Author's Note: Sorry all! I know it has been FOREVER! Life has been very
very shit lately. But here is a new chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter Twenty Four
Harry, Hermione and Ron were panicking. They hadn't seen Andrea since before dinner. When she didn't show up they went back to the common room to check on her, only to find the common room Andrea-less. Anything could have happened to her. They sat down, and started thinking about where she might be - in the library or wandering the halls. Then they remembered her detention and figured she probably wanted to take a walk or something before she had to deal with Malfoy for an hour. Little did they know she was already "dealing" with Malfoy (AN::snickering::).
They waited, and Andrea's detention came and went, and Andrea still hadn't shown up. They got worried and decided to go and search for her. Hermione, Harry and Ron searched the corridors, the library, the Great Hall, outside and the dungeons until after they weren't allowed to be out of their houses, but didn't even find so much as a clue regarding her ware bouts. Reluctantly they returned to the Gryffindor common room after Hermione insisted they would get caught if they stayed out much longer.
Ron and Hermione sat down on the couch in the Gryffindor common Room, Ron's fingers tapping on the arm impatiently and Hermione nervously chewing her nails and looking over the Marauder's Map that lay open in her lap. Harry paced back and forth, back and forth in front of the fireplace.
Finally Hermione snapped, and looking up from her map cried, "Oh this is ridiculous! And Harry will you PLEASE stop pacing, you're making me nauseous?"
Harry grumbled something under his breath but stopped walking back and forth and instead collapsed into and armchair.
Hermione continued, "Thank you. Now we have to look at this logically. We have searched in every possible place she could be, right? And we checked the Marauder's Map. Her name didn't show up. That means she isn't up and about somewhere in the castle or on the grounds. You know, there is probably a perfectly reasonably explanation for all this. I mean, we don't know everything about Andrea. Maybe there is something she hasn't told us that would explain her disappearance."
Ron looked at her, "What? You mean like Lupin?"
Hermione nodded, "Yes. I am not saying she is necessarily a werewolf or anything, but there may be some other reason she's out. She could have just found a quiet place to study or something."
The two boys nodded at this. They were concerned, but they were too tired to give an actual response to her analysis of the problem.
"I think we should all go to bed. I have a feeling this will all be much clearer in the morning when Andie is back ---hopefully..."
Harry and Ron grudgingly agreed and they all went to bed, though none slept very well that night.
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Chapter Twenty Four
Harry, Hermione and Ron were panicking. They hadn't seen Andrea since before dinner. When she didn't show up they went back to the common room to check on her, only to find the common room Andrea-less. Anything could have happened to her. They sat down, and started thinking about where she might be - in the library or wandering the halls. Then they remembered her detention and figured she probably wanted to take a walk or something before she had to deal with Malfoy for an hour. Little did they know she was already "dealing" with Malfoy (AN::snickering::).
They waited, and Andrea's detention came and went, and Andrea still hadn't shown up. They got worried and decided to go and search for her. Hermione, Harry and Ron searched the corridors, the library, the Great Hall, outside and the dungeons until after they weren't allowed to be out of their houses, but didn't even find so much as a clue regarding her ware bouts. Reluctantly they returned to the Gryffindor common room after Hermione insisted they would get caught if they stayed out much longer.
Ron and Hermione sat down on the couch in the Gryffindor common Room, Ron's fingers tapping on the arm impatiently and Hermione nervously chewing her nails and looking over the Marauder's Map that lay open in her lap. Harry paced back and forth, back and forth in front of the fireplace.
Finally Hermione snapped, and looking up from her map cried, "Oh this is ridiculous! And Harry will you PLEASE stop pacing, you're making me nauseous?"
Harry grumbled something under his breath but stopped walking back and forth and instead collapsed into and armchair.
Hermione continued, "Thank you. Now we have to look at this logically. We have searched in every possible place she could be, right? And we checked the Marauder's Map. Her name didn't show up. That means she isn't up and about somewhere in the castle or on the grounds. You know, there is probably a perfectly reasonably explanation for all this. I mean, we don't know everything about Andrea. Maybe there is something she hasn't told us that would explain her disappearance."
Ron looked at her, "What? You mean like Lupin?"
Hermione nodded, "Yes. I am not saying she is necessarily a werewolf or anything, but there may be some other reason she's out. She could have just found a quiet place to study or something."
The two boys nodded at this. They were concerned, but they were too tired to give an actual response to her analysis of the problem.
"I think we should all go to bed. I have a feeling this will all be much clearer in the morning when Andie is back ---hopefully..."
Harry and Ron grudgingly agreed and they all went to bed, though none slept very well that night.
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