Part Three:
Alyssa Gets Closer to Getting What She Wants

It was Saturday now. They had been at school for three days total. As usual, this year was harder than any other. Alex had been kind of tense around Harry at first, but eventually eased up. Ron had had a long talk with Harry the night they returned to Hogwarts. He pulled him up to the dorm after the feast and locked the door.

" HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!!" Ron had asked.

" Do what?" said Harry.

" That-that display on the train with Alex!" Ron said.

" What?-Oh! Well, she should've been a bit nicer to Alyssa." said Harry.

" Nicer?!?! The girl was a complete smart-ass to us! And saying that stuff about Alex! I would've done the same thing!" said Ron.

" Well, it's over now. Lets just forget about it." said Harry.

" I'm not done yet! Let me tell you something, I wouldn't even have done that to Hermione if she had slammed the door, because I know she had a right!"said Ron.

" Okay!" said Harry.

" What's wrong woth you? " asked Ron. Harry was quiet.

" You don't actually LIKE this girl? I mean, sure she's pretty and all, but that's not everything! Look at her personality! In the ten seconds I've been around her I can tell that she is one of the biggest snobs I've ever met! AND! How could you do this to Alex?! She loves you! And I mean seriously loves you! She thinks you love her, but I guess she's wrong! And let me tell you something else! Alex is completey devoted to you. She would never do this to you. You shpould be ashamed of yourself!" said Ron.

" I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!" said Harry.

" Yeah, NOT YET! But if you keep on staring all googly-eyed at this girl she'll catch on and something will happen, so stop!" said Ron.

" All right! ALL RIGHT! Don't worry, I could never do anything to hurt Alex." and that ended the descussion.


Alex had said nothing to him about what happened, so he didn't either. (A/N: Nothing really happened, Harry was just BEING A JERK, BUT ANYWAY.....) Things had fairly gone back to normal. Harry did notice, however, that Brendon and Ginny were with each other a lot lately. Alex had said that she and Hermione were going to put their detective skills to work. After dinner that night, Ginny and Brendon didn't follow them to the common room, so Alex and Hermione said bye to Ron and Harry and followed Ginny and Brendon.

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Alex spotted Brendon turning a corner.

" They went that way!" she wispered to Hermione. They looked around the corner that Brendon had just turned. He and Ginny went left. Hermione and Alex followed.

" They're headed for the astronamy tower!" Hermione said. They followed them up, and stayed as far away as possible, but close enough to see and hear what was going on. All they did was sit and look at the stars for almost half an hour. Then, as they were getting up to leave, Brendon kissed Ginny on the cheek.

" Awww!" squeaked Alex.

" Sssshh!" said Hermione. They silently walked back downstairs to the common room, where they told Ron and Harry everything.

" This is so cool! Brendon's going out with my sister!" Ron said.

" It's so sweet!" said Alex. They all quit talking about it when Ginny and Brendon entered the room, and their eyes followed them as they went to their dorms.

" This is so cool!" said Alex.

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Jumping Foward Some More.....

Halloween was coming up in the next week. Harry was greatly anticipating the party. He hoped this years would go by without anything going wrong. Harry and the rest were in Transfiguration class for the moment.

" I am going to partner you up to study for the test tomorrow." said Professor McGonagall. Hermione and Alex looked at each other and so did Ron and Harry, Ginny and Brendon. But McGonagall had other plans.

" McFarley and Longbottom." she said.

" Weasley and Sampson." she said. Ron left.

" Weasley and Christopher."

" Bailey and Sanders."

" Granger and Miller."

" Hawkins and McLeavy." Alex sat down the boy that they had mistaken two years ago to be Harry.

" Wassup?!" she said. Henry laughed.

" Boydston and Mitchell."

" Potter and Monroe." Harry held his breath. There sat Alyssa waiting for him to go sit by her. He felt Alex's, Ron's, Brendon's, Ginny's, and Hermione's eyes on him as he walked over to her. She flipped her hair back and gave a little smirk, which Harry didn't see, to Alex. Alex growled. Henry looked at her funny.

" Not you!" she said. Everyone opened their books and began to study.

" In which direction are you supposed to snap your wrist when trying to transform a cat into a rose?" he asked her.

" You tell me." she said, grinning.

" Umm.....to um..to-to the right." he said. She was making him very nervous. He asked her a few more questions, and then the bell rang.

" Harry, would you like to meet with me Halloween night on the north side of the lake?" she asked.

" Er..uh...sure." he said. She ran a finger down his chest.

" I'll be waiting." she said.

'Oh lord.' he thought. 'What have I gotten myself into?'