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The next morning, Jade's alarm rang at five. Her eyes fluttered open and she slowly turned her head to check the clock. The new Slytherin groaned, throwing the covers off of her and rubbed her eyes.
"Good morning," Mikki came through the door already dressed in the uniform.
Jade stretched her arms and yawned. "Good morning, Mikki. How long were you up?"
Mikki walked to her bed and shrugged, grabbing a couple of her thick books. "Since four," she smiled at her, "The bathrooms are less crowded when you wake up early, which means you better hurry up."
"You're serious? What the…" Jade rushed to her trunk, pulling out a towel and her toothbrush and toothpaste. She scurried out the door and turned back with a grin on her face, "See you later!"
Mikki only laughed and grabbed her wand, heading out the door to the Great Hall for breakfast.
A good half an hour passed when she finally escaped the bathroom of parading girls. She came back into her room, showered and clean, but still in her pajamas. Jade quickly dressed and perfected her appearance to her liking. She left quickly, hoping to get at least some bacon into her stomach before she headed to her first class, Transfiguration.
"What the heck?" Jade was confused; everything changed! Then she remembered Isabella telling her something about moving staircases. "Damn it." She cursed to herself. How am I going to find my way now? She thought, Oh, duh! I'll follow the other students. Jade laughed at herself and decided to follow a couple of fourth year Ravenclaws who were headed to the Great Hall.
In a moment's time, Jade – and the Ravenclaws – reached the Great Hall. It was booming with chattering students, eating away as they talked to their friends. Jade took a seat at the Slytherin table and scooped some eggs and bacon onto her plate.
"Yum," she smiled to herself and dug in. She finished quickly, completely satisfied with her meal. Jade looked around for any sign of Isabella or Mikki, but they weren't around. She was just going to have to find her way to Transfiguration by herself.
"Dang it, I'll never get a hang of this moving staircases thing!" She mumbled to herself as she tried to remember the way Isabella had shown her to Transfiguration. She'd been roaming for what seemed like forever; Jade was afraid she was going to get lost and arrive late to her class on her first day. "This is worse than my first day of high school…"
Jade decided to wing it and just walk any random direction after she got tired of trying to remember the way. She wanted to ask someone, but she didn't want to be thought as weird. Jade aimlessly walked through the crowd of students, holding her Transfiguration and Potions books close to her chest afraid that they might slip and fall. She struggled to keep her books up and without warning, she had bumped into someone. Her books fell out of her clutch, landing on the other's feet.
"Bloody hell!" The boy yelled as he reached for his injured feet.
The new Slytherin's eyes widened as she quickly kneeled down, picking her books off of the other's feet. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, I wasn't watching where I was going! I'm sorry! Are you okay?" She spoke with speed, worrying for the other's safety. Jade felt bad already; she would probably cry if thick books like those fell on her little feet.
"I'm…I'm okay," he muttered in pain. "It's alright…it's quite alright." He sounded as if he was trying to keep his cool, like he didn't want to explode in anger at Jade.
"Are you sure? I'm really sorry!" Jade's voice was completely concerned about the boy. She put her hand on his masculine shoulder, "I'm so sorry." When Jade did something wrong, boy did she apologize for it. She couldn't stand hurting people, it just wasn't her. Jade would feel so bad no matter how many times she apologizes.
The boy looked up, his irritated, ice blue eyes looking into her emerald hues. "I'm okay, really." He said through gritted teeth and tried to stand up straight.
Jade helped him and he tried to walk away from her, but limped helplessly instead.
"Let me help you, please." Jade pleaded. She couldn't stand seeing someone she injured walk away in pain like that.
He looked angry; his sharp eyes scared her. "Fine," he huffed. "Just get those bloody books away from me. Take me to the Hospital Wing." He demanded as she caught up to him.
"Okay…but I don't know where that is." Jade looked at him with sorry eyes.
The boy groaned and limped away unsteadily.
"No, wait!" Jade called out, but he didn't stop this time. She quickly put her books away in her bag and ran to him, forcing his arm around her neck as she helped him walk steadily. "Just tell me which way to go and I'll take you. I'm kind of new here, so I really lack any direction around this place." Her body frame was so small and fragile compared to his masculine built one.
He glared at her and decided to just let her carry him to the Hospital Wing since she wanted to so bad. "We're on the second floor, so…" his eyes roamed around the hall, "take those stairs." He pointed at a case of stairs that were faced downwards.
Jade nodded and walked in a steady pace so he could keep up properly. She went down the stairs and walked through the crowded halls, awaiting the next directional orders he was to give her.
"Turn left," he demanded with a glare, "What's your name?"
Jade was taken back at the sudden interest he showed in her. "Uh, I'm Jade Mai."
"Jade Mai…" he repeated, letting the name roll of his tongue. "I'm Draco Malfoy and I hope you know you're going to have to pay for this." He said, his temper calming down now as they neared the Hospital Wing.
The new Slytherin gulped, "I…I'm sorry." She didn't know what else to say; she knew that she had to repay him for the injuries she caused, but how?
"Right here," he said and pointed to a door.
Jade opened it and walked him in, a lady soon rushing towards the two as soon as they entered.
"Oh dear, Draco Malfoy! What happened here? It's only…" she stopped and looked at her watch, "six o'clock and already an accident?" She helped Jade take the boy, who she now knows as Draco, to an empty bed and let him sit.
"This girl…Jade Mai–" he started, but got cut off by the nurse.
"Jade Mai, the transfer student?" She nodded. "Oh, it's nice to meet you. I'm Madam Poppy Pomfrey, but that's Madam Pomfrey to you. Anyways, back to dear Mr. Malfoy." She said and returned her attention to the Slytherin prince.
Draco took a deep breath; trying to control himself again. "This girl," he said nodded towards Jade's direction, "dropped her books on my feet. I feel like they're broken or something."
Madam Pomfrey slipped off his shoes and socks. "Oh dear," she said as she examined his pale feet. "No, they aren't broken, but they are indeed severely bruised." She said and got up to retrieve something from her medicine cabinet.
Jade stood away from the two, rocking back and forth on her feet in anxiety. She glanced every now and then at the Slytherin prince, but found his dagger glares to be too intimidating. Madam Pomfrey returned in a moment's time with some type of cream and rubbed a good amount over the bruised areas of Draco's feet. She capped the jar and handed it to him.
"Apply this to your bruised areas, and too your bruised areas only, once a day. The pain will stop in a couple of days and the bruises will be gone in a week or so. 'Til then, take it easy. Now then, hurry on and get to class!"
Jade took this as her cue to help Draco. He had just finished putting on his shoes and held the jar of cream in his hands, limping towards to Jade.
"You'll be taking me to class, whether you'll be late to yours or not. In fact, you'll be escorting me to all my classes until I'm completely healed." He said and automatically put his heavy arm around her shoulders, pushing some of his wait onto her frail body.
"What…fine," she agreed. It was fair enough to her. "What's your first class?" She asked as she led him out the door.
"Transfiguration," he said.
Jade's heart lit up. Yes! She thought. "Well, I don't know how to get there either and I have that class, too."
The Slytherin prince rolled his eyes, "Let's go."
Jade smiled, a little more reassured. "I really am sorry…Draco."
The boy only groaned, "I know."
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ps; Sorry if this one is a little shorter than the first chapter. ;