A/N: I know you're all dying to find out what's been making me hyperventilate recently, so I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I found a picture that describes perfectly the kiss that Draco and Liliana shared in just one still… there's the link. It fits the mood and I'm still really excited about it! That's the only rant I have for this chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I only own Liliana Grey, her family, and some of the plot. The rest belongs to J. K. Rowling. I am not making money off of this and have no intention of doing so. Just for fun. :-)

*Chapter Nine*

Liliana had chosen Gryffindor at dinner Friday night, and was now sitting on the floor of her new bedroom, eating chocolate frogs and cauldron cakes for breakfast, chatting animatedly with her sister.

"I'm telling you, the Ravenclaws are some of the nicest people that I've ever met. This one bloke, he's called Vaughn, he's got the most beautiful blue eyes," said Kitty dreamily, munching on a rather large frog.

"Don't get too attached love," cautioned Liliana, "we're only spending a year here. Then we can go back home."

"Home," repeated Kitty.

"Yes. Home. You know the charming little villa in France that we'll inherit when one of us gets married…" said Liliana bitterly, aggressively biting the head off of a frog.

"You know what I miss most about home?" asked Kathryn, ignoring the resentment in Liliana's voice.

"What?"

"Mum's cooking." Liliana echoed her in disbelief. "Yes. I miss our mother's cooking."

"Nice to hear that you're calling her 'Mum' again."

"I've forgiven her," replied Kitty with a dismissive wave of her hand. "I miss her pâté de foie gras the most though," she added seriously. 

"That is truly disgusting Kitty. You know the only time she makes that is when Gram comes over."

"True. But then she brings out the little Belgian biscuits and the caviar."

"And the wine, we cannot forget the wine," joked Liliana.

"But me piav pani" replied Kitty in Romany.

Liliana sighed once again. "Kathryn. You can speak English, French, or even a tiny bit of Goblin, and I'll know what you're saying, but I am clueless when it comes to Romany, you know that."

"What would our ancestors say if they could hear you now?" Liliana shrugged. "It means that I drink water, it's best for the skin."

"You're kidding me. You've yet to hit puberty and you're concerned with your skin?"

Kathryn scowled. "At least I can speak Romany, what can you do?"

"I could speak it if I really wanted to," said Liliana, taking a cake to her mouth before pulling a face and setting it back down. "I'm stuffed."

"Don't change the subject. And I bet you five Galleons that you can't say anything in Romany to save your life!" Liliana cleared her throat importantly.

"Te xav to biav! And er, Ka jav te xenav tut!" she exclaimed, jumping to her feet in triumph.

"Do you know what you've just said?" asked Kitty, looking scandalized.

"No," she said, sitting back down. "but you do owe me five Galleons."

"You said, 'may I eat at your wedding' and 'I am going to' er, 'have a bowel movement on you,'" said Kitty, pulling out her purse.

"Eww," squealed Parvati, coming into the room.

"Eww, what?" asked Hermione wearily from behind her.

"They're talking about bowel movements!" she yelled, getting her toothbrush and going into the lavatory. Hermione, Liliana, and Kitty all rolled their eyes behind her back.

"You know you're not supposed to be in here right?" asked Hermione, as she sat on her bed, taking her shoes off.

"Me?" asked Kitty.

"Yep," she responded, I have no problem with you staying… But, for next time." Kitty smiled in gratitude. "What're you two listening to?"

"What are you talking about?" asked Liliana. She swore loudly when Kitty hit her across the arm. "What?" she repeated.

"The music," answered Kitty testily.

"Oh, I'd forgotten that it was playing. But that is not a reason for you whacking me like that."

"You're constantly being rude."

"And who are you? Ileana?" she turned to Hermione, "do you think I was being rude just now?"

Hermione looked amusedly from Liliana to her little sister. "You were a tad short with me just then," she responded finally.

"I'm going out," announced Parvati importantly from the lavatory. She stepped out smelling of over ripened fruit and hairspray. "With Seamus," she added. "We're going for a stroll."

"So?" prompted Liliana. Kitty whacked her again.

Parvati seemed not to notice. "If anyone asks," she said, smearing on her lipstick, "tell them that." She checked herself in the mirror once more before leaving.

"Because someone's really going to ask," said Liliana sarcastically after she left.

"And because we care enough to tell them," added Kitty deviously.

"You hit me for being curt?"

"Are you going to tell me what you're listening to?" interjected Hermione, feeling a little left out.

"Oh," said Kitty, standing, and dusting crumbs from her blouse. She grabbed something from Liliana's night table and handed it to Hermione. "It's the newest from the Dark Mages."

"Oh. But what is it?" asked Hermione, holding the small object carefully in both of her hands.

"Muggle born are you?" asked Kitty. Hermione nodded, and tried to ignore the somewhat apologetic glance that Kitty gave her before she said, "I'm sooo sorry."

"She's sorry that you don't know what they are," said Liliana quickly, hoping to cover up her sister's naïveté. "It's a HP, a holographic projector, it er, projects an, er, projection of the band and plays their songs. Kitty, turn the hologram part on for her," she said, nudging her in the ribs. Kitty did as she was told and four tall men appeared on top of the disc like object. One of them was screaming into a microphone and the others were jumping around behind various instruments.

"This one here is called Sydney," said Kitty, pointing to a man playing what was unmistakably a lute. "He's the most beautiful man alive."

"Kitty. Men cannot be beautiful," said Liliana sensibly. As soon as it was out of her mouth, she regretted it.

"Oh really?" asked Kitty, standing on Liliana's bed. Hermione wanted badly to say something, and would have, had she not been thoroughly enjoying the performance that the pair was unconsciously putting on. "Just earlier you were saying that that bloke Dra-," at that moment Liliana tackled her and she Kitty fell with an odd 'squishing' sound to the floor. "Chocolate…" she moaned.

"Let me," said Hermione, standing over the two girls on the floor, both of whom were grumbling unpleasantly and struggling to get up off of the mess of chocolate frogs that they'd landed on. "Scourgify!" she exclaimed, and the chocolate was gone.

"Thanks," they muttered as they stood.

"It's no problem, but who's this person you're talking about?" asked Hermione, innocently sitting back down on her bed.

"Go ahead," dared Liliana, rubbing a new bruise on her elbow.

"Liliana thinks that some bloke named Draco is gorgeous," said Kitty, the fervor that once possessed her now gone. "She kissed him Thursday."

"Kitty!" exclaimed Liliana, cupping a hand over Kitty's mouth. "You weren't really supposed to tell. You were supposed to say, 'never mind' and then move on!"

"You should have said that," said Kitty irritably, biting down on Liliana's fingers.  

Hermione's jaw dropped. "Draco Malfoy?" Liliana nodded and continued to glare at Kitty. "You didn't." Liliana nodded again. "You're kidding?"

"No."

"Did he notice anything?" asked Kitty, as though she had just remembered something. Liliana looked appraisingly from Kitty to Hermione before answering.

"He might have noticed something, but I don't think that he knew quite what it was."

"What are you talk-," began Hermione, but she was cut off by a loud voice coming from the bottom of the stairs.

"Are there any girls up there? I need a favor!"

A/N: Not as long as I would have liked, but this part of the story was just sitting on my computer, waiting for inspiration to finish it. I added some more to it and I think that this is an acceptable place to pause… (lol) don't worry, you won't have to wait as long as you did for this chapter for the next. Did that make sense? Hope you liked this, once again, I did. So review if you get a chance please.

*Cheers*