Chapter Ten
Frustration
Three weeks after the exploding mirror, Harry still wouldn't speak to Ron or Hermione, driving the two of them crazy. Harry was also skiving off Potions, however Snape hadn't said anything. If anything, Snape had pretended that nothing had happened, he didn't even ask where Harry was.
Ron however was forced, by his mum, to talk to Harry. Harry had originally planned to visit the Burrow for Christmas holidays, but Ron was sure that Harry would no longer be going. He tried explaining things to his mum, but she just owled back saying that 'the poor dear has been through so much and needed a loving place to spend the holidays'. Ron had laughed when he'd seen that. It wasn't that he was angry with Harry, Ron figured that he would be just as angry as Harry, if not more so, if he'd found out that Snape was HIS father.
There was another thing that was bothering Ron. The night that Harry had found out, the mirror behind Ron had exploded. Now Ron wasn't an expert on magic or anything like that, but he knew that when you were in Hogwart's you weren't supposed to be able to do accidental magic. He'd actually spent hours in the library with Hermione to find out what may have caused it. She thought that he was overreacting, but Ron was almost positive that there was something behind it.
However, Ron right now had something else to worry about. Harry was sitting only a few seats down with his two new best friends, Lavender and Parvati. Not that there was anything wrong with befriending Lavender or Parvati, in fact both girls were on his Girls He Wouldn't Mind Snogging list. Well, not that Hermione was that bad either, she was on the list too.
"Focus," Ron muttered. He finally got enough courage up to head to where the three were sitting. Lavender saw him first and bit her lip. "Erm, Harry?"
Harry ate forked a bite of steak in his mouth. "Do you girls hear something?" Lavender and Parvati shared nervous looks.
"My mum wants to know if you will be spending Christmas holidays at the Burrow," Ron said.
"Tell your mum, that I would love to spend the holidays with her," Harry replied. "But no, I won't be spending holiday at the Burrow."
"Can I give Mum a reason why?" Ron asked, knowing what was coming, but at least he could tell her that yes, Harry had given him a reason.
"Because you'll be there and I don't want a slimy git like you ruining my holidays," Harry replied. Lavender and Parvati were still looking nervous.
"I didn't want to keep it from you."
"Well you did Ron and now you're suffering the consequences."
"Hermione made me promise, or I would have."
"Oh." Harry stood up; his voice was a bit louder now. "I see what this is about." The Hufflepuffs were now looking over at them. "Just because Hermione is your new snogging partner, you put her first." The Ravenclaws had joined in with the staring.
"Hermione and I are NOT snogging," Ron replied loudly. The whole hall was now quiet. "Whatever you've got up your arse, I suggest you get out. I didn't want to keep it from you, I AM your friend." Harry threw a dirty look and stomped out of the hall.
"Harry," someone called down the hall. Harry turned and half expected to see Hermione or Ron chasing after him. But it wasn't. Lavender and Parvati were calling after him and he wasn't sure if he was disappointed or not. He smiled at them, letting him know that he wasn't mad at them. He knew that most people thought that they were selfish airheads, but they weren't. In fact, they sometimes surprised him, how smart they were. Sure it wasn't in the book smart, Hermione, sort of way. But smart none the less. Parvati was excellent at Potions, and would tutor him to what he missed whenever he skived off, and Lavender was good at Charms and never seemed to mind helping him. They also would do most of his Divination homework for him, in fact, sometimes they would argue about who got to do it. In return he would help them with Defense Against the Dark Arts and somehow the three of them would muddle through Transfiguration together. Plus it didn't hurt that he hung out with the two girls that most guys in the school would give their left arms up to snog.
"I guess you guys heard me telling Ron off, stupid prat," Harry replied. Lavender nodded, Parvati bit her lip. They walked towards him, and when they caught up to him they began walking together in comfortable silence.
"Are you going to skive off Potions today?" Parvati asked. "If you want to we'll make an excuse for you."
Harry stopped and thought for a moment. He had stopped going to Potions after the incident happened. He wasn't sure if Snape knew that he knew, but he was sure that Snape figured out why he'd not been showing up. Parvati and Lavender had both said that Snape hadn't seemed to care that he was missing. That furthered to fuel Harry's anger. Just thinking about it, made him want to scream. On the other hand, he could go to Potions and be a total prat to everyone there. That would make him feel better, or at least in his mind it would.
"You know what?" Harry asked, the girls shared blank looks. "I think I will be going to Potions today, I haven't had fun for a while." Now the two girls looked really confused.
"Bet Potter skips again," Lavender heard Pansy say as they waited outside the Potions class for Snape. She shared a look with Parvati and both of them rolled their eyes. Pansy was annoying.
"I wonder why he's decided to be late," Parvati said under her breath so that only Lavender could hear her. They had begun to talk to the dungeon together, when Harry announced all of the sudden that he would be at Potions but that he would be late.
"No clue," she replied. "But I am personally wondering why, all of the sudden, Harry wants to go to Potions."
"Especially since last night he was screaming about how he couldn't believe a greasy git like that was related to him." Parvati giggled after she said that and Lavender did too, thinking about it. Harry had been in an uproar; at the time it wasn't funny, but now later it was hilarious.
"The look in his eyes," Lavender said. They giggled harder, but stopped when she saw the glare that she was getting from Hermione.
"What a bitch," Parvati muttered. Parvati had never liked Hermione, and Lavender couldn't blame her. Hermione had never been nice to either of them, ever. Hermione, along with everyone else, just assumed that the pair of them were airheads and didn't have an IQ of 7 between them. So what if they liked Divination, boys, and make-up? They were girls; they were supposed to like those things.
"She's just hacked because Harry won't talk to her," Lavender explained. Parvati nodded.
"Not to mention the whole scene at lunch," Parvati replied. It was Lavender's turn to nod. Their conversation ended, when Snape came and unlocked the door. They entered, silently. Lavender took her usual seat between Parvati and Seamus. She pulled out her Potions book.
"I take Mr. Potter has opted not to grace us with his presence," Snape muttered.
"He's going to be here," Parvati said, surprising Lavender. "He just had to, erm, go get his book. He, uh, forgot it in the dormitory." Parvati then proceeded to nod, showing Snape that she didn't believe it herself.
"Really," Snape said indication that he didn't believe Parvati either. However he didn't take points off of Gryffindor, so that was good news. Snape informed them of what Potion they would be making today, and told them to pair up. Lavender and Parvati were together, Seamus and Dean had offered to let Neville work with them again, and obviously the dream team of Granger and Weasley were together.
"It would make my universe if they blew up their cauldron or something," Parvati said chopping daisy roots.
"You and me both," Lavender replied, cutting the caterpillars. They worked the next half hour in silence, Snape glaring at the Gryffindors, telling the Slytherins that their work was excellent. Suddenly a door flew open. Harry had finally arrived to class.
Next Time: What is Harry about to do?
A/N: Please don't skin me alive, I've just been REALLY busy! What do you guys think?
KUDOS: Lady Lightening, sorry no H/R and H make up, and I lied about a H/R moment, sue me, Deity, Prophetess of Hearts, wait and see, Legacy Lady, thanks, that is what I was trying to portraying, gina97, thanks, Phoenix, yes bad H/R, Saavik, yes a cliffie, elvenprincess, thanks, Amanda, Saerry Snape, mystical, yes you are back, my loyal of loyal readers!
Frustration
Three weeks after the exploding mirror, Harry still wouldn't speak to Ron or Hermione, driving the two of them crazy. Harry was also skiving off Potions, however Snape hadn't said anything. If anything, Snape had pretended that nothing had happened, he didn't even ask where Harry was.
Ron however was forced, by his mum, to talk to Harry. Harry had originally planned to visit the Burrow for Christmas holidays, but Ron was sure that Harry would no longer be going. He tried explaining things to his mum, but she just owled back saying that 'the poor dear has been through so much and needed a loving place to spend the holidays'. Ron had laughed when he'd seen that. It wasn't that he was angry with Harry, Ron figured that he would be just as angry as Harry, if not more so, if he'd found out that Snape was HIS father.
There was another thing that was bothering Ron. The night that Harry had found out, the mirror behind Ron had exploded. Now Ron wasn't an expert on magic or anything like that, but he knew that when you were in Hogwart's you weren't supposed to be able to do accidental magic. He'd actually spent hours in the library with Hermione to find out what may have caused it. She thought that he was overreacting, but Ron was almost positive that there was something behind it.
However, Ron right now had something else to worry about. Harry was sitting only a few seats down with his two new best friends, Lavender and Parvati. Not that there was anything wrong with befriending Lavender or Parvati, in fact both girls were on his Girls He Wouldn't Mind Snogging list. Well, not that Hermione was that bad either, she was on the list too.
"Focus," Ron muttered. He finally got enough courage up to head to where the three were sitting. Lavender saw him first and bit her lip. "Erm, Harry?"
Harry ate forked a bite of steak in his mouth. "Do you girls hear something?" Lavender and Parvati shared nervous looks.
"My mum wants to know if you will be spending Christmas holidays at the Burrow," Ron said.
"Tell your mum, that I would love to spend the holidays with her," Harry replied. "But no, I won't be spending holiday at the Burrow."
"Can I give Mum a reason why?" Ron asked, knowing what was coming, but at least he could tell her that yes, Harry had given him a reason.
"Because you'll be there and I don't want a slimy git like you ruining my holidays," Harry replied. Lavender and Parvati were still looking nervous.
"I didn't want to keep it from you."
"Well you did Ron and now you're suffering the consequences."
"Hermione made me promise, or I would have."
"Oh." Harry stood up; his voice was a bit louder now. "I see what this is about." The Hufflepuffs were now looking over at them. "Just because Hermione is your new snogging partner, you put her first." The Ravenclaws had joined in with the staring.
"Hermione and I are NOT snogging," Ron replied loudly. The whole hall was now quiet. "Whatever you've got up your arse, I suggest you get out. I didn't want to keep it from you, I AM your friend." Harry threw a dirty look and stomped out of the hall.
"Harry," someone called down the hall. Harry turned and half expected to see Hermione or Ron chasing after him. But it wasn't. Lavender and Parvati were calling after him and he wasn't sure if he was disappointed or not. He smiled at them, letting him know that he wasn't mad at them. He knew that most people thought that they were selfish airheads, but they weren't. In fact, they sometimes surprised him, how smart they were. Sure it wasn't in the book smart, Hermione, sort of way. But smart none the less. Parvati was excellent at Potions, and would tutor him to what he missed whenever he skived off, and Lavender was good at Charms and never seemed to mind helping him. They also would do most of his Divination homework for him, in fact, sometimes they would argue about who got to do it. In return he would help them with Defense Against the Dark Arts and somehow the three of them would muddle through Transfiguration together. Plus it didn't hurt that he hung out with the two girls that most guys in the school would give their left arms up to snog.
"I guess you guys heard me telling Ron off, stupid prat," Harry replied. Lavender nodded, Parvati bit her lip. They walked towards him, and when they caught up to him they began walking together in comfortable silence.
"Are you going to skive off Potions today?" Parvati asked. "If you want to we'll make an excuse for you."
Harry stopped and thought for a moment. He had stopped going to Potions after the incident happened. He wasn't sure if Snape knew that he knew, but he was sure that Snape figured out why he'd not been showing up. Parvati and Lavender had both said that Snape hadn't seemed to care that he was missing. That furthered to fuel Harry's anger. Just thinking about it, made him want to scream. On the other hand, he could go to Potions and be a total prat to everyone there. That would make him feel better, or at least in his mind it would.
"You know what?" Harry asked, the girls shared blank looks. "I think I will be going to Potions today, I haven't had fun for a while." Now the two girls looked really confused.
"Bet Potter skips again," Lavender heard Pansy say as they waited outside the Potions class for Snape. She shared a look with Parvati and both of them rolled their eyes. Pansy was annoying.
"I wonder why he's decided to be late," Parvati said under her breath so that only Lavender could hear her. They had begun to talk to the dungeon together, when Harry announced all of the sudden that he would be at Potions but that he would be late.
"No clue," she replied. "But I am personally wondering why, all of the sudden, Harry wants to go to Potions."
"Especially since last night he was screaming about how he couldn't believe a greasy git like that was related to him." Parvati giggled after she said that and Lavender did too, thinking about it. Harry had been in an uproar; at the time it wasn't funny, but now later it was hilarious.
"The look in his eyes," Lavender said. They giggled harder, but stopped when she saw the glare that she was getting from Hermione.
"What a bitch," Parvati muttered. Parvati had never liked Hermione, and Lavender couldn't blame her. Hermione had never been nice to either of them, ever. Hermione, along with everyone else, just assumed that the pair of them were airheads and didn't have an IQ of 7 between them. So what if they liked Divination, boys, and make-up? They were girls; they were supposed to like those things.
"She's just hacked because Harry won't talk to her," Lavender explained. Parvati nodded.
"Not to mention the whole scene at lunch," Parvati replied. It was Lavender's turn to nod. Their conversation ended, when Snape came and unlocked the door. They entered, silently. Lavender took her usual seat between Parvati and Seamus. She pulled out her Potions book.
"I take Mr. Potter has opted not to grace us with his presence," Snape muttered.
"He's going to be here," Parvati said, surprising Lavender. "He just had to, erm, go get his book. He, uh, forgot it in the dormitory." Parvati then proceeded to nod, showing Snape that she didn't believe it herself.
"Really," Snape said indication that he didn't believe Parvati either. However he didn't take points off of Gryffindor, so that was good news. Snape informed them of what Potion they would be making today, and told them to pair up. Lavender and Parvati were together, Seamus and Dean had offered to let Neville work with them again, and obviously the dream team of Granger and Weasley were together.
"It would make my universe if they blew up their cauldron or something," Parvati said chopping daisy roots.
"You and me both," Lavender replied, cutting the caterpillars. They worked the next half hour in silence, Snape glaring at the Gryffindors, telling the Slytherins that their work was excellent. Suddenly a door flew open. Harry had finally arrived to class.
Next Time: What is Harry about to do?
A/N: Please don't skin me alive, I've just been REALLY busy! What do you guys think?
KUDOS: Lady Lightening, sorry no H/R and H make up, and I lied about a H/R moment, sue me, Deity, Prophetess of Hearts, wait and see, Legacy Lady, thanks, that is what I was trying to portraying, gina97, thanks, Phoenix, yes bad H/R, Saavik, yes a cliffie, elvenprincess, thanks, Amanda, Saerry Snape, mystical, yes you are back, my loyal of loyal readers!