Ok peeps, heres the deal, this hasnt been beta'd because it took so long to write. I know the story isnt as funny as it ws in the begining, but you have to understand, this story is 2 years old, my writing style is changing and evolving, and the story is getting more complexed. Its going to be very teenaged drama-ish, becasue they are teenagers, and they do have drama. DONOT flame me unless you actually have a story written, or i WILL make it so that no one can post with out being signed in, so if you dont like my story, thats fine, take the ten seconds to sign in before you say anything.

Chapter 29- Silver Is For Secrets

"Umm..Gin, don't look now, but someone is admiring your assets." Jefferson said as she walked up the stairs to transfiguration with Ginny.

"Shut up, Jeff. He has been behind us since we left lunch. Where are all those huge male friends of ours when we are being stalked?"

"Well, Blaise went with Draco to see Dumbledore. Spike and Pansy are probably in a dark cornor fondling each other, and in case your wondering where Rivers is, shes had a study date for lunch."

"A study date with who?"

"I dont know. She wouldn't tell me, which means that its eith er its someone we told her she couldnt date, or shes embaressed." Jeff said as she holsted her bag up higher on her shoulder.

"Well, knowing Rivers, its most likely we told her no."

"Well, in any case it should be fun interogating her later in the common room." and than Ginny turned around to face her stalker. "Seamus, is there any reason you have been following us? i think you have Charms this periode, you know, with flitwick, on the other side of the school."

"Well, Dean and me was talkin, and well, how could you do it, Gin?"

Ginny gave an exaseraed sigh before deciding to go ahead and ask what he was talking about. "Do what Seamus?"

"Betray your house and go live with the snakes? Lavender and Parverti are saying all kinds of filthy things about you. Only now they dont say it in front of Hermione because she docks points for slander."

"I didnt betray anyone. I got resorted when i came back, you all saw it. It's not like I jut woke up one morning and said, 'Oy, I think I would much rather having a common room done in green, time to move.' I mean i would still like to think of you as one of my friends, but as far as Lavender and Parverti go, they never did like me that much, so its not that big of a loss."

"Well, in that case, since, you know, you havent taken the Slytherin point of view yet, i was wondering if you would like to go to Hogsmead with me this weekend, i mean, if you dont have anything else planned, that is i already asked your brother on the acount of i didnt want to get hexed, and he said to clear it with you and all...so what do you say?"

"Um, i guess, ill meet you in the hall." Ginny said with a shrug. Seamus, blushing, muttered something about being late and hurried off. "That was weird."

"You know, Gin, i dont think that Dray is going to like this that much." Jefferson said as she followed Ginny into the class room.

"Why would he care? i mean, we tolerate each other, thats it." Ginny said as she sat down, than refused to say anything else about Draco or Seamus, except that he did have a very nice accent.

Rivers watched as Ginny and Jefferson worked on thier potions essays. She gave Ginny a little wave when the red head looked in her direction.

"Ok, what gives? Why arrant you working on your essay? I mean, comeon, they are due tomorrow." Jeff said as she threw down her quill and stretched.

"I did mine during lunch."

"Which brings us to the topic of the night. Who was your study date with?" Ginny asked as she too put down her quill and turned her attention to the brunette.

"Nope, so not telling. See ya." Rivers said as she slid out of the room, leaving Ginny and Jeff to glare at the spot she had been in.

"Ok, If i wanted help on a Developing Potion Essay, who would i ask?" Jefferson said, as Ginny smacked herself in the head.

"Colin." They said in unison. "So why couldnt she just tell us that?" Jefferson said as she flipped through her potions book.

"Because she's Rivers and lives to aggravate and distract us."

"I think i want to buy her something for Christmas, what should I buy her?" Blaise asked Spike and Draco as they sat in the kitchens, their homework spread out around them.

"Something pink, Sherlock." Draco said as he took a swig of his Butterbeer.

"God, please not more pink. That girl has more than enough pink junk." Draco laughed and muttered something about crazy American witchs before returning to his ancient ruins assignment.

"O, and speaking of Christmas, you two are invited to the states, along with Pans. We're all staying until christmas eve at Gin's house, than leaving from there by portkey at 9:30. We will all understand though if you want to spend christmas with your parents."

"My parents are going to be in Italy, taking a vacation from me." Blaise said as he flicked a piece of lint off his shirt, avoiding Spikes gaze. "I was just going to crash at Drays house."

"Really? Because i was going to crash at your house because my mum is talking about going to visit my aunt in Paris. And Pansy asked last week if she could stay at my house over Hols just because she didn't want to go with her family to her Grams."

"So you were all going to go stay at each others houses?" Spike asked, silently wondering how on earth these people had spent thier holidays before him, Jeff, and Rivers. "in any case, we will probably be staying at Jeffs house, along with my dad."

"Why's your dad going to be at Jeffs?" Blaise asked curious.

"Well, him and Jeff's dad are cousins, and Jeffs mom goes all out on the holidays. She even enchants the back yard so theres snow, it dosent snow in Lousiana."

"Wheres Rivers going to be?" Draco asked.

"Most likely her and Lacken, thats her twin, will be back and forth between thier house and Jeff's. Actually, we probably all will. I think y'all will like Rain and Dusty. Rain is Rivers older brother, and Dusty is Jeff's big brother, and they can both throw a mean hex, just so ya know."

"What about you, do you have any brothers or sisters?" Blaise asked.

"Nope, like you, Dray and Pans, I never had to share, Rivers, Jeff, and Gin are like my sisters though."

"Pansy has a little sister, shes fourteen. Her name is Rose." Draco said with out looking up from what he was writing.

"Does she go to school here? I've never seen her." Spike said as he pulled his potions book out of his bag and began looking for the essay he had started on.

"She's got a little bit of magic, but not enough to qualify for Hogwarts. She goes to a Muggle school. Rosie loves it, says shes taking the road less traveled by her family." Spike let that sink in. From what Blaise and Draco had said, he realised that there was a whole nother side to Pansy that he didnt know a thing about. Why hadn't she ever told him about her sister? He didnt keep things from her. Well, in all fairness, he hadn't told her about his mom. He wondered if he should ask her about Rose, or wait for her to mention her sister to him. But what if she never said anything? or worse he said something and she got mad? He liked Pansy. He sighed and began to pick up his things.

"off already mate?" Blaise asked looking up from his transfiguration work.

"Yea, i can't concentrate." they bade each other goodnight and Spike made his way back to the common room. thoughts about Pansy and her little sister still buzzing around his head, along with a deep seeded worry that she didnt trust him with this personal knowlage. It was just his luck that she happened to be sitting in the common room when he came in, turning when she heard the portraite swing open. She tuned back to the fire when he walked past her and to his room, she frowned a little, wondering if she had done something to upset him. Maybe he was just having a bad day. When he came back sans bag, she gave him her biggest, brightest smile. "Have you seen the girls?"

"Um, Rivers went out about fifteen minutes ago, and i think that Jeff and Gin are in their room studying." she said, moving over a little expecting him to sit down by her, but he just nodded and turned away towards Gin and Jeffs room.

Ginny looked up as Spike entered the room, she could tell by the slump in his shoulders and the way he was bitting his his tounge ring that something was bothering him. "Whats up?"

"Where's Jeff at?" he asked sitting down in the pink desk chair and toying with a sparkley pen, that he assumed wrote pink, just because it didnt have any pink on it,

"Taking a bath, why? Do you need to talk to her? Because i can go get her."

"Nah, thats fine. But maybe you could give me some advice?"

"Sure."

So Spike sat, in the pink chair, playing with the very girlish pen, and spilled his guts. Ginny didn't say anything, just let him talk until he ran out of things that were bothering him. She noted that when he came to talking about Pansy he started blushing perfusoly. when he finished she sat for a minute thinking it over.

"Ok, about the Rose thing, this is Slytherin, they are all about the whole pureblood wizarding line. I told you all about what i used to go through, and what Herm went through. It's probably nothing against you, it's kinda like a defense thing. Only its her sister that shes defending against the whole school. She probably dosen't even notice shes doing it. Just like you are about your mum. Maybe if you opened up to her about that, she would be more willing to share with you."

"It's just that, I dont know, I guess i've never really talked about it with anyone other than you, Jeff, and Rivers. I never really thought it would come up. It used to hurt so much to see other kids with their moms, and well, i guess it still does a little, its just easier to block out."

"Thats the problem, you ignore it, and avoide it so much that you dont even realise your doing it anymore, and when you do think about you try and make yourself forget, and i know you do it, Ive seen you, last year on her birthday you decided that you needed to clean the whole Club, by your self, with out magic."

"It's coming up you know. Her birthday. It's in a couple of days."

"I know, it's thursday. and if you need a distraction, you can always do my homework for me. I wouldn't mind, honestly." Ginny said, causing Spike to chuckle at the last bit, which was what she had intended.

"I think im going to go and talk to Pansy now." Spike said, taking a deep breath as he got up.

"I think thats a good idea. She really likes you."

"yea, well, i really like her, too."

"I know., if you didnt, you wouldnt be so worried about this."

Spike went back to the common room, intending to talk to Pansy, but she was gone. He brifly considered looking for her, than decided to let the matter lay until morning. Meanwhile Pansy had managed to find Blaise and Draco in the kitchens.

"We got invited to the states for hols." Draco informed her as she ate a sandwich from one of the houseelves.

"Brill. I always wanted to go there. My parents arrant to fond of it though, something about the whole Revolutionaty War thing."

"Speaking of your family, why didnt you ever tell Spike about Rose?" Blaise asked as he started picking up his things, finished with his homework. Pansy shruged.

"It's never come up. i was going to tell him, dont look at me like that. How do you know i havent told him anyway?" Pansy asked a sudden sick feeling bloming in her stomach.

"Because, he didnt know about her until we told him is how." Pansy felt the sandwich she had just finshed swirling in her belly and felt the need to blow chunks. THAT explained the look he had given her, the one that she hadnt undestood until just now, the hurt look.

"I could honestly kill you two right now. Whats the password to your room Blaise?"

The portraite swung open with out a noise, leaving Pansy to stare into the darkness of Spike and Blaises room. the currtains around one bed had been drawn, and she knew with out having to consider that Spike was in there. she walked purposly to the curtain and drew it aside, his back was facing her and he apperared to be asleep, but it didnt matter, she couldnt go to bed until she talked to him, told him her side of the story. so she climbed in, closing the curtains behind her. Spike sighed, he had been hoping she would just go away if he pretended to be asleep, because after he had come back to his room, he had lost his nerve anway. he turned over, and in the dimlight could just make her out, sitting there tailor style waiting patiently for him to accknowlage her.

" I knew you werent asleep, Blaise says you snore." and in the dimness Spike blushed, because he did, loudly. "And i want you to know, its ok for you to be mad at me. You trusted me to tell you things about me, and i purposly held a part of my self back from you." she said in such a quiet way that Spike could feel the guilt tug at his heart.

"You werent the only one, im not a saint either. There are things i didnt want to tell you about my family because i was afraid you would look at me diffrently. So im no more mad at you than i am at myself. Because maybe if i hadnt held that away from you, you wouldnt have held your sister away from me." Pansy could feel the sting of tears and swallowed hard. Relieved that he didnt hate her, intreged about his secret, and tired, so tired. "But its late, and we have an early class tomorrow, so lets get some sleep, we can talk about it tomorrow, ill spill my guts, and you can spill yours, sound good?"

"Deal." Pansy made to move off the bed, and was so surprised when his hand clamped around her wrist and pulled her down beside him that she let out a little sqeak that was quickly silenced by his lips.