I realized after a while that I was walking right towards the Whomping Willow...

...I didn’t want to get any nearer, so I was turning to go back to the castle when I saw two glowing yellow eyes staring from a large space beneath the tree. I froze when I realized that the eyes were staring directly at me.
 
 
 

What had I done? Sweet Merlin, what had I done? Had I really attacked and harmed one of my friends? I already hated what I became once a month; now I just loathed myself. I was a disaster, a true monster.
 

It was almost as if the world stopped turning for a second. My heart jumped into my throat, rendering me incapable of speech. The most I could force myself to do was nod.

“James, I think you should sit down.”
 
 
 

I knew that this was the moment where I could finally tell her what she meant to me; how I missed her in my arms, or how her not being with me felt like someone taking away a part of me. I had so much to say, I just needed to figure out how to word it. The only problem was that this girl made me lose my train of thought with a simple glance.