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~*~ Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now! And you're not so big! You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now! And you're not so big! Life is unfair!

They might be Giants – Boss of me

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"Where did Professor Dumbledore go?" Hermione asked Sirius.

"Couldn't stay, had to leave, just had to tell me something," he answered, dazed.

I got up, "I'll go now if you want, leave you guys to chat." Harry shook his head, "no Melanie, stay," he implored.

'God talk about puppy dog face,' I thought, "no, I'll go," I said decidedly. "I have to post a letter anyway, I'll meet up with you guys later if that's cool? When do you have to leave?" I asked Sirius, who was still pacing, running his hand through his hair every few seconds, he stopped and looked at me like he'd never seen me before. "I'll need to leave in an hour, if I'm going to make it to London by Tuesday to meet Remus," he said.

I nodded, "see you Sirius, nice meeting you,"

I stepped forward to shake Sirius's hand, instead he pulled me into quick hug and whispered into my ear, "Take care of Harry, you may be the only one who can," slightly stunned, I whispered back, "I promise," and pulled away.

"I'll see you guys back at school," I told Harry, Ron and Hermione. Ron looked doubtful, "are you sure Mel, you don't know where anything is, and you don't have any money. Maybe Hermione or me should go with you?" I rolled my eyes at him, "Ron, I'm a big girl, I'll find my own way around, and as for money, Sirius?" Harry's godfather nodded, looking puzzled, "here, have some muggle money." I pulled out my wallet and tossed it to him, "just take it," I said before he could protest, "it's not like I can use it here anyway, and you can get to London quicker with that."

"Here," said Harry, pulling a pouch out of his pocket, "take this to pay for your letter," he put the pouch in my hand, I grinned at him, "thanks Harry, bye Sirius!" I yelled back as I skipped out the door, down the stairs and out of the shack, I walked down the dirt road, absentmindedly sucking my lollipop and humming to myself.

When I got back into cental Hogsmede I looked around for the post office, when I couldn't see it, I searched for a familiar face so I could ask them to show me the way, I sighed with annoyance when the only person I could see that I recognized was a Slytherin.

Grinning, I walked up to Malfoy and threw my arm around him, ignoring the death stares the Slytherin girls were giving me. "Draco! Are you busy?" I asked him, giving him a puppy dog look, he crossed his arms, "what do you want?" he sneered. I faked a hurt look, "come on Draco! You're going to take me to the Post Office!" he snickered, "and why should I do that?" I smiled at him, reached up and whispered in his ear in a sing song voice, "I'll make it worth your while"

He tensed up a second, turned to his friends and said, "I'm leaving for a while, stay here," we walked off, I pulled my arm off Malfoy's shoulder and followed him down the street, "why do you need me to take you to the Post Office?" he asked, I smiled sweetly at him, "to send a letter silly!" I said innocently, "Lead the way, oh great one!" I kept following him until we reached a shop that was painted in a bright read colour with pictures of owls flying on it.

I pushed the door open and walked in, taking care to shut it just as Malfoy went to enter, I went up to the counter and asked the lady how much it would cost to send an owl to Hannah, I gave her the money and took the letter over to a brown owl with large green eyes, I smiled at it. "Hey cutie! Can you drop this in the letterbox for me?" I asked it, it hooted softly, then took off, I laughed as it flew around my head a few times then sped out of the window, "I'll take that as a yes!" I yelled after it, grinning.

The shopkeeper came over to me, looking really annoyed. "out if you're not going to be quiet!" she told me. I saluted, "yes 'mam, sorry 'mam!"  I ran out of the shop, yelling over my shoulder, "bye 'mam!

I danced around in a circle in the middle of the road, a hand reached out and grabbed my arm, "what are you doing?" drawled Malfoy, a look of disgust on his face. "I'm dancing Draco, honey, surely you know what dancing is!" I eyed him a moment, wrinkling up my nose, "obviously not! Let me show you." I grabbed him and started doing a crazy type of waltz me and Hannah invented last spring, I forced him to dance to the end of the street, and then let go.

"See! Dancing is fun!" I told him, spinning him in a circle. He pulled away from me in disgust. I watched him in amusement, as he folded his arms and glared at me, "you," he spat, "you, are like a dog, no understanding of how too behave properly." His words gave me an interesting idea. I flopped on the ground, whining like a poor little lost puppy. I rolled over and barked. I looked up, tongue hanging out. Malfoy was horrified. He noticed that a large crowd had gathered around and his normally pale cheeks were flushed with embarrassment. I rolled over again and barked louder.

"Melanie Robinson! Get off the ground this moment and stop acting like a dog!" a angry voice yelled over the crowd. I jumped up immediately. "Minnie!" I cried, waving to the annoyed professor. She opened her mouth again, most likely to give me a detention, but I cut her off saying, "Lovely day, isn't it Minnie, I'd better be going now I think, yes, thanks for showing me the Post Office Malfoy! Gotta split! Bye!" I flashed Malfoy a grin and tore down the street.

As I ran around the corner I crashed into somebody, we both fell over and I ended lying on top of them. "Ugh!" a muffled voice came out from under me. I turned my head to see who I was lying on top of and all I could see was a blur of red. I grinned.

"Guys, we have got to stop meeting like this!" I rolled off the twins. They got up laughing. I sat up. "Hey Mel," they greeted. "This is our friend, Lee Jordan." They waved at the shocked boy standing off to the side, I held out my hand; he reached down to shake it and I pulled myself up.

"Phew!" I said, dusting myself off. "Thanks Lee," I grinned at him.

"Who were you running from?" asked Lee, "Minnie," I said distractedly, as I checked my pockets to make sure Harry's money bag was still there.

"What did you do this time?" asked George, a gleam in his eye. I turned to him, "whatever do you mean?" I asked him innocently, he opened his mouth to retort, but looked past my shoulder and I noticed a really faint blush creep onto his cheeks. I turned around knowing who I'd find. Alicia was walking towards us, with two other girls who I supposed were Angelina and Katie. I waved them over. "Hey guys!" said Alicia, "Melanie, this is Angelina, and Katie, girls, this is Melanie." The smiled at me, "hey Melanie," I grinned back, "Hey guys," the three pretty 7th years greeted the boys.

"Ladies," began Fred and George, "I do believe you look even more splendiferous, then the last time we saw you," I rolled my eyes, as the three girls blushed, "That doesn't include you though Mel," continued Fred, "you look like you've been rolling around in the dirt."

I whacked Fred on the arm, and then crossed my arms with a pout on my face. "Well she has," Angelina put in, the boys looked amused, "so you were up to something," George said accusingly, "and you didn't tell us!" Fred said, sounding mock hurt, Katie raised her eyebrows at them, "I hardly think, that even you three would have wanted to join in on this," The three of them laughed.

"Do tell." Said Lee.

"She was rolling around the middle of Hogsmede road, acting like a dog!" The boys turned to me, "well, he called me a dog, so I thought I may as well act like one." Alicia looked confused. "Who called you a dog?" she asked. "Malfoy." I said flatly.

They all looked outraged. "that's it," exclaimed Fred. "yeah, that git is gonna get it!" added George, "Well at least he didn't call her a mudblood," Said Katie, trying in vain to calm them down. I decided not to tell them about my run in with Malfoy on the plane the day before.

"Guys calm down! I can take care of myself!" I told the boys. They looked doubtful. I sighed exasperated. "Notice any bumps on Malfoy's face?" I asked. A look of understanding dawned on the boys faces, "That was you?" asked Lee.

I nodded smugly.

"Good going Mel!" exclaimed the twins. "I think this calls for a butterbeer celebration!" George said decisively, "your shout!" I called over my shoulder, as Alicia pulled me toward the pub. "Yeah sure, HEY! No fair!" George cried running after us.

We sat down at a table, and ordered butterbeers, "no fair Melanie," George complained, I shrugged, "you agreed, deal with it honey," Butterbeer tasted amazing, it seemed to completely melt my insides. An hour and a half later, we started heading back towards Hogwarts.

We collapsed on some chairs infront of the fire, laughing at the joke Fred told us. "Melanie!" came an annoyed voice from the portrait hole. The whole common room looked up. Ron walked over, his ears slightly pink. The Whole of Gryffindor tower were watching us. "Do you mind not staring at us like a bunch of ants?" I snapped. They looked away. "thank you! Now what did you want Ron?" I asked him.

"Where were you? We walked around Hogsmede for almost an hour looking for you!" he glared at me. I rolled my eyes, "Ron, I told you that I would meet you back at school!" George slid me a grin, "awww! Ickle Ronniekins has got a thing for the new girl!" he bellowed to the whole common room. I whacked him around the head. He grinned sheepishly at me as he sat back down, rubbing his head.

Ron looked annoyed, he began spluttering, "I…. Don't… I… do not." His face grew red. "yes I know you don't have a thing for me, now let's go down to dinner." I yanked him out of the common room and dragged him down to the great hall.

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I seem to have hit major writers block!!!! Argh!!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe its lack of maths class to dream in????? no friends for inspiration!!!! Lack of easter eggs!!!! I ate all ofthem!!!! Sniff!! Except for this cute little bunny!!! But im saving that for a more desparate time!!!!!! Hmmmm…….. now what to do with the next chapter…….. any suggestions??? Let me know!!!!

I have a basic plan for this story! But as its based on my daydreaming it's a kinda warped idea!

I might be able to change it to sanity!!!!! Maybe………………….

Oh and if you think I own anything to do with Harry Potter, go round the corner and pull out that MAJOR wedgie!!!!!!!

Luv yas!!!!!

Mel!!!! J