( November '95 )

Life has been odd since Umbridge had gotten to Hogwarts. She had all these crazy rules enforced. She wasn't even headmaster, yet was still able to enforce these rules.

Cassandra, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were currently sitting in the Great Hall along with the rest of the Hogwarts students, waiting upon an announcement from Umbridge.

"Good evening students!" Umbridge announced. "I have a special announcement that I'm about to make. All the teachers and I agreed on something that will benefit the entire school. There will be a house for the troublemakers at Hogwarts. Now if I call your name, please wait for me in the hallway."

Cassandra, Harry, Ron and Hermione's names were all called and they stepped out into the hallway where Umbridge's industrial squad was standing. Umbridge walks out of the Great Hall, joining the students in the hallway. There's about one hundred students who are considered "troublemakers".

"Now students, your stuff will already be in your rooms." Umbridge said. "You will have one roommate. Some rooms will have two beds, others will have one. The portrait you will be going through to the common room and your dorms is the one with all the Hogwarts founders on it. The password is Hogwarts. My industrial squad will be looking after you all when I'm not there to supervise."

Cassandra rolls her eyes. The four of them start walking to the Hogwarts Portrait.

"I wonder who I'll be roomed with." Cassandra said.

"I hope we're still together Cassie." Hermione said.

"Me too."

They reach the portrait and Hermione mutters the password. They step into the common room. The ceiling was high with a glass chandelier hanging down in the middle. There were two fireplaces on each side of the room. There were two couches in front of each fireplace.

There was one hallway leading to some dorms and another hallway opposite from it. Cassandra took the left hallway and started searching for her name when a voice called out to her.

"Oi!" Draco said. "Girl Potter! You went too far."

"Where is my dorm then Malfoy?" Cassandra asked.

"First door in the other hallway."

Cassandra turns around and walks down the other hallway. Surprisingly, Draco wasn't lying and her name was on the door. And even more surprisingly, so was his!

"This seriously can't be happening." Cassandra said. "There's no way in hell I would share a dorm with you."

"Just wait til you open the door, love." Draco said.

Cassandra opens up the door to reveal one bed.

"There's no fucking way." Cassandra said.

Draco pushes her into the room due to her backing up into him. There is a door on the left, leading to a gorgeous bathroom. There was a couch in front of the fireplace. There was a beautiful singular bed with green and red drapes. Cassandra's trunk is in front of the bed, next to Draco's. Her cat carrier is on top.

"Oh thank goodness." Cassandra said. "Come here Fluffy."

Cassandra grabs her white cat and holds him in her arms.

"Cassie?" Hermione's voice comes from the hallway. "Are you okay, I heard yelling?"

Hermione saw that the door was open and she walked in.

"No way. You have to share a room with him?"

"Yes! And there's one bed!"

"That's actually insane." Hermione said.

"What's going on here?" A new voice pops in. Blaise's voice.

"I have to share a room with Draco."

"Oof that must suck." Blaise chuckled.

"How in the world do you two know each other?" Draco asked.

"Snape." Cassandra replied.

"Goodnight guys." Hermione said to Blaise and Cassandra.

"I ought to head off too." Blaise said. "Goodnight Cas."

Cassandra walks into the bathroom to get changed. She walks back out and goes over to the bed, grabbing a blanket. She headed over to the couch plopping down on it.

"I'm not sleeping on the bed, you can have it all." Cassandra said.

"Alright." Draco replied.

Cassandra looked back at him and unknowingly looked at his chest, his perfectly toned abs. She quickly looked up at his eyes so that he wouldn't notice her staring at his shirtless torso. Her face flushed red.

"I feel you staring, Potter." Draco said.

Cassandra's face blushed even more.

"Not staring." Cassandra replied. "Night Malfoy."

"Good night Cassandra." Draco replied.

That was one of the first times Draco said her name. She blushed before she let her head hit the pillow.

~~

The first meeting of Dumbledore's Army was going surprisingly well. Neville tried using expelliarmus which sent his wand flying.

"I'm hopeless." Neville said.

"You're just flourishing your wand too much." Cassandra said. "Try it like this."

Cassandra demonstrated and the dummy's wand flew out of its hand. The ton clapped and Cassandra bowed. They continued to work on the spell, every last one of them attempting it.

~~

"Where were you all afternoon, Miss Potter?" Draco asked as Cassandra set her things down on the couch in their room.

"Nowhere in particular, Malfoy." Cassandra replied, not even looking at him. "It is not like I owe you an explanation."

"I think you like me the tiniest bit, Cassandra." Draco said.

The fact that Draco said her name sent shivers down Cassandra's spine. She was unaware of the feeling in her stomach that followed.

"I do not." Cassandra said.

Cassandra was fixing things on the nightstand near the bed.

"Oh yeah?" Draco asked. "Then what happens if I do this?"

Draco walked up behind Cassandra, inches away from her. He swept her hair to the other side of her neck. She felt his warm breath on her neck and it sent more shivers down her spine. He placed his hand on her waist, leading to her heart skipping a beat.

"Tell me, Cassandra Rose Potter, does this make you feel anything?" Draco asked. "If not, we will never speak of this again and I will leave you alone. If so, we shall explore those feelings you're having."

"I do not know what you speak of Malfoy." Cassandra choked out.

Her chest was rising and falling quickly, her face was a deep shade of red.

"Very well then." Draco said, moving away from her. "You may have the bed tonight."