AN: Okay…I felt in a good mood so I decided to put up another rewrite chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter…unfortunately…
WARNING RATED K+ AND T!!!
Harry Potter: A Romance
Chapter 2: Don't Blame Yourself
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(Katey's POV)
Me and Harry awoke early that morning by a tapping on their window. Harry walked over to the window and saw that it was Ron's owl with a letter attached to its leg. I walked over to my computer that I bought with my own money but every now and then I would let Harry use it to look up things for other things. I didn't feel like asking questions that would lead into a long, boring conversation. I turned on my computer and saw that Bexxi, Mony, Ginnie, and Desi were online.
"Hey Harry, Bexxi, Ginnie, Mony and Desi are online. Did you hear from Ron yet?" I asked clicking on my friends' screen names to IM all of them.
"Yea. He said that it was cool that Bexxi, Ginnie, Mony and Desi could come. And he is really happy that you and I are coming," Harry said finishing reading the letter and setting it down on his bedside table.
"Cool."
[AN: Okay here are the screen names
Bexxi- ihrtgdbigbang
Desi- boycrazy101
Katey- luvisjust2strong
Ginnie- KibaInuzukaLoverx3
Mony- luviz4luvrsonly]
IM:
luvisjust2strong: Guys!!
luviz4luvrsonly: technically, we're not guys
ihrtgdbigbang: xD shut up Mony!!
luvisjust2strong: MOVING ON…guess what!?
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: what?
boycrazy101: tell us!
luvisjust2strong: my aunt and uncle are actually letting me and harry go to the Quidditch world cup!!
ihrtgdbigbang: no way!! that's awesome. you can finally see the light.
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: Bekka, you're making her sound like she's been in a dark cave all her life.
boycrazy101: it's pretty close.
luvisjust2strong: lmao xD
luviz4luvrsonly: thats awesome Katey!!
luvisjust2strong: yea…and I was wondering…you guys wanna come too??
ihrtgdbigbang: you know it!!
boycrazy101: of course! hot guys flying around on brooms…who wouldn't want to go? Let me just ask my mom.
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: xD I'm in.
luviz4luvrsonly: me too.
luvisjust2strong: Yay!! Anyways, so how are you guys doin?? we haven't seen each other in forever!!
luviz4luvrsonly: stop being so melodramatic Katey XD it's only been a couple of months.
luvisjust2strong: yea, but still…so, anything that involves boys? ;)
boycrazy101: coughVIRGINIEcough
ihrtgdbigbang: hmm…Virginie…
luviz4luvrsonly: spill ginnie!!
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: I don't know what you guys are talking about.
luvisjust2strong: ginnie…so whats up with you and Skylar??
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: for the millionth time, he's just a friend.
boycrazy101: a very HOT friend if you ask me.
ihrtgdbigbang: it's pretty obvious he likes you ginnie.
luvisjust2strong: yea…the way he looks at you is like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time.
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: *ugh* how about you guys? any guys in your life? oh and katey, harry said something about you and ron…?
luviz4luvrsonly: WHAT?
boycrazy101: WHAT??
ihrtgdbigbang: WHAAAAAT!?
luvisjust2strong: be right back.
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: …
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(Few Minutes Later)
luvisjust2strong: kk I'm done beating up harry.
luviz4luvrsonly: Hey I have g2g my mom's getting mad. byee!
luviz4luvrsonly logged off
KibaInuzukaLoverx3: me too. byeeeeeee!
KibaInuzukaLoverx3 logged off
ihrtgdbigbang: hey Katey!!!
boycrazy101: hi hi hi hi!!!!
luvisjust2strong: okay? You Desi you seem really hyper. That or you have talked or seen a really cute boy.
boycrazy101: well I saw this boy that lives at my apartment complex, Tristan, you know the one who is always skateboarding and has that weird little sister? Well I saw him skateboarding with one of my ex's.
luvisjust2strong: which one?
ihrtgdbigbang: which one?
boycrazy101: oh ha-ha-ha…you guys are real nice.
luvisjust2strong: it was Evan wasn't it?
boycrazy101: …...--
luvisjust2strong: what? I was just taking a guess….it was, wasn't it?
boycrazy101: maybe…maybe not.
ihrtgdbigbang: yeah it was.
boycrazy101: hey…shut-up.
luvisjust2strong: lmao!!!!!!!
ihrtgdbigbang: Katey!!! Such language!!!
luvisjust2strong: oh shut-up! You use this language all the time.
boycrazy101: hey you guys relax!!!!!!!!!!!
ihrtgdbigbang: fine…
boycrazy101: Oh by the way I can go to the Quidditch World Cup! My mom said it was okay.
ihrtgdbigbang: what did your dad say?
boycrazy101: …
boycrazy101 has logged off
luvisjust2strong: what did you do?
ihrtgdbigbang- I don't know…but what did I do?
luvisjust2: …………
luvisjust2strong has logged off
ihrtgdbigbang- ???????
ihrtgdbigbang: has logged off
"I can't believe that Bekka could be so idiotic to even ask about her dad!!!" I shouted obviously outraged.
"What did Bekka say?" Harry asked since he heard me shout.
"Bekka asked about Desi's dad. Did I tell you about Desi's dad?" Harry nodded for me to continue. "Well, I told Bekka about what happened and she had the decency to mention him! It just makes me mad!!!"
Desi's parents were a very happy, loving married Pureblood couple. Well that was until Desi's dad started drinking alcohol because he was getting stressed out. Since he was drinking so much alcohol, he started changing how he acted around the ones he loved especially Desiree. He acted like Desiree was a slave child that HAD to obey to each one of his commands. And for that her mother stood up for her only daughter also known as her second child, but he just slapped his wife out of the way each time she stood against him. After one of their huge fights, Desi's father left over the summer and hasn't returned since.
I had told Bekka about this and I was very upset that Bekka would even bring that up. For a Ravenclaw she wasn't that smart as it would seem. I was just so outraged she didn't even realize that my computer was saying that annoying voice: "you got mail."
Katey sighed exasperated and looked at her computer to see that she got an e-mail from one of her Muggle-born friends, Sam Brunner. I opened the letter and read it. The I burst out laughing.
Harry who was looking out the window carelessly looked over at his laughing sister and walked over to me and looked at the e-mail, it had said:
Why Are We Even Friends?
We are friends because of that stupid pact we made five years ago…or something like that
We are friends because I once found you hiding behind a trashcan and I made a mistake of asking you if you were okay…
Are We Even Friends?
Sometimes I find myself that I am always crying when you are upset,
Or that you forget my birthday,
Or you forget something that I told you about two minutes ago because it wasn't about you.
But We Are Because Of:
A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.
So Be A Friend And Send This Back To Me Saying That We Are The Best Of Friends When We Know It Isn't True…even though it is…but we totally deny it…
"I don't get it," Harry said looking confused.
"I'm only laughing because it's so sweet but it came from Sam. You know that friend I made back in the third grade?" I explained to my confused brother. Harry nodded. "Well, he was never this sweet guy towards me. He was like my best guy friend ever!!! Well besides Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville."
"I think he fancies you, then."
"EW!!! Gross!!! That's-- that's just disgusting!"
"Oh, so you like him, too?"
"NO!!!!!!!"
"Sure," Harry said not believing me.
"Oh, so what about you and Cho Chang?" I asked. Harry froze at the name I just had said.
"Why mention that name?"
"Umm…it's obvious. I bet almost everybody knows…I bet even she knows."
Harry's face paled. "She--she--she knows."
"Highly doubt it, unless Ron spilled it over the summer. Then nobody should know."
"Oh, thank Merlin."
"So you do like her?"
"Just drop it. At least I don't like Malfoy!!!"
I stood up and glared at him. "Malfoy? I dare you to say that again. I double, double dare ya' to say that!"
Harry backed away a little frightened of his sister. His sister sometimes did this. I would give him the what-did-you-say look plus a death glare which equals on scary look. "Katey, you know I don't like it when you look at me like that."
"Why do you think I'm giving you this look?"
"Just to toy with my mind and scare the living shit out of me."
"Harry, don't swear. You know our parents could be looking down on us. How do you think they would feel if they heard you swear? I would feel bad."
Harry sighed. He hated it when I would mention their parents looking down on them. Sometimes he would think that it is his entire fault that they had died. But I told him countless of times that was not his fault but Voldemort's fault. He still blamed himself.
"Harry, you know it isn't your fault. Don't even think on it for one minute," I whispered softly to Harry. I knew that this is what he was thinking.
"But it is. We both know it!!! I'm the reason they're dead! I know it has to be," Harry shouted. It is my fault, I know it. Harry thought in his head.
"God damn it, Harry! You fucking know it isn't your fault!!! So stop blaming yourself," I yelled at the top of her lungs. I didn't care who heard me. I wanted to make Harry believe that this wasn't his fault; it was all Voldemort's fault.
"Let's just drop it."
"No!!! I refuse to drop it, until you agree that you are not to blame for our parents' death. It was not your fault."
"Whatever will get you to get off my back."
"Harry whats wrong? You seemed stressed."
"Please just drop it. We are leaving to go to the Burrow in a week from now."
I was sensing that Harry wanted to change the subject so I said, "Fine. That's cool. I can't wait to get out of this house! It's just so depressing, you know?"
"Yeah, it kinda is. I just can't wait to see my friends again."
"What are you sick of me?"
"No…maybe…a little."
"Yeah…you have been kinda getting on my nerves."
"Yep." Harry looked at the clock and saw that it was still early in the afternoon. It was about three-thirty am. He looked at me. "Do you want to go to the park?" he asked me.
"Yeah, sure. Let me just ask Aunt Petunia." I opened the bedroom door and walked down the stairs asking Aunt Petunia if me and Harry could go to the park. She didn't reply and I took that as a yes. I walked back up the stairs.
"She said yes," I said convincingly.
"Okay," Harry replied standing up and looking at himself in the mirror. He ran his hand through his hair just like his father did even though he didn't know that of course.
Harry and I walked to the park and played on the playground for a while until they saw a figure walking towards them.
"What do you want, Zabini?" I asked as a threat to him.
"Nice to see you to, Potters," he answered back with as much attitude I had.
"I will ask you again. What do you want?!"
"Tsk, tsk. No respect."
"Why should I show respect to an arrogant, self-centered prat!!!!!"
"I don't see Malfoy around anywhere."
I quirked an eyebrow at him. "I thought you and Malfoy were friends."
"More like acquaintances."
I quirked my other eyebrow at him. "Isn't Malfoy a…let's see…um…'Slytherin Prince'," I said putting quotation marks around Slytherin Prince.
"That's at school. Not in my personal life. He has no power over me."
"And all this time I thought you were one of his stupid followers like Crabbe and Goyle."
Blaise raised his hand warningly. I flinched. Harry stood next to me.
"I wouldn't, if I were you," Harry warned Blaise to put his hand down. Harry was very protective of his sister.
"Like a stupid Potter, would even satisfy my needs to even talk to." Blaise walked away and was out of sight in a blink of an eye.
000
It was now around eight o'clock at night and the stars were out. The stars were so beautiful. But we knew that we had to go back. So we walked back. We both took quick showers and got into our PJ's. And we bide each other good night and went to bed.
AN: Okay…this was a long one. Well…not as long as the first chappie. But w/e. Please review!