Next Day

Drea was walking through the garden. She and her mom had planted all the plants. It was made when she was 5.
Flashback "Mommy, are we done?," a little Drea asked.

"Yep," her mom said, wiping her hands on her jeans.

She smiled at Drea. The flowers were all bloming.

"Hey, DREA!," a little boy called.

He ran over to her. He had blue eyes and matted blond hair.

"Draco, are your parents here?," Drea's mom asked.

"They're inside," he said, nodding towards the house.

Drea's mom jogged into the house.

"Garden finished?," Draco asked, observing the flowers.

Drea nodded happily.

"C'mon, lets go play," Drea said, grabbing his hand.

They ran hand in hand to the middle of the large garden. Tehy chased each other around. Soon, they collapsed panting for breath.

Draco spotter a pretty blue flower that was beside him. He picked it an dturned to Drea.

"Here...blue is definantly your color," he said, sticking it in her hair.

Drea blushed.

"I said blue, not reddish-pink," Draco laughed.

"Drea, Draco, DINNER!," Mrs. Malfoy called.

Draco took Drea's hand and they headed back to the house.
End Flashback

That was one of those times when the 2 had been friends. He had changed the year they started Hogwarts.

Drea sighed. She didn't notice someone come up behind her.

"Blue is definantly your color," Draco whisphered into her ear. He pushed back her hair before sticking a pretty blue flower in her hair.

"Draco, you-?," Drea started.

"Of course I remember, I have a pretty good memory," Draco said.

Drea grinned and rolled her eyes.

"Draco, why'd you change once we started at Hogwarts?," Drea asked.

Draco looked at her. He felt a pang of guilt in his chest but didn't show it.

"I had a rep to keep up and I still do," he said," Since I work at the Ministry of Magic and all."

"Whats the point? Why keep it up if you're mean to nice people and some people who you USED to consider friends?," she asked.

"Drea, its called "growing up". You lose some friends and you gain some friends," Draco said," Some friends...you just don't need."

"So you didn't need me as a friend anymore, huh?," Drea asked, looking to the ground in anger and hurt.

"Yes! Wait...NO, Drea, thats different," Draco said, understanding what he just said.

"How is it different?," Drea asked.

"I...well...dont know, but it is," he said," There IS a difference."

"I see none and obviously...you don't either," Drea said.

"I told you its called "growing up"," Draco said, trying to recover.

"Well, maybe, I didn't WANT to "grow up"," Drea said," I needed my best friend the most that 1st year, but he had dropped my like an old, worn out doll."

"Drea, I'm sorry-," Draco started.

"NO, you're not, you didn't care and you don't care," Drea shouted," And you hate the fact that my best friend was in Gryffindor. Learn to blame yourself. If you hadn't of just dropped our friendship, my best friend would have been YOU!"

Drea pulled the flower out of her hair and threw it to the dirt. She ran to her room, tears stinging her eyes. Draco looked at the flower on the ground and picked it up. He picked each petal saying, "She hates me", "She hates me not", till the answer was..."She hates me."

Draco's Dream:

It was their first year. Draco was sitting in a compartment with Goyle and Crabbe. Drea walked in.

"Drao, I finally found you!," Drea said.

"Yeah, I'm here," He said, dully," So why were you looking for me?"

Drea looked at him confused.

"Because we're best friends and we promised to sit with each other," she said.

Draco stood up.

"Drea, things change. I have new friends," he said," Aaaaaand...you're not one of them."

"Oh...so I-?," Drea started.

"Have to find another compartment, YES!," Draco said, sitting down again," I always knew you were smart."

So Drea left, crest-fallen.

"You sure told her, Malfoy," Goyle said, stupidly.

"Yeah," Draco said, kinda to himself.

In the Great Hall:

"SLYTHERIN!"

As the Slytherin table applauded, Drea headed over to the table and looked away from Draco who was watching her.

"Dr-," he started, but stopped and looked down at his plate as she walked past the empty seat beside him to the one 6 seats down. The empty seat was soon taken by Draco's new best friend, Blaise Zabini.

In Slytherin Common Room:

As Draco headed up to the boy's dormitories, he saw Drea sitting on the couch. She turned to him and was about to say something, but he sped up his pace and got away from her. He saw a tear fall from her eye as her reached the top of the stairs.

End Dream:

Draco sat bolt upright. He had been forced to sleep in his original room.

"What did I do?," he said, putting his head in his hands.

"Sir," said a voice.

Draco turned on the light to see a house-elf.

"What is it?," he snapped.

"Miss Drea asked me to give you this," the house-elf said.

He handed Draco an envelope and disappeared.

Draco opened the letter and read:

Draco,
The item in the envelope is someting I've had since 1st year. I was to give it to you on the train ride there, but after all you said...I just couldn't do it. I'm tired of keeping it. Do what you want with it.

Drea

Draco turned the envelope upside down. Into his hand fell a friendship bracelet, magically made to say "Draco and Drea BFF's 4 Life."

Draco put the letter and envelope on the side table and fingered the bracelet. Attached ot it was a little note, written in what Draco remembered was Drea's 11 year-old writing.

Not that I expect you to wear it, but just keep it. Its just so we don't forget we'll always be there for each other. My mum thought it was a good idea.
Luv, Drea

Draco smiled slightly.

"Great job, Malfoy," he said, turning off his lights and getting back into bed.