(Wow, it's been a while. I am so sorry for lack of updates, but my friend/neighbor's dad died after a horrible accident, so I've been trying to be there for him. Plus I've been playing softball for another team and they practice 3 times a week. Oh, and the snowboard season is ending. So, I'm home sick with the worst head cold imaginable and am planning to update at least 2 chapters. OK, I'm done making excuses so here's the next chapter, sorry if it blows.)

I guess I forgot how fun it was hanging out with Anna. After she was let out of the Hospital Wing, I helped her catch up with her homework. I almost completely forgot about Jenna until dinner. I sat with Anna and David and glanced over towards the Ravenclaw table. My eyes met with Jenna's and I looked away. About a minute later, I felt her sit down next to me. "Hey," she said. "Can I talk to you?"

"You already are," I pointed out. She sighed.

"Alone?"

"Fine," I mumbled, getting up and following her out of the Great Hall.

She didn't say anything for a moment and sighed. "I'm sorry," she said. "I should've listened to you."

"Yeah, you think?" She didn't say anything. "Look, Jenna," I said. "You need to understand that I have other friends and that I can't be with you all the time."

"I know," she said. "I understand." She flashed a smile. "Forgive me?"

"Yeah, OK," I answered. "I forgive you."


Later that night, I sat in the common room, studying for Charms, when Anna sat down next to me. "So, you and Jenna are…… back together?"

I nodded. "Yeah."

"Oh."

I looked up. "Something wrong?"

She looked away. "No," she answered. "I'm fine."

"OK," I said distractedly.

A few moments of silence followed until she sighed. "See you later," she mumbled, getting up to leave.

"Anna, wait," I called after her. She turned around. "Look, do you want to hang out on Saturday?"

She smiled. "OK," she said. "Sure." She said goodnight and left.


"Andrew!" I turned around and saw Jenna hurrying towards me. "Hey," she said, taking my hand. "So what do you want to do today?"

"I don't know-Oh…… Sorry Jenna, I already promised Anna I'd hang out with her."

Her face fell. "Fine," she snapped. "See you later." She whipped around and hurried off.

I shook my head after her and caught up with David, who was walking with his girlfriend. "Hey," I said. "Have you seen Anna?"

"No," David answered. "Why?"

"We're hanging out today," I replied.

"You're hanging out with Anna?" he repeated.

I nodded. "Why, is that bad?"

He shook his head quickly. "No," he answered.

"I think I saw her walking towards the North Tower," his girlfriend spoke up.

I nodded, said thanks, and left them behind. Making my way to the North Tower, I paused as I neared a corner, hearing Jenna's voice. "She's totally trying to break us up," I heard her say. "But I'm not letting her.

"Why do you care so much?" I heard another voice say. "Especially when you're going out with Flint." I sucked in a breath of air in disbelief.

"Because, for one thing, his parents almost ruined my parents' lives," Jenna said. "My mom got fired from Puddlemere because of them."

"So how does your dating Andrew do anything for them?"

"They want me to find a way to get back at them," Jenna said. "I'm not quite sure how though. He never tells me anything good about his family. But it doesn't matter, because I bet it's killing his parents that we're dating in the first place. I mean, I thought his dad was going to try to deck my dad when we met them in Hogsmeade."

"Hey Andrew!" I froze, fear clenching at me, as I slowly turned around and spotted Anna coming towards me. I turned back around to see that Jenna and her friend had come around the corner. "What's going on?" Anna asked.

"How long have you been there?" Jenna asked me.

"Long enough to know," I replied. I'd had enough. "I can't believe this," I said. "That you would go so low just because of some problems between our parents in the past."

"Andrew, let me explain-"

"You explained enough," I snapped. Her face fell and she glared at me.

"Your parents got my mom fired," she said. "And they almost broke my parents up."

"They deserved it!" I exclaimed. "I bet your dad doesn't hit your mom!"

"That's your mom's fault!" Jenna yelled back. "She deserved it! She thought she was so great because she was the new Chaser for Puddlemere and because she had your dad."

"The only thing my mom deserves is the right to kick your dad's ass!" I shot back. I couldn't believe I was having this conversation with her.

"Look," Jenna said, her voice calming down. She took my arm. "Let's not fight."

"Get off me!" I yelled, jerking my arm away from her. "Forget it Jenna." I took Anna's arm and pulled her away, back to Gryffindor Tower.

"Andrew," she started. "Maybe you should-"

"Maybe nothing," I said as we entered the portrait hole. "I can't believe this."

Anna gave me a small smile. "Don't worry about her," she said. "Just forget it."

"That's just it, I can't."

"Andrew, open your eyes!" Anna suddenly exclaimed. I looked around the common room, glad that no one else was there. "Don't you see what she's done to you? She's manipulated you into thinking she's everything she's not."

"Look, I understand she's a little…… mean," I began.

"Mean? That's what you consider it? Mean? Andrew, Jenna Davies is nothing but a complete ice princess bitch!"

I stared at her. "I know," I said quietly. "I know. I just…… really wanted to believe that she was this great girl who was perfect, so I made myself believe she was."

"There's plenty of girls that are actually nice. You don't have to pretend that they're great."

"Yeah, like who?"

"I don't know," Anna said softly. "Like me."

(I'll begin working on the next chapter in a few minutes here. Review!)