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All Character's Belong to J.K. (an exception to the ones that I made up, and Hope Evans who belongs to my dear old friend Danni!!! forever---danni) read her fanfic)

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She looked up into Draco's blue eyes in confusement. What was he going to do to her?

"What's going on?" Brianna's bottom lip quivered.

Draco said nothing. Only stared. Brianna looked away and then at him again.

"Draco, what-" But she was cut off by Draco's hands. He had shoved her up against the wall, knocking the breath out of her.

"You stay away from Hope."

Brianna felt like crying, but didn't. She looked up into those eyes once again, thinking of what to say to him. Why did he want her to stay away from Hope anyways?

"Why?" was all Brianna could say.

"That's none of your business," Draco looked her directly in the eyes. "But I'm going to tell you right now. Stay away from her. You're messing up our whole plan. You're lucky I've told you this much. If I wasn't feeling the least bit cheerful right now, I would have killed you and told you nothing."

Brianna was exceptionally perplexed. She thought of only one thing to say back but wasn't sure if she should have. Before she could think about it, she had asked it.

"Why are you hurting her?"

Draco had let go of her and walked half way across the room before he had turned back to answer her question.

"Why would I hurt somebody who is trying to help me?"

Help him? Brianna asked herself as she looked at the floor. Help him do what? Hope never told her anything about even being close to Draco as much as helping him.

"But why would-" Brianna looked up to find nobody there. She hadn't been fast enough. He had left. She ran out to the doorway and looked both ways down the corridor, but found nobody. She took a left and walked down the deserted hallway thinking about what Draco had said.

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It was Sunday evening when Hope had returned. Brianna was trying her best to stay away from her. From what Draco had told her, she didn't know what to believe anymore. She hadn't seen Draco since there 'little incident'. She had to cancel Ron and hers appointment just so she could figure out how to stay away from Hope for the rest of the week. She wasn't extremely comfortable with facing Hope yet, not after what Draco had told her anyways.

Brianna wasn't the only one that was worried though; Hope was wondering why Brianna was trying to stay away from her. She had caught site of her only once or twice since she had gotten home. Hope walked into the Slytherin common room, where she was just lucky enough to find Brianna sitting in an armchair reading a book. She walked over and stood next to her, waiting to catch her interest.

Truth was, Brianna did know she was standing there. She just didn't want to talk to her right now. She was forced to look at her when her book was jerked out of her hands and thrown across the room in the other direction.

"What the hell was that for?" Brianna screamed.

"That was for being a bitch all day!" She shoved back.

"Me? A bitch? Puh-leeze! I know what's going on Hope! Draco told me! Don't act like I'm stupid!"

"What are you talking about?" Hope said while sitting next to Brianna in the gigantic armchair.

"What do you mean what are you talking about? You know very well what I'm talking about!" Brianna was fixing to blow.

"Brianna! Calm down! I'm telling you the truth! I have no idea what you are talking about!"

Brianna was breathing furiously. She was going to yell at Hope once more when a thought hit her. What if Draco had been lying just to keep her away from Hope? She was yelling about something she only knew the half of.

"Draco told me about what you were doing," Brianna said in a soother voice.

"About what I was doing?" Hope questioned.

"Yeah. Everything."

Now Hope looked confused.

"Can you tell me what he said because I have no idea what you are talking about?" Hope asked.

So, Brianna told her everything. About how she was supposedly helping him and how he threatened her to stay away from Hope.

"-And I had to cancel with Ron." Brianna finished up.

Hope chuckled. Brianna knew she wasn't always the type to be totally serious 24/7.

"Why are you laughing?" Brianna questioned, even though she was pretty sure what the answer was.

"I already told you to watch out for Draco. But no. You think he's too cute to stay away from," Hope said in a sarcastic voice.

"And you think that's funny. He's to die for!" Brianna paused before finishing. "And why are you trying to change the subject anyways?"

"I wasn't trying to." Hope rolled her eyes. "I don't know why he would say that. I've never been in on any of his 'plans'. I'll talk to him about it."

"Ok, but be careful. I think he's up to something."

"I always am."

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Brianna was walking down the hall with Hope to Potions. As much as she didn't like that class, she had no choice but to take it.

Brianna entered the classroom and looked at the Slytherin side of the room to find that the only seat left was by Draco. And she definitely didn't feel like sitting by him. So, she marched over to where Ron was and sat down beside him.

"Hey, sorry about this weekend. I, ugh, had some other stuff going on," Brianna put on a will-you-please-forgive-me face. Which actually did work.

"Yeah, I understand. We'll have to do it another time then."

Brianna didn't have time to respond. Snape had stormed in without shutting his door, as usual. He looked around the room when his eyes landed on Brianna.

"Miss Jones, may I ask why you are sitting in that particular seat?"

Brianna looked up from her notebook, and gazed at him.

"Well, I found that there was nowhere else to sit," Brianna paused. "Unless you would prefer me to sit on the floor?"

Snape gave her a filthy look before answering.

"As a matter of fact, Miss Jones, with that attitude, I would very much like you to sit on the floor."

"I'm sure you would," Brianna whispered while getting up.

"What was that Miss Jones?" Snape asked while watching her grab her books.

"Oh, nothing," Brianna said while sitting on the floor next to Ron. Snape had given her just enough time to sit down and spread her books out before he corrected her seating arrangement.

"In front of my desk, Miss Jones!"

Brianna looked up as soon as she was opening her book to the correct page.

"Excuse me?" she said in a sarcastic voice. "I very much like where I'm sitting, thank you."

"Miss Jones." By now the whole class was starring at the both of them. "I didn't give you a choice. Now, without any more arguments, get up and come sit in front of my desk. Unless, you would like to discuss this situation with the Headmaster?"

Brianna rolled her eyes and gathered her stuff. She got up and walked quietly over to Snape's desk with all eyes following her every move. She sat a couple feet away from Snape's desk and started her work again.

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"Good job, Brianna!" Hope complimented Brianna on their way out of Potions. "Too bad Snape's probably going to give you crap all year. Look how he looked at Ron when he saw you sit next to him, and that's just because he's in Gryffindor. You might have it worse because you are one of his students."

"Thanks for the advice, Hope. But I really don't care about what he does to me. He's not exactly on my favorites list either," Brianna said sarcastically.

Both girls took a left into Transfigurations and took two empty seats in the back of the classroom, hoping to be unnoticed.

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"You coming Brianna?" Hope asked while gathering her books to leave for dinner.

"Umm. . . . . . . . . yeah. I'll be there soon. Go ahead without me," Brianna replied staying where she was.

"Ok, see you later," Hope walked out of the room.

Brianna waited until everyone was cleared out of the room to leave. She picked up her belongings and carried them on her way out of the room. She was half way across the empty classroom, when she remembered her bag she had left at her desk. She quietly turned around, not seeing her bag. But instead, Draco.

"My, my. Where are we going?" Draco whispered as he watched Brianna back away from him. She didn't answer. He moved closer. Brianna could feel his breath. She tried to back away, but there was no use. She only moved closer to the wall. Before she knew it, she was up against the wall. Him right on top of her.

"I thought I told you to stay away from Hope."

Brianna, again, didn't say anything. She stared at him for a couple of minutes. Hoping that he would go away. But he didn't make the slightest movement of going anywhere.

"Why?" Brianna managed to get out.

"Why? I thought I told you before that it's none of your business. Did I not?"

"Yes. But unless you have some "important" reason, I find it quite all right to be with MY friend. Do you have a problem with that?" Brianna slid out from under his arms and started walking towards the door.

He ran up behind her, stuck his foot out and tripped her. Then kneeled down beside her and whispered in her ear.

"Do YOU have a problem with that?"

He was beginning to take out his wand out when Professor McGonagall walked in.

"Children, your bell rang 10 minutes ago. What are you still doing in here?"

Draco gave her an innocent smile before grabbing Brianna's hand.

"Oh, well. I was on my way out when I saw Ms. Jones trip. I tried to help her up, but she said that her ankle hurt to badly to move. So, I healed it with my wand, and I was fixing to walk her to the Great Hall."

McGonagall looked from Draco to Brianna a few times before she spoke again.

"Is this true, Ms. Jones?"

Brianna looked at Draco. He looked back at her. Giving her not a welcoming smile. But a nasty smirk. She looked at Professor McGonagall again, then back at Draco before answering her question.

"Yes, Professor. I'm just so glad he was here to help me." She gave Draco a nasty smile.

"Well, off you go then. Oh, and Draco. Ten points to Slytherin for you kind deed."

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hey, danni. (since you're the only one who reads muh story anywaz I might as well address this to you) Srry this DID take me sooo long to update. I kno you've been waiting!! Im still waiting for yours! Hurry up!! Damnit!! Lol so anyways.... hope you like!! I thought it was perty good!! Lol

lub ya- Ashley Tom's MIONE!!