At eight o' clock, after dinner, Draco somehow managed to get away from his friends and went to the hospital wing. They wouldn't let him go very easily.

"Come on Draco, where are you going?" Blaise asked.

"None of your business, alright?"

"Ooh getting defensive, are we?" Blaise joked before leaving Draco. Draco shook his head; he knew he would never live this down if it ever got out. Draco wished that the houses didn't share this horrible rivalry they had, it would make life a whole lot easier. He snuck through the hallways, making sure no one saw him heading towards the hospital wing. He got there, and the doors were open. A few third year Gryffindors were coming out after visiting Amera. He quickly hid behind a wall until they passed. He heard their voices fade and then went into the hospital wing, closing the doors behind him.

"Draco?"

Draco spun around, Amera was awake, sitting upright in her bed and looking at him. He gasped when he saw her, but kept his cool. At least she looked a little better than she did when he last saw her, but she looked frightening.

"Amera…" he managed a smile.

"I know, I look quite scary don't I?"

Draco laughed once and then went to her bedside. He saw a whole bunch of stuff that had been brought to her by friends. Flowers, candy, knick-knacks…

"Have you had any sleep lately?" Amera asked, with her haunting yellow eyes on him.

Draco looked up at her, it was probably apparent that he'd been missing out on weeks of sleep. The impossible task that had been given to him, which he was on the verge of completing…

"Draco?" Amera asked again.

"What? Sorry…uhm…yeah I haven't had much sleep, I've been worrying too much."

"Not about me have you?"

"Yeah, amongst other things."

Amera knew that was the end of that conversation, and didn't carry on with it after that.

"Madam Pomfrey says I'll be out in two days. Apparently I'll look a lot better by tomorrow. After I get my new drip, I'll heal a lot faster."

Draco smiled, and nodded once. Draco was not really holding up his end of the conversation.

"Why did you come to visit if you're not going to talk to me?"

Draco snapped his had up and looked at her. She was still scary looking, and he really didn't like to see her like this.

"I needed the company."

"The company? I think you can do better than to sit here with a mummified girl." Amera joked, but Draco didn't smile.

"That was a joke Draco, you can laugh."

Draco smiled, and then stood up again.

"I'll come visit again tomorrow. I hope you feel better." Draco leant down slightly and took her hand, squeezing it gently before leaving. Amera watched him leave and then shook her head. He was acting really strange. Madam Pomfrey scuffled over to her, with a new potion for her drip. Amera smiled; at least this potion was glowing blue and not yellow.

"He seemed quite disturbed, didn't he?" Madam Pomfrey asked.

Amera nodded. Since she was put in hospital, she had been thinking a lot about her and Draco. She knew that as long as they were at school, it would never work, it was impossible. She would break it off the next time he came to visit, it was best for him and her.

"Amera's getting out today! Today!" Tashia shouted as she ran into the Great hall. People looked at her as she ran past and jumped onto the bench besides Harry.

"Did you hear?" Tashia asked.

"Yeah, I heard all the way down the hall Tashia." Harry laughed.

"Madam Pomfrey is letting her out after lunch. She's well enough to walk now, and then tomorrow she can get back to school."

The bell rang suddenly and then Tashia shouted again.

"Let's go fetch her, please!" She begged of the three of them. Hermione and Ron looked at each other and gave in.

"She's going to need help to carry all that stuff anyway." Ron smiled.

Tashia squealed and ran out the Great hall again, not waiting for the rest of them to catch up.

"Has she got Fizzing Whizzbees stuck in her brain?" Ron asked.

"Wouldn't surprise me if she did." Harry laughed.

They all went to the hospital wing, to find Tashia standing outside the door. The doors were shut and she didn't look like she was planning to go in either.

"Why are you standing here waiting? You ran off so fast…" Hermione asked.

"She has a visitor, and I really don't want to disturb her right now."

The three of them frowned and heard voices inside, but they couldn't make out what they were saying.

"Draco, I've thought about this for the past week that I've been in here, and I know what I must do now, for your and my sake."

Draco's eyes went wider, every note in her voice gave warning for what she was about to do. Draco kept quiet and listened.

"I'm sorry, but I don't think I can see you, not in that way."

Time suddenly stood still. Draco looked at Amera; her eyes glazed with a light blue colour all over, and tears building up in them.

"Why?" Was all Draco could manage.

"I don't want to do this every time, every time a jealous girl thinks she deserves you instead, attacks me, I end up in here, go out and do it all over again. I just can't. I'd rather live without seeing you at all and knowing we're safe rather than living in the shadows. I'm sorry; I can't do that to you." Amera said, trying her best to keep her voice steady.

"But you're willing to do this to me?" Draco fumed.

"Please go Draco. I've said what I've wanted." Amera said, standing up suddenly.

"And what about what I want to say? Don't I get a chance to defend myself?"

Amera stood still and listened to him, nothing he could say would change her mind.

"She won't do it again, I'll make sure. She's a jealous girl, and I don't think that breaking it off with me is going to change that. We can't live by what other people want, otherwise no one would ever be happy."

"And what if she does do it again, not to me, but to you? I won't live with the chance that she might turn around and curse you too. I'd rather not see this happen to you…" She said, gesturing to herself.

Draco stood still for a couple of seconds. He couldn't believe after all their troubles; she was going to give up.

"Fine. It's over."

Draco spun around and walked out the door, coming face to face with Harry and the rest. He was too upset to even say anything to them. He pushed past and walked down the stairs, leaving everyone staring after him.

"Draco was here? What for? If he dared even try anything…" Harry fumed, but Tashia looked at him and he calmed down.

They walked in and saw Amera standing next to her bed, folding her gown.

"Hey guys!" She said, and forced a smile on her face. Tashia looked at her face and saw that she had just been crying. She quickly hid it and hugged Tashia and Hermione.

"I'm so glad to be getting out of here! It's such a bore; I'd rather sit with a three foot Potions essay!" Amera smiled.

She hugged Ron, then Harry. Harry squeezed her as tight as he could and picked her up off of the ground. She started laughing really loudly.

"Harry, put me down!" She laughed again.

Harry put her down and smiled at her.

"What have you told Aurora?" He asked.

"I think Madam Pomfrey owled her. She sent me a letter this morning and some weird little box with another envelope. She said I should open it later, with Tashia."

Tashia smiled at Amera, it was so good to have her sister back.