Jade woke up in the morning, her head feeling extremely heavy. She sat up and looked around the unfamiliar and tidy room. Next to her lied a chair of her folded dress from last night. She ran a hand through her hair and looked down to see that she was in her T-shirt. Last night's memories started coming back to her. That horrible moment where everyone found out about Daniel's love affair with another woman and the way she completely lost it. She didn't regret anything she said or did last night, it actually felt therapeutic. She also remembered when she tried to kiss Draco; that she definitely remembered. She heard someone clear their voice and Jade turned to the doorway to see Draco standing there, leaning against it, his arms crossed to his chest.

"Good Morning." He said. Jade gave him a small smile and nodded, running a hand through her pounding head again.

"Good Morning." She replied.

"I didn't think it was necessary to wake you up with ice cold water today." He said walking towards the bed. He sat down next to her and summoned a corked bottle of bright orange liquid. "Hangover potion. You threw up quite a few times last night; do you still feel you need to throw up?" Draco asked pouring the liquid into a small cup.

"No." Jade answered. She took the cup from him and drank the familiar potion. This brought back old memories of how Jade would get ridiculously drunk in his room and in the morning, he'd roughly wake her up and shove this potion down her throat, but things were different now. He was being a gentleman about this and handled her so gently. She found it rather desirable from him.

"Breakfast?" he asked gently.

"Whatever you're having." Jade said, looking away to the balcony outside. She saw Manhattan and the skyscrapers everywhere. High fashioned life, demanding time…she couldn't live like this. This wasn't her.

"We can always talk Jay. I'm used to you thinking out loud." He said. Jade didn't answer him, only stared outside. Draco waited for a couple of seconds before getting up. He didn't want to push her to talk to him and left the room.

Jade slipped into Draco's T-shirt and shorts. She walked out of the bedroom to see Draco standing against the counter, reading the newspaper. He looked up to see her walk in and his eyes swept over her.

"I hope you like strawberry pancakes. I know cigarettes and Firewhiskey were your main courses in Hogwarts, but sadly I have none of those on me at the moment." Draco said. Jade cracked a smile and she shrugged.

"Woe unto me, no cigarettes or Firewhiskey. Whatever shall become of me?" Jade asked dramatically.

"Whore." Draco said taking a plate of pancakes to her.

"Dick wad." Jade said.

"Hey, that's-"

"That's what? My arse, that's what. You called me a whore." Jade said seeing him take a seat next to her.

"And since when have you taken offense to that?" Draco asked watching her look up and swirl her fork around.

"Since you've started calling me a whore." Jade said looking at him. He smiled a bit, propping his head on his fist.

"You just look so much like a woman these days." He said seeing her lower her fork.

"Or is it because I whore my way around?" Jade asked not looking at him.

Draco paused and let out a sigh. "Jay, that's not what I meant." He said.

Jade smirked and nodded. "Of course you didn't. You just insulted me the other night because…hmm actually I wouldn't know why, you never told me in the first place." Jade said.

Draco didn't know how to answer her. He didn't want to tell her that Nessie told him that Jade loved him. He couldn't even explain to her that he wanted to leave to let her be happy with Daniel who Draco thought at the time could be right for Jade. Now that things were sour between Daniel and Jade, Draco didn't have a reason to push her away. He wanted her as well.

"I know many people don't want to do deal with me. They say I'm difficult and hopeless and how I can't take care of myself. I know that, but sometimes I don't give a shit. Sometimes because some of the people who do care about me, I give damn about and it hurts hearing from them that they don't want me to be around, or they don't want to look after me. I never knew that you would feel the same way, but I'm not holding you around Draco. You're a grown man with a life and business. You have the right to see and keep what fits in your life. I'm still a punk kid with nowhere to go, no matter where I work or how I look. I am and will always be pathetic." Jade said. She had her hands tucked between her legs, to keep them from shaking. She didn't want to cry in front of him either.

"Jay I don't think that way of you, you know that. What happened in Hogwarts will be completely different from what happens now." Draco told her.

Jade smiled and nodded. "I understood why you were the way you were in Hogwarts. You had a girlfriend and forgot everyone else. Now I wouldn't know how that feels because I never had someone that would make me forget about everyone else. It must be a pretty strong thing to feel when you're with that person, but the point is, you forgot about me and whenever I came up in front of you, you'd always brush me away. That's one of the reasons why I left Draco. I didn't want to be burdened by you, but I guess I was far from guessing that you had given up on me. I started to find myself dependent on Hermione and Harry and I didn't want to do that to them. I feared that one day; they would leave me as well. We only had a few months left at Hogwarts, so close to graduation and I knew that after this time, it would be harder for any of them to have access to me. I knew I wasn't going to graduate from Hogwarts and I was also aware that I wasn't going to get a decent job. Harry was going off to the Ministry for Auror training, Hermione was off to St. Mungo's for her Healer training. That idiot friend they had also was going to graduate to train in being an Auror. I knew they were better off without me. I knew you were better off without me." Jade said.

She looked at Draco who sat there, cold as stone, staring at her. "I thought you were gone. Ginny was pregnant, or so I thought and I knew that, that was the end for me. I lost faith in everything else and packed up my things and left. I knew I could start somewhere else and find air in another place, because I simply couldn't breathe there Draco. But that's the past. What you said the other night brought me back into reality again. It made me realize that your views of me have changed. You playfully called me a whore now, but the other night; you really meant what you said." Jade said.

Draco started to shake his head but Jade kept going.

"No Jade. I didn't mean what I said. It's rather difficult to explain to you-"

"Just say the truth for fuck's sake. You don't have to be so modest now, you were clear that night. You think I'm a whore. You think I fucked my way to the top." Jade said.

"I don't think you're a whore Jay. I don't think that way of you at all." Draco said, but Jade kept speaking.

"Of course you do. I'm sorry to burst your bubble Malfoy, but that's not me at all. Yes I might swear, steal, drink and smoke, but as surprising as it sounds, I do have some respect for myself. I don't easily fall into anyone's bed for my advantage. You might believe it or not, I don't know or care, but it took nearly 2 years until I was sexually active with Daniel. Mind you, he was crazy about me, but I wasn't-" Jade was stopped looking at Draco.

"That's another issue. What I wanted to say was that I'm not what you think I am and the way I got up to this point was used by my fucking heart. I never cared about Daniel or his money when we first met. It took me a while to finally accept him and I never had been that serious in a relationship than I have ever been with a man. He's the only man I have been serious with in my life. He was the only man I had been with, in the last 7 years. Think whatever you'd like Draco, but I do have the right to defend myself." Jade said.

"Jade! I don't think you're anything like that. Whatever I said that night, I was forced to say it. I know you're not like that. You're my best friend, of course I know you through and through."

"No you don't." Jade interrupted.

"Stop fucking interrupting me! You won't let me finish and you keep fucking rambling off about your own theories. You don't even want to know why I said that in the first place." He said banging his fist against the table.

"So why the fuck did you say it in the first place? Tell me. Why did you say the things you said that night?" Jade asked controlling the anger that started to bubble out. She tried very hard to contain it, but it started to brew inside of her, making it way to the top, waiting to explode like a volcano.

Draco was shut down. He didn't know how to answer that. If he didn't say anything, it confirmed her arguments made against him, by her beliefs. If he told her the truth, he was sure he was going to embarrass her and she would run away from him again. Either way, he was going to lose her. Jade's lip curled into a smirk. She let out a small laugh and shook her head.

"Yes and for a moment I thought you were going to come up with a damn good answer. Seems as if I don't know you through and through, the way you know me, or do you think you know me? We've changed so much Draco. We've been friends for a certain period of time but after that, things changed completely. We just drifted apart from each other and after all these years, when we meet by coincidence, we're still not suitable to be friends again and I'm not sure if we'll be friends anymore after this." Jade said getting up.

Draco stood up, not being able to believe the words coming out of her mouth. "What the fuck are you saying Jay? Are you breaking our friendship?" Draco asked.

They both stood there, tension heavy in their bodies.

"I don't need you Draco. I also don't need you to act like you care. I'll definitely put you off your misery. You don't need to act like you're upset anymore Draco-"

"Fuck you Jay. Fuck you. Fuck your choices. You're mentally sick and retarded for thinking that a fucking girl split our friendship up. If you forgot, you were the one that left Hogwarts without warning or without saying goodbye. You never gave anyone a word to where you were headed off to. How the fuck was I supposed to know where you were? You intentionally did this to me and now that I found you by chance and luck, you immediately assume that we're not suitable to be friends. Why? It's been seven fucking years Jay. Seven years, since you left so abruptly. You never cared to know how that made me feel Jay. You never asked, well Draco, since I left without notice, how did you feel? After being in a solid friendship for all those years, just for some girl, you think I didn't give a shit about you anymore. Shit happens to people Jay, it doesn't only happen to you and you would have known how I felt if you were in my place. If you gave me some time, I would have come around, but you abandoned me. You left me."

Draco didn't realize how angry he was. He was towering over her, swinging his arms around wildly, feeling his eyes and throat about to rip open. He took a moment to catch his breath and ran a hand through his hair. "Listen to me Jay. You're being very unreasonable-"

"No I'm not." Jade growled.

"Drop your fucking pride." Draco hissed.

"Drop dead." Jade shouted. She went to turn and leave but Draco grabbed her arm and yanked her to him.

"You sure about that?" he asked. He glared at her as Jade tried to twist herself off him. She had never seen him this angry before and seeing him glaring at her that way with fury in his eyes scared her to death.

"Let me go Draco." Jade said in a hoarse voice.

"I might do it. I might do it right now, in front of you. Then you can really say our friendship is completely over. I will guarantee you that you would never see me again Jade. Never in your life, not even chance or luck will bring me around you." Draco whispered.

"I never asked you to lose your life. I only said things would be better off if we weren't friends anymore." Jade said pulling herself away but Draco had her in his grip as tight as ever. No matter how much she moved, squirmed or pulled, he wouldn't budge.

"Why would you care if I lost my life anyways? We're not friends anymore. Not at the moment. If I sliced that knife right to my jugular, you wouldn't feel anything would you? I'm nothing to you." Draco said.

Jade swung her hand across his face and pushed him hard. "I don't find that funny! You're out of your mind." Jade said fiercely. She let herself go and went to run but Draco grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back to face him. This time, he held her closer, seeing the pain on her face as she bent her head back in his grasp.

"I'm out of my mind? You're the one that broke this friendship without a good reason. It's all right." Draco said letting Jade go. "We're not friends anymore. Whatever happens now, it's only between two strangers. I have never known you and you have never known me. My best friend died 7 years ago; your best friend died 7 years ago as well. Is that good enough for you?" Draco asked.

Jade broke into another fit of silent sobs again. She didn't want things to end this way now. She never wanted things to end so horribly. She sat up slowly, feeling her hand throb in pain. She ignored the pain and got off the bed, sitting next to Draco.

"I don't want you to be here. Just leave and never come back again." Draco said, his face still buried in his hands. Jade leaned forward and kissed his hands slowly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed down the side of his face, down to his jaw.

"I love you Draco." Jade whispered in his ear. "I've always loved you." Jade said, kissing down his chest. She felt Draco wrap his arms around her tightly and bury himself into her neck, shaking. "It's okay love." Jade whispered. She gently pulled back and kissed his lips, feeling her blood set on fire. Blood was pumping through her body, sensitizing every inch of her for him.

"I love you." Draco whispered back. He crushed his lips against hers and stretched out his legs so she could easily straddle him.

"Please…please do it now Draco." She said softly.

He had never felt this way with any other woman that he spent his time with in his life. Ginny wasn't even that fun. Seeing Jade make faces that Draco would spend his life seeing amazed him. He stroked her gently, seeing her open her eyes and narrow her eyes.

"Be a little more alive will you?" she asked.

Draco let out an unexpected laugh and gave her, her wish. She arched her back and rolled her head around, as Draco watched her and felt his way through her. He withdrew his finger from her and carried her onto the bed. He kissed her, feeling her unbuckle his pants, one of her hands seemed like it was in pain.

"Are you okay? Do you want me to look at your hand?" Draco asked seeing Jade shake her head.

"You don't know how long I've wanted this Draco. I'm not going to let a bloody hand ruin this moment for me." Jade breathed. Draco went to argue but Jade persisted in unbuckling his pants. Draco did it himself and kicked away his pants. Jade took her good hand and wrapped her hand around him. He hissed in her ear and Jade felt her heart start to hurt from beating so wildly against her chest.

"Please do it now Draco." Jade said, unable to bear the amount of pleasure that was building up like a mountain inside of her.

Draco wasted absolutely no time. He pushed himself in and felt his chest tighten from how she felt. He moved rhythmically against her, feeling her catch up to him. Jade felt wholesome, making love to Draco. She felt complete, no, more than complete. It was like she was getting more than she had asked for and it was a very good feeling. This was nowhere near what she felt like when she was with Daniel, she never loved him, but being with the man that she had always wanted and had been on her mind for all this time created that anticipation and hope that was finally paying off. The proof was how beautiful it felt while she was with him, letting him savor her as she did him. She felt as if her heart would just surrender and die on her from how hard it was working to keep up with them. She felt a divine moment, where her whole body shivered and tightened up from the intensity of it. Jade moaned loudly as Draco reached his climax. She let him finish and the two collapsed against the bed, unable to move. Draco inched towards her and Jade, with all the energy she had left in her body, wrapped her leg around his waist, and touched his lips slightly.

"Draco…" Jade whispered hearing him hum. "I'm ready to go home."