A/N: I'm like, remembering things that I forget to put into chapters only now, and since I can't rewrite the chapters, I'm trying to figure out a way to make it all work. So I'll probably be updating a little slower now, since my "wonderful" memory helped me. NEway, don't worry, enjoy the chapter, and REVIEW.
A few minutes after leaving the chamber, Jacqui entered the Gryffindor Common Room. I t was full of people for it was a Friday night. Jacqueline had a smile of contentment on her face and she was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the evil glances Ron, Ginny, Harry, and Hermione were giving her.
"What?" asked Jacqui pretending not to know what they were thinking.
"Well," began Hermione, "You just have been gone for almost an hour talking to our enemy and walking hand in hand with him somewhere in the castle."
This was the final straw for Jacqueline. "You know what?" she began with a strong voice, but with her whole body shaking, "You know what?" Jacqueline couldn't get the words our and her voice began to tremble too.
"What?" smirked Ginny.
Jacqueline scowled, but that remark made her even angrier forcing her to speak clearly. "He may be your enemy, but he is not mine. I have been unhappy for so long that to have one good thing, one good friend come back into my life is a miracle for me."
The four just stared at the as the shaking Jacqueline cooled down.
"Look," she said calmly, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. I have no reason to do so, for I owe you and explanation."
"Yeah, you do," said Ron.
Jacqueline smiled up at him.
"Like, how you and Malfoy are friends," said Harry coldly.
Jacqueline sighed. "Draco and I know each other because of our parents. My godfather and his father knew each other. It was a…" she tried to find the best way to say this with our giving herself away, "It was an employer, employee sort of thing. When my godfather couldn't keep me anymore and my parents were, uh, unavailable, I had to live with the Malfoys. I was about four at the time and I lived at the Malfoy Manor until I was six. That was when my new guardian came for me." Jacqueline then stopped speaking, not wanting to continue.
"Who was your new guardian?" asked Ron quietly.
"I'd rather not share that. He wasn't the best of people."
"Right," said Ron.
"What happened after that?" asked Hermione softly.
"I went to live France. Not the best ten years of my life. My guardian always expected me to be perfect in everything. I didn't have anything to call my own and no friends to share my troubles with."
"Oh, Jacqui," whispered Hermione taken aback.
"And do not ask me how I came upon to be in Hogwarts. That is too long of a story that I'd rather not share," said Jacqui looking at Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny.
Jacqueline was about to speak when Dean walked up to her and said, "Um, Professor Snape wanted me to tell you to join him tomorrow after breakfast in the dungeons."
Jacqui's eyes got big and she slapped her forehead. "I completely forgot. Today's Friday and I've got detention. Crap."
"But we have practice tomorrow," said Harry.
"I know," whined Jacqueline, feeling overwhelmed by all the problems that faced her.
She slumped farther down into the couch and thought. Suddenly her pendant began to glow red. Jacqui looked down at it and then at Harry, who remained the same.
"How good are you at Occlumency?" she asked suddenly of Harry.
Everyone stared at her. She looked back steadily, "I know I'm random, but I just want to know."
"Err… I guess I'm good at it. Why?"
"Just making sure." Jacqui then went back into thought while Hermione leaned over and whispered something to Harry who nodded and gave Jacqui an apprehensive glance.
The girl meanwhile kept to herself, thinking. She sat straight and said determinedly, "Harry, I'll be at practice tomorrow."
"What about Snape detention?"
"Oh, don't worry," said Jacqui with an evil grin. "I have thought of a way to deal with him."
A/N: Lots of fun stuff coming up, so you better not miss it. It gives a small insight into Jacqui's mysterious life. Now, don't forget to review.