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Benji ran out of the room and sank down beside a pillar in the corridor. She felt someone slip down beside her. "Go away." She spat, thinking it was either Harry or her brother.

"If that's what you really want me to do," a familiar voice said.

"Draco," Benji said, surprised, "Oh no, of course I want you to stay."

He slid a comforting arm around her, and she buried her face in his shoulder. "I'm sorry for what my brother's friends aid about you."

"It's okay," Draco said, "I haven't exactly proved them wrong."

Benji looked up and kissed him softly on the cheek. "I-I should get to bed. I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

Draco stood up and offered her his hand. "Can I walk you?"

Benji smiled broadly, "Yes, I'd like that."

Well, maybe she didn't think he was all that bad, but she couldn't see through his paper-thin charm like her brother and Harry. Those two were more right than they knew.