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Chapter Three

Even in a magic school morning came much too early. "Wake up!" I heard Hermione yell. She was already in the bathroom, brushing her teeth, dressed and ready to go. I jumped out of bed fearing I had overslept; I could've sworn I set my alarm clock. I hurried to the bathroom too upset to look at the clock. Unbelievable, I'm going to be late on my first day. I quickly peeled off my soft pajamas and jumped in the shower. When I got out, I ripped through my hair with a brush and began to brushing my teeth. When all that was done, I looked over at Hermione, calmly reading her book. That's not right. I glanced at the clock on the side table next to my bed.

"Hermione!" I yelled. She looked up from her book. "You woke me up an hour earlier than I needed to be?!!"

"Shut up!" one of the girls who was still sleeping, moaned.

"Why?" I whispered.

"I didn't want my friend to be late on her first day." She replied innocently.

I couldn't stay mad even though I wanted to. "Hermione, I know that you're trying to help, but how 'bout we let my alarm clock do its job from now on, K?"

"Alright. When you're done in there do you want to go down to the common room?" she asked.

"Sure." I replied.

I finished up and left down the stairs with Hermione. We sat down in the big comfy chairs in front of the fire and talked for a while. A little later Harry and Ron came down to join us.

"Good morning." Harry said.

"Good morning." Hermione and I replied.

"I think breakfast starts around now, anybody hungry?"

"Starving." Harry and Ron said in unison.

We went down and sat at the Gryffindor table. The food was delicious; I helped myself to some eggs, bacon, toast, cinnamon muffins, and apple juice. Half way through the meal I dropped my spoon and bent to retrieve it. I heard Draco and his friends come by and say something to Harry. I popped up and smiled "Hi, Draco." I said cheerfully. His expression changed from a frown to a small smile in an instant.

"Hello, Erin. We were just wondering if you would like to come sit at the Slytherin table today." He said.

"Well, I'm kind of already sitting here right now, but what about at lunch. Is that ok?"

"Perfect, ok then, see you at lunch." Draco said with a victorious grin that seemed to be directed at Harry. He and his friends walked away, talking amongst themselves.

I looked down at the table and saw that Harry's knuckles were white and his teeth were clenched.

"Harry, are you OK?" I asked a bit concerned.

"Yeah, fine." He replied, although he looked anything but. I looked around at Hermione and Ron, who looked equally displeased. I knew something was wrong I just decided to drop it.

"So, what's our first class?" I asked Hermione.

"Transfiguration." She replied.

"Well then," I said with a smile, "we don't want to be late, now do we?"

We left the Great Hall, and began looking for the class room. It took us a while, but we had left early and made it just in time. We sat down and Professor McGonagall began talking to us about what transfiguration was and other things like that, but I was only half listening.

"Hermione." She ignored me. "Hermione." I whispered a little more harshly.

"What?!" She asked in a low voice.

"Why were you guys so quiet after I talked to Draco?" I asked her.

"I'll show you after class."

During lunch Hermione and I went up to the girls' dormitory. She took a small round glass plate out of her trunk and laid it on a desk. Then she took a shiny little black stone out of her pocket and laid it on her the plate. The stone dissolved and a small fog swirled around the plate, then I saw the foyer outside the Great Hall Harry and Ron were standing there when I came in. After I went limping out with Madame Pomfrey, Draco met up with his friends and all three of them walked over to Ron and Harry. Draco got an evil look on his face I hadn't seen before then he started making fun of Ron. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, when the picture faded and the pebble was there again. I got up, thanked Hermione, and left to go talk to Draco.

I walked past Harry and Ron, and straight up to Draco. "Can we talk?" I said trying to keep most of the venom out of my voice.

"Of course." He replied.

We left the Great Hall and went behind a pillar, he looked straight at me. "What is it?" he asked.

"I know for a fact that you insulted Ron and then again while I was away from the table. Why?" I asked.

He looked stunned. "I-I don't know. I just don't like him very much. Look, Erin, I want to be your friend, but you have to choose between me and them."

Despite trying to keep my cool, my mouth fell open. "Your making me choose?!!" He nodded. "Well then… I choose Harry, Hermione, and Ron because they knew me and you were friends and they didn't make me choose." I told him. My tears were threatening to spill over, but I stood there, foolishly thinking he'd take back what he said.

I could see the hurt in his eyes. "You chose them? How can you choose them?!! I helped you when they left you behind, I let you lean on me after you hurt your foot, and you still chose them!!!! Well then go away and leave me alone!!!!"

"Draco-"

"Go away you little bitch!" His eyes went wide as he said it I could tell he was already regretting it, but it made no difference.

I had never been one for crying, but that had done it. The tears spilled over and I ran. It didn't matter that I wasn't quite sure where I was going I just had to go. So I ran until I started breathing hard then I slowed down, but I heard running from behind me so I ducked into the hall. It wasn't anyone I knew so I came out. Eventually I found my way to the next class I sat down next to Hermione who looked at me, but said nothing. The rest of the day passed by in a blur, I avoided Ron, Harry, and Draco as much as I could, and when dinner came I just went up to my room. Hermione came up to the girls' dormitory an hour later with a plate of food and a glass of apple juice. I thanked her and ate silently; she stayed with me the whole time not saying a word. When I was finished, she finally asked "You want to talk about it?"

I nodded and told her the conversation Draco and I had had. When I was done, she sat there and stared for a while. "You're going to have to talk to them eventually."

"I know, but not tonight; tomorrow at breakfast maybe." I said. She nodded and we both started getting ready for bed.

The next morning I went down to the common room, expecting it to be empty. It wasn't; Harry and Ron were sleeping in the two chairs closest to the fire. I tried to silently go back into the girls' dormitory, but I slipped on a sock someone had left lying around and came crashing down the stairs. Crap.

Harry and Ron came bounding over. "Are you OK?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said as they helped me up from the floor. I looked at them.

"What happened yesterday?" Ron finally asked.

"I found out about how Draco's been treating you so I talked to him about it. We both got angry and he called me a name. Me and him are no longer friends."

"I'm sorry." they both said.

"It doesn't matter, now I can hang out with my real friends." I said putting my arms over their shoulders. They both smiled.

A little later I went and got Hermione, and then all four of us headed down for breakfast. During breakfast I could tell Draco trying to catch my eye, but I decided to ignore him. Let the guilt last a little longer.

I went through the day calm as ever, avoiding Draco and sticking with Hermione, Harry, and Ron, who I knew wouldn't let him within 20 feet of me. The day went pretty well, until Flying Class.