*~*DISCLAIMER*~* Still the same

Dear Lauren-
Hello! I've missed you a lot!! 6th year is great (loads of work).
So how's school with you? Is Michael H. still the same, (I hope)?
Well, remember Draco Malfoy, my friend from growing up.
Well we go into a huge fight and I need your help. I'm good
friends with some people he hates but I really like them so
I don't want to stop being friends with them. But I think I'm
Starting to 'like' Draco. What should I do!! Send an owl back ASAP.
-Love your cousin Allison

Allison rolled up the letter and sent in with an international owl. They left the post office and went back to school. By the time they had reached the castle the story of hers and Malfoy's fight had already reached the teachers.

"Ms. Michaels please come with me," professor McGonnagal's lips were even more pursed then she'd ever seen them. Allison followed her into her office were Malfoy was already sitting. Professor Snape was there too. As soon as Allison sat down professor Dumbledore walked in.

"Oh great," Allison heard Malfoy mumble under his breath. McGonnagal looked at them as if waiting for someone to explain what happened.

"Do one of you want to tell us what happened," Snape finally said, "mar. Malfoy?" Malfoy didn't say anything so Allison explained.

"We got into a fight, some spells were cast but no one was hurt," Allison turned to Malfoy.

"That's right, just some stupid fighting," Malfoy replied.

Professor McGonnagal, Professor Snape, and professor Dumbledore looked at each other and seemed to come up with an answer telepathically.

"You will both serve detention for use of magic on each other, you will both be cleaning out bed pans.with out magic at 7 o'clock sharp on Monday," Snape hissed. Allison sighed and leaned back in her chair, Malfoy following suit.

"And miss. Michaels you're lucky I don't ban you from playing in the Quidditch game tomorrow, but Gryffindor would be short a player and that would not be fair," professor McGonnagal frowned.

"Same for you, Mr.Malfoy," Snape sneered

Malfoy and Allison got up and walked out of the office and down the hall. Allison going up to the Gryffindor common room stopped and turned Malfoy, she started to speak but changed her mind and started walking again. She reached the fat lady "Banta gotta" the portrait swung open and Ron and Hermoine greeted her, Harry was at the hospital wing.

"What happened? What did they say?" Ron immediately asked with Hermoine elbowing him.

"I don't wanna talk about it let's just go down to dinner," she turned around and walked out, Ron and Hermoine followed. They walked down to the great hall neither Ron nor Hermoine bothered to ask any more questions.

"Hello Harry, are you okay?" Allison asked Harry when she saw his walk in.

"I'm fine, how 'bout you?" He sat down next to Allison

"Okay," she said as she pushed some mashed potatoes around her plate with her fork. Ron and Hermoine looked at each other then at Harry. Allison yawned and got up.

"I'm going to go to bed, you should too Harry, we have a big game against Slytherin tomorrow." Allison walked out of the great hall, Harry sighed and walked after her. When they reached the staircase leading up to the Gryffindor common room Harry stopped and yelled up the stairs to Allison.

"Allison you've got to stop making us feel bad for you just because you have a jerk for a best friend." Harry walked up to her.

"Oh me making people feel bad, when famous Harry potter can break any rule he wants and not get in trouble because his parents died when he was a baby," she yelled, " c'mon Harry you're not the only one whose parents died."

"really how many people do you know lost someone to voldemort?" He yelled back to her.

"Oh gee I guess Mr. and Mrs. Diggory are just pretending to be upset about a son that was killed by voldemort, I guess anyone related to anyone that was killed by voldemort doesn't matter because they're not Harry potter!!!" She screamed.

"Okay so I lost my parents before I could walk or talk, but take no sympathy on me?" Harry asked.

"I'm not saying that, but you've been in Hogwarts for five years, and you can be caught of bed at night and not get in trouble, it's just that from the year I've been here you've never gotten in trouble for anything, I just find it wrong." Allison started going up the stairs. Harry went to follow her but turned around and went back downstairs.

At around 9:30 Allison wished she hadn't skipped dinner, she was now hungry. She remembered Ron going down to the kitchen to get extra food. She went out the portrait hole and down to the kitchen.

::Now what do I do again to get in the kitchen?:: she thought to herself. She was looking up and down the door when someone walked up behind her.

"You have to tickle the pear, I heard weasel and potter talking about it," said the person behind her.

"Thank you," she said knowing who it was," she tickled the pear and the portrait opened revealing the huge kitchen. She stepped in and turned around.

"I'm sorry," Malfoy said to her.

"I'm sorry to.sorry that I don't think I can be your friend any more," she turned around again and walked in, the portrait closing behind her, blocking an angry blonde boy from her view.

"Well hello dobby!" Allison met dobby last year through Harry.

"Hello miss Allison," he looked up at her.

"Do you have any extra food, I skipped dinner tonight?" She asked. In five minutes a small sack was filled with food and she was holding a bottle of butterbeer.

"Thank you so much," she smiled and walked out. She went back upstairs and sat on her favorite chair in the common room. She was just about finished when Ron walked out.

"I thought you were tired and wanted to go to bed," he smirked.

"I got hungry I went to the kitchen.he was there," she frowned.

"Oh.so can you tell what happened tonight or what happened in McGonnagal's office?" he sat down across from her.

"Well, I don't want to, but I know you'll keep bugging me," she began, "we have to scrub bedpans, without magic."

"Ouch, well if he does anything just tell me and Harry we'll fix it," Ron smiled

"Actually.I'm not really talking to Harry and I assume he's not talking to me either," Allison explained the incident on the staircase to Ron. About an hour later they went up to bed.

The next morning Allison woke up and put on her Quidditch robes and went to the Great Hall. Harry and sat himself between two people so that he wouldn't be forced to talk to Allison. She looked over at Slytherin table Malfoy looked up at her but then looked back down at his plate.

It was time for all the players to head down to the Quidditch field. They mounted their brooms and on Madame Hooch's whistle kicked off. A couple times a bludger almost hit Allison as she tried to through the quaffle though the hoops. She knew that the Slytherin players were aiming for her especially because they all knew what happened between her and Malfoy. So in return Gryffindor Beaters hit bludgers towards Malfoy. The score was 90-70 Slytherin when Harry darted for the Snitch. Within five minutes he had caught it. Making the final score 220-90 in Gryffindors favor.

That afternoon and evening were very boring. That was to be followed by a very uneventful Monday. At 6:50 Allison headed down to meet Snape and Malfoy. When they were given instructions Snape left them alone ("I shouldn't be bothered by misbehaving students")

Allison just stared, "eh gross, why do you have to be such a moron?" she turned to Malfoy

"Excuse me?" Malfoy said.

"Why did you have to start using spells," she replied," none of this would've happened if you weren't such a jerk."

Just then Allison's owl was tapping at the window, "Finally she wrote back," she opened the window and let the owl in. Instead of staying like it was supposed to it flew over to Malfoy. He took the rolled up letter and began to open it.

"Don't read that!" Allison grabbed his arm. But he was already reading it.

"You like me?" he looked over. Allison still holding his arm nodded her head slightly. They both just stood there for a few minutes before they realized what had just happened. Allison pulled away even though she could've stayed there forever.

"Just.I don't know.why do you care?" she finally said.

"Are you really that clueless.you can't figure it out," he said, " I like you to Allison, I've liked you for awhile I just didn't want to say anything, because that's not my 'rep' here at Hogwarts if someone found out I liked a Gryffindor, the Slytherins probably wouldn't be the same around me."

Allison looked in his eyes, she wanted to hug him so bad just to be in his arms, but she was really mad at him, he had been such a jerk. She felt herself start to cry but tried to hold it back. The only problem was she couldn't. She began to cry, Malfoy who was not usually Mr.Sensitive walked over and hugged his best friend.

A/N: okay lemme know wut u think.im getting into this.I figure Malfoy will start being more nice to Allison when they're alone, but he wont let it show in public.