Chapter Nine
Hailey/Jeannette's POV

"Hey Jeannette." Draco and Blaise walked up, Draco had picked up the habit of calling me Jeannette from Blaise. Over the last two months we had been at Hogwarts we had a routine going. I met them on the way to Herbology, we worked at the same bench, then Blaise and I would go to our next class.

"It's Hailey." I reminded them for the billionth time as we exited the castle.

Blaise scoffed, "You're wasting your breath and you know it. Anyway we wanted to know if you had any plans for Hogsmeade tomorrow."

I don't know why, but I felt guilty, "Anthony and I were going to Three Broomsticks and Honeydukes" I wanted to ask them to join us, but it was our first real date.

Blaise laughed, "Like a date? That's rich, I didn't know Goldstien had the balls."

I rolled my eyes, "Stop acting so shocked, we've been going out for over a month."

Draco rubbed the back of his next, "Really it's been over a month?" I had seen a lot more Draco recently, we had become friends. He seemed to be around a lot more. I had taken to teasing him.

"Is Drake jealous?" I elbowed Blaise and it was Draco's turn to roll his eyes.

"I'm just surprised that I've been dealing with you for over a month now." He looked bewildered.

"So you're telling me that you and Goldstein are just going to walk around Hogsmeade and that none of your day can be spent with your best friend." Blaise said elbowing me.

"Well..." I pretended that I was thinking, "I guess I could pencil in some hanging out after lights out tomorrow." Blaise scoffed and I continued, "Unless a certain prefect would have a problem with that?" I raised an eyebrow at Draco.

The blond guy sighed, "Since when have I actually been a good prefect?" He asked as we got to our bench.

I laughed, "Point taken."

The rest of the day passed in a flash. Soon Padma was going through my wardrobe while I watched her from my bed. "What are you going to wear?"

I shrugged, "Clothes, I guess, going nude would be frowned upon."

Even though she was facing away from me I could tell she rolled her eyes, "How about this?" It was a dark blue and black striped knit sweater that went down to maybe thigh-length on me. I usually wore it as a dress with leggings underneath.

"It's a bit formal for Hogsmeade isn't it?" I asked thinking of the flats I usually wore with it.

Padma shook her head as she pulled out a black beanie, "Putting this on with it makes it more casual." She turned back to the wardrobe, "Where are all of your shoes?" I opened my trunk and showed her my shoes. She went through them before pulling out a pair of black converse. "You are going to look perfect." She squealed as Luna walked in. She went straight to her bed and closed the curtains on her four poster.

"What are you wearing on your date with Terry?" I asked, trying to get the conversation away from me.

She saw right through it, "We'll get to me, but we're not done with you yet. What are you doing with your hair?"

I was confused, "I'm putting a hat on, what else do I need to do?"

Padma groaned, "You're not just going to stuff all your hair in the hat. It's just going to sit on top of your hair and look cute." She demonstrated on herself by putting the hat on, "I think you should go curly tomorrow."

I finally got Padma to stop trying to make me over and I helped her pick out what she was wearing tomorrow. She ended up borrowing a pair of gray jeans from me and a black tank top with a dark blue blazer. I was exhausted by the time I got back to my room. Luna was already snoring behind her curtains and it wasn't long before I was snoring behind mine.

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"You look like a muggle." Blaise informed me the next morning as I walked out of the common room. He was wearing all black (as usual) in an expensive button down shirt and slacks. As usual he was waiting outside to walk me to breakfast.

"Anthony liked it." I replied.

Blaise rolled his eyes and scoffed, "That's because by tilting his head slightly he can get a pretty good view of your ass." He stopped walking and tilted his head. I could've covered my butt and hit him, but instead I shook my ass and started to strut. I think Blaise tried to wolf-whistle but he was laughing too hard. "You're ridiculous." Blaise reminded me before wrapping an arm around me and continuing down to the Great Hall.

Anthony and I held hands on our way to Hogsmeade. "I heard Potter was holding some type of meeting at Hog's Head. Do you want to stop there before Three Broomsticks?" Anthony asked.

"What is it about?" I asked, but I was wondering why Harry didn't ask me himself. I mean we hadn't had the time to properly talk with both of our Quidditch practices, but he still sat next to me in Transfiguration. Why didn't he tell me then?

Anthony shrugged, "Ginny said it was something about Defense Against the Dark Arts." I bet Granger was the reason why Harry didn't tell me. At least our dislike of one another is mutual.

I nodded, "Okay let's go." I shivered slightly and Tony wrapped one of his long arms around me. I spotted the Golden Trio walking into a dodgy looking place up ahead. We walked in that general direction before arriving at Hog's Head. Tony pulled me closer to him as we walked through the bar. Most people had face coverings and everything about the place seemed grimy and dirty.

The barman looked vaguely familiar and he pointed us to a fairly large group, with the Golden Trio in the middle of it. Though we could've found them without his direction.

It looked like we got there a bit late and Granger was already speaking. "I had the idea that someone should teach us real Defense Against the Dark Arts because that rubbish Umbridge is teaching certainly isn't it."

Next to me Tony said, "Here, here." And his thumb brushed my scars.

Hermione smiled gratefully at him, though it dulled slightly when she saw me at his side. She continued, "Well I thought we'd take manners into our own hands." She continued, but I have to admit I wasn't listening until she said Voldemort. The usual reaction, there were some startled gasps and Marietta spilled butterbeer on herself.

Then they started going on about Harry's accomplishments after Zacharias Smith had a rather rude outburst. I wasn't paying much attention to what they were saying, I was watching the crowd. Cho kept trying to catch Harry's eye, and she looked grief stricken when they talked about some guy named Diggory. Harry passed over Cho and smiled at me, Cho saw this and glared at me.

Granger passed around a parchment to sign. After they signed people began to leave, because we were late the parchment got to Tony and I last. By that time it was just us and the Golden Trio. "What are you doing?" Granger asked rather rudely as Tony handed me the parchment.

"Giving Hailey the parchment so she can sign." Tony answered giving Granger an odd look.

Hermione looked at him like he was stupid, much to Harry and Weasley's surprise. "She's friends with Slytherins, even Malfoy-"

"And your point is?" I interrupted her.

She looked shocked that I even talked, "Excuse me?"

"How do we know you can be trusted?" She said after a pause, "How do we know you won't tell the Slytherins and then they might tell Umbridge."

I laughed somewhat bitterly, "You don't have to worry about me Granger." I put my left hand into a fist and raised it so she my scar. I will stay quiet. She gasped and looked at Harry's hand before turning back to mine. I signed the parchment and turned to Tony, "Can we go please?"

Tony grabbed my hand and lead me out of the pub, but I still heard Harry say, "What was that 'Mione?"