The next day, Ava tried to think of what to say to Seamus, she noticed that in class he didn't pay attention to anything the teacher was saying. For the whole period he kept his head in his hands.

All day Ava was waiting for the perfect moment to talk to him, but it never came.

The day went by slowly, Ava was exaughsted, lately she wasn't getting much sleep and it was effecting her marks.

Elaine was sleep talking again, and waking everyone up.

Despite Madam Pomfrey's orders, Elaine started taking more of her potion every night. Donna warned her of what could happen, but Elaine wouldn't hear it.

Ava stayed out of the whole situation. She tried to figure out how to apologize to Seamus, but couldn't think of anything without making a fool of herself. Ava rubbed her head, she had a headache and her stomach hurt and she felt nauseous.

Ava assumed that it was from all the stress and drama going on in her life, so she pushed the feeling away.

Throughout the night Ava tried to block out Donna and Elaine's argument but by dinnertime she could take no more of it

"Stop it! Both of you! Just stop it!" she yelled, they looked at her with a surprised look on their faces

" I already have enough of a headache without both of you screaming in my ear!" she continued.

" Sorry Ava we didn't know you weren't feeling well" Elaine said. Ava sighed " its fine but can both of you just tone it down a notch, I have a headache from all this drama and we don't need anymore of that, especially between you two"

" are you sure its from stress" Donna asked. Ava shrugged " I don't know but with all that has been happening these past days it wouldn't be a surprise" she said.

" is it just your head that hurts?" Donna asked.

" No I have a big stomach ache too, I feel like I might barf" she groaned as her stomach started hurting again.

" well its not stress then, I think you sick, Maybe you should go to the ho-" Donna was cut off when Ava groaned loudly in pain and clutched her stomach and leaned over.

Elaine and Donna looked confused and scared " What's wrong?" Elaine asked.

Ava groaned again " its fine, nothing is wrong" but she continued to clutch her stomach. Donna looked worried, " it's not fine, you are going to the hospital wing" she clutched Ava's arm and led the way.

Ava's head hurt too, she clutched her head as it pounded.

She started to get dizzy, and suddenly an image popped up in her mind

There was a little boy, she was clutching him in her arms as a man in long dark robes screamed at them, he pointed his wand at them, surprisingly she didn't feel any pain, instead the little boy screamed and fell out of her arms, he rolled on the ground in pain " Stop!" she cried " STOP IT!, Please! Don't hurt him!"

" you will learn to control him!" the figure said, and he then pointed his wand to her and she felt the worst pain in her life, she fell to the ground

before she hit the ground, she woke up in the hospital Wing, she was laying on the bed while Madam Pomfrey and Donna were struggling to hold her down, Madam Pomfrey stroked her cheek " Its alright darling, calm down now" she soothed.

Ava was shaking, what just happened to her, she looked around, there was no little boy, there was no dark figure, just Donna and Madam Pomfrey.

" There's a good girl" Madam Pomfrey said, as Ava calmed down. She walked across the room to get a potion from the cupboard.

Ava looked over at Donna's pale face " what happened?" she asked. Ava couldn't help but to notice how much Donna was shaking, she was sweating and she looked frightened.

" While we were walking here, you just collapsed" she said " Then you started uncontrollably shaking and screaming, we didn't know what to do, we practically carried you here, you looked like you were in so much pain"

Madam Pomfrey came back with the potion " Here we go love, this will help with the stomach pains" she gave the bottle to Ava.

Donna looked at Ava " Oh. And there is something else you should know" she said.

" What?" Ava asked. Madam Pomfrey slightly smiled at her " You started menstruating, that's why you had those stomach pains" she said. Ava turned a deep shade of red, this happened to her right in front of her friends.

Donna smiled at her " Don't worry, mine happened in a worse situation". Ava took a few sips from the potion and the pain almost immediately ceased, she hid her face in her hands " I am so embarrassed" she said.

" Its okay, only you, me and Madam Pomfrey know" Donna said, then it occurred to Ava " Where is Elaine?" she asked. " Madam Pomfrey sent her to get Professor Macgonogal" Donna said . Ava whipped her head around to look at her " was I really that bad?" she said.

Donna shrugged " I didn't think it wasn't anything that Madam Pomfrey couldn't handle, but maybe it was worse than it looked" she saw the look on Ava's face, and quickly changed the subject " anyway about the one thing, I won't tell Elaine, I think its one of those things that her big mouth can't handle, she might accidentally spread it all over the school."

This statement didn't make Ava feel much better, why would she get Macgonogal? She wondered.

All of a sudden, Professor Macgonogal burst through the door, with Elaine right on her heels, she looked at Ava and breathed a sigh of relief, then walked over " How are you feeling dear?" she asked.

" Fine" Ava said " But there Is no need to worry Professor" she said. Macgonogal patted Ava's knee

" you just rest up and listen to Madam Pomfrey, she can take good care of you" she said and smiled.

Madam Pomfrey called Professor Macgonogal over and Elaine walked over to the bed.

" How are you?" she asked. Donna answered for her, Ava was grateful, she didn't want to explain what happened.

As Donna explained everything that happened, but not every little detail, Ava strained her ears to try to listen to the very quiet conversation between Professor Macgonogal and Madam Pomfrey, unfortunately she wasn't able to catch a word of what they said.

Professor Macgonogal smiled lightly at Ava again and walked quickly out the door. Shortly after, Madam Pomfrey told Ava that she was allowed to leave, she offered to give Ava some feminine supplies, but Ava refused, her mother bought her some things before she left for Hogwarts, telling her just in case.

Ava slowly walked through the hallway, she wanted to know what her teachers were talking about.

It was Dinner so Donna and Elaine wanted to go to the Great Hall, but Ava refused, she wanted to go for a walk instead. She insisted to Donna that she was fine and that she just wanted to be alone, when they walked away, Ava went back to the common room to get her hat, mittens and coat. Then she walked downstairs and walked around the castle.

As she walked she thought about what she saw before she ended up in the hospital wing. Who was that little boy?, who was the man that could have the nerve to torture a child? She thought about this as she walked around the castle. She was confused, Ava tried to convince herself that it was just her imagination, but it seemed too real to just be her imagination.

She looked up at the sky and realized that it was getting dark, she walked back to the castle, her boots crunching in the snow as she walked.

When she walked up to the common room, she took off her stuff and set it down on the couch as she sat down. There were people around her and slowly as the night grew on they went upstairs to their rooms. Ava still sat by the fire watching the embers glow.

She heard the portrait hole open up, she didn't care who it was as long as they hurried up and left her alone, but after a few minutes she realized that she never heard any footsteps going upstairs, she looked up and saw Seamus standing there looking at her. Ava instantly blushed, she didn't see him in almost 2 days except glancing at him in class. Even if it wasn't a very long time, to Ava it felt like she didn't see him in 1 year. She was happy to see him. She wanted to talk to him, but she found herself nervous.

She was surprised when he walked over to her, he stood in front of her. " Are you okay?" he asked,

Ava was confused " yes, why wouldn't I be?",

" I heard you were sent to the hospital wing today, I was worried"

Ava looked at him, she noticed that he did have a worried look on his face. She smiled at him " Yes I'm fine, it's nothing to worry about"

Seamu sighed in relief. It was quiet for a few moments. Then l he sat down next to her, the sides of their knees were touching. She blushed but refused to look at him, she knew that he was looking at her.

" Ava I am sorry about what happened with Logan. I was a idiot, and I said things that I really regret saying, you didn't deserve that"

Ava looked at him, his eyes glowed in the firelight, she wanted to be in his arms so badly, but she knew it was never going to happen.

" It's okay, you were angry, we both were, I said some things to you that I also wish I didn't say, I am sorry too"

He smiled " so were good? You're not mad anymore?"

she smiled " No I am not mad, I wanted to apologize to you all day today, but I never got the chance"

" you? It should have been me looking for you all day, I was the one that screwed it all up, I was planning on talking to you before dinner, but then Donna said that you went to the Hospital wing"

Ava smiled at him , and to both of their surprise, she leaned over and hugged him. She couldn't help it, she just wanted to touch him arm, his hand, anything. When she felt his arms wrap around her, her heart quickened and she felt the butterflies in her stomach yet again. He tightened his arms around her like he would never let go, she felt so warm and safe, she could tell he really felt quilty about that way he treated her and she thought to herself that he really does care about her.

No matter how much she didn't want to let go, she knew she had too, she slowly pulled away and smiled at him " I accept your Apology, I hope you will forgive me as well".

He smiled at her " apology accepted", she grinned and turned to go upstairs to bed. A thought occurred to her, and no matter how much she didn't want to say it, she wanted to know and knew that it was now or never.

She turned back towards him " Seamus?"

" Yeah?"

she hesitated " Does he really look at me like I am a toy to play with?"

she saw him stiffen, she knew it was a stupid idea to ask him but she had to know

he looked away from the fireplace, and looked into her eyes " You better stay on your guard when your with him" was all he said

She gulped and started to walk up the stairs Did Logan have a bad reputation, why did she need to be on her guard when he was with her?

" Ava?"

Ava turned around, Seamus wasn't looking at her, he was still turned toward the fireplace.

" I know it was a while ago, but I want to know how you got the bruise on your face"

Ava swallowed, " I told you, I ran into a wall" she said.

He turned around, the look in his eyes told her that he didn't believe the lie, " Are you sure?" he asked.

At that moment, Ava almost told him, she wanted him to know what was happening, but she knew if she told him, Malfoy would find out, and then things would get worse.

" I am sure" she said softly. She still knew that he didn't believe her, but to her relief he didn't press the subject, he looked back toward the firepalce.

" goodnight Seamus" she said, and walked up the stairs, as she reached the door, she softly heard

" goodnight"