Alias wanted to melt, or at least stay in her bed all day, but she decided that putting it off, facing everyone would be just as hard tomorrow, she might even be deemed a coward if she put it off. So Alias went to her dorm, changed into clean clothes and got her things together, most of the students in the common room had left.

Alias walked quickly down to Herbology, she couldn't face anyone in the Great Hall for breakfast, but that was alright, because most students were walking down the halls already, and a few pointed and whispered, but it wasn't really bad until lunch. Alias entered the Great Hall for lunch because she had to she decided, or starve to death. The usual pointing and whispering greeted her, but this time a large clapping and a few whoops greeted her, she also heard "Yea, Gutterslut!" being yelled loudly by a few people. Alias tried her best to ignore this, and sat at the far right corner of the Ravenclaw table. "This isn't fair at all.I love Draco, nothing happened, yet the whole school knows and is teasing me for it, if it's even teasing, more then teasing, I'm not a slut, whore, whatever.why do I care so much what they think, damn it?" and Alias felt more like an inferior then ever, she had never really had friends indeed, she was always mostly a social outcast, really, but Alias never found herself caring much, but now, the whole school, they hated her.

When the bell rang Alias got up and headed to double Potions, Alias didn't want to know if she wanted to talk to Draco or not, Alias didn't really know if he would blame her or not for what happened, not that Alias really thought anything was her fault, but she wasn't sure what Draco was going through with the others, and how he would react, however, Draco wasn't in Potions. So Alias had to do her potion alone, and without anyone reminding her to do things or add ingredients, it ended up a mess, but Alias didn't really care. Of course another excuse on why her potion sucked was because people kept shooting her looks, and deliberately walking past her and whispering "Gutterslut" or "Whore" and the occasional "Bitch" but Alias put these people mostly out her mind and decided that she couldn't decide if Draco would be angry at her for some reason, and so she decided that she would wait for him to talk to her, to ask for an apology, or just to talk. When dinner came, it was an exciting thing to see in the Great Hall. Draco had skipped his classes, not wanting to face the crowds, but at dinner, he decided he might as well eat because the Slytherins would be in the common room anyhow, and he was hungry.

During dinner Draco had sat at the Ravenclaw table and was seated across the table from Alias. Draco cleared his throat, "So..I'm waiting," and Alias raised an eyebrow, "For what?" Draco blinked and rolled his eyes, "Your apology of course," Alias widened her eyes, "Apologize?! Me apologize?! I did nothing wrong, oh, but I expected you to ask me to apologize!" Alias said with a rather loud tone, and the Ravenclaw table, and a few others were looking at Draco and Alias intently. Draco was about to say something, but Alias interrupted, "Really, Draco, did you expect me to apologize to you?! It wasn't my fault or yours, and you were headed to my dorm, I know it! I'm just,just tired of you! I think, no really I know you don't really care about me..you- you see me more as a tool you can-can bend to your will rather then a girl, don't you? That's exactly what you think of me as! I know it!" and with that, before Draco could say or do anything..before anyone could react at all, including the teachers who noticed because all the students were watching and Alias was practically screaming, poured her nearly full goblet of pumpkin juice and turned her plate on Draco's head and stormed out to her common room. Draco blinked, his mouth was open in shock, but he quickly closed it into his usual smug smile, and wiped the large amount of food out of his hair. "What are you all looking at?" Draco asked with a wide grin, he should have expected this, he mused.

Alias was pacing, holding her arms behind her back near the fire in the common room. Not that this really helped her calm down, or think, but it just seemed like the thing to do. Alias had expected this hadn't she, on the day she had met Draco, Alias remembered wondering why Draco had suddenly became nice to her. Now it was apparent of course, Alias knew, she was being used. "Well, I suppose I just won't talk to him, then," but even saying so made Alias feel rather heavy in her heart.

This made Alias scowl, "Draco was just using me! Why should I love or even like him?!" Alias said in fury, and she decided she ought to sleep. Alias undressed and tried to go to sleep, but to her fury, she found she ended up crying silently; she really didn't know what she was feeling, Alias sighed. Draco was brooding in a large red armchair with his chin in his hand, he supposed he could apologize, and resume life as normal with Alias, he supposed it would be easy enough to get her confidence back. Of course Draco decided he'd have to be smarter, Alias had exactly what Draco thought Alias was, a tool. "Really, you know, I'm beginning to think girls aren't worth the trouble.." Draco said and he laughed for awhile after saying so.

In the morning when Alias had woken up, she couldn't quite remember why she was feeling like she did, much like she had a huge knot in her stomach, and the she remembered the night in the Great Hall with Draco. Alias sighed,"Perhaps I shouldn't have dropped a full glass of pumpkin juice on Draco's head, it must have been very humiliating," Alias said and sighed. "Perhaps Dracos not using me at all, and, and, I should apologize?" and Alias nodded, she had decided what she would do, with a shudder, of course there was still an uncertainty, Alias really truly knew the truth..but she loving Draco, didn't want to face the fact that he didn't love, or even like her for that matter. So that night in the Great Hall Alias had found Draco at the Slytherin table and sat across from him, rather uncertainly, she was nervous..and it was pretty near empty,except for two girls engaged in a chat,ignoring Draco. And Draco smiled when he saw Alias, "No, you should leave if you want to pour anything more in my hair...had a rather nasty time getting it out, you see," and Alias blushed, knowing she deserved it.

"Look here, Draco..I'm er-I'm sorry about the other night, last night...and um..I want to apologize..so sorry," Alias said, reather grimly, though she tried to hide it. "No..no..I don't accept that as an apology..you'll have to think of something else," Draco said smiling to himself. "Oh but thats not all really!" Alias said..and she grabbed Draco's hand and pulled him from the Slytherin table, or rather Draco got up and he followed Alias.

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What exactly is this other part of the apology Alias has? (When will she smarten up?) Why does everyone keep saying rather?! .I wonder what shampoo Draco uses.. The Answer to a few of these questions in the next chapter!