hi hi all! plz excuse the very belated update. i've been uber busy and it stinks. if it makes ya feel better, it took a while for Jen to read it too. sry! i feel reaaaaly bad! i hope none of y'all were constantly waiting for this to be written (thinks no one is like that, hehe) but to make up for it, 2 CHAPPIES TODAI! okays, to the thanxes!

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Chapter 4: Hogsmeade Fun

Rei combed her hair carefully in front of the full-length mirror. She chose a pair of artfully slashed jeansnot too tight, not too loose, a pair of plain black Converses, and a clean black shirt.

"How do I look?" she asked Jen, surprising her friend, asking her opinion on clothes was not something she did all too often. In fact, it was something she'd never done another day in her life.

"Plain," when Jen saw her stooping by her trunk to change clothes she corrected herself. "You look great! You look great! Plain is good! Plain is great!"

"Great isn't good enough!" she cried, starting to go through Jen's trunk for something to change into.

"Dear Merlin, what is this, your first date?" Jen said, annoyed. She'd gotten ready half an hour before, 10:30, and she was meeting Draco an hour early, or then.

"No… but still, I'd like to look nice."

"You do look nice! Besides, if you get too flashy he'll probably think you're some kind of dork who's been waiting for this moment."

"You have a point…."

"Okay then! Now I have to go, I'm meeting Draco…at 11."

"It's eleven o' five."

"Oops…"

She walked down the stairs and saw Draco, as always, stretched out on one of the leather couches. His hair, as always, lightly played before his eyes and scattered around his head, his outfit a simple pair of baggy black khakis and a green T-shirt.

"Good morning, Jen," he said without even looking at her.

"It's almost lunch time," Jen told him as she sat next to him in an armchair.

"Well I only woke up an hour ago," Draco complained simply.

"Then why did you want to meet an hour early?" Jen asked.

He simply shrugged. "Beat the crowd, I suppose. Come on, I think this place serves brunch on Saturday, and even if they don't I know how to get snacks from the house elves."

"There are house elves here?" she asked, perplexed.

"How else would all the food be made and this place tidied up?" Draco asked as they went up a staircase. (A/n I think the Slytherin thing is in the dungeons.)

"I dunno…."

He laughed, confusing her. They then stopped at a fruit portrait.

"What are we doing here?" Jen asked as Draco muttered something. The fruit portrait swung open and revealed a kitchen.

"How may I help sir and miss?" a tiny, happy house elf with several layers of large, mismatched socks, tennis ball sized eyes, and a stack of hats. The house elf looked at Draco more closely and color drained from his face as Draco sneered and took a menacing step forward.

"Dobby," he sneered angrily.

"Dobby's former master! Dobby done no wrong, sir, Dobby done no wrong!" Dobby squeaked. Draco continued to step toward him. "Dobby done no wrong! Dobby done no wrong!" Dobby squeaked as he ran away behind another house elf and squeaked, "Winky! Winky hide Dobby!"

"Aww…poor little house elf. What did you do!" Jen said, turning toward Draco angrily.

"Nothing," he said truthfully. "It was my father. He beat the thing around and I just had it work at my every whim."

She obviously didn't believe him and squatted to Dobby's level. "Hi, I'm Jen Malaysay, Dobby. Could you get me… 2 apples, a banana, and a bagel with cream cheese?" Dobby slowly looked up from behind Winky, and greeted her smiling face with another.

"Yes, miss, right away, miss!" Dobby said and ran off.

As Jen stood, she glared at Draco, who was looking at her like she was crazy.

"You…you were nice to a house elf?" Draco asked incredulously.

"Well, if they're going to serve you I think the least you could do is be nice," Jen said obviously. Draco rolled his eyes as Dobby ran up to Jen with a paper bag.

"Here you go, miss, enjoy and come back soon!" Dobby grinned up at her.

"Thank you!" Jen said as they walked out of the kitchens.

Jen walked out the front doors and to the lake and sat beneath the shade of a tree as Draco followed, sitting next to her. She opened the bag and pulled out the bagel and put it in her mouth and out her hand in the bag again. She threw Draco an apple and took a bite of the bagel.

"What's this?" Draco asked.

"What do you think? An apple. You didn't get anything so I figured you'd be hungry later," Jen said and looked in the bag again, smiling when she found a small bottle of pumpkin juice.

She ate the meal, saving the apple for the walk back to the front of the castle.

A huge crowd had gathered before the school. Jen had told Rei to give the permission slip to whoever it was that took them so the immediately got into a carriage.

To Rei POV…

Rei searched for Ron about fifteen minutes before, the time they told each other they'd meet, and had chosen to wear the same outfit she'd started with. She sighed and sat on the bottom steps by the Great Hall, to lazy to walk around.

When Ron saw herRon dressed in plain blue jeans and a red shirt, making Rei glad she didn't dress all that fancy and stick with jeans and shirthe held out a hand to help her get up. She took it and immediately teased him with a few complaints.

"My gosh, Ron! Where have you been, I've been looking for you for hours!" she lied.

"What? Really?" he asked, looking alarmed.

She snickered. "No. Just joshing you."

"Joshing? What's that mean? Is Josh someone I outta know?" Ron said, causing Rei to laugh.

"It's not a phrase used in Britain too often, is it?" Rei asked, raising an eyebrow.

Ron shook his head.

"It's the equivalent to I'm joking you," Rei told him, smiling. "Where do I give these?" She held out the permission forms. He took them and led Rei to the front, where people were crowding. He gave the form to Filch.

"Come on," he said, holding her wrist and leading them to a carriage occupated by Ginny and Harry.

"Hello," Rei mumbled, not sure why her face was heating up.

"Hey," said Harry and Ginny in unison.

The carriage lurched to the side, making Rei hit her head on the side. They arrived after a few minutes. They departed and walked slowly, Rei trying to recall the schedule she set out.

"I'm hungry. I didn't eat breakfast," Rei moaned.

"Me too," he agreed.

Rei grabbed Ron's hand. "Lets go to that one ice cream shop! Um… I forget what it's called…"

"Florean Fortescue's Ice cream Parlor?" Ron asked.

Laughing, Rei replied, "Yeah, I see you know this place like the back of your hand."

Ron's ears turned pink, which just made Rei think he was cuter. She led him to the parlor and ordered. Rei ate a simple two scoops of chocolate ice cream while he took a sundae.

She stared off into space dreamily as she slowly ate.

"Are you there, Rei?" Ron's voice snapped her into reality.

"Sorry," she apologized quickly. "What was that?"

"I asked if you liked Quidditch."

"Of course! What kind of witch would I be if I didn't?" Rei asked incredulously.

He shrugged. "What position do you play?"

"I'm a fair seeker and chaser but my favorite position is probably Keeper," Rei replied. "But I'm more of a watch-it person. I'm really clumsy and whenever I practice I fall at least once. Not handy in a game when your flying fifty feet off the ground." She laughed in spite of herself.

"That must hurt…. On the Gryffindor Quidditch team I used to be a keeper but I was too nervous and I could only save it when I thought no one was looking….The Slytherins even made up a stupid song about my skills… 'Weasley is Our King' they called it…"

"Oh wow, I'm sorry. That really hurts, doesn't it? When people are playfully messing with you it's funny until it gets too personal," Rei said disappointedly.

Ron grunted. Rei laughed.

"What?" Ron asked. Rei's hand was covering her face, her shoulders shaking from the laughter.

"That noise… my gosh that noise you made was hilarious!" she gasped and put her head on the table, her shoulders still shaking.

She sat up again, pushing some of her hair away from her eyes. "You're funny even when your not trying Ron." She grinned as she ate the last scoop of her ice cream.

"Thanks… I guess…" he said unsurely.

For some reason, Rei completely forgot about the world when he saw his unsure grin. It wasn't like her, truly. Then she kissed him, surprising herself, not to mention freaking the hell out of Ron until he thought about how much he liked her. He slowly kissed back then they separated.

Rei blushed and moved her hair to one of her shoulders and nervously brushed her hands though it.

She started to pace and walk away, "I'm sorry… sorry… sorry. It's just your so cute and I couldn't help myself and uurg! I should have more self-control than this! Damn hormones…." She mumbled the last part and before she completely walked away and turned the corner—although out of the ice cream parlor—Ron grabbed her arm and turned her toward him, and, with uncharacteristic forwardness, kissed her softly, enjoying the feel of her lips on his. (A/n okay, leave me alone, so long since I've wrote a kissing scene although I've been itching to. I am totally blushing right now…)

She suddenly inched away from him and giggled. (A/n I never giggle.)

"What?"

"That was nice…"

To Jen POV…

"What should we do?" Jen asked Draco, looking up at him—since Jen just qualified for average height and he tall.

He simply shrugged.

"I guess we should get some butterbeers…" Jen mumbled as they passed the Three Broomsticks.

"No, two crowded right now. We'll go later. Let's go to Honeydukes…" Draco said, gazing at the sweet shop.

"Oh yeah, that's not gonna be crowded," she said sarcastically. "Let's go to the Quidditch supply place… whatever it's called." She added upon seeing it.

"Okay," he agreed.

That's where they saw Harry, casually looking through the glove packages for a pair that fit.

"Hello, Potter," Draco snapped, surprising Jen with this attitude. She wandered over to the broom polish, mindlessly looking through the bottles while keeping an ear keen to hear their conversation.

"Malfoy," Harry sneered without taking his eyes away from the packages. He picked one up and was about to go the registerof which had a young girl that hardly looked about twenty reading a magazine behind the counter. Draco grabbed Harry shoulder and turned him towards him.

"First of all, look at me when I'm talking to you," Draco scowled. "Second of all, don't walk away from a Malfoy."

"Says who?" Harry said.

"Says me."

Harry snorted and paid for the gloves, then left.

Draco walked behind Jen, who was still only half aware of what was happening around her.

"Why were you so rude to Harry?" Jen asked in a sad tone.

"I believe I've already explained," Draco snapped, forgetting that he was talking to a friend.

"Don't you dare snap at me Draco Malfoy," Jen turned around, glaring, and poking him hard in the chest. She turned her back to him and put a quart of polish on the counter and, without looking up, the girl said, "Seven Sickles please." She put down the money as the girl bagged the polish. As soon as she grabbed the bag she stomped off.

"You sure pissed her off," the girl mumbled, nodding to Draco.

"Oh, shut up," Draco sneered and followed after her.

She walked quickly, almost trying to lose him but still frustrated, trying to understand why he couldn't just try to be nice. She walked to where she could look at a lake, where you could rent a muggle boat propelled by magic. She sighed.

"Wait, Jen!" she heard him call. A bland, bored expression plastered itself onto her face as she stared at the lake, standing still.

"Sorry about that…" Draco said, adding, " didn't mean to snap at you." Knowing how women always wanted you to know why they were mad at you. So ridiculous. lol)

"Why don't you even try to be nice to him?" Jen asked.

"Why do you care? I've tried before and he snuffed me, I already told you," Draco told her.

"Yes, but that was six whole years ago," Jen said.

"Your point?" Draco replied.

"He could've changed his mind, but now I doubt it seeing as how you treat him like dirt."

"I don't treat him like—"

"You right, you don't treat him like dirt, you treat him like pond scum," Jen glared at him.

"Jen…" Draco said softly, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"What," she groaned, annoyed.

"Could you stop being so frightening…."

Raising an eyebrow, Jen turned. He was smiling.

"Fine," Jen said, her heart melting at his warm smile. How the hell could someone be so cruel to a few yet have such a nice smile…. She sighed dramatically and turned toward the lake.

"What now?" Draco asked.

"I still don't see why you can't try to be nice to him," Jen said, staring at the lake emotionlessly.

"Because…" he paused, "because I have a rep to maintain!"

"So!"

"So?" he shot the word back at her incredulously.

"Who cares what other stupid people think?"

"Me!"

"Then you have problems! Do you know, how many people have come up to Rei and I telling us you were bad news and we shouldn't hang out with you? Probably half the school! And a few of them were even Slytherin!" her emotions starting to overcome her.

"Wow…" he mumbled sadly.

"I know! Some rep you've got! But you don't see me ditching you, now do you?" Jen said, jabbing another finger into his chest.

"Well, technically you did just now"

"That was because you were being a pratt!"

"I didn't know people thought of me like that…"

"Oh, get over it," Jen rolled her eyes.

"But I didn't know" Jen put her hand over his mouth to get him to shut up. His mouth kept rambling on against her hand.

Without thinking, she set her lips against his, pushing a hand at the back of his neck to bring his head to her level. His surprise was momentary and he quickly reacted by kissing her back hungrily. (a/n not literally her bak but yeh, u no wat I mean.)

"What was that?" Draco said after she had pushed him away since he starting to get a tad too… 'excited' I should say….(a/n lmao. That totally is a new addition with my coming of 12 yrs.)

"The only way that seemed to be able to shut you up," Jen said, nodding toward him as she straightened out her shirt.

Draco smirked. "Aren't we the feisty one right now? I like that…"

"If you be good you might like it even more." Jen winked. She saw him grin and laughed. "You expect too much."

"That's what you think…."

"No, that's what I know," Jen told him, taking a slow step away.

"You like the last word don't you?"

"Sure do."