Chapter 45: Friends?
'But you didn't die, did you?' Asked Sid
'Well no, if he died he wouldn't be dad and wouldn't be right here right now would he?' James said
'That's true' Sid laughed
'We need to all get home now, I think Ginny would have made us some tea before bed' Harry smiled
Everyone nodded and then put their hand on Harry's hand in the middle and they all apparated again to the house. It was raining and they were in the grass and it was heavily raining, everyone was soaking wet by the time they got inside again.
'You took your time, tea's ready!' Ginny said putting different china cups on the table as well as the actual tea itself
'Sorry, everyone got carried away and wanted to see more' Sighed Harry
'Its fine, but you should all go and get changed quickly, you're soaked!' Smiled Ginny
'Okay okay!' James sighed
Everyone went up the swirling stairs and were at the corridor where it was brightly lit by a chandelier at the top. It was a long corridor and there were doors almost everywhere, as well as nice small pictures of the past.
'Awhhh, who's this little cutie?' Smiled Ash, pointing at a picture of a baby with Harry and Ginny
'Oh urm…' James blushed
'Go on tell us' Smiled Rhea
'That's me!' James smiled as well as turning red
'Awh you were cute when you were baby (and you're even cuter now)' Ash said (Everything in the brackets is what the character is thinking)
'Thanks…' James rubbed the back of his head and smiled adorably
'No problem' Ash blushed
'Wow, sometimes I think they should just kiss and get over it' Rhea whispered to Sid
'Well then that's a little bit of a rush, remember how we got together? It was through time Rhea' Sid smiled and looked into Rhea's eyes
-Rhea's flashback of when her and Sid got together-
'Rhea!' Ash screamed
'What?!' Rhea shouted back
'We need to get to class quickly, now COME ON, YOU LOOK FINE!' Ash shouted
'Just… One… More… Curl…' Rhea was straightening her hair
'Rhea, come on, you don't need to straighten that anymore' Sighed Ash with her bag on her shoulder
'Done!' Rhea put her wand inside her pocket and then grabbed her bag and then Ash and Rhea set off to class
'Hey what were you telling me yesterday… About that guy called…?' Ash asked
'Sid, his names Sid' Rhea smiled
'How did you meet?' Ash asked
'We haven't properly met yet but he knows me and I know him and we both know each other and…' Rhea got carried away
'Right I know you haven't met him but then how do you both know you both exist?' Ash asked again
'Well we've both talked a few times and I think he's REALLY fit and amazingly good looking and I think I love him' Rhea announced
'You LOVE him?' Ash was shocked
'YEAH, you heard me right' Rhea smiled
'Rhea, Rhea, Rhea, this isn't love, it's just like me saying to you, I love James Potter when I actually don't know' Sighed Ash
'Wait, so you don't know if you love James Potter or not?' Rhea stopped and looked at Ash
'I don't love him, full stop!' Ash shouted
'Yeah yeah, don't lie to your best friend Ash, it's kind of obvious you have a MASSIVE crush on James Potter' Smiled Rhea
'But I don't, and if I did I would've already kissed him, but he's already kissed that other weirdo Poppy girl!' Ash sighed and she had a sad face
'I'm sure that Poppy girl won't go near him again and I'm sure eventually James will like you, I mean who do you think gave you that bracelet and wrote your name in the snow?' Asked Rhea
'I don't know, but I know it wouldn't be James, James isn't that kind of person, he isn't that kind either' Ash was a little angry
'Yeah but he could be someone like that, you don't know' Rhea smiled
'Well then what do you think about Sid?' Asked Ash
'I already told you what I think about him…' Sighed Rhea
'I know but there must be more!' Smiled Ash
'Well, I think he's really sweet, I love his smile, his hair and everything about him' Rhea blushed
'He's in the same year as us as well isn't he?' Ash smiled
'Yeah he is, and what a coincidence, he's James Potter's best friend' Rhea smiled
'That's not a coincidence because I don't want to do anything or have anything between James Potter' Ash said
'Wow calm down you know, you don't need to get so feisty about James Potter' Giggled Rhea
'I'm not getting feisty, just getting really, really angry' Ash did sound angry
'Okay well then, calm down because we don't want McGonagall to get angry because you're angry' Sighed Rhea
'Well about Sid, you already know each other I guess and you almost kissed under the mistletoe' Ash smiled
'Yeah but we didn't, everyone thought we did, you did because you just ran out of the place with no reason' Sighed Rhea
'Oh well, I'm sure one day you will actually have your kiss' Smiled Ash
'YEAH BUT IT WASN'T MY FAULT HE WOULDN'T LET ME KISS HIM UNDER THE MISTLETOE!' Rhea shouted and looked forward and then halted
'Why have you stopped?' Asked Ash
Rhea didn't say anything, her eyes were wide and she pointed forward, Ash followed her gestures and saw that he was standing there, in his robes. Sid.
'Oh hey Sid' Rhea smiled awkwardly
'We… We were just talking about you' Ash laughed nervously
'I heard' Sid sighed
'What are you doing out of class?' Rhea asked
'Actually, McGonagall sent me to find you' Sid raised his eyebrows
'Oh we were having… 'girl problems' sorry' Ash smiled
'Yeah that's exactly what the problem was…' Rhea started walking forward as Ash speed walked in front of her
'Wait, Rhea!' Sid shouted as Rhea went past him
'Yes Sid?' Rhea turned around and faced Sid
'I just wanted to say I'm sorry' Sid sighed and got closer to Rhea
'Sorry for what?' Rhea looked around
'Sorry for… Y'know stopping the kiss at Christmas' Sid looked down
'Oh no… Its fine' Rhea smiled
'But it's not is it?' Sid sighed and grabbed Rhea's hand and looked into her brown eyes
'Urmm… I- I- I don't know' Rhea blinked a few times
'You have beautiful eyes you know' Smiled Sid
'Thank you!' Rhea laughed and looked down
Sid smiled and leaned in gently and kissed Rhea's lips and then smiled
'What was that for?' Rhea whispered
'That was for you…' Smiled Sid
Rhea blushed and then ran off to class with Sid walking behind her…
-End of Rhea's Flashback-
'Oh yeah!' Smiled Rhea
'Exactly' Sid smiled
'So yeah, my room can be divided into two parts so you and Sid can sleep in one side of the room which is the left side which has another bed in and me and Ash can sleep in the right division of the room which also has a bed in' Smiled James talking to Rhea
'Sounds perfect!' Ash said confidently
'Oooohhh…' Smiled Fred
'I meant in the perfect way as in… You know' Smiled Ash nervously
'Oh yeah, I know VERY well' Smiled Fred again
'No, not in that way, I meant like the room is divided which is good and Sid and Rhea can spend some alone time together as well which is perfect' Smiled Ash
'Don't lie Ash, we all know you want to just sleep with James' Laughed Rhea
'No I don't!' Ash's smile dropped
'Yes you do Ash, its kind of obvious so don't deny it' Sighed Rhea
'Rhea…' Sid tried stopping Rhea
'No Sid, its just Ash she won't admit to anything and she's just being pathetic' Rhea said
'Whatever Rhea, you carry on talking rubbish because I won't listen anymore' Ash dropped her bag and then went back down again
'What the hell?' Rhea had a confused face
'Oh well done bezzie mate!'Fred smiled
'Just shut up okay?' Rhea said
'No need to get mad at me!' Fred sighed
'Whatever' Rhea sighed
'Merlin's beard, no need to make everyone upset you know' Sighed Fred
'Right James so where were we?' Rhea turned to James and saw he wasn't there
The truth is, James had followed Ash downstairs after a while to find she was on the sofa, crying with his mum next to her, trying her best to comfort her.
'Are you okay Ash?' James asked
'Do I look okay?' Ash said as she looked up, her eyes red from the rubbing and crying
'I'm sorry…' Sighed James
'No I'm sorry I shouldn't be such an idiot' Smiled Ash wiping her eyes
'I think James can take it from here' Smiled Ginny and then she left James and Ash alone
'Why is she being like this?' Asked James as he sat next to her and put his arm around her and rubbed her arm
'I don't know, probably something to do with her being a vampire or something' Sighed Ash
'Probably, you don't know' Smiled James still with his arm around Ash
'What have I done?!' Ash buried her head in her hands
'You haven't done anything, its just her okay?' Smiled James
'Yeah but what if it isn't her, I do everything wrong' Sighed Ash
'You don't do everything wrong, if you did everything wrong well then I wouldn't like you would I?' James blushed
'You like me?' Ash was confused
'Well…. Yeah of course I do' Smiled James 'I mean isn't it obvious?'
'No, not really… Well-' Ash stopped and looked at him
'Well what?' James smiled
'Oh nothing never mind!' Smiled Ash
'No, tell me, please!' James sighed
'I did think you liked me when I first met you but then I kind of… Stopped thinking that after you kissed Poppy and everything…'Ash looked down
'Oh! Oh no, that's a big misunderstanding, I didn't mean to kiss her and everything I mean honestly, yes I liked her but I liked you more and I think I would've preferred to kiss you instead of her because she's a terrible kisser' James said really very quickly
'What? You said that way too quickly, what did you say?' Asked Ash
'I was saying that I liked Poppy yes, but I liked you more and would've much preferred to kiss you instead of her because when I kissed her it was like kissing a frog' James said slowly
'Oh…' Ash blushed
'There you're feeling better now right?' Smiled James
Ash didn't reply and just looked up at James, he saw the pain in her eyes, her best friend wasn't going to be there for her birthday the next day and he looked at her, and tried to comfort her but she looked down, trying not to look into his eyes so he couldn't see how she felt…
