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SK8ER GURL...about Hermione laughing at Malfoy..well she like used him as an excuse about why she was laughing, like when Harry wanted 2 know what was funny and...I'll say the rest at the end of this chapter. Yea it took long to write...cuz I'm kinda lazy sometimes and also editing it takes long too. I read it like over and over to see if I missed mistakes. About mistakes... Soccerstud- yea now I realize that its Crucio.I'm gonna finish it after I upload this. Yea well enjoy this chapter!

Chap 7

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all laughing at him and Maggie just stared at him, not laughing. As he walked by her he gave her a sad hurt glare. She dropped her eyes and looked guiltily toward the floor. Ron said really loud so Malfoy could hear him, "Wow! I wonder what happened to Malfoy's face?"

"Same thing that happened to your clothes Weasley!" Malfoy yelled back.

For once, what Malfoy said didn't bother Ron. He just kept on laughing. Hermione stopped laughing and shook her head, "Stop laughing, it's something he would do. We're better than that, you're going down to his level." Ron finally stopped

They walked into Potions class just as the bell rang. Professor Snape looked up from his desk and gave Harry his usual hateful loathing look. Then he stood up and looked at Maggie. "Miss Miller, a word in the hall please." Hermione, Ron, and Harry looked at her questioningly, she shrugged. Malfoy turned around in his seat and looked at her for a second, his eyes begging her like they had in the hospital. She nodded quickly and looked at Hermione and shrugged. "Quickly!" Snape said. She jumped up and followed him out the door, which he slammed shut behind her.

Snape folded his arms, "Do you know why I wanted to talk to you?" he asked her sternly.

She looked at the ground, "About what happened this morning?"

Snape nodded and then surprisingly almost smiled. "I just wanted to thank you for saving Draco Malfoy this morning. He is one of my best students. He's always getting himself hurt in the strangest ways."

Maggie was surprised, "Oh? This isn't the first time this has happened?"

Snape shook his head. "Almost every week we find him unconscious, and bloodied up bad. And in strange places too; the Forbidden Forest, the Whomping Willow, and in the Lake..."

Maggie was horrified, the man from this morning probably hurt Malfoy all the time. He should be stopped! She opened her mouth to tell Snape the truth, but then remembered Malfoy, and that pitiful look on his face begging her not to say anything. She closed her mouth.

Snape looked at her suspiciously. "Is there something you would like to tell me?" he asked her, slightly frowning.

She looked up guiltily at him and said, "No sir."

"All right" said Snape, "We need to return to class now. And just so you know, as a sign of my thankfulness, I'm giving Gryffindor 25 points. But don't tell anyone!"

She nodded. "Yes Sir. I won't Sir. Thank you Sir."

They walked back into the classroom. Malfoy turned around giving her a questioning look. She looked away from him and got out her Potions notebook and started to take notes on the lecture Snape was giving. After they were done taking notes on the Sleeping Potion, Snape paired everyone up; Harry and Ron, Hermione and Pansy, and Maggie and Malfoy. "Crap." Maggie muttered.

"I know how you feel" said Harry sympathetically. "Good Luck."

She nodded, "Thanks."

She picked up her cauldron, notes, and supplies, and walked over to Malfoy. "We can use my cauldron." She muttered.

"Whatever" Malfoy mumbled, not looking at her. They made their potion, and it turned out just right. After they were done cleaning up Malfoy asked her quietly, "Can I see your notes? I didn't take any." Maggie nodded and handed him her notebook. He looked at it until the bell rang and then threw it on their table, practically at her, and ran out of the room.

"Wierdo" she muttered to herself.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked over to her. "Did you have fun?" Hermione asked.

"If you call that fun." Maggie said.

Hermione laughed, "Pansy wouldn't stop dissing Ron. She is so jealous that I have a boyfriend." She looked up at Ron and smiled at him, and he leaned down and kissed her. Maggie rolled her eyes, and she and Harry went outside.

Hermione ran after them, followed by Ron, and said, "You two, Ron and I will meet you later in the Common Room before dinner. We're going to go---"

"We don't want to know!" said Maggie laughing.

Hermione turned red and cried "No! We're just going to the library!"

"To study" Ron said smiling. Harry laughed "Bye" said Ron. He and Hermione left, holding hands and giggling.

Maggie grabbed Harry's hand and they walked outside. "So..." said Maggie, "You and me are going to the Halloween dance tonight, right? Together?"

"Umm...yea." Harry said, "It's dress robes right?" Maggie nodded. They walked around the grounds talking about the dance and what Halloween was like in America.

They didn't get back to the Common Room until ½ an hour before dinner. "Can I see your Potions notes?..I need to copy somebody's cause I didn't take any." Harry asked Maggie.

"Yea, my notebook is in my dormitory. Want me to go get it?"

Harry nodded, "Yea, please."

Maggie smiled and ran up to get it. First she turned to that day's notes, to make sure that Hermione hadn't written her any notes during class. When she found the page, out fell a folded up piece of parchment. Good thing I checked, She thought. She picked up the note and unfolded it. Weird, it wasn't in Hermione's handwriting. She quickly read it:

Maggie- Please don't be mad. We really need to talk about this morning.

Meet me at the other side of the lake at 5:15 Draco Malfoy

"Shit," muttered Maggie when she finished reading it, "What time is it?" She looked at her watch, 5:30, she needed to hurry. She put the note in her pocket and grabbed the notebook. She ran down the stairs so fast that she tripped and bounced the whole way down.

Harry ran over to her, "Oh my God, are you ok?"

"Fine" Maggie groaned. Her leg hurt really bad. She got up, handed him the notebook, and limped to the portrait hole.

"Where are you going?" Harry called after her.

"A walk! See you at dinner!" she called back over her shoulder.

She jumped through the portrait hole. She walked, limping, as quickly as possible to the lake. As she got to the other side she saw Malfoy sitting under a tree reading a book. He looked up, and saw her coming, and put the book down. She limped over and sat down across from him, he sat leaning against a tree.

"So.." said Maggie.

Malfoy said quietly, "I thought you weren't coming"

Maggie shrugged, "I just found the note like five minutes ago."

"Oh" he said quietly.

She sighed and looked at Malfoy sternly. "You said you wanted to talk about this morning, so talk. I lied to many people today, for you, but if you don't tell me everything, I'll tell everyone the truth.

Malfoy sighed and said quietly, "What do you want to know?"

"Everything" she said

A/N: Yea you'll find out what happened that morning in the next chapter. Back to Hermione laughing....she does hate him, I mean he is an ass to her, but she was the first to stop laughing and told the other 2 to shut up. I'll try to write the new chapter faster this time and make it longer.