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Chapter 26-

"I...uh...got lost in the Forbidden forest." Rose lied.

"For three days!" McGonagall, Harry, and Hagrid said at the same time.

"Uh...yes?" She was hoping to sound confident but it came out as a question instead of an answer.

"I don't know what you think you are up to Miss Potter, but I assure you that you are in a lot of trouble. Everyone was worried about you." She lectured. "You could have been dead for all we knew." Rose felt even more guilty with every word.

"I'm sorry, but Sootsie led me into the woods, I tried to stop her and I couldn't just leave her in there." Rose thought she had them convinced then.

"Is she ok?" Harry asked.

"Yes. A unicorn named Fefdyn led us out of the forest." She explained.

"A unicorn?!" They all said again. They were back to not believing her.

"Nonsense, Rose. The unicorns're a very timid creature." Hagrid explained. "They don' like people."

"I think you need to have some sort of punishment for your actions." McGonagall said. "It seems that you and Professor Snape need to sort things out, so I want you to go down to the dungeons and let him know that you are to have detention with him."

"Right now?" Rose asked.

"Yes." She answered shortly. "I can't have students wandering around the forest willy nilly and then lying to me about unbelievable things like unicorns." Rose didn't respond. She knew the story was unbelievable, even if it was partially true. Marius, Belladonna, please escort her to the dungeons, and keep a better eye on her. What good are guards if they can't do their jobs." They nodded obediently and Belladonna pushed Rose out the door and almost down the stairs.

"You damn brat." Belladonna cursed. "Where the hell were you and how did you get outside?"

"I don't think I am going to tell you." She said as she just walked down the hall.

"Now, now, ladies. Lets just calm down." Marius said as he led the way. "I don't want to get in the middle of a cat fight." Rose just ignored him as Belladonna grumbled to herself.

They were almost to the potions room when someone yelled her name from the other end of a corridor. "ROSE!" It was Draco and Rose just sped up as Draco ran down the hall. She passed Marius and quickly opened the door and closed it behind her. "Rose!" She could still here him yelling. "Let me in." He commanded.

"Sorry, but miss Potter has detention. No visitors." Marius said cooly.

"Rose! I need to talk to you!" He tried to yell through the door.

"Rose?" She looked up to see Snape coming out of his office door. "When did you get back?" He seemed tired and worried.

"A few minutes ago." She said as she walked farther into the room. "I was sent by McGonagall to have detention with you." Snape's tired expression disappeared and turned into a glare.

"ROSE!!" Draco's voice came again. Snape looked at the door and then back at Rose.

"What did he do this time?" Rose was caught off guard by the question.

"He pissed me off. What do you think?" She said. The yelling was starting to get on her nerves.

"Obviously." He said as he went to the door and opened it. Belladonna toppled over into the room. She had been leaning against the door and got up quickly in embarrassment. "Mr. Malfoy, leave now. You are disturbing my peace."

"I can't. I need to speak with Rose." He insisted. Snape looked over at Rose and then back at Malfoy.

"You will have to wait until after her detention." Snape said. "In one hour."

"Fine!" Draco said angrily. "I will wait right here. And when you get out here we WILL talk." He sat down against a wall stubbernly.

Snape shut the door. "It seems you are not the only one who is, how did you put it, pissed off." Rose tried to hold in her laughter but after a moment she just let it out.

"HAHAHAHA!!! Oh my God. I can't believe you actually said that." Rose couldn't stop laughing. Snape just stood there and waited for her to get control of herself.

"Yes, quite hilarious. But I do believe you are here for detention and not entertainment." Snape glided over to his desk and sat. "Let me see what I have for you."

"ROSE!" Lupin came bursting through the door, along with Sirius. Sirius grabbed her into a breathtaking hug.

"Uh, Sirius. I think she still needs to breath." Rose heard a familiar voice say. Sirius quickly let her go but kept his hands on her shoulders. Rose looked around her godfather and saw Zoe. Rose smiled brightly at her and then at Sirius.

"Oh my god, she's still here. You mean you didn't scare her off on the first date?"

"Hey, don't try and change the subject. I have a right to fuss over you." Sirius said. "But yes, we are still together." He whispered with a grin. But the grin faded immediately. "Where have you been!?!" He was angry. "James would have my head."

Rose frowned at him. "No..." She contradicted. "Dad would understand. Or at least let me explain myself first."

"She's probably right." Zoe said, trying to back her up. Rose smiled at her in thanks. Then she recounted her story that she had told Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, and Harry. "Um...well." Zoe said.

"You expect me to buy that?" Sirius said.

"Nope." She said. "Believe what you want."

"EXCUSE ME!" Everyone turned to a fuming Snape. "Miss Potter is supposed to be in detention."

Sirius was about to retort but Rose stopped him. "Please don't. I deserve the detention, and I was supposed to start it half an hour ago." Sirius just glared at Snape, who glared right back.

"We should go then." Zoe said. "I'm glad you are alright Rose." Rose surprised Zoe by giving her a hug.

"I'm glad you haven't given up on him." She whispered. Zoe hugged her back. Sirius gave Rose one last hug before the group left the classroom.

"Finally." Snape said.

"Sorry about that." She apologized.

"I have something for you." He said as she walked to his desk. "Here." He held out a rag and some sort of cleaning spray. "These shelves are in dire need of some cleaning. I don't want any of my ingredients getting contaminated." Rose looked around the room at the many shelves and sighed. 'This is going to be a long detention.'

Draco sat and waited. He watched a group of people run into the room, paying no attention to the two guards. The only one of them that even noticed the guards was Professor Lupin, who gave Marius a dirty look. Draco knew the other man was her godfather, but he did not recognize the woman. Was she a relative? He did not know. He was just angry that they had been in there for half an hour before the group left. It was almost an hour later, so she would be walking out that door any minute now.

*Creek*

The door opened slowly and Rose popped her head out. She looked extremely exhausted but Draco really needed to talk to her. He had been replaying the scene in his head for quite some time now. He stood up as she walked past him. "Rose." He said. She stopped with her back to him.

"Hurry up Draco, I don't have all night." She was bitter and he didn't blame her.

"Ok, I really need you to know..." He was cut off when he Dimitri rammed into his shoulder as he walked by.

"Rose." He said as he walked up to her. She turned around with anger in her eyes.

"What?" She seethed.

"I heard blondey here, actually went and cheated on you." Rose's eyes teared up a little, which made Draco even more angry.

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious." She said.

"I'm sorry." Dimitri said. "I just wanted you to know that I'm here for you." He slipped an arm around her shoulders. Rose took his arm and pushed it off her shoulders and backed away.

"I don't need your pity, and I don't need your apology." She rounded on Draco. "I am just fine and dandy so you can all just leave me alone." Her words practically killed him.

"Come on Rose. I know you're hurting." He grabbed her by the shoulders and put his lips on hers. Rose was practically sizzling with anger. She kicked out and connected with something a male should never have kicked. He dropped to his knees and Rose was left to stare angrily at Draco who looked very surprised.

"That wasn't soo hard now was it Draco!" She dug in deep. "Maybe if Millicent can make you feel good with just a kiss you should just stick with her!" She dug deeper. "Besides, she seems like more your type." She finished coldly. And before Draco could respond, if he could find a way to respond, Rose was already heading down the hall in a steaming huff. He didn't even notice the tears of anger and regret flowing down her red cheeks.

"Well, that was entertaining." Belladonna said in amusement.

(-B I dedicate Dimitri's pain to Maddy, for it is definitely her pleasure. ^^ He finally got what was coming to him. And I do believe Draco learned a valuable lesson. Plz Review. B-)