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*After dinner*

"Daddy, can I go for a cruise? I won't be too late. I promise!" Jade begged Oliver after dinner, again putting on her best puppy dog eyes.

"Alright, but I want someone to go with you, either Eric or Alex, or both. Just so they can keep an eye on you."

'Damn I'm getting too good at this puppy dog eyes thing! Hey, wait, did he just say keep an eye on me?' she thought. "Dad, I'm a big girl, I don't need them to keep an eye on me." Oliver gave her a disapproving look. "Alright dad, I'll ask one of them to come with me." She sighed. 'Wait a minute,' she thought, 'maybe Alex will come with me, just me and him'

Jade walked over to Alex, and cleared her throat to get his attention. He looked over at her. "May I help you?" he asked her mockingly.

"I want to go for a drive, but dad won't let me go alone, so I was wondering if you wanted to come?" she rambled out so fast that it was hard for Alex to understand.

"Huh?" he asked. "Say that again, but slower."

Jade sighed, and took a deep breath, "I want to go for a drive, but dad won't let me go alone." She said more slowly. "So I was wondering if you wanted to come?"

"Oh, alright. Let me get my coat." He said and turned to walk to the closet.

"Can you grab mine too?" She shouted after him as she rushed to tell her father that Alex was going with her.

After telling Oliver that Alex was accompanying her, she grabbed her keys and returned to where Alex was waiting for her. She let him help put her coat on, thoroughly enjoying every moment of his attention.

As he helped her put on her jacket, he noticed that her cut was healing quickly. 'Good, I'm glad I didn't hurt her to much' he thought to himself.

They got into her car and backed out of the driveway. Alex knew exactly where she was driving to; they had been there a million times. It was the one place that they could just sit and relax; it was there special place. Not even Eric knew about it. They both climbed out of the car, and started climbing down the slope to the beach. When they reached where they were headed, they sat down on their rock. Jade was gazing at the stars as she always did when she was deep in thought. But Alex interrupted her.

"Umm Jade, can I ask you something?" He asked hiding a blush.

"Sure, anything. That's what best friends are for." She answered.

"Do you think Ebony would ever like me? I mean I'm nothing special, especially sense technically there are two of me…different personalities of course, but same looks." He rambled.

Jade looked at him. This was not what she had expected. She tried to think of something to say, but all she could do was open and close her mouth like a fish out of water. She looked away and back at the stars that were floating over the calm water. 'What do I say to that? I mean, I don't even want to think of Alex being with a…a Malfoy.'

When he didn't get an answer he just stared at her. 'Wow she looks amazing at night, when the moon lights her features. Wait, no, I should not be thinking that, she's my best friend. But damn she did get really hot over the last year.'

*BACK AT THE Wood's house**

Eric was looking for Alex and Jade, they had just disappeared, again.

"Do you know where Jade and Alex are?" he asked Oliver, after spotting him in the living room.

"They went for a drive… didn't they invite you?" Oliver asked in surprise.

"Noo," Eric shrugged. 'I swear those two are a couple!' he thought to himself. He walked outside, and breathed in the sweet, summer night's air.

 Deciding to go for a walk he started off down the driveway, but stopped before he even got halfway there. He had spotted Ebony. She was sitting on a swing in her front yard, bathed in moonlight. He walked up to her, "Hey."

She looked up at him and smiled slightly, 'he is kinda cute…' she thought. "Hi."

"Can I sit here?" He asked mentioning to the spot next to her.

"I don't know, can you?" She smirked.

Eric grinned, "Well, I guess I'll just have to find out!" He said down next to her. "So…"

"So? So what?" Ebony asked. "You never did tell me your name you know."

"It's Eric… Eric Potter."

"Potter? As in Harry Potter?" She spat. "The one that hates my father as equally as he hates him?"

"Hey now! Calm yourself! I'm not my father. Besides, that means it's up to us to stop all this crazy, hating," he purred seductively.

Ebony quirked an eyebrow and laughed mockingly. "I'm charmed," she said rolling her eyes. "But if you would excuse me, I have to walk my dog." She said, standing to leave.

"I was just about to go for a walk myself, before I spotted a lovely young lady. Would you mind if I joined you and- what's your dogs' name?" Eric blinked innocently.

"Prince, his name is Prince," She replied coldly, walking to the back yard. Eric stood rooted to the spot, waiting for her, after all, she never said no!

 She returned a few minutes later, walking her dog on a green leash. She paid no attention to Eric, acting as if he wasn't there, and continued past him down the street. Eric hurried after her.

"I never said you could come with me." She said without looking at him when he caught up with her.

"Maybe so, but you never said no, either. So tell me more about yourself, how old are you? When is your birthday? Where did you move from… and why did you move?"

"I don't see any reason to tell you," she said glancing at him out of the corner of her eyes. "But if you must know, I'm 16. My birthday is January 3rd. I moved here from America, New York to be exact. We moved because my mother died. My father couldn't stand living in our house any longer; it reminded him of her too much. So, he decided to move back where his 'friends' lived." Ebony, answered nonchalantly, shrugging. "What about you Mr. Potter; tell me about yourself."

"Well, I'm 17; I've lived in that house down there, for my whole life. I have a twin brother, Alex, who you met earlier. He's just about joined at the hip with his best friend, and our neighbor, Jade. I like Skate Boarding, playing Quidditch… walking down the street with beautiful girls at night…"

"Jade… is she that girl who was with you earlier?" Ebony asked with a sneer.

"Yeah, why?" Eric asked curiously.

"Ugh, no reason…"

***

"Bye Ebony! Thanks for letting me walk with you!" Eric waved, as he jogged up to his house.

"I didn't let you!" She yelled back jokingly.

*Back at Jade and Alex's Spot*

Alex continued to stare at Jade, and even though it was dark out, he could see that she was going from bright red; to so white she looked an inch from death. He knew exactly what that meant; she was pissed, and didn't want to show it. "Umm, Jade?" He asked quietly, not wanting to make her madder.

"What?" she shot back at him.

"Are you mad at me?" He asked trying really, really hard not to upset her more.

"Hmm, what made you think that?" She shot a glare at him. "Just because I thought you were better than just going for a girl because of her looks!"

Alex looked at Jade in shock. "Jay, you haven't even given her a chance, she might actually be nice." He said quietly.

Jade just glared at Alex, "And you don't know that. She's a Malfoy. And all you're basing your statement on is her looks. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THE SHALLOW ONE. That is supposed to be Eric."

Alex continued to stare at her in shock. "I never said I was going to go out with her." He whispered.

"Ugh, let's just go ok?" Jade said as she stood up and started climbing back up the slope to her car.

Alex got up and followed her.

*20 minuets later*

Jade and Alex pulled back in the driveway to the Wood residence. Jade got out of the car and slammed the door; she and Alex didn't speak the whole way home. Alex gazed after her, 'Merlin I hate making her mad, I really didn't mean to' he thought.

Jade stormed in the house, and slammed the door behind her. She heard it open again, as she was walking up the stairs to her room; she again slammed the door behind her. She then began to punch her wall as hard as she possibly could. She screamed at the top of her lungs, before realizing that anyone in the house could hear her. Her knuckles were red, and a few were cut and bleeding.

Alex heard the scream from downstairs, 'should I go up and see if she's ok? Or should I just leave her be for now?' he thought. Again he heard another scream. 'That's it I'm going to see if she's ok!'

Just then Eric came up to Alex, "Where did you guys go? And why is Jade screaming? And Ebony is sooo cool; I took a walk with her tonight!"

Alex sighed, "We went for a drive."

"Well it took you two love birds long enough. But it gave me time to get to know Ebony!"

"I don't have time for this Eric, I have to go see if Jade is alright." He half yelled at his twin, and stormed away up the stairs.

****

Jade was pacing back and forth in her room, 'why me? Why can't he just like me?' she thought angrily. She was awoken from her thoughts when she heard a soft knock at the door. "GO AWAY!" she yelled.

"Jay, I'm not leaving, so just let me in!" Alex called through the door. "Jade!" he said impatiently.

Jade went to the door, tears in her eyes, but she quickly brushed them away before she opened the door. "What do you want Alex?"

"Jade, what's wrong, and don't say 'nothing', because I know you. And I can tell when something is up!" he blurt out.

"Nothing is wrong Alex." She said, knowing he wasn't going to buy it.

"I said not to say that, and I know for a FACT that something is up. Your knuckles are bleeding. That doesn't happen very often. AND, you screamed….Twice…" He stated.

Jade looked down at her knuckles, he was right, she was bleeding. But she hadn't noticed. "Well, I really don't want to talk about it."

"Jay, I'm your best friend, please tell me what's wrong!" Alex pleaded.

"It's nothing. I'm just frustrated. That's all!" She told him, desperate not to have to tell him.

Alex walked over to her bed and sat down. "I'm not leaving here until you tell me what's up!"

"Ok, fine, but you'll be waiting a while." She said as she went into her bathroom to get changed into her pj's. It was going on Midnight, and she was exhausted. After a few moments she entered her bedroom in a tank top and a pair of boxer shorts. "Well, goodnight" she told him as she climbed into her queen-sized bed.

"You can't go to bed unless you tell me what's up!" he said as he laid down next to her and stared up at the ceiling.

"I can, and I'm going to!" she told him, but was interrupted by another knock on the door. "Who is it?" she called out.

"It's Eric," he called from the other side of the door.

"Ugh, Come in." she said exasperatedly.

Eric entered with a huge smile on his face. "Jade, I need a favor."

"And what would I have to do?" she asked knowing that everything Eric needed came with a price.

"I need you to talk me up to Ebony. I REALLY like her." He blurted out. Alex looked at him and got off the bed and walked out of the room.

Jade watched as Alex left, 'well at least I don't have to explain anymore' she thought. "You want ME to talk to a Malfoy, for YOU?" she asked. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, I really like her, we went for a walk tonight, she's….great." he said dreamily.

"I'll see what I can do." She said. "Now get out, I want to go to bed."

*The next morning*

Jade yawned and stretched as she got out of bed and headed for the shower.

After getting a shower and getting dressed Jade ate breakfast and decided to go for a walk through the woods. She pulled on her Osiris Flux and a light jacket over her navy tank, before heading outside and down the street.

She walked through the woods until she came to a tree. It was her, Alex and Eric's special place to get away when they were younger; there was a fort inside it… She saw one of the guys was there and about to go inside… But who was it? She looked at the hair; Alex had darker hair, so this had to be, "Eric?" she called out.

 Eric turned around, "Uhh…"

"Listen, Eric, can I tell you something?" Jade asked.

'She thinks I'm Eric… I should tell her it's me. But what could she tell Eric that she couldn't tell me? I want to find out!' Alex thought to himself. "Sure."

"I-" Jade started, but faltered.

"You…?"

"I-I like Alex!" She blurted out before she could stop herself.

'Whoa! She did not just say that! Did she?' Alex thought. Jade was staring at him, waiting for him to say something.

"I KNEW IT!" Eric shouted coming out of the tree.

Jade's face paled as realization of what was going on dawned on her. "Oh shit! Oh no! DAMN IT!" She yelled and took off towards her house.

Hearing the sound of key's jingling in her pocket, she got an idea. When she reached her house, she jumped into her car, not even bothering to open the door this time, and pulled out of the driveway. She didn't care that she hadn't asked her parents if she could go, and she would probably get in trouble later. All she knew now was that she had to get away.

***

"I knew you two liked each other!" Eric said again.

"I-But… she… SHIT!" Alex yelled and took off after her. When he reached her house he saw her car was gone, "FUCK!" he yelled at no one.

 He grabbed his skateboard, which was sitting on his front porch, and started skating down to the skate park.