CHAPTER 13

I was awakened the next morning by the curtains being thrown open. The light hit my face and I cringed away.

"Miss Black, you are wanted in the headmaster's office this instant" I peaked through one of my eyelids and saw Professor McGonagall. She always had a way of making me feel in trouble.

I nodded and stepped out of bed though my legs didn't cooperate so I fell to the floor. I winced and slowly stood up and regained my balance. I looked at Professor McGonagall who had a look of concern on her face.

"Im fine" I muttered and walked over to my dresser, wincing all the way.

"I hope so. 2 days in bed should be enough!" I spent 2 days in bed? But my whole body still ached. It must have taken a lot of energy to help Malfoy.

She left me to get dressed and I walked down 10 minutes later.

"Shall we go then?" She asked and I nodded. I limped the whole way through the common room, receiving looks from a lot of people who were headed to class.

After 15 minutes of slowly limping, we made it to Professor Dumbledore's office. I walked in and stood at his desk while McGonagall closed the door.

"Have a seat Miss Black" And I fell into the chair.

"You seem to be in pain Miss. Would you care to explain why?" I looked down. If I told him, I could get Harry, Ron and Malfoy in trouble for dueling outside a classroom. Harry could even get expelled for using such a curse!

Dumbledore seemed to notice my expression of concern.

"Nothing to worry about my dear" And I nodded. I decided to tell him parts of it.

"Well, Malfoy and I were um-" I looked down, blushing.

"Yes?" I blushed even more.

"We were…talking Sunday after dinner and Harry and Ron saw us. They must have misunderstood what was going on and they got angry and tried to stun Malfoy. I tried to stop them but the Malfoy got hurt. Then, I helped him. That's it sir" I said.

"What were Mr. Malfoy's conditions before you helped him" I couldn't describe it. It hurt to even think of it. Instead, I stood up and walked around his desk and held my hand out.

He looked at me curiously and then placed his hand on top of mine. I showed him that night's event from the time where Harry sent the spell until I collapsed.

"Ah! What a wonderful gift you have Miss Black" He said with twinkling eyes.

"And such young love" He added and winked.

"Oh, no sir, nothing like that!" I said quickly and he nodded.

"Thank you for coming today. You may leave now" And I walked back. The halls were empty. People were probably in class or something, though I knew we had a break first period though when I arrived back at the common room, mostly every one of my friends seemed to be there.

"Maddie!" I looked over to the couches where everyone was. There was Ginny, Fred, George, Jacob, Lee-Jordan and Hermione. Harry and Ron were standing at the other end of the room starring at me. I walked straight up to them.

"Upstairs, now" I growled and I turned and limped up to their room. They followed me and I closed the door behind them. I walked straight up to Ron and slapped him across the face with all my human force.

"Oi!" He jumped back and touched his cheek where my hand was imprinted on it. I turned to Harry and did the same though he didn't move. He only glared at me.

"What the HELL was Sunday all about?" I shrieked.

"He was snogging you!" Ron yelled. I turned to face him.

"WHAT?! WE WERE TALKING" I shrieked. I glared daggers at the both of them.

"Malfoy's a Slytherin!" He yelled back.

"It's none of your business what I do or who I do it with. Got that?" I yelled. Then I turned to Harry.

"Where's that book?" He looked over to his bag and I walked over and emptied his stuff. I snatched the book and walked over to Ron's bed and took his wand from it and lit the book on fire.

"Oi! Use your own wand!" He yelled and took his wand back.

"I would but Harry broke it" Ron gasped. I walked straight up to Harry.

"Stay the HELL out of my business. Got that?" And I turned.

"Wait! You owe me an explanation" I spun around and glared at him again.

"I don't owe you anything" I spat

"You're the one who owes me. If it wasn't for me, Malfoy would be dead and the precious Boy Who Lived would be in Azkaban" I left the room though before the door was closed, I heard him whisper

"There's something she's telling us" I walked down the stairs and saw that every person in the room was looking at me. I paused on the last step. Someone, probably George, cleared his throat and everyone turned back to their stuff.

I tried my best to not limp and I made my way to the cushion chair by the couches and sat in it and wrapped my arms around my knees.

Ginny got up from the couch and squeezed herself beside me and wrapped her arms around me.

"Why was everyone starring at me?" I whispered to her. I looked around.

"And why are they still starring?" I frowned. Were they all that curious of why I missed Friday and Saturday?

"Well, you guys were sort of loud up there. We heard…" She whispered back. I widened my eyes.

"What did you hear?" I asked in a panicky voice.

"Well, that you were with Malfoy and…, well, that Harry broke your wand…" Her voice trailed off towards the end. I groaned and hid my face.

"Don't worry, I told them all to keep their mouths shut" I nodded but didn't lift my head. After some people left, including everyone on the couch, I looked at the time. It was lunch time.

I stood up and pulled Ginny with me and proceeded to the door but she pulled me back.

"I want to know what happened" She said. I froze and my eyes widened. Hadn't I said I was going to tell Ginny? I almost nodded but then changed my mind at the last second when I thought of Jake and his secret. I looked down and muttered

"There's nothing to tell"