Thank you lovegoodpotter and court2010 my 2 awesome betas.

I was so surprised and happy with my reviews and how positive they all were that i decided to update for the third time this week as a special treat. You have no idea how happy I was to get those reviews and the new alerts and favorites, since the past week or so I have been feeling quite home sick. So all the support has really lifted my spirits thank you all so much. I might acctually be able to write some new chapters instead of posting prewritten ones without keeping a steady number ahead (I have up to chapter 25 written) any enough from me here's your present chapter 21.

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Chapter 21

Harriet never did find out how the conversation between Snape and Harry went. Though she and Harry met up again the next day; whenever Harriet brought up the topic of Snape and the conversation Harry would change the subject. Eventually, Harriet gave up, figuring Harry would tell her if and when he wanted to.

Instead, Harriet and Harry spent their day talking to each other and getting to know each other and their different upbringings. Then Harry brought up the topic of the book that Harriet had refused to take back yesterday. Harriet had forgotten that she hadn't got round to explaining what it was until Harry asked her.

"I started that book at the beginning of the summer though I couldn't find anything to add to it after the first day."

"Oh, is that why you brought it here? You hoped to find out more things so you could add to it." Asked Harry.

"Yeah, we could have it as ours; I'll add a page for information about me if you want. It will be another way for us to get to know each other by adding information to this investigation journal and if we both add to it then we are likely to get more information that way." Replied Harriet. Harriet just couldn't wait to find out about their parents all she knew was that they seemed really happy and that they would often take her and Harry to the shops for shopping, and now that they were a witch and wizard who were murdered.

At that moment Harry got a quill and ink out and opened the book to the page with Harry James Potter and started filling it in writing anything that he could think of about him. Harriet meanwhile read what he was writing as he was writing it and asked a few questions and gave some ideas of what else he could write.

Once Harry had wrote a good few pages full, Harriet took the book from him and leaving a few pages put Harriet Lily Potter as a heading and started writing anything she could think of about herself with Harry taking over the reading and giving suggestions and asking questions. They sat like this for most of the morning until Harriet's stomach gave a loud rumble and she looked over at Harry before the both burst out laughing uncontrollably. It was a good couple of minutes before they could control themselves enough to pack up and head to lunch.

As Harriet walked over to the Slytherin table it was the first time that she really didn't want to be a Slytherin. After her taste of what things could be like if she had a close friend that morning with Harry, she didn't want to go back to just having acquaintances and silent meals listening in on other peoples conversations or lost in her own thoughts. What she wanted was someone who she could sit at the same table with and have a conversation about anything and everything. What she wanted was to have a friend in her own house that she could talk to in all of her classes instead only having friends in every other house except her own.

With this thought in her mind Harriet sat down at the side of the table so that she could easily see over to the Gryffindor table without turning around. She got her lunch and sat contemplating who she could talk to in her own house and the things they would be able to do that it wouldn't be possible for her to do with friends from other houses. She thought about late nights talking, chatting around the fire in the common room helping each other with homework after curfew, and joking and talking at the house tables and in particular at feasts. Harriet really wanted a Slytherin friend.

However there was a big major snag. Harriet didn't like the Slytherins and none of them had made any effort to talk to her. True, she hadn't made any effort to talk to them either but most of them now had friends would she be brave enough to just go up and start talking to someone, and find a way to fit in with their friends?

Harry who was sitting at the Gryffindor table with Ron kept glancing over to the Slytherin table at Harriet there would be no way that he would be able to talk to her since the Ravenclaw table was between the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables, but he could see that Harriet looked a little dejected and lost in her own thoughts. He had noticed that she rarely spoke to any of the other Slytherins and wondered if that was why she looked kind of miserable sitting there. Harry decided that he would make sure that Harriet always had a friend even if it was only him and he would look out for her and stick up for her like a brother should.

Harriet had by this time finished with her lunch and decided to go and sit in the Slytherin common room to see if anybody came in on their own that she might be able to talk to and if she never spoke to anyone at least there she would have Sammy to talk to instead. With that decided she got up and wandered over to the main entrance. Harriet hadn't taken into account that things often didn't go according to plan as when she walked through the doors into the main entrance she didn't notice that someone else had followed her through the doors and it wasn't until she was almost at the stairs for the dungeon when she felt a hand grab at her arm and pull her backwards into a broom cupboard.

"Hey, who's that; let me go!" Harriet demanded at whoever it was that had grabbed her. She tried turning around but found herself pushed against the wall with a hand over her mouth. There was silence for a few moments until the person spoke.

"Shh, keep your voice down; I'm not going to hurt you." It was a boy's voice and Harriet recognised it but at the moment she couldn't place the voice. "Now I'm going to take my hand away from your mouth and you can't shout or anything ok; you just need to listen." At the nod off Harriet's head the hand slowly came away from her mouth and Harriet stayed silent like the person had asked her.

"I just wanted to do this in private in case you didn't want to; I noticed that you haven't made any Slytherin friends." The voice sounded unsure, and when Harriet realised this she realised who it was because the person who the voice belonged to never sounded unsure of himself, in fact he always sounded cocky and pompous and overly confident and snobby. What she couldn't figure out was what Draco Malfoy was doing dragging her into a broom cupboard and sounding unsure and nervous. What was he up to that he didn't want to do in front of other people?

"I didn't want to ask you in front of other people in case you turned me down, I had enough of that when your brother did that. Anyway I was wondering if you wanted me to be your friend?" Harriet was shocked she definitely wasn't expecting that. Or for him to ask in such a nice way. However Draco took her silence the wrong way.

"Right, well I'm glad I did it in private anyway; I'll see you around; I should have known better than to ask to be friends with another Potter." And Draco turned and was about to open the door when Harriet realised that he must of took her silence for a rejection. She reached out and grabbed both his hands away from the door to stop him from leaving.

"Draco, wait." Draco stopped and turned back towards her and Harriet wished she had a little more light so she could see what his expression was. "I do want to be your friend; I was just surprised that you asked me and that you asked in a nice way. That was the only reason that Harry didn't accept your offer of friendship is because you were so nasty about it." Harriet said in a rush and only stopped because she had to take a breath.

"What so you want to be friends?" Draco asked in surprise he had been so sure that she would turn down his offer.

"Yes, Draco, I want to be your friend; though I won't let you be a bully towards people when I'm around." Answered Harriet happily; maybe making a friend in Slytherin wasn't so hard after all.

"I think I can manage that." Draco had a big smile on his face as he and Harriet left the broom cupboards Harriet was also smiling.

What they didn't anticipate was that Harry and Ron would be passing by at the moment that they walked through the door.

"Harriet, what did you do in there? Don't say that Malfoy kissed you." Harry had frozen in surprise with one foot on the first marble step.

"What? NOOOO…" Exclaimed Harriet and Draco together.

"No we were just talking honestly." Added Harriet. With that she walked over to where Harry was still frozen and gave him a hug which slowly he returned and she whispered in his ear. "You'll be the first person I tell when I have my first kiss; thank you for looking out for me though." Harriet pulled back gave Harry a big smile and walked down towards the common room.

When Harriet stopped at the wall she turned and saw Draco just behind her.

"So are we going to walk in together and just start hanging out or do you have another idea?" Asked Harriet to Draco after all he did have two other friends.

"I doubt Crabbe and Goyle will be finished lunch yet, so we could just sit by the fire and talk and see what happens from there." Drawled Draco and with that decided they gave the password and walked into the common room.

The common room was still empty as it was still early on in lunch so Harriet and Draco were able to get the two best chairs next to the fire. As soon as Harriet sat down Samuel jumped onto her lap.

"Hey, there little boy; what have you been up to today, eh?" Cooed Harriet as she scratched Samuel in his favourite place sending him into a bout of purrs. Whilst Draco sat watching in amusement.

"I've never seen anyone able to get a cat to purr as fast as you."

"You just need to make the effort to get to know the individual animal."

"So what's your excuse with the other cats around here then? Yeah, I've seen you going around talking to them all and petting them; even Mrs Norris like you." Harriet looked up at Draco then and was glad to see that he wasn't making fun of her but almost admired her for being able to get Mrs Norris to purr. Something a lot of the students thought was impossible.

"I was just nice to her. You should have seen Filches face the first time he saw me petting her. He though I had put a spell on her and chased me out into the grounds." Giggled Harriet. Draco looked shocked at first before he joined in the laughter as well.

"It's nice to see you smile and laugh, I haven't seen you laugh before, you just always seemed sad at meals or in the common room." He wasn't making fun of her just simply stating a fact and the more that Harriet thought about it the more she realised how true it was. This made Harriet determined to cheer up it was so unlike her to be so miserable and wallow in self-pity. From this moment on Harriet was going to start showing her true self.