Beautifully Broken
Chapter 10
See Chapter one for disclaimer.
After healing as much of Harry as possible Neville and Harry went back to the dorms and began working on the homework that was assigned over the break. Harry smiled when he remembered how he and Ron used to stay up all night trying to finish the work while Hermione carped at them about not finishing it sooner. Neville placed a hand on Harry's shoulder for reassurance when he realized what his friend was thinking of.
Slowly but surely Harry began to heal, emotionally and physically. Severus was working with him on dealing with the abuse and it was greatly helping the teen's perspective on life. As suspected Harry's left eye remained blind while the area surrounding it returned to normal.
Since the encounter with the Slytherins the two groups avoided each other not knowing how to act around one another. With Potions being the only class the Gryffindors and Slytherins had together this year they weren't forced interact until double Potions when Severus decided mix things up a bit.
"I will be pairing you up today," groans reverberated through out the class. "Goyle and Finnigan, Knott and Thomas, Zabini and Potter, Parkinson and Patil, and Malfoy and Longbottom. You have two hours to complete any potion we have covered in the past years syllabus. Begin now." The professor turned back to his desk and sat watching the class scramble to get set up.
Harry stood up and walked to Blaise Zabini as Neville nervously went to sit with Draco. As he sat down Harry turned to look at his partner and was shocked to see Blaise smiling at him.
"So… which potion would you like to do?" The Gryffindor asked. "It really doesn't matter to me, so you can choose."
"How about the hair growth formula from last year? That should be easy enough. I'll get the ingredients and you can set up the cauldron." With that Blaise stood up and walked towards the ingredients cabinet. Before setting up Harry looked over to see how Neville was doing. He seemed to be in the same situation as Harry and was starting the flame under his cauldron reminding Harry of his own task.
By the time Zabini had returned Harry had everything set up and they began to add the ingredients without a problem. They worked in silent companionship and the two hours few by without incident. As Snape got up to walk around and inspect their work Harry watched as he nodded upon seeing Neville and Malfoy's work and walked over to Zabini and Harry's station.
"Very good." Snape spoke after checking the potion. That was the most praise Harry had ever received from his taciturn professor and he felt pride swell in his chest. He was so absorbed in the moment that he didn't realize Blaise was talking to him until he tapped the boy-who-lived on the shoulder.
"Oh, sorry. I zoned out for a moment there. What were you saying?" Harry questioned.
"I was wondering if you wanted to join myself and a few friends in a study group tonight in the library at seven o'clock?" Blaise" replied.
"Only if Neville can come too." The look in Harry's eyes was resolve and so the Slytherin nodded and didn't other to comment.
"So I guess we will see you tonight." Harry said as he stood and walked away towards his friend who was waiting at the door for him.
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Ok, sorry this took so long. I'm kind of losing my inspiration for this story but I am going to try and finish it. This chapter was un-betaed anyone interested can email me.