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Ebony just stood there cooling down, she couldn't believe Jade wasn't over that yet.

"Sooo, do you want to go to the fort?" Eric suggested.

"Sure! Let's do that," Ebony said, smiling sweetly at him.

Eric grinned, "Alright." He took her hand and started walking towards the woods, smiling the whole way. He was holding Ebony's hand!

They arrived at the fort and climbed inside.

"I'm sorry about Jade…" Eric said sheepishly, as they sat down.

"Don't be. I hoped she'd be over it by now, but…" Ebony sighed. "Well, it doesn't matter, she's not here now," she said, a slight smile forming on her face.

"You're right, she's not. So what do you want to do?" Eric smirked, eyebrow raised, huge smile in place.

Ebony laughed, "You're a trip, Eric!"

"Well, what can I say, I try!" He joked. Ebony smiled and moved closer to him. She started running her hands through his hair while staring deeply into his eyes.

"So you honestly don't care that I'm a Malfoy?" Ebony asked softly.

"Not at all, and the more I see of you, the more I like you," Eric told her in all honesty.

"Really? You're not just saying that because you think I'm pretty?" Ebony asked curiously.

"Well, that's why I initially liked you. But I think you're a great person over all. But don't get me wrong, you are beautiful," Eric said, leaning in and kissing her, hoping she wouldn't pull away. And she didn't, she kissed him back hungrily.

***A couple minutes later***

"What was that?" Eric asked breathlessly, pulling away from a deep kiss.

"What was what?" Ebony breathed.

"I thought I heard something… Yeah, I do. Oy, I think Alex and Jade are here," Eric said listening intently to the voices outside.

Just then Alex climbed in, though he didn't notice them. Jade followed him, and she noticed them right away.

"Scratch this Alex, I'm outta here!" Jade stated when she saw the two. Alex looked around the dark fort and saw them too.

Jade was out the door by the time Alex saw them. "Jade, come back!" He called after her.

She stopped and turned to him. "I'm not going to be here when she's here. And she shouldn't be allowed to know about its whereabouts unless we all three decided."

Eric and Ebony came out side in time to hear what Jade said.

"Jade, what the hell is your problem?" Eric asked.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU! I didn't want her knowing where OUR place was!" She yelled at him.

"Jade, this is stupid. Why can't you just get along with Ebony?" Eric asked.

"I already told you, and I don't want to have to explain it again! I have my reasons!" Jade stated.

"Jade, C'mon. I know you, you can't hold a grudge!" Eric said.

"I can, and I will! You must not know me as well as you think!" She said coolly.

Her words cut him like a knife. Eric looked at Jade in shock. "That hurt Jade."

"Sorry, but I can and will hold grudges if I want to! And I happen to want to!" She told him, and she really was sorry she hurt him.

Alex and Ebony just looked at the two without saying a word. Not wanting to make things worse. Alex knew it was better to just let Jade get it all out of her system.

After a few more minuets of fighting, Jade turned and walked away. Alex close on her heels. "Jade, c'mon, lets just go back to the fort. By now I'm sure that they're gone. I don't think Ebony, or Eric would want to be there if they knew you were mad."

"I don't want to go back there. Not right now. Right now I need to skate." She told him, hurt echoing through her voice.

"Ok, then we'll go hit the park." He said knowing she needed to get away from there.

**20 minuets later, at the park**

Jade was tearing it up, doing kik-flips, and board slides, and nose stalls all over the place. Even if it was dark, the park was always lit up by the street lamps. Alex sat in the bleachers and watched her. Occasionally getting on his board and busting out a few tricks of his own.

Jade was paying to much attention to her manual to see that she was about to hit the curb. She fell to the ground with a loud thud. "Ouch, that hurt!" She said.

Seeing Jade hit the curb, Alex skated over to her. "Are you alright?" He asked helping her off the ground.

"Physically, yeah!" She told him. Brushing some dirt of her pants.

"Jade?" he asked unsure of what to say.

"Yeah?" she asked him.

"Do you think Ebony will hurt Eric?" The question he'd wanted to know sense Ebony and Jade's fight.

She looked at him, not knowing how to answer. "I…I'm not sure. I mean she hurt Jason. So who's to say she won't hurt Eric?! But you never know, they might be good for each other. I mean they're both shallow." She said laughing slightly.

Alex laughed at her comment. "Yeah, well she better not hurt him. Otherwise I'm gonna have to get my girlfriend after her."

Jade laughed even harder now. "So…we're official?"

"Of course we're official. Why wouldn't we be?" He told her. "But our parents don't need to know yet. They'd probably never let us see each other. And then there's always the fact that I'm still allowed to stay the night at your house. In your room as a matter of fact." He said grinning evilly.

Even in the dim streetlights he could see Jade's eyes widen and her face turn a brutal color red. She tilted her head to let her shoulder length hair fall in front of her face, to hide her now, bright red face. Alex stepped forward and swept Jade's hair back, he didn't want her hiding that beautiful face. "Didn't mean to make you blush." He told her kissing her cheek.

The two embraced in a deep kiss as the streetlights flickered. 'Mmm, must be magic when he kisses me.' Jade thought to herself. She broke off the kiss and looked up into his beautiful aqua eyes. "Lets go home."

Alex smiled at her, and put his arm around her shoulder as they walked to her car.

**The next morning**

Jade stretched and rolled out of bed. She quickly took a shower and got dressed. She put on a dark green tank top, some black kik-wears. Went over to her jewelry box and took out the spiked collar that Alex bought her. Put in all her earrings, attached her wallet chain to her belt loop. She also grabbed her black dragon hide wristbands and pulled them on along with her Osiris Flux.

Jade quickly ate breakfast, and headed out the front door. She knew if everything in her life was to go smoothly she needed to make up with Ebony.

She knocked on the door to the Malfoy's house. The door opened and Draco stood in front of her. Without a second thought, he looked over his shoulder, "Ebony, Jade's here." He had known Jade and Ebony had been friends last summer, and didn't mind her at all. It was her father and mother he didn't like.

Ebony came down the stairs and looked at Jade. "Come in." she told her coolly.

"Err…I want to….to…" Jade trailed off, not wanting to say it.

"To what?" Ebony asked.

"I wanted to apologize. Eric likes you, and you like him. I can tell. And I'm not going to stand in the way of that. I'm still upset about last summer. But Eric and Alex are right; I'm no good at holding a grudge. I'm surprised I've lasted this long." Jade blurted out. "So anyways, I'm sorry."

Ebony was in shock. 'Jade Elizabeth Wood was sorry?' she looked out the window. 'Nope, pigs aren't flying.'

Jade stood there waiting for her to say something.

"Apology accepted. And Jade, I'm sorry too. I really didn't mean to hurt anyone. Honest." She finally said.

"Good, so now we're back on good terms." Jade said. "Hey, do you want to come hang out with us today?"

**Later on that day**

The two couples had been hanging out all day. They stayed in the tree fort for the most part.

Jade's face lit up. She had a plan. "Ok, we want our parents to get along right?" she asked.

"Yeah," Ebony, Eric and Alex said in unison.

"Well I have an idea. Ebony, you tell your dad that you're staying the night with me. I'll tell my parents I'm staying with you. And Eric and Alex, you tell your parents that you're staying in the fort." She said, telling them her plan. "We'll all stay here tonight. And we'll come up with a plan to get them to talk."

The three grinned at Jades plan and nodded in agreement. It meant that the two couples got to spend the night together.

They all left the fort and headed for their houses.

**The wood residence**

"Mum? Dad?" Jade said looking for her parents, before finding them in the study.

"Yes dear?" Oliver asked.

"I'm going to stay at Ebony's tonight if that's ok with you?! We're back to being friends again. And don't worry dad, Draco won't do anything to me. He doesn't have a problem with me!" she said spotting her fathers disapproving look.

"Well, I guess it would be alright, but don't be out late." Angelina told her. "And you can take your car if you want to, but I want to see it back in our driveway at midnight and no later. Understood?"

"Thanks mum, and I promise, no later than midnight!" she said giving her mother and father a kiss.

**At the Malfoy's**

"Daddy?" Ebony yelled as she searched for her father. She found him in his office over a stack of papers. He looked up as she entered. "Daddy? Do you think I could stay the night with Jade? We've settled our differences. And we want to hang out and get to know each other again." She asked putting on the puppy dog eyes that she was famous for, and knew they would break her father.

He hesitated, "Well…I don't know Ebony…we just moved here, and Jade's parents don't exactly like Malfoy's. But if you really want to, then I guess you can go."

'Yes, he caved.' Ebony thought. "Thank you daddy." She said giving Draco a peck on the cheek. His heart wasn't as cold as everyone thought, well it used to be, but ever sense he had Ebony, he wasn't as mean or evil.

Draco smiled at his daughter as she skipped out of his office humming a tune.

**The Potter Household**

"Mum?" Eric called.

"Dad?" Alex yelled.

The twins walked into the living room to find their parents sitting by the fireplace, deep in conversation. The twins knew what it was about to. Work, as usual. Both of their parents were Aurors. Harry and Ginny looked up at their sons. "What do you need boys?" Harry asked.

"Oh, we just wanted to let you know that we're going to stay in the fort tonight. While we still have a chance to be kids." Alex said with a smile plastered on his face.

"Alright boys, but make sure to take sleeping bags this time. Last time you both came home frozen and ended up getting sick. Just because its summer doesn't mean it's that warm at night." Their mother scolded.

"Alright mum. We'll make sure we take our sleeping bags. We're going to go pack right now." Eric told her.

The boys ran upstairs to their room. Quickly finding their sleeping bags.

"I can't wait!" Alex chimed as he threw his sleeping bag on his bed.

"Me either!" Eric said, following his brothers' lead and doing the same, then looking through his dresser for something to sleep in.

"Hey Eric, can you hand me my black boxers? Merlin I love Jade so much!" he said grabbing his pillow and throwing it over his sleeping back.

"Sure," he said tossing the boxers to his brother. "Yeah, I really like Ebony, I can't say the 'L' word yet. I haven't known her as long as you've known Jade."

**20 minuets later**

Jade walked out to her car, put her stuff for the night in the back and walked over to get the guys. She didn't get more than a few steps when Ebony came up to her. "Hey, where should I put my stuff?"

"Put it in my car!" she told Ebony. "Now, lets go get the guys!"

The two walked over to the house, but to Ebony's surprise Jade didn't knock, she just walked in. Ebony followed her. 'Must be because they are like family' Ebony thought.

"Alex, Eric?" Jade called up the stairs.

Harry and Ginny emerged from the living room. "Hello Jade. What are you doing here?" Ginny asked.

"Oh, we came to get the guys. We're going to the beach, and wanted to know if they wanted to join us." Jade lied.

"Oh, alright! Well just go up and get them, you know where their room is." Harry told her.

Jade motioned for Ebony to follow her as she walked up the stairs. They walked to a large oak door at the end of the hall and knocked.

"Who is it?" Alex called.

"It's Jade and Ebony!" Jade barely said before the door flew open and they were pulled inside.

"What are you two doing here?" Eric asked a surprised Jade and Ebony.

"Ummm…well let's see, we came to see if you wanted to go to 'the beach' with us." Jade told him, winking, just in case Harry and Ginny over heard them.

"Oh, alright, sounds like fun." Alex said, nodding and winking back at his girlfriend.

The boys grabbed their stuff for tonight and headed down stairs with the girls.

"Mum, Dad. We're going to the beach with the Girls." Eric shouted, not wanting to be intercepted by his parents.

The four walked out side and to Jades car. They all put their stuff in the trunk and got in to go to 'the beach'. But ended up going to the skate park instead.

**At the skate park**

"So, what are we going to do? I don't have to have the car back until midnight." Jade told them. She got her skateboard out of the back seat where Eric and Ebony had been sitting.

Alex and Eric grabbed their boards. "Well, all know is right now I want to skate." Alex stated as he skated away.

Ebony looked at the three skaters. 'And I'm here why? I don't skate!' she thought. "Well I'm going to sit on the bleachers and watch you guys."

"You know, I can teach you to skate if you want." Eric told Ebony.

Ebony gave him a semi-shocked look. "You want me to skate? In a skirt and high-heeled boots? Are you nuts? I'd break my neck." She stated.

Jade laughed, "That would be a site, Ebony Malfoy, on a skateboard."

"Oh shut up Jade, I could do it, if I had on a pair of pants and sneakers."

"Well it just so happens that I have pants and sneakers in my trunk." Jade told her, laughing inwardly at the thought of Ebony on a board.

Ebony's eyes lit up with shock and fear. 'Oh Merlin, I'm actually going to have to get on a board.' She thought. "Alright, give them here, and I'll change into them."

Jade went over to her car, and got the cloths out of her trunk and handed them to Ebony. Ten minuets later she was dressed and ready to learn. Although she was still scared that she would make a fool of herself.

Jade skated over to the fun box and ollied up the stairs. She glanced over to where Ebony and Eric were and watched her friend attempt to get her balance on the board. 'Now that's a task, trying to stay balanced on Eric's board. He needs to tighten those trucks.' She thought as she saw Ebony lose her balance and fall off the board. 'Ouch, now that had to hurt.'

The four skated all day. And by the end Ebony finally was able to do an Ollie.

"Ok guys, it's getting dark out, we should head back for a little while, and take our stuff to the fort." Jade told them. "Oh, by the way Eb, you're doing pretty good."

"Thanks Jade." Ebony said.

"Well, do you think it's a good idea if we all pile out of your car and head for the woods?" Eric asked.

"We're not going to my house. We're going to park down the road and take all the stuff to the fort. And then we'll come back to the car, and drop it off at my house." Jade told him. "Then I'll tell my parents that I'm going over to Ebony's. And you guys tell your parents that you're going to the fort. And Ebony. You get the jist right?"

The three nodded at her and piled back in her car.