When Harry woke up, the room was totally dark. It was already night, and they had slept all through the afternoon. Amber was still asleep, and still holding his hand tightly. Harry kissed Amber on the forehead and pulled her closer to him. Amber looked up at Harry from the hold of his arms.
'What's the time?' Amber mumbled.
'I think it's about time we got up.'
Amber sat up, folding her legs behind her. She looked around the room for Hermione, but her bed was empty.
'Hermione must've gone down already.' Amber said, wiping the sleep out of her eyes.
Harry was still lying on her bed, with his arms behind his head. He pulled Amber down again, and held her in a tight bear hug.
'What are you doing mister?'
'I'm just giving you a big hug.' Harry smiled.
'Oh sure you are. That what every guy says…' Amber joked.
Harry kissed her softly on the lips, and Amber returned his kiss. They were still lying down, and kissing all the time. Harry kissed her harder, and slid his hand up the back of Amber's top. Amber held his arm still for a while, and pulled out of the kiss, sitting up and looking down at him.
'Did you just do that?' Amber asked.
Harry sat up and wrapped his arms around Amber's waist.
'Yes. Am I not allowed to?' Harry asked mischievously.
'I'm not saying you're not allowed to…' Amber smiled.
'Good.' Harry smiled as well and kissed Amber again.
They were kissing for a long time, before they noticed the light came on. There was a bright flash and then laughs. Harry looked towards the door where Hermione and Ron were standing.
'This is for the good memories!' Hermione laughed.
She held up an old Polaroid camera, and the film that just came out.
'Thought you might like to keep it.' Hermione smiled and gave it to Amber.
The photo was taken right before they stopped kissing from the flash. It was one of the magicked moving pictures, and it showed Harry and Amber pulling out of their kiss and looking at the camera.
'Good to see you're feeling better.' Harry smiled.
'Can't be hung up on THAT forever!' Hermione smiled back.
'What do you say to making it known that we're back at Hogwarts?' Amber smiled.
The other three nodded. Harry was glad that Amber and Hermione weren't going to be worried about this Voldemort thing forever.
'Let's get dressed up for dinner, Hermione. I have the feeling someone's not going to be too impressed to see us.'
Hermione smiled, she knew what Amber was talking about. They chased the boys out of their room, and got dressed into cocktail dresses. Hermione got into a deep chardonnay cocktail dress and Amber got into a black and white cocktail dress. Amber put a spell on their hair, to make it straight and sleek. Hermione did a spell for both of theirs make-up. And in less then seven minutes, they were dazzling.
'Ready to wow those wannabe's?' Amber asked.
'Sure. Now that I look like this.' Hermione laughed.
They opened the door to their room, with Ron and Harry waiting right outside. Their first reaction was jaw dropping, literally.
'Is this what you meant by dressed up?' Ron asked, snapping his jaw shut.
'This is exactly what we meant Ron.' Hermione smiled.
'Why did you get dressed so fancy for dinner?' Harry asked Amber.
'You'll see. It's our little surprise.'
They went off towards the Great Hall, where everyone was already waiting for their supper. The doors were closed, and there was a lot of noise coming from inside.
'Ready Hermione?' Amber asked.
'Of course. Always was.' Hermione smiled.
Harry and Ron thought this must all be part of a plan. They didn't know if it was working yet or not. Amber pushed open the doors, and the hall progressively fell quiet, and then started up with whispers again.
'They're still alive?'
'When did they get back?'
Most of the houses showed concern for their wellbeing, but the only table that didn't look happy was Slytherin. Most them looked taken aback.
'Just the reaction I was hoping for.' Amber said to Hermione over her shoulder.
Harry and Ron were walking behind Amber and Hermione, taking a look at everyone's faces. The Slytherins didn't look happy in the least, least of all, Draco Malfoy. They all looked so disbelieving. Amber and Hermione sat down at the Gryffindor table, and looked at the rest of their house.
'Nice to be back.' Amber said with a smile on her face.
Some people still weren't reacting, they all looked at Amber and Hermione wide-eyed.
'What? No greeting?' Hermione joked.
Tiffany and Cedric came over from the Hufflepuff table, and Alistar came from the Slytherin table.
'Where have you been? You just go missing and the ministry…' Tiffany stopped talking and hugged Amber.
'Well we're back. Aren't you happy to see us?' Amber smiled at Cedric from Tiffany's hug.
'We've all been worried sick. The ministry has been saying that you were…dead.' Cedric said.
Tiffany let go of Amber and then Cedric hugged her picking her up out of her seat.
'It's a long story. I'm sure the whole school will have some or other story by tomorrow.' Amber smiled.
Cedric wouldn't put Amber down; he was holding her up in mid-air, hugging her all the time.
'Put me down Cedric.' Amber laughed.
'If anything had ever happened to you, I don't know what I would've done.' Cedric smiled.
Alistar hugged Amber, but not nearly as long as Cedric did. Harry was sitting quietly watching all of Amber's guy friends hugging her. Harry was getting jealous, and he didn't even realise it.
'Tell you what? Just the four of us by the lake tomorrow? Catching up on good times.' Amber smiled and they all nodded.
'See you then. Eight o' clock sharp.' Amber said to all of them.
They all went to their tables and Amber sat back down.
'Good to see some people are happy to see us.' Hermione said, pointing to the Slytherins.
'But we know something about the Slytherins that they don't now about…' Amber winked at Hermione and she smiled.
Harry was jealous of Amber and all her guy friends, they knew Amber better than him and they knew her for longer. But Amber chose Harry over them, which was a sure sign that she liked him more than them. Harry couldn't believe he was thinking these thoughts. He was turning into the jealous boyfriend, just like Draco.
'I still like you more Harry.' Amber smiled and kissed him on his red-hot cheek.
'Why couldn't I have a normal girlfriend…?' Harry thought and sighed.
'Would you have me any other way?' Amber asked jokingly.
Amber was getting dressed already to go to the lake. It was a Sunday and everyone was lazing about or still sleeping. Amber hadn't spoken to her friends in a long while, and they understood her better than anyone else. She got dressed into her jeans and sneakers, and a black top. Amber didn't expect Hermione to see her off, and she was still sleeping. Amber went to the door and looked back at the other three girls sleeping in the room.
'Off so early?' Someone asked Amber before she closed the door.
'Morning Harry.' Amber smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
'Are you going to the lake already?' Harry asked again.
'Yeah. I said I'd meet them at eight o' clock. We might go to Hogsmeade later with everyone else.'
Harry waited for Amber to invite him along, smiling expectantly. But that never came.
'I'll see you later Harry. Maybe just now in Hogsmeade.' Amber smiled and kissed him on the cheek again.
'See you just now babe.' Amber went down the stairs and disappeared out of Harry's sight.
'Well that sure was nice of her, wasn't it?' someone asked from behind Harry.
'What?' before Harry turned, Ron put his hand on Harry's shoulder.
'Girls. They just don't get it, do they?' Ron said with a sigh.
'What on earth are you getting at, Ron?' Harry asked, very confused.
'It's so obvious Harry! You're jealous of Amber going down to the lake with Cedric and Alistar.'
Ron knew Harry wanted to laugh at this stupid idea, but Ron knew him better than that.
'Is it that obvious?' Harry asked.
'Afraid so.' Ron shook his head and held it low.
'She's known them so much longer than me…' Harry sighed.
'But she chose you Harry!' Ron slapped Harry hard on the chest to make him stop feeling sorry for himself.
Ron was making the best sense, but Harry still felt a bit jealous. Cedric and Alistar were handsome, and definitely charming, but Amber still chose him.
'You're right Ron. I'll see her in Hogsmeade.'
'Good, now stop feeling sorry for yourself and lets get down to Hogsmeade.' Ron pushed him in the direction of their room.
Harry and Ron got dressed quickly and headed down into the common room, where Hermione was waiting for them to head into Hogsmeade.
'Where's Amber? I didn't see her this morning.' Hermione asked.
'She went down to the lake with her friends, don't you remember?' Harry said.
'Oh yeah. Must've slipped my mind.' Hermione tilted her head, confused that she forgot.
'We can go down to Hogsmeade now, nothing else here.' Ron said, pushing them out the portrait hole.
They went down to Hogsmeade, and went to all their usual shops and got sweets and pranks.
'Still think you're going to meet Amber today? Ron asked.
Harry just shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know what Amber and her friends were talking about, but it sure was taking a while. They went down to the Three Broomsticks after they came out of Zonko's Joke Shop. And not much to Harry's surprise, Amber and her friends were there, laughing themselves silly about something. Amber's eyes flickered brightly when she saw them come in the door.
'Harry! We were about to come looking for you. Come join us for some butter beer.' Amber took Harry by the arm and dragged him towards her table.
Harry tugged his arm out of Amber's hand and stood back.
'I think we'll just go back to the castle. See you just now.' Harry put his hands in his jeans and headed back to the door, with Hermione and Ron following him, confusedly.
'I thought we were gonna have some butter beer or something…' said Hermione, pointing back at the Three Broomsticks
'Everything alright Harry?' Ron asked.
Harry just wished he could say that everything wasn't alright, he was insanely jealous of Cedric and Alistar, and he couldn't explain it.
'Just fine Ron.' He said through gritted teeth.
They went back to the castle, and Amber was still in the Three Broomsticks, wondering what had happened with Harry. She went and sat down with her friends again, wondering why Harry was acting the way he was.
'Everything alright?' Alistar asked.
only her sister.' Harry bunched up his pillow up under his chin and frowned.
Amber nodded, thinking if Harry was still jealous. He couldn't be jealous of Cedric and Alistar, they were just her friends. If only Harry could know everything that she was doing for him, he'll appreciate it in the end.
'What do you say we play a game of team Seeker when we get back? You and me against Alistar and Tiff?' Cedric asked Amber.
'Sure sounds like fun.' Amber smiled and tried not to think what Harry would be like by the time she got back to the Gryffindor tower.
They all got up and went back to the castle, stopping at the Quidditch pitch. They all shouted accio for their brooms. They came flying down towards the pitch, and along with it with a small bag tied to Cedric's broom.
'My lucky Snitch.' Cedric smiled, taking the Snitch out of its small, velvet bag.
'You still got that thing? Tiffany laughed.
'I earned this Snitch! It's my lucky charm.' Cedric held it up and let it flying away.
'Right, like letting it fly into your head is a way of earning it.' Alistar shook his head and laughed.
Cedric frowned and got onto his broom, kicking off from the ground.
'Better hope my Snitch doesn't fly into your head!' Cedric laughed back at him.
They all got onto their brooms and got ready to play team Seeker. Meanwhile, Harry was in his room, looking out onto the school grounds. Far in the distance he could see some people playing in the Quidditch stadium.
'At least they're having a good time…' He thought.
Why was Harry thinking like this? He knew Amber wouldn't do anything with them, but it was the boys he didn't trust.
'I must stop thinking like Draco; there was a reason that Amber broke up with him and it wasn't only her sister.' Harry bunched up his pillow up under his chin and frowned.