Then next morning I got an owl from Draco telling me to meet him by the lake at noon. For a second, I thought that we weren't supposed to see each other and I'd have to sneak around so no one would see us together. Then I remembered that people wouldn't give a damn if they saw twins in different houses talking to each other.

Right before noon I headed to the lake, the secret book under my arm. I was gonna tell Draco the truth. I'd been in school for only a week, and I was already tired of acting like a bitch around Draco. He was already there, even thought we weren't supposed to meet for five more minutes.

"You're early." I commented walking up.

"So are you." He replied.

"So? I'm always early. You're usually late." I poked him in the chest. He slapped my hand away and sat down. I plopped down beside him.

"What's up?" I asked him. He looked at me. "What?"

"You're acting different." He told me. I felt like cursing. He saw right through me. I guess I was gonna have to tell em earlier than planned.

"No. I'm being myself." I said.

He gave me a look. "I know you. This isn't you."

"No. You know 'Jessica'." I made quotations with my hands as I said Jessica.

"You areJessica. Are you feeling alright?" He put his hand on my forehead.

"I feel fine, thanks." I said. "Look, when we were six, I found this."

I handed him the book. He started flipping through it. He looked more and more furious as he skimmed down the pages.

"That's why I started calling myself Jinx." I told him. "I love muggle-borns."

He looked up at me. I expected to see a glare. But he looked upset.

"Why?" He whispered. "Why didn't you show me this before?"

"I thought you would show it to mum and dad and get me punished." I whispered back, thinking about Dobby.

"Maybe I would have!" He shouted at me. I flinched. "Or maybe, I would've agreed with you!"

"I'm sorry." I said quietly. He got up.

"Maybe we would be in the same house. Maybe I should just tell mum and dad that you're a Mudblood loving GRYFFINDOR!" He spat at me.

"Draco! Please let me explain-"

"No. You're not Jessica. You're," He hesitated. "Jinx."

He said my name like it was a fungus. I watched as he stormed across the campus.

I'd been alone lots this week. But never, ever, truly alone.

I started to cry. I stood shakily and headed to the castle. Now that I'd told him, I didn't have to be a bitch to Hermione. Maybe now, we could be friends. If she ever forgives me, that is.

I ran to my dorm and curled up into a ball on my bed. I pulled out my wand and muttered a spell that made my curtains unopenable. I laid there and cried.

I had no friends.

My brother hated me.

My parents were going to hate me.

Everyone in the school hates me.

I should've been shot at birth.

I heard someone come in, but I didn't care.

"Jessica?" I heard Hermione say. She actually sounded worried.

"Don't call me that." I managed to say. Draco was right. I wasn't Jessica. I was Jinx.

"What am I supposed to call you?" She said.

"Jinx." I said simply.

"Jinx? What kind of name is that?" She asked.

"The kind I use when everyone hates me." I said.

"What about Draco?" She asked, sounding like she hated my brother.

"He hates me too." I replied. I heard her trying to open the curtains.

"Hey!" She protested. "What happened?"

"I told him the truth. How I love you muggleborns." I said.

"I thought you hated us." She said, sounding totally confused.

"It was an act for Draco." I said. "There's a book on my trunk. Look through it."

I heard the rustling on the pages as she flipped through the book.

"Oh Jinx..." She said when she was done. "I'm sorry."

"No, I'm sorry." I said. "I was the one being a bitch to you. I should've told him earlier."

"Friends?" She said. I sat up and undid the spell and opened the curtains.

"Are you serious?" I asked. "You want to be my friend?"

"Well, I don't really have any friends either...." She said.

"OH MY GOD! YES I WANT TO BE FRIENDS!" I hopped off my bed and hugged her.

Awe, that was happy. And sad. But because it was sad it turned happy.

Does that make sense?

Probably not.

I like llamas.

~Angel the llama lover <3