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The next day everyone was talking about Sirius Black. Apparently, the night before, he had snuck into the castle again. Another search took place, but he was not found. Talk went around about Neville, who had left the common room passwords lying around, and Ron, who had been "attacked".

Estella was in Charms when Hermione sat next to her to talk.

"I assume you've heard about last night," Hermione said.

"Yep, it's a good thing everyone is alright," Estella replied.

"I agree, but for some I think the 'survival' is getting to some people's heads," she added, gesturing over to where Ron was sitting with a group of people around him.

Estella laughed and said, "don't get too impressed there, Hermione."

When class was dismissed, Estella grabbed her things and walked out the door to find, by surprise, Draco waiting on her.

"Estella, I wanted to talk to you," were the first words out of the boy's mouth.

"How long were you waiting there?" she asked, ignoring his statement.

"Not long, I managed to sneak out of herbology," he replied.

Estella nodded her head to show that she understood. She didn't really want to talk to him. Mainly because she already knew what he was going to say. It had happened too many times. He was going to apologize, say he would change, then go against that word later on. Estella decided that she was not going to fall for it again. Yet, a part of her did not want to just blow him off.

"What did you want to talk about?" she asked.

"I wanted to apologize for last night," he answered. Estella stood there with an unsurprised look on her face. Draco noticed the lack of expression and went on.

"I know I don't stay true to my word. I know that it drives you insane. It truly does bother me when I realize that I betray the promise I made to you," he explained.

"How many more times do we have to go through this before you actually stay true to your word?" Estella asked.

"I'm not perfect, and truth be told, I'm going to mess up again. Right now that's who I am. Draco Malfoy, the boy who messes everything up," he replied.

"What you also are is the boy who has a choice. You have the choice to choose between being a prick and being a good person," Estella said.

Draco looked off to the side. A moment of silence passed before he added, "I still hate Potter."

"Well, I can't tell you to not hate someone. I mean hey, I hated you, but that didn't mean I went out of my way to make your life miserable" Estella said with a smirk.

The boy smiled and nodded his head in agreement.

"So, we're okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," she replied with a smile.

The two started walking down the hall side by side in silence. It was not an uncomfortable silence, which Estella was grateful for. It was nice to not be on bad terms with Draco. She knew he was right about possibly messing up again, but she came to the conclusion, after that apology, that forgiveness is not always limited. For now she chose to be the one to give the boy a chance, even if he did not deserve it. She saw the potential for goodness in the way he spoke, the way he fidgeted with his thumb and pointer finger in guilt, and by the way he looked at her.

"Tell me a joke," Draco said, breaking the silence.

"What, why?" Estella asked.

"Because I've never heard a ravenclaw tell a joke. Let alone a Raney," he answered.

"Okay," she replied thinking, "What did earth say to the other planets?"

"I don't know, what?"

"Wow. You guys have no life."

A/N: quote credits - someone on tumblr^^^^

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