I climbed into the boats with one small first year who seemed to think he could impress me by rowing us back to the castle. The boats were enchanted to move that fast. But, it was cute. We got to where we were supposed to wait to be sorted. (She is a good friend of my family), breifed us on what we were supposed to do and then the sorting began after some words from Dumbledore.

I didn't pay attention untill my name was called, except I notice the kid in the boat with me was, by last name , right ahead of me during the sorting Haas or something like that.

"Hart, Kari." Ms. M called.

The hat was barely on my head before……….

"SLYTHERIN!"

My cover was almost blown to shreds. My brother was pissed. Brendan probably would be too.

"Yes! Come sit with me!" called Draco's friend…..the one whom he had called fat on the train. I rolled my eyes and saw Draco push over the guy sitting next to him to make room for me. Before I sat down I asked the kid if he was okay. He was fine.

"Hi Draco, I got into Slytherin." I stated. He smiled and nodded. Dumbledore talked and talked, then I saw it, a whole big plate of Dublin's Finest Caramel Apple Cake…..my most favorite dessert. I looked and it wasn't at any of the other table. It was special for me.

Annalise smiled as she further pushed the boy over, took a piece of cake and sat beside me.

"Hi." She smiled at me.

"Top of the mornin to ya!" I told her laughing. Brendan probably was dragging himself out of bed at the very moment. She gave me a what-the-hell look and I smiled at her. Draco looked at her then asked me "Is this mudblood your friend?"

"Yes Draco and that is very offensive not only to me but to my friends." I frowned and got up, then sat back down.

Annalise looked at Crabbe, who had moved to her side as if to keep her, Kari and Draco closed in between him and Goyle. "Merlin's Beard you're fat!" she announced at Crabbe in an annoying British accent. He frowned at her and whined to Draco.

"But you are fat, and it's laying around eating when you're high." Draco told him, got up and offered an arm to me "Would you like me to escort you to the Slytherin dormitory my lady?"

I smiled accepted his invitation, grinned at Annalise who had the 'Imma tell Brennen about this!' (She calls Brendan Brennan because he is her adopted older brother (older by about a year).

I looked at Draco and thought of Brendan, my stomach clenched harder than a Boa Constrictor around its prey. "You okay Kari?" Draco asked, obviously my face showed how bad my stomach felt.

"I'm fine." I lied as he took me into the dormitory.

"Uh huh," he told me "Why don't we take you to Madam Pomfrey."

"Unless she has a big vat of Guilt-Be-Gone, I don't think she can help me."

"Does this help?" Draco kissed my cheek. I pushed him away

"No!" I shouted at him,, then stomped off to the girls dorms, where I could lay down and do something productive to take my mind off the boys. Maybe write to Brendan…….or something. I felt so guilty…….but it was weird because I knew Brendan didn't like me like that, but Draco did……..I now felt bad that I had yelled at Draco I went to see if he'd talk to me he was already long gone in the boys dorms when I got out to try and talk to him.

"Draco, get your little white butt out here so Kari can talk to you!" Annalise called after I had asked how I could get Draco to come talk to me.

"I didn't mean yell at him." I told her as Draco emerged in pajama bottoms and his shirt half undone.

"Draco find some respect for us and button up your shirt we don't want to see that." Annalise snapped him.

"Who is 'we'?" Kari asked, glancing at Draco who was buttoning up his shirt.

Annalise's POV.

I walked up the stairs following some Gryffindors and asked if one of them could bring out Brett Hart for me. The girl, I believe her name was Angelina Johnson or something….I didn't care as long as I got to talk to Brett.

"Hi Annalise, cut to the chase, I got a really hot girl in the common room waiting for me…." He said then laughed. I did too.

"You couldn't get a girl to wait on you unless she was Eloise Midgen or drunk off her ass, or both." I told him.

Brett laughed "Awwww, you're jealous that's cute, okay what is it if it's not about my sister." He told me, pretty much telling me to cut to the chase again.

"One, I think that Draco Malfoy has the hots for Kari. Two I wanna sleep in the Gryffindor common room, because I didn't want to be in Slythrin."

"I think it's better, Annalise if you sleep with the Slytherins for now to keep tabs on my sister. Kaysikay? Once she starts snoring you can come if you don't get caught, the password is 'Acid pops.' As long as you make sure my sister and the Malfoy kid don't shag or anything, you can sleep in the Gryffindor common room." Brett told me "Got it Annalise?"

"Deal!" I told him, and then skipped off to the dungeons.

"Weird girl." I heard Brett say on his way back in.