Chapter 4

Crush

Disclaimor:  It's all J.K.'s and Joss Whedon's.  Both pure genius's.

A/N:  New chapter!  Kind of short, and kind of fluffy.  But really good.  Review!

"Wow," Dawn exclaimed after Harry had finished telling his story with help from Hermione, Ron and Ginny.

"So, what's your Quidditch team?" Ron asked.

"Quidditch?"

"Oh, right you wouldn't know about that would you?  It's a sport."

"Neat.  So is it like soccer for wizards or something like that?"  Dawn asked.

"Soccer?" asked Ron.  "Isn't that that sport Dean is always going on about.  Frankly, I can't see what's so interesting about a game with one ball and no flying."

"You guys can fly?  How?" asked Dawn who was feeling more and more clueless by the minute.

"Brooms," answered Harry with a smile.

"You're kidding.  You guys can fly on brooms? That is so cool."  Just then Tara and Willow walked over and took a seat at a table across the patio.  They obviously didn't recognize her since she was with so many friends and all.  "I'll be right back."  Dawn walked over to her guardians and took a seat at their table.

"Hey, Dawnie," said Tara, looking up from her ice cream.

"We saw you, in case you're curious, we just didn't want to be the kind of people that will embarrass you in front of your friends."  Willow put in.

"I appreciate it."  Dawn said smiling.

"So, who are your friends?" asked Tara curiously.

"Well,  the boy with red hair is Ron, to his left is his sister Ginny, the boy with the black hair is Harry, and the other girl is Hermione."

"I'm glad you made friends so early.  We met with Dumbledore at Gringotts.  We straightened out the arrangements for you.  They're going to sort you into a house, do you know what houses are?" said Tara.

"Yeah, Hermione was telling me about them, Gryffindor sounds really neat."

"Good.  You'll eat and sleep with your house.  But you won't take classes, you'll have a tutor, actually several.  Dumbledore feels that he wants you to be caught up with the students that are your age as soon as possible.  So you'll pretty much be a normal student only without actually having to go to classes."

"Cool!"  Dawn exclaimed.  "But what about you guys, where do the teachers stay?"

"They give us places to stay, you can hang there if you want to, we'll tell you the password.  Professor Dumbledore has composed a list of things you'll need," she said as she handed it to Dawn.  "Do you want us to tag along while you buy it all, or are you embarrassed to be seen with us?"

"I'll go alone, if you don't mind."

"Okay, here is some money." said Willow handing her pouch which was slightly heavy.  "Meet us in the Leaky Cauldron at five, okay?"

"Sure, see you then."  Dawn said as she walked back to her new friends and melting ice cream.

"Who's that?" asked Harry smiling as she sat down.

"My guardians, Tara and Willow.  That's Professor Maclay and Rosenberg to you," she answered as she stirred what was once her ice cream.

"Those are the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers?" asked Hermione excitedly.  "You didn't tell us your guardians were going to be our new professors.  Do you think you could introduce me? I have a question for them."

"Sure, anyone else want to come?" answered Dawn as she stood up and threw away her ice cream.

"No, thanks." said Ron immediately.

"I'll stick with Ron." answered Harry, who was still smiling.

Ginny shrugged.  "Sure, I'll go."

"Does Harry always smile like that?" asked Dawn as the three girls walked over to Tara and Willow.

"No, he hasn't smiled, really smiled, all summer,  but for some reason he seems to do it a lot when you're around." answered Ginny grinning.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Dawn as they reached their destination.

"Figure it out," was Ginny's reply.

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"So, Ron, what do you think of Dawn?" asked Harry as they watched the girls walk across the patio talking.

"Why?" asked Ron suspiciously.

"No reason."

"Well, she's nice, plus she doesn't like Malfoy, and she's pretty, but what do we really know about her?  I mean why does she have guardians, what happened to her parents, and why didn't she go to a magical school when she was eleven?  I'm sure they have them in California."

"I know what you mean, but we can't just ask her those questions, they might be personal."

"I guess.  So what do you think of her?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because you haven't smiled at all since the third task, but for some reason, since you met her that is all you've been doing."

"I just think she's nice, and smart, and pretty, and interesting, and..."

"Alright, alright, I get it, you like her."

"Well, yeah. What's not to like?"

"I thought so," Ron said happily because he figured out how Harry really felt about Dawn, before Harry did.

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