When Jade reached the dormitory, she was more tired than frightened. Hermione kept asking if Jade was all right but whatever Jade tried to tell her that she was fine and there was nothing wrong with her.

"You just got attacked Jade. Aren't you feeling the least bit disturbed?" she asked. They were careful not to wake up Ginny who was sleeping deeply.

"Do you want me to be?" Jade asked sitting on her bed. Hermione sat next to her, holding her hands.

"Jade…" Hermione said.

"Hermione I'm fine. I don't want to think about it and upset myself over it. Nothing happened to me and if I feel there's a need to talk, I'll definitely speak to you about it." Jade assured her. Hermione, who was a little alleviated from the stress, squeezed Jade's hands tighter.

"Do you promise?" she asked.

"I swear Mione. Now go to sleep. You have a date with my brother tomorrow. I don't think he'll forgive me if he finds out you couldn't sleep because of me." She said as Hermione hugged her.

"Sleep well Jade." Hermione said as Jade nodded.

"You too Hermione."

In the morning, Jade woke up to see that Hermione and Ginny were entirely ready for Hogsmeade. Jade went to sit up but Ginny sat next to her on her bed and placed a hand on her head.

"You're fever is gone." She said.

"No really?" Jade joked.

Ginny looked stern and pushed Jade's shoulder. "Hermione told me what happened last night. How could you not have told me?" she asked.

Jade rubbed her eyes and yawned. "You were sleeping Gin. It wasn't necessary to wake you up to tell you what had happened. Besides I was extremely tired and needed to sleep." Jade said looking at Ginny who scowled.

"Well Mum and Dad are downstairs you know. I told them not to come up because you were still sleeping." Ginny said as Jade got up.

"Let me get myself ready for Hogsmeade and I'll go downstairs to see them." Jade said going to the bathroom.

"Hogsmeade? You can't go to Hogsmeade! You're supposed to be too traumatized to go anywhere!" Ginny said. Jade glared at her while brushing her teeth and spit.

"Piss off Gin; I'm fine. I don't know why you all have to insist that I'm going to go into shock. Last night was a blur to me. I hardly remember any of it." Jade said washing her face. Jade walked back out and quickly wore her clothes and left downstairs to meet her parents.

"Mum! Dad!" Jade said running down the stairs to see he parents turn to her.

"Sweetheart! Are you-"

"Couldn't be in any more trauma than I have imagined! Seriously it's making me mental! I'm absolutely all right. How have you both been?" Jade asked hugging her mother and father tightly.

"We couldn't sleep at all last night. We were so worried about you and on top of that, you had a fever? Sweetie cant you take care of yourself? I told you to button up and wrap yourself up before walking out into the cold. What was the need of going out in the night anyway? Why couldn't you ask your brother or Harry, or both to walk with you and Hermione! Don't you know Hermione could have gotten hurt? You are so lucky…"

Jade shook her head and looked at her father who shrugged and patted her head, hugging her.

"She's just worried about you that's all." Arthur told Jade who smiled.

"And she never takes me seriously! Jade you know if anything at all happens to you, I'd die?" Molly asked.

"Mum please don't say that. You know I don't like hearing that from you." Jade said holding her mother's hand.

"And you know I can't manage without knowing that my children are safe. We're going to stay with you today, to make sure you-"

"No Mum! I want to go to Hogsmeade! Please! You don't need to stay with me I am absolutely splendid." Jade said. Arthur chuckled.

"Nice try young lady but we're spending the day with you whether you like it or not. We'll come to Hogsmeade with you; besides Molly and I have to pick up a few things there anyways." Arthur said.

"Oh…then that's fine. As long as I'm getting to step out." Jade said. Ginny and Hermione came downstairs and met with Molly and Arthur. Molly demoralized Ginny for a while, but not as much as she did to Ron.

"You had better make sure that my daughters are protected! You and Jade both have to take care of Ginny! You being the only male Weasley in this castle, not that you're not a part of our family Harry, you have obligations!" Molly said.

"All right! All right! I will!" Ron said defensively.

"I'm getting hungry. Can we catch breakfast before we have to miss the carriages to Hogsmeade please?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, let's go dear." Molly said.

When they reached the Great Hall, the entire student body watched an embarrassed Ron, Jade and Ginny Weasley sit down with their parents behind them. Jade was glad that she wasn't the only one blushing madly when her mother started to pile food on her plate and ordered her to eat.

"Mum! PLEASE!" Ron yelled when Molly wiped his face from crumbs.

Hermione and Harry sat together, laughing silently as Arthur smiled on, trying to persuade Molly to not embarrass the kids.

"I'm not embarrassing them at all! If all of the other students' mothers were there, they'd be doing the same thing!" Molly said turning to Ginny and telling her to finish her eggs.

"I'm so glad I don't have my mother with me." Dean muttered. Jade, Ron and Ginny sank in their seats from embarrassment as everyone laughed in their table.

"You three have gotten so thin! Why are you not eating? Should I force feed you now?" Molly asked.

"Good Lord no!" Ron said gobbling down his food. Ginny, who was horrified as well, shoved food in her mouth, her cheeks bulging greatly. Jade laughed at them and felt her mother grab her chin and force food into her mouth.

"I can eat by myself Mum!" Jade complained.

"Are you embarrassed by me Jade?" Molly asked softly.

Jade looked at her mother tenderly and shook her head. "Of course not Mother." Jade said seeing Molly smile.

"So you'll eat from me?" Molly asked lifting a spoon full of porridge.

"Oh well…" Jade said opening her mouth.

Molly fed her and was quite happy that she got to. Jade knew that if she fed her kids, she would have a feeling of fulfillment, which she actually got to nurture her kids with her own hands. She couldn't trust them to eat themselves and felt that they were cheating her and never ate enough. To give Molly Weasley that peace of mind and satisfaction, Jade allowed Molly to spoon feed her in front of her peers and colleagues.


Jade jumped out of the carriage and bid Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry goodbye.

"Have a hell of a good time." Ron said kissing Jade and his mother's cheeks.

"I don't think I'll have a better time with anyone else than my parents." Jade said as Molly giggled. Ron shook his head and waved as Hermione said goodbye to Molly, Arthur and Jade.

"Bye Mrs. Weasley." Harry said kissing Molly and Jade's cheeks. He shook Arthur's hand and left with Ginny who hugged her parents goodbye.

"I loved seeing you both after months! See you in a few weeks!" Ginny said waving goodbye.

When they all had left, Jade turned to her parents and asked where they'd like to start off. Spending a day with her parents brought a fresh burst of air into Jade's life. She was starting to miss them terribly and didn't understand how horrible it was until she finally got to see them again. They spoke to each other about school, work and home. Arthur told Jade that work was the same as always; exciting, fresh and interesting.

"The day before yesterday, a friend of mine told me about this muggle technology. It's a new revelation and just mind-boggling how advanced muggles are without magic." Arthur told Jade as Molly shopped for groceries.

"The I-pod. I don't really know why they call it that. A very unusual name for something but you should know how delightful it is!" Arthur said.

Jade listened to her father, always interested in what he had to say. Ever since she was a little girl, she would have always waited for her father to come home so he could carry her around and tell her about his new discoveries in muggle artifacts. This I-pod, whatever it was seemed to interest her greatly. Something about music. After Molly was finished with her errands, they asked Jade where she needed to go and she told them that she wanted to buy a book with the money she had saved up a little here and a little there.

"We're going to leave now. We have guests that should be arriving within the next two hours." Arthur said checking his watch.

"Sweetheart do you need us to wait for you until you're safely back into the carriage?" Molly asked as Jade shook her head.

"You don't need to wait on me. I'll probably take very long and besides, you wouldn't want to be rude to your guests. Who's coming over anyways?" Jade asked quickly.

"The Lovegood's and Neville's grandmother. A small get together. Are you sure Jade?" Molly asked as Jade nodded.

"Absolutely. I love you both and I'm so happy to have seen you both today." Jade said squeezing her mother tightly. Molly squeaked and protested. Jade let her go and planted a kiss on her mother's cheek.

"Dad!" Jade said missing him already.

"My little girl. So big and tall." He sighed.

"Yeah they grow pretty quickly don't they?" Jade asked. He pulled back and reached into his pocket.

"I want you to have this. A little bonus but I thought you might like a few extra books, or a new robe, whatever you want." Arthur said handing her a pouch of money.

"But Dad!" Jade went to protest but her father put a finger to his lips to silence her and handed her the pouch.

"Don't let your mother see it! She'll hack me into pieces because I promised her a brand new shed for her gardening tools but that can be made for later. Go on, have a great time and get to the carriage safely!" Arthur said his voice getting louder.

Jade's eyes brimmed with tears and she hugged her father once more. "Thank you so much Dad." She whispered.

"Enjoy sweetheart." Arthur said. Jade waved to her parents who walked away and watched them apparate. She looked at the pouch of money and opened it to find Galleons, Sickles and a few Knuts. She placed the pouch safely into her bag and walked into a small bookshop. She was so comfortable and happy in the little bookshop. Anywhere there were shelves and books, Jade would always find it calming. She could almost hear the stories calling out to her, waiting for her to read them, no matter how quiet the room was. Her favorite fiction novels from wizards and witches were all spread out in the bookshop but Jade needed a few more books. Usually when she would be finished with her work, she'd always indulge herself into stories that would keep her enthralled. Her childhood memories of her mother and father reading her 'Babbity Rabbity and the Cackling Stump', 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart' were among her favorites. She inspected the books in the bestseller section and flipped the books around, getting a sense of the story.

A couple of romance novels intrigued her as well as mystery books. She looked around for a book Hermione mentioned earlier. Hermione and Jade had almost the same taste in books so Jade loved to hear if Hermione had any book suggestions.

"Pillars of The Earth." Jade said reading the title on the top shelf. She looked around for help, knowing that she couldn't get the book by herself. She needed some sort of support. She looked around for a stool but her eye caught the blond Slytherin that had saved her life last night. She was pleasantly surprised to see him hovering near the classic section of the bookshop, immersed in the books he was holding, completely oblivious that she was there.

He was wrapped up in his own world, not caring for anything that was going on near him. Jade watched him take a seat on a chair nearby and start to read the book intensely. She leaned against the shelf and watched him for the longest time. When she realized what she was doing, she kicked herself mentally. She wanted badly to speak to him, to ask him what he was reading and what kinds of books he favored. She also needed to thank him for last night and her cheeks grew warm as she thought of speaking to him again.

"This is a surprise." Jade said when she stood in front of Draco who looked up and was truly caught off guard by her sudden appearance.

"W-what are you doing here?" he stuttered.

Why couldn't he act normal in front of her? Whenever she'd see him, he'd always forget what to say and made an arse out of himself all the time. He wished he could compose himself but if she was going to pop out of nowhere and greet him that way, in a place that he called his sanctuary, he'd start to frazzle. He saw her lift the books in her arms and smile.

"Indulgence." She told him. She nodded towards the book he was holding and asked him what he was reading.

"Nothing." He said shoving the book behind him.

"Oh come on! I'd like to know." Jade said seeing him get even more embarrassed.

"I'd like for you to not know. The last thing I need is everyone laughing at me for what I read. I'd like to keep whatever little dignity I have left you know." He said hiding the book behind his back.

"Fine. Well I came to say hello…and to thank you for last night." She said. She saw him stretch his mouth into a grin and she wondered why he was smiling at her like that.

"What?" Jade asked. Draco shook his head, infuriating Jade.

"What did I say?" Jade asked.

"Just how you worded it. Thank you for last night." He quoted her. Jade blushed furiously and couldn't help but smile herself.

"Well you know what I meant." Jade said seeing him offer her a seat next to him.

"Of course I do." He winked.

She raised an eyebrow at him and turned to the exit, watching it considerably.

"All right, no more sexually suggestive jokes. For the time being." He said seeing her linger for a while. He knew she was playing coy and as much as he loved a good chase, he found it frustrating from her. She was impossible! She walked around the chair and sat down gracefully. Draco breathed in her unusual and attractive perfume. It wasn't flowery, but smelled like a type of candy. Like a lemony strawberry scent. He knew that there was no probable future with her. She didn't see him that way, no matter how much he tried, she wouldn't budge.

Even though he couldn't have her, he felt almost driven mad at the thought of her being attacked by another man or any type of danger she was in that could threaten her life. Draco would have murdered Nott if he wasn't so worried about how Jade was doing. While he was fighting with Nott, Nott had swiped Draco's forearms and palms, cutting deeply into his flesh. He didn't bother to get them fixed by Madame Pomferey so he washed his gashes with water and wrapped them up in gauze. His wounds throbbed and hurt and every time someone accidentally bumped into his arms, he would wince in pain. He looked at Jade who now, sat so close to him, a touch away but Draco kept his hands to himself. He didn't want her to walk away from him.

"How are you now?" he asked gently.

"I'm doing well. I don't even remember that much from last night. As if it were a dream or something." Jade said looking through her books.

"What did you pick out?" he asked looking through her books. The book that he placed behind him fell to the floor but he didn't seem to notice. Jade surreptitiously picked up the book and looked at the cover.

"Othello…by Shakespeare?" she asked highly amused.

Draco snapped his head towards her and saw the book in her hand. He went to snatch it from her but she leaned back, not letting him have the book back.

"That's just plain rude. I only ask you to mind your business of what I read and you're here snooping around. I hope you're happy." He snapped. He shoved his chair back to leave, leaving Jade startled.

She immediately caught his arm to prevent him from storming off, but he turned around quickly, and pushed her into a pile of books, reacting to the instant pain. It took him a half of a second to realize what he had done. She didn't mean to hurt him; she didn't know that he was hurt. He forgot the throbbing pain on his arm and went to help Jade up who helped herself.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"No, it's all right. I'm fine." She said shaking slightly, alarmed by his sudden behavior.

"I'm really sorry, it's just that I have-"

"No, it's all right. Don't apologize, it was my entire fault. I shouldn't have–I'm sorry. I have to go." She said quickly.

She was still trembling from what happened and realized that she didn't want to be there at all. She was terrified of Draco Malfoy now. Everything was going well, they were talking about books but she had gotten him angry by mentioning his book. She shouldn't have done that. He was right, she was very rude and she shouldn't have touched him like that. She hardly knew him and she grabbed his arm as if she knew him forever. She didn't stop to think if he'd feel offended…but didn't he like her? She felt as if she was going to cry.

She kept apologizing to Draco who looked very sorry about what had happened. Regret was flooded all over his face and she knew that he was sorry but it was still her fault. Saving herself from further embarrassment, she scrambled away, out of the little cozy bookshop.