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Chapter 7: Dinnertime Dilemmas

"Lena, get up. It's time to … " his voice trailed off as he noticed that Lena looked different. There was a glow surrounding her, which made Draco feel uneasy.

"Don't worry, dear. She'll be all right. It's just a rejuvenation potion." Madame Pomfrey came out of nowhere and tapped Lena's wrist with her wand, "her temperature has gone down drastically. Now, Mr. Malfoy. You have some explaining to do" Her eyes narrowed at him for what seemed like forever until Lena woke up. "Hi" the answer to his presence was the same as last time though she was startled to see a plump woman beside him. "Lena" his tone was reassuring to her, "This is Madame Pomfrey. She's a medi-witch. She will make sure you're going to be okay." He smiled and stepped back as the medi-witch did her work.

By the end of a full two minutes, it was secure to say that Lena would start feeling better in a few minutes. "As I said, Mr. Malfoy. She will be all right." Madame Pomfrey gave her another draught and told her not to eat too much at dinner. "Thank you, Madame Pomfrey" she said as she saw her disappear into the flames of the fireplace. She put that onto a list of things that she wanted to ask Draco.

He shifted his eyes to her body and she was sweating. "What's wrong?" he asked, suddenly aware that he cared for her. She shook her head and got dressed. They walked slowly down to the Great Hall and halfway there; Lena stopped Draco and gave him a tight hug. "Thank you, Draco. You've been so nice to me." Her words were sincere and filled with affection. "You're welcome," he whispered just as they came onto the Great Hall where loud conversations were heard. "I'll meet up with you after, okay?" he asked, she nodded and pointed to the cubby place across from the hall, "There" was all she said before carefully walking to the table on the far right.

She saw Harry and waved, he shoved the guy next to him over so that she could sit next to him. As she approached the spot next to him, there were eyes on her once again though the conversations didn't stop as they did before. She sat down and said, "Harry, it's been a long time" she looked into his eyes, they tried to melt her from the inside out. Draco has feelings behind his eyes unlike you, Harry she found herself thinking.

The food was already on the table and she grabbed the salad because the still fresh warning was still in her head, she mustn't overdo it with the food no matter how hungry she was.

Harry smiled and said, "too long…" and started with introductions for the people around her. "Lena, this is Neville." The boy with dim eyes and mousy brown hair nodded, "Hermione" a girl with fuzzy hair smiled and said that she hoped that they would become friends, "Ginny" all Lena could see was red, she couldn't tell where the hair ended and where her face began. Almost equally as red was her brother, "Ron." Harry pointed out that Hermione and Ron had been his two best friends since he first came to Hogwarts.

Lena smiled at Ron and said, "Your mother picked me up from the train station!" Ron asked her how she knew it was his mother and she answered, "The hair, I could never forget hair like that!" a smile appeared on his face and he blushed even heavier than he had done previously. Lena glanced at Harry "How long have you been going here?" she asked carefully because Harry had never told her about anything like this. "Since I was eleven" her eyes widened, "Harold James Potter!" she scolded him as if they were still dating, he flinched and laughed, "Oh, how I missed the sound of your voice when you're angry." Ron clued in and asked, "You've met before?" Harry nodded and watched her angry eyes scan the table. "How come you never told me about this?" she asked while pouring out a drink, he expected this kind of reaction.

"We're not supposed to tell anyone because it could break the barrier between the wizarding world and the muggle world." His answer was simple and everyone at the table agreed. "For your information, I belong to this world of yours so you can eat me, Potter" she teased him and felt his arm slowly creep behind her and hold her tightly.

"What are you staring at, Draco?" Pansy rubbed her nose and continued with her supper. Draco's eyes never left the Gryffindor table. "Where's Lena?" Crabbe grunted, he gave up on trying to get an answer after five minutes. Pansy shoveled some vegetables onto his plate, "you have to eat something hon, or you'll feel sick." His response was distant mumbles of mimicry. He watched intently as Lena blew up at Harry, and the aftermath included him calmly talking his way out of it and putting his arm around her waist. "Dirty little…" were the only words he could muster. Pansy rested her hand on his arm as she told him to calm down. He didn't calm down, he wasn't hungry and he couldn't take this any longer. He stood up and rushed out of the hall. Lena seemed not to notice that Draco was gone.

After supper, Harry had designated a place to meet in Hogsmeade. "I'll see you the day after next!" Harry shouted while catching up with Ron and Hermione. Lena watched them leave and as she headed out of the hall towards the cubby that she was to meet Draco at, she was stopped. "Miss Calloway?" the gentle voice that made everything feel better called out to her, "Would you be so kind as to accompany me to the back hall?" this wasn't a question but a demand in the form of a question. "Sure thing, Mr. Dumbledoor" she skipped over to him and thanked him again for letting her stay in his rooms.

He smiled and led her back through the Great Hall and in through a side door beside the teacher's table. "Professor Snape?" he summoned a tall man with black billowing robes and dark greasy hair. "Yes Headmaster?" he answered in a professional tone, his glare rested on Lena. She could feel the daggers in his stare, he thought the resemblance was striking.

"Severus, we talked out an issue in the order. A gift was being delivered and you have been given custody of it." The old man pushed Lena forward, she knew it was a code about her but why was she being called a gift? "Severus, this is your niece." He introduced the young woman to the middle-aged man, he could see already that they weren't going to get along. When Severus was going to speak up about her room and board, Dumbledoor had already beaten him to it. "She's going to stay with another teacher so that you won't have to be disturbed. You two will be required to get to know each other better." Severus didn't look happy about the latter but he could get past that quite easily by instructing her on how to make his favorite potions.

"Miss Calloway" Dumbledoor pushed his half-moon spectacles up his nose as he addressed her, "Mr. Malfoy has been informed about this meeting and will be waiting in the Slytherin common room for you. I believe that you already know the password?" Snape was surprised that she nodded and bid both him and the headmaster good night.

Snape verbally noted once she left, "kin always seek each other out, don't they Headmaster." He smiled and left. Dumbledoor though about the comment and then left to retire though the night was extremely early.

AN: Kinda short Chapter...At least we've found out who Lena's "uncle" is! Hope you liked it...now all you have to do is...REVIEW REVIEWand REVIEW!