A/N: Wooo thanks for the reviews, though they were a little lacking, 100 was reached Harrypotterlover1014 was the 100th reviewer. :P don't you love Saturdays… I do lol Oh and Mira- Bella and the rest of them live in 2012... Lol I find that amusing…Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Felt that I needed one. I Taylor 'Rosalie' Do not own the Harry Potter series: ( . If I did I would be at the mall buying everything in building… or I would be filling a pool with money… Cause who wouldn't want to 'swim in money… I don't own the movie 2012 either… though I did make a reference… lol

Chapter ten: Step one.

OoOo Hermione oOoO

Hermione sat watching the rain, It was falling from the sky gracefully and like little diamonds. She and everyone else were still waiting on Blaise. Luna had arrived an hour previously. She wondered what was taking him so long. The book had become a drug for her.

"Give him time, He will get here." Ginny said laughing as Hermione began to rock back and forward with anticipation. It was actually quite funny to tell the truth, she looked like she belonged in an insane asylum.

"Blaise is always late." Draco chuckled. "If you told him that the world was ending and he had five minutes to get to china and board a ship… he would spend five minutes alone to trying to find his wand."

"I know that." Hermione said with a sigh. She couldn't help but admit that he was extremely right, Blaise was a slow poke. "I'm just getting a little impatient." She said finally getting up to go sit next to her husband and sister.

"We could tell." Taylor said with a smile.

"Taylor, I do believe that Christian is rubbing off on you. You act more and more like him every day." Ginny laughed.

"No, I was always this sarcastic and fun loving…" She said smiling. "You just didn't realize it."

"What could possibly be taking Blaise so long?" Seamus spoke up randomly. He didn't seem to talk too much, though he was always there. The look on his face turned to one of realization. A knowing smirk appeared in the place on his frown and he raised an eyebrow. "Ohhhh, I know where he is." His dominant Scottish accent resonated through the room.

"Where?" Several people asked in confusion. Though if I do say so myself, it was obvious. But no one asked me.

"I bet yeh five galleons he's at the school library looking for that book that Brianne mentioned earlier." He said grinning like a monkey with a banana.

"He had better not!" Luna said narrowing her eyes. It was quite humorous to witness. Luna was never the violent threatening type. She was too much of the happy go lucky day dreamer of the group. "When he gets here, just play a long." She said smiling.

"What do you mean…" Christian started to ask but was cut off.

*Pop* Blaise apparated into the room, he had a grin on his face. He looked as if he had been up to no good.

"How nice of you too finally join us, Blaise." Draco said leaning back into the couch and crossing his arms against his chest. "I think your girlfriend isn't too pleased with you." He said with a smirk.

Hermione glanced over at Draco in confusion. He seemed to be the only one who was playing along.

"Oh Merlin, what did I do this time." He asked glancing at her from the corner of his eye. "Lu, what did I do?"

"Hah, he rhymed! He was a poet and didn't even know it!" Tom shouted out. He needed to stop watching the Disney channel. (I have nothing against it)

"His rhyming skills aren't important right now." Taylor said dismissively. "We hear that you have been, oh how would you put it, I guess up to no good would work." She was thoughtful for a moment as she looked up at Blaise. Hermione caught on.

"You know what you did." Luna said nonchalantly. "As do the rest of us," now that was a lie. None of them actually knew if he was guilty of anything at all. This whole ordeal was because of Seamus's little theory. And Luna, being the whimsical person she was, wanted to see what she could get out of him.

Blaise looked nervous. "Lu, I didn't do it. Whatever Goyle has told you, it wasn't me!" He managed to stutter out. "I was the victim in all of this; it was all Millicents' idea! Please don't tell the professors that we saw that!" Everyone laughed at him. "What? What is so funny? I don't see what's so funny!"

"We were just yanking your chain." Harry said, "Seamus said you were late because you were looking for that book…"

"Oh… Ummm well, just forget I said anything." He said sitting down next to Luna.

"So was I right? Did you find the book? You had better let me read that if you did." Seamus said excitedly. Though his previous story was intriguing, Seamus didn't ask.

"I don't know what you are talking about Seamus." Blaise said looking over at the Gryffindor. "I would never look for a book like that…" He said in fake assurance. Snorts were heard throughout the room.

"Sure you wouldn't Blaise." Draco said shaking his head. "Weren't you the one, who made that hole in the wall, you know the one I'm talking about." Blaise's eyes grew wide. "The one behind the old tapestry on the third floor so that you could see into the Girls lavatory back in third year."

"That was never proven." Blaise said flatly. "And who ever made it learned his lesson when McGonagall decided to take a shower." Blaise flinched. Everyone was laughing by this point. They could only imagine how traumatizing that would be.

"Or well so I have heard…" He said dismissively as Seamus rolled on the floor laughing. "So shall we read the story or what? This conversation is looming on the borderline of boring town."

"You obviously have a different definition of boring." Amethyst said as she pick up the book. This time she was reading.

OoOo Mira-Bella oOoO

"Valentine's Day Ball"

I read off out loud as I looked at one of the many fliers that were hung throughout the school. I had hardly taken notice to the fact that it was only a few days until Valentine's Day. Hadn't Valentine's Day just been here like a year ago? Yuck. "How fun," I said sarcastically as I turned away from the flyer…

"Oh you know you find it exciting." Ali said from beside me, I could almost hear the smile in her voice. I wouldn't doubt that she would be excited. Valentine's day was her absolute favorite day of the year. She liked the colors and the purpose… I on the other hand, was not too fond of Pink.

"And what gives you that idea?" I asked trying not to laugh at her.

"I just know you want to go." She laughed as we continued our way to Potions. We were already going to be late. "And why wouldn't you, you had a semi-good time at the Christmas ball." She said as we rounded a corner.

"Yeah, but that was the 'Christmas ball', what's not to like about a Christmas Ball." I asked. I had never met a person who didn't like our Annual Christmas ball, but I knew tons of people who hated the Valentines ball. It was just so pink, full of people being all mushy and people who wanted to spike the punch with love potion or other unmentionables...

"Please, don't make your best friend have to endure it alone, you have been to one before, I haven't." She pleaded. That was so like her. She wanted to trick me into going. She wanted to guilt me into it.

"They aren't all they are cracked up to be."

"Please."

"Why are you so dead set on making me go?" I asked rolling my eyes. We were already out side of the Potions room, but the bell had rung five minutes ago. I had to thank the stars that we had Slughorn and not Snape. From what I had heard, he was pretty harsh. Not that I would have had to deal with that… Imma Slytherin.

"Oh, no reason at all," She said pushing open the door. I didn't have time to say anything before I had to walk in.

"You are late." Slughorn stated the obvious as we made our way to the side of the room to our seats. He continued on with the lesson.

"You have to have a reason." I whispered to her as I wrote down the twelve properties of Dragon and Unicorn blood.

"Oh it's nothing really." She replied. "It isn't really important."

"Rosalie Shay!" I hissed. "Tell me, friends tell each other everything." I said twirling my quill in my fingers. It was one of my mom's special quills. One of the ones Daddy had given her when they were twelve.

"Bri, don't play the friend card…" I knew that she felt guilty. She sighed in defeat. "Well Aria told me about a boy who like you and wants to ask you but knows that you will turn him down because you don't like Valentine's day and would never date him in a million years" She said so fast I barely caught what she said. She was now looking down at her paper.

"Who?" I asked under my breath as Slughorn listed off a bunch of names that I couldn't quite hear.

"I promised I wouldn't say anything. We could always be wrong."

"Please, he'll never know." I said assumingly.

She sighed again. "Teddy." She said quietly. What happened next I had no control over. (1) I jumped up from my stool in shock.

"WHAT!" This was all news to me, and I wouldn't believe it.

"Dragon's blood!" Slughorn said loudly. I don't really think he got what was going on.

Ali gave me a sympathetic look. It wasn't a look of 'I told you that you didn't want to know.' it was an 'I'm sorry.'

I didn't grab any of my stuff as I rushed from the room in embarrassment. I didn't even have time to think about what I had just heard.

I refused to believe it. Teddy was my good friend. There was no way that he liked me like that. To tell the truth, I didn't feel that way about him. He was my best guy friend all of my life, I had lived in the same house as him most of my life. I doubted that I would ever have anything but platonic feelings for him.

"This can't be happening." I said to myself, as I reached the lake. I hadn't planned to go there; it was where my legs had taken me. "He can't like me…"

"Brianne!" I could hear Ali calling out from behind me. I don't know how she had found me so quickly. But she did.

"Bri," She said when she found me. "Why are you so upset?"

"Because I don't like him that way Ali, I don't want our friendship change because he likes me." I said looking out at the lake bleakly. "And besides, I like someone else." I wasn't able to make eye contact. "That's how it all started."

"Huh?" she asked in confusion.

"With my parents and Ron, my mom loved a guy and then Ron loved my mom. You know how that ended. I don't want to end up like my parents." I explained.

"Teddy wouldn't have it in him to kill a person." She smiled. "You have nothing to worry about. If he asks you to the dance, explain to him that you don't like him like that." She said laughing. "And that's just what Aria told me, she could always be wrong."

"Yeah, you are probably right." I said nodding in agreement. I would just put it at the back of my head and forget about it. It was no big deal.

"Oh and while I'm thinking about it… Who is the boy that you like?" I rolled my eyes and laughed. I knew I would have to tell her, seeing as she would definitely use the friend thing against me.

"I knew that was coming." I said shaking my head.

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"A letter?" Aria asked with an eyebrow raised. "How will sending a letter work?"

"Well, a letter can just warn them… Tell them to be careful…" I explained just before I began to read it aloud.

"Dear Hermione and Ginny,

Make of this what you will, both of you are rather smart, I'm sure you can figure this one out without any problems what so ever. Remember things are not always as they seem and people are not always the people they say they are, sometimes you aren't even who you think you are. You can only ever trust yourselves and the people you hold closest. These are dark times and in due time they will become even darker than before. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer in time you will have no other option, remember to pay attention and never let you guard down. There isn't really any need for Harry and Ron to know about this, it's meant for your eyes only. Be careful who you trust. Oh and Hermione secrets do not make friends, I'm not saying everyone has to know about D, just your closest friends. Yes I know about that. Do not reply this letter. Oh and I bet you are wondering who the Hell I am, well as for that I can only say that I am a friend and people usually call me Brianne. I hope to someday meet you.

Lots of love,

Mira-Bella Brianne…"

I stopped and looked up. The all seemed to be contemplating on if it sounded any good. "Does that sound okay?" I asked looking from face to face.

"Sounds good," Jace was the first to speak.

"It doesn't give enough away to do any harm…" Ali said thoughtfully. "Go for it."

Aria and Theodore nodded when I looked over at them

"It's all set then. I said slipping in into an envelope and attaching it to an owl. "I need this to go to Hermione Granger and Ginevera Weasley." I told it right as I cast the spell upon it. It was part of the past now.

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I hope you liked it: P

(1) Yeah I did that once, jumped up in front of everyone and shouted 'what' because a boy said he liked me… That's what I get for talking during class…

I plan on having the next chapter up on Monday, I will see how that goes lol . That's when they will have their Valentines Dance. Seeing as the time framing is about right in this story...

1. Did you like it?

2. Do you have a favorite part?

3. Does it make sense?

4. Do you know who Brianne likes… lol… pretty big hints in there…

5. What shall happen next… aside from what I have told you…

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~Taylor (Slytherin at heart)