"Please miss? Please let me go to classes! I went to practice and I'm fine! I can walk around on my own now, see!" I spun around, skipping in circles. The team had cheered with me after my little outburst. We were so loud, we woke Madam Pomfrey, who was now rolling her eyes at me in the ward. That's what I'm calling it at this moment. A phsyc ward because I feel like I'm going insane just being in here. "I promise I won't go anywhere by myself anymore!"

"Really? Promise you'll keep Mr. Potter or Ms. Black with you at all times! Your brother and sister too, Ms. Granger wouldn't hurt. The more the better! You're still going to be sore, and there will be days you don't feel very well. Come see me! But for now, yes, you may go!"

"Yes! Yes! Thank you so much Miss!" I threw my arms around her in the Weasley hug before skipping off to the hall. I had told Harry and Nat I wasn't hungry so that I could beg her to let me go. I threw the doors open and screamed. "I'm back!" Everyone turned towards the door, some laughed and some cheered. My friends ran up and tackled me like big loons. And it kind of hurt.

"Your back! As in, you'll be in classes?" Nat was laying on top of me and people around us were starting to stare. I shoved her off and sat up, leaning against Harry and holding my ribs. Not fun.

"Yeah. I'll be in classes! But I'll still be really sore and she says there'll be days I don't feel well, or I'm in pain I guess, and I'll have to go see her. She also made me promise I won't go anywhere by myself!"

"That's great Gracie!" Ron patted my shoulder and then stood up, heading back to his food.

"I've missed you so much! Classes have been horrible with out you!" Mione hugged me an stood up as well, but she waited for the rest of us, unlike Ronald. As I was standing up, Ginny's eyes glazed over and she started mumbling. The next thing you know, she was leaving the hall. Something's wrong there, something's wrong with Ginny.

Looking around, I don't think anyone else has noticed. Harry was giving me a stern look. "Your not going anywhere by yourself again anyway!" I nodded, still watching as Ginny walked out the doors and around the corridor, disappearing from view.

"I promise guys. I'm not taking any chances!" I gave them a small smile and headed towards the table. I think they all think I wasn't eating on purpose. I think they think I was trying to starve myself because they're still monitoring my eating. We ate in silence, giving each other the occasional look. "This is weird! Someone say something!" I snapped, glaring at all of them.

"Okay. Lockhart is starting a dueling club!" Nat shrugged eating her food.

"Any chance it'll be worth going to?" I asked, turning towards her.

"Doesn't matter if it is!" I turned towards Ron in confusion. If its good why not?"

"Why?"

"Because you won't be going!" Harry said, taking my hand under the table. Probably trying to keep me from stomping off. I have a but of a temper. And right now I'm fuming.

"And why not?" Nat asked, coming to my defense.

"If it's worth going to she should! We all should! It could help teach us a lot!" Mione miffed, looking the boys in the eye.

"It's a dueling club! She just got out of the hospital wing thanks to a duel. She's not going back!" Harry glared at all three of us, nodding in the background.

"But they played dirty! This will be under adult supervision! And I took on two Slytherins twice my size, and won! I think I can handle one of you!" I smirked, meeting his glare with one of my own. There's no way I'm giving into this. No way.

"Come on Harry! You and Ron can come and play the protector!" Nat teased, eyeing them. Mione snickered beside her, probably finding the idea of Ron protecting anybody with that wand hilarious. I know I do.

"I'll be your partner or Ron's! Heck, I'll be Ginny's! Please let me go!" I begged, sending him the eyes. He looked torn, looking between me and Ron, who's eyes have already softened. Harry looked back at Ron who nodded reluctantly.

"Fine, but your my partner! And there will be no dueling! You can practice different spells and I'll work on the defensive side. Deal?"

I looked at the girls, biting my lip. Nat nodded but Hermione answered. "Do it, it's better than nothing!" I nodded and looked back at Harry.

"Deal!" I grumbled, shaking his hand. He nodded, smiling to himself. "I'm going back to the dormitories. I miss sleeping in my own bed! Later guys!" I stood up and started walking in the direction of the door, but I felt an arm wrap around my waist and pull me back. Harry. I rolled my eyes, scowling at him. "What?"

"What happened to not going anywhere by yourself?"

"Oh yeah! Sorry. I forgot. This is weird! Okay, Mione, Nat? One of you want to come with me?" Nat nodded, she was done. She stood up and joined me, pulling me out of Harry's grasp.

"Don't worry Potter, I'll protect your precious Gracie!" She teased, sticking her tongue out at him, making me blush. There was a thump and I saw Seamus trip in front of us, obviously he heard what she said. He got up, muttering under his breath and walked away after taking a glance at my face, seeing the blush I'd failed to hide.

"Make sure she doesn't hurt herself!" Nat saluted Harry and we walked away. Me still scowling.

"He acts as if I'm fragile or something! I think I proved I'm okay! Didn't I?" I asked, looking at Natalyn for confirmation. She was biting her lip and gave me a sheepish look.

"We all saw your face when we tackled you. We saw you holding you ribs when we started getting off. Sorry bout that by the way, we didn't plan on hugging you all at once!" She grimaced, looking at the ground. I laid my head on her shoulder.

"It's fine. I promise I'm okay. I just have to be careful for a while. I can walk by myself, I can go by myself, I just don't think they want me to because they're afraid someone else will try to take me on. I don't know. I don't mind that you guys are so worried, and I don't care that I got hurt. I'm happy actually. I'm learning what I can handle and what I can't. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" I stopped, smirking. I know what she's going to do.

"STAND A LITTLE TALLER!"

"DOESN'T MEAN I'M LONELY WHEN I'M ALONE!"

"WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES A FIGHTER!"

"FOOTSTEPS EVEN LIGHTER!"

"DOESN'T MEAN I'M OVER CAUSE YOUR GONE!" we reached the common room, laughing and giggling. Hermione had a listen to this song over the summer. By a muggle artist, Kelly Clarkson. We all liked this song and spent hours, listening to it on loop, dancing and singing in our room. It was really fun and we were all really tired afterward.

"That was fun Black" she gave me a smirk as we collapsed o the couch.

"That it was Black! So, Harry and Ron have detention?" She nodded. "For the car thing?" She nodded again.

"Ron's cleaning plaques with Filch. Harry got switched. I heard Lockhart asked for Harry to help him sign fan mail for punishment. McGonagall agreed!" My eyes widened.

"Oh I'm sure Harry will LOVE that!" I smirked, sarcasm lacing my tone. This should be funny. She nodded and we broke into giggles again. Well, lets see what happens!

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This chapter was shorter than the others, sorry guys! Guess what!!!, I have volleyball practice today!!!! We're going to start scrimmaging soon and I'm SO excited!!! Volleyball and Softball are a major part of my life!!! Enough with my life's history though. I'll write more after practice. By guys!!!!!! Love you!!!

Piper.

Oh by the way. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND EDIT! sorry, but I it hate in my inbox for having so many mistakes and stuff. I'll say this, I don't have a computer, I do this all on my own. I'm sorry if not every chapter is perfect. Sometimes I'm so excited about a chapter that I don't think to go back and edit. I get caught up in my own stories, which isn't a good thing. But I do. So it makes it a lot harder for me to see a problem with it. Then I'll go back and read it and be like, oh, I should have put something here or fixed that there. Once I'm done I'm going to go back and maybe add stuff or take away things I don't like and edit it all. So please don't send me messages like that. I'm all up for some constructive criticism, but you don't need to be rude!!

Okay. I'm done now. Sorry. Baiiii!!!!!

Piper(: