I have never been so confused in my life. I've never had a guy want to be with me before, now there were two guys who wanted to be with me. I honestly had no idea what I was supposed to do and was getting really frustrated with myself. How could I have been so stupid? It must have been because I was upset. That was the only reason I could have kissed Jake. I wouldn't have done that if I was not emotionally distraught. 

After I finally calmed my thoughts, I got out of bed and quickly got dressed before Allison woke up to avoid another argument. I crept quietly out of the dormitory and out the common room. I tried not to make eye contact with people as I went down the staircases because I did not want to talk to anyone right now. 

As I was about to go into the Great Hall for breakfast, I realized that this was a bad idea. That's where both Scott and Jake would be. So I turned around and decided to head back to the library. I was about to turn the corner when I saw Scott out of the corner of my eye. I panicked and started speeding up.

"Danielle! Hey, come back! I need to talk to you!" I heard him call, but I didn't look back. I was almost running through the hallways towards the library. I turned around another corner and as I did, I crashed into someone. My bag fell to the floor and my books, parchment, and quills fell out of it. I clumsily fell to the floor trying to pick up all of my things and I didn't even see who I had crashed into.

He leaned down and started helping me put things back into my bag. I still didn't make eye contact with the person because I really did not want to talk to anyone. After I had gotten everything safely in my bag, I stood up and finally looked at the person who had helped me. 

My heart skipped a beat.

It was Jake.

"Oh, um...thanks. Well...bye," I said and tried to walk around him.

"Not so fast," Jake said as he put his right arm against the wall, blocking me from moving past him. "We still need to talk," he whispered.

I jumped backwards because I almost ran into his arm.

"There's nothing to talk about," I said "It happened and we should just forget about it," I sighed.

"But what if I don't want to forget about it?" he asked as he smiled at me.

"Well, what if I do? What if Scott finds out? What if he gets mad? What if--," I continued, but Jake cut me off.

"What if it doesn't matter?" he said as he put his left arm on the other side of my head, so I was practically trapped between his arms.

"But what if it does? What if..." but my thoughts trailed off because Jake was leaning in.

"Shh..." he said softly. He leaned in even closer and before I could stop him, we were kissing...again.

I guessed I couldn't do anything about it now, so I just went along with it. I wrapped my arms around Jake's neck and he gently leaned me against the wall. I figured we were just making out for a good five minutes when someone actually walked by.

I pulled away just in time to see that it was Lydia. She didn't really seem to care and she just walked right past us. 

"I should go," I told Jake.

"No, stay. We still need to talk," he said as he reached for my hand.

"No, I don't think we do," I said and pulled my hand out of his reach.

Before he could say anything else, I ran down the corridor back to the common room. I didn't want him to follow me, so I went into my dormitory and shut the curtains around my bed. 

So, Jake is totally into me. It was pretty obvious. I didn't know if I liked him, maybe a little? I just think it wouldn't be right because of Scott. Oh god, I still needed to talk to him. Well, that would have to wait until later. 

I pulled out my Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them textbook and got to reading my homework.