A/N: wow, this one got reviews quick…and then stopped…oh well. I'll live. Updating will probably take a while since I'm doing four stories (stupid, stupid me) at the same time.

Disclaimer:  nothing…I own nothing…

Sotianiya: gay people? Where the hell…? And don't worry, there won't be any gay people…a few Bis and Goths and Punks and maybe a crossdresser, but no gay people, what do you think I am? A perv?! Lol jk, about the bis anyway *shifty eyes*

Killer Kitty: lol I think everyone loves Draco, unless they're insane…anyway yeah I'm writing off the top of me head—*pauses to wonder where that phrase came from*—and therefore updating is spread out. Sorry. I was gonna write a You/Draco fic…but I dunno if I can lol, I don't like to share jk!

anna: heh you've gotten into my mind…please stay out! Lol I was already gonna do that…and you'll just have to see…

A/N: my writings seem to reflect my life, so if rare and strange things happen in them, then it happened to me…now enough of me talking, story!

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"Maeve?!" Draco said in complete surprise. What was she doing here? She was supposed to be at that school somewhere in the States.

"Yeah, that would be me," she replied, still smirking. She tilted her head slightly and studied him a little before turning away.

Bloody hell she's beautiful… Draco caught himself thinking. He frowned softly, confused. Feelings he'd forgotten about came rushing through him. He opened his mouth to ask her something, but Pansy, his girlfriend, came over and sat between them.

She smiled at him, "Hey, Draco…" she did this wink thing that made her pug-like face even more pug-like.

"Hello…" he sighed. He didn't want to see her at the moment. Mae glanced at him, her eyebrow raised. Pansy noticed him staring at another girl and immediately turned to her.

"I'm Pansy, Draco's girlfriend, you are?"

Maeve shifted her attention to the girl who was…the most ugliest person she'd seen. Then it hit her, Draco's girlfriend? She pushed back thoughts and plastered an un-caring look on her face. "I'm Maeve, an old friend of his."

Pansy frowned, "I haven't seen you before…"

"Probably because I've lived in the States for the past five years."

Draco just sat there, letting his old friend and girlfriend talk. He was busy trying to sort out his feelings. Mae was back, and he was extremely happy. But…why was she back? Why hadn't she written him since she'd left? You never replied now did you? said a nasty voice in his mind. He pushed it away.

Maeve turned to him. "Draco? Didn't you hear me? I said you shouldn't drink the pumpkin juice."

Draco nodded and pushed it away. Pansy frowned harder, making her face scrunch up. "Why shouldn't he?"

"Because…someone put a Pregnancy Charm in it…"

"A what?!" both Draco and Pansy said at the same time.

"A Pregnancy Charm…" sighed Mae, slightly annoyed at their stupidity, "It makes the victim as fat as a nine-month-pregnant woman."

Pansy positively shrieked and bolted from the Great Hall, turning heads of many different students.

Draco turned back to look at his friend. Mae was smirking. He raised an eyebrow, "There is no charm is there…"

Mae continued to smirk, "Oh there is, I'm just the one who put it in there."

"In that case, thank you for saving me. You should have put it in the Gryffindor's pumpkin juice."

Mae glanced at the table and saw Potter staring at her. She glanced back at Draco and shrugged. "Oh well…"

"Hey, I have to go, prefects have to meet with the Headmaster you know. Meet me in the Common Room in about an hour." He said, standing up. He really did have to go, he just didn't want to.

"Aight…" Mae replied. His eyes jerked to her. Was that something the Americans said? Oh well. She had lived there for five years. Sighing he turned and left the Great Hall.

It was an hour later, and Draco walked into the Slytherin Common Room. He glanced around and saw Maeve sitting on one of the leather couches. He grinned slightly and walked over to sit next to her.

When she heard him approaching, she quickly stuffed a letter into her pocket. Looking up at him, she grinned.

He sat down and watched her, "Mae, it's been five years…why did you move back?"

She shrugged and glanced around the Common Room. Her eyes seemed to glaze over and she sighed. Looking back at him, she answered softly, "My parents decided it was better for me to be here…"

He looked at her. He'd always known when she was lying. Now was one of those times. "Tell me the truth. Please, Mae?"

"I performed one of the Unforgivable Curses and I didn't want to be sent to the American wizard prison. Draco…it's worse than Azkaban. Ten times worse." She stopped. A haunted look came into her eyes and she shivered. "I read up on it when I was at school. There are the dementors…but there are so much more things there. So much more deadly things. It's awful. The Americans take their criminals very seriously. Well…their wizard ones. Most are just executed in the worst ways."

He watched her. Draco frowned slightly in concern and place a hand on hers, "Mae, how do you know all this?"

She looked at him. "My boyfriend was sent there…" she gave a short little bitter laugh. "He'd still be there if they hadn't killed him."

Draco's eyes widened. Her boyfriend had been…He shook his head and gave her a quick hug. "I'm sorry…"

She pulled away and looked in his eyes. Searching for something that she didn't seem to find, she sighed, and adverted her gaze. "It doesn't matter…he's gone. I miss him though…"

Draco moved away a little. He watched her and then yawned. It was late, and he was tired. She seemed to sense it.

"We should go to bed. Full schedule tomorrow…"

"Yeah I guess," he sighed. "G'night Mae."

"'Night Draco."

With that she kissed him on the cheek and walked away. He watched her and didn't move until the door had closed behind her that lead to the girls' dormitory. He shook his head and then went to his own.

Lying on his bed he stared at the lime green curtains. He lay awake thinking for a long time. But he eventually fell asleep.

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Once in her dorm, Mae sat on her bed. She stared out the window before lying on her back. Suddenly tears burned her eyes. She cried herself to sleep like she had for the past year.

She wasn't the only one who heard her cries. A pug-faced girl two beds over heard. Only instead of looking sad, a smirk appeared on the girl's face.