Please note that this chapter is Back in Gwen's POV and it's straight after she left Sirius and Remus in Chapter 3. Right, well- just wanted to clarify timing.

Disclaimer- J. owns harry potter and all HP Characters. I Own Malcolm, Gwen and Andrew though.

Chapter 5: A Secret

When I got to my dorm I found Dorcas crying on her bed, lily and Marlene weren't there. I ran over to her and wrapped my arms around her. 'Dorcas?'

She grabbed me in a hug, 'Gwen? Oh, no- I'm fine. I'm just...' she pushed me back and tried to smile.

'What happened?'

'It's nothing. Really. I'm being stupid.' But she started crying again. 'It's Malcolm.' Malcolm had been her secret crush since third year. Only me, Lily and Marlene knew this though and now Lily and Marlene thought she was over it. She always said that she was. Malcolm and her were just friends to him and everyone else but ever since he caught her when she fell off her broomstick in third year she had always had feelings for him.

Feelings that meant she always knew where he was, if he entered the great hall she's spill her food on herself and blush when they spoke. Feelings that meant it hurt if he spoke to other girls.

'Oh Dor, what happened?' I could tell it was bad.

'I… I was on prefect duty with Alex by the great hall, and Malcolm' sniffle 'and lily were on their way to astronomy. And Alex was being boring, so' she sniffled. 'So, I went up to go see lily' sniffle, 'and I was at the top of the stairs and I' sniffle sniffle, I squeezed her shoulder. 'And I heard Malcolm ask lily to the Ball' she cried into my shoulder. I gasped. NO! Lily wouldn't.

'What happened?' I whispered.

'Lily… she… she said yes.' She cried. 'So I ran away before they saw me' I could scream at Lily, but I stopped myself.

She didn't know that Dorcas still liked him; I mean Dorcas pretended she was over it. And I knew Lily was still mad at James so of course she'd go with Malcolm. She should have just known though! I mean Dorcas sucked at being subtle. Well, she sucked around me.

Oh I was going to yell at Lily when she got back.

Dorcas felt me tense and stopped sniffling to look at my set jaw, 'No! Please don't tell her! I don't want… I don't want her to know!'

'But Dorkeey, she can't- '

Dorcas interrupted me, 'Yes she can. She can go with him. I don't care about him anymore.'

But she did though. I sighed,

'Fine, I won't tell her. But maybe you should. She shouldn't have done that.'

'She didn't know'

'Well, she should have known.'

So I let Dorcas cry into my shoulder until she couldn't' cry anymore and then she pulled away, wiping her eyes. 'I'll be fine now, sorry'

I rolled my eyes, only Dorcas would apologise for having feelings. I grinned at her, 'Want to hear something funny?

Dorcas smiled at me and nodded, 'Please'

'You'll never guess who was in the Hospital wing and why he was there' and I went on to tell her about Sirius being taken down by little shy Katy. She burst out laughing as I retold the story and how he whined in defence. She shook her head laughing, 'you're lying?! Is this the same Sirius Black?'

'I swear by every word. So, where is Marlene?'

'With Jordon, they're probably snogging in the common room. Oh! That reminds me, Amos Diggory asked me about you today!' she jumped up like a puppy.

'What? Why?' I looked at her curiously, remembering the looks he'd sent towards me and Marlene earlier.

'He asked me if you were trying out for the team again this year!' I rolled my eyes in disappointment, quidditch. Of course.

'I hope you told him that they couldn't kick me of the team even if they wanted too!'

Dorcas nodded, 'yeah I said that. He nodded and walked away.' oh. Hufflepuffs getting competitive this year? Bring it ON!

Dorcas said something else but I was thinking about when try-outs were so I missed it. 'Hmmm?' I said, focusing on the present as she waved a hand in front of my eyes.

She smiled, 'I said: Do you think he'll ask you to the ball?'

I shook my head, 'No, we don't know anything about each other.'

'And what if he did ask you, would you say yes?'

'Depends' I said non-committedly

'On what?' she leaned in, interest in her eyes. I never spoke about boys.

'On the weather.' I grinned as she rolled her eyes at me disappointed with my lack of girlyness.

'So, you went to the library with Remus again today.' She stated smiling.

'That is a fact, yes.' I narrowed my eyes at her suspiciously, sensing she was about to begin insinuating something. But she chuckled and held up her hands in defence.

'Okay, fine. I get it.'

But now that she'd brought up Remus it reminded me of what had happened in the hospital wing. He had a secret.

And I was curious.

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Next chapter: The Weakest Link

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