By the time I had made up my mind the time was nearing for breakfast. I stood up, walked back to my room, got changed into my robes, grabbed my book bag. I thought about Socks for a moment and realized I hadn't seen him since I had recovered and started to freak out. I knew that if he had been there he would have come up to me. Em must have been taking care of him. I decided to ask her at breakfast and made my way to the Great Hall.

Em was, of course, still in the same spot she had been the day before and I walked over and sat down across from her.

"Mornin' Em," I said as I filled my plate with eggs and bacon. She gave me a sly little grin.

"Morning. Sooo… I was right to make a move on Blaise last night," she said with a wink.

"Oh no! Tell me you didn't do the deed with him!"

"NO! What kind of girl do you think I am?" she said, acting offended. I just raised my eyebrow, causing her to laugh. "We just kissed, okay?"

I shook my head. "Well I'm glad that's working out for ya," I said shoveling some eggs into my mouth, "By the way, where is Socks?" She looked at me kind of funny.

"Uhhhh. I have no earthly idea." My fork halted halfway in between my plate and my mouth.

"WHAT?" I almost yelled.

"Calm down! We'll find him after breakfast. I'm sure he's fine! Someone is taking care of him, Dumbledore made sure of it."

I nodded hesitantly, "If you're sure…"

"Trust me honey, I'm sure."

I finished my bite of eggs before looking at her hesitantly. "Hey Em?"

"Yeah?" she said, taking a bite of bacon.

"I need to talk to you about something…."

"Talk away."

I proceeded to tell her about my suspicions about Malfoy and what I thought I should do. When I got done she looked at me as though I was crazy, "What in the world is wrong with you? If I was you I would be fighting between the urge to run in the opposite direction and the urge to kick his scrawny ass."

I smiled at her and shrugged, "I'm not sure exactly. I just have a feeling that this might be an opportunity to see into the strange mind that is Malfoy's. I mean, come on, I know he's a jerk, but does her REALLY seem like the kind of guy that would push a girl out of a train?"

Em looked at me as though I had lost my marbles, "Honey, I think you hit your head a little too hard. Perhaps you've forgotten exactly, WHO we are talking about here. Draco M-a-l-f-o-y. You know, the one who has tortured, belittled, and ultimately plotted your demise as well as mine since first year? Of COURSE he would push you out of a train. Who ELSE would have?"

"I'm not sure… I just know I need to find out."

"I'm telling you. It's Malfoy!"

"I don't know Em. My gut is telling me otherwise."

"Do what you will, but don't haunt me when you're found dead," she said shoving the last bit of bacon in her mouth and standing up. "Come on. We don't want to be late for McGonagall's class."

I grabbed a piece of bacon and my stuff and followed her out of the Great Hall.

Most of my classes passed by fairly quickly and before I knew it, it was time for dinner. I had a lot of make up work to be finished in a week, but the Professors seemed to be happy to have me back in class, which was a bit comforting. I walked back into the Great Hall and once again sat in the usual place. Em looked at me deviously.

"What do you have up your sleeve for tonight?" I asked her over my plate of food.

"I asked him in Potions to meet me in the common room after everyone has gone to sleep. I want to talk to him about… Stuff," she said wiggling her eyebrows.

"Oh how lovely," I said playfully while rolling my eyes.

"Nothing like that you perv! I want to talk to him about actually getting into a legitimate relationship…. THEN we'll talk about the other stuff."

I heaved a hefty sigh, "What are we going to do with you?"

"What can I say?" she said after a bite of food.

I took a sip of my pumpkin juice. "Just stay out of trouble. You don't really know Blaise all that well yet. You need to keep that in mind before you do something stupid."

"HEY! I'm not a whore or anything! It's not like I'm going to jump in bed with him. You should know me better than that," she said, her voice full of hurt.

"I know you're not. I'm just not sure about him, that's all. Just promise you're going to be careful."

"I promise. You need to be careful too, since we are on the subject."

"I know. I have a plan though. It should go smoothly."

"And what would this plan be?"

"I'm just going to approach him calmly and let him know I'm ready to hear what he has to say."

"That sounds like a well thought out plan you have there," she said sarcastically.

"Thanks for your support… There's not really much I can do here."

"I know, I know. I just don't like the thought of you talking to him.. alone."

"I realize that, but I'll be fine."

"If you say so, but you know that if you need me I'll be in the Slytherin Common room."

"Thanks Em. That means a lot." We finished supper over casual conversation about classes and other stuff. As usual we parted ways at the Slytherin portrait and I proceeded down the hall towards the private chambers I shared with Malfoy. I said the password and walked into the living room. Malfoy was, yet again, nowhere to be found. I went to my room, put down my book bag, and changed into normal clothes. I opened my door and looked down the short hallway to the door that looked so imposing now. I took a deep breath, pushed my shoulders back, and quickly strode across the hallway up to his door. I raised my hand, knocked twice, and couldn't help but hold my breath. I heard stirring on the other side of the door and gulped as the door swung open...

~...-Author's Note-...~

Well I thought that since it's been a while since I updated last I would be nice and post two chapters this time! ^.^

I hope you guys enjoyed it! I know it's a bit boring right now, but I promise it will pick up!

I'll try my best to update soon.