With Malfoy face back to normal we headed to the Great Hall. I felt a bit awkward walking with Malfoy since that comment that Madam Pomfrey had made, 'romantic affections' ewww, no, way.

I really hoped that nobody heard that or thinks that about us. Imagine that me and Malfoy an item. Ha, ha, ha my dad would probably end up in St. Mungo's with a stroke. I suppose I was getting on better with Malfoy than I had in previous years. Right now I don't really desire to call him my mortal enemy it doesn't really feel like that anymore.

We can have a conversation without a full out war starting in the castle, but noooooo way are we friends either.

When we were walking to the Great Hall I left a gap between us, but not too big a gap, so we could still talk and not look too friendly. Just as we were entering the Great Hall Malfoy was telling a joke (surprisingly he can be really funny at times) I snorted loudly with laughter so loud that even Malfoy looked a bit taken back. I got a couple of strange looks from a bunch of Gryffindor's sitting near the entrance of the Great Hall. I nervously laughed it off in a quieter voice.

"So you're not angry about the quidditch try-outs anymore?" I asked trying to pretend I did not just laugh at one of Malfoy's joke.

"Of course, I still am." Malfoy answered. "I was just distracted by your inhuman laugh, Weasley."

"Whatever." I huffed.

"Whatever?" Malfoy smirked.

"Whatever." I smirked back. "I'll see you around, Malfoy."

"Whatever." He smirked once again and left to go to the Slytherin table.

I turned to make my way to the Ravenclaw table in the opposite direction only to find Jane and Abby looking quite confused at me from their seats at the table.

I walked across the hall to them and sat next to Abby, Jane was sitting across from her.

"What's up with you and Malfoy?" Jane asked before I could greet anyone.

"Nothing." I said innocently grabbing some food and putting it on my plate.

"Rose," Abby said. "When you came in with him you were smiling up at him like he was your Romeo-"

"No, I wasn't!" I protested. I knew from basic muggle culture that Romeo and Juliet were the ultimate lovers. I cringed at being compared with Malfoy to Romeo and Juliet.

"And he was looking at you like you were his Juliet." Abby finished laughing.

"Firstly, I not his Juliet, I am no one's Juliet and secondly, thanks a lot, Abby, I have lost my appetite after that." I pushed my plate away and folded my arms.

"Rose, you have to admit it's a bit weird that you and Malfoy were both gone for a long period of time then suddenly return together," Jane explained. "And I doubt it was because you two were studying together."

"You know me better than that!" I whined. "I went to Hagrid's then I found Malfoy throwing some kind of a tantrum-"

"You should've videoed it, I would pay to see that!" Abby interrupted.

"I didn't think of that, I'll do that next time." I said and then I continued getting back to the point. "I went with Malfoy to the Hospital Wing because he got hit by a bludger in the face so he wasn't pretty to look at-"

"Malfoy wasn't ever pretty to look at, period." Abby said raising an eyebrow at me. "Do you need glasses, Rose?"

"Ughh," I sighed. "Forget that part, I worded it wrong."

"Sure you did." Abby said in a sing-song voice.

Jane tried to hide her laughter behind her glass of pumpkin juice. I stood up having enough of my friends laughing about my non-existing relationship with Malfoy.

"I'm going to the Library to study. I'll see you back in the common room later." I said walking briskly out of the Great Hall.

I didn't stop my brisk pace until I reached the door of the Library. I let out a sigh of relief.

'Peace at last' I murmured as I entered. I started to walk between the shelves of books slowly, reading their titles on their spines. The light from the sun was fading making the Library cooler and more airy than usual.

When I reached the third-row shelves I found a couple snogging (not unusual in the Library, just awkward for me). I left to move to the next row and leave them in peace when the girl being snogged called out to me.

"Hiya, Rose!"

I turned to see Dominque unlatch from the Gryffindor boy she was snogging. The Gryffindor boy pouted morbidly at her but Dom didn't seem to notice instead she pushed him out of the way by face palming him.

"I'll see you at practice tomorrow, Sloper." She told him coming towards me.

Sloper gave me an annoyed look while Dom's back was turned and left.

"What brings my favourite cousin to the Library this evening?" Dominque asked studying her fingernails. "Snogging a boy amongst the books?"

"No, Dom," I said. Every time in the castle when she saw me she would always ask me that. Whether it was in the corridor, the bathrooms or right in front of a professor she would never fail to ask if I was snogging anyone. "And the answer will always be no."

Dom laughed. "One day soon, Rosie. You'll shout it from the Astronomy Tower and Uncle Ron will use an unforgivable curse on the poor wizard."

I chuckled. "Did you hear anything new about Victories and Teddy's wedding plans?"

Dom sighed. "They've postponed it again! For, like, the third freaking time! I just wish Vicky would get it over with. It's, like, my eardrums are going to start bleeding if I hear about it again."

"It's not Victories fault that Uncle Bill is trying to postpone the whole thing until 2090 or more realistically 3000."

"I've told him many, many times to bite his tongue and get over it with." Dom said. "The only good thing that has come out of this is he couldn't care less about what I'm doing so its party, boys and firewhiskey! The only problem is I have to get rid of Molly! Everywhere I turn there she is trying to put me detention for having a bit of fun."

"SHHHH!" the librarian snapped as she passed us (I was wondering when she would make her appearance).

Dom rolled her eyes. "Well, I best be off. I promised James and Fred I'd help them with a potion. See ya, Rosie."

"Bye, Dom," I said as she adjusted her messy dirty blonde ponytail and left.