Where Did My Friend Go?? Chapter 2
Disclaimer- *sighs* Again, Im saying I did NOT create the characters. J.K. Rowling, and I think if it was totally necessary for me to say this to you, you shouldn't be permitted in Fanfic.net. o.o
Chapter 2, And a Stranger Comes Along
The next couple of days were a kind of mixed up. A quivering silence stirred in the classes and the GCR. Fred, George and Ginny got shipped back home to spend time with the family for a month. As much as Hermione had a way with finding the right thing to say, she just couldn't find the right words, much less bring herself to say them to Harry. Instead, she wrote them, or what she could get out on paper.
A passage from Hermione's diary-
"No one can possibly imagine what was going on in Ron's head that night. I suppose no one ever will know. All I can guess is that whatever pain he was going through, to him there was no other way to fix it. I just wish I could have done something about it. Before they left, they were actually crying, Fred and George were, hard as they tried to hide it. Ginny was sobbing uncontrollably. I remember in my 3rd year when the students started turning up pertrified, Ginny was upset, but it was nothing compared to this. I don't think she's going to be ready to come back in a month. I can't even imagine what Harry must be going through. Ron was his first friend ever, his best friend..."
Everyone was grieving in their own way, but Harry just swallowed the pain and hid it away from everyone's eyes.
Five days after Ron's death, double Potion's class with Slytherin-
Snape was giving a lecture on a growth potion.
"Harry," Hermione said after Snape's head was turned. "Are you alright? I haven't seen you in the Great Hall at all."
Harry nodded.
"Harry."
He looked up.
"Harry, we all lost someone. You can't just abandon everything you know."
Harry looked back down.
"Draco, you're just not getting it." Snape said impatiently. "Stay after class and we can discuss it."
"Harry." Hermione whispered. "There are still people who care about you and ignoring them and everything else in life isn't going to make Ron come back."
Harry swallowed hard and kept pretending to take notes.
Hermione began again, when Snape interrupted her.
"Ms.Granger." he began. "Although I'm sure what you have to say will come in very handy on the final exams, please try to keep your wide mouth shut."
The Slytherin's snickered some, but not as they would have before.
Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it and shut her mouth.
"On the other hand, come on. Let's hear it, shall we? Is it about that friend of yours?" Snape asked. "Ron Weasley."
"Why is he doing this?" Hermione asked herself through clenched teeth.
"Fell right off the broom, he did." Snape was walking back to them now. "Stupid boy, really."
"He is not stupid." Harry mumbled, feeling his face get hot.
"What was that, Harry?"
"I said he is not stupid."
"Hm. Yes, and I suppose jumping off a broomstick from 60 feet in the air was smart?"
"HE IS NOT STUPID!" he yelled, finding the courage that before had escaped him.
"10 points from Gryffindor. Not wise to get loud with me, Harry."
"Oh, SHUT UP!" Harry yelled. Everyone was watching now.
"What did you just say to-" Snape began.
"IT'S NOT WISE TO BREATH IN THIS CLASS IF YOU'RE ANYTHING BUT SLYTHERIN!"
"50 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!" Snape yelled. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down. "And I'd also like to see you after class, Potter. To discuss what you're going to do to serve your detention."
Harry's chest heaved up and down and his face was burned scarlet.
Hermione looked at him helplessly.
10 minutes later, the shrill blast of the bell was all but welcoming.
The students filed out of the classroom, and before Snape had a chance to deal with either Harry or Draco, a loud crash was heard outside of the dungeon.
"Peeves." Snape mumbled and stood up. "Either of you step one foot out of this classroom, it'll be suspension." He walked out.
Harry and Draco sat in an unsteady silence for a few moments.
Then, without warning, Harry slumped down and starting sobbing uncontrollably, as if he had been holding back the tears from the beginning.
Draco just looked at him for a moment. He would have usually found this amusing, Harry hurt and crying and so sad-looking. But it was different this time.
"This is awfully pathetic." Draco thought to himself. "I should do something...But what can I do?"
Draco stood up and walked over to where Harry was sitting and sat down next to him.
"Harry, I-"
"Malfoy, th-the last thing I-..I need is for you to pull some...cracks about how ridiculous I look. O-okay?" Harry stumbled over his words as the tears kept falling from his eyes like a waterfall.
Draco looked a little disappointed that Harry would automatically assume the worst of him. Then, at a loss for words, he did something he had never done before.
He wrapped his arms around Harry in a warm embrace.
Harry looked taken aback and even stopped crying due to the surprise.
"Draco is hugging me," he thought. "Did I miss something?" Then, with a lack for anything else to do, he lifted his arms up and hugged Draco back.
They sat hugging each other for a few moments and then, to Harry's disappointment, Draco drew away.
He looked at Harry for a moment and then reached out and wiped the tears away from Harry's cheek.
"It's all going to be alright, Harry," Draco said. " It's all going to be alright."
Then Draco got up and walked back over to his seat.
Harry looked straight in front of himself and at last started to breath calmly. He felt very mixed right now.
"What was that all about?" he thought. "Why did Malfoy do that? And why did I hug him back?" He looked over at Draco, who was calmly sitting there looking over his book as if nothing had ever happened.
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There it is, chapter two. All done! I hope you enjoy it! BTW, I was aiming so that each chapter had a new song, but I couldn't find one for this chapter, although I FOUND A SONG that explains why Draco has always been so nasty to Harry. And I NEEEEEEEEED TO KNOW how you put words into ITALICS! I tried this:
IBlah blah BlahI
But it doesn't seem to work. What to do?! I need to know this to put the song lyrics into italics. Anyone can help??????
PLEASE REVIEW!!!! And check out my other stories as well, please.
Disclaimer- *sighs* Again, Im saying I did NOT create the characters. J.K. Rowling, and I think if it was totally necessary for me to say this to you, you shouldn't be permitted in Fanfic.net. o.o
Chapter 2, And a Stranger Comes Along
The next couple of days were a kind of mixed up. A quivering silence stirred in the classes and the GCR. Fred, George and Ginny got shipped back home to spend time with the family for a month. As much as Hermione had a way with finding the right thing to say, she just couldn't find the right words, much less bring herself to say them to Harry. Instead, she wrote them, or what she could get out on paper.
A passage from Hermione's diary-
"No one can possibly imagine what was going on in Ron's head that night. I suppose no one ever will know. All I can guess is that whatever pain he was going through, to him there was no other way to fix it. I just wish I could have done something about it. Before they left, they were actually crying, Fred and George were, hard as they tried to hide it. Ginny was sobbing uncontrollably. I remember in my 3rd year when the students started turning up pertrified, Ginny was upset, but it was nothing compared to this. I don't think she's going to be ready to come back in a month. I can't even imagine what Harry must be going through. Ron was his first friend ever, his best friend..."
Everyone was grieving in their own way, but Harry just swallowed the pain and hid it away from everyone's eyes.
Five days after Ron's death, double Potion's class with Slytherin-
Snape was giving a lecture on a growth potion.
"Harry," Hermione said after Snape's head was turned. "Are you alright? I haven't seen you in the Great Hall at all."
Harry nodded.
"Harry."
He looked up.
"Harry, we all lost someone. You can't just abandon everything you know."
Harry looked back down.
"Draco, you're just not getting it." Snape said impatiently. "Stay after class and we can discuss it."
"Harry." Hermione whispered. "There are still people who care about you and ignoring them and everything else in life isn't going to make Ron come back."
Harry swallowed hard and kept pretending to take notes.
Hermione began again, when Snape interrupted her.
"Ms.Granger." he began. "Although I'm sure what you have to say will come in very handy on the final exams, please try to keep your wide mouth shut."
The Slytherin's snickered some, but not as they would have before.
Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it and shut her mouth.
"On the other hand, come on. Let's hear it, shall we? Is it about that friend of yours?" Snape asked. "Ron Weasley."
"Why is he doing this?" Hermione asked herself through clenched teeth.
"Fell right off the broom, he did." Snape was walking back to them now. "Stupid boy, really."
"He is not stupid." Harry mumbled, feeling his face get hot.
"What was that, Harry?"
"I said he is not stupid."
"Hm. Yes, and I suppose jumping off a broomstick from 60 feet in the air was smart?"
"HE IS NOT STUPID!" he yelled, finding the courage that before had escaped him.
"10 points from Gryffindor. Not wise to get loud with me, Harry."
"Oh, SHUT UP!" Harry yelled. Everyone was watching now.
"What did you just say to-" Snape began.
"IT'S NOT WISE TO BREATH IN THIS CLASS IF YOU'RE ANYTHING BUT SLYTHERIN!"
"50 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!" Snape yelled. He took a few deep breaths and calmed down. "And I'd also like to see you after class, Potter. To discuss what you're going to do to serve your detention."
Harry's chest heaved up and down and his face was burned scarlet.
Hermione looked at him helplessly.
10 minutes later, the shrill blast of the bell was all but welcoming.
The students filed out of the classroom, and before Snape had a chance to deal with either Harry or Draco, a loud crash was heard outside of the dungeon.
"Peeves." Snape mumbled and stood up. "Either of you step one foot out of this classroom, it'll be suspension." He walked out.
Harry and Draco sat in an unsteady silence for a few moments.
Then, without warning, Harry slumped down and starting sobbing uncontrollably, as if he had been holding back the tears from the beginning.
Draco just looked at him for a moment. He would have usually found this amusing, Harry hurt and crying and so sad-looking. But it was different this time.
"This is awfully pathetic." Draco thought to himself. "I should do something...But what can I do?"
Draco stood up and walked over to where Harry was sitting and sat down next to him.
"Harry, I-"
"Malfoy, th-the last thing I-..I need is for you to pull some...cracks about how ridiculous I look. O-okay?" Harry stumbled over his words as the tears kept falling from his eyes like a waterfall.
Draco looked a little disappointed that Harry would automatically assume the worst of him. Then, at a loss for words, he did something he had never done before.
He wrapped his arms around Harry in a warm embrace.
Harry looked taken aback and even stopped crying due to the surprise.
"Draco is hugging me," he thought. "Did I miss something?" Then, with a lack for anything else to do, he lifted his arms up and hugged Draco back.
They sat hugging each other for a few moments and then, to Harry's disappointment, Draco drew away.
He looked at Harry for a moment and then reached out and wiped the tears away from Harry's cheek.
"It's all going to be alright, Harry," Draco said. " It's all going to be alright."
Then Draco got up and walked back over to his seat.
Harry looked straight in front of himself and at last started to breath calmly. He felt very mixed right now.
"What was that all about?" he thought. "Why did Malfoy do that? And why did I hug him back?" He looked over at Draco, who was calmly sitting there looking over his book as if nothing had ever happened.
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There it is, chapter two. All done! I hope you enjoy it! BTW, I was aiming so that each chapter had a new song, but I couldn't find one for this chapter, although I FOUND A SONG that explains why Draco has always been so nasty to Harry. And I NEEEEEEEEED TO KNOW how you put words into ITALICS! I tried this:
IBlah blah BlahI
But it doesn't seem to work. What to do?! I need to know this to put the song lyrics into italics. Anyone can help??????
PLEASE REVIEW!!!! And check out my other stories as well, please.