A/N: Did you read my last authors note?? Oh well. THANK YOU
REVIWERS!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't be able to update for about a week and a bit
coz I'm going off to Sydney, and we don't have a computer there. Sorry
folks! You'll just have to bear with me!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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"Hey Harry, what did Dumbledore want to talk to you about?" Ron asked.
"Nothing really. Gees I'm starving. Let's go get dinner. It's been a long day." He seemed to have changed the object awfully fast. The six of them went to the Great Hall, ate, and then went back to their common rooms.
"What time are we meeting Mrs Moody tomorrow?" Ron asked no one in particular.
"At 8.30 when normal school starts. Don't you ever listen Ron?" Hermione snapped.
Ron rolled his eyes at Hilary.
"I saw that," Hermione mumbled.
"So, what are we going to do now? We have a couple of hours to do anything," Ginny said.
"Nah, I don't really feel like it. I think I'm going to bed," Harry said and walked to his room. He had a faraway look in his eyes.
"I'll go see what's up," Ron said and walked of behind him.
"So, anyone else?" Ginny tried again.
"Um, I'm actually a little tired myself," Hermione announced and put on a fake yawn. The truth was she wanted to be alone and collect her thoughts. It wasn't everyday after all that a classmate and teacher dies. Draco followed her.
"Ok. So, Hilary. Up for a game of gobstones?" Hilary and Ginny sat on the floor and played the wizard game late into the night.
MEANWHILE
"Hey mate. What's up?" Ron asked Harry.
"Nothing. I'm just tired," he replied and flounced on his bed.
"You don't have to keep anything from me you know," Ron said indignantly.
"Yeah I know but I want to sleep early tonight."
"No you don't. Something's wrong and I know it," Ron persisted.
"Nothing is wrong Ron." Harry said his temper slowly rising."
"I've been your best friend for seven years I think I would know if there was something wrong or not. Just spit it out. I am your best friend."
"I don't really feel like talking right now Ron. I'm really tired. Just go, please."
"I'll go when you tell me what's up."
"Look, can you just leave me? We've had pretty stressful day and I am tired. I just saw Voldemort," Ron flinched, "at full power and I just need some time out. Just leave me alone right now." Harry tore the bed hangings around and sighed deeply.
"Sorry. I know how you're feeling at the moment, but that's no reason to take it out on me."
"No you don't know how I'm feeling. You don't have a clue. Just because you have nothing else to do you have to come and be the best friend everyone needs and help me out! I don't want to talk to you right now Ron! There are some things that best friends don't tell each other and I don't want to talk to you right now. Besides I have other friends apart from you! Hermione is just as much a best friend as you but I would rather go talk to her because she won't badger me! She will wait until I'm ready to talk to her! You have no tact Ron. None at all. Silencio!" Harry said and the room went blissfully quiet.
"Fine then!" Ron stormed over to his bed and yanked the hangings shut, ripping them off in the process. "Reparo," he muttered and lay there fuming.
IN HERMIONE'S ROOM
"Hey, can I come in?" Draco asked softly through the curtains.
"Yeah sure." Hermione pulled back the hangings and let him in. He sat on her bed and looked at her. She wasn't looking at him, instead at a piece of material in her hand.
"How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"Not bad. I'm just a bit shocked at the moment." She didn't tell him how she felt about Justin's death. She felt she should be sadder, but the truth was she couldn't even cry for him. This made her feel bad and cruel.
"Well, I think everyone's feeling that way at the moment." He moved beside her and took her in his arms. She leaned into his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him.
"Are you scared?" she whispered.
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Very." They sat holding each other, thinking their own thoughts until Ginny and Hilary came in and threw Draco out.
THE NEXT DAY
"Ok, that's it for today. I want you to keep going over those incantations in your head when you have time for a spare thought." Mrs Moody had just wrapped up their lesson.
"Oh, Draco, Harry, Hilary. I would like you to remain behind for a while." They stayed there and the others made their way out.
"Now, Dumbledore wants you to have some extra lessons. These will last for an hour or half an hour. They are relaxing lessons. When you are fighting Voldemort, I need you to keep cool and calm. Now first I need you to lie down on these matresses." She waved her wand and they appeared. "now, I'm going to place a relxing charm on you and I need you to stop thinking. Every five minutes I will take the charm off for 2 minutes, although I will not tell you. I need you to remain relaxed at these times. As we progress, the times without the charm will increase, and much later on I will not take the charm off for small periods of time, but place a stress charm on you. Ok, here we go. Empty your thoughts." She muttered a few words and a soft warm feeling flowed through each of them.
AT DINNER
"So, what did you guys do in there for half an hour?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, we have to do relaxing exercises." Draco answered.
Hilary was talking animatedly to Luna Lovegood and Harry was discussing quidditch moves with Ginny. Ron was eating but looked really out of it.
"Hey, Ron. Are you ok? You seem a bit down," Ginny commented.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired. I think I'll go lie down." He got up and walked out. Harry got up and followed him.
"Look Ron," Harry began.
"Just forget it. You were right. I can't take a hint. I see the looks you guys give me all the time because I'm slow."
"No Ron. Your not slow," Harry said.
"Yes I am Harry. And I know it! Just leave me alone. I have a headache."
"Ron! I didn't mean what I said yesterday. I was really angry and I said some things that shouldn't have come out."
"Yeah. You did say things that you didn't want to say because it would hurt me but you meant them Harry. I may be slow but I'm not stupid." He yanked the hangings shut around his bed. Harry stormed over and ripped them open.
"Look! I made a mistake but it isn't entirely my fault you know! You said yourself that you are slow and don't have tact, but everyone likes you that way. You just need to take the hint sometimes. I really didn't mean what I said yesterday and if I could take it all back, I would in an instance."
"I'm sure you would but unfortunately you don't have the power. I know you didn't want to talk to me yesterday but sometimes people feel better once they get things off their chest. I thought maybe you would feel better talking to me, but I guess Her-Mi-On-Ee is much nicer and better and means more to you than I do." He was shouting at Harry. Harry was standing there open mouthed.
"I would never ever say you were any less a friend to me than Hermione. You are more of a friend to me than her and always will be. What I said yesterday was a mistake, and best friends overlook mistakes. If we are as good friends as we think, then we should be able to get over a stupid exchange of words." Harry held out his hand.
"Friends again?"
"Yeah whatever." Ron mumbled but didn't take his hand.
"Ok then." He withdrew his hand and then went to his drawer.
"I didn't eat much because you stormed off, but I'm starving. I don't know about you but I need to eat." Harry dumped a large pile of lollies on the bed.
"Yeah I guess I'm a little peckish," Ron said and picked up a chocolate frog. The introduction of the lollies and the fact of Ron gaining the last wizard card to complete his collection put the quarrel out of their minds.
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Disclaimer: See chapter 1
~*~*~*~ Chapter 24: Quarrels ~*~*~*~
"Hey Harry, what did Dumbledore want to talk to you about?" Ron asked.
"Nothing really. Gees I'm starving. Let's go get dinner. It's been a long day." He seemed to have changed the object awfully fast. The six of them went to the Great Hall, ate, and then went back to their common rooms.
"What time are we meeting Mrs Moody tomorrow?" Ron asked no one in particular.
"At 8.30 when normal school starts. Don't you ever listen Ron?" Hermione snapped.
Ron rolled his eyes at Hilary.
"I saw that," Hermione mumbled.
"So, what are we going to do now? We have a couple of hours to do anything," Ginny said.
"Nah, I don't really feel like it. I think I'm going to bed," Harry said and walked to his room. He had a faraway look in his eyes.
"I'll go see what's up," Ron said and walked of behind him.
"So, anyone else?" Ginny tried again.
"Um, I'm actually a little tired myself," Hermione announced and put on a fake yawn. The truth was she wanted to be alone and collect her thoughts. It wasn't everyday after all that a classmate and teacher dies. Draco followed her.
"Ok. So, Hilary. Up for a game of gobstones?" Hilary and Ginny sat on the floor and played the wizard game late into the night.
MEANWHILE
"Hey mate. What's up?" Ron asked Harry.
"Nothing. I'm just tired," he replied and flounced on his bed.
"You don't have to keep anything from me you know," Ron said indignantly.
"Yeah I know but I want to sleep early tonight."
"No you don't. Something's wrong and I know it," Ron persisted.
"Nothing is wrong Ron." Harry said his temper slowly rising."
"I've been your best friend for seven years I think I would know if there was something wrong or not. Just spit it out. I am your best friend."
"I don't really feel like talking right now Ron. I'm really tired. Just go, please."
"I'll go when you tell me what's up."
"Look, can you just leave me? We've had pretty stressful day and I am tired. I just saw Voldemort," Ron flinched, "at full power and I just need some time out. Just leave me alone right now." Harry tore the bed hangings around and sighed deeply.
"Sorry. I know how you're feeling at the moment, but that's no reason to take it out on me."
"No you don't know how I'm feeling. You don't have a clue. Just because you have nothing else to do you have to come and be the best friend everyone needs and help me out! I don't want to talk to you right now Ron! There are some things that best friends don't tell each other and I don't want to talk to you right now. Besides I have other friends apart from you! Hermione is just as much a best friend as you but I would rather go talk to her because she won't badger me! She will wait until I'm ready to talk to her! You have no tact Ron. None at all. Silencio!" Harry said and the room went blissfully quiet.
"Fine then!" Ron stormed over to his bed and yanked the hangings shut, ripping them off in the process. "Reparo," he muttered and lay there fuming.
IN HERMIONE'S ROOM
"Hey, can I come in?" Draco asked softly through the curtains.
"Yeah sure." Hermione pulled back the hangings and let him in. He sat on her bed and looked at her. She wasn't looking at him, instead at a piece of material in her hand.
"How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"Not bad. I'm just a bit shocked at the moment." She didn't tell him how she felt about Justin's death. She felt she should be sadder, but the truth was she couldn't even cry for him. This made her feel bad and cruel.
"Well, I think everyone's feeling that way at the moment." He moved beside her and took her in his arms. She leaned into his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him.
"Are you scared?" she whispered.
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Very." They sat holding each other, thinking their own thoughts until Ginny and Hilary came in and threw Draco out.
THE NEXT DAY
"Ok, that's it for today. I want you to keep going over those incantations in your head when you have time for a spare thought." Mrs Moody had just wrapped up their lesson.
"Oh, Draco, Harry, Hilary. I would like you to remain behind for a while." They stayed there and the others made their way out.
"Now, Dumbledore wants you to have some extra lessons. These will last for an hour or half an hour. They are relaxing lessons. When you are fighting Voldemort, I need you to keep cool and calm. Now first I need you to lie down on these matresses." She waved her wand and they appeared. "now, I'm going to place a relxing charm on you and I need you to stop thinking. Every five minutes I will take the charm off for 2 minutes, although I will not tell you. I need you to remain relaxed at these times. As we progress, the times without the charm will increase, and much later on I will not take the charm off for small periods of time, but place a stress charm on you. Ok, here we go. Empty your thoughts." She muttered a few words and a soft warm feeling flowed through each of them.
AT DINNER
"So, what did you guys do in there for half an hour?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, we have to do relaxing exercises." Draco answered.
Hilary was talking animatedly to Luna Lovegood and Harry was discussing quidditch moves with Ginny. Ron was eating but looked really out of it.
"Hey, Ron. Are you ok? You seem a bit down," Ginny commented.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired. I think I'll go lie down." He got up and walked out. Harry got up and followed him.
"Look Ron," Harry began.
"Just forget it. You were right. I can't take a hint. I see the looks you guys give me all the time because I'm slow."
"No Ron. Your not slow," Harry said.
"Yes I am Harry. And I know it! Just leave me alone. I have a headache."
"Ron! I didn't mean what I said yesterday. I was really angry and I said some things that shouldn't have come out."
"Yeah. You did say things that you didn't want to say because it would hurt me but you meant them Harry. I may be slow but I'm not stupid." He yanked the hangings shut around his bed. Harry stormed over and ripped them open.
"Look! I made a mistake but it isn't entirely my fault you know! You said yourself that you are slow and don't have tact, but everyone likes you that way. You just need to take the hint sometimes. I really didn't mean what I said yesterday and if I could take it all back, I would in an instance."
"I'm sure you would but unfortunately you don't have the power. I know you didn't want to talk to me yesterday but sometimes people feel better once they get things off their chest. I thought maybe you would feel better talking to me, but I guess Her-Mi-On-Ee is much nicer and better and means more to you than I do." He was shouting at Harry. Harry was standing there open mouthed.
"I would never ever say you were any less a friend to me than Hermione. You are more of a friend to me than her and always will be. What I said yesterday was a mistake, and best friends overlook mistakes. If we are as good friends as we think, then we should be able to get over a stupid exchange of words." Harry held out his hand.
"Friends again?"
"Yeah whatever." Ron mumbled but didn't take his hand.
"Ok then." He withdrew his hand and then went to his drawer.
"I didn't eat much because you stormed off, but I'm starving. I don't know about you but I need to eat." Harry dumped a large pile of lollies on the bed.
"Yeah I guess I'm a little peckish," Ron said and picked up a chocolate frog. The introduction of the lollies and the fact of Ron gaining the last wizard card to complete his collection put the quarrel out of their minds.
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