A/N: Last week of school! It's almost summer…which means it's almost the opening of the Prisoner of Azkaban! Woohoo I'm so excited! ANYWAYS, gotta carry on with this fanfic.

Chapter 5 – Are you interested?

            By the end of the day, everyone just crashed in the common room. The day was exhausting, not even Hermione wanted to start on her homework. Harry was lying on Kyra's lap as they fell asleep in front of the fire. Marty yawned and looked at her watch.

            "It's only five o'clock…" Marty rubbed her eyes. "This atmosphere is too depressing I gotta get out of here."

            "Okay see you…later…" Hermione fell asleep on the table.

            "Was today that tiring?" Sean asked.

            "Apparently." Said Marty. "I'm gonna go for a walk." She headed to the portrait hole.

            "Do you mind if I join you?" he asked before she went through.

            "Um…sure. I don't see why not." Marty shrugged.

            "So…" Sean walked beside her going down the stairs to the Entrance Hall. "I don't think we really got to know each other."

            "Okay…" Marty was confused. "Um, I don't like myself and I'm stressing. That's all you need to know."

            "Why don't you like yourself?" Sean asked.

            "I don't know." Marty stopped walking. "I just don't. I'm sorry I'm just really irritated right now and I have to be alone. We'll talk some other time." Marty walked out into the courtyard and sat by herself in a secluded corner. "Man life sucks so badly."

            "Why?" a voice asked. It was Ryan, Draco's counterpart for the day.

            "I wasn't talking to anybody." Marty leaned against the wall looking into the courtyard.

            "Now you are." Ryan smirked and stood next to her. "What's so fascinating about a courtyard?"

            Marty gave Ryan a bad look. "Leave me alone." Marty began walking away.

            "I just wanted to let you know…" Ryan called after her. "…that I think you're beautiful."

            Marty stopped walking but didn't turn back to look at him. Suddenly, Draco came from the Entrance Hall and met Marty. "…hey." He looked at her.

            "Hi." Marty's mind was split between the fact that Ryan just completely shocked her and Draco was in her face. "Um well, love to stay and chat but I have to go. See you around." Marty walked past Draco and back into the Entrance Hall.

            "Bye." Draco shrugged.

            "Hey Draco…" said Ryan.

            "Were you talking to her?" he asked.

            "I was trying to." Ryan smirked. "She's something."

            "Something?" Draco wondered. "What do you mean?"

            "She's…wow." Ryan smiled. "I mean…she's my type you know."

            Draco nodded. "You're interested in her."

            "Exactly!" Ryan agreed. "Completely right! Man…she's…oh man it's so hard to describe!"

            "She's too beautiful to even say it?" Draco asked as they started walking to the Slytherin Tower.

            "Yeah! Bloody hell how do you know this stuff?!" Ryan wondered.

            "Oh um, I'm probably just thinking right today." Draco shrugged.

            "Girls aren't like that back in Japan." Ryan wouldn't stop talking. "She's so…"

            "Alright mate I get it." Draco interrupted him. "You think she's sexy…or even more. But come on, you've got to stop talking about her."

            "You're right. I'm just gonna be obsessed." Ryan nodded.

            "Yeah…that's right." Draco agreed. "Not healthy."

            "Right." Ryan nodded. "Sorry about that."

            Marty decided to go back to Gryffindor Tower. On the way, she met up with Sean. Marty was stressed and couldn't stop thinking about what Ryan said to her.

            "Marty!" Sean called.

            "Yeah Sean?" Marty sighed.

            "What's wrong?" he asked.

            "Nothing…everything's fine." Marty continued walking.

            "I know something's bothering you." Said Sean. "I can help."

            "Sean…thanks but I really don't need any help." Marty replied. "I can deal with it, but thanks for offering." Once they got back to the common room, half of the students were up. There were a bunch of first years talking in the corner and Kyra and Hermione were in a conversation while their boyfriends were still sleeping. "Just to let you know, it's almost time for dinner."

            "Ron wake up…" Hermione tried tapping him. "Ron?"

            "Not now…" Ron mumbled.

            "Ron! We're going to go eat soon." Said Hermione.

            "Oh…okay." Ron yawned. "Man I'm starving."

            "How long were we asleep?" Harry yawned.

            "Not too long." Said Kyra. "Let's go. My stomach's growling." They all went downstairs to the Great Hall to have dinner. They entered the brightly lit hall and found their seats at the Gryffindor table. Food was ready on the table, so they began eating.

            "I can't believe I survived the first day." Ron swallowed down some mashed potatoes. "Crazy I tell you."

            "Yes Ron we know." Kyra smirked.

            "Hey Marty." A voice said. It was Ryan, who smiled at Marty when he passed by.

            "Do you mind? I'm eating." Marty shook her head.

            "Not at all." Ryan smirked.

            "Go away!" Marty looked down at her food. Ryan laughed and walked back to the Slytherin table.

            "Who got his knickers in a twist all of a sudden?" Ron wondered.

            "Yeah…since when did he start coming over to our table?" Hermione asked.

            "He's gone nuts. The nerve, he told me I was beautiful!" Marty poked her pork-chop with her fork. "These Slytherins are probably telling these new kids that we're naïve."

            "Definitely." Harry agreed. "I mean…what else is new?"

            After dinner, they all went back to the Common Room and started on their homework. Most seventh years were packed with Charms homework and their first Potions paper due the next day.

            "This is such a killer…" Marty dropped her quill. "I'm only on the second page!"

            "I agree." Said Hermione. "I wonder how the new students are managing with all these work to do!"

            When three hours past, the common room was depleting of students. Slowly, they all went to bed. Around quarter to midnight, the common room was completely empty.

            The next morning, everybody got up to eat breakfast. Everyone was still half asleep, but managed to make their way to the Great Hall.

            "I wanna go back to bed." Kyra yawned as she leaned on Harry's shoulder.

            "I think we need some coffee." Said Ron rubbing his eyes.

            "MARTY!" Ryan yelled from the Slytherin table.

            "Bloody hell it's early in the morning and he's shouting his lungs out!" Ron complained.

            "MARTY!" Ryan called again. Marty refused to look back and ignored him.

            "Somebody please shut him up!" Hermione said irritably.

            "MARTY!" He called the third time.

            "MR. YAMAMOTO!" A voice scolded. It was Professor McGonagall. She put on her spectacles and eyed Ryan with disgust. "I assure you that the next time your call Miss Hanberg's name you'll be helping Mr. Filch for a week! Five points from Slytherin for unnecessary yelling! The nerve…seven in the morning!" She quickly walked to the teacher's table.

            Marty finally looked back at the Slytherin table and saw Ryan sitting down with shame as the students of the other houses laughed at him. "Finally, he stopped talking." After breakfast, Marty went with Hermione to Herbology class. Professor Sprout wasn't there at Greenhouse Three, so the class stayed outside waiting.

            "What's taking so long?" Ron wondered.

            "Hey Marty." Ryan went up to her as they waited by the nearby corridor. "Um…"

            "Look Ryan, stop talking to me okay?" Marty said bluntly. "If you think I'm naïve…"

            "I don't." Ryan insisted. "I really don't think you're naïve."

            Hermione eyed him suspiciously. She nudged Marty if she needed any back up, but Marty signaled a 'I'll deal with it' look. Instead, Hermione went with Ron to talk with some Hufflepuffs. Marty sighed. "What do you want?"

            "Nothing." Ryan replied. I just wanna talk to you."

            "Why?" Marty raised an eyebrow.

            "Jeez, can't I have a conversation with you?!" Ryan said frustratingly. "I just wanna talk that's all. Why do you have to be so defensive?" Suddenly Draco heard Ryan and Marty bickering. He stopped talking to Crabbe and Goyle and went over to see what was the matter.

            "I don't feel like I have to talk to you." Said Marty. "Thanks but I'll live."

            "Oh for fuck sakes stop being a BITCH!" Ryan yelled.

            "Ryan!" Draco stepped in front of Marty. "Calm down…just back off." Marty stood frozen behind Draco. "Come on, you can't force the girl to talk to you if she doesn't want to."

            "Why are you even defending her? She's in Gryffindor!" Ryan pointed at Marty. Pansy and Stacey were laughing in the background.

            Draco stood there stumped. "Why do you wanna talk to her? You like Gryffindor girls huh? PATHETIC." Marty gasped. Draco's change of attitude made everyone but the Slytherins silent.

            "So sorry class to keep you waiting! Come in!" The whole class entered the Greenhouse except Draco and Marty. Marty looked down at the ground behind Draco.

            "Is that how you feel?" Marty asked still looking down at the ground.

            Draco slowly turned around to look at her. "I…"

            Marty looked up and Draco noticed her eyes were watery. "You think it's pathetic…"

            "Marty…I didn't…" Draco tried to explain.

            Marty wiped her eyes. "It's no biggie." She tried to smile. "I mean…we're supposed to move on right?"

            "Please…don't cry…I really didn't mean to say that." Draco tried to explain.

            Marty couldn't hold in the tears. They slowly ran down her cheeks as Draco watched her. "Well, thanks for getting him off my back though."

            "Marty…" Draco said slowly. "You don't know how hard it is actually not talking to you like a normal person. I can't talk to you the same way anymore…"

            "So that means suddenly you just hate me again…like before." Marty avoided looking at him.

            "No of course not." Said Draco. "I care for you a lot…but things aren't the same anymore."

            "Of course." Said Marty. "Things aren't supposed to be the same." Draco looked down at the ground. "We better get to class." She walked towards the door of the Greenhouse.

            "Just to let you know…" Draco said before she opened the door. "If someone's interested in you…I'm not gonna be an ass about it like how I was just now." Marty stood still looking at him. Draco went over to the door and opened it for her to go in first.