*I own Erik, Layla and Estelle.
It was so unfair that his father had come to Hogwarts. It was so depressing but at least he would only see him for 3 hours a week. It was strange the rationality that had grown on him in the past few weeks. He had grown and matured in the few weeks that he had been back at school. He had become so practical and sensible in the past few weeks, that he often wondered what on earth had brought about this change.
As he left Transfiguration and headed for Potions he glimpsed up to see the love of is young life walk past. Lili Potter was striding past with a few of her friends on her way to DADA. He had memorised her whole timetable as well as her usual evening routine. Of course he was a mere 3rd year whereas she was a 4th year but that made not one iota of difference to Erik's heart. Another sneaky glance told him that she had gone and he wasn't going to see her again until dinner. His head told him that it was a waste of time mooning over Lili but his heart disagreed and desperately wanted a little attention from Lili - or even a lot of attention.
That evening Brad, Drew, Phillip Moneymore and Erik sat in the Ravenclaw common room testing each other on different Potions for the next day's exam. Drew and Brad were doing extremely well but Phillip and Erik just couldn't seem to remember any of the potions for curing diseases but strangely seemed to remember the one that they performed in 1st year that involved the dissecting of a crocodile heart. Eventually Brad and Drew gave up on helping the other two and wandered in the direction of the Ravenclaw third year girls whom they were friendly with. For the next hour Erik and Phillip tried to help each other, both failing miserably and just getting frustrated. Finally they gave up and Erik decided to visit his father and ask his advice.
"I'm going to fail tomorrow and Snape's going to kill me. He's really nasty to me. I think it's because he hated you when you were at school."
"Hated me? I was Snape's favourite pupil!" Draco exclaimed with shock.
"Not the way he tells it. He says you were the most spoilt annoying little brat he ever taught. That was on the first day of this year."
"He was so nice to me when I was here. Do you want me to speak to him? He can't punish me anymore." Draco smiled slightly. Thinking back, he couldn't recall any time that Snape had punished him. He was sure there had to be something that he got punished for but he still couldn't remember it.
"Yeah, if you want, but it's your grave that you're digging." Came the smarmy reply. "Well, I'd better get going. See you." And with that Erik hurried out of the room and back towards the common room. He suddenly decided that he couldn't be bothered returning to his studying as it probably wasn't going to help anyway. He turned and hurried towards the inter-house common room. It was a recent addition to the school and was proving to be a hugely popular. When he walked in there was only one person in the room. The girl was hunched over in the corner and her shoulders were shaking violently. Her long black hair was loose and wild across her back and her robes were untidy and creased. On hearing him enter she looked up and Erik was stunned to see the tears streaming down the ace of Lili Potter.
"Lili! What's wrong?" He gasped as he dashed across the room.
"It's nothing Erik. Honestly," she sobbed, trying stop crying and wiping her eyes at the same time.
"No Lili, just tell me. I won't tell anyone, I swear." He soothed.
"It's just that H- Hannah and I were supposed to go out with Mum and D- Dad tomorrow but Dad just Apparated here to tell us that they couldn't make it because he's too b- busy again. That's the third time he's cancelled our meeting. It's like he doesn't care about us anymore." She hiccupped.
"That's not true Lili. He loves you both very much. Don't be so silly," Erik hugged Lili and tried to comfort her as she burst into tears again.
"Hannah doesn't care though. She didn't want to go anyway. She likes spending her weekends here but I want to see my parents again. I miss them when I'm at school." She whined.
"Lili, they miss you too. Harry just has a lot to do." It was several more hours before Erik managed to calm Lili down enough for her to go to bed. They sat and talked for another few hours and it was only when Lili realised that it was past one o'clock in the morning that they rushed to their dormitories. Both crept up the stairs and whispered goodnights to each other.
"Thanks Erik. You really helped me out." She whispered, blushing slightly.
"No problem. You can come to me anytime you want." He told her blushing almost as red as the Gryffindor robes. He smiled shyly at Lili again before bounding up the stairs. That night he fell asleep not only with the knowledge that he had helped a fellow student but that he had made a connection with the goddess that was Lili Potter. Not only that she trusted him and was indebted to him. It was fantastic the way he had been able to talk so freely to the one girl that he usually became tongue-tied and irrational around. Under normal circumstances he would have passed out if she had so much as smiled at him but this new maturity thing must be affecting the romantic part of his life as well.
It was so unfair that his father had come to Hogwarts. It was so depressing but at least he would only see him for 3 hours a week. It was strange the rationality that had grown on him in the past few weeks. He had grown and matured in the few weeks that he had been back at school. He had become so practical and sensible in the past few weeks, that he often wondered what on earth had brought about this change.
As he left Transfiguration and headed for Potions he glimpsed up to see the love of is young life walk past. Lili Potter was striding past with a few of her friends on her way to DADA. He had memorised her whole timetable as well as her usual evening routine. Of course he was a mere 3rd year whereas she was a 4th year but that made not one iota of difference to Erik's heart. Another sneaky glance told him that she had gone and he wasn't going to see her again until dinner. His head told him that it was a waste of time mooning over Lili but his heart disagreed and desperately wanted a little attention from Lili - or even a lot of attention.
That evening Brad, Drew, Phillip Moneymore and Erik sat in the Ravenclaw common room testing each other on different Potions for the next day's exam. Drew and Brad were doing extremely well but Phillip and Erik just couldn't seem to remember any of the potions for curing diseases but strangely seemed to remember the one that they performed in 1st year that involved the dissecting of a crocodile heart. Eventually Brad and Drew gave up on helping the other two and wandered in the direction of the Ravenclaw third year girls whom they were friendly with. For the next hour Erik and Phillip tried to help each other, both failing miserably and just getting frustrated. Finally they gave up and Erik decided to visit his father and ask his advice.
"I'm going to fail tomorrow and Snape's going to kill me. He's really nasty to me. I think it's because he hated you when you were at school."
"Hated me? I was Snape's favourite pupil!" Draco exclaimed with shock.
"Not the way he tells it. He says you were the most spoilt annoying little brat he ever taught. That was on the first day of this year."
"He was so nice to me when I was here. Do you want me to speak to him? He can't punish me anymore." Draco smiled slightly. Thinking back, he couldn't recall any time that Snape had punished him. He was sure there had to be something that he got punished for but he still couldn't remember it.
"Yeah, if you want, but it's your grave that you're digging." Came the smarmy reply. "Well, I'd better get going. See you." And with that Erik hurried out of the room and back towards the common room. He suddenly decided that he couldn't be bothered returning to his studying as it probably wasn't going to help anyway. He turned and hurried towards the inter-house common room. It was a recent addition to the school and was proving to be a hugely popular. When he walked in there was only one person in the room. The girl was hunched over in the corner and her shoulders were shaking violently. Her long black hair was loose and wild across her back and her robes were untidy and creased. On hearing him enter she looked up and Erik was stunned to see the tears streaming down the ace of Lili Potter.
"Lili! What's wrong?" He gasped as he dashed across the room.
"It's nothing Erik. Honestly," she sobbed, trying stop crying and wiping her eyes at the same time.
"No Lili, just tell me. I won't tell anyone, I swear." He soothed.
"It's just that H- Hannah and I were supposed to go out with Mum and D- Dad tomorrow but Dad just Apparated here to tell us that they couldn't make it because he's too b- busy again. That's the third time he's cancelled our meeting. It's like he doesn't care about us anymore." She hiccupped.
"That's not true Lili. He loves you both very much. Don't be so silly," Erik hugged Lili and tried to comfort her as she burst into tears again.
"Hannah doesn't care though. She didn't want to go anyway. She likes spending her weekends here but I want to see my parents again. I miss them when I'm at school." She whined.
"Lili, they miss you too. Harry just has a lot to do." It was several more hours before Erik managed to calm Lili down enough for her to go to bed. They sat and talked for another few hours and it was only when Lili realised that it was past one o'clock in the morning that they rushed to their dormitories. Both crept up the stairs and whispered goodnights to each other.
"Thanks Erik. You really helped me out." She whispered, blushing slightly.
"No problem. You can come to me anytime you want." He told her blushing almost as red as the Gryffindor robes. He smiled shyly at Lili again before bounding up the stairs. That night he fell asleep not only with the knowledge that he had helped a fellow student but that he had made a connection with the goddess that was Lili Potter. Not only that she trusted him and was indebted to him. It was fantastic the way he had been able to talk so freely to the one girl that he usually became tongue-tied and irrational around. Under normal circumstances he would have passed out if she had so much as smiled at him but this new maturity thing must be affecting the romantic part of his life as well.