Draco hit the book with his fist in frustration. A third year Slytherin looked up for a second and then returned to her book, a sneer across her face. Draco scowled at her.

Draco stared at the words until they blurred and read the same sentence over and over, and it still wasn't sinking in.

Draco had spent the morning writing a detailed note to his father explaining what he got to do in the forbidden forest yesterday, and how he almost DIED from a stupid detention with that dumb Oaf!

It was perfectly horrible. First of all, just the fact he got a detention was stupid. He was simply trying to catch Potter in the act. But no, stupid Professor McGonagall had to catch him, and obvious She wasn't going to listen to HIM because she thought he was the biggest troublemaker of the grade. Which is obviously NOT true. Potter is.

Then, he had to have a detention with Potter, the Weasley, that ugly girl, and the dumb Longbottom kid. Fun.

To make it worse they were going with the giant oaf Hagrid. Fun again.

But the worst part was they put the students' lives into danger by FORCING them to go separately into the forbidden forest. There's a reason why it's FORBIDDEN! Draco and Potter almost got killed by some creepy black figure which no one felt the need to tell him what the heck it was!

And then, just to end off a perfectly horrible day, he ran into the Ravenclaw girl from the tower on his way back to their common room.

He had been struggling down the stairs slowly, still thinking about the strange creature which, hopefully killed Potter, and almost killed himself.

He almost collided with a tall, black haired girl in front of him.

"You!" He gasped recognizing her immediately.

"Oh! Hi. Please don't run off again... I really sorry about last time. I know it was creepy, and I shouldn't have said it... Sometimes I just blurt the most random things, I'm sorry." She smiled weakly.

"Ya." Draco said crossing his arms, but he started to feel that feeling again. To impress her.

"I'm Cho. Cho Chang." She smiled, holding out her hand.

"Draco Malfoy." He shook her hand smiling in spite of himself. Her hair fell onto the side of her face, and she quickly flicked it with her finger and it went perfectly back in place.

"You're a first year right?" She smiled. He nodded. "Shouldn't you be studying?"

"Well, I er- had a detention." He admitted feeling foolish. She probably never had a detention in her life.

"Oh!" She smiled, "what teacher?"

"Hagrid, the gate keeper Oaf." He smirked.

"Oh. Well, I wouldn't say he is an Oaf. He's a nice guy." She said slowly.

Draco felt his temper blare. "Oh ya. Real nice guy. Tried to get me killed today! Nicest guy here. Trust him with my life!" He snapped.

Her eyes widened. "What do you mean?"

"I mean he forced us into the forbidden forest and I almost got killed by some creature!" Draco yelled at her.

She stepped back. "Okay, okay."

Draco took a deep breath realizing he was yelling. "Get out of my way. Stupid Ravenclaws." He snapped pushing past her.

She didn't say anything, but he felt her eyes on his back all the way to the Dungeons.

Now as he sat there trying to study, all of the bad events of the day before nearly suffocated him, his anger boiling and he wasn't getting any studying done.

He sighed slamming the book shut. Stupid Charms.

He grabbed his book and left the common room. He quickly made his way to the tower with the owls, avoiding everyone in the halls.

When he got up there, a few people were leaving, and other than that, he had it all for himself.

Draco sat in his corner, and started practicing his charms.

It worked a lot better like this and he was soon starting to feel like he was actually getting somewhere.

He smiled out at the sunset. He remembered the last time he was here, when he first met Cho and she told him he wanted to be free.

He stared out solemnly. Was she right? And if she was, what did he want to be free of?

Draco spent a few hours up in the tower. A few students walked by, mostly older, and no one said anything to him.

Draco didn't go downstairs till lunch. Tomorrow, he had an exam.

He couldn't believe the school year was nearly over. It was such a quick year. After this, only six more!

He walked back to the main hall at a quick pace. He turned a corner sharply, and collided into another student. Draco managed to grab the wall and steady himself, but the other student, a girl, who had been holding about 7 books, had no free hands, and fell dropping her books all over the hall.

Draco snickered. The girl looked up. She was an Hufflepuff, you could tell by her uniform, and she was in his year. He recognized her... Oh ya, she was also the snotty girl from the tower that had given him a dirty look the day he met Cho.

Remembering how rude she'd been, Draco leaned over pretending to let his hand out for her. Looking surprised and pleased she reached up to accept it, but as soon as her hand touched his, he pulled it away, causing her to lose her balance and fall once again.

A couple people in the hall laughed. She turned a bright red. "Whoops." Draco sneered Kicking the textbook she reached out for out of her reach.

She gave him the dirtiest look.

Draco stepped over her and continued down the hall without looking back.

Hufflepuffs he sneered.

He reached the hall and hurried to the Slytherin table, where everyone was already eating.

"Malfoy, there you are! Where were you?" Goyle asked while stuffing more food into his face.

"Mind your own business." Draco snapped grabbing some food.

Goyle and Crabbe exchanged a look, and then shrugged and continued stuffing their faces.

Draco glanced at the Ravenclaw table, and spotted Cho talking cheerfully with a large group of friends.

Draco felt bad for how he had snapped at her the day before. She didn't mean anything, but he had been so upset about the forest he wasn't thinking straight.

What should I do though? I suck at apologizing. Draco sighed. Whatever. Why do I care about her anyways?

Draco looked away firmly. He focused on his food.

He had more important things to worry about right now. Like that exam tomorrow...