Part Twelve:
Christmas
After the ball, Cho hadn't acknowledged Harry that much. When they passed in the hall she didn't say hi. Harry had apologized, and she had accepted his apology, but now she didn't seem to want to have anything to do with him. Ron and Hermione were constantly wanting to know what happened between Harry and Alex the night of the Yule Ball, and why they weren't mad at each other anymore. But, as they had promised each other, they didn't say anything about that night to anyone. Things had been a little awkward between them at first, but they had now relaxed around each other. For right now they were doing their Astronomy homework.
"What's this planet?" she asked.
" I don't know. Lets just say it's Saturn or something." he said.
" Hey Sam!" said Harry. Sam and her group of friends had walked up to them.
" Hey Harry, Alex." Sam said winking at them. Alex and Harry gave each other side glances.
" So! What have you two been doing lately?" asked Trinity.
" Had any fun?" asked Megan. The three girls began to snicker quietly. Harry and Alex looked at each other with worried expressions.
" Sam I need to talk to you and your little friends here." she said taking Sam by the ear an dragging her out of the portrait hole, Megan and Trinity following.
***
" Okay, now what is this all about?" said Alex.
" What is what about?" said Sam using an overly innocent face.
" You heard me. Why are you acting that way around me and Harry?"
" We're just wonderin' if anything interestin' happened between ya'll lately." said Sam.
" Well nothin' has so just bug off." said Alex.
" But what about in the common room after the-" but Trinity was cut off because Megan had her hand over her mouth.
" Oh no- you didn't see us, did you?" asked Alex.
" Yeah, we did. We saw when ya'll were about to kiss after flying and last night. Alex why did you say just forget about it? I mean we have been trying to get you to do something like kiss for the longest time." said Sam.
" WHAT?! Ya'll are responsible for the christmas decorations incident? And the water on the floor?" said Alex.
" Yes." said Megan quietly.
" Look, we know neither one of you wanted to forget about that kiss." said Trinity.
" This is none of your buisness! Just promise you won't tell anybody, and that you guys won't play match-makers anymore." said Alex.
" Promise." the girls said in unison.
"Thank you."
***
When Alex had gotten into the common room she told Harry everything.
" So they're not going to do that anymore?"he asked.
" No. Oh no! I have to work on my History essay!" she said. So for the rest of the evening they worked on thier homework.
( ;****: )
It was history class now and everyone was getting settled down so that Professor Binns could talk.
" If you would all please get your essays out and ready to read at this moment."he said.
" Read? We have to read in front of the class?" said Alex.
" Yeah. Whats wrong?" said Ron.
" Ya don't understand! I CAN'T read in front of all these people! I can't do it! " she exclaimed, panicking.
" Calm down. It's not that bad." said Hermione.
" But I'll start shaking and my voice wiil sound awful, and - oh God!" she whined.
" Don't worry, you'll do fine." said Harry.
" All right. now who should go first? How about- yes Miss Hawkins would you come to the front of the room and read your essay?" said Professor Binns. Alex stood up, shaking from head to foot. Harry had never seen her like this. She was always outspoken, and now she was afraid to read in front of the class? Weird!
" Umm, well, the umm uh ..." she laughed nervously. " It was very intresting, ummm..." she trailed off. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted.
" Oh dear." said Professor Binns. Ron ended up carrying Alex to the hospitol wing, followed by Harry and Hermione. Madam Pomphrey sprinkled some powder over her face and she woke up.
" What? Oh my God! What happend? I didn't faint did I?" Alex said.
" Yes I'm afraid you did." said Hermione. Alex let out a long moan.
" I am such a dork!"
" No you're not! You just have a fear of public speaking. Loads of people do." said Ron.
" I'm sure that in a couple of days everyone will have forgotten about this." said Harry.
When they got to the common room, it was like it never happened. No one said anything about it to Alex. . And Alex seemed very grateful for that.
( ;****: )
People were now leaving to go home for Christmas. As usual Harry and the Weasleys were staying at Hogwarts. Hermione had decided to go see her family. Alex and her sister were staying, considering their father had to stay and they had nowhere else to go. Trinity and Megan were staying too. Other than a few seventh years, Harry and the rest were the only ones staying. They were at dinner right now. All the kids who were left were sitting on one table. The Great Hall looked very empty.
" There is something that I have been wondering about. Alex, if your mom was a fairy, and she was Mrs. Weasley's sister, then is Mrs. Weasley a fairy?" he asked Ginny, who was sitting across from him.
"Yes. But, Mum doesen't like to tell everyone she's a fairy. She just likes to be a normal witch. She hardly ever flies or show her wings." said Ginny.
" Then are any of you fairies?" he asked the Weasleys. They all began to laugh, including Alex and Sam.
" I was wonderin' when you were gonna ask us that." said Alex.
"He hates to tell anyone about it since he's a guy." said Fred.
" Charlies a fairy." said Ginny. Now Harry was laughing.
" I don't see why he won't admit it to anyone. It's not like he has to wear tights or anythig. He dosen't get a special outfit like the girls do. He just gets wings." said Alex.
" Yeah, but it still looks gay on him!" said Ron. After they were done with dinner, they went up to bed. They wanted to get up early. Tommorow was Christmas.
( :****; )
Harry woke up with the light from one of the huge window beside his bed shining in his eyes.
He had the usual presents from Mrs. Weasley, Ron, and Hermione. Alex had gotten him some candy and a book about quidditch. After he and Ron had finished opening their presents, they went to get Alex. Since she was the only girl in her dorm she had told them to just come in and wake her up. When they had found her dorm they knocked waited, and then Ron just opened the door. The girls dorms weren't very different than the boys. They just had some dark red floral pattern bordering the walls and a sofa against the wall. Alex had pile of presents at the end of her bed.Harry went over to the bed that had the curtains drawn back and pulled them back. Alex was there. She was asleep, but she was floating about three feet off her bed. Harry went over to her. They were at eye level since she was floating. Her eyes suddenly popped opened. She screamed and went falling onto the bed.
" Why did you scare me like that?!"
" I didn't mean to!" he said, laughing. Ron was laughing too.
" Shut up! Both of yuns!" she said, grabbing a pillow and hitting them with it.
" Hey! Cut it out!" Ron said. He and Harry grabbed some pillows off of a nearby bed. They had a pillow fight for a while, and then Alex wanted to open her presents. She loved the earrings Harry got her. It was a set of six, since she had three piercings in each ear. Ron had gotten her a few fire-fly hairpins. Hermione had gotten her a book; Fairies: How To Be Perfect When In Flight. She had opened up almost all of her prresents when she got to the last one. It was from her Dad. She ripped the paper off. She stopped and stared at it. Harry and Ron waled up behind her to see what it was.. It was a picture. A woman of 35 with blonde hair and green eyes was waving and smiling back at them. Kymberley Hawkins. Alex silently got up and sat the picture on her bedside table.
" So, anyone want breakfast?" she asked.
( ;****: )
After breakfast, they went outside. Ginny yelped as something hit her in the back of the head. George was standing nearby wistling innocently with his hands behind his back. He then hit Fred in the back of the head with a snow ball. Alex, Harry, and Ron soon joined in. It was so cold that the lake had frozen over. Alex conjured them up a pair of iceskates and they skated for the rest of the day. In the common room that night they all had hot chocolate. The common room was very cozy with the huge christmas tree that had been set up, and the fire crackling. Alex was curled up on the couch next to Harry. Everyone had gone to bed but them.
" Merry Christmas." he said.
" Merry Christmas to you too Harry." she said sleepily. He went back to staring into the fire. When he looked at her again she had fallen asleep. He picked her up carefully, and took her up to her dorm. He sat there looking at her for a while. Then she began to smile in her sleep. Harry went to bed feeling very content.
Christmas
After the ball, Cho hadn't acknowledged Harry that much. When they passed in the hall she didn't say hi. Harry had apologized, and she had accepted his apology, but now she didn't seem to want to have anything to do with him. Ron and Hermione were constantly wanting to know what happened between Harry and Alex the night of the Yule Ball, and why they weren't mad at each other anymore. But, as they had promised each other, they didn't say anything about that night to anyone. Things had been a little awkward between them at first, but they had now relaxed around each other. For right now they were doing their Astronomy homework.
"What's this planet?" she asked.
" I don't know. Lets just say it's Saturn or something." he said.
" Hey Sam!" said Harry. Sam and her group of friends had walked up to them.
" Hey Harry, Alex." Sam said winking at them. Alex and Harry gave each other side glances.
" So! What have you two been doing lately?" asked Trinity.
" Had any fun?" asked Megan. The three girls began to snicker quietly. Harry and Alex looked at each other with worried expressions.
" Sam I need to talk to you and your little friends here." she said taking Sam by the ear an dragging her out of the portrait hole, Megan and Trinity following.
***
" Okay, now what is this all about?" said Alex.
" What is what about?" said Sam using an overly innocent face.
" You heard me. Why are you acting that way around me and Harry?"
" We're just wonderin' if anything interestin' happened between ya'll lately." said Sam.
" Well nothin' has so just bug off." said Alex.
" But what about in the common room after the-" but Trinity was cut off because Megan had her hand over her mouth.
" Oh no- you didn't see us, did you?" asked Alex.
" Yeah, we did. We saw when ya'll were about to kiss after flying and last night. Alex why did you say just forget about it? I mean we have been trying to get you to do something like kiss for the longest time." said Sam.
" WHAT?! Ya'll are responsible for the christmas decorations incident? And the water on the floor?" said Alex.
" Yes." said Megan quietly.
" Look, we know neither one of you wanted to forget about that kiss." said Trinity.
" This is none of your buisness! Just promise you won't tell anybody, and that you guys won't play match-makers anymore." said Alex.
" Promise." the girls said in unison.
"Thank you."
***
When Alex had gotten into the common room she told Harry everything.
" So they're not going to do that anymore?"he asked.
" No. Oh no! I have to work on my History essay!" she said. So for the rest of the evening they worked on thier homework.
( ;****: )
It was history class now and everyone was getting settled down so that Professor Binns could talk.
" If you would all please get your essays out and ready to read at this moment."he said.
" Read? We have to read in front of the class?" said Alex.
" Yeah. Whats wrong?" said Ron.
" Ya don't understand! I CAN'T read in front of all these people! I can't do it! " she exclaimed, panicking.
" Calm down. It's not that bad." said Hermione.
" But I'll start shaking and my voice wiil sound awful, and - oh God!" she whined.
" Don't worry, you'll do fine." said Harry.
" All right. now who should go first? How about- yes Miss Hawkins would you come to the front of the room and read your essay?" said Professor Binns. Alex stood up, shaking from head to foot. Harry had never seen her like this. She was always outspoken, and now she was afraid to read in front of the class? Weird!
" Umm, well, the umm uh ..." she laughed nervously. " It was very intresting, ummm..." she trailed off. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted.
" Oh dear." said Professor Binns. Ron ended up carrying Alex to the hospitol wing, followed by Harry and Hermione. Madam Pomphrey sprinkled some powder over her face and she woke up.
" What? Oh my God! What happend? I didn't faint did I?" Alex said.
" Yes I'm afraid you did." said Hermione. Alex let out a long moan.
" I am such a dork!"
" No you're not! You just have a fear of public speaking. Loads of people do." said Ron.
" I'm sure that in a couple of days everyone will have forgotten about this." said Harry.
When they got to the common room, it was like it never happened. No one said anything about it to Alex. . And Alex seemed very grateful for that.
( ;****: )
People were now leaving to go home for Christmas. As usual Harry and the Weasleys were staying at Hogwarts. Hermione had decided to go see her family. Alex and her sister were staying, considering their father had to stay and they had nowhere else to go. Trinity and Megan were staying too. Other than a few seventh years, Harry and the rest were the only ones staying. They were at dinner right now. All the kids who were left were sitting on one table. The Great Hall looked very empty.
" There is something that I have been wondering about. Alex, if your mom was a fairy, and she was Mrs. Weasley's sister, then is Mrs. Weasley a fairy?" he asked Ginny, who was sitting across from him.
"Yes. But, Mum doesen't like to tell everyone she's a fairy. She just likes to be a normal witch. She hardly ever flies or show her wings." said Ginny.
" Then are any of you fairies?" he asked the Weasleys. They all began to laugh, including Alex and Sam.
" I was wonderin' when you were gonna ask us that." said Alex.
"He hates to tell anyone about it since he's a guy." said Fred.
" Charlies a fairy." said Ginny. Now Harry was laughing.
" I don't see why he won't admit it to anyone. It's not like he has to wear tights or anythig. He dosen't get a special outfit like the girls do. He just gets wings." said Alex.
" Yeah, but it still looks gay on him!" said Ron. After they were done with dinner, they went up to bed. They wanted to get up early. Tommorow was Christmas.
( :****; )
Harry woke up with the light from one of the huge window beside his bed shining in his eyes.
He had the usual presents from Mrs. Weasley, Ron, and Hermione. Alex had gotten him some candy and a book about quidditch. After he and Ron had finished opening their presents, they went to get Alex. Since she was the only girl in her dorm she had told them to just come in and wake her up. When they had found her dorm they knocked waited, and then Ron just opened the door. The girls dorms weren't very different than the boys. They just had some dark red floral pattern bordering the walls and a sofa against the wall. Alex had pile of presents at the end of her bed.Harry went over to the bed that had the curtains drawn back and pulled them back. Alex was there. She was asleep, but she was floating about three feet off her bed. Harry went over to her. They were at eye level since she was floating. Her eyes suddenly popped opened. She screamed and went falling onto the bed.
" Why did you scare me like that?!"
" I didn't mean to!" he said, laughing. Ron was laughing too.
" Shut up! Both of yuns!" she said, grabbing a pillow and hitting them with it.
" Hey! Cut it out!" Ron said. He and Harry grabbed some pillows off of a nearby bed. They had a pillow fight for a while, and then Alex wanted to open her presents. She loved the earrings Harry got her. It was a set of six, since she had three piercings in each ear. Ron had gotten her a few fire-fly hairpins. Hermione had gotten her a book; Fairies: How To Be Perfect When In Flight. She had opened up almost all of her prresents when she got to the last one. It was from her Dad. She ripped the paper off. She stopped and stared at it. Harry and Ron waled up behind her to see what it was.. It was a picture. A woman of 35 with blonde hair and green eyes was waving and smiling back at them. Kymberley Hawkins. Alex silently got up and sat the picture on her bedside table.
" So, anyone want breakfast?" she asked.
( ;****: )
After breakfast, they went outside. Ginny yelped as something hit her in the back of the head. George was standing nearby wistling innocently with his hands behind his back. He then hit Fred in the back of the head with a snow ball. Alex, Harry, and Ron soon joined in. It was so cold that the lake had frozen over. Alex conjured them up a pair of iceskates and they skated for the rest of the day. In the common room that night they all had hot chocolate. The common room was very cozy with the huge christmas tree that had been set up, and the fire crackling. Alex was curled up on the couch next to Harry. Everyone had gone to bed but them.
" Merry Christmas." he said.
" Merry Christmas to you too Harry." she said sleepily. He went back to staring into the fire. When he looked at her again she had fallen asleep. He picked her up carefully, and took her up to her dorm. He sat there looking at her for a while. Then she began to smile in her sleep. Harry went to bed feeling very content.