The Sad Truth

Addressing Rumors

The train arrived to hogwarts and I said my goodbyes to George and Fred as we walked to our respected common rooms. At the common room the head boy anounced that the sorting will start in thirty minutes and to use that time to unpack. I walked to the room I shared with Emma and Ava, they are alright, we talk a lot and they arent as mean as the rest. I opened the door to the room and Emma was staring at me while Ava did the same just not as noticible. I smiled at them "how was your summer? Did you enjoy it?" I asked them, assuming that they didn't care I walked over to my bed and started taking out my stuff.

Emma was rocking back and fourth on her bed and blurted out "is it true youre dating Fred Weasley?" she asked and I sighed. "Im sorry, Its only a rumour, but they say you were found in an intimate situation" she asked smirking at me.

"By they, do you mean Draco?" I asked sitting next to her on the bed. She nodded and I leaned back covering my eyes "Its not what it looked liked okay? You know how I dont like the dark? Well when the cart stopped I lost balance and fell on Fred, when the lights turned off I got so scared that I hugged him as a reflex. And thats when Ice Queen walked in and started the usual disgrace lecture" I finished.

Ava sat next to me "So nothings happening between the two of you?" I shook my head and she sighed in relief "good, because hes not only a griffendor, hes also a weasley and that can worsen your current dilehmma" she states.

It was time for the sorting and we all sat down at our tables, Ava and Emma sit by Draco because they have a crush on one of his friends god, I hope it's not Crabbe or Goyle I thought through the sorting process. I looked towards the Gryffindor table and waved at the twins and they waved back. Ron looked my way and I smiled at him, he awkwardly smiled back, stared at his brothers then continued to watch the sorting. Our new Slytherins were full bloods shocker, the head boy asked the newbies to follow him to the common room for a tour and the upper class men got to stay behind and eat the rest of lunch.

I was playing with my food and noticed two people sit in front of me causing me to smile "you know how much trouble you guys cause?" I ask looking up at them crossing my arms.

They smile at me "you know what you signed up for when you agreed to be our friend" said Fred and George in unison. This caused me to laugh loudly drawing attention to my side of the table.

I shrunk down in my seat "you guys should head back to your table now" they shook their heads "now's not the time to be stubborn" I said to them and they didn't move, I kept eating ignoring all the stares.

"So are you dating my brother?" Asks Ron walking up to my table flanked by Harry and Hermione. He stood in front of me acting protective.

"Sorry to burst your bubble but it's not happening ever" I say to Ron but quickly look at Fred "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that, it's just that you aren't my type, I mean we are friends and I don't see you that way" I ramble and they all laughed and I joined in. Draco walked by glaring at me and I glared back flipping him off. Everyone looked at me curiously, except Hermione, she high fives me.

"Are you sure nothing is really going on between you two?" Asks George as he stared between me and Draco. I scoffed and shook my head again.

Fred patted my back, "you and Draco give off the same tension Hermione and Ron give each other on a daily basis" he says nodding in their direction. They were arguing again but they were both blushing.

"That is not what's going on!" I exclaimed standing up drawing more attention to me. I quickly sat back down. "Let's just say we had a falling out some time ago and I don't care much anymore" I say putting my head on the table.

"Falling out? That means you guys must have been friends at some point" stated Harry looking rather interested.

Fred and George laughed "like she would be friends with Malfoy, they are the complete opposite, besides his goons I don't see who can put up with him, he's kind of an ass" says George looking in my direction.

Looking at them shyly I whisper out "when we were younger we were best friends actually, he wasn't an ass back then he was really sweet and kind" I say fondly smiling back at the memories "I used to live behind the Malfoy Manor and I met him when I stumbled into the garden. Since then we sneaked off and played when ever we could since he was on a short leash by his dad. He slowly started to change and I didn't pay much attention to it, when we started talking about families I told him I was a half-blood and he looked disgusted by it. He started saying that we weren't really wizards and didn't deserve it, I was devastated to hear that from my best friend and I started crying and that fueled him to keep making fun of me. Not being able to take it I ran away from him and never saw him again since shortly after that we moved to the muggle world for a brief amount of time. Our first year here I was sorted into Slytherin, it was bad enough he told people I was half-blood but when I stood up for someone while Draco was tormenting them he became a bigger ass than usual. He doesn't do anything to me but he watches and that's just as bad" I finished looking up at their shocked expression.

I looked at my watch "I have to get my things for Hagrid's class" I looked towards the trio "Ill see you there I hope" they nodded still staring at me, I smiled and walked to my room.