Chapter 11: Alone At Last?
I went to the girls' dorm to charge in to my outfit. The tank top was a little shorter that expected. Harry would be able to see my belly button. I had to wait until everyone was in the great hall then I snuck out of the Slytherin house and followed the map. Little did I know that Malfoy saw me. I walked passed Snape's Office.
"Off too our date I see."
I stopped. Not now. I turned around Malfoy was walking up to me. "What do you want? I'm in a bit of a hurry."
"You know that outfit looks good on you." He said checking out my outfit. I wrapped my arms around my stomach.
"Were you following me?"
"Not really. I would really like to see you in clothes like this more often."
"Well I'm only dressed like this for."
Don't say Harry. Do not say Harry. "My date."
"Hmm." He put his hands on my waist. I pushed off of him.
"Pervert, get away from me."
"Why should I?"
"Because I have a date and you're making me late."
"So." I walked off. He followed.
"Stay." He was stuck to the floor. What if I overdressed for this? What if he doesn't like what I'm wearing? What I look like an idiot? Ok stop with the 'what ifs'. I got to a small yet beautiful room. There was table set up for two with a candle in the middle. Soft music was playing. And Harry was there pacing and looking nervous. He was in a tux. He looked up and smiled. I smiled back. Maybe I underdressed for this.
"Did you have any trouble finding the room?"
"No it was easy." Except for the fact that I ran in to Malfoy.
"Good. Thank you for coming. You look gorgeous." Harry said stunned.
"Thank you Harry." I blushed. I sat down across from Harry.
"You don't look bad your self."
"Thanks. I hope you didn't mind if I told Sharon to tell you to come tonight."
"I don't mind."
"Good."
"Will you tell me about like your real self? The self no one like ever sees."
"Well I keep a journal. I also have a photo album I found in one of the cabinets at the Dursley's house. It has pictures of my parents."
"You must really miss them don't you?"
"Yeah, I never really knew them but they were my parents."
"Well my dad's in Azkaban because of you knows who. I'm very close to him. We write each other almost every day."
"Well at lease you have parents."
"You will soon when you come to live with us. I got a letter from my mom. Guess what you're coming to live with us this summer."
"Yes. Your family is the best."
"I guess." Two plates of food appeared in front of us. The plate was filled with ham, mashed potatoes, and in a separate bowl there was a salad. He started eating the ham and I started eating the salad. "This ham is great."
"The salad is good too. It's my favorite Caesar."
"So, do you have any pets?" Harry said as took a bit of the ham.
"Yeah I have a cat. His name is Salem. He's black with a little white stop on his chest and if you look hard enough it looks like a heart."
"Cool, the Dursleys would never let me get a pet until I had to get an owl. They make me lock Hedwig up. Truthfully I'm glad I'm not go back to that wretched place."
"I guess you really don't like them. Well I don't know anyone like that but it sounds bad." I took and bit of the ham. "The ham is good."
"I told you."
"I know. So have you tried the mashed potatoes?"
"No not yet."
"They're good" I took a bite of them. "But they could use butter." Then a thing of butter appeared.
"Oh well."
"Who cares they're good."
"Sparkling cider?"
"Yes please." We stared in to each other's eyes for a moment as Harry poured me a glass. The sparkling cider looked like champagne. "Harry what do really think about me? Like did I make a good impression on you when we first met?"
"Well I thought you were nice, good looking, and smart. I didn't think that Malfoy would have a crush on you. But all together you are a nice girl and that I hope that Ron, Sharon, Hermione, Mary, you, and I will be friends forever."
"Me too. Well if you come to live with us we probably will be friends forever."
"I know." We finished dinner and went over to a couch on the other side of the room. Harry sat down and said, "You look beat sit down and relax." I dropped on the couch next to Harry. I closed my eyes and sighed. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing I'm just tried. I had a long day even thou I was with you most of the day." He put his arm around my shoulders. I put my head on his chest not thinking of course. Mean while Mary, Angelus, Spike and Cedric Diggory followed the map that Mary had copied. They snuck in while Harry and I were talking. We didn't notice them. I looked up at Harry. I sat back up. Then out of nowhere Harry kissed me. I was in shock. My arm left my side and I put my hand on his cheek. It was so wonderful. When we stopped I looked at him in shock. "Sorry I don't know what happened." He said letting go of me. I stopped him. I'm not letting you let go of me.
"It is ok. I liked it I think."
"Well it won't happen again I promise."
"Don't worry I'm not offended."
"You sure?"
"Of course nothing's wrong. Just next time give me a little warning please."
"Sure no problem."
Mary had to bite her lip so badly, so that she didn't laugh out loud. Mary said to the others. "I can't wait until we tell Sharon, Hermione and Ron. I doubt those two are going to tell them what happened."
"Would you shut up?" said Angelus.
"Fine."
"Liz?"
"Yes Harry."
"How close do you think we'll get?"
"As a friend or err…something else?"
"Both."
"Ok well as a friends I hope that we will be friends forever. And for something else I don't know but I hope that it would be um good." Good what the hell was that? I scolded my self.
"Cool. Liz, do you like to be kissed?"
"Why?"
"No reasons just want to know."
"Well, it depends on the guys. He has to be nice, cute, and not a stuck up little loser."
"Oh, well." He kissed me again this time he slid his hands on my waist and I put one hand on his shoulder and my other hand on the back of his neck. When we stop, which felt like ten minutes later, Harry's said, "Well do I pass?"
"Ah.yeah."
"Cool, Liz will you be my girlfriend?"
"Yes, of course."
"Great, lets not tell the others."
"Ok, why?"
"Well Ron would freak out, Sharon would be in shock, Hermione will think its nice and creepy us out, and Mary will be cool and say hey it's ok."
"Oh yeah they will be like that."
"Well, who cares what they think as long as we're happy together."
Mary was about to blurt out in laughter when Spike covered Mary's mouth and said, "Shut up do you want them to know that we are here?" Mary shook her head. "Good."
"Isn't this good?" Cedric asked Angelus and Spike.
"Yeah just wait until I tell the other Hufflepuffs."
"Just wait until the other Ravenclaws."
"Just don't tell them who told you ok?" replied Mary.
"Yeah but why?"
"Because if they found out that it was me they would never forgive me."
"Oh, ok."
"Harry do you are you serious do you really want me to be your girlfriend?"
"Yes I have never been so sure in my life."
"Oh."
"Would you care to dance?" Harry asked as he stood and offered his hand. I nodded and took his hand. We started to dance. He swayed me gently. I felt like I was dancing on clouds. We dance for what seemed like hours, me in his strong arms and my arms around his neck, it was paradise. We never broke eye contact. Most of the time we were kissing. "Liz It's eleven o' clock."
"I was wondering why I'm so tried." Harry laughed. I smiled wirily and said, "Do we have to go?"
"No."
"Good, because I don't want this night to end yet."
We danced a little more then we sat on the couch. We made a bet of who would dose off first. I won. Harry was asleep in minutes. I laid my head on his shoulder. He looked so cute when he slept. I grabbed a blanket that was on the couch next to me and laid it over both of us. I settled in then dosed off. I couldn't leave Harry alone in the room. The next morning Harry woke first. He was surprised to see where he was. He moved his arm and wrapped it around me. I woke slowly. When I opened my eyes I was surprised to where I was. I didn't want move. I was so comfortable. I felt a hand rub my arm. I realized Harry was awake. "Mmm.hello Harry."
"Hello. Who won the bet?"
"I did."
"Bloody hell." I snuggled closer to Harry. I love this. I love this man. Harry looked at his watch. "Six o'clock is the time."
"Ok. I'll go back to sleep then."
"You can't we have class."
"Damn." Harry tilted my head up and kissed me.
"Does that make you feel better?"
"A lot better."
"Good, we should head down to breakfast."
A few minutes later we walked in to the Great Hall. We went our tables. I walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Malfoy. I didn't care where I sat even if it was next to Malfoy. "Hi Liz."
"Good morning." Crabbe and Goyle looked at each other puzzled.
"Um. Liz where were you last night and why were you there?"
"Well I had a date and I had fun that's all."
"Really with who?"
"Some guy."
"Who?"
"A guy."
"You mean Harry?"I bit my lip. "You did go out with Harry."
"Maybe." I replied in a small voice.
"Oh God you did go to that git."
"So what? Wait a second he is not a git."
"I can't believe you."
"Whatever."
"Does your friends know?"
"Um.no."
"Maybe I should tell them."
"No Harry and I will tell them when we're ready."
"Right in like three years."
"No try at the end of the year."
"Right."
"Forget It, I'm out of here." I walked away to get my books for transfiguration class. I ran in to Angelus. "Hi Angelus."
"Oh him Liz. How's your boyfriend, Harry?"
"What?"
"Your boyfriend."
"Harry is not my boyfriend."
"Yes he is. Mary saw you two making out last night."
"She saw what?"
"You and Harry kissing."
"Oh, well I need to go and kill Mary. Good bye." I walked away to find Mary but first I needed to find Harry. I found Sharon first. "Hey Sharon."
"Hi Liz."
"Have you seen Harry?"
"You mean your boyfriend?"
"Let me guess Mary told you?"
"Yeah."
"Just great."
"Are you two dating?"
"No of course not."
"You two are because you're blushing."
"I am not." I replied as my face turned red.
"Yes you are."
"Whatever. I need to go and find some…pencils bye." I said quickly. I walked off to find Harry. I found him coming out of the Gryffindor House. "Hi Harry."
"Hey Liz." He kissed me on my cheek.
"Do you that the Sharon Hermione, Ron, and Mary know about us dating?"
"Yeah I just found out."
"Mary was there last night."
"I know that too."
"What are we going to do?"
"Well at lease Malfoy doesn't know."
"I know."
"Oh well."
"Let's just hope for the best."
"Come on let's go to transfiguration before we're late."
We walked in to transfiguration and sat down at an empty desk. "Class take out your books and turn to page 342 please."
"Professor didn't we read this yesterday?" asked Pansy.
"Yes but I want you guys to try the spells. You will be allowed to work in partners. You can pick your partner but do it quietly."
"Liz will be my partner?"
"Sure, it saves me from Malfoy."
"Liz!"
"Harry, I'm kidding. Of course, love."
"Good."
"We have to turn this pencil in to a bat."
"This is going to be hard."
"No I don't think it will."
"Well you say the spell."
"Vespertilio commutat." I said as I waved my wand. The pencil changed in to a bat. I caught the bat and put it in to a cage.
"Very good Miss. Black."
"Thank you."
"Mr. Longbottom where is your pencil?"
"I don know."
"Accio pencil. Don't lose this one."
"Yes professor." BANG!! Malfoy's pencil blew up. Harry and I had to laugh.
"Nice one Malfoy."
"Liz shut up."
"Malfoy maybe you should shut up." Defended Harry.
"Whatever Mr. and Mrs. Perfect."
"Malfoy I swear if you don't stop I will kill you right here right now."
"Miss. Black, Mr. Malfoy stop right now or you both have detention."
"Yes, professor."
"You would Miss. Goody-goody."
"Professor gets him to stop."
"Malfoy you have detention."
"NO!"
"Ha, ha you have detention."
"Liz, I would watch it if I were you. Don't forget I'm in your house."
"Oh no I'm scared."
"Liz stop joking around."
"Ok Harry."
"Malfoy just stay away from Liz ok? Or I will come after you."
"Is that a threat?"
"Yeah."
"Harry you don't have to stick up for me."
"I know but still you shouldn't be treated like this."
"Thanks."
"I guess it is true. You and Harry are dating."
"Malfoy, when would you like to die?"
"Never."
"Class is over. Please go to your next class. Oh Malfoy report to Professor Ryan for detention."
"Liz come on let's go to charms."
"Ok."
Harry took my hand and we walked together to charms talking about what our dream house would look like. We walked in to class. Professor Flitwick was graded some papers until class started. Harry and I sat behind Malfoy that way Harry could keep an eye on him.
"Harry stop looking out for me. Your being over protective."
"I just don't want you to get hurt." We learned three spells and how the swear in Latin. "Liz I just want you to know that I will always stick up for you when ever."
"Thanks, but you do know I can take care of myself right?"
"Of course but still it makes me feel good. Like I'm taking care of someone."
"Oh."
"I need to the Gryffindor tower to get my books for Home Economics."
"Ok I'll see you in Snape's new class room."
