I was sitting in the common room, and drawing the constantly moving cats, as they squirmed around on a rug in front of the fire. Sketching their forms quickly, I would then turn the page, and draw them again, giving me plenty of time to do more detail on the pictures later.

This year I again had my own room, which was such a comfort, giving me space and privacy when I needed it. Draco always seemed to be busy, and never had much time for me. He claimed it was because of his OWLs. I was lonely, because of this, and so probably not my usual self around him.

In a way, however, he did me a favour, as without him, I would never have come across some new friends. They were fourth years, as was I, and we had most of our lessons together, although they were in different houses. Suki, the eldest of the three, and older than me as well, was of New Zealand heritage. She was quiet, and shy, disliked being around large crowds, hated being hugged, and when provoked, could be quite insane. She was short, with long dark brown hair, that was straight, and deep brown eyes. Suki was in Hufflepuff, and together with her was Denisa, or D, as she came to be known. Denisa was as loud as Suki was quiet, and with her green eyes, she gave foul or dignified looks to anyone who earned her wrath. She was the one that made us all laugh the most, and was the tallest of the three.

And lastly there was Annabelle, who was the youngest, being younger than me also. She, again, was short. Mind you, to me, everyone was short, as I towered over all the girls in my year, and the year above, and also a few in their sixth year as well. Which was good when I wanted to find anyone in a crowd, but bad when I wanted to be insignificant. But anyways, Annabelle was short, and had brown eyes, that were always twinkling for some reason or another. She was in Ravenclaw and was never afraid to make herself heard, and loved to try out new things. Her longish brown hair was nearly always swept back into a neat ponytail, which looked excellent, no matter what.

All four of us shared a love for cats, as all four of us had a cat, or in my case, two. Denisa had Aslan, Suki had Lucy, Annabelle had Wuzz, and I had Persephone and Euridice. Other than that, we were pretty much extremely different, but that didn't matter, as long as we were friends.

We used to sit out in the grounds together a lot, and as the days turned into autumn, with the glorious sunshine, we would often spend the weekends outside, occasionally seeing my brother. Denisa and Annabelle were both on their house Quidditch teams, and so often Suki and I were left alone, whilst they went and practised, not that Suki was the comfortable being left alone with me. Apparently I scared her, with my "scary" wand. Just because she had tried to use it once, and it had nearly killed Annabelle's cat. Wasn't my fault.

We were sitting in the grounds one Sunday afternoon, enjoying the dying sunshine, when I heard footsteps approaching, and so I turned my head from basking it in the sun, to see who was coming.

It was Draco, and so I turned my head around once more, signifying that I did not want to talk to him. He had been really off with me this term, and although he had dumped that first girl, I did see him with various others, and he never seemed to want to talk to me anymore, which hurt me. He kept on walking towards us however, and ignored my friends, especially when they greeted him. Well, at the time, Suki was saying something that sounded vaguely like "Oh no! Run in fear, there's a toefestation coming!" but Annabelle and Denisa had greeted him nicely.

He came up to me, and leant forward to whisper in my ear. I frowned as I concentrated on what he was saying, "I need to talk to you."

Turning around, I replied, "What is so important, that you can't say it in front of my friends?"

"Just come with me, ok."

I stood up grumpily, and muttered as I did so, letting him no exactly how I felt. He grabbed hold of my arm, and led me to an empty classroom, sitting me in a chair, whilst he stood in front of me, pacing the floor.

"Ok, so this year has been weird so far, and I've been really busy"

"You could say that. Mind you, I would use the words 'so wrapped up in his own life, he doesn't have any time for his old friends any more, and is now a two-timing bastard'. I thin they're more appropriate."

He shot me a glance like daggers, but I refused to quail, and just stared at him angrily, the blue flecks in my eyes flashing.

"Look, I'm sorry then," he gave in, "Have you missed me that badly?"

I stood up, so that I could look him in the eyes more easily, as my face softened, "what do you think?"

His eyes lingered on mine fore a second, before he shook his head, "Not now, Draco. Control yourself."

I sat down once again, disappointed. I was still missing Seiji a lot, and without spending so much time with Draco, it had been really hard. I sat for a while, feeling dejected, and very sorry for myself, whilst he mumbled to himself.

Eventually he came back to me, and crouched down, resting his hands on my shoulders. "Right then, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for how I've been, I never meant to hurt you," he paused smiling. "I did have something to tell you, but it can wait. I'll tell you soon though, I promise that."

I was intrigued, but said nothing. After a moment longer of him looking at me, he put his arms around me, and pulled me into a large embrace.

Yet whilst h hugged me, my mind still buzzed with his words. What was he going to tell me? I wanted to know, well, part of me wanted to know. Another part of me just wanted to stay like this forever, and another part wanted to be outside. The largest part of my soul wanted to be somewhere, anywhere with Seiji, and somewhere, very, very, deep down, a final part of me knew that whatever I did with Draco was me making a mistake.