Chapter 3:

After dinner they all went up to the common rooms and the prefect said the password. Drea was pretty much exhausted from the day's events so far. She said good night to everybody and went up to bed.

She had to share a dorm with Ginny and a couple other girls that were first years. She went straight to bed, barely bothering to change into her pajamas.

She woke up the next day to Ginny arguing with a guy; only she couldn't tell who the guy was. She refused to open her eyes hoping that maybe she'd get just a bit more sleep, and she was almost there when she heard the guy say her name. Then she was wide awake and listening.

"Can you please just give it to her? Please? Then tell me how she reacts." The guy voice said pleading with Ginny.

"No! I refuse. She's my best friend. That's so wrong!" Ginny said slamming the door.

That's when she decided to "wake up".

"Oh! You're awake." Ginny said noticing Drea's eyes wide open.

"Yeah, I'm awake." Drea said sitting up.

"Okay, so how much did you hear?" Ginny asked.

"Barely enough to know it was about me, but I'm trying to figure out who the guy was." Drea said, hinting with her voice.

"I can't tell you who it is. They would probably get totally and utterly mad." She said knowing that Drea was trying to figure out who it was.

"You know you can't hide it from me forever. I'll eventually find out somehow," she said smiling

"I know, but hopefully not from me," she said with a worried smirk.

"Don't worry I'm not going to force you to tell me . . . today," she said giggling.

"Okay." Ginny said joining in on the laughter.

"Let's go get some breakfast," Ginny suggested moments later.

With that they headed to the Great Hall. They sat down next to Ron. His two friends were seated directly across from them, and Jana sat next to harry practically doing everything in her subconscious power to touch him, even in the slightest way. When they accidentally bumped into one another they both blushed and slid away. As if they were afraid.

Drea couldn't help but smile. She could tell they liked each other.

Just then Drake came over and sat down next to Hermione smiling.

"It's almost a bit too early for you to be awake. Isn't it?" he said jokingly towards Drea.

"You're one to talk Mr. Sleeping Beauty," she said acting shocked.

Hermione practically choked on her pumpkin juice trying not to laugh. It was almost instantly that Drake realized just who he was sitting by.

He blushed a deep red then whispered, almost, "oh hey Hermione." Then he got up and left, rather quickly.

"What was that all about?" the infamous Weasley twins asked walking up to the table, passing Drake in the process.

"Oh I just embarrassed him," Drea said kind of smugly.

"Nice job!" they said giving her high fives.

"Thanks and there's more where that came from," she said smirking.

"You are definitely Tessa's sister," one said, she guessed it was Fred.

Just then she heard the owls enter, each carrying a message. Her parent's owl stopped in front of her, exhausted from the amount of weight it was carrying. She gave it some toast as she removed the letters and the box that it held.

"Hey, anything for me?" she heard Tessa ask from behind her.

"Yeah, here you go," she said handing her a letter with her name on it.

Tessa sat down by the twins and opened her letter and began to read.

Drea handed Jana and Drake their letters and opened the one addressed to her and Paige.

Dearest Twin Girls,

I'm sorry to hear that you have been sorted into separate houses, but maybe it's for the best. I'm disappointed that you were put into Slytherin, Paige, but you are our daughter all the same. We found the little "gift" you left us Paige and we have talked to Dumbledore and you have detention for two weeks as your punishment. It will be served with Professor MacGonagall.

Drea, we are very proud that you have been placed in Gryffindor with Ginny. We know that you guys are the best of friends. Be careful always. We love both of you girls and will write soon.

Love always,

Mom/Dad

P.S. We found something for each of you girls and Drake. Also, there's something for each of the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione; as well in the box. Hope you like it.

With that she opened the box, just as Paige came up. She handed her the letter and sorted through the contents of the box. Everything had a label with a name on it, so she handed it out. Tessa got a necklace with the Ravenclaw symbol on it, Jana got a diary with the Gryffindor symbol, Drake got a sketchpad with his name and the Gryffindor symbol, Paige got a pair of snake earrings, Ginny and Drea got matching Gryffindor friendship bracelets, Ron and Harry got special Gryffindor jerseys, Hermione go t a magic bag for all her books, and Fred and George got matching belt buckles with their initials coming out of the mouth of the lion. Everybody seemed to enjoy their gifts especially Paige. Hers seemed to be moving. WAIT? NO WAY? The snakes were moving.

"Pretty cool, huh?" Paige's voice suddenly appeared in Drea's head.

This was a big step for Paige. They hadn't used the telepathy since before they went to summer camp.

"I miss camp. You know? I fit in there." Paige's voice once again said before she walked off in the other direction.

Drea missed the connection she had with her sister. She remembered the countless hours they spent in "silence" back at camp. The only thing they heard was each other's thoughts inside their heads after lights out. They'd talk that way until they both passed out. She also remembered how this last year Paige had been extremely quiet mainly toward the end of camp, and from there she just seemed to pull away more and more.