A/n: I know…. I know…. I'm a bit late with this chapter but I have a good reason…. I am a very lazy person…lol… plus I had a little case of writers block so there…. Throw all the darn fruit u want but remember…. It is I who write the story…. I'M VERY HAPPY I AM FINALLY OVER 10 REVIEWS! THANKS TO ALL OF MY WONDEFUL VIEWERS…. Let's get on with the story…. I know you have been waiting… ONWARD

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Chapter 5 Tears, Tickles, Thoughts, and Gain

I finally woke up from my stupor, doing my daily checklist. For the past couple of days I've been perfecting my plan that led me to the avoidance of the dark mark. Which meant, working out every single detail meticulously and narrowing down different possibilities. Sometimes I would even miss meals because of my planning. My mother never got mad because she finally knew that I was working on a plan. I remember the night she came to my room.

"Draco, can I come in?" She asked opening the door after knocking. I conjured up a chair for her. I was sitting on my bed and papers surrounded me, I kept my head down looking at all the papers that were ever so important for my plan. I couldn't wait to get that wretched mudblood, I just couldn't.

"I'm really busy mother." I said not trying to hide my impatience.

"What happened, why are you here?" She asked. I had no idea what she was talking about.

"Mother what are you talking…"

"The dark mark!" She replied in a loud whisper. "Why isn't it on your arm? Are you my son?"

"Of course I am." I replied finally looking up. "Mother, I didn't take on the dark mark."

"And you're still alive?" She asked in awe.

So that is when I told her. I told her everything, I just didn't elaborate on the plan. Even if I did try to say anything about it she probably didn't want to know. She was happy; she was ecstatic when I told her. She was far happier than I was when I found out that I wasn't going to take it either.

So here I am, waiting for 11 o'clock so I could get ready to go to Diagon Alley. MWU mailed off my booklist and I haven't had time to go to Diagon Alley because the plan was taking up too much of my time. I finally finished the last couple details that were to be put into effect on Monday, when classes started. A smirk appeared on my face once more. I was too bloody brilliant. I couldn't wait until twelve o'clock until I would tell Cho the plan. Cho…her named always seemed to make me shiver. I dropped my quill and lay back down on the sheets and I closed my eyes.

"Malfoy!" Screamed a voice in the depths of my mind awakening me. I thought I was finally losing my mind; maybe I will become a nutter, just like my father.

"You are not losing your mind and I am surprised that you think your father is a nutter, although I disliked my father. Enough to kill him, that is." The cold voice said again in my head.

'My Lord…' I thought in my head.

"So is everything going as planned?" He asked in his high-pitched voice.

'Of course my Lord.' I thought once again.

"Well I wanted to tell you that I have stumbled on some rather astonishing news, coincidental if I say so myself," He paused, "The mudblood's parents were victims of our little night of fun, the initiation night so to speak."

'Really?' I said smirking. I wondered which one's were her parents, there were so many.

"I thought that this information maybe useful to you."

'In more ways then one.' I replied back.

And with that the mind link became closed. I felt him leaving my mind, it felt as though I had plunged myself in icy water. This is going to become easier than I have thought. I looked to the clock and saw that it was twenty after eleven; I began getting ready for my little meeting with my coconspirator.

I can't think, I don't want to breathe, I don't want to feel, I just want to be left alone. I thought as I lay curled up on my side in the fetal position. My room was dark; I didn't even bother to get up and put the shades up. I didn't want to see the sunlight that was trying to make its way into my life. I have been in this same position for the past couple of days, not moving, not responding to anyone. I feel as though this is my fault, if I hadn't left I could have protected my family, I could have fought to the death. Just remembering the words I said to them before I left was unsettling, and unnatural, it still brings tears to my eyes. I remembered that morning, still reliving it day after day.

I woke up and Dumbledore was standing over me, glum expression on his wise face. Everyone was surrounding my bed, Harry just gazed at me, as if he was thinking, and everyone was looking at me with pity in their eyes, and that is when it happened. I groaned and lean over the side of the bed and threw up, all over Dumbledore. He just patted my back until I was finished. When I was finished he cleaned himself off and Mrs. Weasley conjured up a wet washcloth to wipe my face.

"Your parents were victims of a horrible death eater attack. Your mother has been killed and your father is in St. Mungo's recovering from a curse in which we do not know the nature of."

"My father is still alive?" I asked in a soft whisper.

"Yes, but how he's doing we do not know, he won't speak, and it looks like every time he tries to horrible pain comes across his face." Dumbledore replied, his deep blue eye looking through my hazel ones. "But now all we can do is wait."

He turned to Mrs. Weasley. "Can I speak with you for one moment Molly?" And with that he left the room, Mrs. Weasley following right behind him.

"Hermione, are you ok?" Ron asked tentatively.

"Just dandy," I said weakly.

"We're really sorry for your loss." Ginny said quietly. The tears began burning beneath my eyelids. Mrs. Weasley bustled back in; when she saw my face she hurried everyone out, except for Harry. He just kept gazing at me, and he conjured up a chair and sat down right besides my bed. He gazed at me with emerald eyes for almost ten minutes, when I finally got sick of it I tired to kick him out.

"Harry just, just, go away, I don't want to talk to anyone." I said quietly. My head began throbbing.

He got up and walked to the door, I was surprised that he was leaving on my very weak attempt to push him out. Instead he just locked, and began putting silencing spells all around the room. He took off his shoes and lay down on my bed. Having him this close to me, lying in bed with me, began to warm me against my will. He looked into my eyes intently, and he ran a hand through my bushy hair, which relaxed me slightly.

"Just let it out." Was all that he said. I was shivering uncontrollably and then I began crying. He wrapped his arms around me, but I didn't want him to be here, to see this side of me. I began hitting him, slapping him, punching him in his chest, everything to let my frustration out. He just held on to me tighter. I finally gave up and I sat there sobbing, crying tears that seemed as though they would never stop flowing.

And here I was still crying, the letter on my nightstand sitting there unopened. Dumbledore already took care of the funeral, my mom was already buried, only a few of my family came and everyone from the order was there. There was a knock on my door and I didn't acknowledge the caller. I then felt another presence making his usual indentation on my bed. He reached over and finally pulled the envelope off my nightstand. He opened it and began reading it aloud. He read of a welcome letter from MWU and directions for the first day of classes and then a book list.

"Hermione how about we go to Diagon Alley to buy your books." He asked, placing the letter besides me.

"I don't want to go anywhere." I replied.

"Well dwelling over it won't get you anywhere now will it?" He said smiling. "Come on it will make you feel better." He pulled off my covers. He then went to the window and pulled the hangings open. "Come on… Get up!" He jumped onto my bed and was sitting next to me. I turned away from the sunlight that was streaming into the room. "Well if that won't get you up then I bet this will." His hands were on my legs and he moved them gently up wards, touching every piece of skin he could manage, making small circular strokes. I sat there with my eyes closed tightly, my breathing had stopped, and I was getting warmer by the second. His hands then flew to my waist and he began moving upward, his hands caressing my stomach and my lower back. He kept moving his hands upward and when he finally reached right under my bra I was about to go crazy and attack him. He then stopped, and there I sat vulnerable waiting with bated breath and that's when it happened… he began tickling me. He was laughing as I squirmed and tried to get away from him. I was laughing so hard that my sides were hurting. I finally got out of his tickling death grip and jumped out of bed.

"That is totally not fair." I shrieked with a grin on my face.

"It got you up didn't it?" He bellowed.

"And it seems to have had the same effect on you I might add." I said smiling. "Well let's see if there's anything I can do about it." I began moving back over to the bed. There was a knock on the door, Harry disapparated and the door flung open.

"Ginny?" I replied.

"We're getting out of this house no matter what, let's go, right now, we're leaving." She replied going over to my closet and pulling out clothes.

It was a sunny day in Diagon Alley, to damn sunny if you ask me. All I wanted to do was to get my books and talk to Cho, and get back to the comforts of my home. I didn't want to be here amongst, muggle borns, half bloods, and blood traitors. I stood near the stone steps to Gringotts and waited. A girl with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes came walking up to me. She gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Play along." She whispered, her lips tickling my ear. "Draco Malfoy is that you? It's been so long."

"Yeah it has, how about we go walk and talk." I replied. We walked out of the public view and I turned to her. "Who are you?"

"I am Cho Chang." She said. Her face appeared underneath the blonde hair and her eyes were still blue but they were more familiar. "Do you like? I did a glamour charm on myself. The real person under the glamour can only be revealed if they allow you to know it, now let's go to Florean Fortescue's for some ice cream, then you can tell me everything."

I still sat there with my mouth hanging wide opened, and she pulled me off to the famous ice cream parlor.

I handed her the papers, which I had put in binding (a/n: like a book) and bought us some ice cream. We sat at one of the tables on the patio, under a large umbrella. She sat there reading some of the pages shaking her head softly making the blonde hair move slightly.

"This is all wrong," She said gazing down at the book. "Well thought out, but wrong."

I looked at her incredulously. "That plan is perfectly fool proof."

"Yes, it is fool proof but you have to realize that this is a person not a piece of fruit, and then you also have to realize that humans do tend to have emotions. All of this stuff is too technical." She replied. She began fixing things on the parchment with the flick of her wand. "Now that's better." She slid the book across the table towards me and began eating her ice cream, seductively I might add.

"You surely don't want me to do this do you?" I asked after reading her changes.

"Keep you friends close, your enemies closer." She said licking the ice cream from her spoon.

Ginny decided to go with me, well not decided forcing her self upon me is more like it. Harry wanted to go too but I told him that I would be fine with just Ginny. We flooed to Diagon Alley, and as soon as we got there Ginny was dragging me all over the place. We went to the beauty supply shop, and Ginny just told me to get a basket and she began filling it up with various products. Then we went to a couple clothing stores and I tried on everything she gave me. We then went to grab something to eat. This girl was tiring me out beyond words. We then made our way to our last stop, Flourish and Blotts, one of my favorite places on earth.

Flourish and Blotts always made me happy. I loved the smell of new books and parchment. I knew the owners well having working their summer before my last year at Hogwarts. I got a hearty greeting from one of the workers who were helping a middle age witch. I began getting my books from off the shelves when I felt a pair of eyes on me. Ginny was nowhere to be seen and I just couldn't shake off the feeling that somebody was watching me.

I finished gathering most of my books, I doubled check to make sure that I had everything, but I was missing a book from the list. I went over to the section where it was. It was too high up; I stretched as far as I could to reach it. I wanted to use my wand to summon the book to me but I knew that others would fly off the shelf even if I tried to summon just the one book. I looked down at my book list once more, waiting for some one to come and help me. I began walking over to the counter to get help. I only took a couple of steps when I heard a voice; the person was tapping my shoulder.

"I think this is the book you needed."

"Why thank you," I turned around to grab the book.

I stared at the boy that was standing mere inches from me. Just the sight of him made me want to throttle him; I wanted to hurt him within an inch of his life. Tears formed in my eyes.

"Draco Malfoy." I said coldly finishing my statement.

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