Hey,I hope everyone is enjoying this story because I'm enjoying writing it. It would be much appreciated if you would review though. Comments, criticisms and suggestions are all welcome. I would really like to have five more reviews before I post the next chapter. Thanks!

P.S. I don't own Harry Potter or any of its afiliates while I do own Calleigh O'Callahan and her family.

You woke up the next morning and looked at the clock. You realized you had overslept and had around 15 minutes to get ready and make it to potions on time. You jumped up, pulled on your uniform and ran down the stairs. As you reached the bottom you thought, Hermione, and ran back up the stairs. You ripped open the hangings around her and found her snoring with ear plugs in. "Her-mi-o-ne," you yelled shaking her, "wakey, wakey."

"5 more minutes," she wined not opening her eyes. You looked down at your watch.

"You have about 10 minutes or you'll be late for potions, and you know how Snape loves to dock points from us Gryffindors," you said. She was out of bed in a flash and ready to go in three minutes. You had never seen her move so fast. You both ran down to potions and made it with a minute to spare.

You sat down next to Harry and the first thing that came out of his mouth was "You look like crap."

"Thanks." You replied and just as your butt made contact with the seat Snape came in.

"Today you will be making a shrinking potion and I will be pairing you up. Everyone stand up and take your things to the back of the room." Please let me be with Harry, Hermione or Ron you thought not thinking about any other people in the class. "Parkinson and Potter, Granger and Bullstrode, Weasley and Zabini." Snape called out. Well that gets rid of all the good people you thought. "O'Callahan and Malfoy." As soon as the words came out of Snape's mouth last night came flooding back to you.

"Crap!" you said, apparently louder that you had meant because the next thing that came out of Snape's mouth was "5 points from Gryffondor for Miss O'Callahan's language."

You silently went and sat down next to Malfoy who was looking a tad more red than usual. You just looked at him and said "Let's just get this over with." He just nodded and went to get the supplies. When he came back you began to assemble the potion.

"Calleigh," he said, so quietly you weren't sure if you were imagining it.

"I'm sorry," you said. "Are you calling me?" By my first name? You added silently in your head

"Yes," he replied. "I wanted to know if you thought about what I had said last night."

"Well, I thought that you were joking." You whispered to him and began stirring the potion.

"I want you to know that I wasn't. I really do like you."

"I'm sure you do."

"Look, I know you hate me, and hell, I don't blame you. I just wish you'd give me a second chance." He said to you and for some weird reason you felt like you should. You contemplated this as he continued making the potion.

"Why should I give you a second chance? Just yesterday you were calling me a mudblood and making fun of my friends. That really doesn't convey 'changed person' to me."

"That was a mistake. I shouldn't have done that and you have no idea how much it hurt me. I hate having to make you dislike me but I think that suddenly coming out in public with how much I like you could end up badly."

"Yeah, I could see that." You replied. "But I still don't get it. Why me? Why now? It just doesn't make sense to me."

"Why you? Calleigh, it's always been you, you just never knew it." He said. "Why now? Well, I just spent my whole summer at home, with my family. I saw my dad hurting everyone and for the first time it hit me. I didn't want to be that kind of person. The kind of person who hurts other people. I spent my whole summer in my room thinking about all the people I had hurt. At first I only thought about the people I hurt physically. I thought about how bad I felt and how I wished I could take it all back. Then I thought about all the people I had hurt emotionally. I hated what I did to people. Most of all I hated what I did to you. I realized I tried to hurt you the most because I liked you the most. I was depressed for days knowing I could never take it back. I cried and a Malfoy never cries. It was horrible."

All the time he was talking you were continuing to make the potion. You thought about what he had said and you were stunned. Could a Malfoy actually have feelings? You were about to accept everything he had said when he started to speak again. "I really hurt you didn't I Calleigh?"

"You did Draco, you really did." Oh my god did you just call him Draco. Were you felling bad for him? He was about to say something else when Snape came over. He stood there for a minute but never said anything. "Something wrong professor?" You asked, not even being sarcastic. Snape didn't say anything and walked away. You sat there stirring the potion when you felt something touch you. You looked down to see Draco putting his hand way too far up on your thigh. Yeah, he had just spilled his soul to you and you felt bad for him and possibly felt other ways towards him to, but the hand on the thigh thing was way crossing the line. You looked at him and he smiled, not smirked, smiled. Then he began to move his hand farther up you thigh. You were completely taken aback. Without thinking you took the potion and poured it onto his lap. He was completely stunned.

"Calleigh, what was our potion?"

"Shrinking!" you replied. He gasped. "Now that should teach you a lesson about putting your hand where it doesn't belong." He got and ran to the nurse. Snape looked at you and said "F." You were too amused to be affected by your failing grade. Nothing could be better than this. Except maybe one thing.