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Anyways, this is kind of a boring chapter but it leads to more interesting things, I promise :D

Hermione took a nervous glance at me. I looked back at her knowingly. The sea of red and gold was cheering hysterically all around us as Harry triumphantly flew around the field with the Snitch in his hand. I couldn't help but worry over how Draco must be taking the loss. Hermione knew that I was going to do something about it, and that would cause more teasing from the Gryffindor boys.

The Slytherin team flew off the field with their heads hung in defeat. Draco was at the end, ignoring the jeers from the crowd. I watched him disappear into the Quidditch tent, and I took this as my chance.

"I'll see you in the common room…" I said to Hermione over the loud crowd. She nodded and gave me a half-hearted smile. I ran out of the stands and back into the castle.

I made my way to the top of the Astronomy tower. Whenever Draco needed to get away from everyone else, or just be alone, that's where he went. I walked down the deathly quiet hall and sat against the ledge that over looked the rest of Hogwarts. Ten minutes or so passed, and finally I heard a pair of feet shuffling up the stairs. Draco came around the corner dragging his broomstick in one hand, and his Quidditch gear in the other.

"Hello." I said quietly. He looked up, surprised at my presence, and continued to skulk over to me.

"Fancy seeing you here," he mumbled. Draco dropped his belongings on the ground and slumped against the wall.

"I just wanted to make sure you're ok…" I started to wonder if invading his privacy was a bad idea. I bit my lip apprehensively, waiting for him to shoo me away.

"No, I'm kind of glad you're here…I'm just…never mind." He sighed and looked down at his shoes.

"You can tell me Draco, I'm sure I can help you feel better."

He shook his head and continued to stare down at his shoes.

"Draco, you know you can tell me," I said softly. "It doesn't matter if we're in different houses." He remained silent for a few more moments, and then finally opened his mouth in search of the right words.

"Potter made me look like a fool out there, and now it's my fault that we're not in the House Cup." The words quickly tumbled out of his mouth. He glanced up at me, and then back down to his shoes. "Flint is going to kill me." He mumbled. I put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Flint's not going to kill you," his eyes came to meet mine. "He might rough you up for a week or two, but he'll get over it." I joked. He rolled his eyes, but smiled.

"Well it also doesn't help that everyone thinks I'm only on the team because I bought my way in." he crossed his arms and looked away once more.

"But it doesn't matter what they think. We all know you're a brilliant seeker. You wouldn't have made it to the semi-finals if you weren't." He looked as if he still didn't believe me, so I pulled him into a hug. He stiffened, but finally relaxed and put his arms around me.

"Artemis?" he asked quietly in my ear.

"Yeah?"

"Why did you kiss me today? And that other day?" His question caught me off guard and my eyes widened (luckily he couldn't see). I pulled away from him so he wouldn't feel my rapid heartbeat.

" Well…" I bit my lip thoughtfully. Why did I kiss him exactly? Should I tell him it was because I kinda' sorta had a crush on him? "I don't know. I, er, just wanted to wish you good luck." I mentally kicked myself.

"Oh." He muttered. He shoved his hands in his pockets and turned the slightest shade of pink. "Well, what if I told you that I wanted to kiss you…right now."

The butterflies in my stomach were going crazy right now. My cheeks began to flush, my palms were sweaty and shaking; I was a mess.

"I would probably say that I would really…really like that."

"In that case…" Draco said taking a step towards me. He puckered his lips and leaned in to press them against mine. My eyes widened in shock. I was almost too stunned to revel in the fact that this time Draco was the one kissing me. My body tingled all over, and I liked the feeling of kissing him. He stepped back and looked around awkwardly. I cleared my throat and tried to gain control over my breathing. Neither of us obviously had no idea what to say. We finally made eye contact and broke out into a fit of laughter.

"We could keep this our little secret?" He said as one side of his mouth curved up into a smile.

"I think I'd like that." I smiled back and leaned in to kiss him once more.

School was coming to an end just as things were going good for me. Draco and I had made it a habit to spend even more of our free time together and secretly kiss each other goodbye every day after we walked out of the Great Hall from dinner. We saw it as a fun little secret that we kept from the rest of our classmates. Not even Hermione knew about it.

Every day I looked forward to that parting kiss. Every night I played back our kiss and smiled to myself about how much of a rebel I was for doing something so secretive and risky. In the back of my mind I knew that we only had a few more weeks left at Hogwarts until the summer holidays. We would both come back as teenagers. Would Draco forget about our little kissing habits next year? I really hoped he wouldn't, as a matter of fact I even hoped for a step in our "relationship".

This thought bounced back in forth in my head as I walked to breakfast with Hermione. She was chattering away about finals while I thought about Draco.

Hermione and I headed towards the Gryffindor table, and I sat down in between Seamus and Harry. Hermione sat across from me next to Ron and Neville. I caught sight of Draco at the Slytherin table, and he winked in my direction. I hid my smile and began reaching for my breakfast. Just as I began reaching for my toast, a letter dropped into my lap. I picked it up and looked at the label. It was from my mum. I opened it with a swipe of my finger and began reading.

Dearest Artemis,

I hope the end of term is going well for you. How are you doing in your classes? Hopefully you're busy studying for finals. Is everything ok with Hermione? I haven't heard much about her in your letters. And the Malfoy boy, how is he?

Yes, well I have some interesting news for you. A company in America has asked me to work for them for Muggle communications, and I said yes! So I'm moving out there in a few weeks. I will be gone for the summer unfortunately, so while I am gone you will be staying with the Weasley family. Molly, Ron's mum, used to baby-sit me when I was younger than you! Can you believe it? What a coincidence that you're in the same year as Ron, and that you share a room with Ginny.

Well my darling, I'm sorry that I can't see you this summer. Traveling between countries is very expensive, or I would have you come with me in a heartbeat. I will be back by the Christmas holidays next year, so we will spend every moment together, ok my dear?

Stay out of trouble, and write me every week.

Love,

Mum xx

Ps. What would you like for your birthday?

The letter from my mum cascaded from my hands. I wouldn't be able to see my mum for 7 more months. I only got to see her for 2 months out of the year as it was. I could feel Hermione's gaze on me, but I didn't want to explain what the letter said for fear of crying.

"What is it Arty?" she asked anyways. I blinked quickly and hoped they couldn't tell my eyes were glassy.

"Err, well actually-" I turned to look at Ron. "I'm staying with you for the summer."

"What?" he said almost spitting out his cereal.

"Really!" Ginny looked over at me from across the table. She and I had grown fond of each other throughout the year, and she was like my little sister now.

"Yeah, I guess my mum is going to America for the summer, and so I need a place to stay. Mum said that your mum used to baby-sit my mum when she was little," I chuckled.

"Well then, welcome to the family," Ron said raising his spoon towards me then putting it back into his mouth.

"What's this we hear about another sibling?" the Weasley twins came up behind Ron and Hermione and squeezed themselves in between the two. They both grabbed a handful of food and began piling it onto their plates.

"This guy right here is staying at your house all summer." I said pointing to myself. They both exchanged a mischievous glance and then turned back to me.

"Oh yeah, Mum wrote us a letter saying we had to be nice to you." Fred said (I knew it was Fred because his sweater had the letter F knitted into it) "Doubt that'll happen though."

"Yeah, you'll be like the new Ginny." George chuckled.

"We're going to pull so many pranks on you-"

"You'll want to leave the second you get there!"

"Oh shut it you two!" Ginny said coming behind them and swatting them both on the head. "Don't listen to them Artemis, they're not really the scary big brother type." She put her hands on her hips and glared at them. "I'm happy you're staying with us. It's going to be like a sleepover every night! We can stay up late, and paint our nails, and talk about boys, and-"

"Gross! Stop! Stop!" Fred and George said, covering their ears. Ron looked disgusted as well, and Hermione giggled with amusement.

"Don't worry boys, you'll want to leave the second we start putting makeup on you in your sleep." I said as I grinned at them.

"Oh it's on." George narrowed his eyes at me. We all laughed at the thought of the intense prank war that was bound to go on all throughout the summer.

Even though I wouldn't be seeing my mum this summer, I had a feeling that everything would still turn out to be just fine.

"Off to the Burrow we go," Ron said as we made our way off the Hogwarts Express. We had said all our goodbyes to our friends and I was officially about to start my Weasley summer.

"Wait can I go say bye to someone?" I asked him sheepishly. He rolled his eyes at me and sighed.

"Fine, fine." He mumbled, along with some other unintelligible things. "Just hurry."

I pushed through the crowd of people in search of Draco. Finally I found him standing next to a house elf who was gathering all of his luggage.

"Draco!" I called out to him. His eyes instantly found me.

"I almost thought you were going to forget about me." He smirked.

"Why in Merlin's name would I forget about my best friend?" I smiled at him. There was an awkward silence. His house elf was waiting a few feet behind him, impatiently tapping his foot.

"Well, the Weasleys are waiting for me…"

"I still can't believe you're staying with the Weasels all summer." He sneered. I shrugged off his comment and took a step towards him.

"Promise you'll write me?" I looked up at him through my eyelashes. He looked at me skeptically. "I'll need someone to tell all my Weasley adventures to." I joked. He couldn't help but smile.

"Oh I'll be sure to write you then." He said sarcastically. His house elf cleared his throat and Draco shot him a look. "I guess I better get going."

I closed the gap between us and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me tightly. When we pulled apart I looked at him, half expecting him to kiss me, but instead he stepped back and began to walk away. With one last wave, him and his house elf were sucked back into the crowd.

"Bye… I hope you have a nice summer." I said even though he couldn't hear me. I was stupid for thinking he was going to kiss me right there in front of everyone. I shook my head, ridding myself of all the false hopes, and went back to find the Weasleys.

I had to stop thinking Draco and I were going to become more or I would end up seriously hurt.