Disclaimer: I do not own HP. I don't have that kind of talent

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"Jack, don't worry about that right now. I want to have fun. I don't want anything to spoil this. Ok?" The last thing Harry wanted was for Jacklynn to tell him something and spoil the fun they were having.

"No problem, but I will tell you when we get back to the hospital wing. Until then..." Jacklynn smiled and kissed Harry. Harry broke off the kiss and looked at Jacklynn.

"I have a request."

"What is it?" Jacklynn was curious, but intrigued.

"Wanna try that under the water?" Harry smiled at Jacklynn. He knew she was thinking the same thing, but he wasn't sure whether she would do it.

"You read my mind Mr. Potter!"

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After a couple hours in the pool Jacklynn and Harry made their way back to the Hospital Wing.

"Now can I tell you?" Jacklynn had waited patiently and had had a lot of fun, but she needed to tell Harry about Joel.

"Yes, Jack, tell me, I know it's gotta be important because you won't drop it." Harry sat down on Jack's bed and Jack stood in front of him. Jacklynn looked right into his eyes and said, "Just let me speak, don't ask any questions until I'm done, and do not under any circumstances just walk out of here before you talk!"

"Ok" Harry agreed, he knew she was serious, she only did this kind of thing to people she was mad at, or when she just wanted to say something.

"Ok, well after you left a guy named Joel was sitting on my bed and he started asking me about the blue smoke and whether John did it or anything. So I asked him who he was, He told me his name was Joel, and he was in Slytherin house. So I asked him how he knew about the blue smoke and he told me that he had helped John." Jacklynn felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She had been going nuts waiting for Harry to visit her again after that night when Joel showed up, but he never had.

"Ok, well you said that really fast, but I understood you. Umm, one question, Why didn't you say anything sooner?"

"Well I figured that you would come back earlier than now, and I couldn't send you an owl, someone could have read it!"

"Good point! Well I won't do anything right now, but if this Joel kid comes back, just send an owl with the word 'Again' written on it and I will come running. Literally! I have to go now though!" Jacklynn's face fell, she was gonna be all alone again in the empty Hospital Wing. "Don't worry gorgeous, I will come and visit you tomorrow after classes, maybe I can convince Dumbledore to let you have dinner with me. If not, we will go to the Room of Requirement and eat there in secret!" Harry leaned forward and kissed Jacklynn, when he pulled away she was smiling and she had her eyes closed. "I'll see you tomorrow." He said as he hopped off the bed and walked past Jack.

"Hold on. I know you aren't going to the Common Room. You better not go and do anything to Joel or John, you would be putting me in danger, and then Dumbledore will never let me out of here! EVER!" Harry walked back over to Jacklynn and pulled her into a hug.

"You're right, I'm not going back to the Common Room. on the contrary, I am going to Dumbledore. You can't go see him to tell him about Joel and John, so I am. Don't worry! He will come down here and talk to you. I will just let him know what you told me. You fill in the blanks." Harry kissed Jacklynn again and then he left, but before he left he turned around and said, "Just relax, you just had a swimming lesson, you must be tired!" Jacklynn stuck her tongue out at Harry as he turned and walked out the door.

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"Ron, could I talk to you for a minute?" Jessica walked up to Ron in the middle of the crowded common room even though she knew he was going to say something to her, she still needed to talk to him.

"As long as you keep it short Flood. I am kind of busy here!" Ron waved his hand around the circle of people around him.

"Don't worry, it's just about potions." Ron stood up and walked to the only empty corner in the common room, right by the door.

"Ok, maybe we will have to take this outside, but I can't stand this anymore!" Jessica was almost in tears. Ron looked around and then started talking very quietly.

"What do you mean you can't stand it anymore? Ron had a look of concern on his face, but he also had his back to the common room, so no one could see.

"I can't stand the fact that I can't hold your hand, sit next to you, or even talk to you for that matter, without being made fun of by the guy who says he loves me. I mean, I find it rather degrading the way you are treating me in two different settings!" Jessica had tears running down her face as she got up and walked out the door. Ron went over to the group he was sitting with and told them that Jessica needed help with Potions and the book she needed was in the library. He turned and left them and walked out the door after Jessica.

"Jess!?!?!?!" Ron quietly yelled down the corridor. He figured she was hiding behind something so he waited, and sure enough Jessica came back around a corner and walked toward him. Her face was tear streaked and he knew that he was about to get yelled at.

"Ron! I need you to either stop the show and just let people know how you feel about me, or you will have to loose me because I refuse to sit back and love you but only have the ability to show it when we are in secret or with Jacklynn or Harry. I don't think it is fair for either of us and I think that you need to re-think your priorities!" Jessica looked like she was going to smack him, but Ron knew she wouldn't.

"I'm sorry sweetheart! I know how you feel and I hate having to make fun of you. I love you will all my heart, but I can't seem to find a way to tell everyone." Ron hung his head because he knew Jessica was crying still, and he couldn't look at her and see how badly he was hurting the one he loved.

"Ron, I think we better just stop this until you can tell your so called friends about us! I can't keep going like this! Everyone is horrible to me, and that includes you. the only person who has never made fun of me is Jacklynn, and she was the only one who was willing to stand up for me when she didn't know about us! I'm sorry Ron, but this is the way it has to be, you have to come to your senses and realize I'm not just a play thing! I can't just stand here and take the lashes you are taking at my heart! I'm sorry but that's all I have to say to you!" Jessica walked around Ron and back into the Common Room to a wall of laughter.

How could I be so stupid? Ron thought to himself as he walked back through the portrait How could I hurt her so much, and why am I such an ass? Ron walked right pasted his "friends" and up to his room. He didn't want to talk to anyone right at that moment, if they were curious he would just simply tell them to leave him alone, and to leave Jess alone while they were at it. No one deserved what he was doing to Jess. So why was he doing it?

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Well there you go. It's a bit longer, but not by much. I just kept typing. LOL Review!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Merlana, I know I would say the same thing too. And I would probably do it in the same way!

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