The Night You Cried

By troubled pixie

Chapter 3

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A/N: long wait, yes i know. busy? yes. plus, i thought my keyboard was broken (i thought i spilled water on my keyboard), when in reality, it was the stupid jacked up 3D mouse. Thanks to one of my middle school graduation presents (a monkey 3D scrolling mouse) i can freely type and do whatever i want.

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Draco Malfoy walked along the corridor towards the exit of the dungeons. He heard a laugh that sounded vaguely familliar. A laugh coming from the Grand Staircase.

He looked up. It was Maria. She was laughing for no apparent reason. Draco smiled and rushed over to her.

"Hey." Maria said.

"I didn't see you at the dungeons last night." Draco said.

Maria stared at him blankly.

Draco looked at her badge. She wasn't a Slytherin. She was a Gryffindor. "Oh..." Draco said.

Maria looked at his badge. She smiled and said, "Oh."

"Oh, I forgot to do something!" He silently walked away from her.

"Um... bye?" Maria said silently.

He looked back at her and then continued looking at the entrance of the Great Hall.

Ginny ran into Maria.

"AH!" Maria screeched.

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Draco looked at Maria. It was so obvious she was a Gryffindor. She was friends with Ginny, but a Hufflepuff could have been friends with Ginny.

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"I'm sooo sorry... it's just... i couldn't find my left sock." Ginny said.

Maria smiled and both of them continued walking to the Great Hall.

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"Had fun last night?" Pansy asked.

"Yeah, loads." Draco said.

Pansy smiled with an evil look on her face.

"You knew..." Draco asked.

"Knew what?" Pansy asked.

"Pass me the butter." Crabbe said.

Draco did, then he continued his conversation with Pansy. "You knew she was in Gryffindor."

"Of course I did." Pansy said.

Her pug-like face looked like it was about ready to be kicked. Draco was going to kick it... and she would look like a kicked Pug. Ah, he could see it now.

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"Harry asked me out! I'm so excited. Everything I hoped for came true last night!" Ginny said excitingly.

Maria looked at Draco from where she was sitting. She slowly chewed on her pancake, slowly chewed. Nice and slow.

"Are you okay?" Ginny asked. "Harry asked me out... aren't you at least a bit happy with me?"

"I'm happy." She continued eating her pancake slowly.

"Eat faster!" Ginny said. She looked at Draco.... then looked at Maria. "He doesn't like Gryffindors."

"Why is it me who usually finds things out later?" Maria asked.

"Most Slytherins hate Gryffindors. It's some house racism." Ginny said.

"Well, Draco's probably not in part in the 'most Slytherins'" Maria stated, feeling a little bit happier.

"Believe me he hates us." Ginny said. "I know he does."

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A/N: Just had to end right there... too lazy to add more...