I came at the meeting with my enchanted coins and Daphne. She looked so ecstatic that it made me smile. When we went into the room there was only the golden trio there.
"Hi!" Daphne said lightly. Everybody answered and greeted each other. I gave Harry a kiss on the cheek and he did gave me one back. I handed him the coins.
"Thanks a lot, Black." He said in a soft voice. I heard Hermione and Daphne talking in the background. "I am really stressed out." He admitted quietly in a whisper. I was the only one who could hear him.
"Don't worry." I replied in the same tone. "You're gonna be great. You explain things in a really clear way in every day life and you.."
"What the bloody hell are you whispering about?" Ron asked in a loud voice and Hermione and Daphne stopped talking together. I noticed how close Harry and I were and I took a few steps back broking our moment that had felt intimate.
"Nothing." Harry said shortly looking even more nervous than before. More people came and the trio was soon pretty busy with the people.
"What was that?" Daphne muttered to me with a bright smile.
"What was what?" I asked genuinely surprised.
"Those little kisses with Potter? Then you whisper in each other ears. What is going on?"
"Nothing is going on Daphne." I replied thinking about our kisses on the cheek.
"As if. I know that you don't disappear at night anymore but I saw what I saw."
"How do you know about the sneaking out part?" I asked.
"I'm not as dumb as Pansy. I have notice and I tough you would tell me about it someday but it seems that..."
"Look I don't know what you mean by all that Harry and I are best friend and he doesn't sleep well at night without me. I didn't seemed worth mentioning but I am glad you know already." I interrupted. I sence that it was leading to a 'if we are not friend enough so I would know about it moment'.
"I know you think that it does. Because I know you and you don't lie. But it does worth mentioning because something is going on." I opened my mouth to reply but she beat me to it. "Not let me finish, Ana. Harry never touch anyone and you don't either. Will you sleep with me if I wasn't okay? Oh now forget that. You will be because you are nice but you won't hug me right?"
She did prove a point. I started thinking about it. That's right I wouldn't want to spent that much time with any other friends than Harry.
"Look don't overthink it, okay? Just be aware of it alright? I wanted the juicy details and you will told me when there will be alright?" She asked with totall interest in her eyes. I nodded as the class begin.
"Hello everyone." Harry said looking casual for anyone that didn't really know him. His smile didn't reached his eyes and his arms were either too rigid or moving too much. His voice was in "Professor mode" and I couldn't help but found him cute with his messy black hair and piercing green eyes. He started to explain that today would be about the disarming charms and people started to complain. He give them good arguments about why we were doing this and his fight with Voldemort. His arguments and his way of teaching was similar with Dad and Moony. We all started to train and he was doing circles in the class giving advice here and there. He was a real teacher.
The first disarming spell we practice was Expelliarmus. Daphne and I finally started the class when she told me. "Stop staring at the teacher, Black. Get a grip on yourself!"
She was right and as soon as I blocked her spell and then shouted back with mine I heard Harry from the other side of the room.
"Fantastic Ana!"
I was blushing so much Daphne made fun of me.
"I can believe it is so evident. You both like each other so much. Do something about it."
I was save by Harry himself from responding when he stopped us all to talk.
" So that was great you were all learning things there. But what is the difference between what I know you already knew. By that I mean doing the spell right. And what you will be able to make better is something I particularly saw someone doing. Ana could you come here, please?"
I felt myself blushing and I came next to him feeling self-conscious. I hated to be at the centre of everyone's attention.
"Now look at what I meant. We are both going to attack each other. Hopefully someone would understand what I meant."
Harry looked at me in the eyes and I knew exactly when he was going to attack me. I blocked his attack again then I send that spell back right away. He blocked it and send another one. I blocked it and send the last one. He couldn't blocked it with how fast I was and I caught his wand on my hand.
"Did someone understand what I meant by this demonstration?" he asked at the student.
"Yes" Hermione said. "What you mean is that Ana is not only doing the spell. She master the gesture to be faster. She do
need to focus on it anymore. She must have repeated it a lot to be able to make it this fast. In battle the timing is the key to win, it's not about the spell we use. Her blocking charm is fast too. This is what made her win .eventhough you are fast too."
"Exactly. I don't just want you to learn the spell we need to know for the exam. I want them to be even better so that when you perform it, you would attempt to make a difference. I think that the examination will be practical anyway so you would have to be fast."
He told us to try it again and I was free from all the stares.
"Thanks, Ana." him told me while nudging my shoulders as I was moving back to my corner with Daphne.
"Anytime" I answered back with a smile.
I couldn't help but overhear his thoughts as they were so loud and clear in his head. He was extremely happy that I was fast. He was convinced I was safer than he originally thought and he noticed how good I looked as I fought. He was listing what he like about the way I fight. I was bright red when I started to fight with Daphne I didn't blocked her spell.
"Someone is distracted. Do it better this time he is looking." She said as she gave me my wand back.
The class continued with some other disarming spells. The people around me were all improving. Harry gave some advice on how to master every spell quicker and he call me back twice to show it. He explained really smart things about the spells and I learned a lot too. There was one spell he was doing better than I did. I saw in his thoughts that he preferred when I was better than him. When I heard his deception I tried my best to apply his advices trying to improve. He cut the class off when everyone started to get a bit tired of practicing. Harry gave compliments to everyone he seemed happy with his students telling us how we all did really good.
I lingered a bit with Daphne until they were only Hermione, Ron and Harry and us in the room. Daphne was again talking with Hermione and Ron started to talk to her a bit.
"Great class Mr Potter. I learned a lot." I told him as he was finished saying goodbye to everyone. He looked back at me with the biggest grin he ever had. His green eyes were brighter and his hair were messy.
"Thanks. I would say you are my best student you didn't learn much but it isn't true. You really improved at that last spell."
So he saw how bad I wanted to be better. I felt glad he had see it.
"Ho really, you think?" I asked like the biggest suck up ever but I didn't care. I was hoping he would.
"Yeah of course you made the gesture I tell that mad the difference to go faster and you really put your heart on it. I could tell 'cause when you focus you've got your tongs out."
"I have never done that, Potter!" I exclaimed indignantly.
"Yes you do all the time. And now you're going to rolling our eyes... I knew it!" he exclaimed as I did in fact rolled my eyes.
"Well you..." I said pointing my finger at him.
"Ana we must go before curfew." Called another voice and I noticed at this moment I had forgotten we weren't alone. Harry and I were inch apart. One of my hand was on his forearm and I felt a bit dazed.
It took a moment but I came back to feeling myself. "Right" I answered Daphne and I saw her sharing a knowing look with Hermione and Ron. I felt shy and self conscious again. I saw that Harry was blushing a bit.
"Goodnight everyone." Daphne said and they all answered.
"Yes goodnight." I said. I past by Harry and this time he gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Coming to my dorm tonight, Black?" he whispered and nodded.
" He kissed you right on the cheek. How do you feel?" Daphne asked on our way back. I didn't even heard her.
"Earth to Ana? We seem to have lost her." She said mocking me.
"Oh shut up..." I answered smiling.
