The next day at lunch Holly kept looking at me funny. I don't think she even knew she was doing it. She made that face you make when you want to ask to someone about something, but you're not sure what they will say; so you're working out you'll say if they react a certain way. I guess I make that face a lot, except when I make the face, I never actually end up telling anyone what I was thinking. Eventually Holly came up to me. "You like him. Don't you?" She said. I laughed. "Who?" She smirked. "Draco Malfoy." My face turned bright pink. I started stuttering. "I, um. Well I, uh. Of course not! Well, maybe. Actually, yes. Who told you!" She looked me in the eyes. "I guess I just, knew. I mean, I don't think anyone else knows. But, well, I know you better than anyone else. I guess I just can tell what you're thinking." I nod. I think I can tell what she's thinking sometimes. Right now, I'm pretty sure she's thinking of ways she could somehow get Draco to ask me to the dance. Turns out, I was right. The next day Draco walked up to me. "Hey Raven."He says. "Uh, hi." I say. "I was wondering if you would, possibly, go to the dance with me." I don't know why but right at that moment I didn't like him anymore. In fact, I hated him. I knew he was only asking me because Holly told him to. "You liar!" I shouted. He looked at me, confused. "Huh? What'd I do?" He said. "Oh, you know what you did!" I screamed."You think I can't see through that lie?! She told you! Holly asked you to ask me to go to the dance! You don't like me! You never did! You like her! So go! Go to the dance with her for all I care! Go with who you truly love! Not with some girl you don't even care about!" He had this 'what in the world just happened, and what did I do wrong?' look on his face. I decided to storm off as he was opening his mouth to speak. I got out of the room just before he could say anything else. I've excepted the truth: him and Holly are meant to be. And I'm fine with that! In fact, I'm glad I'm not going to the dance with some stuck up bully. I ran all the way to the Slytherin Dormitory, jumped into my bed, stuffed my head into a pillow, and had a good, long, well deserved, scream. After that, I started crying, I don't even know why. I probably wept into my pillow for hours. My roommates came in here and there, but I was mostly alone. I've made up my mind. I do not like Draco Malfoy. Not one bit. To be honest, I'm disgusted with myself that I did like him. I don't want Holly to feel bad about asking Draco to ask me. After all, she was just trying to help. Tomorrow I'm going to go up to her and pretend I was excited about Draco asking me. I'll act like I have no idea that she told Draco to ask me. That way, me and Holly won't be distant again. Because if she knew what I'd said to Draco, she would lose her mind. The only way she could possibly find out is if Draco told her.Which I hope won't happen. Because, hey, let's face it. Holly and Draco are a really cute couple. Oh! One more thing! You're probably wondering how I'm writing all this down. Well, yesterday I saved up some money and bought myself a diary. I guess I need somewhere to put all my thoughts. I just can't trust anyone enough to tell them what I'm feeling. Oh well, I guess that's all I'll write for today. Sincerely, Raven.
