Death Threat
A/N. For the first time I have nothing to say!!!!:}
Chapter Eleven: Rewards Or Punishments?
He awoke early the next morning feeling tired and aching. The small burns he had received had stopped smarting after Madame Pomfrey had put that orange paste on him that she had used on Cedric. Feeling he had enough to worry about at the moment, he drove all thoughts of Cedric and Voldemort from his mind and he looked across at the beds where he believed the others to be. To his left he saw some strands of blonde hair on the pillow and presumed it to be Jenny. Beyond her bed he could see tufts of red and two brown indicating Ron, Hermione and Faith. He looked again at the bed at the far end and saw a dark figure curled up at the end of the bed. Looking closer at the figure he decided it was Snape and the person in the bed was Faith. It would be unlikely, Harry thought, that Snape would be sleeping on the end of Hermione's bed.
Tired of lying in bed he got up and crouched beside Jenny, wishing she would wake up and talk to him. For the first time since last night he began to realise the seriousness of what he'd done. He knew that if he did one more dangerous escapade, like the times before, he would be suspended or even expelled if Snape could wrangle it...although things may change seeing as it was his fiancée who had been in peril He wanted Jenny to wake up so he could tell her his fears and to hear her say everything would be OK, yet he didn't have the heart to wake her.
Almost as though she had heard his silent prayers, she promptly rolled over and woke up. Harry smiled down at her as she stared fuzzily up at him, trying to clear the sleep from her eyes.
'What timesit 'Arry?' she asked sleepily, blurring her words together as though she was drunk.
'About seven,' he replied, looking at his watch.
'Oh,' she said. 'Is everyone OK from yesterday?'
'Yeah, they're all asleep,' he replied, jerking his head towards them.
'Good.'
'Do you think I'm going to be suspended?' Harry finally asked her, trying to sound casual whilst his heard was thumping wildly.
Jenny struggled to sit up in bed before answering properly.
'They won't…believe me. You did nothing wrong! You really are becoming paranoid, aren't you?'
Harry shrugged then shivered.
'Here, wrap that around you,' she said, seeing him shiver and throwing him a blanket.
He put it gratefully around his shoulders, and, making sure he didn't sit on her, he curled up at the end of her bed.
She smiled at him;
'I'm going back to sleep now. G'night,' she announced and snuggled back down with a yawn.
Harry watched her for a while before laying down and falling back to sleep himself.
Harry woke up, what must have been a few hours later, feeling someone shaking him gently. He sat up to face Jenny, who grinned at him but nodded to the left.
He looked and saw that Ron, Hermione and Faith were awake and surrounded by teachers. He spotted Dumbledore talking to Faith and automatically started to go red, realising where he was.
'Has he been to speak to you yet?' he said, turning back to her and indicating towards Dumbledore.
'Yeah, but we were talking quietly so we didn't wake you,' she replied, her eyes shining as she deliberately missed the point. 'I'm sure he didn't mind you sleeping with me…on my bed,' she quickly corrected herself.
'Hmm,' he replied. 'Anyway, do you know whether I'm going to be suspended yet?' he asked quickly, a little to quickly to make her believe it was just a casual question.
'I asked him,' she said soothingly, pulling him closer to her and moving over so he could sit next to her comfortably, 'But you're not going to be!'
'Are you sure?' he asked, not quite able to believe his luck.
'Of course I'm sure! What do you think you've done anyway?'
'Well…umm…' Not able to think of anything to say to that he fell silent.
'Exactly!' she said satisfied. 'We save someone's life, we're going to be rewarded not punished!'
Before Harry could answer, he found Sirius by his side.
'Hi,' he said timidly, looking up into his godfather's eyes.
Once Madame Pomfrey had decided they were well enough to be discharged, Professor Dumbledore asked to see the five of them in his office. Once they had scrambled out of bed and got dressed, they set off with Faith slightly ahead of them, walking with Snape down the corridor.
They walked in silence though Jenny kept reassuring them that he wasn't going to punish them and seemed to be the only one of them that was reasonably calm.
Harry was dreading the visit more than the others seeing as he was the one most likely to be suspended…and the fact that Dumbledore may bring up the fact that he and Jenny were going out and he really couldn't stomach that right now.
When they reached the gargoyle it was already open and Faith was waiting for them. Harry had no idea why Dumbledore wanted to see her as well as she wasn't one of his students.
They walked apprehensively through the door and didn't get a chance to wait because Jenny had already rapped impatiently on the door and strode in.
Harry noticed Fawkes brush past him as he followed Jenny and alighted on her shoulder, mush to her delight.
Professor Dumbledore smiled warmly as they entered, making the butterflies in Harry's stomach lesson slightly. They each sat down in a chair but Dumbledore got up and beckoned Faith out the room.
'I'll be back shortly' he announced, still smiling as he closed the door
A/N. What will Dumbledore say???!!!:}
Disclaimer: Jenny and Faith are mine!!!!:}