Days later, and Andrea still couldn't stop thinking about the girl. She didn't know why, but she was mysteriously drawn to her and her plight. She wondered what made her so rude and angry, and if it had something to do with friends or with her famile.

"Why do you think that girl was so rude?" she asked for the thousandth tim.

Crow signed. "Are you still thinking about that girl? She's a jerk. She always will be a jerk, no matter how much you try to help her."

"You don't know that!" said Andrea crossly. One of the few times she got angry was when someone was insulting someone or making prejudiced judgements. "No one is bad all the way through. Everyone has good in them."

"Even people like your old principal?" said Crow triumphantly, thinking he had her.

"Yes, even my old principle was a good person inside." Insister Andrea. "You have to learn to forgive and forget." Crow rolled his eyes, and Andrea glared back. She was mad at him.

"Hey guys what's going on?" asked Hermione as she walked into the room. "Yeah, what's up?" said Ron coming in after her.

"Where's Harry?" said Andrea.

"Taking a Potions exam."

"Oh."

"Andrea still thinks she should help that rude girl from the hallway," said Crow, roiling his eyes.

"Well, I think it's good," said Hermione defensively. "She likes to help people."

"Yeah, but some people don't deserve it."

Andrea could feel herself getting more and more angry, and decided that she should leave before she let her anger take control and do something stupid. "I'm sorry, I have to go. I can't be here right now!" she knew she shouldn't let her anger get the best of her in front of the others, but she couldn't help bust starting to cry once she got out the door. How can Crow be so insensitive? She wondered tearfully. I thought he was my friend! She decided that she needed to go find this girl and find out what was wrong with her so she could prove to Crow that he was wrong.

It will be best to find someone to help me, mussed Andrea. But not Harry or Hermione. They are too close to Crow, and might feel conflicting loyalties. Suddenly, she realized that the cho9ce was obvious. I'll ask Ionia! She thought happily. She's such a sweet girl, and has no existing ties to any of my other friends! Happy with her decision, Andrea went off to find Ionia and work on proving Crow wrong.