i dont own hp, iight? i own a whole lotta copies of books but dats it...>.

Chapter 5: Great Hall

"Jen…" Rei grinned as she caught up with Jen, who was walking up to the portrait to the Slytherin common room. "Guess what!"

"Do you always have to ask me that?" Jen asked.

"No, but it's funner!"

"Fine… umm…" Jen passed the Slytherin portrait. "Just tell me."

"Ron asked me to be his girlfriend!" Rei grinned widely as she told her.

"When?" Jen said, half-mindedly.

"Oh, gosh, Jen, when do you think? During the Hogsmeade visit, d'uh!"

"Wait…" Jen stopped for a second. "Could you replay the last forty seconds…."

"I said Ron asked me to be his girlfriend, and you said when and I sa—" Rei explained, only to be interrupted.

"Oh! Ron asked you to be his girlfriend?"

Rei nodded.

"Oh! Yay, how awesome for you Rei!" Jen exclaimed then high-fived her.

"I know, doesn't it?"

They laughed and made their way back to the common rooms.

Meanwhile….

"Hey Blaise," Draco said, sitting next to his long time best friend on the couch.

"Hi Draco," Blaise replied in a soft voice, obviously focused more on his reading than the figure next to him.

There was a short silence only crinkled by Blaise turning a page in the book.

"What, is that book more interesting than you best friend?" Draco asked, a bit annoyed that neither had spoken for at least five minutes.

"Well yeah, your not all that interesting of a person, Draco," Blaise said in monotone, then glanced over at his friend who's mouth was dropped in pure disbelief. "Only joking…."

The girls came through the door, smiling and talking.

"So where were you at Hogmeade, Rei?" Draco asked, nodding towards her.

She paused before replying. "I had other plans," she told him uncertainly, although certain he would ask…

"With who?" Draco asked, turning full attention towards she and Jen.

"I don't believe that's any of your business, Malfoy," Rei snapped. "I'm gonna go listen to music…." She added to Jen, who nodded then sat across from the boys.

"What happened to her?" Blaise asked, eyes still not lifting from his book.

Jen shrugged.

"What was that?" Blaise questioned, not seeing movement.

Jen, who didn't notice his reading, replied, "It's called a shrug. Used to signify unsure ness."

Blaise, finally lifting his gaze, raised an eyebrow at Jen, who was still staring at an area slightly above Draco's head in thought. She didn't notice.

There was a long silence.

Jen stood and stretched her arms. "I think I'll go to bed…"

"But it's only seven o'clock," Draco said pointedly.

"Seven o one," Blaise promptly corrected.

"Nap, whatever," Jen said as she walked up the steps.

Draco sighed dramatically. "Am I really that boring, Blaise?"

"Maybe…."

"Blaise!"

"Only joking…."

Rei was staring at the ceiling when Jen came in.

"I'm hungry…" Rei complained.

"Your always hungry," Jen shot back.

"So?"

Jen sighed. "I think dinner is served until eight."

"Yay!" Rei jumped up and ran her hands through her hair quickly. "Lets go! Lets go! Lets go!"

"My gosh…."

"Hey, you guys want to get lunch?" Jen asked Draco and Blaise as she and Rei passed through the common room.

"Sure," Draco said standing.

"I'm good," Blaise told them.

"Whatever happened to your nap, Jen?" Draco smirked as he asked.

"She started complaining, of course," she told him.

They made their quick way down to the Great Hall. When Rei saw Ron sitting at the edge of the Gryffindor table, she called his name and waved and was about to walk up to him to talk a bit but was grabbed out of the way before she could.

"Are you mental?" Draco said as he pulled her away and sat her in the Slytherin table.

"What?" Rei asked, confused.

"That's Weasley!"

"So…"

"He's Gryffindor!" Upon seeing her blank face he continued. "Friends with Harry Potter, the twit, the prat, Mr. I-have-a-stupid-scar-so-I'm-better-than-everyone-else!"

"Still waiting for a valid answer," Rei said in a sing-song voice.

"Merlin! The boy is a dumb, idiotic twit that's probably as smart as a house elf!" Draco said, throwing his hands up in the air.

"Hey!" Rei snapped. "He's a rather alright bloke, if you ask me and he's not dumb. House elves are rather smart, actually and I met him before I even met you and Blaise. I don't give a damn that he's Gryfindor and I don't appreciate your insults either." She stood again and sat at the other end of the table, away from Draco.

"Wow…" Jen said as she followed her.

"I haven't seen you this pissed for a while…" Jen said.

"Well, I haven't had a reason to be this pissed for a while," Rei snapped angrily as she took a loud bite from an apple. People surrounding her drew away slightly.

Jen sat herself across the table and looked at her incredulously. "You realize you can go talk to him now don't you?" A blank look crossed Rei's face as she chuckled dumbly. "Stupid!"

Rei grinned stupidly and stood. "Oh, yea. Sorry for snapping at you, by the way."

"I've learned to ignore," Jen said, waving her words aside.

"Hey," Rei said as she sat next to Ron.

"Hi," Ron, Ginny, and Harry replied.

"Why are there a lot of people staring at me…?" Rei said slowly.

"The green tie," Ginny said, tugging at it across the table.

Rei looked at it. "Eh, never like it in the first place." She tugged at the scarf and placed it in her pocket.

"What was with that scene earlier? You were about to come over here then I saw Malfoy tugged you off," Ron said, annoyance piercing his voice.

Rei shrugged. "He was just being a bit of a prat. Saying I shouldn't be friends with Gryffindors and crap like that." She sighed.

"And…?"

"And nothing. I came over here."

Harry looked around uneasily and scowled.

"Look who's coming over," he murmured.

Rei looked and sighed heavily. "If he comes over here I swear I'll –"

"Hiyashiro, what are you doing with these…" he sneered. "I don't even know what I should call them."

She ignored him, and started to talk to Harry who was shocked that she would ignore him. "I heard someone say that you're a seeker."

A he glanced nervously at Draco, he realized what Rei was doing. "Yeah. I've been on the team since first year. Youngest Quidditch player in a century, McGonagall told me."

"Wow. I only started playing two summers ago," Rei told him.

"Are you hearing me, Rei?" Malfoy said.

"I'm hoping I can get onto the team this year," Rei added, still ignoring.

Furious, Malfoy stormed off. Jen shortly followed.

"Aren't you going to follow him?" Harry asked.

She shook her head. "I want to give Jen a few seconds to get pissed at him."

"Why's your hair cut so short?" Ginny asked.

"It's a Japanese tradition," Rei said, counting 30 seconds.

"For girls to have short hair?" Ginny asked confused.

Rei waved off her words. "I'll explain later. I've gotta go now." Rei started to get out of the seats and picked up her messenger/book bag.

"Wait," Ron said.

Rei would've said "Yes?" but was interrupted by a short kiss on the lips.

Rei blushed and hurried off to yell at Malfoy.

"—idiot!" she heard Jen finish.

"Ow!" Draco mumbled, rubbing his arm where she'd smacked him.

"What was that for?" Rei asked, glaring at him.

"I was trying to save you the embarrassment of being seen with Potty and Weasel."

She glared daggers at him. "I'm sorry, did I just hear you correctly?"

"I suppose."

"Because I'd think not sitting by you would save me embarrassment, you pompous inconsiderate jerk! Do you always have to have these stupid prejudices?" Rei sneered.

"Rei…" Jen said softly and gently grabbing her arm.

"I mean, you don't have to be so stupid whenever a Slytherin hangs out with a Gryffindor. It's not like you should care," Rei said, shaking Jen off.

"Rei," Jen said again.

"It's really none of your business Malfoy, and I don't appreciate you acting like it is," Rei finished and stormed off.

"Draco…" Jen said quietly.

"What," he whispered fiercely.

"Calm yourself before you start to talk to me," Jen snapped.

He glared, annoyed, as he took slow deep breathes.

"Now what?" he asked.

"Why do you care who she talks to?" Jen asked, narrowing her eyes.


my first major cliffie! hehe. review plz, ciao