Chapter 3 - Show me . . .
Harry walked nervously along side Cassidy, he didn't really know what to do, where should he show her? He had never realised it before but he didn't know the school well himself, there was always the room of requirement . . . But that was the thing on the back of his mind. The thing on the front of his mind was on the side of him! Cassidy walked along side him nervously, he kept throwing her looks . . . he couldn't help it, it was like nothing he had ever felt before . . . not even with Cho, this was love . . . then he remembered there was a thing called reality. Why would she go out with him? There is the problem she was in Slytherin, and also the problem that he had only known her for a few minutes . . .
"Harry?" came her voice into his head. He suddenly came back to reality and looked at her.
"Wha? Who? . . . sorry, huh?" He said, sounding puzzled and looking around.
She smiled and giggled, looking up at him, as she was just slightly smaller then him. "Where are you going to nshow me now?" she asked.
Harry could thing of one thing he wanted to show her . . . but he stopped himself and said; "The Owlery?" instead.
"The Owlery?" she asked, looking puzzled.
"Yeh . . ." Harry said, "it's where we keep our owls, we go up there whenever we want to send letters or something. You can meet my owl, Hedwig"
"Oh cool" she said with a shy smile. "I wanted an owl, but my parents said no, so I don't have anything" Harry looked at er sympathetically, "So where is the Owlery then?"
"The north tower" Harry said, gesturing to the staircase in front of them. "Let's go"
*~*~*
The door to the Owlery opened and they entered together. Cassidy looked around with her green eyes, she seemed fascinated with all the furry creatures that had suddenly began to hoot. She then looked a little nervous, Harry wondered if she had a phobia . . ."So, which is yours?" she asked.
Harry walked over to Hedwig, who was perched on a beam at his height. He put out his arm and she flew onto it, and fixed her gaze onto Cassidy. "Oh!" Cried Cassidy, moving forward to stroke her. "She's adorable!" she smiled and looked form the owl to Harry. He felt all warm and fuzzy, inside his mind he was thinking how good this was . . . just how he happened to meet a girl so suddenly. "What's her name?"
"Hedwig" Harry said, the owl went a little mental and started to flag her wings, Cassidy backed away. "she probably thinks I want something sending, c'mon Hedwig" he straightened his arm and she flew off, onto a higher perch and eyed the pair from her position.
"I wish I had an owl like that" Cassidy said eventually. Harry just looked at her.
"Maybe you will, sometime" he said.
They stayed silent for a while and looked at each other and then Cassidy looked away. "Where to now?"
Harry thought, maybe he could show her the Quidditch pitch, where he lived out his passion. "I guess, I could show you the pitch" he muttered.
"The pitch? Oh! - the Quidditch pitch?" she said, excitedly.
Harry nodded and then Cassidy did, so they made tier way out and down to the main hall.
*~*~*
Ginny and Luna walked along the corridor clutching their books. Since the start of the year, Ginny had started to hang around with Luna for some reason. "Have you decided what your going to do yet?" Ginny asked her friend, then came in closer to whisper. "About harry . . .?"
Luna shrugged, she hadn't thought, she didn't want to think about it . . . but she did, every minute of every day! "Maybe-" Ginny continued, "you could send him a letter. Like you were going to in the first place?" Ginny suggested.
"He'll think I'm so stupid" Luna sighed, she was being pushed into the wall with Ginny by the crowds.
"Well, at least then you won't have to face him . . . for a while" Ginny said.
Then suddenly they saw Harry himself, they were expecting him to be with Hemrione or Ron, but instead he was with this green eyed, raven haired girl they had never seen before. And he was looking at her, and smiling . . .Ginny knew what this meant, she only hoped Luna hadn't seen it.
Ginny turned to her friend, who's face was pale. Luna's eyes pierced Luna and Harry as they walked around the corner to the Great Hall. "Luna . . .?" Ginny asked, looking at her sadly, she knew Luna had not been herself lately and she knew why as well, but seeing Harry with someone else . . . "Luna!" she said again, "it might not be what it looks like . . ." but her words seemed to have no impression on her.
Luna looked down, and secretly, without wanting anyone to see, a tear rolled from her eye down her face and se began to cry.
Harry walked nervously along side Cassidy, he didn't really know what to do, where should he show her? He had never realised it before but he didn't know the school well himself, there was always the room of requirement . . . But that was the thing on the back of his mind. The thing on the front of his mind was on the side of him! Cassidy walked along side him nervously, he kept throwing her looks . . . he couldn't help it, it was like nothing he had ever felt before . . . not even with Cho, this was love . . . then he remembered there was a thing called reality. Why would she go out with him? There is the problem she was in Slytherin, and also the problem that he had only known her for a few minutes . . .
"Harry?" came her voice into his head. He suddenly came back to reality and looked at her.
"Wha? Who? . . . sorry, huh?" He said, sounding puzzled and looking around.
She smiled and giggled, looking up at him, as she was just slightly smaller then him. "Where are you going to nshow me now?" she asked.
Harry could thing of one thing he wanted to show her . . . but he stopped himself and said; "The Owlery?" instead.
"The Owlery?" she asked, looking puzzled.
"Yeh . . ." Harry said, "it's where we keep our owls, we go up there whenever we want to send letters or something. You can meet my owl, Hedwig"
"Oh cool" she said with a shy smile. "I wanted an owl, but my parents said no, so I don't have anything" Harry looked at er sympathetically, "So where is the Owlery then?"
"The north tower" Harry said, gesturing to the staircase in front of them. "Let's go"
*~*~*
The door to the Owlery opened and they entered together. Cassidy looked around with her green eyes, she seemed fascinated with all the furry creatures that had suddenly began to hoot. She then looked a little nervous, Harry wondered if she had a phobia . . ."So, which is yours?" she asked.
Harry walked over to Hedwig, who was perched on a beam at his height. He put out his arm and she flew onto it, and fixed her gaze onto Cassidy. "Oh!" Cried Cassidy, moving forward to stroke her. "She's adorable!" she smiled and looked form the owl to Harry. He felt all warm and fuzzy, inside his mind he was thinking how good this was . . . just how he happened to meet a girl so suddenly. "What's her name?"
"Hedwig" Harry said, the owl went a little mental and started to flag her wings, Cassidy backed away. "she probably thinks I want something sending, c'mon Hedwig" he straightened his arm and she flew off, onto a higher perch and eyed the pair from her position.
"I wish I had an owl like that" Cassidy said eventually. Harry just looked at her.
"Maybe you will, sometime" he said.
They stayed silent for a while and looked at each other and then Cassidy looked away. "Where to now?"
Harry thought, maybe he could show her the Quidditch pitch, where he lived out his passion. "I guess, I could show you the pitch" he muttered.
"The pitch? Oh! - the Quidditch pitch?" she said, excitedly.
Harry nodded and then Cassidy did, so they made tier way out and down to the main hall.
*~*~*
Ginny and Luna walked along the corridor clutching their books. Since the start of the year, Ginny had started to hang around with Luna for some reason. "Have you decided what your going to do yet?" Ginny asked her friend, then came in closer to whisper. "About harry . . .?"
Luna shrugged, she hadn't thought, she didn't want to think about it . . . but she did, every minute of every day! "Maybe-" Ginny continued, "you could send him a letter. Like you were going to in the first place?" Ginny suggested.
"He'll think I'm so stupid" Luna sighed, she was being pushed into the wall with Ginny by the crowds.
"Well, at least then you won't have to face him . . . for a while" Ginny said.
Then suddenly they saw Harry himself, they were expecting him to be with Hemrione or Ron, but instead he was with this green eyed, raven haired girl they had never seen before. And he was looking at her, and smiling . . .Ginny knew what this meant, she only hoped Luna hadn't seen it.
Ginny turned to her friend, who's face was pale. Luna's eyes pierced Luna and Harry as they walked around the corner to the Great Hall. "Luna . . .?" Ginny asked, looking at her sadly, she knew Luna had not been herself lately and she knew why as well, but seeing Harry with someone else . . . "Luna!" she said again, "it might not be what it looks like . . ." but her words seemed to have no impression on her.
Luna looked down, and secretly, without wanting anyone to see, a tear rolled from her eye down her face and se began to cry.