A/N: They both know what it's like to live in the shadows, constantly following someone else. Five-shot. Odd pairing - Colin/Gabrielle. Set in GoF. I'm slightly ignoring the age-difference, but at the same time, they won't get very handsy.
Submission for:
The 5 Drabbles Competition: Round 4 - Colin/Gabrielle. Prompt: (word) believe
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Colin leaned around the corner, his camera hanging off his neck as he watched the dark-haired boy walked through the corridors. Harry's shoulders were slumped, his eyes darting all around as he moved quickly through the crowd, trying not to meet any of the angry eyes trained on him. After his name had been pulled from the Goblet after Cedric Diggory, no one was too happy about it. They all thought he was a cheat who had somehow wanted to steal the Hufflepuff boy's thunder.
But Colin knew better. He had watched Harry enough to know the boy hated the attention, especially whenever he snapped his pictures. Harry would never put his name in the Goblet willingly, and he had nothing against Diggory.
But who would listen to him? Although, he had grown a bit over the summer, he was still just a small Third Year Gryffindor, who was known around the school for his blind hero-worship of the boy. No one would believe him if he said Harry didn't do it.
"Do you believe 'e did it?" a soft voice asked on his right.
He turned wildly, his arms flailing as he came face to face with a small girl in a bright blue uniform. She looked at him with her bright blue eyes before she chuckled and said, "Harry Potter. Do you believe 'e did it purposely?"
He cleared his throat before he shook his head. "No, Harry isn't like that. He wouldn't do something like this," he said as strongly as he could.
The girl nodded. "I zon't think 'e did either, but my sister won't listen to me. No one ever listens to me."
"No one listens to me either," Colin said a bit sullenly.
"I listened," she said with a smile, before she added, "I'm Gabrielle."
"Colin," he said, returning it.