CHAPTER 3: Lying and things that are Shiny.

Bit's of Draco/Pansy in this chapter.

A week has past and we're back in Herbology. I hadn't really spoken to Finnigan. Only to talk about upcoming projects and stuff. Nothing more…

"Hey, so uh…do I put the stinksap in first?" he asked me, eyeing the notes I jotted down.

"Yes."

"Okay…um, do I pour it into this container?" he asked again, holding up a cylinder tube.

"No."

"Right…then this one…right?"

"Yes."

That's how our conversations were pretty much most f the week. I had not really been talking to Rose either. Or Maleficent because Rose always made sure that she was with her. So it sucked because I spent most of my breaks with Draco, who was not upset at me for causing a big scene at dinner. We were both sitting in the library one night.

"So, Pansy, do you remember about our date on Saturday?" he asked me, fiddling with his pencil.

"What?" I asked, startled.

"Err- there's a Hogsmeade trip on Saturday…" he said.

"Oh, oh yeah. Yeah, I totally remember." But I forgot. Oops…

"That's good, then."

"Yeah…"

"Listen," he said, "Don't listen to what Finnigan said at Dinner last week. I looked at him in the eye.

"I wasn't thinking about him right now." I lied, "In fact, Draco, I hadn't thought about that all week."

"Oh, don't try and lie, Pansy. How could you forget? Rose has been telling us all week what a big Drama Queen you are. Don't get me wrong because I don't think you're a drama queen at all." He added quickly. I couldn't believe it.

"Rose has been telling all of you things, hm?" I asked, gritting my teeth. "What else has she said? Has she told you all how I've been acting strange and weird lately?"

"Well, yes. But Pansy, can we please just be quiet in here. We'll get kicked out." Draco said.

"Fine…your right. I'm over reacting again…" just then Finnigan walked into the library and spotted us. He glared at Draco and looked at me.

"Parkinson, I finished the first half of the report. It's your turn to do the other half. Here's the paper." He said as he tossed a scroll into my lap.

"Thanks, now please leave us alone." I said, "I'm having a nice chat with my boyfriend here."

"Okay. Bye." He said, leaving.

"God, I can't stand him." Draco said glaring after him. "Nasty little Half-blood, that one is."

"Yeah." I said, unrolling the scroll. I shook my head and rolled it back up. "I have a lot of this to do. If I'm going to go to Hogsmeade with you on Saturday I'm going to have to start on this now." I said, getting up.

"All right, then." He said, standing up, too. "I'll just stay in here and finish this Dream Diary."

"Okay, good night." I said. He leaned in and kissed me on the mouth. I pulled back, smiled, and walked out of the library. So l lied…the truth was the Finnigan had finished most of the project himself, I just wanted to get away from Draco for a while. I was hungry and tired. I didn't eat anything all day.

I lied down in my bed looking at the thing my dad had sent me. I turned it on for a while. I looked in it clearly, seeing nothing. Maybe his wasn't on right now. Well that wouldn't be good for emergencies. Oh well, though. I lay in my bed for about half an hour before falling asleep.

The next morning was a good one because Rose had apologized.

"Pansy, I'm sorry for calling you a drama queen. I was just tired of being in the shadow of you."

"No, it's ok. And I guess sometimes I can hog the spotlight." I said. Maleficent was bouncing on her heels in the corner.

"Oh I'm so happy you two are friends again!" she squealed, pulling both of us in a tight hug. After breakfast we all headed down towards the green houses.

"Good morning, class." Professor Sprout said, in her usually good mood voice. "It's so nice to see your bright shining faces. Now, if you will, please get with your partners. We have an easy day today."

I went to go stand next to Finnigan. I took a glance at him from the corner of my eye. His sand colored hair was shining in the sun. I wonder if my hair is shiny like that. Does black hair shine? I stroked my hand through my hair without taking my eyes of Finnigan. He got a lot taller over the summer. He used to be really short, now he must be about my height. Thomas, who was standing next to him, saw me looking at Finnigan. He smirked at me in a knowing way before turning to look at Professor Sprout again. What did he know…?

"Okay, so I finished the rest of the report last night" I told him, handing the scroll to him.

"Awesome." He said, smiling as he read the rest of it. "Hey do you think that we could work on this project she just gave us on Saturday? I don't have anything planned. Do you?" I thought about my date with Draco and before I could stop myself I said it…

"No, I'm free." Damn.

"Cool." He said, "So how's the library, then? And don't worry; no one will see you with me. They're all going to Hogsmeade."

"Why aren't you going to Hogsmeade? Not that I really care." I added the last part too quickly. Shoot what is wrong with me?

"I'm sick of it. But I'll probably go next time." He said, looking over a book. "Why aren't you going?"

"Same reason." I lied. Great, now I would have to tell Draco an excuse. This was not going to be easy. Oh why did I even tell him I wasn't going…what…I won't answer that question. During lunch that day I went to go find Draco.

"Draco, I'm so sorry but I can't go to Hogsmeade with you on Saturday." I said, hoping he would believe me excuse.

"Why not?"

"Well…because I still have so much homework that I didn't do. Can we just go next time? I'm practically failing Potions." I pleaded. He smiled at me.

"All right, Pansy. I never knew you cared about your grades so much." He said.

"Oh yeah. Yeah, I've changed a lot this year." I said, looking away. "So, um, I'm sorry, but I have to go again. Bye!" I said, leaning in and kissing his cheek. I ran all the way back into the Great Hall where I knew Rose and Maleficent were. They were looking at an issue of Witch Weekly.

"I can't believe that Oliver Wood made it in the top 10 for best looking Quidditch players. I always thought he was ugly." I heard them saying.

"You guys, you're both going to Hogsmeade this weekend, right?" I asked.

"Of course!" said Maleficent. "Who isn't?"

"Me." I said, "I have a lot of homework to make up. I saw Rose roll her eyes.

"Pansy, Darling, you do know that Katherine Mackenzie will be all over Draco if you don't go."

"Yes, I know, but I have so much to do." I lied again. "I can't fall to behind."

So this chapter was a little shorter than the others. The next one will be up really soon bc I feel like writing right now. R&R please, and thanks for the reviews! Wink wink