Chapter Three

The Disturbing News

(A/N) this is one of the romantic chapters, so for all you love birds, and everyone else: happy reading!)

Kaysha looked around the common room and smiled at everyone. Everyone just smiled back and looked at the broom in her hand.

"Kaysha, you're not supposed to fly on grounds unless you're in flying class or at Quidditch!" said Lee Jordan quietly.

"Harry was falling, what was I supposed to do, just watch him die?" Kaysha said relieved at the fact that they didn't hear her say the 'magic' words. She felt something cold and wet coming down her cheek. Several people gasped. She put her pale hand to her face. When Kaysha pulled it away, it was covered in blood.

-Must have been from when I fell.-

- Naw, yah think-

Kaysha thought. She smiled at everyone again. They all went back to their natural chatter.

"Let me take you to the hospital wing. It's the least I could do, I mean you saved my life!" said Harry pointing out the obvious. Kaysha smiled, "Alright, hold on a sec." She ran up the dormitory stairs and grabbed a small towel. She held it up to her head and raced back down the spiral staircase. Harry and Kaysha walked out of the Common Room and into the hallway. The two walked along in silence for some time.

"That was pretty weird." Kaysha said nervously.

"Yea, pretty strange…" said Harry, his voice trailing off. They couldn't find anything else to talk about so they walked on in deafening silence. Kaysha walked in too see Madam Pomfrey and she was healed in a split second. Kaysha walked back out of the hospital wing and decided that she was going to tell Harry she liked him.

"Harry, I like you." She said, her face dropped and went pale. "I can't believe I just said that. Nice talking to you." Kaysha said turning around, heading back to the common room. Harry ran to catch up with her.

-Good job Kaysha, GOOD JOB! Just screw up a perfect moment with your big mouth-

-I don't need you talking to me right now! SHUT UP AND GO AWAY-

"Kaysha! Wait! I like you too." Harry said grabbing her shoulder. Kaysha turned around.

"Really?" Kaysha asked. Harry nodded his head. "But, Cho -"

Harry smiled and shook his head. He was leaning into her. He was getting closer, she gently closed her eyes as she felt a tingling sensation paralyze her whole body. Somehow her arms went up around Harry's neck and she could have stayed there forever. Harry drew back, Kaysha kept her eyes shut for a moment after. She opened her blue eyes to Harry's precious smile. She smiled back at him, her face shining. The pit of her stomach dropped, behind Harry she saw a dark haired man. Her smile fell into a trembling face of fear. She swiftly let go of Harry still looking at the man. Harry rapidly tuned around and stood next to her, his hand gently brushing hers. Snape casually walked over to them and looked upon the two.

"Out for a little nightly romance are we Potter. Oh and Knawel, not like you to go kissing the famous type are you?" Snape smiled looking surprised at her. Kaysha could feel her face getting hot. She tried to calm down. It wasn't against the rules to kiss someone was it? Cho had kissed Harry last year, but then again no one knew except for herself, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Cho. Again, she tried to calm herself. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Harry's face trying to hold the reins on his anger.

"10 points from Gryffindor, don't you think?" Snape said coolly. Kaysha managed to grab a hold of her anger and nodded her head. Harry just stood there, not wanting to move as if afraid he might loose more house points.

"Excuse me, Professor Snape?" Kaysha said as the cruel man turned on his heel and started to walk away. Snape stopped and looked at her with a loathing expression on his face.

"Why are you taking points away from Gryffindor? Is there something in the rules about not being allowed to kiss someone?" Kaysha asked. She could see every nerve in Harry's face screaming 'No – ha!'

"Well -" Snape started without success.

"And why would you say I'm not the type to go kissing 'famous people'?" she asked with a little more attitude than she meant to.

"Very well. 10 points to Gryffindor." He shuddered at the thought of giving an opposing house 10 points. Kaysha gently nodded and turned back around. She grabbed Harry's wrist and pulled him into a hallway leading to the Gryffindor common room. Harry grabbed Kaysha's hand and pulled her to a stop in front of a small window. The stars were shining in on them through it. He leaned into her again. Kaysha closed her eyes and she managed to kiss him back without seeing brutal men behind Harry. Again she threw her arms around him and fell into a bottomless pit of bliss. They pulled away and Kaysha embraced Harry in a hug. She backed away and they held hands the rest of the way back. It was well after midnight when the two walked into the common room. They had expected it to be empty, yet when they walked in, Channel was sitting in a huge fluffy chair next to the roaring fire. Kaysha and Harry let each other's hands go and Harry looked at the floor. Channel smiled.

"I know what it's like to be in love. Go ahead, I won't watch." Channel said laughing.

"I'm going to turn in for tonight." Harry said looking highly embarrassed at the fact that another Professor had caught them sharing their emotions. Kaysha smiled at him and Channel turned back to the fire. Harry pulled Kaysha in for a good night kiss and retreated to the Boy's Dormitory stairs. Kaysha walked over to the second fluffy chair and warmed her gleaming face by looking into the fire.

"So you and 'Arry?" Channel asked as Kaysha let out a soft sigh.

"Well, Hermione and Anise asked if I liked him at the beginning of the year and I told them I did. So Hermione teased me this morning that she was going to tell Harry. I decided, coming out of the hospital wing; that I was going to tell him. I was such a ditz. I said, 'Harry I like you. I can't believe I just said that. Nice talking to you.' And I like just walked away. He caught up to me and said he liked me too. Then we like just kissed. Then Snape -"

"Professor Snape."

"Yea, him too, well Professor Snape was standing right behind us and took 10 points away. I asked why and he didn't have an answer so he gave us 10 points. Then I pulled Harry away and he like pulled for me to stop and we just kissed again." Kaysha finished. Channel smiled and looked at the dazed girl.

"I was in love once…" Channel said, her voice trailing off.

"What happened?"

"Well it was me and Tommy Jordan and we 'ad liked each other since I started school; 'e was a year above me. We went out my 4th, 5th, 6th, and most of my 7th year. Zen, one night, I thought 'e was going to propose, and 'e was so sweet about it. 'E said, 'Channel, I'm out of school now and I need to get serious with my life.' And I'm just like, 'I know, zat's very important to me; you know zat Tommy, right?' 'E nods and says that 'e needs to find zee right someone. And this whole time I'm just smiling and zen 'e says, 'That's why I think it'z time, Channel. I think zat it'z time for us to break up.' So there went my love and zee rest of my emotions in life. Ever since I've never fallen in love. But 'Arry: I don't think 'e's zee type zat would be such a serious boy friend and zen just dump you, like zee little a – ouch!" Channel said looking down at her thumb. She had pricked herself with her quill. A drop of blood fell from her fingertip. With a wave of her wand, Channel healed herself and went back to writing.

"What are you writing?" Kaysha asked looking over to Channel's paper.

"My lesson plans for zee rest of zee year after winter break. Are you and 'Arry going to be spending that time together?" Channel asked looking at Kaysha smiling.

"No, I'm going back to Riverdale to see my friends, Scout, Kiyana and Rain. I miss them lots and they miss me too. Oh, I feel so loved." Kaysha said jokingly.

"You should feel loved." Channel said putting the quill down. Kaysha heard something from the boy's dormitories and looked up to see Harry and Ron's faces peaking out of the door. The two smiled pulled their heads away. Kaysha and Channel laughed. Kaysha said goodnight to Channel and slowly walked up the girls dormitory stairs. She glanced over to the boy's staircase. Harry was standing in the door way. Kaysha smiled and had a look of pure love on her face. Harry smiled back. He blew her a kiss and Kaysha pointed to her eyes, then her heart, then at Harry, meaning, 'I love you.' Harry did the signs back but put his index and middle finger up after pointing to Kaysha meaning, 'I love you too.' Kaysha and Harry smiled again and they both closed their dormitory doors.

(Next morning)

"Kaysha, why do you smell like Harry's cologne?" Hermione demanded as Kaysha opened her sleepy blue eyes.

"What?" Kaysha managed to grumble.

"You smell like Harry, why?" Hermione demanded again.

"Oh, I dunno. Well I did save his life didn't I?" Kaysha said rubbing her eyes as to hide the look of embarrassment.

"You kissed him, didn't you?" Hermione asked excitedly sitting down on Kaysha's bed.

"So what if I did?" Kaysha said as she put her robe on. She combed through her hair and applied some eye shadow before Hermione said anything again.

"You know he's not gonna want you to go back to Riverdale now." Hermione said knowingly to Kaysha.

"He's already said that he wants me to go. Oh my god Hermione, he's so sweet." Kaysha said laughing. Hermione laughed with her. Kaysha walked out of the Girls Dormitory and walked downstairs. For once, Hermione and Kaysha were waiting on Ron and Harry, not the other way around. Kaysha and Hermione grabbed the last four empty chairs and sat down; they put their school stuff in the other two seats as to save them. Ron and Harry came down sometime later and sat down next to the two laughing girls.

"So, did you get bombarded with questions like I did, or did no one see those lip gloss marks on your cheek?" Kaysha demanded sarcastically. Harry laughed.

"No but they did smell your perfume, which they complimented on plenty of times by the way." Harry said smiling.

"Did I say hi?" Kaysha asked standing up.

"I must have missed it." Harry said standing next to her.

"Hi."

"Hi."

The two looked lovingly at each other for a second.

"Oh so I see how it is, don't say hi to the little red head. I'll just sit here and feel unloved." Ron said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Hey Ron." Kaysha said laughing. She turned back to Harry and the two shared a brief kiss. Hermione was just looking at Kaysha, smiling.

"What are you looking at?" Kaysha said punching Hermione in the shoulder playfully.

"Two best friends falling into a romantic love."

"Well when you put it that way -" Kaysha started.

"'Ou are you?" said a friendly voice from behind them.

The four students jumped. Channel walked up behind them and had jerked Ron's chair a little, making him jump so high that he fell off the chair.Ron's face went red and he stood up.

"I meant to do that!" he said, still blushing. Anise walked down the stairs and laughed as she stood next to Ron. Hermione stood up and the five walked out of Gryffindor Common Room. Harry and Kaysha next to each other, holding hands. To Kaysha's right, Anise, walking next to Ron, and to Harry's left, Hermione. On the way to the Great Hall, they spotted Malfoy with his usual gang of gargoyles.

"Better watch out for the dogs huh Malfoy?" Ron shouted across the hall.

(A/N: Kind of a strange comment, I know.)

The five stopped to see what Malfoy had in store for them, Anise just smiling, knowing she could take him on if she felt like it. Malfoy strode over to the five and smirked.

"So, Potty and Knuckles? Interesting couple." Malfoy smirked again.

"But Draco, you said you liked Kaylie, or whatever her name is." Goyle said with his usual face of confusion. Malfoy's already pale face turned white. Kaysha's stomach did a flop. Suddenly, she found him somewhat attractive. Then, Kaysha seemed to come back to her senses. Well she shouldn't feel bad, it's not as if her and Harry really are going out, he hadn't asked her out, yet. So she smiled a shy smile at Malfoy then as quickly as she had felt that strange feeling, she stopped smiling, but that feeling in the pit of her stomach did not drift off as easily. Malfoy spun around to face Crabbe and Goyle.

"I thought I told you never to repeat that to anyone!" Malfoy said in an urgent whisper.

"I don't have to take this shit." Kaysha whispered to her friends. She led the group away while Malfoy's back was still turned. They walked to Gryffindor table and sat down, none of them speaking. Harry and Kaysha didn't sit next to each other, as Harry wished, but Kaysha sat in between Anise and Hermione. Kaysha snuck a glance over to the Slytherin table and sure enough, Malfoy was red in the face and looking everywhere but at her. She smiled and waved a bit while Harry wasn't looking. She finally got his attention. She smiled a shy sort of smile and Malfoy started to grin, but then turned his grin into a face of disgust. She looked at him blankly and rolled her eyes, looking at the feast that had just appeared. She ate without being told twice and, just as he had, avoided looking at Malfoy for the rest of breakfast.

After breakfast, the five hurried off to their next classes. Kaysha, Hermione, and Ron had Transfiguration while Harry had to take an hour with helping Professor Flitwick with first year charm students, Anise's class. Luckily, Gryffindor didn't have Transfiguration with Slytherin, but Kaysha dreaded the next two hours, double potions with Snape and Malfoy. During her fret, Kaysha managed to blow several mice to oblivion before getting it to change into a tiny running toy car. All the while talking to Hermione.

"Well I mean his is an ass hole, but at the same time you feel sorry for him, five against three. Plus there's always that little thing between houses that you have to wonder how he got over…" Kaysha let her voice fade. She could tell that Hermione wasn't listening and Ron wouldn't care, most likely cuss Malfoy out if he had the chance.

"Hey Kaysha…" Hermione said, her voice sounded dazed.

"What?"

"Remember that song you wrote, the one that you didn't have a name for?"

"Yea…" Kaysha said, not knowing where Hermione was going with this.

"Who was that song for?"

"Harry." Kaysha answered immediately.

"I mean who was it really for? Because it's almost more than obvious that you sort of well…" Hermione stopped in mid thought.

"That I what?"

"Well, don't take this the wrong way, but I think you kind of like Malfoy." At this, Ron, who was standing to the right of Hermione, turned Professor McGonagall's apple that was sitting on her desk into a toy car instead of his mouse.

"WHAT?" Ron yelled. Several heads looked up from their work. Ron went red and sheepishly smiled.

"Well, isn't it true?" Hermione asked, not looking away from her work. She had just transfigured her last mouse. She had a nice neat row of old fashioned toy cars, all with, what sounded like, real engines running. Hermione started organizing Kaysha's as she went on waiting for Kaysha to answer.

"Yea, Hermione, I guess you're right." Kaysha said quietly, not believing it herself.

"You mean you like that over grown son of a bit-"

"Bite your tongue Ronald Weasley!" Hermione said in a threatening tone. Immediately, Ron hushed. "Well, I mean, he is a slime ball, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings, Ron." Hermione continued. Kaysha smiled as she also finished her mice and her and Hermione decided without words, that they weren't going to try to organize Ron's cars, wait, he only had one to organize…

(After Transfiguration in the hallway in front of Potions)

"Listen Malfoy! She's mine and I don't want you or your goons anywhere near her!" Came a loud vice, unmistakably Harry's.

"Listen to me Potter. Kaysha's not your girl, you didn't ask her out, and that's your problem. So let me in the classroom before I put a spell on you!" Malfoy said threateningly. Kaysha had expected Malfoy and Harry to be in a fight, but not over her. She felt flattered but at the same time embarrassed. She tried to flow through the crowed huddled around the two flaming boys but as soon as one of the girls in the crowd saw Kaysha, she giggled and pointed. Everyone made a strait pathway for her to the two boys, who both still had their wands out. Kaysha wanted to disappear. Malfoy's pale face turned to her, Kaysha looked at him. Oddly enough, Kaysha looked at him with wonder. Her face screamed why but her heart seemed to fly when he looked at her. She just looked at the two boys and wondered why they were arguing over her when she was not good enough for either. Hermione grabbed Kaysha by the elbow and dragged her into the classroom. Hermione sat down on Kaysha's right, as usual, but then something strange happened. Malfoy came up and asked if the seat to Kaysha's left was taken. Kaysha was taken aback when he asked her so politely. She shook her head 'no' when a threatening voice behind Malfoy made them both jump.

"Why yes Malfoy, thank you for making sure I had a seat." Harry said, his right hand fingering his wand. Malfoy reached for his too and sat down. Harry sat behind Kaysha instead of pushing the matter. Besides, they were on Slytherin territory; Snape could take points off any time either one of them did something wrong. Suddenly, a piece of paper appeared on her desk.

Kaysha,

Although Harry would have thought of this probably before I did, would you like to go to Hogsmade with me? And word has it that you're going to Riverdale during winter break. Funny thing, I am too. I have some friends there, they're awesome. Maybe you've heard of one of the girls, Scout West? Ring a bell? Well if you would like to accompany me to Hogsmade, just write back or tell me after class.

Thanks,

Draco Malfoy

P.S. Did this letter sound too fancy for me? Well that's what I thought it sounded like. That's sort of because Professor LaMain helped. Hope you don't mind.

Kaysha reread the note that, unbelievably, Malfoy wrote to her. She took a small piece of paper from her bag and, with out looking to her left or right, wrote her reply. But before she could finish, another paper, slightly smaller than the first, appeared on her desk.

Kaysha,

Would you wanna go to Hogsmade with me?

Harry

Kaysha had decided. She went back to the paper and worked on the letter some more. Then, after it was finished, she folded it shut, and passed the note.

So, what did you think? R/R, and I luv u guyz! MUAH!

(DolphinChica247)