**Hey Everyone!! Sorry for the LONG amount of time it took me to update! I had a bit of writers block and a lot of homework! Well, I hope you like this chapter! Please leave a review!
~Chapter 7~
Kylee found that the next few weeks went by fairly quick due to their uneventfulness. She was in the Great Hall for breakfast and as she once agian looked across the table she found herself thinking that it seemed as if Draco and Meridith were growing closer with each day that passed, but what she couldn't figure out was how she felt about this. Yes, he had a tendency to be rude, mean, and selfish, but she had seen something else in him. Something she thought no one else had seen. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but it was what had been keeping her from completly writing him off as a jerk. She had been growing closer with Neville as Draco had been with Meridith. Neville was the reason that she had finally come to the conclusion that she needed to forget about Draco, after all, he was with Meridith. But, even though Neville was a great friend, and had helped her to let go of Draco(...kind of) , she just couldn't think of him as more than a friend. For some reason, he just wasn't what she was looking for. He wasn't what her heart was telling her to go for. She was about to start down another endless chain of thoughts when Neville came up and stood beside her.
"Hey Kylee, Kylee? Hello in there..."
"Oh, sorry Neville! I completely zoned out! I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night," she stated while laughing it off.
"That's alright, it happens to everyone once in while," Neville replied while taking the seat next to her.
"Hey Longbottom, shouldn't you be off looking at plants, or attempting to use magic without blowing something up," Draco asked while giving Neville one of his 'You can't say anything because my fathers rich' sneers.
"Draacccooo..." Kylee groaned while giving him that 'did you really have to do that' look that she manages to save just for him.
"What?! I was merely bringing his obvious lack of magical talent, and completely boring life, to your attention," he replied while trying to look innocent.
"Yeah? Well, as important as you think that may be, I don't find it entertaining. And you promised that you would be nice from now on...does that mean nothing to you," Kylee asked while gathering her things.
"Of course it does...but I just couldn't resist. The opportunity was staring me in the face and saying 'Take me, take me, you know you want to make fun of that little dunderheaded twerp.'"
"Well, maybe you'll learn to get some will power," Kylee retorted while storming out of the Great Hall. She was walking through the hallways at a very fast pace, not even looking to see where she was going. She was just turning down yet another one of the many hallways in the school, when she slammed right into something...or should she say someone. She reeled for a moment before looking up to see who she had run into. Whoops...
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Professor Lupin! I was just not paying attention to where I was going and then..."
"It's perfectly alright Kylee. I was just out for my stroll through the castle when I thought to myself, 'Gee, I really hope someone would run into me, I haven't been run into in ages!' When, just like that, you appeared."
"Oh...er...um, yeah," she managed to get out as her face turned a lovely shade of red.
"I'm just kidding! I'm sorry if I embarresed you, I'm fine, really! And, don't worry, I get run into ALL the time. Students have a tendency to not watch where they're going. But, why don't you come to my office and explain what had you so flustered," he replied while laying a hand on her shoulder to steer her towards his office.
Once they reached his office, he shut the door and motioned towards a chair on the opposite side of his desk, where he had sat down. Kylee took a seat and looked up to the Professor.
"Now, what happened to get you so riled up," he asked while waving his wand over his desk making two cups of tea appear.
"It was just Draco, being, well...Draco," she replied while taking a sip of her tea.
"Ah, well that explains it all. Mr.Malfoy could upset ANYONE. What did he do this time?"
"Well, you've probably noticed that I have become friends with a few Gryffindors. Draco doesn't approve of this, and everytime one of them comes to our table he has to go and say something insulting. Now, this bothers me, so I asked him to try and be nice, and he promised me that he would. But, then this morning Neville came over to our table and was about to say something, when there goes Draco. I believe he said, 'Hey Longbottom, shouldn't you be off looking at plants, or attempting to do magic without blowing something up?' And then I told him that he promised me he was going to be nice. And you know what he said? He said he couldn't resist the opportunity! So I told him to get some will power and stormed out of the Great Hall," she finished while drawing a long, deep breath.
"Ah, well, I can see where that would be frustrating. And it's better that you left than cursed him," he said while giving her a small smile.
"Yeah, I guess your right, Professor. Thanks for listening, I really needed to vent that pent up frustration," she said while finishing her tea.
"Anytime, and I mean that. No matter what time it is, or when, you can ALWAYS come talk to me if you need someone to listen. And anything you tell me will be strictly confidential."
"Thanks Professor, I might just take you up on that some time," she said while smiling at him.
"Yeah? Well, like I said, your always welcome. But, for now you'd better be off to class, I think the bell's about to ring," he replied while getting up to open the door for her.
"Oh! Thanks," she said as she walked into the hallway.
Professor Lupin shut the door behind her and she was left in the hallway alone, to think over the mornings events. There were many things she would have to deal with, but right now her main thought was getting to class on time! She managed to make it to History of Magic before the bell rang and sat in the seat next to Meridith, as she wasn't talking to Draco yet.
"Where were you?! I looked for you in the common room and the dormitory, but I couldn't find you," Meridith whispered just as the bell rang.
"Oh, I was so frustrated over Mr. I better than everyone else that I was storming down the hall and ran straight into Professor Lupin," Kylee replied as Professor Binns took his place in front of the class.
"What?! Lucky You! He hardly goes out and around the castle anymore!"
"Yeah, and then he listened while I told him why I was so riled up."
"Mmmm..Yummy! He has to be the best looking Professor ever," Meridith whispered back while Professor Binns began his lesson of the day.
"Meridith! He's a Professor! But..he is hot," Kylee replied as they broke out in silent giggles.
After History of magic, Meridith and Kylee left the classroom and made their way to transfiguration while STILL talking about that morning's events. In transfiguration they were reviewing last weeks spell because a majority of the class hadn't mastered it yet, so Kylee was free to sit there and half think about her delimma.
*Hmmm...Draco will never change, will he? Well, obviously. But what should I do? If I stay friends with Neville, Draco will only get worse, but if I stop being friends with Neville then I won't have him as a friend AND Draco will think that he can control me with his little rants, Which he CAN'T. Ugggh, this is SO confusing...*
It was at that moment that the bell rang signalling the end of class. Kylee packed up her things and made her way down to the potions classroom. She was early, as always, and sat down in her seat and unpacked her potions things. Soon the other students began to filter in to the room and take their seats. Neville walked in and sat down beside her just as the bell rang. She could tell by the look on his face that he was embarrassed about this morning.
"BE QUIET! Now today we will be working on the level 2 healing potion. Take out your things and begin," Professor Snape said as he waved his wand, making the directions to the potion appear on the board.
With the extra potions help she had been giving Neville, he had actually become partially good at potions and he only had to ask her about this potion once. She was the first person finished with their potion and poured a sample of it into a vial and proceeded to put a stopper in the vial. She cleaned up her potions ingrediants fairly quick and walked up to Professor Snape's desk to turn in the potion.
"Ah, Ms.Baise, nice potion. Hmm..just the right color. Lets see if it works. He pulled up his sleeve to reveal a minor burn, which should be easily cured with this potion.
He let a few drops of the potion fall onto the burn. She then watched anxiously as the burn slowly receeded and then dissappered all together.
"Very well, Ms.Baise. Top marks for the day. You may use the rest of the time left in class to start your essay for the night. 'The different forms of the modern healing potion,' to be turned in tomorrow. It should be two feet."
"Yes, sir," Kylee replied as she turned around and went back to her seat.
She managed to get a paragraph of the essay out of the way before the bell rang, the rest she would do in the dormitory. She packed up her things and quickly made her way up to the common room, she didn't really feel like talking to anyone at the moment. She diligently worked on her homework until dinner time, when she called the house elves to bring her food here. She ate her meal and made her way up to the dormitory before anyone else got back. She needed more time to think about her situation before she talked to Draco, so think she did...until she fell into a peaceful sleep.
~Chapter 7~
Kylee found that the next few weeks went by fairly quick due to their uneventfulness. She was in the Great Hall for breakfast and as she once agian looked across the table she found herself thinking that it seemed as if Draco and Meridith were growing closer with each day that passed, but what she couldn't figure out was how she felt about this. Yes, he had a tendency to be rude, mean, and selfish, but she had seen something else in him. Something she thought no one else had seen. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but it was what had been keeping her from completly writing him off as a jerk. She had been growing closer with Neville as Draco had been with Meridith. Neville was the reason that she had finally come to the conclusion that she needed to forget about Draco, after all, he was with Meridith. But, even though Neville was a great friend, and had helped her to let go of Draco(...kind of) , she just couldn't think of him as more than a friend. For some reason, he just wasn't what she was looking for. He wasn't what her heart was telling her to go for. She was about to start down another endless chain of thoughts when Neville came up and stood beside her.
"Hey Kylee, Kylee? Hello in there..."
"Oh, sorry Neville! I completely zoned out! I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night," she stated while laughing it off.
"That's alright, it happens to everyone once in while," Neville replied while taking the seat next to her.
"Hey Longbottom, shouldn't you be off looking at plants, or attempting to use magic without blowing something up," Draco asked while giving Neville one of his 'You can't say anything because my fathers rich' sneers.
"Draacccooo..." Kylee groaned while giving him that 'did you really have to do that' look that she manages to save just for him.
"What?! I was merely bringing his obvious lack of magical talent, and completely boring life, to your attention," he replied while trying to look innocent.
"Yeah? Well, as important as you think that may be, I don't find it entertaining. And you promised that you would be nice from now on...does that mean nothing to you," Kylee asked while gathering her things.
"Of course it does...but I just couldn't resist. The opportunity was staring me in the face and saying 'Take me, take me, you know you want to make fun of that little dunderheaded twerp.'"
"Well, maybe you'll learn to get some will power," Kylee retorted while storming out of the Great Hall. She was walking through the hallways at a very fast pace, not even looking to see where she was going. She was just turning down yet another one of the many hallways in the school, when she slammed right into something...or should she say someone. She reeled for a moment before looking up to see who she had run into. Whoops...
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Professor Lupin! I was just not paying attention to where I was going and then..."
"It's perfectly alright Kylee. I was just out for my stroll through the castle when I thought to myself, 'Gee, I really hope someone would run into me, I haven't been run into in ages!' When, just like that, you appeared."
"Oh...er...um, yeah," she managed to get out as her face turned a lovely shade of red.
"I'm just kidding! I'm sorry if I embarresed you, I'm fine, really! And, don't worry, I get run into ALL the time. Students have a tendency to not watch where they're going. But, why don't you come to my office and explain what had you so flustered," he replied while laying a hand on her shoulder to steer her towards his office.
Once they reached his office, he shut the door and motioned towards a chair on the opposite side of his desk, where he had sat down. Kylee took a seat and looked up to the Professor.
"Now, what happened to get you so riled up," he asked while waving his wand over his desk making two cups of tea appear.
"It was just Draco, being, well...Draco," she replied while taking a sip of her tea.
"Ah, well that explains it all. Mr.Malfoy could upset ANYONE. What did he do this time?"
"Well, you've probably noticed that I have become friends with a few Gryffindors. Draco doesn't approve of this, and everytime one of them comes to our table he has to go and say something insulting. Now, this bothers me, so I asked him to try and be nice, and he promised me that he would. But, then this morning Neville came over to our table and was about to say something, when there goes Draco. I believe he said, 'Hey Longbottom, shouldn't you be off looking at plants, or attempting to do magic without blowing something up?' And then I told him that he promised me he was going to be nice. And you know what he said? He said he couldn't resist the opportunity! So I told him to get some will power and stormed out of the Great Hall," she finished while drawing a long, deep breath.
"Ah, well, I can see where that would be frustrating. And it's better that you left than cursed him," he said while giving her a small smile.
"Yeah, I guess your right, Professor. Thanks for listening, I really needed to vent that pent up frustration," she said while finishing her tea.
"Anytime, and I mean that. No matter what time it is, or when, you can ALWAYS come talk to me if you need someone to listen. And anything you tell me will be strictly confidential."
"Thanks Professor, I might just take you up on that some time," she said while smiling at him.
"Yeah? Well, like I said, your always welcome. But, for now you'd better be off to class, I think the bell's about to ring," he replied while getting up to open the door for her.
"Oh! Thanks," she said as she walked into the hallway.
Professor Lupin shut the door behind her and she was left in the hallway alone, to think over the mornings events. There were many things she would have to deal with, but right now her main thought was getting to class on time! She managed to make it to History of Magic before the bell rang and sat in the seat next to Meridith, as she wasn't talking to Draco yet.
"Where were you?! I looked for you in the common room and the dormitory, but I couldn't find you," Meridith whispered just as the bell rang.
"Oh, I was so frustrated over Mr. I better than everyone else that I was storming down the hall and ran straight into Professor Lupin," Kylee replied as Professor Binns took his place in front of the class.
"What?! Lucky You! He hardly goes out and around the castle anymore!"
"Yeah, and then he listened while I told him why I was so riled up."
"Mmmm..Yummy! He has to be the best looking Professor ever," Meridith whispered back while Professor Binns began his lesson of the day.
"Meridith! He's a Professor! But..he is hot," Kylee replied as they broke out in silent giggles.
After History of magic, Meridith and Kylee left the classroom and made their way to transfiguration while STILL talking about that morning's events. In transfiguration they were reviewing last weeks spell because a majority of the class hadn't mastered it yet, so Kylee was free to sit there and half think about her delimma.
*Hmmm...Draco will never change, will he? Well, obviously. But what should I do? If I stay friends with Neville, Draco will only get worse, but if I stop being friends with Neville then I won't have him as a friend AND Draco will think that he can control me with his little rants, Which he CAN'T. Ugggh, this is SO confusing...*
It was at that moment that the bell rang signalling the end of class. Kylee packed up her things and made her way down to the potions classroom. She was early, as always, and sat down in her seat and unpacked her potions things. Soon the other students began to filter in to the room and take their seats. Neville walked in and sat down beside her just as the bell rang. She could tell by the look on his face that he was embarrassed about this morning.
"BE QUIET! Now today we will be working on the level 2 healing potion. Take out your things and begin," Professor Snape said as he waved his wand, making the directions to the potion appear on the board.
With the extra potions help she had been giving Neville, he had actually become partially good at potions and he only had to ask her about this potion once. She was the first person finished with their potion and poured a sample of it into a vial and proceeded to put a stopper in the vial. She cleaned up her potions ingrediants fairly quick and walked up to Professor Snape's desk to turn in the potion.
"Ah, Ms.Baise, nice potion. Hmm..just the right color. Lets see if it works. He pulled up his sleeve to reveal a minor burn, which should be easily cured with this potion.
He let a few drops of the potion fall onto the burn. She then watched anxiously as the burn slowly receeded and then dissappered all together.
"Very well, Ms.Baise. Top marks for the day. You may use the rest of the time left in class to start your essay for the night. 'The different forms of the modern healing potion,' to be turned in tomorrow. It should be two feet."
"Yes, sir," Kylee replied as she turned around and went back to her seat.
She managed to get a paragraph of the essay out of the way before the bell rang, the rest she would do in the dormitory. She packed up her things and quickly made her way up to the common room, she didn't really feel like talking to anyone at the moment. She diligently worked on her homework until dinner time, when she called the house elves to bring her food here. She ate her meal and made her way up to the dormitory before anyone else got back. She needed more time to think about her situation before she talked to Draco, so think she did...until she fell into a peaceful sleep.