The next morning Amy and Lavender walked down to breakfast together talking about last night and everyone who had caught.

"Poor Hermione, I heard Umbridge uses really horrible torture methods. You know how much Hermione can't stand pain!"

"I feel guilty! I mean...we just left them, I feel that we should own up or something but then I think about Umbridge's punishment methods and I forget all about owning up!" Lavender shuddered delicately.

"There she is!" came a screeching voice.

Amy looked up across the castle's entrance hall and saw Pansy and her cronies advancing.

"Oh fuck" she groaned.

"Why's she after you?" whispered Lavender, confusion evident on her face.

"Long story" she muttered back as they reached the bottom of the stairs, "tell you later".

"You can stay away from my Drakie. I'm not going to let some Gryffindor whore poison his mind and try to steal him away. You must have given him a love potion because he'd never look twice at anyone like you. You're just a dumb slut who needs to keep her knickers on. You're just easy prey. Everyone knows that you're a really bad girlfriend. Poor Cedric, he must be trying to think of a nice way to get rid of you. I wouldn't bother if I was him".

"Well that wasn't too bad" though Amy.

"Shutup Parkinson. She doesn't need this she's just lost one of her best friends!"

"Oh yeah about that" Pansy turned to Amy again, a malevolent glint in her eyes "don't you think you got over his death just a little bit too quickly? After all, he's not just some rat that you can replace...."

Amy's blood boiled.

"SHUT YOUR FACE YOU FAT COW. WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF A HEART IN YOU FOR YOU TOO MISS SOMEBODY. YOU'RE LIKE FUCKING POISON. NOBODY WANTS YOU NEAR THEM BUT YOU JUST KEEP INFECTING EVERYONE WITH YOUR PRESENCE. AT LEAST I DON'T NEED TO THROW MYSELF AT BOYS TO EVEN GET THEM TO LOOK AT ME. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I'VE HAD RED EYES FOR THE PAST MONTH FROM CRYING. I JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT INFRONT OF SCUM LIKE YOU!"

Amy raised her arm and slapped Pansy with all of her strength, then she turned and ran. Past all the staring faces with no idea of who they were or where she was going. She tried to blink through the tears but more came, blurring her vision.

She turned a corner openly sobbing now and aiming on putting as much difference between her and Parkinson as possible but someone grabbed the back of her shirt and pulled her into their arms. She would've fought like a wild cat but she recognized their scent and let herself relax and cry into their chest. Arms wound around her and a hand stroked her hair and she buried her face in their shirt.

"I'm sorry" Draco apologised. Almost in tears himself that he had put her through that. He'd always been a sucker for girls with pretty faces that cried. But now he had a girl with a beautiful face crying, and it was his fault.

"I'm sorry" he said again.

"Stop apologising" she sniffled, raising her head, tears still leaking from her almond eyes. He used the thumbs on each of his hands to try to wipe away her tears but they were just replaced with new ones.

"But it's my fault" he said, enveloping her in his arms again and leaning his head on top of hers. "I'm sorry I put you through that".

"S'not your fault" came the muffled response.

"C'mon" he sighed.

He took her to the Gryffindor common room as it was closest and he led her up the stairs to her and Parvati's room. 7th years got to choose who they shared their dormitory with. He led her to the bathroom, sat her in the sink and proceeded to wipe away her tears with a hand towel. His plan wasn't working so far.

He said nothing but she continued to cry. He looked at her thoughtfully before picking her up like a small child and carrying her back to her room, putting her down on the bed and stroking her head to comfort her as she buried her head in her pillow.

When she'd calmed down, the two sat talking about their lives until Lavender came back upstairs.

"Amy!" she cried when she saw her, then she stopped in her tracks as she took in Draco as well.

"Oh...hi" she smiled, her eyes flickering between the two.

Draco smiled at her before kissing Amy on the forehead and walking out, leaving Lavender with a little "O" shape where her mouth should've been. She turned to look at Amy and Amy recognized the look on her face.

"I'm going for a bath" she said, scrambling up and running to the bathroom.

"Oh no you-" Lavender started before Amy slammed the door in her face.

The next morning Amy woke up with sore eyes. At first she didn't remember why, but then heard a tap on the window.

Getting up she found an owl with a note attached to its leg. The sender obviously wasn't expecting a reply as the owl took of straight away.

Meet me at the Black Lake at 8 o'clock.

D x

The note said.

She was drifting back off to sleep when she heard an owl tapping at the window again. She groaned and got up, stumbling to the window. It was the same owl.

Don't go back to sleep.

The new note said. She grinned and forced herself to get up.