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Chapter Two: Secrets

Things continued normally for Emily, well, as normally as they could anyway. The next month was void of drama, just as she’d promised. She had spent the full moon with Remus in his office. Dumbledore placed a few charms on the door so no one would be able to enter and then lifted them the next morning. Emily and Draco still sneaked out at night to see each other, sometimes during the daytime, too. Draco continued to torment Harry, and then started on Remus. If Emily was around when she heard him insult her godfather, she would summon a silencing charm under her breath to make him shut up. She would never get caught. They would, of course, fight about it later, but always made up with Draco promising to not do it again. He didn’t really live up to that promise; he would only make those harsh comments when she wasn’t around.

Sirius Black still hadn’t been captured, which did worry Emily, but she worked hard to not show it. George, Fred, Lee, and her hung out quite a lot. George and Fred told them their plans of a joke shop, which Emily and Lee thought was a brilliant idea. They would always brain storm new products to invent. Emily spent most of her time with the twins, which did cause some talk between Lavender and Parvati, the biggest gossips in the school. Emily ignored them and when they would come and question the three, Emily would always tell them to get a life and stop invading hers.

The Hogsmeade trip was coming up, which caused much excitement around the house. Emily had never been to the village before and was excited about going. The month of October zoomed by and before she knew it, it was Halloween morning.

Emily hurriedly got dressed into her favorite jeans and a light purple shirt with the muggle band, Maroon 5, on the front. Emily put on some matching purple converse and checked her hair in the mirror. Then she went downstairs to meet George, Fred, and Lee. After they quickly ate their breakfast, they all made their way to the Entrance Hall.

Emily and the others walked down the path to Hogsmeade, their excitement building. Once they arrived, the boys showed her Zonko’s Joke Shop. It was the most exciting shop by far to Emily. They spent most of their time in there and then the twins stocked up on stink pellets and other accessories. They showed her Honeydukes, where she bought some candy, and walked by the Shrieking Shack, where Emily couldn’t help but smile as they told her the ‘spooky’ story about it. Little did they know, Emily knew the story already. She knew where the story had formed and who made it seem creepy. Emily and the guys visited the Three Broomsticks where Emily finally got to try a Butterbeer. It is now her favorite drink. Overall, Emily had a fairly great time.

While at one of the round tables in the pub, a small owl flew in toward Emily. It had a letter in its beak. She took the letter and recognized the handwriting. The owl hooted once and then left. Emily opened the letter and started reading.

EBony,
While everyone’s in Hogsmeade, I thought we could meet. Classroom 17? I’ll be waiting.
Love,
DaMien

“Well, who was that one from? Actually, who are all of your 'secret' letters from?” George asked impatiently as he watched her read the letter.

“It’s...from Remus. He wants to talk about one of my classes. I guess I’d better get going. See you guys later,” Emily waved. She heard their faint goodbye as she closed the door to the pub.

Emily went to Classroom 17 and found Draco waiting for her. “Hey,” he said as she closed the door behind her. He made his way over to her, giving her a hug and kiss on the cheek.

“Hey,” she smiled. Emily flicked her wand and made their cushions reappear. Draco dragged her by the hand over to the window. They both sat down, making themselves comfortable. They talked for a long while about Hogsmeade and classes.

“You and Weasley sure have been pretty cozy this past month,” Draco accused suddenly.

Emily grimaced. “I could say the same about you and Pansy,” she retorted.

“You know that’s different.”

“You’re right; it is different. I’m not arranged to marry George.”

“Exactly. So why do you two flirt so much if you aren’t expected too?”

“I don’t ‘flirt’ with George, Draco. He is one of my best friends. And just because you’re ‘expected’ to flirt with Pansy, doesn’t mean you two have to be all over each other all the time. If you haven’t forgotten, Draco, I am your girlfriend.” Emily was starting to get upset. She wouldn’t have come if she had known he was just going to make bogus accusations. She folded her arms across her chest, letting go of his hand in the process.

“How about we make a deal? You stop hanging with Weasley and I’ll stop letting Pansy hang all over me.” Draco actually sounded hopeful, which made Emily even madder. Emily stood up quickly, rounding on him.


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