Time passed and no one else was attacked. Harry Ron and Hermione had kept looking around but still there was no sign of the Slytherin heir. All the fuss had started dying down but not too much. Most people were trying to ignore it just as I was. The professors decided to give us a little surprise as a morale booster.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" shouted Professor Lockhart wearing some very pink robes. The Great Hall had been decorated for the occasion. There were many flowers against the walls and heart shaped confetti falling from the ceiling. I thought it was funny the room matched him. Professor Lockhart had gone all out for this, going as far as bringing in dwarfs as his "friendly, card carrying cupids."

It was obvious many of the other professors weren't thrilled with Professor Lockhart's idea. The cupids kept interrupting classes to deliver cards to the students. Personally I thought it wasn't a bad idea. Sure the execution could have been better but all this commotion was more than enough to distract us. I watched as dwarves walked up to my classmates and handed them their valentines. I wonder if I should send someone one I thought as I watched one more of the "cupids" walk into my classroom

"Katrina Volkov!" he yelled inside

"Here," I called to the little guy a little surprised. I hadn't seen Draco with a valentine so I didn't think it was him, but who else could it be? "And, um, it's actually Katerina..." He didn't seem to care and handed me a valentine.

"Who's it from?" Daphne said excitedly next to me. How did she get over here so fast?

"It doesn't say..." I commented as I looked over the envelope. It was a simple white envelope with no writing on it. I could tell there was something inside but on the outside it was blank

"You know, it just looks sad when people send themselves things. She actually wants us to believe someone would send her a valentine? Please" Pansy almost yelled from the back. I gave her a look but otherwise ignored it. I tucked my valentine away in my bag to read later. After that, more valentines seemed to come in a rush. By the time I reached my room I had five in total.

"You sure spent a lot of time sending all those to yourself didn't you" Pansy said in a sour tone. I rolled my eyes at her and sat on my bed patting the space next to me so Lev could join me. He growled at her before lying down next to me, resting his head on my lap. All of us were in our room, Pansy, Millicent, Daphne, and me. Daphne had gotten valentines too but Pansy and Millicent hadn't. It was their fault for being so mean to everyone. Maybe if they were nicer they'd have friends rather than fellow evil doers. Draco hadn't given her one, much to her disappointment. Then again he didn't give me a valentine either…

"Would you open yours already? I want to see" Daphne said excitedly next to me. She sat next to me and Lev growled quietly from his place on my lap. He had gotten more used to Daphne and trusted her more around me, seeing as we spent so much time together, but he still liked to warn her from time to time. I smiled at my little puppy and reached for my first letter.

The blank looking envelope I had gotten first had been anything but plain. Inside was a card with colorful hearts floating a few inches off the parchment and,written in the center with black ink, "Happy Valentine's Day! With Love, Fred & George". It made me smile how they could make the smallest things seem so wonderful. I heard Pansy make another comment but I just ignored her.

The letters I received were all very nice. Neville had sent me one with a cute drawing inside. Another was from a Ravenclaw I knew, Marcus Belby. Another was from a Hufflepuff, Ernie Mcmillan. And the last was from Adrian Pucey, who I had met during our house Quidditch practice; he was keeper for our Quidditch team.

I wrote them each a thank you letter and put them in my bag to send out tomorrow. By the time I was done it was night and far too late to be making my way up to owlery. Daphne and Millicent had already fallen asleep and so had Lev. Pansy, however, was not in the room at all. I gently lay Lev's head off of me and on the bed, getting up. After a little bit of stretching I decided I wasn't tired enough for sleep and headed down to the common room. Downstairs there weren't many people around. It must be later than I thought… Sitting by a corner I saw Pansy talking to Draco.

"Hey" I heard someone say next to me. I turned around and saw Adrian standing in front of me. He was tall, well taller than me at least, and was in the same year as Fred and George. He was a rather quiet person which was why I never really talked to him until Draco joined the Quidditch team. He was nice though

"Hi," I said with a smile. "Thank you for the valentine today. That was really sweet of you." Adrian smiled. It looked like he was going to reply but Draco came over towards us and stopped directly in between us. I hadn't realized he'd left his place with Pansy. He turned to Adrian and gave him a look. I saw Adrian returned the look as if they were having a silent conversation. Maybe it's a boy thing

"I see," Adrian said still looking down at Draco. He laughed a little to himself and leaned to the side around Draco to look at me. "See you later" he said and left for the stairs.

"Hey" Draco said turning back to me with his usual serious face

"Hey" I said quietly. Honestly, I was a little disappointed he hadn't given me a valentine today. Then again I shouldn't be expecting him to just give me things all the time. I went to sit down and Draco followed, sitting next to me. I smiled at him a little but it faded when I saw Pansy walking over to us. She sat in the seat right in front of us and smiled cruelly at me.

"So how was your day?" I asked Draco, ignoring Pansy.

"Fine," he said, playing with his sleeve. I thought I saw something inside of it but chose to discount it. "Actually I wanted to talk to you" he paused and looked over to Pansy. It was mainly the three of us in the common room now. There were a few other people but they were so scattered and far away that it was as if they weren't even there. "You can go; I just want to talk to Katerina, alone."

Now it was Pansy's smile that faded and mine that grew. She looked like she wanted to argue but it was obvious Draco didn't care what she had to say. I had to smile. She gave me one last grudging look before going upstairs towards our room.

"What is it?" I asked still a little happy. He started talking a couple of times but no sound came out. I waited patiently for him to find his words. Instead, Draco pulled something out of his sleeve and pushed it towards me

"Here" he said looking to the side. It was a valentine. It was red with black writing inside. He seemed to have tried to make some decorations inside but gave up halfway through and colored over it. It had pink glitter on one edge that dripped off the page. It was so poorly made I would've thought a five year old made it. And it was the cutest thing I'd ever seen.

"Did you make this yourself?" I asked genuinely surprised. Usually Draco just bought things; it was rare, if that, when he actually took the time to make something.

"Are you saying I can't make things? If you don't want it I'll take it back!" he said next to me sounding flustered.

"Thank you" I told him, really meaning it. With a smile I hugged him and kissed his cheek

"Yeah, whatever" he said before briskly getting up and walking to his room. He had never been good at expressing his emotions and I had a feeling he never really would. Either way, it was the thought that really mattered so I happily clutched my valentine and made my way up to my room for the night.