Days Before my parents' funeral I was told very frequent and similar phrases, a lot of "A bad week isn't a bad life," and "time heals." Usually I just smiled and walked away but in reality all I wanted to tell those people was that they had no idea what they were talking about. But I knew the only possible way I could survive was just smiling through the day and trying to uplift other people as much as I could since I failed at every attempt to uplift myself.

Yet there I was, sitting in front of my dead parents' caskets, the parents I always hated but now wanted back more than anything despite everything my mother did to me. Not many people were at the funeral, mainly family and friends that I had never met until then. I had nobody to comfort me in my tears while everyone there seemed to be with someone. The ceremony was the most boring thing I could have sat through. Everyone there were muggles as far as I knew except for me.

I stood in front of their caskets at a loss for words, I hated them, I was glad they'd never be able to hurt me again, yet I just wanted to speak to them one last time. "Maybe we'll meet again in another life, when the stars align." Those last words to my parents hurt like hell. I never knew such cruel people could have left such a hole in my heart.

On the way back to Hogwarts, I reminded myself of the one thing my parents always taught me when I was younger; never show pain, it makes you weak. And that's exactly what I did when I got to Hogwarts. I once again put on my fake smile and headed to my dorm. It was a Saturday so I had nothing to do. I decided in a second that instead of spending the little bit of day left in my dorm mellowing over my parents death, I would go to the common room and talk to whoever was there.

I walked into the common room and to my surprise Pansy, Draco, Blaise, Millicent and Theo were all sitting on the couch talking. I walked over to the only open spot on the couch which was next to Draco. "Hey guys just got back from murdering my second victim!"

I thought they would get the joke but they clearly did not. "Are you serious?" Asked Pansy with a frightened look on her face.

"No."

When everyone started talking again, Draco nudged my shoulder. "Where were you?"

"My parents' funeral." I wanted to cry but instead I smiled and turned to everyone else because I knew if Draco said anything in the words of, "I'm sorry," or "Are you okay," I would have broken down.

We talked for what felt like hours and eventually we all decided to go back to our dorms since it was a bit past curfew. I got back to my dorm and saw a small white box sitting on my bed. I grabbed the box and opened it, all that was inside was a small silver flower necklace. My eyes immediately filled with tears. The day was so hard to get through and receiving one of the first gifts of my life made it all worth it. I put it on and laid in bed for thirty minutes before I knew that night was going to be a long night. There was a huge thunderstorm going on outside and I couldn't get to sleep with all the noise going on outside and in my head.

I walked down to the end of the hall where the huge windows were at. I sat down and leaned against the thick cement wall and watched the storm. Nearly an hour passed before I heard footsteps coming up towards the corridor I was sitting in. To my surprise it wasn't Snape or McGonagall but instead it was Draco.

As he sat down, he turned towards me and we locked eyes. He smiled. Tears slowly started rolling down my face and I leaned my head on his shoulder. "Thank you." I whispered, not caring to hide my emotions after one of the hardest but also the best day of my life.

"For what?"

"For everything."

We sat there for nearly two hours before I fell asleep with my head still resting on his shoulder. As I fell asleep, his eyes carefully watching me, I was dumbfounded that with a sky full of stars just in front of us, he was still staring at me.

I abruptly woke up to what I thought to be a few hours later from Draco nudging my shoulder. "We have to hide, Snape is coming." Said Draco in a rush to get me up. "Go over there we can hide in the closet."

Somehow when I woke up I still had tears running down my face. I got to the closet first and stepped inside, with Draco following in after me. Draco and I were looking at each other laughing as quietly as we could, as we heard Snape walking past the tiny broom closet we were hiding in. Tears fell down my cheeks from my laughter and for the first time in so long I actually felt like things were going to get better.

After we knew Snape was gone, we waited for a few more minutes in the closet to make sure he wasn't going to come back. In those few minutes I stood on my toes to get to Draco's height and whispered in his ear, "You have to promise to stop being such a dick to me when we are in public."

"I promise." Draco said back with a smile.

Draco

After we knew Snape was gone, Daniella and I headed back to the common room and we talked the rest of the night. Daniella was a completely different person than who she was during Christmas, yet, she was still the same person I constantly wanted to know more about. I felt a sense of guilt during our conversation before the sun rose. The past few weeks I was always so devilish around her because I was dying to push every ounce of feelings I had towards her out.

The next day went by painfully slow. Daniella was busy so that left us almost no time to talk. Quidditch went well and as usual Daniella showed up to almost half of the guys there. After Quidditch I was changing in the boys locker room when I overheard Blaise talking with his other friends about how he was going to get back at Daniella for punching him in the face all those weeks ago. He kept going on about how he was acting as if he didn't care but when she least expected it he would get back at her.

I couldn't take it any longer, I walked up to Blaise, slammed him against a locker and held my wand at his throat "I swear to god Blaise you lay a hand on Daniella and I will rip your fucking head off." Not wanting to hear whatever pathetic reply he would have had coming, I left the locker room. And to my terrible luck, as soon as I left the locker room, fuming with rage, I ran into Daniella.

Daniella

He was mad. More than mad, he was furious. "Draco you're mad. Why are you mad?"

"I'm not mad."

"Let's not lie. You are absolutely terrible at hiding your anger."

"I'm not mad." He repeated.

"Sure you aren't." I sighed in frustration.

After a few seconds of silence, Draco spoke up, "I was wondering if you wanted to go to the commo-"

Without realizing it, I interrupted Draco. "Shit, I have to go. I told Ginny I needed to talk to her tonight."

"You two are still friends?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. I really have to go though." With that I turned around and headed towards the Great Hall.

Once I got to the Great Hall, I found Ginny already waiting there for me. She gave an awkward wave as I walked up to her. "So what did you need to talk about?"

"What's going on between us Ginny? I mean one minute we are best friends then I get sorted into Slytherin and you start acting as if I don't exist. Is it because I'm a Slytherin now? Is that why you don't want to be my friend anymore?"

Shock grew over Ginny's face. "Are you serious? I thought you didn't want to be friends with me because Slytherin and Gryffindors never get along."

"Why would you even think that I would want to stop being your friend just because I'm in a different house now. That's insane."

We both stood in silence for a few seconds before we burst out in laughter.

"I can't believe we were stupid enough to think that you being re-sorted would change our friendship." Said Ginny trying to catch her breath. "What do you say, I sneak you into my dorm and spend the night so we can catch up on everything."

"Sounds like a plan."

On our way to her dorm I passed by Draco, I gave him a quick smile, and rushed back off with Ginny.

Draco

I think the first sign you notice when you begin to gain feelings towards a person is just how easily you get jealous when they give others the attention that which you crave.

On my way back down to the Great Hall to grab some leftovers after dinner, I passed by Ella and Ginny. I knew right away they were back to being friends when I saw the sparkle in Ella's eyes. I was happy for her, excited that she was repairing her friendship with someone she loved but I also wanted to spend time with her myself. I knew I was being selfish, but I couldn't stop myself.

I grabbed the small amount of leftovers I went to the Great Hall for and headed to the common room for a bit to finish the schoolwork I had procrastinated to do over the weekend. After I finished, I headed to Ella's dorm thinking she would be back from wherever her and Ginny ran off to.

I sat on the couch next to her bed for almost two hours before she barged back into her dorm.

Daniella

After almost thirty minutes of trying to fall asleep in Ginny's dorm I gave up. The loud ear piercing snoring drove me mad. I left as quietly as I could and carefully headed back to my room. I entered my dorm and turned to get to my bed because of how dreadfully tired I was. Although when I turned to my bed I saw nothing but someone standing in front of me.

I jumped back and took out my wand as quickly as I could.

"Ella stop! It's me, I'm not going to hurt you." Draco said to me before I could curse him.

"What are you doing here?"

"I thought I would wait for you since we had almost no time to talk today. I can leave if you want."

"No, it's okay you can stay." I said, collecting myself after Draco nearly gave me a heart attack.

Draco and I were in the same spot as we were nights ago after the party. "Who did you think I was anyway?" Said Draco in a curious tone.

"I have no idea, probably Blaise. I know he's been planning to get me back for punching him in the face."

"He isn't anymore." Draco said as his face filled with rage.

"How would you know that?"

"I just do."

"Okay? Well anyways, you want to know something that I know for a fact you don't know?" I said with a sense of excitement in my voice.

"Apparently You Know Who's death eaters are actually on rise again. That rumor that went around a few weeks ago wasn't all rubbish, they are actually becoming a threat."

Draco

I thought she knew my Dad was a Death Eater. Although I didn't want to tell her. Shortly after she began to daze off into a deep sleep. I couldn't help but be so grateful that Ella no longer hated me and she was accepting me into her life.