Chapter Four
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The dining hall wasn't as full as Harry imagined it would be. Then again, he was comparing it to the dining hall at Hogwarts. There were about 20 tables scattered throughout the room with at least three people sitting at each one. Harry stood just inside the doorway, looking for somewhere to sit. "Harry! Over here!" He looked over to see Eric calling from a table in the corner. That's not gonna happen, Harry thought. He waved at Eric and kept walking farther into the dining hall. He finally found a table in the back corner of the room that was empty, so he plopped his backpack down on the table and went to get some food.
The selection left much to be desired. There was pizza, but it didn't look like any kind of pizza you would actually enjoy eating. There was some kind of pasta, but as to what meat was in it, Harry had no idea. He ended up settling on a cheeseburger and some fries, which seemed safe enough. He grabbed his plate and sat down at the table, content being alone. He had just taken a bite of his cheeseburger when he heard someone clear their throat, and he realized that a girl was standing at his table looking at him. Harry looked up to see a pale-skinned girl with a sky blue shirt under a faux leather jacket and jeans that showed just the smallest bit of her midriff. Her shiny black hair cascading down her shoulders and hid one of her green eyes. Harry almost gasped at her beauty. "Can I sit here? There's nowhere else available." Her voice was like a melody playing in Harry's ears. "Uhm, yeah, sure." Harry said, thinking of how incredibly awkward he must have looked staring at her like that.
The girl sat down and brushed the hair from her face. Harry noted with a smile that she too was eating a cheeseburger and fries. The girl looked up and caught him staring, so he used the moment to make an introduction. "My name's Harry Potter." He said, and immediately felt stupid. She hadn't asked for his name, and she probably didn't even care. "I'm Alice Greene." She said, smiling at Harry. His heart felt like it was melting. She would really have to stop that smiling thing if he were to get through the meal in one piece. "I see you played it safe with the cheeseburger and fries as well." Harry said to Alice, trying desperately to make conversation. "Yeah, it looked like the only thing that wouldn't bite me back," Alice laughed. Harry leaned a bit closer to Alice, laughing along with her. God she was pretty. He thought he should tell her so, but didn't get the chance.
"Alec, hey." Alice said as a familiar-looking boy wrapped his arms around her. Shit. The boy who had had Harry pinned to a wall just hours earlier was now in a lip lock with the beautiful girl he'd just met. "This is Harry Potter." Alice said, gesturing towards Harry. Alec looked like he wanted to jump over the table and beat the shit out of Harry, but instead he smiled and said, "Yeah, we met earlier." Damn he had a creepy smile. "Well, we gotta go. Nice to meet you." Alice and Alec left the dining hall hand in hand. Harry sighed and sat at the table, thinking about Alice and what a creep her boyfriend was. He had even said he was close to scoring with Curly Hair….er, Ella. What a fucking creep.
Harry got back to his room and lay down on his bed with a pillow over his eyes. His thoughts drifted back to Hogwarts and to Hermione. He had liked her for a long time back then, but she was taken by his best friend, Ron. And now he wanted to get to know Alice better, but she was taken by Alec. No matter how much of a lowlife Alec was, Harry couldn't bring himself to hurt Alice by telling her what he knew. He sighed and rolled over on his bed to stare at the wall. Why do I only fall for the taken ones? He thought.
Harry got up out of bed and headed to take a shower before going to bed. He fell asleep quickly after getting into bed and had a vivid dream about Alice. She was holding his hand and they were kissing and then…then he woke up. Damn, Harry thought. Always seem to wake up before the best part. "That's it," Harry said aloud. "I have to see her again."
This one's a bit shorter but longer ones are to come I promise! Please read and review it helps so much!
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