Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Harry Potter. They are JKR's. I just manipulate them into doing my bidding ;) I simply own my dear Violette.

Chapter 4

Violette said nothing. She was frozen in shock. What had just happened? Did he really like her or was it just to wind her up? How did he know that he liked her? She knew the answer to none of these questions.

"Violette?" Luna asked. Violette stood up.

"Are you coming to the common room, Luna?" She asked, as she started to walk away. Luna stood up and followed her.

"You still haven't answered my question." Luna pointed out while they were walking up the stairs.

"What question?" Violette asked, as if she didn't know.

"Did he kiss you back then?" Luna asked, starting to sound a bit agitated.

"What?" Violette asked, but when she saw the look on Luna's face she decided it was best not to lie. "Yes." Violette answered and continued walking. She didn't really want to talk about it. She was trying to get it out of her mind and Luna wasn't really helping.

"Why? You don't like him do you, Violette?" Luna asked stopping outside the common room. Violette knocked the door knocker, as she'd rather answer the raven's question than Luna's and a voice filled the corridor.

"Do you say, "Nine and five is thirteen," or "Nine and five are thirteen"?" The knocker asked.

After a moments deliberation Violette answered "Neither, Nine and five are fourteen."

"Good answer." The knocker said and the door swung open. The common room was loud and warm. When they had sat at the seats infront of the fire Luna resumed asking Violette questions.

"So do you like him?"

"Not really." Violette lied.

"Oh. Then why does Malfoy think you do?" She asked.

"I have no idea. Could we stop talking about it though?" Violette asked.

"Okay." Luna said. They sat in silence until Luna said, "Apparently, the Blibbering Humdingers are breeding very well at the moment. I hope I spot one." As usual she said this as though she was commenting on the weather. Violette laughed.

"Me too." She said, smiling. But the same thing still lingered at the back of her mind.

That afternoon, Violette and Luna sat in the library.

"Hi, guys." Came a voice from over head. Violette looked up.

"Oh, hi Harry. I thought you were someone else. You okay, Ron, Hermione?" Violette asked. She was relieved to see that it wasn't Malfoy.

"I'm fine thanks, Violette." Hermione sat, smiling and sitting at the desk next to them. Ron and Harry sat down too.

"I'm not looking forward to Defence Against the Dark Arts on Monday. That Umbridge woman doesn't seem very nice." Hermione said. They had got a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, named Professor Umbridge.

"My neither, she's a bit too… pink." Violette said. It was true; whenever they saw her she seemed to be wearing pink.

"She was at the hearing I had to attend in the holidays." Harry said.

"You had to go to a hearing at the Ministry? What for?" Violette asked shocked. Harry didn't seem the type to get in trouble with the law.

"Yeah, for saving my cousins life. We were attacked by Dementors." He added when he saw the confused look on Violette's face.

"There were Dementors where you live?" Violette said covering her mouth with hand in shock.

"Yeah, there were." Harry said.

"Well we better go. We've got that massive essay to do for Snape, remember." Ron said standing up.

"Oh yeah, we have. See you girls." Hermione said as her and Harry stood up and left Violette and Luna in the library. Violette picked up a book, entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and read for about half an hour. Luna got out the new copy of the Quibbler and read too. It was dark when they got back to the common room and Violette fell asleep the moment she closed her eyes.

The next morning Violette noticed that Malfoy was not at the Slytherin Table, but she tried not to think about it. After breakfast Violette and Luna walked out to the grounds as once again it was a beautiful sunny day. They lay on the banks of the Black Lake and watched the Giant Squid lazily wave its tentacles in the September air. It was unusually warm for September but everyone was grateful, that is wasn't raining as it normally was in the first weekend of term.

There was no sign of Malfoy at all that morning, but as the walked back into the school for lunch, Violette saw him. He walked up to her, then walked beside her.

"Did you enjoy yesterday?" He said, a smirk playing on his lips.

"Not really." Violette lied.

"Really? I'd have thought you did. It's not everyday you get a kiss from an amazingly good looking boy like me." He continued.

Violette tutted.

"A bit full of yourself aren't you, Malfoy?" Violette said, not looking at him.

"No, not at all." He said, pretending to sound shocked.

"Don't sound like that, Malfoy. It's really pathetic." Violette said. What are you saying? Don't put him off!! Violette thought.

"Pathetic?" He laughed.

"No- I… I mean yes." Violette stumbled.

"Plus I thought we were on first name terms? Enough with the Malfoy. That's what people I don't like call me. I call you Violette." He said.

"Well maybe you should call me Smith." Violette smiled and walked faster and away from Malfoy. She was starting to like him more and more each time she saw him. They had kissed after all. How could she resist?...