**Disclaimer** I don't own any Harry Potter charries or the song "Starless" by Crossfade or "Cold" by Crossfade

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Well..this story is wrapping up. It twas fun to write. Meebee I'll write another someday.

Salsa. Oh yeah.

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The forest was so silent; you could hear a pin drop even with the rain pouring.

Draco, for once, noticed the color of her eyes. Emerald...beautiful. He knew of the beauty of his own gray optics, but nothing even compared to the green he was seeing.

"Stop staring," spat Ade bitterly, bringing Draco back to life. She turned away from him, her salty tears mixing with the pouring rain. Her blond hair had been down, and now stuck to her back with wetness.

He heard a soft muttering, which was her talking to herself. He moved closer, despite the loud sloshing of the mud.

She was singing.

"...I'm taking my last breath.

Oh I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And how I feel like I'm starless

I'm hopeless and played out

And how I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And how I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to burn out

I can transcend you and mentally bend you

But I can't I can't handle the shit I'm into

I have been blinded

I'm always reminded of the things I've wanted but I never could find

I am a part of a world that I hate of

I wish the end would come faster

My world's a disaster

Can't you see that I'm down and I'm drowning

And I can't keep my head above my wake..."

He watched her silently quaver with cold, and took his cloak off. Although it was slightly damp, he threw it across her back. She stopped to look back at him, and halted her singing. He could see her mentally repeating the words as she stared menacingly at him.

Draco glanced away from the piercing eyes, back towards the Great Hall. Everyone was gone. Draco turned back to Ade, but she was gone. He watched her run off in the distance, picking up the cloak he left.

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Ade avoided Draco, Draco avoided Ade.

The only contact Draco had with Ade was once when he found a note on his bed. He recognized the 'A' on the wax seal pretty quickly and tore open the letter.

"My dearest Dragon:

Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right. I never stopped to think of you, I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win.

You are the antidote that got me by, something strong like a drug that got me high.

I'm sorry about all the lies, maybe in a different light,

you can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see.

I never really wanted you see the screwed up side of me that I keep locked inside of me so deep, it always seems to get to me. I never really wanted you to go so many things you should have known. I guess for me there's just no home; I never meant to be so cold.

Love,

Adelaide"

That was all.

He tried to catch her eye, but she would just look away or disappear into a crowd. He tried to corner her once, only to be ignored and bitched at.

He just decided to ignore her completely...but he soon found out that his other friends weren't at all any better. He hung out with Lissa often because she seemed to like to blab to him.

That was going well...until they got paired as partners in Astronomy.

"Meet me at the Astronomy Tower t'night after hours so we can get it over with," muttered Draco to Ade as they left the class.

"Yeah, so you can bang me and get it over with," she replied.

"You wish..." was simply what Draco came back with, smirking as he strolled away from her.

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Ade snuck from the Slytherin common room right after the rest of the girls in her room drifted off into slumber. Creeping from the dark depths, she quietly reached the tower.

She opened a door onto a balcony where she found that idiotic boy.

"What? Suprised to see me?" Draco raised a brow, trying to conceal a smirk.

"Yes on account of you're laying on a couch..." she crossed her arms watching him.

"I thought we might want to sit down or something...this balcony can damage one's ass."

Ade moved over to the couch and threw his legs off of one side so that she could sit.

"You could've sat on me."

"I didn't want to."

Ade turned away from him, resting her arms and head on the arm of the couch, "we should just fail this project since your mind obviously isn't on it."

"Glad you noticed..." came the boy's seductive drawl. He slid closer to her, moving a hand along her thigh, "I haven't fucked someone in weeks..."

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Ade woke up with a start, all sweaty and gross. The first word that came out of her mouth was, "Shit!"

She'd fallen asleep.

She got up and threw a cloak around her shoulders, hoping it wasn't too late.

She quickly reached the Astronomy tower, opening the door to the balcony where she found a sleeping Dragon. Moving towards him, she poked his head gently with a slight yawn.

"No! Don't take my brain!" cried out Draco. Ade put a hand over his mouth due to his continued screaming.

When he finally stopped, he looked at Ade, "'Bout time you came. I've been out here forever."

She plopped down next to him, smiling, "So you'd wait forever for me hmm?"

"Yeah." he said wearily, rubbing his eyes.

Realizing it was pretty hot outside, Ade let the cloak fall from her back. Suprisingly (or not, take your pick), she was wearing pyjamas. She rolled onto her stomach, burying her face into a pillow she made from her cloak.

Draco found this rather inviting. He pulled up the back of her shirt, running his fingers over the letters.

"You shouldn't doubt me Draco..." came the muffled voice from within the cloak.

"I didn't...I don't."

They both sat quietly, Draco moving to lay on his back next to her. He looked up at the stars, feeling his eyes slowly closing.

With his eyes closed, he spoke up.

"Adelaide, I think I love you."

She didn't move, and Draco began to wonder if she'd heard him. He leaned over to move her, when he knew.

"I know I love you my platinum Draco Malfoy."

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Yeah so that's the end. Kinda cheesy and predictable, but hey.

Read, Review. Maybe you people will inspire me!

==ToxXic