A/N: Thank You Ana and Ralli for the reviews. I decided I'm going to try to do shorter chapters so I can update faster. Please read the a/n at the end when you're don't reading. Thnx.

Chapter 11

Notes were over and now Hagrid had gone into his cabin to get some photos of veelas. Hermione turned around and saw that Maggie was gone, then she saw a folded up note on her bag. She picked it up and read it:

Hermione

I went back to the castle to go to the bathroom. Tell Hagrid if he asks.

Maggie

Hermione frowned for a second and then shrugged and put the note in her purse and walked over to Ron.

Malfoy was waiting for her. She walked over to him and stood in front of him where he was sitting. "Sit," he said, motioning to the ground next to him.

"I'll stand," she said crossing her arms.

"Ok then.," said Malfoy. "About yesterday..we never finished talking about it."

"What else is there to talk about?" She glared at him, "You're an ass to me all day, you treat me like crap, and then you expect me to cover for you!"

Shit, he thought, she's pissed. "Look," he said, "I'm sorry, honest. But I gotta, you know...keep up my image." She raised her eyebrows. "I mean, people will be suspicious if I suddenly stop being mean to you," he finished.

She frowned, "True." she said hesitantly.

"Look," said Malfoy, "I'll make you a deal. I leave you alone and you don't tell. Fair," he looked up at her hopefully.

She shook her head, "No. I'll make the compromise. You don't bother me and my friends."

"But people would get suspicious."

"Just gradually stop being mean. That way people will think you're just getting bored."

Malfoy stood up and took her hands in his and stood really close to her. "I would never get bored of you," he said smiling a real smile and staring into her eyes. She blushed but didn't look or pull away. "Well.you..sh- should get back," he stuttered looking at the ground and slipping his hands out of hers. She nodded quickly, and turned and left. Malfoy sadly watched her go.

When Maggie came back everyone was crowding around Hagrid, looking at pictures of angry veelas. Ron, Harry, and Hermione were all standing next to Hagrid, talking. Ron looked up and saw her, said something to Hermione, who then turned around and frowned.

Hermione walked over to her, "I got your note," she said studying her suspiciously, "and you didn't go to the bathroom. Ron saw you coming from behind Hagrid's house." Maggie sighed; this secret would be harder than she had thought. "Well?" said Hermione looking both impatient and worried.

Maggie shook her head, "Don't worry about it.," she snapped. Hermione looked a little hurt. Maggie just left her standing there and walked over to the boys.

Half an hour later Malfoy came back. Hagrid glared at him. "Where've you been Malfoy?" he grumbled.

Malfoy smirked, "You'd like to know wouldn't you."

Hagrid frowned, "Not really," he said, "but if you don't stop skipping class you'll be suspended, I've already given you so many detentions."

"Yes sir," Malfoy sneered. Maggie frowned at him.

When the class was over she walked back to the castle with Harry. Ron and Hermione walked a little in front of them. Hermione kept turning around and giving her suspicious looks. Then Ron would gently turn her around and she would pull away and hit him.

"So can you tell me your secret?" Harry asked her quietly. Maggie sighed, she and Harry had gotten close while they were going out and were now really good friends. He always confided in her about all his problems and she felt bad that didn't do the same.

She looked away from him and shook her head. "I wouldn't tell Ron and Hermione if that's what your worried about," he said.

She shook her head, "I'm sorry. It's not important. Don't worry about it."

Harry frowned, "It must be important if you're making such a big deal out of it." Maggie stopped walking and so did Harry.

She looked at him sadly, pleadingly, "Harry please stop! I can't tell you. I can't tell anyone. And if I told you, you wouldn't understand. You, of all people, would understand the least!" Harry looked hurt,

"Yea, I'm so unfeeling," he said bitterly, "I wouldn't understand. You understand all my problems but I wouldn't understand yours!" He stood there glaring at her with hurt flashing in his green eyes.

"Harry I--" she began quietly.

"No! Just shut up!" Harry yelled, "I thought you were my friend, but I guess I was wrong. Your only friend is yourself!" He turned and left.

Maggie started crying softly. The words stung like a slap. Everyone was mad at her. She saw some people coming out of the castle so she ran away so nobody would see her crying. She ran towards the lake, and remembered the tree where she'd met Malfoy the other night. She ran and didn't stop until she got there. At the tree she stopped suddenly and stood there, panting and trying to stop crying. Malfoy was sitting in front of her, under the tree.

A/N: I hope Harry's outburst wasn't too ooc. He was kind of emotional in the 5th book, which is how old he is in this story. Any way let me know if you think it was too ooc. Thank you for reading.