Chasing Harry Potter
Characters: Romilda Vane, Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom
Rating: K
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series. (No matter how many times I wish that I did)
Takes place during Chapter 7 of Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
Since the start of her fourth year at Hogwarts she had been trying to get him to notice her. She was on the Hogwarts Express hanging around outside Harry's compartment with her two best friend's, Anna and Pearl. She watched in amazement as he happily sat with Neville Longbottom and Looney Lovegood and wondered why on earth the Chosen One would willingly want to sit with them. The three girls huddled together excitedly and decided that they would ask him to sit with them.
"Go and ask him, Anna," giggled Pearl as she tried to push Anna forward.
"No! You go," whispered Anna, blushing furiously.
Romilda rolled her eyes at her two friends. Honestly. Were they Gryffindors or were they mice? "I'll do it," she said as she walked towards the compartment door with a steady, self-assured stride. Romilda had always been headstrong and confident to the point of arrogance, so she felt no fear as she walked towards Harry Potter. With her long, curly dark hair and strikingly tall figure, what boy in his right mind would say no to her?
She walked right up to Harry while casting an amused look at Looney Lovegood in her odd-looking glasses. The girl did live up to her nickname.
"Hi, Harry. I'm Romilda, Romilda Vane," she said in her typically loud and confident voice. "Why don't you join us in our compartment? You don't have to sit with them," this time she spoke in a catty whisper while staring at Neville Longbottom's backside, which was sticking out from under the seat. He was looking for something, but she didn't know what.
The reaction she got from Harry Potter was not what she had hoped for or what she had expected. She had thought he would be grateful to be given an excuse to get away from the two people that in her opinion were not good enough to be his friends. Instead, he turned to look at her, and she could see anger and fierce loyalty in his green eyes. It was at that moment she knew that the Chosen One was going to turn her down.
"They're friends of mine," Harry told her in a voice that could have frozen the sun.
Romilda tried her best to hide the shock in her voice as she said "Oh. Ok."
She tried not to let the embarrassment show as she walked out of the door and slid it shut behind her. He had just turned her invitation down in front of Looney Lovegood and Neville Longbottom. It was also painfully clear that she had only managed to get on the wrong side of Harry Potter and she had no idea how she was going to redeem herself. Romilda shook these thoughts out of her head and made a vow never to give up. The Chosen One would be hers even if she had to stoop to devious methods to trap him. After all, she had every intention of finding out if the rumour about the hippogriff tattoo on his chest was true.
