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Chapter 3

"Oh my…" Hermione covered her mouth the next morning before breakfast, almost as shocked as Abbey had been. Abbey slumped into her chair further.

"I can't believe it," Ron said, shaking his head.

"This is awful, Abbey," Harry whispered, putting a hand on Abbey's shoulder.

"I know!" Abbey exclaimed, no longer able to hide the tears, "I don't want anything to do with the Malfoy family! They're evil!"

"Evil's an understatement," Ron said.

"That's not going to make her feel any better," Hermione scolded.

"I'm just telling the truth," Ron retorted.

"What am I going to do?" Abbey asked desperately.

"You can run away," Harry suggested. Abbey shook her head,

"They'd find me before I even got a quarter of a mile from here."

"Not if we put a spell on you or something," Hermione said.

"No, they'd still be able to find me," Abbey replied. Her face drooped, "It's hopeless…I have to do it."

"Well come on," Harry said comfortingly, "Dry your eyes and let's get some breakfast. You'll probably feel better after you eat something." Abbey nodded, wiping her eyes and cheeks with the sleeve of her robes.

"At least it's Saturday and you don't have to see him in class," Ron said reassuringly.

"Yeah," Abbey replied unenthusiastically as they all headed down to the Great Hall.

As they approached the enormous oak doors, Abbey glanced up in time to see Draco leaving, with Crabbe and Goyle right behind him. Her heart gave a painful jolt and the tears threatened to return. When she thought the situation couldn't get any worse, he glanced up as well and they caught each other's eyes.

They quickly looked away from each other and Draco passed by without his usual taunting. Crabbe and Goyle didn't even say anything. All three of them had their heads down and they picked up their pace as they walked by. Crabbe and Goyle must know, Abbey thought with a pang of dread in her stomach.

Abbey ate her breakfast, even though she wasn't even remotely hungry. But she didn't want to cause concern for Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

The weekend crawled by, and then it was Monday, and Abbey had to finally face Draco, whether she wanted to or not.

Abbey tried to conceal herself behind Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they entered Professor Flitwick's room. They all quickly took seats in the very back of the room, and Abbey once again hid behind her three friends. She stole a quick glance across the room…Draco was sitting on the right side of the room, towards the front, with Crabbe and Goyle. Abbey quickly looked away before he could notice her.

Something miraculous happened during class that day. Draco and his buddies were completely silent the entire time. They didn't even tease Harry! Abbey glanced at Draco every once and again, usually involuntarily, and was astonished to find his face completely expressionless. It wasn't twisted in its usual sneer. His eyes were empty, and their grayness seemed duller.

Abbey was thankful for the silence. Silence truly was golden. Even Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew better than to talk too much to her. They knew that Abbey needed to just sit and think in peace and quiet. They knew that it would take a while to get over the initial shock.

Then they went to potions class, and the situation stooped to its lowest low.

Abbey was so preoccupied in her thoughts that she jumped slightly when Snape barged into the room, the door swinging open so violently that it hit the wall. Abbey's nerves were severely frayed, and she was sure she was about to have a nervous breakdown any moment.

Snape strode to the front of the room, and then spun on his heels to face the class. He ran his eyes over all of them for a moment as he leaned on his desk.

"Before we begin class," he said softly, "I would like to congratulate Mr. Malfoy and Miss Miller on their engagement."

Abbey's head shot up at this comment. Her eyes were wide with horror, and it felt like her heart had been ripped out of her chest. Snape only glanced at her, his eyes glittering. Then everyone in the room turned and began to stare at her, and then at Draco.

Then whispering broke out, and Abbey caught a "What!" and then a "No way!" and then a rather loud "I give it three months."

Abbey felt tears fill her eyes as she looked back down at her desk, still feeling the eyes burning into her. Hate for Professor Snape filled her like no other emotion had before. She wanted to strangle him, to rip him to shreds…to make him pay for what he just did to her.

She glanced up at Draco, who seemed just as embarrassed as she was. His pale cheeks were tinted slightly pink, and he was flipping through his book like he was very intent on finding a certain page. He then lifted one side of the book to partially cover his face.

After the class settled down a little bit, Draco braved a glance over his shoulder at Abbey. He saw tears of anger streaming down her cheeks, and she was desperately trying to wipe them away before anyone noticed. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were trying to whisper comforting things to her, but it didn't seem to be working. Draco felt anger rise in him…not because of Abbey, but because of Snape. Snape was his favorite professor, but he had no right to go announcing that in front of the whole class, and cause such a disruption. He had cruelly embarrassed both Draco and Abbey. Especially Abbey. Draco felt a strange emotion flutter for a moment in his heart. Was it…sympathy? Draco quickly shoved the feeling away and looked back at his book as Snape began class.

Grr, I hate Snape! What a vile man! Hee hee. I hope you guys liked it! Thnx for reading! Please review, they help a lot!

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