The remaining months of Hogwarts seemed to go by in a blink of time's precious eye. Exams came and Tru was more stressed than anything. Along with her full moons, she had piles and piles of books waiting for her in her bed to read and study from for every single one. She, luckily, for once in her life had a test on something she truly knew about in Defense Against the Dark Arts. On werewolves. She found herself being thankful for it. On one particular night in June, she sat awake in the Common Room, pouring over a book about a charm that could make kitchen appliances work by themselves.

She was muttering line by line over and over trying to memorize it. Bags had formed under her emerald eyes and her hair was hanging in a tangle around her face and over her book. Her eyes were wide open and staring, concentration ebbed into every line on her face. She had muttered "Gently tap your wand to say, a tea cup and simply enunciate mendoro sendendio and request the chore you wish it to do. Such as filling itself with tea..." so many times, she could sing it in a Broadway musical. She rested her chin on one hand and stared down at the page for a long ammount of time before she thought she would be nodding off to sleep.

A creak from upstairs did not even bring her out of her stupor. She merely found it to be a dream. Like everything else she was thinking. She imagined herself flying on Christmas night again. Soaring over the glowing snow, seeing it glistening below her. Draco flying along beside her, his smile shining like the snow below him. She smiled to herself, nearly falling over off of the couch in daydream-like wonder. She was caught, however, by the hands of Draco himself. This, she also found to be a dream. And being that she was half asleep, she thought everything she did was a dream. Even when she spoke.

"Oh, hello...lovely to see you...what are you doing out here? It's so cold!" she mumbled to him. He stared at her. He wondered if she was off her rocker for a moment, but then he noticed her tired eyes and the state of her face, off and dreamy. A glazed look of happiness was drawn onto her face. He then realized she was practically asleep and was probably walking or talking in it. He decided it was not good to wake a sleepwalker (as he had so heard many times before) and decided it best to go along with it.

"Oh uh...it's not THAT cold out. I mean I should have brought a jacket." He had almost walked her completely up the stairs now. She was staring ahead of her, smiling as though they were outside on a nice day, with cold weather. She looked around her and then said, rather fast and as though in one breath "Well you ought to have brought one my love." Who is she thinking about? Draco wondered to himself. He didn't know what to think, she obviously liked someone else. His spirits soared below normal and he frowned down at her.

"Well, I promise to bring one next time." They had by this time, reached the girl's dorms and she stood in front of him, swaying too and fro. She looked up at him, but her eyes were half shut so he couldn't see her eyes. He suddenly felt a tight nervous feeling in his chest. She was awfully close to him. He didn't know what to do. Looking down at her, he couldn't help but admire how beautiful her smile was. All he could say to her was "Uh...uh..." and before he knew it she had said "I love you..." and he felt her hand on the back of his head. He froze, not knowing what to do, his eyes snapped shut. He suddenly felt her lips upon his and his insides melted. He blinked his eyes stupidly and excitedly. He couldn't help but kiss back. The nervous knot in his chest suddenly turned to a calm, happy feeling.

Tru's lips relaxed and she slumped into him, fully unconcious with sleep. He held her up in his arms and suddenly, happiness was replaced with sadness. He knew that whomever she had been dreaming of kissing, it couldn't possibly be him. He picked her up fully, carrying her as though over the threshold of a door, over to the only empty bed, lay her down, tucked her in, and with one last sad look at her, went back to bed.

Draco had gone to breakfast early that morning. Though the reason for it escaped him. He sat there poking at his food like it was something rubber that particularly looked fun to poke. He stared down at it, almost feeling sorry for the animal that made it. He couldn't help but weigh the thought of last night on his shoulders. He wasn't completely comfortable with his first kiss. Though he had to admit, it had been from the girl he loved. It still hadn't been completely honest and he knew that. He didn't know whether to tell Tru what had happened, or to just take the secret with him until the day he died.

He sighed and looked around him. Not a soul in the Great Hall that morning was pleased. Today was the day of exams. Draco himself was completely prepared for this. He had studied as much as Hermione, almost a little bit more. Leaving Hermione envious of his studying habits. And at that exact moment, Hermione and Ron walked hand in hand into the Great Hall they trooped over to him and sat in front of him. "Morning Draco." Ron said to him brightly. Draco mumbled a hello back to him but didn't look up. Ron exchanged a curious look with Hermione. Hermione merely shrugged and looked back at Draco. "Erm...lovely morning!" she said, a hopeful tone in her voice.

Draco nodded and continued to prod the end of his eggs with his fork. Hermione's face fell. No effect. Harry had soon walked into the hall and took a seat next to Draco, he was just about to say something until he saw the downtrodden look on Draco's face. He looked up at Ron and Hermione but they just shook their heads. "Draco, what's the matter?" Harry asked slowly, fearing that Draco might yell if the situation was bad enough. Draco looked up at him. The sadness couldn't be hidden behind his eyes. Ron and Hermione were staring contently at him and Harry looked straight into his eyes.

Draco sighed. He might as well tell them at least. They were his friends after all. He took a deep breath and gave them a complete layout of the events between him and Tru the previous night. All of their faces wore the same look of confusion and shock when he had completed his tale. Harry just stared and asked in a low tone "And she doesn't know what happened?"

"No." Draco said bluntly. "I'm not sure I want to tell her, she might become mortified and run away." Ron and Hermione exchanged looks. Hermione had the look of someone who knew something he didn't. Ron tried to conceal a smile. Harry merely stared. "I still think she deserves to know. I mean you can't hide it from her forever. Whoever she was dreaming about...you don't know it could have been you." he added. Draco rose his head a little bit more. Harry could be right. He didn't know that the boy in the dream Tru had couldn't be him. For the rest of breakfast he ate heartily, though his food was cold from lack of eating it before the others arrived.

The exams during that day were complete murder. For defense agaisnt the dark arts, they had to do a complete paragraph of werewolf habits. (Tru's was definately going to be perfect along with Hermione's.), for Transfiguration, they had to transfigure a classmate into a coat rack, Ron had accidently made Harry's body only skinner and stiff so that Harry couldn't move at all before Professor McGonnagall fixed him. For Herbology, they had to succesfully plant a plant that would bite you if you touched any of it's leaves. Tru got her nose bitten badly and it sprouted green boils and had to be sent to the Hospital wing, though her plant was planted rather well.

For Potions, they had to simply make a potion to remove freckles. To Ron's displeasure, it only made more appear on his face. Draco's however made them all come off. For Charms, they of course had to practice the charm to make objects do things for them. Tru and Hermione and Draco did it fully and successfully. Harry and Ron had trouble and made a book go snapping after poor Neville. With roars of laughter from the Slytherins. Draco glared at them and stopped the book himself, with glares from the slytherins. Tru just smiled at him.

Once all of the exams were completed, the five of them retreated to the edge of the lake for a good lie down in the grass. Ron was skipping rocks across the water with enourmous skill, with amused whoops of laughter from Harry. Hermione was examining a flower growing beside a nearby tree, sniffing it and picking it, twirling it in her fingers. Draco and Tru sat back to back, talking about the upcoming summer.

"Where will you stay?" Tru asked curiously, as they had come to the subject of where Draco would go, since he wasn't going home. Draco's eyes remained forward. He truly didn't know where he was to go after school ended. He couldn't live in the leaky cauldron anymore, he didn't have enough money to pay for his rent anymore. "I...I really don't know where I'm going to go." This made him panic slightly. Tru turned her head around slightly. She had been meaning to ask him about this for quite some time, as her father had offered to take him in when she pressed the matter to him. "Well..." she began cautiously. She twiddled her thumbs and got in front of him, this made Draco terribly nervous.

"You could uh...well father said you could um...come and live with us?" she had a hint of hope in her voice and Draco's heart leapt. He looked at her, which was hard for him at the moment. "I..I would love that!" he burst out and Tru jumped. She screeched in happiness and threw her arms around him. She felt so happy that he accepted. "This is wonderful! We have an extra room already made up for you too! You don't have to pay or anything. You will be a guest."

Draco found that for the rest of the day, he couldn't stop smiling. No matter how exhausted he was.