In the next two days, Hermione handed Ginny and Jade each a coin. She explained that they were used for means of communication for the defensive magic classes they were going to be a part of with Harry. Jade was reluctant in going, unsure of how things were going to turn out since the last time her classmates saw her but she took the coin anyway.

"Fred's been in the nastiest mood since that day Umbridge accused you and Malfoy for snogging. George wouldn't tell me but I found out he locked a Slytherin couple in a carriage and played fetch with the threstal pulling them." Ginny said.

"I just wish I could explain myself without having to…what is that?" Jade asked, pointing to a pink poster.

There was a picture of Jade with red hearts exploding all around her and exclaiming 'I love you, Fred!' as Fred stood next to her, making a face. She runs towards him like a cartoon but he holds up a hand against her face, letting her crash and fall on her bum, sobbing.

"Tragic Love: The Untold Story of Unrequited Love Between Weasel and The Beast." Jade read. She heard a snicker behind her and turned around to see Pansy Parkinson, Millicent Bulstrode and a few other girls their year smirking at her.

"Oy! Did you do this you ugly pug?" Ginny asked.

"Who are you calling an ugly pug, you penniless roach? From the income your father makes, I'm surprised he earned and fed you enough to have you develop vocal cords." Pansy said.

"Is this what you're going to do when you're grown up Parkinson? Stay in Hogwarts forever and be a professional bully?" Jade asked. Pansy snapped towards Jade as the other girls started laughing.

"She's got vocal cords too Pansy!" Bulstrode said.

"And more brains than the other one to form a response, no doubt. Who taught you those cute little words, Longbottom? Your old and ancient 60 year old parents? Or that whore blood traitor of yours; Greengrass?" Parkinson asked. Jade launched towards Pansy but Ginny jumped, grabbing her with all she could. She pulled her back with great difficulty as the Slytherin girls laughed.

"Don't be stupid Jade. Umbridge is definitely going to suspend you this time and Dumbledore won't be able to do anything about it." Ginny whispered.

"I'll never let her talk about my parents that way! No one talks about my parents that way!" Jade said. Ginny dragged Jade off, trying to ignore the cackles herself.

"By the way Longbottom, Draco claims that kissing you is no different than kissing sandpaper, is that true?" Pansy was heard asking. Jade pulled away from Ginny and started to walk away.

"Where are you going Jade? You know how stupid these girls can be-"

"They're not just girls, Ginny! They're everyone! Wherever I go, people have a way of hurting me! What did I do? Did I ask Malfoy to kiss me?" Jade asked, feeling on the verge of tears again. "My parents had to come pick me up a few days ago because their only daughter was being suspended for a month for 'sexual physical conduct' with Draco Death Eater Malfoy! Could you just imagine what was going through their minds when they read that letter?" Jade asked.

Ginny bit her lip, turning red. She looked up, trying to dry out the mist in her eyes but saw Fred, George, Lee, Neville, Hermione, Harry, Ron and the rest of the defense class walking towards them.

"Jade-"

"I've never had a boyfriend. I didn't even have a first kiss until Malfoy came and screw everything up! It's not like I didn't want one…I just couldn't have one. Do you see me Ginny? Would Fred honestly like anything about me? Other than the fact that I'm ten times more sensitive than You-Know-Who is about his immortality? I was stupid enough to believe McLaggen liked me enough to take me to the Yule Ball and look how that turned out?" Jade asked.

"Fred's different Jade." Ginny tried explaining but Jade cried harder and nodded.

"I've never introduced a boy to my parents and they're going to think that Malfoy and I have some kind of secret long term love affair because they'd never approve! He ruined everything for me Gin and now he's making these posters! I know he is because he's the only one out of you, Astoria and Hermione that know that I like Fred!" Jade said.

"Um Jade-" Ginny said, looking at Fred who dropped his apple, looking stunned. George and Lee looked wildly surprised and shook Fred's shoulder's slapping his face around. Ron looked like he smelled something horrible.

"I'm going to kill that ferret and Satan's sluts until they piss lava out of their-what the hell is this?" Jade asked, kicking away the half eaten green apple. She turned slightly and double glanced at the group standing in front of her. From the way Fred was looking at her, Jade instantly knew that he heard what she had said about him.

"Why didn't you tell me they were standing there?" Jade asked quickly to Ginny who could do nothing but shrug. "I…have to go!" Jade said, running off.

Everywhere Jade turned or any other student would turn, there would be a poster of Fred and Jade. Students would giggle and others would just be simply annoyed that this was starting all over again. Whenever Jade would attend classes with Slytherin, she'd feel tiny paper balls being thrown into her hair and some bigger ones with mean spirited messages and pictures in them.

"Longbottom." McGonagall ordered before entering Transfiguration.

"Yes, Professor?" Jade asked.

"Will these posters never stop? What have you done this time?" McGonagall asked.

"It was Malfoy and a few friends of his. I don't know why though…maybe because I'm an easy target…bullies like that." Jade said. McGonagall looked weary from dealing with Jade and Jade didn't blame her.

"Professor! Professor! Quick!" A second year student ran, screaming.

"What is it Reed?" McGonagall asked.

"Draco Malfoy's been stripped and glued to the boy's bathroom! It's like a python-"

"Enough out of you! Go on! Find Professor Snape!" McGonagall said, flicking her hand. She turned to Jade. "If your friends are involved then I won't be able to help any of you Miss Longbottom." She said. It wasn't long before everyone heard the news about Draco Malfoy being glued against the wall stark naked. Everyone made up their own stories about the war brewing between him and Jade. Whatever happened, they were going to know for sure in Dumbledore's office.

Jade, Malfoy, Fred, Astoria and Ginny were sitting in front of Dumbledore. It was apparent from Dumbledore's face what he was thinking. Out of a brewing war from the Dark Lord rising again, he was dealing with teenage related drama.

"Mr. Malfoy, explain to us what had happened." Dumbledore said, getting straight to the point. Everyone looked at Malfoy who blushed and looked at Astoria who looked at the portraits calmly.

"Nothing." Malfoy said. Astoria quickly turned her head at Malfoy, surprised. Jade looked at the both of them, trying to figure out what was going on.

"I glued myself to the bathroom so I can blame the fault on Longbottom." He said. Jade looked at Astoria who was stunned.

"Are you sure Mr. Malfoy?" Dumbledore asked. Malfoy nodded. "And did you put up those posters of Miss Longbottom and Mr. Weasley?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, I did that too." Malfoy said.

"Why did you do that?" Dumbledore asked.

"Well she went ahead and told everyone that I kissed her when I clearly told her to keep it a secret!" Malfoy said.

"I would never tell anyone I kissed the likes of you. I'm more inclined to snogging Gwarp than spending a few seconds alone with you!" Jade said.

"Yeah right, you liked kissing me. You even said so yourself. You said I was better than Weasley." Draco grinned.

"I did not!" Jade said. She looked at Fred. "I did not. He's lying! He makes these episodes up in his head and convinces himself that's what happened! He's clearly insane!" Jade said.

"Gluing himself naked to the bathroom wall seems mentally troubling if you ask me." Fred said.

"Miss Longbottom, so you did not go around telling everyone what had happened between you and Mr. Malfoy in that corridor that night?" Dumbledore asked.

"Absolutely not. The only person that knew was Umbridge. Obviously she went ahead and told him otherwise how would he have known?" Jade said, looking at Malfoy who rolled his eyes.

"Then Mr. Weasley, Miss Weasley, Miss Greengrass and Miss Longbottom; you four are dismissed." Dumbledore said.

"Thank you Professor." Jade said with a nod. The four of them walked out of Dumbledore's office followed by Professor McGonagall.

"Two or three more years hopefully. Stay out of trouble all of you." McGonagall said, walking away. When McGonagall was fully out of the picture Jade turned on Astoria.

"What really happened in the bathroom?" Jade asked.

"What?" Astoria asked.

"You know exactly what. You almost fainted when Malfoy lied about being tied up in the bathroom." Jade said.

"I saw that too. It was either going to be you or Fred but you'd know if it was Fred who glued Malfoy to the wall." Ginny said.

"He certainly wouldn't be naked." Fred said.

"Now that we know it was you…what really happened?" Jade asked. Astoria sighed.

"Well it all started when I saw those posters all across the school and how upset you were about what happened." Astoria said.

"Do you know where Draco Malfoy is, sis?" Astoria asked Daphne who was sitting in the common room with a few of her friends.

"Why? Are you going to kill him because of the posters?" Daphne asked.

"Something like that." Astoria said.

"He's coming back from Quidditch practice in about five minutes. He'll be near the Great Hall." Daphne said.

Astoria nodded and ran off, going up the stairs to reach the Great Hall. Sure enough, she saw Malfoy walking in the entrance, fresh off of practicing. He was still wearing his Quidditch robes and held on to his Nimbus, talking to his teammates. Astoria quickly pulled off her headband and shook her hair out. She checked her makeup, applying more gloss. She quickly unbuttoned the first three buttons, pulled up her skirt and swung into the hall, looking straight at Malfoy. He had been laughing at something stupid Zabini said and was tapped by another mate who nodded towards Astoria. It was nerve wracking no doubt but the way Malfoy took his time staring at her with the mix of sheer shock at first and developing into a sharp dark eyed stare the next, Astoria swore he would have broken necks to get to her. Everyone was staring as she started to walk towards him. She stopped a foot away from him and looked him over.

"Nice robes. Where'd you get them from? Your mother?" Astoria asked.

"Um…yeah?" He said. Whether this was a clearly thought answer, Astoria wasn't sure.

"I need to talk to you…alone." Astoria said.

"I'm not sure I'm comfortable with being alone. You could be leading me somewhere dangerous…like Longbottom's mouth." He said. His teammates started laughing and Astoria smirked, stepping closer towards Malfoy.

"I heard it was me you wanted in that corridor. I didn't know you felt the same way." Astoria said kissing her finger and pressing it gently against his cheek. "I'll see you around Draco." She said stepping back.

"Wait." Malfoy started to say, seeing her leave. "Greengrass, wait!" he called out.

Astoria turned her head, smiled and made a small finger wave to follow her. As soon as she disappeared, Malfoy thrust his broom towards Zabini and ran off after Astoria. He followed her up to the third floor and into the boy's bathroom. He walked in and closed the door behind him, seeing her remove her cloak. Before he could say anything, Astoria hooked an arm around his neck and kissed him. Malfoy responded almost immediately and wrapped his arm around her. They both stumbled towards the sink, the wall, random stalls, bumping around while their lips still connected. Malfoy broke off the kiss and pulled his head gently away from her.

"What changed your mind all of a sudden?" he asked softly.

"I don't know. Do you care?" Astoria asked, going back to kiss him again.

"And then he said some sexual stuff and I said some sexual stuff and we snogged a little more. I took off all his clothes and hexed him to the wall, gluing him. After that, I ran away. That's it." Astoria said.

Fred, Jade and Ginny stared at Astoria, looking perturbed by her story.

"That is the craziest thing you've ever done Astoria. I'm really sorry you had to do that." Ginny said seeing Astoria smiling and shrugging.

"It sounds a little mean…even for a slimy little git like him. He really likes you, you know that right?" Jade asked.

"Yeah well…who cares? He deserved it didn't he?" Astoria asked.

"Sure, I guess. It's not like you like him or anything, right?" Jade asked. Astoria went to respond but Fred sighed, looking at his watch.

"Wow Ginny, aren't you late for that…class?" Fred asked, looking at her tightly.

"It's seven, what are you talking about?" Ginny asked. Astoria looked at Jade, wagging her eyebrows but Jade looked terrified and started to shake her head.

"Uh-I er have reminded…I mean I just remembered I had to help clean. Flitwick and stuff. Bye!" Jade said, turning and running. Fred shove Ginny aside and walked away.

"You went ahead and ruined it for me!" Fred yelled.

"What? Ruined what? Oh, did you want to be alone with her? Then why didn't you say so?" Ginny asked as they walked off.

"Next time just grunt and walk off like you always do." Fred said. Ginny punched his arm.

"I'm tired of people thinking I'm some type of Neanderthal. Wait, where's Ass?" Ginny turned around to see Astoria standing by herself, gazing outside. "Ass, are you all right?" Ginny asked. Astoria hummed and turned to them.

"Looks like Malfoy passed something on to her, she should make a visit to the Hospital Wing." Fred said.

"Come on crazy, we're going downstairs." Ginny said.

"You guys go; I have to get something from the Owlrey." Astoria said. Ginny waved and took Fred away. Astoria turned back around, still staring at the grounds. "Crazy…absolutely." She said.

"What changed your mind all of a sudden?" he asked softly.

"I don't know. Do you care?" Astoria asked, going back to kiss him again. He stood firmly in his place, gently pulling away from her.

"I do care actually. What made you change your mind?" he asked. Astoria smiled, looking at him strangely.

"I guess because there was something about you that changed my mind. I don't know what it is." She said.

"Well when you figure it out, would you tell me?" he asked, leaning closer to her. Astoria blinked, feeling herself stop breathing.

"Okay." She whispered. Draco pressed a small kiss on her lips and handled her as gently as he could. Every passing second, Astoria felt a small flutter growing higher and higher from her stomach to her chest. She let herself run her hands through his hair, down his body and back around him. Maybe she was going to let it go today. He didn't seem such a terrible person right now.

"Go out with me next Hogsmeade weekend." He said.

"Um…I'd love to but-"

"But?" Draco asked.

"A lot of complications." Astoria said, feeling goose bumps on the side of her face as he played with a curl.

"Complications? Let me guess? Your troll friend, Longbottom? She's a complication all right, a very big one." Draco said. Astoria gritted her teeth, trying not to give away her emotions.

"Take your clothes off." She ordered. Draco raised his eyebrows.

"What?" he asked with a small laugh.

"Come on, it'll be fun." Astoria said, starting to unbutton his shirt.

"Wait…are you serious?" Draco asked, grabbing her wrist. Astoria nodded, going ahead to unbutton his shirt again.

"I don't think we should do this, maybe wait it out a little-"

"I didn't know you were…such a coward." Astoria said.

"I take it you've never stumbled across any gentlemen before?" Draco asked kissing her. Astoria ripped his clothes off and kicked them to the side.

"Astoria, I think we should-"

"Taleatotum!" Astoria said, flicking her wand sharply. Thick and pearly webs of a sticky substance wrapped tightly around Draco's body. She raised her wand and snapped it towards the wall where Draco stuck to.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" he yelled.

"I'm really sorry Malfoy. You seem like a decent person when you're not around other people but you're a dick to my friends!" Astoria said, running out of the bathroom.

"Greengrass you better come back and bring me down! Don't leave me like this or you'll regret it!" Draco yelled.

"Feeling better or worse?" a voice cut through her thoughts.

Astoria felt startled and turned around to see Draco sitting at the ledge, smirking at her.

"I should be feeling better but I don't seem to enjoy it all too much to tell you the truth." Astoria said. Draco nodded and looked out of the window.

"You screwed me over. I'll never be able to live this humiliation down. Draco Malfoy, the boy who glued himself naked to the wall!" he said. Astoria burst into laughter and he smiled along with her.

"Well if it means anything at all, I'd like to say that I'm sorry. I didn't want to feel bad but I do because if it weren't for Jade, I think you'd be a decent person." Astoria said.

"Thanks." Draco said.

"Why did you lie to Dumbledore? Why didn't you just tell him it was me?" Astoria asked.

"I think you and I know that I don't like Longbottom or any of your friends at all." Draco said.

"None of us like you either but go on." Astoria said.

"But I like you a lot Astoria. I don't care who you're friends with, you can glue me naked to a public bathroom all you want if it means I get to kiss and hold you like that again." Draco said. Astoria stared at him, feeling her throat dry. He slid off the ledge and walked up to her, softly moving his hands behind her head, his thumbs resting behind her ears. He moved in and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"I'll see you around Astoria." He said, letting her go. Astoria watched him turn but she made a grab for his hand and crashed her lips against his.