The rest of the game was uneventful, and they soon went off to bed. The
next day everyone slept in. It was a Sunday and no-one had any homework as
it was the beginning of term. They ate a long, leisurely, full English
breakfast and went back up to the common room to relax. By this time it was
11 o'clock. Now came the moment Harry had been both dreading and wanting.
Ron tapped Harry on the shoulder.
'I think we need to talk.'
'Yeah, I suppose we do.'
Ron led Harry into a small, empty classroom close to the Gryffindor tower.
'We're more than friends, aren't we? There's something there,' said Ron.
'I know,' said Harry, 'I've felt this way for some time.'
'What way?'
'Ron, I.,.'
Suddenly, Hermione burst into the room.
'Quick, you guys have *got* to see this!'
'What?' they asked in unison.
'No time to explain, come on!'
They raced back into the common rooom (yes rooom). In the middle of the room were Fred and George. They were selling what seemed to be some form of truth serum.
'So,' Fred was saying, 'If you give this to a person, we guarantee that the next thing they say will be true.'
'It only works once,' said George, 'So be careful.'
They were immediately swamped with offers from the surrounding crowd, including Harry. Hermione pulled him back, reprimanding him thoroughly.
'Honestly Harry, I'd have thought *you'd* have a little more sense [ever hopeful]. This is highly dangerous. They've gone too far this time. And I can't do anything about it!'
Ron and Harry couldn't think of anything to say to this, so they remained silent. Hermione stormed off, muttering. By this time the crowd had died down. Ron looked at his watch and realised it was lunchtime. They didn't get another chance to talk that day. In the afternoon Harry had quidditch practice, and after that was supper, and.,. you know. They didn't finish they're conversation.
*****
The next day they started lessons. They had double potions first, to their disgust.
[At this point, I really think I should tell you something that happened the previous night.]
Sunday night, Snape's place.
Lucius Malfoy is going through the post.
'Bill, Bill, last notice, Bill, Bill,' he muttered, 'Severus! You've got to stop Bill from writing to you every five minutes. I'm going to start thinking it's not really over between you two.'
He didn't mean this, of course. He knew that Bill had just been a stupid.,. ness [cough], and that Severus had been hurt far too badly to ever take him back.
'Ooh, your wizard's weekly mag. has come through.
Upon hearing this, Snape bounded down the stairs.
'What's the free gift? What's the free gift?' he called out excitedly.
' "Read minds for a day"' Lucius recited, ' "Drink this potion and you will be able to read the mind of whover you look at for 24 hours" Hmm. Sounds interesting.'
'Wow!' Snape enthused, and glugged it down, right there and then.
Ron tapped Harry on the shoulder.
'I think we need to talk.'
'Yeah, I suppose we do.'
Ron led Harry into a small, empty classroom close to the Gryffindor tower.
'We're more than friends, aren't we? There's something there,' said Ron.
'I know,' said Harry, 'I've felt this way for some time.'
'What way?'
'Ron, I.,.'
Suddenly, Hermione burst into the room.
'Quick, you guys have *got* to see this!'
'What?' they asked in unison.
'No time to explain, come on!'
They raced back into the common rooom (yes rooom). In the middle of the room were Fred and George. They were selling what seemed to be some form of truth serum.
'So,' Fred was saying, 'If you give this to a person, we guarantee that the next thing they say will be true.'
'It only works once,' said George, 'So be careful.'
They were immediately swamped with offers from the surrounding crowd, including Harry. Hermione pulled him back, reprimanding him thoroughly.
'Honestly Harry, I'd have thought *you'd* have a little more sense [ever hopeful]. This is highly dangerous. They've gone too far this time. And I can't do anything about it!'
Ron and Harry couldn't think of anything to say to this, so they remained silent. Hermione stormed off, muttering. By this time the crowd had died down. Ron looked at his watch and realised it was lunchtime. They didn't get another chance to talk that day. In the afternoon Harry had quidditch practice, and after that was supper, and.,. you know. They didn't finish they're conversation.
*****
The next day they started lessons. They had double potions first, to their disgust.
[At this point, I really think I should tell you something that happened the previous night.]
Sunday night, Snape's place.
Lucius Malfoy is going through the post.
'Bill, Bill, last notice, Bill, Bill,' he muttered, 'Severus! You've got to stop Bill from writing to you every five minutes. I'm going to start thinking it's not really over between you two.'
He didn't mean this, of course. He knew that Bill had just been a stupid.,. ness [cough], and that Severus had been hurt far too badly to ever take him back.
'Ooh, your wizard's weekly mag. has come through.
Upon hearing this, Snape bounded down the stairs.
'What's the free gift? What's the free gift?' he called out excitedly.
' "Read minds for a day"' Lucius recited, ' "Drink this potion and you will be able to read the mind of whover you look at for 24 hours" Hmm. Sounds interesting.'
'Wow!' Snape enthused, and glugged it down, right there and then.