Heh-heh-heh - DON"T KILL ME PEOPLE! lol! I am sooooo sorry this took me so long to get out! Don't hurt me! I've had insanly hard tests and ACT's are coming up and my dentist decided I needed to have my teeth drilled and I've been working on my other fic (which will be updated soon too!) and..... is this enough excuses? Well I am so so so sorry! Here's the 12 th Chapter... (sorry for the wait!)

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Chapter 12

"Harry! HARRY! Wake *up*! We're going to be late for Potions!" Ron nudged at Harry who was lying lifeless on the bed.

Harry shot out of bed. *Oh my God! That was *not* a dream last night! No way was I dreaming that!* "Argh... no..." Harry grumbled into a pillow.

"Jeez Harry. You must have had a terrible time with Malfoy last night. I never heard you go to bed! How long did you have to be out there with that git?"

Harry let out a sigh of relief *OH! That *wasn't* a dream!* Harry jumped completely out of bed now. He remembered - he would see Draco today.

"What did Hagrid make you do anyway?"

"Well it actually wasn't that bad, really. We just had to collect firewood."

"Ugh! Still, Malfoy. Sorry mate, it must have been terrible."

"Actually," Harry blushed, "He wasn't to bad. Actually kind of decent."

"Harry. This is *Malfoy* here!"

"Yeah well," Harry tried to hide his face as he changed the subject. "Have you asked Hermione out yet?"

"Have you asked your girl out yet?" Ron snapped back.

"Well Ron," Harry turned to smile at the red haired boy. "Not officially, but we did have an interesting night."

"Harry! You met up with her last night? Tell me! Who is she?" Ron jumped up and down as they left the boys dorm to go to classes.

They saw Hermione waiting in the common room. "About time! We're going to be *late*!"

"Harry met up with his 'dream girl' last night," Ron filled Hermione in on their conversation. Harry rolled his eyes.

"What Harry? I thought you had detention yesterday? I thought you were with Malfoy the whole time?" Hermione asked, looking very suspicious. They left the common room and started walking toward the dungeons. She was very concerned about Harry. He could have gotten caught if he was out that late!

"Well, I was," Harry said, dodging suspicious eyes.

"Well when did you meet her then?" Ron, who was truly puzzled, asked.

"I didn't have detention until 8:00 and we - er - had a little discussion before then." Harry replied, glad that this wasn't *completely* a lie.

"'Discussion'? Yeah Harry, sure," Ron rolled his eyes with sarcasm. Hermione looked to Ron and then back to Harry.

"We're going to be late for potions," She said as she started walking faster and moved in front of the boys.

Ron kept badgering Harry about his little 'rendezvous' with his 'dream girl'.

"Look Ron, we kissed!" Harry gave in, "And that was IT! I can't tell you who. But... if you *have* to know why I can't tell you it's because..."

"Yeah! At least tell me what's at risk here, with this girl," Ron stopped. Harry was starting to cringe every time Ron said 'girl'.

*What's at risk? Ha! The whole future of the wizarding world to either be completely dominated by the evil forces of the Dark Lord or to put an end to all of the fighting and bring peace in our times. No big deal.*

Harry sighed, "Well," Harry started walking again, Ron followed. "This person is a Slytherin, and..."

"Harry! You're dating a SLYTHERIN!" Ron yelled.

Hermione, who was now quite a ways ahead, turned around to face the boys, "Harry! Did you tell him?"

"What? No! But you guys... the only thing I can say is this person is in Slytherin ok?" Harry's eyes pleaded, "Please don't ask me anything else until I'm ready to tell you. When I think everything is safe."

"Harry. It's fine. We understand the risks of you dating a Slytherin. The social differences could cause a few problems." Hermione elbowed Ron who was standing with his mouth open, "We understand."

Harry mumbled and laughed *social differences*.

"What was that Harry?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, nothing."

"A Slytherin, Harry?" Ron rejoined the conversation.

"Yes, a Slytherin," Harry whispered. "But we aren't dating, I don't think? I don't know exactly. Last night was insane."

"So you're finally admitting your insanity, Potter?" The trio turned around as they heard the familiar voice behind them. Malfoy was standing in front of Crabbe and Goyle. Harry's heart skipped a beat as he saw Draco run his fingers through his hair and walk closer to him.

"No, Malfoy. Just saying how I had a very interesting night with a beautiful blonde." Harry smiled and winked.

"Insane and delusional." He glanced at Hermione before returning his glare to Harry. "You know they say admitting the problem is the first step, Potter."

"Oh, I didn't know you cared, Malfoy." Harry smiled again.

"Oh, I don't," Malfoy said as he pushed Harry out of his way and entered the Potions room. As he passed, he shoved a note into Harry's hand.

"Come on," Hermione said to the two boys left in the hall.

"Harry? How many Slytherin blondes are in out year? I'm going to figure this one out myself if you don't tell me."

*Shit! Um... need a lie...*

"I never said what year, Ron." Harry sat down at his usual table with Ron as Hermione walked over to share a desk with Neville. When he saw no one was looking he stole a look at the note Draco had passed him.

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-HP

Meet me after Potions.

-DM

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Harry instinctively looked up to Malfoy and caught his eyes. He nodded right before Ron interrupted his view. "I'm going to find out who she is, Harry! I will!"

"Ok Ron. Go for it!" Harry smiled and started to get his things ready for another boring Potions class. He was greatly looking forward to it coming to a conclusion.

A/N:

Ok... well... there is chapter 12 - sorry it took so long to get up! I've been working a lot on my other story and I'll have to post those chapters soon too! Please review if you like what you see. Even if you don't like what's going on then yell at me so I know (but yell kindly - no flames please!). Thanks for reading!