Hi guys! This story was inspired by Greyson Chance's original song 'Broken Hearts'. Go check him out on youtube, he's awsome! Also, I know it's sort of a short story, but does that really matter? As my English teacher always says: Quality over Quantity! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing Harry Potter realated, Mrs Rowling does, as all (i hope) of you know! Neither do I own anything to do with Greyson's song. And I make no money from this.
Strawberries
My name is Theodore Nott. I'm sixteen years old. I attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I'm clever and popular. I like my life, there's just one problem. I love my best friend; have done since day one…and she doesn't know. My day, my world, revolves around her. Daphne's the reason I get up in the mornings, and go to bed with a smile on my face at night…
-V-
"Have you got your costume yet, Theo?" Pansy Parkinson asked, leaning against her boyfriend Draco.
"Yeah, have you?" He said, popping a strawberry in his mouth.
The group of Slytherins were discussing this years Halloween Ball. Well, Pansy was trying to discuss it. All students over third year were obliged to dress up, it was some strange muggle custom that no one really understood.
"Yep! Finished it yesterday! So," she came up and stole a strawberry from his plate, "what are you going as? Come on, you can confide in me. I won't tell anyone, I swear."
"You'll just have to wait and see; now go bug someone else, and quit stealing my breakfast."
"Hey Blaise! What are you going as?" Pansy leaned over the table. "I swear I won't tell!"
"Pans, we all know you're incapable of keeping a secret for more than a day." Blaise grinned.
Theo looked around their group, a very important someone was missing. "Pans, where's Daph?"
"I'll tell you, if you tell me what you're going as."
"Not a chance."
"A strawberry?" Pansy smiled hopefully.
"Why do you even want my strawberries? There's a whole bowl of them right in front of you.." Theo indicated to a green bowl filled to the rim with juicy berries, not two metres away from where she was sitting.
"Yours are more convenient." She stated.
"Draco, hand her the bowl, will you?" He addressed his best friend who was reading a letter.
"Fine. Here you go." Draco mumbled, handing her the berries whilst never taking his eyes off the parchment.
"Awh, thanks babe." Pansy twisted around to give him a quick peck on the cheek. "So, you want to know where Daphne is? Well, at the moment she's walking towards us." Pansy waved at someone behind him.
Before Theo could even turn around he was being hugged from the back. It was her, it was Daphne. He would recognise that glossy brown hair anywhere; that smell of fresh strawberries that always hung around her and that unmistakable, beautiful laugh. It sounded like a million songbirds had come together, just to sing for him and brighten his day.
It was over far too quickly and Daphne was giving Pansy and Draco a hug too…the same hug; just that it didn't feel the same to them as it did to him.
"Where were you?" Theodore asked offering her a strawberry.
"I totally overslept;" she rubbed her face "why the hell didn't you wake me!" Daphne directed at Pansy.
"You were up all night altering your costume, I thought I'd let you sleep a little longer! It's not my fault, I was just being a good friend!" Pansy flicked the green piece of a strawberry at her.
"It's a school day, Pansy! Were you going to just let me sleep through classes?"
"Ha! You don't need my help with that, you do that on your own." Pansy grinned.
After a short pause, in which Blaise and Theo exchanged baffled looks, the girls burst out in hysterical giggles.
"You showed her your costume?" Draco asked Daphne with a raised eyebrow, tucking his letter between the folds of his robes.
"It's sort of inevitable if you're in the same dorm. And anyways, Pansy hasn't said anything yet, have you Pans?"
"Not a word." she stated proudly "But Daph did threaten to hex me if I told, and you know how good she is at stuff like that."
"Maybe I should try that sometime." Draco smiled, pulling Pansy onto his lap.
"Attention everyone!" Dumbledore clapped at the staff table. All heads turned to listen to what their headmaster had to say.
"Good morning first of all." the old man smiled warmly "I would just like to remind you that the Halloween Ball is next weekend, and that all participating students should have their costumes sorted out by now. If this is not the case you will have the chance to visit Hogsmeade on Saturday morning. That's all, you may now continue with your scrumptious breakfast."
"I still need to go to Hogsmeade, anyone want to come along?" Blaise asked.
"Yeah, I have to go too." Draco nodded, nibbling at a piece of bacon.
"I think we should all go, It'd be fun!" Pansy chirped, leaning into Draco.
"I can't guys, sorry, I have to help my sister with her costume." Daphne sighed.
"Oh! But we can't just leave you behind on your own, that wouldn't be fair!" frowned Pansy.
Theodore saw his opportunity. "Look, you guys can go and I'll stay with Daph. My costume's finished anyways."
"You're so sweet, Theo! Thanks, now I won't be stuck with Astoria the whole day." She leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Theodore knew it was only meant as a friendly gesture, they were all best friends and it happened quite often between them, but he couldn't help thinking that it could be more. He also couldn't help that feeling of hundreds of fireworks going off in his belly that he got every time Daphne so much as looked at him.
"Anytime." he smiled back. It was true, Theo would do anything for her at any time; he would go to end of the world and back, just to make her happy; he would fight against a thousand villains, just to keep her safe; he would hold her for eternity, just to ease her pain her, and he would laugh until he could laugh no more…just to hear her laugh.
-V-
Theodore was lying on the couch in the Slytherin common room, reading a book. It was a Saturday evening, the others were still in Hogsmeade, and he was waiting for Daphne to finish up with her little sister Astoria. He had spent most of the day on this couch, occasionally getting a glimpse of Daph running in and out of the girls dorm with costume materials and spell books.
Half an hour later, a wrecked looking Daphne emerged.
"Shove over." She groaned, sitting down next to him.
"Have fun?" He grinned, already knowing the answer.
"I am officially disowning that child! Took her half the damn day to figure out as what she wanted to go as, and then when she finally did, Tori had this 'amazing' idea that she wanted part of it to move! Of course leaving me to do all the hard work while she just sat there bossing me about!" Daphne ranted, hands gesturing wildly in the air. "Do I look like a House Elf to you!"
"No," Theo smiled, putting his arm around her for comfort "most certainly not."
"You're a good friend, Theo. I'm lucky to know you." Daphne mumbled, cuddling up to him before falling asleep in his arms.
"I'm the lucky one..." Theo gently propped his chin on her head, taking in the smell of strawberries...
