" Phoebe, you look, you look wonderful." Seamus says while he comes around to pick me up to take me to the Yule Ball.

And I do feel wonderful, the day after Draco and I had our fight Haylie came up to me and told me all these great things that she and Draco did, and I pretended like I didn't care. And I could tell that made Draco extremely mad.

Do I miss him? More than anyone could ever imagine. Would I ever tell anyone I miss him? No, I will not give in this time. I may have in the past, but with Haylie bashing me even more now I have grown even stronger.

" Why thank you, and you look fairly well yourself, Seamus." I say. " You know I love it when you blush?"

" Oh, trust me I know."

And then there's Seamus. He's so cute and adorable. And we never fight which is the polar opposite of Draco and I. I don't think I have ever been more excited for anything in my entire life. Tonight shall be perfect, it just has to be.

Well, it was all going quite swimmingly until I walked back from powdering my nose to fight Draco and Seamus fighting.

" You listen here, you little Gryffindor! Phoebe is priceless! If you let anything happen to her, I will hold you responsible!"

" You listen to me, you have a girlfriend and you had your chance to be with Phoebe, but you threw her away like yesterday's news. I treat her like royalty which is something that you never did for her I will never let anything happen to her because I care about her to much!"

" You do not have any idea what went down between Phoebe and me so stay out of it! You need to let go of her before I make you!"

" Draco Malfoy! I cannot believe you would say such a foul thing like that! Seamus is right, you did have your chance to be with me, but you would have much rather go out with a slut like Haylie!"

" Do you think you have any right to bring my girl friend into this?" Draco screamed at me.

" Well, you sure as bloody hell brought mine into it!" Seamus screamed back stepping in front of me.

" Fine, you know what? Phoebe you want to go out with a baboon like this then be my guest! I'm done trying to please you, it's not worth the trouble!" Draco screams at me while he walks back over to his table where Haylie is. When he sits down Haylie puts her arm around him and kisses him, knowing that I was looking.

" If, if you don't want to stay here with me I understand." Oh my, Seamus thinks this is his fault.

" Seamus, if you weren't here, I wouldn't have a reason to stay." I can't let him leave, I like him to much to let him go… or at least I think I do.

" Really?" He asks while he smiles.

" Really, now let's dance! If my feet are going to hurt by the end of the night I at least want it to be worth it!" That is something that I never would have been able to say to Draco, he wouldn't have wanted to dance anyway, not with me that is.

I have come to decision that I have spent way to much time on trying to impress Draco, what made me make the decision? When I kissed Seamus. I took a risk, which is something that I was always afraid to do when it came to Draco. Draco would have been to judgmental if I had and even if I hadn't. He always took me for granted, which is something that Seamus has never done, and never will do.

Another thing Draco did was play with my feelings, obviously everyone knew that I was in love with him, and he still wanted me to act happy for him and Haylie. He knew I couldn't stand Haylie! Still, he didn't care, anything to make Phoebe look like she's lost. I have literally wasted so much time on him. He wasn't worth it, he wasn't worth any-

" Hey." I hear someone say behind me, disrupting me from my thoughts.

" Oh, Seamus, hi."

" Are you okay?"

" I'm fine."

" You know, I'm really sorry about fighting with Draco, he just treated you so poorly all those years and I just couldn't hold my thoughts back any longer."

" It's fine, I just wish I said those things to him many, many years ago."

" Phoebe, if you want our relationship to work out I have to be positive of one thing, because there are rumors going around and I just need to hear it from you." He tells me as he sits down in front of me.

" Yes?"

" Do you love him?"

" Who?"

" Draco."

I take this question into serious consideration. I look behind Seamus to look at Draco and find him and Haylie snogging. Shocking. Once I saw that I knew my answer.

" No."

I told you that I'd lie.

Or at least, I'm quite sure I did.