Ginny and Harry met at The Three Broomsticks right on time. Harry spotted a
beaming Ginny, and escorted her to a table, ordering two Butterbeers on the
way. They sat in silence for a while.
"So....." Harry said.
"So....." Ginny replied. They looked at each other and grinned
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"What do you want to do in the future?"
"Do you like me Harry?" The two outbursts blended into one.
"Pardon?" both of them said again.
"No, you go first!" Both said this at exactly the same moment. They burst out laughing.
"I hate when that happens!" Ginny said between giggles.
"Yeah, it reminds me of the time..." Harry launched into a story, and Ginny sat, enchanted. After he had finished, se remembered her own incident, and the rest of the afternoon was spent swapping stories. Looking around the room during Ginny's tip to the Ladies room, Harry saw Ron and Hermione at a table. He got up to walk over to them, but seeing them holding hands and sharing secret smiles told him to stay away. Wheeling around to head back to his table, he stopped suddenly. Sitting at a table a few down from his was Lupin, who had been previously obscured by a tree. Heading over to say hello, Harry again stopped short, for Lupin's dining partner was none other than Anya Williamson. Ducking behind a plant, Harry listened to the rest on their conversation. Anya was talking about her time in the Australian outback, and Remus wasn't saying much at all. He was still listening when a hand on his
shoulder made him topple over. He looked up, panicking.
"Are you alright?" Ginny's eyes were laughing, even if her face was straight.
"I'm fine!" Harry picked himself off and dusted his sleeve.
"C'mon" she said. "Everyone else is leaving!" Harry looked around and saw this was true. So the pair left The Three Broomsticks, already with plans to meet up again next time.
Harry shared a ride home with Ron and Hermione, who looked distinctly less lovey-dovey than before. In fact, they were barely even speaking to each other. Harry kept giving Hermione questioning looks, but she gave nothing away, and Ron refused to catch Harry's eye. AS soon as the arrived back at the castle, Hermione jumped out of the carriage and sped away. Ron hopped out and gave a dejected sigh.
"What happened?"
"Oh, we had a silly little fight" Ron sighed. Harry gave him a prompting look. "I was accused of checking out other girls!" Ron explained.
"It's not true, I wasn't. I just thought I knew a girl from somewhere, and Hermione got all huffy. She said if I had wanted someone beautiful to go out with, why didn't I just say so. I told her she was fine as she was, and then she said I was only interested in her because of the way she looked on Halloween." the words cam tumbling out of Ron's mouth. Harry gave him a 'what-can-you-do' smile and walked with him back up to the dorms. Upon walking into the common rooms, Harry saw Hermione chattering away to Fred. Knowing that Ron wouldn't be happy if he saw this, he steered Ron in a different direction, to the owlery.
"What are you doing, you bloody idiot!" Ron was getting a bit angry.
"Errr, I thought you could write a letter explaining what you meant! You know Hermione responds better to text!" Harry was relieved when Ron undertook his suggestion. He left Ron alone in the owlery, to sort out his feelings, and walked back up to the castle. Walking back into the common room. He grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her away from Fred.
"What is this?" she hissed under her breath.
"Look, I know about you and Ron," Harry explained. Hermione's features hardened, softened and then hardened again.
"Well maybe if you had told me you knew before Hogsmeade, I would have had nothing but good things to say. Now I'm not so sure this was a good idea!" Hermione sounded more upset than Ron.
"Ron likes you a lot Hermione, he wouldn't look at other girls," Hermione started to speak but Harry hushed her.
"He's writing you a letter, and I want you to read it, and take some time to calm down and then maybe you two can sort this thing out!" Harry saw Hermione take this in, and she gave a small smile.
"Since when are you the Love Doctor?" she asked in a wry tone. Harry laughed and gave her an over-the-top wink. "I'm gonna go have a shower than," and with that Hermione took off to the bathrooms, and Harry sunk down into a chair, feeling smug about his matchmaking.
The next few months passed quite uneventfully. Harry lay low on his quest for information about Anya, as the workload for his classes started to pile up, just before Christmas. Snape was back into his regular sour mood. Harry sensed this had something to do with Remus Lupin having a Butterbeer with Professor Williamson. IN fact, when he passes the laughing foursome of Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ginny in the hall, he almost gave them a detention for laughing too loudly. Thankfully, Prof. McGonagall chose that moment to inform Harry about new Quidditch practices. Snape stalked off, looking very annoyed. When Severus returned to his quarters at Hogwarts, he rummaged through his trunk, until he found an old yearbook of his. He too, held fond memories on Anya Williamson.
Many years earlier......
"Anya, you can't possibly think that Severus Snape is a good man!" James sounded outraged. He had thought of Anya as a sister, and now he had found out she had betrayed him.
"James, it was going to hurt him, if you went through with that prank. I told you that the jinx wasn't perfected. If you had performed it, Snape may have been caused a great deal of injury! I told him because I didn't want you to seriously hurt anyone, this doesn't mean I have feelings for him!" James was quiet for a few moments, and then shakily asked.
"So you don't like him then? Because I thought you loved Sirius"
"I DO love Sirius, I have no feelings for Snape. But because I warned him about your prank, he keeps following me around, expressing his deepest thanks! It's kinda of funny actually!" Anya laughed, thinking of the woeful expression that often frequented Severus's features.
Severus Snape had not heard this argument between James and Anya, and if he had, he would have most certainly given up on Anya. But he continued to follow her around, and help her in any way she needed it. One day she joked laughingly to her friends,
"I asked him to go and find me some gillyweed before, just so he would leave me alone for a few minutes!" Unfortunately for Snape, he had heard this joke, but he started to give Anya her space again. Of course, he still harboured feelings for her, but he hid them behind, and instead started courting Sally McStooger. When the Hogwarts yearbook had come out at the end of 6th year, he had lovingly circled the official portrait of Anya, and had also marked all the pages in which she appeared in the photos. No one else had seen this book, and no one was ever going to.
Present time...
Snape caressed the photos of Anya, before shaking his head in disgust at himself.
"Well know she's talking to Remus Lupin, there's no chance" he muttered to himself one night.
"So....." Harry said.
"So....." Ginny replied. They looked at each other and grinned
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"What do you want to do in the future?"
"Do you like me Harry?" The two outbursts blended into one.
"Pardon?" both of them said again.
"No, you go first!" Both said this at exactly the same moment. They burst out laughing.
"I hate when that happens!" Ginny said between giggles.
"Yeah, it reminds me of the time..." Harry launched into a story, and Ginny sat, enchanted. After he had finished, se remembered her own incident, and the rest of the afternoon was spent swapping stories. Looking around the room during Ginny's tip to the Ladies room, Harry saw Ron and Hermione at a table. He got up to walk over to them, but seeing them holding hands and sharing secret smiles told him to stay away. Wheeling around to head back to his table, he stopped suddenly. Sitting at a table a few down from his was Lupin, who had been previously obscured by a tree. Heading over to say hello, Harry again stopped short, for Lupin's dining partner was none other than Anya Williamson. Ducking behind a plant, Harry listened to the rest on their conversation. Anya was talking about her time in the Australian outback, and Remus wasn't saying much at all. He was still listening when a hand on his
shoulder made him topple over. He looked up, panicking.
"Are you alright?" Ginny's eyes were laughing, even if her face was straight.
"I'm fine!" Harry picked himself off and dusted his sleeve.
"C'mon" she said. "Everyone else is leaving!" Harry looked around and saw this was true. So the pair left The Three Broomsticks, already with plans to meet up again next time.
Harry shared a ride home with Ron and Hermione, who looked distinctly less lovey-dovey than before. In fact, they were barely even speaking to each other. Harry kept giving Hermione questioning looks, but she gave nothing away, and Ron refused to catch Harry's eye. AS soon as the arrived back at the castle, Hermione jumped out of the carriage and sped away. Ron hopped out and gave a dejected sigh.
"What happened?"
"Oh, we had a silly little fight" Ron sighed. Harry gave him a prompting look. "I was accused of checking out other girls!" Ron explained.
"It's not true, I wasn't. I just thought I knew a girl from somewhere, and Hermione got all huffy. She said if I had wanted someone beautiful to go out with, why didn't I just say so. I told her she was fine as she was, and then she said I was only interested in her because of the way she looked on Halloween." the words cam tumbling out of Ron's mouth. Harry gave him a 'what-can-you-do' smile and walked with him back up to the dorms. Upon walking into the common rooms, Harry saw Hermione chattering away to Fred. Knowing that Ron wouldn't be happy if he saw this, he steered Ron in a different direction, to the owlery.
"What are you doing, you bloody idiot!" Ron was getting a bit angry.
"Errr, I thought you could write a letter explaining what you meant! You know Hermione responds better to text!" Harry was relieved when Ron undertook his suggestion. He left Ron alone in the owlery, to sort out his feelings, and walked back up to the castle. Walking back into the common room. He grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her away from Fred.
"What is this?" she hissed under her breath.
"Look, I know about you and Ron," Harry explained. Hermione's features hardened, softened and then hardened again.
"Well maybe if you had told me you knew before Hogsmeade, I would have had nothing but good things to say. Now I'm not so sure this was a good idea!" Hermione sounded more upset than Ron.
"Ron likes you a lot Hermione, he wouldn't look at other girls," Hermione started to speak but Harry hushed her.
"He's writing you a letter, and I want you to read it, and take some time to calm down and then maybe you two can sort this thing out!" Harry saw Hermione take this in, and she gave a small smile.
"Since when are you the Love Doctor?" she asked in a wry tone. Harry laughed and gave her an over-the-top wink. "I'm gonna go have a shower than," and with that Hermione took off to the bathrooms, and Harry sunk down into a chair, feeling smug about his matchmaking.
The next few months passed quite uneventfully. Harry lay low on his quest for information about Anya, as the workload for his classes started to pile up, just before Christmas. Snape was back into his regular sour mood. Harry sensed this had something to do with Remus Lupin having a Butterbeer with Professor Williamson. IN fact, when he passes the laughing foursome of Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ginny in the hall, he almost gave them a detention for laughing too loudly. Thankfully, Prof. McGonagall chose that moment to inform Harry about new Quidditch practices. Snape stalked off, looking very annoyed. When Severus returned to his quarters at Hogwarts, he rummaged through his trunk, until he found an old yearbook of his. He too, held fond memories on Anya Williamson.
Many years earlier......
"Anya, you can't possibly think that Severus Snape is a good man!" James sounded outraged. He had thought of Anya as a sister, and now he had found out she had betrayed him.
"James, it was going to hurt him, if you went through with that prank. I told you that the jinx wasn't perfected. If you had performed it, Snape may have been caused a great deal of injury! I told him because I didn't want you to seriously hurt anyone, this doesn't mean I have feelings for him!" James was quiet for a few moments, and then shakily asked.
"So you don't like him then? Because I thought you loved Sirius"
"I DO love Sirius, I have no feelings for Snape. But because I warned him about your prank, he keeps following me around, expressing his deepest thanks! It's kinda of funny actually!" Anya laughed, thinking of the woeful expression that often frequented Severus's features.
Severus Snape had not heard this argument between James and Anya, and if he had, he would have most certainly given up on Anya. But he continued to follow her around, and help her in any way she needed it. One day she joked laughingly to her friends,
"I asked him to go and find me some gillyweed before, just so he would leave me alone for a few minutes!" Unfortunately for Snape, he had heard this joke, but he started to give Anya her space again. Of course, he still harboured feelings for her, but he hid them behind, and instead started courting Sally McStooger. When the Hogwarts yearbook had come out at the end of 6th year, he had lovingly circled the official portrait of Anya, and had also marked all the pages in which she appeared in the photos. No one else had seen this book, and no one was ever going to.
Present time...
Snape caressed the photos of Anya, before shaking his head in disgust at himself.
"Well know she's talking to Remus Lupin, there's no chance" he muttered to himself one night.