Chapter 3: Don't waste all your tears, reality is so hollow.

A/N: Wow, thank you for all the reviews and adds and everything else, you guys are great! And sorry, the timeline is a bit off, but it's been a while since I've read the 5th book, I'll be making sure from now on I have it down.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

"Crissy you can't go! Hogwarts will be so boring without you." Draco exclaimed to Crystal as she threw her broom moodily on the ground. She had given up flying, there was no point in trying when Draco was shouting at her.

"Hardly, you start this year. I wouldn't start for another year." Crystal sighed and now threw herself on the ground sending flowers and dandelion puffs soaring around them.

"Yes, but…" Draco stood there looking at the puffs of dandelion swarm around them not sure what to say. "I don't understand why you have to leave" Draco finished feeling upset.

Crystal grabbed her broom that she had thrown on the ground and stared at it. "My father doesn't want me." She said in a dead voice.

Draco stared at her before he finally sat down and pulled the broom out of her hands "That's nonsense! Of course he wants you." He said in disbelief, though a part of him believed it to be true. Why else would he send his daughter to America?

Crystal smiled half heartily "Thanks Draco, but its nonsense that you believe that delusion."

Draco didn't know what to say. Maybe she was right. But none of this was making sense in his head. Frustrated he ruffled his hair before getting up off the ground. "Hop on" he said as he mounted the broom. Crystal titled her head in questioned "We might as well have some fun while you are here." Draco said as she continued to stare.

"We never ride on a broom together" Crystal laughed in skepticism.

"Just this once then" Draco smiled and extended a hand.

Crystal shook the memory away as someone had grabbed onto her shoulder and pulled her out of her dream. "Crystal, practice is done." Harry smiled warmly at his friend. Crystal blinked. She hadn't thought of that memory in a long time, funny it would come up as she was watching Harry and the rest of the Gryffindor team practice.

"Sorry I dozed off for a bit, you guys did great though!" Crystal said happily as she got up.

"You think so?" Harry questioned while leading her down the stands.

"From what I saw, I mean before I fell asleep." Crystal said while following Harry "Where's Ron?" she questioned now noticing it was just her and Harry.

"He already went ahead to the common room, he wanted to start his essay for Charms." Harry answered with a smile. He was enjoying being with just her. He was a little disappointed to see that she had fallen asleep, but he figured she was tired and deserved a break. It was a longer day for her and he respected that, although she missed a great save by Harry that left him a bit disappointed.

"Oh" Crystal said while eyeing her surroundings. She was afraid Draco or Theo would come up out of nowhere and yell at her again "I don't think we should walk back together." Crystal said while she continued to look around.

"Why? You still worried about Malfoy and your brother?" Harry tried not to sound so upset, but he couldn't help it. It really upset him that she let them walk all over her and tell her what she could and could not do.

"Yes" she admitted timidly. "They could tell father." She said in a detached voice.

"You don't care for your dad do you?" Harry reached out and put a concerned hand on her shoulder. She stopped walking at once and turned to Harry with sad eyes.

"No I really don't." Crystal sighed.

"Why not? Is it something you want to talk about?" Harry searched her blue eyes with his green eyes, hoping to find something. He just saw the usual pain and sadness. From the moment he first saw her, that's all he was drawn to was her said and pain filled eyes.

Crystal looked away from Harry and let her eyes drift up to the cold fall sky. She took a deep breath as the wind blew her hair back and frowned "It wasn't easy growing up. I never fit in." She said as she tore her eyes away from the sky and looked at Harry. He nodded and she knew somewhere deep inside of her, he knew how she felt. "I was sent to America for that reason and that reason alone."

Harry felt sorry for her. It felt like she never believed she fit in from the start and he wanted to help her and say something for her, but they just met a couple of months ago, what could he do? "Why are you at Hogwarts now then?" Harry questioned trying to comfort her in other ways since he didn't know what else to do.

"The Dark Lord, why else?" Crystal practically snorted as if it was obvious.

"He wouldn't want you, I mean you're underage." Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Because that would matter" Crystal rolled her eyes and began walking again as she felt a shiver trace its way up her spine. "My parents think because I'm so smart he will use me and in that find favor in my parents."

"You don't want to though do you?" Harry asked now afraid she wasn't as good as she appeared to be. Just maybe she was a Death Eater at heart and this was all a poly.

"It doesn't matter what I want, I'm a pureblood. And a daughter of purebloods, I'm a mere tool for their disposal." Harry frowned at her words, they were so cold and far off but yet she didn't seem to care. It was as if she had gotten so used to her situation that it didn't even matter anymore what she did or did not want.

"Crystal" Harry said in a mere whisper. He didn't know what he could say to make it right. He knew this wasn't fair for anyone. And a part of him wonder deep down inside if this is how Malfoy was as well. If Malfoy was a tool as well, but he shook that off quickly. The difference between Malfoy and Crystal was Malfoy was an evil prat, Crystal was a sweet and kind girl.

"Hmm?" She said in response to him calling her name.

He shook his head "You know you do have a way out, there's always a way." Harry said not sure if that's true at all but it was worth a try.

"How? I would have nowhere to go." Crystal walked a bit faster as they made their way into the castle. She was cold from being outside and beginning to grow weary from the topic Harry had chosen to talk about. Yes spending time with him was great, but the constant chatter about her life wasn't what she wanted.

"I'm sure we could figure something out" Harry smiled reassuringly. She wished his words were true. She really did, she knew she didn't fit in with her family. But she knew getting out of that is a lot harder than just walking away, especially with the Dark Lord.

"You will not, Crystal Nott come with me now." Both Harry and Crystal turned around sharply to see Theodore standing there with a couple of other Slyhterin's, all of whom wore scowling faces. Neither of the two got to answer or respond to the harsh statement, Theodore had already grabbed Crystal and was pulling her away to where she didn't know.

She tried not to whimper or whine as she was being pulled along like a rag doll. Her arm was beginning to hurt from the pressure Theodore was applying and the force that her arm was being pulled. She didn't say anything and just let him pull her down farther into the dungeons.

Finally they arrived in the Slytherin common room, much to Crystal's disliking. She had never been down in their common room, but the minute she got down there it became clear to her why the Slytherin's were so unpleasant. They lived like trolls in this darker dreary common room.

She continued to stare in awe and disliking as her brother pulled her to the nearest couch after shooing away several first years.

"I thought you said you weren't going to talk to him anymore." Theodore finally snapped once it was just the two of them on the couch.

"I say a lot of things" Crystal said while staring off at the dark green carpet.

Theodore sighed "Could you show some emotions?" He shook his head as he reached out and grabbed her arm. She turned and looked up at him with a blank look on her face. "And stop twisting up lies."

"Maybe if you show me some respect, Theo." She snarled ripping her arm out of her brother's reach.

"I can't when you are running off with them behind our back." He responded back in a calm voice.

"Would you rather I be all alone?" Crystal questioned frustrated with her brother. She knew this was going to keep happening and to be honest it was wearing her down. It was getting old, couldn't they just accept her?

"No, you can hang out with Draco and myself" Theodore said simply. "And there's Pansy and plenty of other Slyhterin's!"

Crystal blinked at her brother wondering how he could think it was that simple. "Can I speak to Draco instead of you?" She asked feeling that would be an easier battle to win.

"But Crystal" Theodore started but cut himself off by her exhausted face. It was getting harder and harder to say no to her. Being apart from her so long made him forget what she was like when she was being human. "Okay fine." He sighed and got up to find Draco.

Crystal waited patiently trying to figure out a way around this. She believed Harry when he said they would find away. She doesn't want to go back to that house hold. Lord knows what would happen when she comes home. It couldn't even be really called a home as far as she's concerned. It was filled with too many bad memories and pain. If anyone would know about that it would be Draco, and if she could get Draco to bend for her, well then she really couldn't turn down Harry. She had only been out of America for about 3 months now and she wanted out of her family more and more. She was starting to see all along they were wrong in believing purebloods were 'holy'. Crystal's heart wanted to fight for what she believed in and what better way than next to the boy who lived?

In all honestly she didn't feel righting using Draco, anyone with a conscious would feel that way, but all this fighting and attempt to control her was getting old. She had to do something. No matter what and she was going to do it as soon as she could.

"Crystal" Draco happily said as he took a seat next to her on the couch, instantly breaking her thoughts. "Theodore said you wanted to talk to me."

"Yeah" She said shyly as she turned back to look at the floor again. He was in such a good mood and she was about to damping that real quickly. "Listen I know you guys aren't happy with me." She frowned and pulled out her wand and began to twirl it in her hands. She felt nervous deep down inside. Draco can be intimating at times, when he wanted to be. Right now she just felt so small in comparison to him. But it had always been that way. She idolized him growing up. He was perfect everything his parents ever wanted. And she, she was a misfit. He was loved. She was hated. He could do anything to please his parents. She had to try till she couldn't lift even a muscle.

"I'm just a little disappointed. I was happy to have you back and you've been distant." Draco admitted. Crystal couldn't help but let her eyes travel off of the carpet and land into the icy cold orbs. He kept searching her and hoping for something. What he was hoping for was his best friend, not this empty shell. The Crystal he knew was filled with life and love. The Crystal now was filled with snide remarks, sarcasm, and cold words.

"Draco, I have my reasons. Can you just…" She leaned forward and grabbed his hand, holding it like they used to as children. "Can you trust me and let me be friends with them? Isn't that what friends do? Respect and support the other persons decisions no matter what?" She said with her best smile.

Draco knew it wasn't a real smile, but he did know she was right. He should trust her and let her be friends with them. It's the right thing to do as her friend. If he wanted to prove to her that he wanted to be her friend like old times he would have to say yes. But it wasn't that simple, he couldn't just let her do whatever he wanted. This odd part of him wanted to protect her and he couldn't do that if she was hanging out with Potter.

"Why do you want to be friends with them?" He finally questioned as he gave her hand a tiny squeeze. He couldn't help but wonder if her hand had always been this tiny in his. Had he really grown that much and had she really stayed this small? Maybe she was frailer then he thought…

Crystal let go of his hand quickly in shock. She wasn't expecting this kind of affection. Sure it was normal when she was in America, but she was back in England and not expecting affection of this sort at all. "I just have a feeling" She said awkwardly after seeing the hurt look in Draco's eyes after she dropped his hand.

"A feeling?" Draco raised his eyebrow.

"They seem like great people. And you know" Crystal titled her head realizing something. "No one ever told me why I can't be friends with him. I realize he's the boy who lived, but what does that have to do with anything." She said while scrunching her face up feeling like she was missing something big here.

Draco couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was she really being this naïve? How could she not realize why she shouldn't be friend with Potter, a mudblood and a bloodtratior? Shouldn't that be common sense a pureblood to know why? "Crystal" He started but then didn't know what to say "I mean…" He shuttered still unsure. "He's the enemy. And Granger? She's a mudblood. That alone should stop you. And Weasley? His whole family is blood traitors, what part of that rings a bell in your head that says 'hang out with me'?" Draco finally spat out in anger.

Crystal inched back a bit on the couch to get farther away from Draco. "They are nice people. I really don't see what blood has to do with any of it." She said as calmly as she could. Truth be told, she was scared. She couldn't get the upper hand with Draco. She couldn't be their friends if she couldn't get Draco on her side. Would she have to lie? She didn't want to dig a web even deeper, but if she had too, she could.

"It has everything to do with it." Draco sighed shaking his head. America did more harm than good. If only her parents knew, no that would be bad.

"Please Draco, I would do anything if you would just let me be their friends." She didn't mean to throw out the beg card, but she felt desperate. He wouldn't listen. He wouldn't understand. His mind had been tainted by the pureblood belief system and it wasn't right. He should know it's not right, it's not like he was stupid. He was a smart boy. Couldn't he see this was just old prejudiced built into his brain?

"Anything?" Draco looked hopefully at her. His heart wanted her to just be his friend, but was that all he wanted?

Crystal looked at Draco with wide eyes. She shouldn't have said anything. But she didn't get to answer. She had been watching Draco with fearful eyes, until someone blocked Draco out of her view. Pansy had thrown herself onto Draco and cut off the conversation in general.

"Draaaaaaaaky" She whined as she clung tightly to him.

"What Pansy?" Draco snapped at her "I'm having a conversation." He attempted to push her off but she clung tighter.

"What with her" Pansy stared at Crystal with venom "She hardly counts as a person." She let out a shrill laugh.

Crystal couldn't take it anymore, it felt like a knife straight to her heart. She quickly got up and gave Draco a bow.

"No you can stay" Draco pleaded still trying to push Pansy away, but she wouldn't let him.

"It's alright, I know when I'm not wanted." Crystal smiled sadly. She had never really liked Pansy, but she knew that Pansy hated her. "I'll see you on Friday like promised." She said knowing exactly how to get under Pansy's skin.

It worked "What?" Pansy said loudly as Crystal walked out of the common room, glad to be abandoning this conversation all together.

Of course it never really got abandoned. She had received a letter from her father the next day asking her to explain her behavior. She didn't know how to respond back, but she knew if she didn't respond there would be problems as well. She didn't really know what to do, but eventually she wrote him back saying Harry had this odd idea in his delusional head of his that she was his friend because they were housemates. Then Crystal went onto say that she wanted to hold her family name so she let him down gently instead of causing a scene. She had to reassure her dad twice, but she made sure he believed her.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were really understood through it all. Not only that they were starting to include her in everything, even if every Friday night was 'Draco' time. They had learned she had other responsibilities and found it useful to hear from the 'Death Eaters' point of view. They even trusted her enough as a friend to let her in on Dumbledore's Army. Everyone was skeptical at first, but that faded as soon as they saw how well she was working with Neville. Crystal was a bit scared to work with Neville at first, but realized how much fun he was once you got to know him. And soon she found herself having more and more friends. Draco didn't approve of them at all, but he didn't want to upset her. Tensions were already high with the Slytherin and Gryffindor match coming up in two weeks, so he eventually gave up and let her be for the time being, but that didn't mean he didn't hate Potter, Granger, and Weasley any less. He started to hate Potter even more because he felt that Crystal had a small crush on him and he went and started flirting with that good for nothing Chang. But he couldn't bring that up to Crystal, she would hate him forever. He was glad regardless that it was a Friday night and he would be able to see her, but he wasn't glad at where she was.

Crystal had been sitting with the twins, Fred and George for reasons unknown to her. She wasn't even sure how it happened. One moment she was walking with Neville the next she found herself sandwiched between the two.

"Crystal my sweet sweet friend" Fred smiled warmly at her as he piled some food on to her plate.

"Our sweet sweet friend dear brother" George corrected as he carefully poured her some pumpkin juice.

"Too right you are!" Fred nodded as he clapped his hands, having just finished putting foods of his choice on her plate.

"Freddy and Georgy, please tell me you have a point." Crystal couldn't help but smile. The twins were always so much fun and she rather liked being around them in general.

"We need to have a chat." Fred started.

"Just a small one" George joined in.

"We figure this is your area of expertise, we were hoping you could help us." Fred set down several papers on an open spot on the table in between Crystal and himself. She raised an eyebrow in confusion, how could she help them?

"I don't really have an expertise, well potions and some dark arts." She admitted with a tiny blush.

"Ah ha, so you do have one. I told you brother." Fred smirked devilishly as he went through the papers a bit more.

"Yes yes, but more importantly we are so happy you admitted to the dark arts." George mirrored his twins smirk.

"Why what do you need from me?" Crystal looked between the two twins feeling genially curious. Usually people didn't ask her questions. Unless you count Neville, she had seemed to be helping him daily with his homework. She didn't mind, she found it fun actually.

"Well we are" Fred lowered his voice "Working on our Weasley Wizard Wheezes."

George leaned in too "And we figured you could help us figure out how to get something to work." He said with hopeful childish like eyes. Crystal couldn't help but nod her head in agreement and look over the papers in front of her as she reached for her goblet and began to drink it.

"Fred and George, you aren't luring Crystal in too are you?" The twins and Crystal quickly jumped and scrambled to put the papers away as Hermione's sharp voice filled their ears.

"Of course not Hermione, you must be imagining things." Fred said smoothly as he tucked the papers away. "We were just telling her how she eats like a cow."

George nodded, "Yes a cow."

Crystal tried not to glare at the twins who were practically calling her fat.

"I somehow don't buy that." Hermione narrowed her eyes as she sat down across from them, Harry and a guilty looking Ron sat down shortly after.

"Neville said he'd see you tomorrow, he left his book in the library Crissy." Harry said the minute he sat down.

"Oh that's what happened. Well yes, unless Draco changes his mind" Crystal said hopefully. It's not that she didn't want to see Draco tonight. It's just that she really wanted to work with the twins. They actually were starting to get her excited. The idea that she could actually help them with something amazed her and somehow made her heart want to skip in happiness. She was actually smiling real smiles right now.

"I doubt that" Ron laughed with a near mouthful of potatoes "He's been glaring at this table like we are devils trying to steal you away." He finished after he had swallowed.

"Didn't we inform you little brother? We are" Fred said in a truly convincing voice. Crystal could have almost laughed. But she stopped herself and settled for a slight snort. The action along caused everyone to turn to stare at her in disbelief. Crystal doesn't laugh, she barely even smiles.

"Sorry, it was amusing." Crystal blushed a light pink before busying herself with her food. The whole time she could feel Harry's eyes on her, but she ignored it and carried on eating.

"No need to apologize." Harry smiled comfortingly at his friend but was soon cut short as Cho and her friends had entered the great hall. There was a collective eye roll from Fred, George, and Crystal who knew all too well that Harry was starting to fancy her more and more.

"Well we would like to stay and chat" Fred said breaking the awkward air that had now formed around them.

"But we have more important things to do then sit with you kiddies." George patted Crystal on the back with a grin "Remember to think about helping us."

"I'll talk to Draco and see if I can skimp out tonight, doubt it though." Crystal smiled and waved as Fred and George left to go sit with Lee Jordon.

"What are you helping them with?" Ron asked curiously as his eyes followed his brothers "You think they would ask me, I'm their brother and all…" He added in a low tone.

Crystal felt awkward "Oh, nothing really." She said shyly as she shifted her food around.

"Speaking of help" Hermione quickly piped up for a change of subject. "I was wondering if tomorrow we could go over some" Hermione moved her towards the staff table motioning to Umbridge, meaning she wanted to go over some DA stuff with Crystal and the boys.

"Of course, I'll make sure I'm free for that." Crystal smiled a true smile. She loved being a part of DA, it made her feel important. "But right now I'm going to head over to the Slytherin table, those daggers being stared down our backs are beginning to give me high blood pressure." Everyone let out a laugh at her words, but she just smiled deviously.

"See you tonight then, Crissy" Harry said while waving goodbye.

Crystal just smiled and made her journey over to the Slytherin table. Draco had been sitting with Crabbe, Goyle, Theodore, and Blaise, but it now looks like Pansy had found her way over. Crystal didn't really like Pansy, but if Pansy was there then maybe she could weasel out of spending time with the Slytherin's tonight.

"Evening" Crystal said while changing her face from a true smile to a much stiffer smile.

"Crissy, you're early" Draco noted while pulling out his pocket watch and looked at the time.

"Am I? Should I go back? I can leave you and Pansy be" She said quickly while half turning back to the Gryffindor table. Theodore quickly grabbed his sister and pulled her to sit down next to him. He was actually glad she spent every Friday with Draco. Little did he know it was part of the agreement that Draco and Crystal had made. If Crystal spent one day a week with the Slytherin's she could be friends with the Gryffindors. But the other part of the agreement was, Draco could change the agreement at any given time if he didn't like Crystal attitude at any given point.

"Pansy was just leaving weren't you, Pansy" Draco said through gritted teeth while glaring over at her. Pansy didn't say anything but let out a slight pout before glaring at Crystal and stomping off. "Sorry about that." Draco's face turned from a scowl to a smile in seconds as he turned to Crystal. "I had some fun planned if you want to come with me?" Draco asked gingerly as he extended a hand for her to take.

Crystal denied the hand and got up anyways "Where are we going?" Crystal asked, not so much giving a goodbye to anyone else at the table. She did wait for Draco to finish goodbyes to his friends then she followed him out of the great hall. She noticed Neville had finally made it to the Gryffindor table. She thought about waving but she noticed Draco watching her movements closely, so she just smiled at her good friend who barely smiled back out of fear of Draco.

"I figured we could just spend our time in my room tonight, is that okay?" Draco asked while he reached out and grabbed her hand. She didn't object as she interlaced her hands with his.

"I don't see why, usually we sit in the common room with everyone else." Crystal shrugged. She really didn't like change and she didn't see why they couldn't be in the common room. What was so special about today that they had to talk alone?

Draco tried not to sigh. This was typical of her. She never wanted to spend time with him like old times, it was always sticking to the new routine she had formed. And what she had formed was not something Draco liked. He was really starting to miss her more and more even if she was right in front of him. It was getting harder and harder too. She was right there, but she never was. Draco found it was like starting all over again. He had thought about forcing her into more than just Friday, but she was actually smiling more and more. On more than one occasion he had also notice she was close to laughing. Sadly he only witnessed this from the Slyhterin table while she was sitting at the Gryffindor. He felt like he couldn't do anything right for her. It was all like it was before. He was beginning to feel like a failure all again. He couldn't have been there for her in the past, how could he now? He hadn't changed at all and he wasn't that much better of a person. He felt like he had failed her.

"Draco?" Crystal said while squeezing his hand. She hated breaking him out of his thoughts but they had been standing in front of the entrance to the Slyhterin common room for a while now, while he stood there and thought.

"Oh right, sorry I was zoning out." He smiled sheepishly and said the password, leading them into the dark dungeon of a common room.

To be honest Crystal felt nervous as Draco led her up to his room. She hadn't been in Draco's 'room' since she was a child, granted this wasn't just Draco's room, it was a shared dorm, but still. She was now fourteen years old, almost fifteen and Draco was nearly sixteen. It was no longer considered a social norm to be alone with a boy in his room at that age. But none the less she followed him in and took a seat on his bed, with him sitting down right next to her. She expected it to feel awkward, but it felt oddly enough like old times.

Draco couldn't help put grin from ear to ear. He noticed it too, it felt like old times. "So what did you and your…friends talk about at dinner today?" Draco asked, asking the same question he asks every Friday. He is actually genuinely curious. He wanted to know what they said so maybe he could try and be just as good as them.

Crystal attempted not to roll her eyes. Well Draco actually wanted to know, Crystal saw this as small talk. To her it felt like Draco had nothing better to talk about so he would always start it with a simple conversation opener. "Oh that's top secret." Crystal smirked. It was true most of it she couldn't tell to Draco even if she wanted too. She wasn't that much of a pureblood to give away their secrets.

"But I'm your friend you can trust me." Draco said smoothly as he leaned back onto his bed post.

"I agree to the friend part, but I can't trust you not with this at least." Crystal continued to smirk as she watched Draco's eyes for a reaction.

He let her search his icy grey eyes as he searched her blue eyes "If you are doing anything that will get you in trouble, please stop. They aren't worth it." He said coolly.

"They are worth every second of it." Crystal smiled disagreeing completely with Draco. If he only knew them, if he only knew how happy they made me, maybe he would be okay with everything.

"You hate me don't you?" Draco said after a moment of silence. The question took Crystal by surprise. Why would he think that she hated him?

"Draco I never said I hated you so where is this coming from?" Crystal asked in concern as she moved forward on the bed so she was sitting next to him.

"You treat me like you hate me." He said simply, not daring to look at her at all. "Whenever we talk you barely even look at me and you treat me like I'm a fly or something."

"Draco, how can I look at you?" She asked in the serious voice she owned "Have you looked in the mirror? You have to be the ugliest male alive." She lightly padded his arm as he looked horrified.

"You really think so?" He asked with wide eyes as he put both of his hands on his face and felt it as if it was a goblins face.

"Hardly, all the girls think you are attractive. Even the 'mudbloods' you hate dearly." Crystal let out a tiny little snicker.

Draco stared at her in shock. For her to pull a joke like that and sound convincing that seemed low even for her. But she almost laughed! He didn't know how to react "That was out of line." He finally said with narrowing eyes. "No one makes fun of my looks I am-"

Crystal cut him off "Draco Malfoy the purest of purebloods and the handsomest pureblood of all time. Next to me of course, no one could beat my looks." She said with a cocky grin as her eyes danced with happiness at Draco.

"Excuse me? You mean you are the best looking female pureblood. I'm the best looking male." Draco corrected. Though he could help being amazed at how Crystal was acting. She was never this playful with him.

"Cocky aren't we?" Crystal asked while titling her head down.

"No, I just speak the truth. A Malfoy never lies." Draco said simply.

"What about-" Crystal started but was sharply cut off by Draco.

"Doesn't count" He said loudly.

"Or what abo-"

"Once again Crissy, doesn't count." Draco said while putting his hand playfully over her mouth.

"Buff I fought" She attempted to say but was having a hard time with his hand over her mouth. She didn't know what came over her, but she wanted to be herself, she was sick of the façade she put up in front of Draco. If she was going to be stuck with him every Friday, she might as well have fun.

"No no no, don't be silly." Draco laughed as he pulled his hand away from her mouth. This was the Crystal he knew and love. This was what their friendship had been all about, teasing, laughing, and loving one another as friends. This is what true friendship felt like. Not that following that came from Crabbe and Goyle, nor the adoration that came from Pansy, no this was true friendship. This was how it was meant to be.