I feel like everything I post now is just getting continually shorter and shorter. Sorry. This may or may not be due to the fact that I'm working on getting out a new chapter of a story I know some of you have been waiting for... :)
It's short, but sweet. I like this one a lot. I hope you do too.
"Harry?"
"Hm?"
"When did you know?"
"Know what?"
"When did you know that you were in love with me?"
"Who said I'm in love with you?"
"Harry, seriously."
"You already know."
"No, I don't."
"You do."
"I don't."
...
...
"... Harry?"
"Hm?"
"I really don't know."
"... Well, I guess... do you remember our tree?"
"Of course I do. It was my tree before it was ours."
"It was always ours, you just enjoy being thick headed."
"Do not."
"Do too."
"Alright. A little. Continue."
"There was one day, just a month after we started sitting there, when you were late-"
"That wasn't my fault-"
"Shut up, you git. Let me finish. There was one day you came late, super late, and I was so angry. I don't even know why I waited. You were supposed to help me with my Potions essay. You promised. And the more time that went by, the less time I had to rush and throw something together on my own. I really, really hated you just then. I really, really did."
"I don't like this story."
"You asked."
"Skip to the part where you love me."
"Well, you finally did show up after three-"
"Two!"
"-three hours. Didn't even say anything. Just plopped down next to me, opened your textbook, and got right down to business. I was so upset with you, but I didn't say anything. We just worked until it was done, and then we just sat there. Until I realized you were crying. Before I could even ask you what was wrong, you just looked at me and said, 'sorry.'"
"That was our first kiss."
"I couldn't help it. It was the most sincere I'd ever seen you, and I... I just wanted to kiss you more than anything. I swear, you are the only person who can make me so mad, so so mad, and then melt that anger in less than two seconds just by looking at me. No one but you. I knew I loved you. Right then."
"That's why I was late that day."
"I know."
"That's why I avoided you for two weeks after."
"I know."
"I was confused."
"I was, too."
...
"Harry?"
"Yes?"
"I'm not confused anymore."
"Hm?"
"I love you. I always did."
"And I love you. I always will."
...
...
...
"Can we go to bed now?"
"Are you tired?"
"No."
...
"Okay. Shower first?"
"We'll just have to shower again."
"God, I love you."
fin.