Draco:

She was a Mudblood. He should hate her. He should treat her like Granger. But how could he? She supported him when he had a choice to go with the Dark Lord. She hugged him. She helped him with Herbology. But then he had found out she was a Mudblood, and everything had changed.

It wasn't like he hated her. It was more like he felt a bit uncomfortable around her.

When he passed her in the hall he pretended to be very interested in the corridor walls.

But he couldn't ignore her when she walked into him in the library. "Oh I'm sorry, Draco," she said after she stumbled backward seeing as she was much lighter than him.

"It's ok," he mumbled as he stood aside for her to pass. But she didn't walk away.

"Draco," she said, "is everything ok?" she asked.

Draco looked down at his shoes. "What do you mean?"

"You seem…quiet," she said, "and it seems as if you're ignoring me a bit." Draco said nothing and Isabel sighed. "See, you're doing it right now."

"What?"

"Ignoring me."

The library was completely silent except for other students quietly milling around. "Is it because I told you I was Muggle-born?" she asked timidly, which was quite unusual because she was hardly every shy around others, most of the time she was outgoing and completely casual about most situations. But now she spoke differently.

When he didn't say anything she took the opportunity to speak. "It's ok. I know the Malfoys take pride in blood status so I'll be leaving you. I wouldn't want the Malfoy name to be tarnished."

Draco stammered.

"I wouldn't want it to get around that you were hanging around with a Mudblood," she said using the Muggle-born term.

After that she turned to leave.

"Wait!" he said. Grabbing her shoulder he turned her around. When he saw her stunned face he realized he had turned her around a bit harshly. "I…I…I did think about that at first but then I thought about it and realized that it doesn't matter," he said rather quickly. She looked back at him.

"That really doesn't sound like the Draco Malfoy I know," she said.

"But I/"

She cut him off. "You don't have to pretend to apologize to me," she said. "I get it." She turned to leave,

Isabel:

She didn't need to hear it. She knew telling him she was Muggle-born would make him hate her. But she wasn't about to cry in fornt of him. "Goodbye, Draco."

Isabel left Draco in the library and a tear rolled down her cheek.

Draco:

Draco sat with a blank stare on his face. He didn't even care that Blaise sat next to him with his head in Natalie's lap. She stroked his hair. He didn't really mind that, he was too confused to mind. Isabel thought he was pretending to apologize? He really did mean it.

Natalie Carson had left and now it was just him and Blaise. "What's up, Draco?" he asked, "you look a bit sad." Draco just stared at the ground. "Is it about Isabel?" he asked. Draco groaned. "Well what did you do now?" Blaise asked. When Draco didn't answer he took the time to ramble. "Let me guess, you started acting really weird around her because you found out she is a Mudblood?" he asked.

Draco stood to leave. "Well I guess I got it," said Blaise.

Blaise:

Blaise walked down the corridors until he spotted Isabel. "Isabel!" he called out. She turned and looked over at him. Then she sped up. When he caught up to her he grabbed her arm. "Isabel, wait," he said.

"Go away, Blaise."

"Isabel, just because I'm Draco's friend it does not mean I'm a jerk," he said.

She looked at him with sad eyes. A tear went down her cheek. Blaise pulled her away where the corridors were empty.

"Isabel," he said, "Draco really was trying to apologize to you." Isabel looked up at him.

"No he wasn't. He was just pretending. I'm nothing more to him than a pathetic Mudblood."

"Isabel, listen to me," he said, "I know Draco and he really did mean it." Isabel still didn't believe him. "So… go back over there and…" he stammered at what to say, "and… well just go and talk to him."

Isabel stared at him for a minute but then spoke slowly. "Fine, but if it turns out that he really was pretending then I swear I will make the rest of your year somehow insufferable.

He nodded. "I'm not scared because I know that it's true that he really was apologizing."

"fine," she said. Then she walked away.

Ok so the next chapter is technically an authors note but still read it or you will be really confused!