Chapter 31

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Danielle, Nehal and Heather were in the girls' room talking.

"Poor Malfoy." said Danielle. "I can't believe Jackie turned him down."

"Yeah I know!" said Nehal.

Heather said, "Well maybe she really does need to think about it. She's probably just being honest."

Nehal said, "Well I'll give her something to think about." She then departed from the girl's dorm room.

Danielle and Heather looked at each other and ran after Nehal.

"Are you gonna beat her up?" questioned Heather

Nehal ignored the two and made her way to the hospital wing. She then noticed that Danielle and Heather were still following her. "Guys I need to do this alone."

"You didn't answer my question!"

"Look! What's going on is between me, Jackie and Draco. Any concerns or questions, contact me in the dorm when I return." With that Nehal turned and walked briskly toward the hospital wing. She didn't notice Heather and Danielle following her. "Hi Jackie! How're you feeing?"

"You and Draco aren't going out?" asked Jackie

"We never did! Anyways why would we?"

"I just thought…maybe…anyway why are you here?"

"I'm here to talk to you about your talk with Draco."

"Oh that, he told you?"

"Jackie! You should give him a chance. That's what I'm doing with Ron."

"Well…his dad…"

"Is on a business trip to Hawaii or something. But his mom is there and he's told her all about you. He has a dog and…"

"Why are you telling me all this?" said Jackie puzzled.

Nehal answered, "Because he didn't get a chance to tell you all this." Jackie fell silent. "Jackie? He's a great guy. Please give him a chance!"

"How do you know him so well?"

"I've sort of been helping him-"Nehal thought of telling Jackie the real reason but changed her mind. "-gain confidence."

"Oh! I see…"

"Please give him a chance. He likes you. A lot!" added Nehal.

Jackie nodded her head.

"Think about it!" Nehal said while walking to the door. She opened it and Heather and Danielle tumbled in.

"Hi!" They said cheekily. Nehal looked at them, both amused and annoyed. Without saying anything she just walked past the both them.

Danielle and Heather quickly got up, said hi to Jackie and ran after Nehal to find about all the details.

Two days later Jackie recovered from the hospital wing and went to the great hall where she was greeted with hugs from Nehal, Heather and Danielle.

Nehal kept glancing back at the Slytherin table to see if Draco was looking.

Jackie said, "It was so gross because Madame Pomfrey had to put this spell on me so that the blood would stop! And to make matters worse I had to watch Saving Private Ryan! That movie was good, but gory."

Heather said, "Don't you mean Saving Ryan's Private or Shaving Ryan's private!"

The girls all laughed. Jackie then looked up and saw Draco staring at her. She thought about what Nehal said. "What are you doing guys for doing Christmas?"

Danielle answered, "Ian's staying at Hogwarts with me. We're going to be spending a lot of time together." She sighed. "It's going to be so romantic!"

Nehal rolled her eyes. She wasn't really into the whole boy/girl romance thing.

"We're going to sleep under the stars and have candlelight dinners. I'm so excited!"

"Cool." exclaimed Jackie. "What are you doing Heather?"

"I'm going with Neville to St. Mungo's to visit his parents."

"Oh…I gotcha."

Nehal looked at Jackie. "And what are you planning to do?" Heather and Danielle also looked at Jackie, waiting for an answer.

Jackie glanced at Draco.

A/N: Hey sorry if this chapter is short; I didn't really know what should happen. But the next chapter will be long because it's based on the Christmas holidays. Have a great summer everyone!