to come to me if you need anything."

I smiled one last time before walking away. I had a few phone calls to make.

DPOV

I woke up the next morning feeling horrible. I had barely slept at all. I had spent my whole night brooding over what had happened with Bella. Everything had been going perfectly and I didn't understand how it could all go downhill so fast. It hurt to say those things to Bella, but I was serious about what I said. I didn't want to be with her if she had that little faith in me and was afraid about what would happen in the future.

Reluctantly, I pulled myself out of bed to get ready for the day. Potions was bound to be awkward because Bella and I sit right next to each other. What the hell was I supposed to say? 'Sorry I kind of dumped you last night, but can we put that behind us so we can focus on this potion?' Oh yeah, that would go over real well unless I considered getting slapped across the face a good thing.

Slowly, I made my way down the great hall, trying to buy myself some time and also trying to avoid people.

"Draco!" A voice called from behind me. So much for avoiding people.

I turned around and saw Harry walking toward me. I unconsciously cringed and contemplated all of the ways that I could escape. I was sure that Bella had filled him in on what had happened last night and he had warned me that if I ever hurt her he would hurt me right back.

"Hey Harry."

"Hi," Harry said, scrutinizing my face. "You look horrible," he noted.

Way to make me feel better, Harry. "Yeah, I didn't sleep much last night."

Harry nodded and then said, "I just wanted to come over and invite you to the Quidditch game tomorrow. Bella's getting the okay from Dumbledore, but I'm sure he'll say yes. He can't deny her anything, especially after Snape died."

"Um, what are you talking about?" I thought that the official Quidditch season had already ended. Gryffindor had won again.

"Bella and I are facing each other in a Quidditch game. We are both gathering teammates and are going to be competing against each other. She was pretty messed up when she got back last night, so I came up with this. A chance to beat me always cheers her up."

I looked down, reliving last night when I left Bella there, crying. "I'm sorry Harry. I didn't want to hurt her."

Harry smiled at me. "You both made mistakes last night. You've hurt her before, and she's hurt you before, but you guys have always gotten past it, and I know you'll get past this. You two love each other too much. Just talk to her and work it out."

"Thanks Harry. I really app-"

I was cut off by a loud, "Harry!" I thought that it was Bella, but when I turned I saw Ginny walking over.

Harry smiled at her and kissed her on the cheek while I watched, wishing that I could still do that to Bella. "Hey Ginny, I'm glad you're here. I have something to ask you," Harry said.

"If you're going to ask me to be on your Quidditch team, I can't," Ginny said.

"What? Why?" Harry protested. After a few seconds Harry's eyes narrowed. "Bella," he growled out."

"Sorry Harry," Ginny said. "But she got to me first."

"Of course she did," Harry said angrily. He didn't say anything for a little while after that, he was probably busy thinking of all of the things he would do to Bella in revenge. "Who else is on her team?" He asked after a while.

"Um, Bella asked me not to tell you. She said it's top secret and she wants you to be surprised tomorrow."

Harry's scowl grew fiercer. "Which means that she has someone on the team that she doesn't want me to know about," Harry said, more to himself than to either of us.

Harry glanced up and something caught his attention. I looked up and saw Bella walking down a corridor with Alice Cullen right beside her, talking like they were the best of friends. They must have made up. A flash of jealousy shot through me when I realized that if she made up with Alice, she must have made up with Edward too. Harry didn't seem to notice this though, he was too busy worrying about his Quidditch team, typical Harry.

"Bella!" He called out angrily and her head shot up. Her eyes briefly met mine and I saw pain and longing appear on her face for a second until she blinked it away and turned back to look at Harry.

She glanced at Ginny and seemed to know what he was mad about. "Sorry bro, but I want to win and Ginny is one of the best chasers out there."

"You better run Bella!" Harry shouted, his patience wearing thin. Bella didn't need to be told twice. She took off with a quick "bye" to everyone with Harry hastily following after her.

"I better go find them before they get in to any real trouble," Ginny said, sighing and walking off toward the direction that they had disappeared in, leaving Alice and I in the hallway.

I smiled tentatively at her and then took off in the other direction, thinking about what Harry had said. He said that I should talk to her and work it out, but I had absolutely no idea how I was supposed to do that. I mean, I loved her and I wanted everything to be okay between us, but I didn't know what to do. I had told her to talk to me when she figured things out, but I wasn't sure if she would come and talk to me about it. Maybe she enjoyed being single, it sure looked like it. She had already made friends with the Cullen's and had a fun and intense Quidditch game planned. But I did agree with Harry. I would have to talk to her eventually and it was better to get it over with sooner rather than later.

I sighed. I would talk to her after the Quidditch game tomorrow, I decided. She would be too busy practicing before than so it was best to wait until the game was over. It was too late for breakfast now, so I turned around and headed toward the dungeons where I would have to bear the terribly awkward potions lesson with Bella. Today we would be meeting our new teacher. Dumbledore had been filling in until they found a teacher and today was Professor Slughorn's first day.

I made my way down to the potions room and took a deep breath. Well, here goes nothing.

BPOV

Harry had finally caught up with me, but by that time it was time for potions class to begin and he didn't have any time to yell at me about taking his girlfriend, although he did keep up a constant murmuring of complaints on our way there, all of which I ignored.

I was too busy worrying about what potions would be like. I didn't know if I should ignore Draco or talk to him or say sorry or what. I looked calm on the outside, but on the inside I was freaking out, and to top it all off our new teacher was arriving today and I wasn't sure if I was ready for that.

Snape's classroom hadn't been cleared out yet and Dumbledore had already warned me that Slughorn might need some help with that tonight.

Harry seemed to guess where my thoughts were taking me because he said, "don't worry. You'll be fine. You've been fine all this time and today shouldn't be any different. Just stay strong and you will be absolutely fine."

I smiled. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. Now hurry up, we're already late. We need to make a good impression. It's his first day."

I laughed and we started jogging over to the potions room. When we entered, everyone was already in there and I saw a fat man at the front of the room, introducing himself. He was smiling and wearing light, happy colors. It was such a contrast to Snape, who always looked angry and wore black all of the time. The whole class was staring at us, including Draco, but I quickly looked away and focused on Professor Slughorn.

"Well hello!" He said in his loud and blustering voice. "You must be Isabella Snape and Harry Potter. It's nice to meet you. I'm Horace Slughorn, you're new potions teacher."

Harry and I smiled at him politely, trying to take our seats, but Slughorn stopped us. "You two sure seem close. Are you dating?"

Harry and I stared at the idiotic man in horror while the rest of the class laughed at our expressions and the question. "No!" Harry and I shouted out at practically the same time.

"Professor, I can assure you that we are not dating. Harry is like my brother. I grew up with him. When my mom died, my dad sent me to live with the Potters, so he is like family too me. I love him, but only as a brother."

"And I feel the exact same way, sir," Harry piped in, still looking completely shocked that Slughorn had come to that conclusion. "Besides, I have a girlfriend."

Everyone looked at me to see if I would mention Draco, but I didn't say anything and I knew that they noticed because a few of them started whispering amongst each other. I honestly didn't know what Draco and I were at the moment. I glanced over at Draco and noticed that his head was looking down toward the ground, deep in thought.

"Oh. I'm sorry to have assumed that," Slughorn blubbered out. "And Bella, Snape's stuff is still in here, could you please help me remove it tonight? Dumbledore tells me that you have somewhere that you would like to store it."

I grimaced at the thought of going through more of Snape's stuff. "Yeah, I'll be here tonight and Dumbledore has given me permission to leave campus tomorrow and put it somewhere safe."

"That'll be great Bella, but be careful when you leave. You still have a murderer after you, remember?"

"Don't worry professor, I'll be careful," I promised and then quickly took my seat, which probably wasn't a good idea because Draco was sitting right next to me gazing intently at my face with worry.

I smiled slightly at him and then turned my attention back to the front of the room where Slughorn had started teach. Occasionally I would feel Draco staring at me and every time I had to fight the urge to stare back. It was probably the longest class ever.

As soon as the bell rang I jumped up and made my way out of there as soon as I could. If the class hadn't noticed that I hadn't told Slughorn about Draco when Harry said he had a girlfriend, they certainly noticed that I didn't say anything to Draco when I left. The rumors were probably all over the school by now. Just what I needed, I thought sarcastically.

Harry caught up with me and asked, "are you alright?"

I smiled. "I'm fine, I just couldn't spend another minute in that classroom. It was probably the most awkward moment of my life," I explained.

Harry laughed. "Don't worry, it'll get better as time goes on. Are you going to talk to him?"

I sighed. I had no idea what I was going to do. "I don't know Harry. I will have to eventually, but I don't know what to say or do or if he even wants to talk to me."

"Of course he does Bells. This fight hurts him just as much as you. He feels the exact same way that you do. Just talk things out. You guys can figure this out and get past it."

I smiled. "Thanks Harry."

The rest of the day passed by uneventfully. Many people came up to me and asked me about the Quidditch game that was going to take place tomorrow. Mostly they asked who was on my team, but I wanted it to be a surprise so I didn't tell them anything. And I was right about the rumors spreading. Every time I would walk down a corridor, whispers would follow about how Draco and I had gotten in a fight and were now over. It was pretty accurate and I wondered where they got their information from.

After dinner, I walked to the potions room and helped Slughorn box up some of Snape's things. He didn't have that much stuff left. A few pictures, some potions ingredients that I just let Slughorn keep so he could use them in class, and a few other personal materials. It ended up just filling two boxes.

"Thanks for helping with this Bella. I know this must be hard for you, and I'm sorry about what happened. I taught both of your parents, and they were both experts at potions. And from what I have heard from the other teachers, you have acquired their skills."

I smiled at him. "Thanks. And yeah, I guess. Snape used to bring me here when I was little and teach me all of his secrets on how to make potions."

"I have some old pictures of your parents when they went here, would you like to have them?" Slughorn asked.

I stared at him. I didn't have many pictures of my parents when they were young, so this was great. I had always wondered what they had looked like back then. "Yeah, I would love that. Thank you!"

"Oh, it's nothing, Bella. Why don't you go put those boxes away and I'll go get my pictures and I'll meet you back here in ten minutes?"

I nodded. "Sounds like a plan."

I quickly grabbed the two boxes and made my way to my dorm where I would store them until I could bring them back to our old house that Snape had showed me over Christmas. Once I made it up there I practically ran back down to the dungeons where I saw Slughorn waiting with a photo album.

"These are all the pictures I have of them. They were two of my favorite students. Always so obedient and they really were genius's at potions!" Slughorn said, pride filling his voice as he talked about them.

"Thank you," I said. "This means a lot to me. You have no idea."

"You're welcome Bella. It's my pleasure. After all you have been through, you deserve it. Enjoy looking through all of the pictures!"

I smiled and started walking back up to the common room, already flipping through the album when I ran into someone. This was starting to look like last night when I ran into Draco and I was afraid to look up and see who I had run into.

But when I looked up, it was Harry. I let out a breath that I hadn't known that I had been holding. "Hey, bro. You ready to lose tomorrow?"

"I'm not the one who's going to be losing Bella, just remember that. What is that?"

I looked down and saw the album. "Oh, it's just a photo album that Professor Slughorn gave me. It has pictures of when my parents went here. He told me a little bit about what they were like back then and then let me keep this."

"Oh, well, that was nice of him. I'm going to go to bed. Bid day tomorrow. You coming?"

"Yeah," I said as I followed Harry back to the common room. Tomorrow was bound to be a fun day. After the Quidditch game I had permission to go drop off the boxes full of Snape's stuff at our old home, and then I decided that I would talk to Draco. I wanted to settle this once and for all. If we couldn't get back together then I at least wanted to be friends because no matter what happens, I want him in my life.

I sighed. I was definitely going to need some luck tomorrow.

Author's Note:

I hope you liked this chapter! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I will try to get the next chapter up soon. The story will be ending soon, so if you have any ideas on the ending or something that you would like to see happen before it ends, please tell me and please don't forget to review!