FULL SUMMARY: Dream after dream, Harry Potter sees a girl that just give him butterflies in his stomach; he is thoroughly convinces that this girl does to Hogwarts with him. His only problem with her? Every time he comes close to seeing the face of this girl, he wakes up from his dreams. So when he tells his best gal pal Elaine Port, she laughs and tries to convince Harry that maybe his so-called "dream girl" really is just in his dreams. Is Elaine right? Or is Harry's dream girl a reality?
DISCLAIMER: Though I find this completely unnecessary, I feel somewhat obligated to state that the Harry Potter franchise does not belong to me. Also, as you read the story, keep in mind that this is simply a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of their rightful owner's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
STORY DEDICATION: To swiftscout – the girl who used to mock my obsession for Harry Potter until she read the books cover to cover – this one's for you.
Chapter Twenty-One – If Not Her, Then Who?
The next few days for Harry and Elaine were a struggle. While Elaine did everything she could to avoid him, Harry tried everything in his power to talk to Elaine. Elaine went as far as skipping meals or arriving earlier to the Great Hall; meanwhile, Harry would skip meals while waiting for her in the Gryffindor Common Room or he would show up to the dining hall much earlier than the rest of the students. It was safe to say that the two never crossed paths, much to Harry's dismay.
"You can't avoid him forever," Hermione scolded.
She and Elaine were sitting in the library, surrounded by books. Although it was nothing out of the ordinary for the two friends, Hermione glanced at the unopened books before her. She knew there was a reason why Elaine had begged her to come to the library.
"I can sure as hell try, Hermione," Elaine hissed back.
"But the library?" Hermione asked. "Really, Elaine? First of all, we don't have anything due for the next couple of weeks and there aren't any exams coming up until June."
"And here I thought I was doing you a favor," Elaine said bitterly. "I thought you would have loved a trip to the library to finish you assignments earlier."
Hermione shot Elaine a threatening look. "You don't have to be such a bleeder about it! And besides, it seems as though I'm doing you the favor, not the other way around."
"Hermione, I don't know what you're talking about-."
Hermione stood from her seat in the library, pulling Elaine pull with her. Outraged with her friend, Hermione yanking Elaine out the room of books and into the halls.
"What the effing hell, Hermione? What's got your knickers in a knot?" Elaine shouted at Hermione as she struggled out of Hermione's grasp. "I thought you wanted to finish your assignments."
"In case you didn't notice, I didn't exactly bring anything with me," Hermione barked. "You didn't either. Elaine, can you please just stop pretending? I know that you're avoiding Harry, but Elaine, it shouldn't be this drastic! Why are you so bent out of shape about what happened?"
"I can't face him, Hermione!" Elaine sighed, trying to walk away.
Hermione followed. "Elaine, you've been skipping meals."
"Not all the time!"
"More often than not! You've lost weight… a little too much, if I may add," Hermione replied. "I'm worried about you. Both of you."
"What's there to worry about, Hermione? Harry Potter is happily dating the girl of his dreams!" Elaine remarked furiously.
Hermione glared at Elaine, forcing her to stop. "Well if you weren't so hung up on avoiding him," she shot back equally angry, "you would have known that he and Ginny broke up."
"What?" Elaine was dumbfounded. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley broke up? "But she's the girl of his dreams! Why would he do that?"
"Oh now you care?" Hermione scoffed. "Elaine, Ginny wasn't the girl of his dreams."
"You're lying."
"If you had paid more attention to Harry instead of investing your time to avoid him, you would have noticed," Hermione said. "In fact, if you left the dormitory every now and then, you would have seen the breakup… it was actually pretty nasty. But no! You've been selfishly dodging Harry every change you get!"
"Wait… he broke up with her?"
"Well, she broke up with him," Hermione corrected. "But you wouldn't know that, would you? Because you've isolated yourself from the rest of us!"
"They're not… together anymore…" Elaine whispered to herself. "Ginny's going to kill me…"
Hermione stared at Elaine in shock. Shaking her head, Hermione sighed as though giving up on her friend. "There you go, thinking about yourself again! Elaine, what happened to you? Ugh, you know what? Forget I said anything, if you need me, I'll be with Ronald in the common room."
Elaine stood alone in the halls as Hermione stormed off. She looked at the floor below her feet. She couldn't believe it. Why did Harry break up with the supposed girl of his dreams? What the hell was going on?
"But she's the girl of his dreams!" she whispered to herself.
She was confused as ever now. What were the chances that Harry's dream girl wasn't Ginny? All signs pointed to her, didn't they?
Author's Note: This chapter of the story was written on March 6, 2014.
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