It had been a few days now since Draco's accident and a lot of thing had changed. Draco had complained to his father and Mr. Malfoy was not happy. He had also decided that he was some kind of hero for putting up with such a devastating injury. I thought he was full of it but who was I to tell him not to do that. I had done it myself quite a few times when I was younger. My guess is he got the idea from me.

Thursday morning I got some interesting news about our Care of Magical Creatures class during breakfast. I was immediately upset. Thanks to Draco's injury they would be making a few changes to it. I didn't want any changes. Annoyed I decided to have a little talk with Draco before class. Luckily I knew exactly where he was. He had been staying in his room, not even bothering to go to classes, since the day he came back from the hospital wing. I marched off to his room not at all pleased.

"Well I hope you're happy!" I said as I stormed into Draco's room

"I am, thank you" he answered. He lay comfortably on his bed, his "good" arm behind his head. After the first day I could tell that he was fine. I didn't have to worry anymore and now I was just upset.

"Because of your little lie we're only doing safe things in Care of Magic Creatures from now on. It's going to be boring now!"

"Well good!" he said and sat up. "That means you won't be hurt like I was"

"Oh please, we both know that was your own fault. You insulted Buckbeak when Professor Hagrid told you not to"

"Don't call that buffoon Professor" he frowned

"Well whether you like it or not he is our professor, Draco. And thanks to this," I grabbed his injured arm, "I can't do fun things in his class anymore"

"You should spend a little less time nagging me and a little more time healing. I'm hurt" he pouted. I rolled my eyes. He should know better than to try that on me

"Please! I'm the one who taught you this trick!"

"Oh yeah…" he said to himself with an impish smile playing on his face. I rolled my eyes again

"Look, do whatever you want. You want to keep faking it, fine, that's up to you. But don't mess up any of my other classes okay" I pouted a little too

"Like I could possibly make Arithmancy any more boring than it already is" he teased. I took the pillow from his bed and hit him with it. He laughed and I did too. The door flew open and someone started walking in with a tray of food

"Oh Draco I brought you your –" Pansy stopped when she saw me. "What is she doing here?

"I was just leaving" I told her and got up

"Going to make me a batch of those Russian Tea Cookies?" he asked with a smile. Sandies were his favorite treat

"Sure, when you can tell me the difference between the Agrippan and Chaldean methods of Arithmancy." He scowled and I smirked. Pansy started looking carefully between the two of us. "Seriously, though. Please at least come to Potions today"

"Fine" he grumbled and I beamed.

"Thank you" I kissed his cheek and rushed out of the room as Pansy made a hideous noise at me. Or maybe that was just her normal speaking voice; it was so hard to tell sometimes

After I left I headed straight into Double Potions. It was still a little early but I sat in my usual spot, waiting for class to begin. Professor Snape looked over at me every once in a while but didn't look bothered that I was there. I smiled at him in greeting and turned to my textbook. I had read most of it already, past what we needed to know, but I kept reading anyway. I found potions very interesting. It was one of my most favorite forms of magic.

It wasn't long before students started flooding in; class must be starting soon. Among them I saw Pansy walking in with Crabbe and Goyle, having just returned from Draco's room. She gave me an arrogant look before sitting down in her usual seat next to Millicent. I turned back to my book uninterested in picking a fight with her. It did bother me that she sat next to Millicent so quickly; like she didn't think Draco would keep his promise to me. Well technically he hadn't promised but I didn't think he would lie. Then again…

Crabbe sat next to me on the table, setting up his cauldron to get ready for class. He and Goyle both looked worried about Draco and I smiled at them, putting my book down. Even though he was pushy and rude to them sometimes they were close and I knew that all three of them cared about each other. I reminded them that Draco was faking it and they relaxed a little. They were big brutes but they were also sweet. Soon Professor Snape got the class started and told us about the new potion we would be working on, a Shrinking Solution.

We got halfway through potions class and I was about to give up on Draco showing up when he finally walked through the door. His arm was still wrapped in bandages and he was acting like he was still hurt but I smiled at him. I looked over at Pansy who was too worried to be upset he had listened to me after all. She asked if he was okay almost as soon as he walked through the door. She grimaced at his arm and I rolled my eyes. He pretended like it hurt but winked at the boys sitting next to me once she turned around.

He'd never admit it to her but I knew he didn't like Pansy. She annoyed him more than he let on when he was around her. Draco just liked the attention and she certainly gave that to him. I felt a little sorry for her since I knew how obsessed with him she was. If she wasn't such a pain I would've probably felt worse. Still, it was her fault for being so obsessed. I loved Draco and all but I didn't see why she was that way with him. He was just a boy.

Professor Snape told the class to settle down and Draco went to sit next to Harry and Ron. Since we hadn't ben sure if he was going to show up or not Daphne had taken the seat next to me. He didn't look too upset that she was there and instead focused on the two boys next to him. I saw a small but wicked smile on his face and I sighed. I figured he wouldn't do much his first day back but by the look on his face I could tell he wasn't going to do anything but bother the two Gryffindors for today's lesson.

Draco made a point to annoy Harry and Ron for as much as he could. He even got Professor Snape to make them cut his ingredients for him too. I think Draco just wanted to see how far he could take this injury thing. I tried to ignore them but couldn't help my curiosity when they started to whisper.

I kept looking back at them without meaning to. Maybe it hadn't been such a good idea for Draco to come to class today. The only distraction I got was by Neville. His potion wasn't going so well and Professor Snape was not happy. He found it irritating that Neville couldn't do it right but it wasn't the poor boy's fault. Neville was easily scared and especially by our professor. He was a like a puppy, well not my puppy but one that was intimidated easily.

"Orange. Tell me boy, does anything penetrate that thick skull of yours?" our professor said looking at Neville's potion. I felt bad for him; potions wasn't for everyone... He turned pink and started trembling as Professor Snape spoke. He was near tears, the poor thing. Hermione tried to help but Snape wasn't having it. He insisted that Neville needed to learn and that at the end of the lesson he would feed a few drops of his potion to Neville's toad. He was left looking terrified as Professor Snape walked away

I would've gone over to talk to him or something but a Gryffindor's comment stopped me. I stayed sill as he informed Harry that Sirius Black had been spotted nearby. It wasn't just that it scared me he was near but that the boy would be telling this to Harry of all people. Black was the man who killed his parents, I didn't want to think about what that would make him want to do. It didn't help that Draco kept commenting on it. But from their conversation it didn't look like Harry understood what he was saying.

"Don't you know, Potter?" Draco narrowed his eyes, finding this too funny. Harry didn't know. He didn't know that Black was the reason he had never truly known his parents. I gave Draco a warning look. If Harry didn't know Draco shouldn't be the one telling him. He didn't notice my look and kept talking. Talking about revenge

"What are you talking about" Harry said angrily before we were sidetracked by our professor. He mentioned to everyone that we should all be done adding our ingredients by now and that the potion should stew before it could be drunk. Crabbe and Goyle laughed looking at Neville so worried. I absentmindedly swatted at Crabbe's arm but was too distracted by Draco. I left my place and walked over to him

"Hey," he said cheerfully as he looked at me over his cauldron.

"Hey," replied too quickly catching his attention.

"What's with you?" he asked, stirring his potion a little. "I came to class like you wanted"

"You didn't tell Harry, about Black, did you?" My voice came out strict. He sighed and rolled his eyes

"Why do you care so much about Potter? What's he to you?" Draco asked sounding a little annoyed

"Please answer the question." He rolled his eyes again

"No alright I didn't tell him that –" I cut him off with a look. "I didn't and I won't, alright. That'd be no fun anyway. I still don't see what your problem is…" he whined but I relaxed. Soon Professor Snape called us to see Neville's toad drink his potion. This seemed to cheer Draco up and he quickly walked over to them. I followed shaking my head. It was obvious who was in what house even without looking at the robes. Most Slytherins looked exited while all Gryffindors looked fearful.

Silence held the room as our professor took a hold of Trevor, the toad. He gave some of the potion to him and all Gryffindors cheered as he turned into a tadpole. I couldn't help but giggle at the disappointed faces of Draco and the boys. Professor Snape turned Trevor back into a toad but his face not happy.

"Five points from Gryffindor," he told them. All their smiles disappeared. "I told you not to help him, Miss Granger. Class dismissed."