Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. They are the property of JK
Rowling.
A/N: Ok thank you everyone who reviewed and please keep in mind this is going to be a short story therefore the pace will be fast. Here is the next chapter.
Sabrina-05: I want to show everyone that she is human too. There will be struggles of how she handles things with Harry. Then how she slowly developed into the person she was in the other story.
panuru4u: Yes Slytherien's are human too. I think people tend to forget that in the other stories.
TheLaguna: Well I do think it needs a nice long update but lately I've been lacking inspiration to write.
NINJ4: Take a chill pill man. Harry isn't going to "pretend" that he loves her. He actually is going to love her at one point.
AngelOfDeathz: Yes it will come to H/C but I'm trying to humanize Amanda.
************************************************************************ That night she had detention in Snape's office at eight and knew that it was best not to be late. There wouldn't be any time for homework that night and since there weren't any classes left for the rest of the day she went to the library to do her homework. By the time she had finished she looked at the clock and noticed it was almost eight. She had completely missed dinner due to her concentration on her homework but at least she won't get detention for not doing it. Quickly making her way to Snape's classroom she saw that Harry and Snape were already there, waiting for her.
"So good of you to join us Miss Madison," said Snape coldly with out even so much as looking at her. He went into his office and came out with a bucket of soap and water. "You are to scrub my potions classroom free of your failed potion. No magic, just the muggle way. You may leave whenever you are done and I will check it tomorrow morning to make sure you did a good job. If you fail to do this correctly you will both receive another week in detention." Before anyone could say anything he left the classroom leaving them to do their work.
"Great," sighed Amanda. "Well I guess we better start." She looked over at Harry who had made no effort in starting.
"I noticed you weren't at dinner tonight," said Harry slightly blushing. Amanda was clearly surprised that he had noticed this.
"I was busy doing homework and lost track of the time," replied Amanda.
"I umm. saved you some in case you were hungry." Harry looked away and busied himself with getting the container out of his bag.
"Really?" Asked Amanda who again was surprised. "I'm starving! That's so sweet of you." Harry blushed even harder at this comment and set the food on the table for her. She was very grateful that he had saved some for her and started eating. Harry however made no motion to join her and started scrubbing the walls. "Would you care to join me Harry?" Harry laughed quietly to himself.
"If I join you then we will never get this done," replied Harry as he continued scrubbing.
"Oh Harry I feel so bad. First I get us detention, then I sit here eating while you have to clean up." Harry sighed knowing it was all true and there was no denying it.
"Don't worry about it," replied Harry. "Snape would have given me detention for something else anyways."
"He doesn't seem to like you very much does he?" Harry chuckled at her comment.
"What ever gave you that idea?" Harry said in a sarcastic but humored voice.
"Hey don't make fun of me Mr. Potter," replied Amanda pretending to sound hurt. "Besides, if you keep talking to me I'll never finish eating and you'll be scrubbing forever."
"Ok I'll shut up now," replied Harry smirking. Once she finished she picked up another scrub and started to help him but to her amazement most of the room was already done. Harry noticed her reaction and said, "I've served detention with Snape plenty of times." She was quite humored by this and laughed.
"I can see that." She started scrubbing the opposite side of where Harry was and talked with him to help pass the time. They discussed many things such as Quidditch and classes as well as their common hate for the Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter. Within an hour they were done and put the bucket away.
"Come on, I'll walk you back to your common room," offered Harry.
"Alright," replied Amanda. The two walked in silence as Amanda lead the way. Harry knew where he was going since he had been there before but thought it was best not to let that little secret out.
"I have a question but I'm not sure how to ask it," said Harry.
"Well just come out and ask it," replied Amanda.
"Ok, why are you so nice to me?" She had not expected that question but replied anyways.
"Because you're not such a bad guy Harry."
"How come we've never talked before?"
"I don't know, I guess we never really had the chance to talk."
"This was true," thought Harry to himself. He had never even noticed she existed until recently. "So are we friends?" Harry seemed quite nervous when he asked this and he didn't know why.
"Only if you want to be," replied Amanda who wanted to slap herself for saying that. She saw a look of relief come across Harry's face.
"I'd like that," replied Harry. Amanda looked at him and saw a smile on his face.
"Goodnight Harry." She quickly kissed him on the cheek and went into her common room leaving Harry standing outside. He put a hand up to where she had kissed him and felt it slightly burn as the smile on his face grew bigger. He returned to his common room to find that almost everyone had gone to bed. Changing into his pajama's he fell into a dreamless sleep.
Amanda had bolted straight to bed embarrassed that she was bold enough to kiss him. All her roommates had gone to bed so she quietly changed into her pajamas and fell asleep thinking about their encounter a few minutes prior.
Several weeks passed with out them spending anytime with each other. A few hello's in the hallway and a few glances and smiles at dinner was all they were limited to. The professors were piling them with homework to help prepare them for their OWL's.
"I can't believe McGonagall gave us six inches and Snape gave us twelve!" Ron said as they sat down and got ready to eat dinner.
"Quit complaining Ron," replied Hermione. "They are only trying to help prepare us for our OWL's!"
"But do they have to give us so much bloody homework?"
"Watch your mouth Ronald!" Harry sat quietly and watched his friends bicker as they always did. He found it quite entertaining at times and but kept his mouth shut so they would not get him involved. Slowly he let his eyes wonder around the great hall and was met by a pair of blue eyes sitting across from him at the Slytherien table. Amanda flashed him a smile and returned to her food.
"Attention everyone!" Yelled McGonagall. "The headmaster has an announcement to make." The great hall fell silent as all eyes fell on their beloved headmaster. Dumbledore stood up with a smile from his face.
"Thank you Professor McGonagall. Before we eat tonight I would like to announce that this year we will be hosting a Christmas Ball in celebration of the end of the term." Immediately there were whispers of excitement among the students. Dumbledore waited for the excitement to settle down before continuing. "It will be held the night before everyone leaves for Christmas break. The ball is open the fourth year's and above only and will be formal dress. This will be strictly enforced. You may of course choose to bring a date or you may choose to come alone. There will be a Hogsmeade trip announced later for those of you who wish to go and purchase things for the ball. That will be all."
Immediately everyone began to talk excitedly again. Harry looked at Ron as they both groaned at the idea of another ball being held. They both had a horrible time at the Yule Ball the previous year and did not want to relive it again. He then recalled how he had made a total fool out of himself by asking Cho Chang who already had a date with the late Cedric Diggory.
"So Harry," said Ron. "Are you going to ask Cho to the ball?" Harry looked at his friend as if he had said something incredibly stupid. In a sense he did.
"Are you kidding?"
"Just asking," replied Ron. "So who are you going to ask then?"
"I don't know yet," said Harry. "What about you?"
"I don't know either," replied Ron.
Across from the Gryffindor table was the Slytherien table that were also busy chatting excitedly.
"I'm thinking about giving that Cho Chang the privilege of being my date," said Draco loudly. Pansy gave him a dirty look. Amanda on the other hand was quite amused by this knowing Cho would neither give him the day or time. She let her eyes wander around the room and quickly landed on Harry. She knew whom she secretly wanted to ask her to the ball, but at the same time it seemed very wrong for the daughter of Voldemort to go with her father's worst enemy. Then again what would the other Slytherien's think? "His green eyes are so mesmerizing," thought Amanda to herself. She stared dreamily at his eyes until someone smacked the back of her head.
"What you dreaming about there Madison," said Pansy. "You had this goofy grin on your face."
"It was nothing," replied Amanda quickly returning to her food. The rest of her housemates gave her strange looks but dropped the subject.
That night she could not sleep. She tossed and turned but thoughts about the Dark Lord kept finding it's way into her thoughts. After countless hours she decided just to get up. After putting on a robe she quietly walked over to the window to get some fresh air. Trying to be as quiet as possible, she took in a deep breath. It felt very good to take in the cold night air and a gentle breeze brushed against her cheek. Looking up at the night sky the stars were very bright that night and the moonlight glistened on the surface of the lake. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure sneaking around by the lake. Her first thoughts were that her father had come to wreak havoc on Hogwarts in the middle of the night. The figure however looked very familiar. For a moment she stood there and pondered if she should risk going to Dumbledore and reporting something that might not even be dangerous. Then again this could be something big. Finally she decided that it was worth getting more information before coming to a conclusion. Quietly she tiptoed to the edge of her bed where her trunk was kept. After quietly dressing herself as to not awake her roommates she took out her Nimbus and quietly flew out the window.
Landing near Hagrid's hut where she left her broom and quietly made her way over to the lake. Whoever was creeping around the lake was still there since she could see his shadow in the moonlight. The mysterious person stopped by a tree and sat down against it gazing into the lake. Slowly she approached to try and see who it was. She drew out her wand, just in case. As she crept over towards the lake, a twig snapped causing the mysterious person to jump and instantly take out his wand.
"Who's there?" Asked the person behind the tree. Despite the moonlight, Amanda still could not see who it was, but the voice was quite familiar and definitely male. She instantly stopped dead in her tracks knowing that he still couldn't see her. He had only heard her and she was going to use that to her advantage.
"Stupefy!" Amanda hit him with a stunning spell causing him to fall back and drop his wand. Feeling quite proud of herself she quickly ran over to see who had been creeping around the lake at this hour. A horrible thought came to her mind as she soon realized the seriousness of the situation. It could have been a professor she had hit or maybe Filch. Slowly she approached and to her horror she found Harry lying unconsciously on the grass. "Enervate!" Quickly reviving him she rushed to his side. "Oh my god Harry, I'm so sorry! I didn't know it was you! I swear I had no idea!" Harry just looked up at her in confusion as she rambled on.
"Where is the Death Eater?" Harry asked. He was confused about the whole situation and why Mandy was outside apologizing to him. "Where is the Death Eater that stunned me?"
"Oh Harry I'm sorry! I thought you were a Death Eater so I stunned you! I'm so sorry! You must really hate me! Please forgive me!" Amanda was now crying and leaned into his shoulders. He didn't know what to say much less do anything about it. All he could really do was offer his shoulder in comfort and hold her.
"It's ok, it's not your fault. I don't hate you. I guess I did look a bit suspicious running around the lake in the middle of the night. Don't even worry about it ok? Look I'm perfectly fine." Harry put a smile on his face as he attempted to move and show her that he was ok. Looking up from his shoulder her tear stained face glistened in the moonlight as she looked at him.
"Do. do you really mean it? You.you don't hate me?" The look on her face was so adorable that he could not help but smile.
"Of course not Mandy. You're my friend. Mistakes tend to happen you know. Now come on and put a smile back on your face." Amanda could not help but smile as he said this. "That's the Mandy I know." He smiled back at her as he used his sleeves to wipe the tears from her face. "Now what were you doing out here so late at night?" Her face suddenly blushed red with embarrassment and turned away from him.
"Well it's kind of embarrassing now," mumbled Amanda. Harry saw her embarrassment and reassuringly put his arm around her shoulders. "I couldn't sleep."
"Are you always wandering around outside at night when you cant sleep," joked Harry.
"Um, no but when I looked out my window I saw someone down by the lake."
"Oh ok. I get the picture now, but why did you think it was a Death Eater." She was caught off guard with this question. Surely he didn't know about her father. There was also no way she was going to tell him about it. She had to quickly think of a response before he got suspicious.
"Well, it just looked kind of suspicious." Technically she wasn't lying. He seemed to accept her answer and smiled at her.
"At least you didn't go tell Snape or something. Then I really would have been in for it." She could not help but smile at his joke.
"What were you doing out here anyways?" She turned the tables against him.
"Me? Well I couldn't sleep. I was having another night, eh bad dream and decided to take a walk outside. Something about the night air just keeps me calm." Amanda once again felt very bad about her father. He knew the man was out to kill Harry and she couldn't help but feel guilty about it. It was then that she suddenly noticed that his arm was wrapped around her. Slowly she leaned in and rested her head on his shoulders. They sat silently and looked up at the night sky. "Mandy?" Harry finally broke the silence and bringing Amanda out of her trance. She felt safe and warm in his arms and didn't want to move.
"There's a Hogsmeade trip this coming weekend. I was wondering if you would do me the honor of accompanying me." She turned her head to look at his face. She couldn't believe that Harry Potter just asked her out on a date. Perhaps this was just some cruel joke or something but the moment she looked into his eyes she saw sincerity.
"I would love to," replied Amanda who was melting into his green eyes. Slowly she lifted her face closer to Harry's. He also slowly moved towards her as their lips met halfway. Their first kiss was a soft and tender kiss. It was short but felt nice as the electricity moved through out their bodies. This was everything Amanda had dreamed her first kiss would have been like. It was with a handsome boy she liked, a romantic setting, and the kiss was passionate yet sudden and guided only by instincts. No words were needed as they continued to share several more kisses.
A/N: Ok thank you everyone who reviewed and please keep in mind this is going to be a short story therefore the pace will be fast. Here is the next chapter.
Sabrina-05: I want to show everyone that she is human too. There will be struggles of how she handles things with Harry. Then how she slowly developed into the person she was in the other story.
panuru4u: Yes Slytherien's are human too. I think people tend to forget that in the other stories.
TheLaguna: Well I do think it needs a nice long update but lately I've been lacking inspiration to write.
NINJ4: Take a chill pill man. Harry isn't going to "pretend" that he loves her. He actually is going to love her at one point.
AngelOfDeathz: Yes it will come to H/C but I'm trying to humanize Amanda.
************************************************************************ That night she had detention in Snape's office at eight and knew that it was best not to be late. There wouldn't be any time for homework that night and since there weren't any classes left for the rest of the day she went to the library to do her homework. By the time she had finished she looked at the clock and noticed it was almost eight. She had completely missed dinner due to her concentration on her homework but at least she won't get detention for not doing it. Quickly making her way to Snape's classroom she saw that Harry and Snape were already there, waiting for her.
"So good of you to join us Miss Madison," said Snape coldly with out even so much as looking at her. He went into his office and came out with a bucket of soap and water. "You are to scrub my potions classroom free of your failed potion. No magic, just the muggle way. You may leave whenever you are done and I will check it tomorrow morning to make sure you did a good job. If you fail to do this correctly you will both receive another week in detention." Before anyone could say anything he left the classroom leaving them to do their work.
"Great," sighed Amanda. "Well I guess we better start." She looked over at Harry who had made no effort in starting.
"I noticed you weren't at dinner tonight," said Harry slightly blushing. Amanda was clearly surprised that he had noticed this.
"I was busy doing homework and lost track of the time," replied Amanda.
"I umm. saved you some in case you were hungry." Harry looked away and busied himself with getting the container out of his bag.
"Really?" Asked Amanda who again was surprised. "I'm starving! That's so sweet of you." Harry blushed even harder at this comment and set the food on the table for her. She was very grateful that he had saved some for her and started eating. Harry however made no motion to join her and started scrubbing the walls. "Would you care to join me Harry?" Harry laughed quietly to himself.
"If I join you then we will never get this done," replied Harry as he continued scrubbing.
"Oh Harry I feel so bad. First I get us detention, then I sit here eating while you have to clean up." Harry sighed knowing it was all true and there was no denying it.
"Don't worry about it," replied Harry. "Snape would have given me detention for something else anyways."
"He doesn't seem to like you very much does he?" Harry chuckled at her comment.
"What ever gave you that idea?" Harry said in a sarcastic but humored voice.
"Hey don't make fun of me Mr. Potter," replied Amanda pretending to sound hurt. "Besides, if you keep talking to me I'll never finish eating and you'll be scrubbing forever."
"Ok I'll shut up now," replied Harry smirking. Once she finished she picked up another scrub and started to help him but to her amazement most of the room was already done. Harry noticed her reaction and said, "I've served detention with Snape plenty of times." She was quite humored by this and laughed.
"I can see that." She started scrubbing the opposite side of where Harry was and talked with him to help pass the time. They discussed many things such as Quidditch and classes as well as their common hate for the Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter. Within an hour they were done and put the bucket away.
"Come on, I'll walk you back to your common room," offered Harry.
"Alright," replied Amanda. The two walked in silence as Amanda lead the way. Harry knew where he was going since he had been there before but thought it was best not to let that little secret out.
"I have a question but I'm not sure how to ask it," said Harry.
"Well just come out and ask it," replied Amanda.
"Ok, why are you so nice to me?" She had not expected that question but replied anyways.
"Because you're not such a bad guy Harry."
"How come we've never talked before?"
"I don't know, I guess we never really had the chance to talk."
"This was true," thought Harry to himself. He had never even noticed she existed until recently. "So are we friends?" Harry seemed quite nervous when he asked this and he didn't know why.
"Only if you want to be," replied Amanda who wanted to slap herself for saying that. She saw a look of relief come across Harry's face.
"I'd like that," replied Harry. Amanda looked at him and saw a smile on his face.
"Goodnight Harry." She quickly kissed him on the cheek and went into her common room leaving Harry standing outside. He put a hand up to where she had kissed him and felt it slightly burn as the smile on his face grew bigger. He returned to his common room to find that almost everyone had gone to bed. Changing into his pajama's he fell into a dreamless sleep.
Amanda had bolted straight to bed embarrassed that she was bold enough to kiss him. All her roommates had gone to bed so she quietly changed into her pajamas and fell asleep thinking about their encounter a few minutes prior.
Several weeks passed with out them spending anytime with each other. A few hello's in the hallway and a few glances and smiles at dinner was all they were limited to. The professors were piling them with homework to help prepare them for their OWL's.
"I can't believe McGonagall gave us six inches and Snape gave us twelve!" Ron said as they sat down and got ready to eat dinner.
"Quit complaining Ron," replied Hermione. "They are only trying to help prepare us for our OWL's!"
"But do they have to give us so much bloody homework?"
"Watch your mouth Ronald!" Harry sat quietly and watched his friends bicker as they always did. He found it quite entertaining at times and but kept his mouth shut so they would not get him involved. Slowly he let his eyes wonder around the great hall and was met by a pair of blue eyes sitting across from him at the Slytherien table. Amanda flashed him a smile and returned to her food.
"Attention everyone!" Yelled McGonagall. "The headmaster has an announcement to make." The great hall fell silent as all eyes fell on their beloved headmaster. Dumbledore stood up with a smile from his face.
"Thank you Professor McGonagall. Before we eat tonight I would like to announce that this year we will be hosting a Christmas Ball in celebration of the end of the term." Immediately there were whispers of excitement among the students. Dumbledore waited for the excitement to settle down before continuing. "It will be held the night before everyone leaves for Christmas break. The ball is open the fourth year's and above only and will be formal dress. This will be strictly enforced. You may of course choose to bring a date or you may choose to come alone. There will be a Hogsmeade trip announced later for those of you who wish to go and purchase things for the ball. That will be all."
Immediately everyone began to talk excitedly again. Harry looked at Ron as they both groaned at the idea of another ball being held. They both had a horrible time at the Yule Ball the previous year and did not want to relive it again. He then recalled how he had made a total fool out of himself by asking Cho Chang who already had a date with the late Cedric Diggory.
"So Harry," said Ron. "Are you going to ask Cho to the ball?" Harry looked at his friend as if he had said something incredibly stupid. In a sense he did.
"Are you kidding?"
"Just asking," replied Ron. "So who are you going to ask then?"
"I don't know yet," said Harry. "What about you?"
"I don't know either," replied Ron.
Across from the Gryffindor table was the Slytherien table that were also busy chatting excitedly.
"I'm thinking about giving that Cho Chang the privilege of being my date," said Draco loudly. Pansy gave him a dirty look. Amanda on the other hand was quite amused by this knowing Cho would neither give him the day or time. She let her eyes wander around the room and quickly landed on Harry. She knew whom she secretly wanted to ask her to the ball, but at the same time it seemed very wrong for the daughter of Voldemort to go with her father's worst enemy. Then again what would the other Slytherien's think? "His green eyes are so mesmerizing," thought Amanda to herself. She stared dreamily at his eyes until someone smacked the back of her head.
"What you dreaming about there Madison," said Pansy. "You had this goofy grin on your face."
"It was nothing," replied Amanda quickly returning to her food. The rest of her housemates gave her strange looks but dropped the subject.
That night she could not sleep. She tossed and turned but thoughts about the Dark Lord kept finding it's way into her thoughts. After countless hours she decided just to get up. After putting on a robe she quietly walked over to the window to get some fresh air. Trying to be as quiet as possible, she took in a deep breath. It felt very good to take in the cold night air and a gentle breeze brushed against her cheek. Looking up at the night sky the stars were very bright that night and the moonlight glistened on the surface of the lake. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a figure sneaking around by the lake. Her first thoughts were that her father had come to wreak havoc on Hogwarts in the middle of the night. The figure however looked very familiar. For a moment she stood there and pondered if she should risk going to Dumbledore and reporting something that might not even be dangerous. Then again this could be something big. Finally she decided that it was worth getting more information before coming to a conclusion. Quietly she tiptoed to the edge of her bed where her trunk was kept. After quietly dressing herself as to not awake her roommates she took out her Nimbus and quietly flew out the window.
Landing near Hagrid's hut where she left her broom and quietly made her way over to the lake. Whoever was creeping around the lake was still there since she could see his shadow in the moonlight. The mysterious person stopped by a tree and sat down against it gazing into the lake. Slowly she approached to try and see who it was. She drew out her wand, just in case. As she crept over towards the lake, a twig snapped causing the mysterious person to jump and instantly take out his wand.
"Who's there?" Asked the person behind the tree. Despite the moonlight, Amanda still could not see who it was, but the voice was quite familiar and definitely male. She instantly stopped dead in her tracks knowing that he still couldn't see her. He had only heard her and she was going to use that to her advantage.
"Stupefy!" Amanda hit him with a stunning spell causing him to fall back and drop his wand. Feeling quite proud of herself she quickly ran over to see who had been creeping around the lake at this hour. A horrible thought came to her mind as she soon realized the seriousness of the situation. It could have been a professor she had hit or maybe Filch. Slowly she approached and to her horror she found Harry lying unconsciously on the grass. "Enervate!" Quickly reviving him she rushed to his side. "Oh my god Harry, I'm so sorry! I didn't know it was you! I swear I had no idea!" Harry just looked up at her in confusion as she rambled on.
"Where is the Death Eater?" Harry asked. He was confused about the whole situation and why Mandy was outside apologizing to him. "Where is the Death Eater that stunned me?"
"Oh Harry I'm sorry! I thought you were a Death Eater so I stunned you! I'm so sorry! You must really hate me! Please forgive me!" Amanda was now crying and leaned into his shoulders. He didn't know what to say much less do anything about it. All he could really do was offer his shoulder in comfort and hold her.
"It's ok, it's not your fault. I don't hate you. I guess I did look a bit suspicious running around the lake in the middle of the night. Don't even worry about it ok? Look I'm perfectly fine." Harry put a smile on his face as he attempted to move and show her that he was ok. Looking up from his shoulder her tear stained face glistened in the moonlight as she looked at him.
"Do. do you really mean it? You.you don't hate me?" The look on her face was so adorable that he could not help but smile.
"Of course not Mandy. You're my friend. Mistakes tend to happen you know. Now come on and put a smile back on your face." Amanda could not help but smile as he said this. "That's the Mandy I know." He smiled back at her as he used his sleeves to wipe the tears from her face. "Now what were you doing out here so late at night?" Her face suddenly blushed red with embarrassment and turned away from him.
"Well it's kind of embarrassing now," mumbled Amanda. Harry saw her embarrassment and reassuringly put his arm around her shoulders. "I couldn't sleep."
"Are you always wandering around outside at night when you cant sleep," joked Harry.
"Um, no but when I looked out my window I saw someone down by the lake."
"Oh ok. I get the picture now, but why did you think it was a Death Eater." She was caught off guard with this question. Surely he didn't know about her father. There was also no way she was going to tell him about it. She had to quickly think of a response before he got suspicious.
"Well, it just looked kind of suspicious." Technically she wasn't lying. He seemed to accept her answer and smiled at her.
"At least you didn't go tell Snape or something. Then I really would have been in for it." She could not help but smile at his joke.
"What were you doing out here anyways?" She turned the tables against him.
"Me? Well I couldn't sleep. I was having another night, eh bad dream and decided to take a walk outside. Something about the night air just keeps me calm." Amanda once again felt very bad about her father. He knew the man was out to kill Harry and she couldn't help but feel guilty about it. It was then that she suddenly noticed that his arm was wrapped around her. Slowly she leaned in and rested her head on his shoulders. They sat silently and looked up at the night sky. "Mandy?" Harry finally broke the silence and bringing Amanda out of her trance. She felt safe and warm in his arms and didn't want to move.
"There's a Hogsmeade trip this coming weekend. I was wondering if you would do me the honor of accompanying me." She turned her head to look at his face. She couldn't believe that Harry Potter just asked her out on a date. Perhaps this was just some cruel joke or something but the moment she looked into his eyes she saw sincerity.
"I would love to," replied Amanda who was melting into his green eyes. Slowly she lifted her face closer to Harry's. He also slowly moved towards her as their lips met halfway. Their first kiss was a soft and tender kiss. It was short but felt nice as the electricity moved through out their bodies. This was everything Amanda had dreamed her first kiss would have been like. It was with a handsome boy she liked, a romantic setting, and the kiss was passionate yet sudden and guided only by instincts. No words were needed as they continued to share several more kisses.
