~ok, here we go, hope you all like it so far..~

It was 10 o'clock as they began to head back up to the castle. He had never felt like this before. He almost felt sorry for her, but Malfoy's never felt pity. She was a Gryffindor, for crying out loud. This wouldn't go well with everyone. But nonetheless, there was something about this girl that made him feel almost human, almost emotional, like the Malfoy title did not matter. It was something he had been searching for for years.

They both went their separate ways. As much as she preferred not to, she headed back for her own common room. Her entrance through the portrait hole was not as she had expected. No one was left in the common room but Hermione and Harry, who were deep into an argument about none other than herself. Neither of them noticed she was there.

" Harry, you didn't hear what Parvati said. I'm telling you, you should talk to her about it. Misti may just be telling the truth. I don't think she would do that to you." Harry didn't seem to want to hear it.

"No, she admitted it herself. She was with them. And you saw them out there just a minute ago. Something's going on and I don't like it. Why couldn't it be anyone but Malfoy?" Harry was pacing back and forth across the common room now.

"Harry, you're probably overreacting. You really need to go talk to her." Harry paused for a minute.

"Are you going to?" Hermione pressed.

"No." Harry said suddenly.

"Parvati was right. Maybe she's not what we thought. I'll talk to her in the morning. It's over." Harry began to head up to the dormitories, just as Misti came out of the shadows, in tears.

"Misti..." Hermione whispered. Harry turned around.

"Harry..." She grasped for the right words.

"You." Harry said with a glare. This only caused more tears to roll down her cheeks. The hatred in his voice scared her. Only he knew how false that hatred was.

"Looks like I can cancel our little chat for tomorrow." He spat. With that he quickly left the common room.

"Misti, I'm so sorry..." That was all she heard, as she left the common room yet again.

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"You should be in your house..." Sirius said rather calmly, surprisingly.

"That's the last place I need to be." Misti replied, who was sitting against a wall on the 4th corridor.

" McGonagall said something went wrong today... Want to talk about it?" For once, Misti did.

"It's just Harry." Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"It wouldn't have to do with Malfoy would it?" He said, sitting next to her.

"Yeah. I can't believe he's overreacting like this." She felt the tears again.

"He's just scared. Worried that he might be the one who's wrong. Your mother and I went through that."

"With Snape." Misti interrupted. Sirius looked shocked.

"Yes, how did you know."

"Dumbledore."

"Oh..." Sirius said, still mildly shocked. Misti stood up.

"I'm going to head back to my common room." She began to walk away.

"Misti.... If you need to talk, I'm here." He said, hoping to take the fatherly step Dumbledore had spoken of. She smiled a sad smile.

"Thanks."

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Two days had gone by, and in that short time period, Misti's life had completely turned upside down. Very few Gryffindor's were speaking to her, Malfoy seemed to show up more often, and the Slytherins seemed to be almost tolerant of her. It was as though they were all working together. It was that day the Malfoy took the first step.

"Misti!" He shouted as she was leaving the Great Hall. This attracted a few stares from the Gryffindor table. He looked back.

Here, let's talk outside."

Wonder what that's about." Snape commented.

"No doubt a similar situation in our Hogwarts years." Sirius said sternly.

"Indeed, this should turn out to be rather interesting." Dumbledore claimed with a twinkle in his eye.

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"Misti, look, I know you and Harry just broke up, but I wanted to ask you while I still can." He sighed, and continued,

"The Valentine's Ball is in less than 2 weeks and I, well, I wanted to know if you would go with me." Misti slightly smiled.

"I'd love to." She could have sworn he almost smiled.

"Great." He said.

"I'll see you around." He said cautiously, and turned to leave. No one saw Parvati listening around the corner...

~Sorry, this one was a little short...~