A/N- I know I haven't updated in ages but I'm facing suspension if I don't clear my act up so I've been under a lot of stress. Anywayz, this chapter is a lot of crap and tells you about Siobhan's first night with the rules in place. Read, review and don't hesitate to tell me how much I suc at updating.

Goodnight Harry

Harry and Draco sat in chairs next to each other. By the strained expressions they were trying hard not to strangle each other. This was torture for them and Siobhan just lent on the desk watching them. It had been like that for the past fifteen minutes.Lupin was in his classroom just in case a fight broke out. He knew the boys had learnt their lessons but if Harry was anything like his father and Draco anything like his, fighting ensued. Finally, Siobhan lent forward and broke the uncomfortable silence.

"Well done for sitting there for almost twenty minutes and not killing each other. You both look so sweet with a frown on your face, and fists clenched. I especially like your mumbling Draco," Siobhan mocked,sat on the desk properly and swung her legs backwards and forwards. She enjoyed torturing them. "Now, we are going to try a little exercise. It has a 95 annoyance rate, and it has been used on me so many times. Are you willing to comply?"

"We're here aren't we? Doesn't that tell you something," Draco grumbled folding his arms. This was not how he had intended to spend his Sunday afternoon. But it's not like he had anything to do. Since he didn't have a Prefect's badge, terrorising people didn't have the same effect. And with the 'be nice to other Houses' rule now in effect, he could face detention.

"Yes you are. And it's your own faults. What we, you, are going to do is mention each others faults so it's off your chests. So, Draco, you'll start and you have to say all of Harry faults that you can think thinking right now. Voice any emotions." Draco raised an eyebrow and slumped back in his chair. This required a little thought. How could you insult Harry without insulting in the process Siobhan?

"He's a stupid Gryffindor, he's a rival Seeker, he's not me or anything like me, he's a twat, he's a prik, he's an idiot and also somewhat thick. He's just Harry Potter; attention seeking Boy-Who-Lived." Draco paused as if that was all he had to say. Harry didn't have many faults. He just happened to be Harry Potter. "And before you ask, the reason why I feel this way is because he wouldn't be my friend and he's got his eye on you."

"Good Draco. Quite polite actually. Now Harry, it's your turn," Siobhan said giving a small clap to Draco. Praise always helped ease things just in case a situation was going to turn sour. Siobhan had a feeling it would do. Harry looked at her and then looked at Draco. A sudden burst of anger spread through Harry but he was determined not to release it. Not now anyway.

"He's your boyfriend and he goes to school here. Otherwise, he's a pretty decent guy. I just happened to choose the right friends," Harry mumbled. Siobhan looked at him, surprised that there wasn't some long rant about how stupid and incoherent Draco was. It was short, and she suspected, far from the truth. She just had to stomp on the thin ice stopping his anger from exploding. Emotions weren't good bottled up. She jumped off the desk and onto Draco's lap. This should work.

"Are you absolutely sure Harry? Because from what I've heard, you really hate him. Come on, nothing is going to happen to you. At least not with me here and Lupin next door." Siobhan lent back onto Draco who wrapped his arms lovingly around her. He was still pissed about this and the rules, but it wasn't often Siobhan sat still long enough for him to get a decent hug.

"Oh yes. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Draco. I just hate his guts, but otherwise he's fine. You are a perfect pair." It was a surprise Harry's teeth weren't ground down flat the way he as grindingthem. He was trying hard not to let it all out whilst responding to Siobhan's tactics.

"Come on! There must be a million faults on him. I can think of some of the top of my head. He's a blonde, he wears the strongest aftershave I have ever smelt-I'm choking right now, he's grumpy, he's spoilt and he's annoying. Sometimes." Whilst she said this she kissed Draco on the forehead. One, to show Draco she was joking (well partly) and two, to lure Harry's anger out.

"You don't want to know what I know."

"Of course I want to know what you think I don't want to know that you know." Siobhan garbled the sentence out not even knowing or caring whether it made sense. Sentences like these were meant to confuse people.

"No you don't want to know what you want to know I think you don't want to know that I know."

"I don't care who knows what, just shut it. I'm getting dizzy just listening to the pair of you," Draco said shaking his head to clear the swirl of words going round his mind. He sometimes wondered how he passed most of his OWL's with Outstanding.

"God! I've had enough of this stupid act Siobhan!" Harry stood up and Siobhan frowned wondering what the hell Harry was on about. "Yes, you do know what I'm talking about. You both know. What do you take me for? Stupid! Well, guess what? I'm not and I won't sit here and have you pretend to be totally in love."

"What the fuck are you talking about Harry? No one said that you're stupid or anything. Sit down and talk about this rationally." Siobhan stood up as well, and gently laid her hand on his shoulder. As earlier that morning, he flinched. It hurt. Siobhan didn't know why it affected her so much. It just did.

"And why should I do that? So that you can say something completely different things to both ofus? One minute you love me as a friend, the next you love me but you're not ready. Yes, don't look so bewildered. I heard your little conversation. All of it," Harry blurted out and bit his lip the minute he had said it. 'Well, you know what they say,' Harry thought, 'Better out than in.'

Siobhan stood there, not quite knowing what to answer to that. All of yesterday morning he had let her talk shit without saying a word. Her gut instinct had been right. He had been moody with her because of what he had heard. Telling different versions of the truth always seemed to get you into situations where you wished the ground could swallow you up. At this point Siobhan felt like that. She stood there, dark eyes staring into the glaring emerald green of Harry's, wanting to say something, but having no idea whatsoever what. Surprisingly, Draco came up behind her and wrapped his arms protectively round her.

"Yeah, so what? If you'd been listening properly, you'd know that we're starting fresh. What I did is history with us now. What's done is done. That's another problem you have. You dwell on the past too much. Maybe if you learned to forgive and forget, you might actually get somewhere in life," Draco said, at the same time glaring at Harry, a deep frown on his face. He didn't need Harry knowing what was going on.

"Oh, I am so sick of this. Past three days I have been surrounded by nothing but supposedly loved up couples and you just make it so much worse. I wish I could just snap my fingers and you would both disappear."

"Maybe if you left then you wouldn't have to make us disappear." Harry looked like he was going to say something but simply gnashed his teeth together and stormed out of the room making sure he broke the door on the way out. It's a necessity when you are storming angrily out of rooms. This caused Lupin to appear at the doorway noting the damageto his door and giving Siobhan a questioning look.

"You only need one word: Harry." Lupin looked at Draco with his arms round Siobhan and then back at the door and nodded in understanding. With the swish of his wand, a few sparks here and there… the door looked worse than it had done before. A more prominent flick and the door were as good as new.

"That looks better. Send Harry my pity and tell him I am starting to see why he will grow old and lonely." At that Lupin ushered them out of the office but before he shut the door, he added, "And don't ever ask to use my office again."

Siobhan walked down to dinner, barely noticing things going around. She'd been somewhere else all afternoon, even curling up with Draco whilst he did her homework for her wasn't enough to pull her out of the bad mood she was in. Harry hated her. Draco loved her. She wanted both of them. A real dilemma. Siobhan's mind had been a lot clearer since yesterday and her talk to Remus but she could never say she was carefree. Every minute of the day she worried. Just not when she was in the air flying or having too much fun to care or completely hammered. As she turned a corner, she found herself in a mass of girls from all years and houses. They took up all of the space and there was no way she could get through. She was hungry though and a hungry girl has got to do, what a hungry girl has got to do.

"Excuse me! Excuse me!" she shouted as she pushed through the crowd to the centre of it all. Siobhan didn't care what was happening but this was a safety hazard. And also a nightmare to get through. Acting like a bulldozer she pushed aside anybody who was too slow or just in the way. She finally reached the middle and shook her head at how much effort it had taken her. "What's going on here?"

Instead of an answer, Siobhan received a great big hug. She had no idea who it was until they pulled away. Debbie. Leader of P.O.O.H. No wonder there was a crowd. Everybody just loves Harry Potter. There was a moment of calm and then Debbie became hyper, Siobhan wondering why the girl was jumping up and down. "Thank you, thank you, thank you! You were the last person I thought would actually do that for me. Here I was thinking you hated me. I see why you were picked as Prefect. You are so nice."

"Come again? I'm sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about." Debbie ignored Siobhan's bewildered look and gave her one even bigger hug. She had tears in her eyes, but they were more tears of joy than anything else. She looked at Siobhan with gratitude and admiration for a moment before speaking.

"I didn't believe him at first. I mean you, telling him to do such a thing? Absolutely unbelievable at first. I was in shock. I just stood there and then he said he had to go and kissed me. Right here. On my cheek. We are now a couple. It's great. It's such a coincidence. And to think it was all down to you. Thank you so much. You don't-"

"Sorry Debbie, but you are not getting down to the point. Just rambling a bit," Siobhan said interrupting Debbie full flow.Debbie blushed as she realised she had really just been rambling. Red face and blonde hair does not go.

"I am sorry. Don't act so modest. I bet you do know what I'm talking about," Debbie said raising an eyebrow and placing her hands on her hips. Siobhan looked at her blankly, and once again she started jumping up and down. "You getting Harry to ask me out, of course! He said he never had the bottles to do it until you finally pushed him to do it. Oh my gosh! This is like so brilliant! We could like double date some time."

"Yeah…brilliant. Of course I knew. I was just pulling your leg. Ha-ha. He's been talking non-stop about your eyes and how you make his heart jump whenever he sees you. Great that he finally asked you out." There was an awkward silence as Debbie looked for any signs of jealousy and Siobhan tried hard not to punch Debbie. "Uh…I need to go now. See you around."

"Bye."

Siobhan pushed through the crowd and once she was out of view, she lent against the wall, resting her head on the cool stone. Why was she like this? She had Draco, Harry had Debbie. It was simple maths. This definitely didn't improve her mood. Harry had no right dragging her into this. Siobhan had mentioned that he should date Debbie and the latest event may have pushed him to take drastic actions. More like acting in love in front of her so that she would feel jealous. Siobhan had didn't know how you could get any more jealous than she already was.

As she sat down next to Neville on the Gryffindor table without her usual greeting and embarrassing of Dean Thomas it was so obvious she wasn't herself. And her pile of food was quite low. She was usually competing with Ron to see how much food she could eat. Ron always won. Now she pushed her food around and kept twirling her hair round her finger.

"Um…Siobhan? What's wrong? You seem down," Neville said worried about his usually bouncy cousin. He was meant to be the depressed one who was cheered up by a cuddle from Siobhan, not the other way round. She snapped out of her trance and forced a smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just not hungry," she said pushing away her plate. She finally looked in front of her where Harry had been sitting all along with a smug look on his face. "Congrats by the way. Lovely happy hyper girl you just got yourself. Hope you have fun."

"Oh, we will. And I would just like to thank you for clearing the cloud over my eyes. Without you, this relationship would have never formed," Harry answered smiling sweetly. He knew this would work eventually. Harry was pretty sure that sometime in the next few weeks, she would get jealous and dump Draco. He wasn't certain but he was sure. Siobhan decided it was time she went to the Slytherin table to talk over the rules. She knew they were certainly not happy about it.

"I'm glad I could help. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go." Siobhan got up, tripping as gracefully as she could and went over to the Slytherin table, pushing Pansy over and settling comfortably next to Draco. This was the only way she could make sure Pansy kept her hands to herself.

"Hello grumpy," Draco said giving Siobhan a quick kiss on the cheek. They were in public so it would not do to show too much affection. "Now, let's get down to business. I don't have time to play around, so what's with the new rules?"

"Good question. Oi! Listen up everybody!" she said loudly enough for the whole of the Slytherin table to look up. "Since the posting of the new Slytherin House rules I've been sensing more hostility towards me than usual. So if you have any questions, now is the time."

"Why the new rules?" Draco asked again. It was probably the question everybody had on their mind. They didn't think it necessary for new rules. Especially those that went against all they believed in.

"Simple. Slytherin is the worst house in the school and it's time you shaped up. If I see a positive improvement in two weeks then I will consider scraping some of the rules." There was giggles and whispering from one end of the table. "If you have anything to say to me, I rather you said it to my face instead of whispering behind my back. Isn't that right Adrian?" Siobhan said, causing Adrian to blush a deep scarlet. She looked round the Slytherin table and waited for any questions.

"Does it apply to 7th years?" a boy from the far end of the table asked. He was rather skinny and lanky and had a fringe covering his eyes. Even if he did look like a 7th year it would probably be only because of his height and deep voice.

"Of course it does. Applies to all Slytherins. That just means it doesn't apply to me because I'm officially a Gryffindor. Anymore questions?"

"Why is it that you get to patrol the boys dorms and I don't?" Pansy asked whilst eyeing up Draco. If Siobhan hadn't been halfway through a press conference/ meeting thingshe would have slapped her. So much for a united front.

"I don't know. Let's vote. All in favour of having Pansy Parkinson patrol the boys dormitories say I." There was a silence and even Pansy's own I died in her throat as she blushed in embarrassment. "All against say Nay."

"Nay." That was the response from the whole of Slytherin, which caused several people from the other tables to wonder what the hell was going on. Siobhan smiled in triumph. So the boys liked her and the girls hated her. Fair enough.

"Will you go out with me?" Blaise asked only to earn a glare from Draco. If only looks were really daggers. He pouted and looked at Siobhan as if he was waiting for an answer. "Well?"

"Sorry but I'm already taken and I don't believe in two-timing. I did hear that Parvati Patil has a crush on you. She said that she would like to have those manly biceps hold her tight." Siobhan struggled not to laugh as Blaise flexed his muscles. Draco lent over and whispered in her ear.

"Did your mother never tell you not to lie?" he asked he to watching Blaise look over at the Gryffindor table expecting Parvati to be staring at him completely smitten. Of course she wasn't but his ego was pumped and right now it couldn't be deflated.

"Did yours?" Draco nodded in understanding and let Siobhan continue. Actually his mother had told him to be honest only when he felt it was obliged. Lying had been encouraged from a young age.

"Right. I'm tired and some of the issues needed to be discussed may be personal so if you feel like you need someone to talk to, I'll be in the Common room for most of tonight and if you feel the need to kill me put your name on the waiting list and I'll get back to you ASAP," Siobhan said finishing off the meeting. At that the Slytherins began to depart she whispered into Draco's ear. "Maybe we can find a quiet corner. We need some time alone."

Draco looked stunned; as that is the very last thing he would have expected Siobhan to say. And what she did next was totally un-Siobhan like. She lent in and gave him their first full public kiss. As Draco enjoyed it, Siobhan's gaze was elsewhere. Looking into those deep emerald eyes belonging to the one and only Harry Potter.

"What would I do without you guys on my side? Thanks a lot," Siobhan said as she entered the first year boys dorm. They were all in bed either reading a book or magazine, finishing up homework or already snoring. At least that's what it looked like. "I'm Siobhan if any of you didn't know. Any problems?"

"Ickle Eddie's is crying again. He'll probably pretend that he' s got hay fever but we all know it's because he's homesick. We tried to cheer him up but he didn't like the Dungbombs we gave him," one of the boys said from behind a Beano magazine.

"Maybe you shouldn't have put them in his bag and accidentally set 'em off," another boy said causing laughter to erupt from four of the beds. The one at the far end of the room was silent and he curtains were drawn. With one icy look he managed to shut them up and moved towards the bed. Everybody was homesick once in awhile. The least she could do was try and help.

"Eddie? Are you alright in there?" Siobhan asked hovering outside the bed. She heard a sniff and took the muffled reply as an invitation to come in. Pushing the curtains aside she went in, closed them behind her and sat crossed legged. She could just make out the figure of a small boy with really messy hair. Reminded her of a mop but thought not to mention it.

"I'm fine and my name's Edward. I'm not homesick, I just have a cold," he said so softly Siobhan had to lean in to hear. "Plus, it's not like have a home to be homesick about."

"Let me just put a spell on this bed so no-one can eavesdrop, and then you can tell me all about it. Agony Aunt Siobhan is here to help in any way she can." She put a charm around the bed and, even though she couldn't see his face, Peter was wondering what the hell she was talking about. "Not funny? Didn't think so either. Let there be light so I can see how handsome 'Ickle Eddie' is. Lumos."

As a bright light came of the end of Siobhan's wand, she realised why they called Edward 'Ickle'. It should have been Skinny Eddie instead. He was very thin, his pyjamas hanging off him like drapes. They fitted him but he looked too small for them. He had pale skin to rival Draco's but not Malfoy pale just yet, big eyes of the darkest shade of blue she had ever seen with a hazel rim and a mess of jet black hair.

"Why are you being so nice to me? Shouldn't you be hanging off Draco Malfoy's arm or rejecting more date proposals," Peter said much louder than before although his voice was shaking.

"Hey, for a first year you have a lot of mouth. I should punch you for that." Siobhan laughed as Edward put his arms up as if he expected Siobhan to actually punch him. "But I'm not. You've got spunk. I like that in a guy. But too much spunk, and I will knock the daylight out of you."

"Thanks."

"No problem. So are you going to tell me what's wrong or do I have to tickle it out of you?" Siobhan began her attack and soon Edward was unable to breath because he was laughing too much. "Say you'll tell me or I will keep going."

"Alright...I'll...tell...you." Siobhan let go and let him catch his breath. "They think I'm homesick, but I don't have a home to be homesick about. My mum got up and left years ago and dad died of alcohol poisoning during the summer."

"I'm so sorry."

"Serves the bastard right. I didn't even cry. Then it turns out my mum died after committing suicide ages ago so without any family they dumped in a home for disturbed kids. You'll never guess what it's called."

"Happy Days Home for Disturbed Children. Was relocated there a couple of times when my parents kicked me out and when my mum died this summer. I was fortunate enough to find my dad." She thought how at this moment she could be back in the Home being the big bossy kid. She'd been there more than a couple of times. When the school didn't want her and Peter didn't either, they just dumped her there. They did try their best, but often, their best wasn't good enough.

"I'm sorry as well. At least you know what I'm going through and aren't just pretending. You must have felt really awful when your parents kicked you out," Edward said whilst blowing a stray strand of hair out of his face. "So you were there this summer, huh? I didn't see you."

"Did you ever hear about that the Isolation ward had finally got some residents?" Siobhan said a smirk appearing on her face as she remembered the fun old days where getting into trouble everyday was a natural thing.

"Yeah, who didn't? Apparently some guys played Knock Down Ginger on your door and came back with black eyes ad loss of several teeth."

"Well, that was me- and a few other guys. I shared a room with this one guy because there weren't any other rooms since I was the only girl. He'd stabbed his father to death but I think he had a reason because he was an alright guy. Quite shy actually."

There was a silence as Edward and Siobhan saw something in each other that they recognised. Not just the fact that they had been in the same Home and had to suffer the same disgusting food, but that they had been through similar situations. There was a sort of bond between them. The silence was a comfortable one. Snapping out of it she looked at her watch and remembered that she was meant to be patrolling the boys dormitories and not having a one-to-one with Edward.

"I think I need to get back to patrolling the boy's dorms otherwise they'll never sleep," Siobhan said and took of the charm off. She was about to climb out of the bed when she saw that the smile Siobhan had successfully managed to put on Edward's face had disappeared. She sighed and debated over what to do with him. "I know, I wanna stay and talk more too but I have to go."

"You can go. I don't need baby-sitting," he mumbled and tried to pull his covers over his head but Siobhan held on tight.

"Yes you do. From this day forth you will be known as my long lost half brother and nothing else. Even if you're not, that's what we're gonna tell everyone. Tonight, you will come with me and help. As long as you turn that frown upside down." The smile returned but this time even bigger and Siobhan herself on the receiving end of a very tight hug.

As Edward walked out of the room with Siobhan following, she knew that the other boys were wondering what they had been doing for the last…um…five minutes. She decided to exercise her new self-appointed role as a big sister who also happens to be a prefect. Siobhan had never done this before but often wished she could.

"I'm going to say this once and only once. His name is Edward and not Eddie, and we wanted to keep this a secret but you boys leave me no choice. He's my brother and you cause him any grief, then I will cause you so much grief you're gonna wish my graduation day would come sooner. Apart from that, goodnight boys. Don't let the bedbugs bite." There was a stunned silence and Siobhan did a little victory dance as she walked down to the next dorm.

The next four dorms were quite uneventful and it wasn't as hard as Siobhan had expected. There was some similarity in Siobhan and Edward, mainly the eyes, and that might have scared them off because nobody was horrible to Edward in any way. He got an invitation to the Chess club and got offers from several of the boys t be his mentor until he settled in. Siobhan could see he never got that sort of attention. You wouldn't if you were in Happy Homes. It was a survival of the fittest, and he certainly didn't look like he would last a second in a boxing ring. However, as they entered the 6th year dorm to find them in the middle of a pillow fight, it didn't seem very likely that they would be nice.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Siobhan bellowed managing to effectively get all their attention. Pillows were grudgingly put back on their beds but the owners needed a bit more persuasion. "Now, all you need to do is climb into bed and sleep."

"Don't I get a goodnight kiss first?" Draco said looking up at Siobhan with big grey eyes. He looked just like a puppy. He couldn't remember having to use his puppy dog face with Pansy. She practically worshipped the ground he walked on. But with Siobhan, you need to fight for that attention. Then he noticed Peter and frowned. "Who's the dweeb?"

"This dweeb happens to be my brother. Well, half anyway. He's just helping me out and making sure I don't use my badge to my advantage," Siobhan said. Edward gave a small wave but was only met by disapproving glances. This was no place for him. "Draco, would you be so kind as to take Edward back to his dorm?"

Draco walked up to Siobhan, standing a good head taller, and looked down imposingly. "And give me one good reason why I should?" Siobhan stood on her toes and gave Draco the best kiss she could give on impulse. She really did not have any intention of kissing Draco. Only to get her way and make Harry jealous.

"Because I said please." Siobhan smiled as Draco threw Edward over his shoulder and carried him out of the room. They could be heard talking about something as they walked down the corridor. Well, Draco walked and Edward…hung. Siobhan turned her attention to the remaining boys. "In bed now- all of you- or I will be forced to Stun you. Blaise please, don't sleep in the nude. I have to wake you up tomorrow and I don't need the shock.

"Fine. We'll sleep. But you have to tuck us in and give each one of us a goodnight kiss," Blaise said keeping his D&G boxers firmly on his butt and climbing into bed. The other boys followed suit and looked excited. Siobhan didn't know why. Didn't these boys ever get tucked in and given a goodnight kiss from their mother?"

Siobhan wished all the boys a goodnight and gave them something interesting to think about before giving each one of them a small kiss on the forehead. Siobhan was glad to turn of the light and slip out of the room as quietly as possible. She closed the door behind her and sighed. Who knew looking after 16-year-olds could be so much work. When she looked up, Siobhan found Draco leaning on the opposite wall looking at her with a look of wonder.

"You know, you'd make a great mother. Personally, I think that's all those guys need. You keep doing that every night, and soon, they'll be eating out the palm of your hand," Draco said with genuine admiration in his voice. He got off the wall and wrapped his arms around Siobhan. "You know what I need?"

"What?"

"I need you to be my girlfriend. And it may be a bit early, but you would make a great wife. Good looks, good with children, mine- you're perfect." Siobhan could see that he really meant what he was saying in his eyes. And Siobhan just couldn't return that feeling.

"That's great honey. I'm tired and I need to wake up early tomorrow. Be a good boy and go to sleep." She gave him a quick kiss and practically pushed him into his dormitory before running out of there as fast as she could even if it meant the 7th years might stay up for another two hours or so. He was showing too much commitment. Two days and he's already thinking about marriage.

Harry sat in the Gryffindor Common room staring into the dieing fire. It was 3 o'clock in the morning and most, if not all, the Slytherins had gone to bed around three hours ago. Harry's main excuse was that he needed to think. He had barely thought of Sirius since he had met Siobhan. She took up most of his free memory. Now Debbie should be the one to take up his time and fill his head so he spends hours just thinking about her. Yet Harry knew that wouldn't happen. Siobhan was always fun to be with and to think about. If not fun; at least interesting. Harry knew that deep down he was waiting for Siobhan and pretty soon he could hear the faint singing of 'YMCA'. Siobhan came through the portrait hole and as soon as she saw Harry she stopped.

"Morning Harry. You're up really late or really early. You weren't waiting for me were you? 'Cause it's gonna be like this every night so I wouldn't bother," Siobhan said, before stifling a yawn. It hadn't been just an excuse to Draco. She was tired.

"No, course not. I was just catching up on some thinking," Harry answered, focusing more on Siobhan. Well, she did look tired but he couldn't help noticing how sexy she looked as well. Even in Winnie-the-Pooh pyjamas, she still managed to pull it off with her hair in a loose bun, lips looking rosy and very kissable, and her body just looking perfect.

"Oh…okay. Well, time for me to go sleepy bye now. I really am happy for you and Debbie. I would hug you but right now the only energy I've got is to talk and walk up those stairs to my bed. 30 odd boys are a lot of hard work."

"I think you're the one who needs a hug after looking after 30 Slytherin boys and living to tell the tale. Well done." Harry got up and wrapped Siobhan in a warm embrace. She was shorter than him so her head rested comfortably on his chest. With Siobhan melting into his hold, Harry seized the opportunity.

"Be honest with me. Are you really happy for me and Debbie, or are you just being polite? She said you were thrilled but you didn't look it at dinner."

"I wasn't."

"Do you want me to split up with her, and you split up with Malfoy so we can be together?"

"No."

"Not even if I told you I loved you with all my heart and you were the only one I'd ever love?"

"Stop being so damn romantic. No I wouldn't because I'm a silly cow who messes up your life and is very likely to end up hurting you. Plus, I'm commitment phobic. Draco said, mainly implied, we should think about settling down and I think he may be right. I just don't want to be known as Draco's long term girlfriend and then wife. It scares me."

"Oh really?" Siobhan looked up to see if Harry was mocking her or simply interested and saw that weird look in his eyes again. Alarm bells were ringing in Siobhan's head but she hit the snooze button and continued to look at that mischievous glint. She found herself drawn into the warmth of his green eyes. Harry felt entranced as he looked into her strange yet inviting eyes. Harry leant forward and kissed her.

"Harry…" was all Siobhan could mumble as her conscience attempted to finally work. She was unable to say any more before Harry placed a deeper kiss on her lips. Siobhan returned the kiss but as soon as she did I she felt guilty.

"I can't Harry. I just can't. I have a boyfriend, you have a girlfriend; it's wrong what we're doing. If you'll excuse me, I need to sleep for four and a half hours before waking up again. Goodnight Harry." With that Siobhan pulled of his embrace and ran to the girl's dormitory. She was afraid that if she walked she might have second thoughts. Second thoughts were never a good thing.

Harry went up to bed with a grin on his face despite Siobhan not being interested in having a steamy affair with him. Not at this precise moment anyway. Siobhan had returned his kiss which meant there was a chance. More thanvery unlikelybut under likely. Whether she wanted to admit or not, Siobhan and Harry were meant to be together.

A/N- Crap chapter, I know. But it sets the pace sort of. I'll try and update this month but no promises. I still have a number of essays to write which haven't been written. Next chapter- expect more Harry/Siobhan contact and some pieces to the Emily puzzle for those who haven't worked it out yet.