When class was over, Jade gathered her things and prepared to leave. She saw Draco leaving so she quickly cut through the mass of students to get to him.

"Draco!" Jade called. Everyone including him turned to look at her. Jade looked at everyone, feeling the heat in her cheeks.

"Get to class before I take off points for blocking the hallway." Draco snapped towards everyone who started to move.

Jade went to walk up to him but he already arrived right in front of her. She gaped at him, finding it difficult to organize her thoughts. She repeatedly chanted the speech she was going to give him during Potions, but all of those words seemed to get stuck in a tiny little doorway in her head.

"Jade! Why are you-oh?" Hermione said seeing Draco in front of her.

"I'll get to you in a few Mione, I just need to pay Draco back the money I owe him for those books." Jade said turning to Draco who started to shake his head.

"I'm not taking your money. I bought those for you." he said.

Jade sighed and held them up. "Then I can't accept any of your books. You can either take my money or these books back. I can't accept gifts." Jade told him.

"Those aren't gifts Jade. Those are my apologies for yesterday. It's not much but it's the least I could do." He told her. She could really be unfair sometimes. For a poor person, she really had a lot of pride.

"You don't have to apologize to me. I should be the one apologizing to you, it was my fault. If anything, I should be the one taking you to a bookshop to buy you books." Jade said.

His eyebrows shot up, a tiny smile curling against the corner of his mouth. "Is that a date?" he asked.

Jade stared at him bizarrely. She wanted to say no, to tell him to get lost but she had done wrong, she needed to apologize and make it up to him.

"What if I said no?" Jade asked.

Draco sighed deeply and shrugged. "Then I guess I'm sorry. I can't accept your apology." He said going to turn and walk away.

Jade went to grab his arm again but she quickly reminded herself that if she was going to do that, he'd probably ram her skull into the dungeon walls.

"Draco." Jade called.

"Yes?" Draco asked smoothly, turning around with a smile on his face.

"Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me next weekend?" Jade asked defeated.

"On a date?" Draco asked.

"Yes…on a date." Jade told him.

What a prick.

Draco smiled and gave her a wink. "See you then sweetheart." Draco said leaving.

Jade stood there watching him leave and felt a hand on her shoulder. She gasped and turned around seeing Hermione, stare at her in amazement.

"That was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life!" she said. Jade rolled her eyes and started to walk away from her. "What was that about though? Apology? Why do you need to apologize to him for?" Hermione asked.

Jade explained yesterday's incident and the reason why she was so upset after coming back to Hogwarts.

"Oh…so you like him?" Hermione asked as they entered their Charms classroom.

"No! Of course not! I don't have a choice do I? I have to do this." Jade said as Hermione patted her shoulder.

"I don't think you were at fault Jade. You're being way too hard on yourself. If anything, he should apologize, which he did and which you should have just quietly taken, because he was the one that pushed you." Hermione said as Jade sighed.

For some reason, she didn't want to cancel on her date with Draco in Hogsmeade next week, even though she was still terrified to death of him. Even though he was moody and dangerous at times, despite the fact that he shoved her into a pile of books, Jade liked that he liked reading as much as she did. She wanted him to be relaxed with her, but how could she manage to spend time with him knowing that he'd probably throw her into a wall if she accidentally touched him?

"Miss Weasley! I am speaking to you!" Flitwick called.

Hermione elbowed her and Jade looked up seeing the small Professor wave his wand around.

"I know it's difficult to see me, but you can definitely hear me! Now pay attention!" Flitwick told everyone, including her.