Disclaimer: You all know I'm not our dear JK Rowling, so therefore none of the characters (such as Harry, Ginny etc…) does not belong to me, how much I'd like to. Also, for the record, I am no expert on Hagrid's accent. So don't sue me for my sometimes maybe pathetic tries. I really need to talk to JK about it some day…
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As the four of them finished their plates of rice pudding and toast, Harry quickly gathered his belongings from the table and got up. He waved to Hermione, Ron and Ginny as he made his way out of the Great Hall, shouting that he'd be at Hagrid's if they needed him. He couldn't get to Hagrid's soon enough.
"Hagrid! Open up!" Harry called impatiently as he knocked on the door to Hagrid's hut. He smiled up at his half giant friend as the man opened the door. Hagrid smiled back and stepped aside to let Harry in.
"How yer been?" Hagrid asked as he shut the door to the hut.
"Fine", Harry replied. Fang, Hagrid's boarhound, came barking up to Harry, wiggling his tail, his tongue sticking out of his mouth. Harry scratched the big dog and sat down at Hagrid's tarnished table. Fang immediately came and put his drooling head in Harry's lap.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Harry asked.
"Jus' checkin' ter see tha' yer all right", Hagrid replied. Harry felt loved by this simple comment from his friend. "D'yer have somthin' ter tell me?" Hagrid then asked.
"Not so much but to ask you something", Harry said. He looked at his big friend. Hagrid nodded.
"Go on."
"Well, I had this dream. A weird dream. I haven't said anything to either Ron or Hermione about it. I know they would only wave it away, so I came to you. I don't know what to make of the dream. It's so…" Harry looked for words. "Confusing", he decided. Hagrid just looked at Harry to keep him talking. "I got this letter from Cho Chang yesterday", Harry told Hagrid. "And she told me that she had made a mistake by agreeing to being friends. But I don't know… I mean, I liked her a lot before, but I'm not sure that I still do. And then I had this dream last night. Sirius was in it. He told me I needed to follow my heart and trust it. But I don't know what my heart wants and… I'm lost", Harry finished, looking at Hagrid.
"Could it be tha' yer might have someone els' in min'?" he asked Harry with raised eyebrows. Harry frowned. Could there be someone he fancied? A memory of a girl came popping in his mind. She was laughing and looked like she was having the best time of her life. And yet she was only standing on a field with a piece of rope and a stick.
Hagrid seemed to have picked up that Harry indeed had someone else in mind, and smiled as Harry got this stupid grin on his face. Now even Harry knew what to do.
Harry's memory faded, only to be replaced by another. It was still the same girl, but this time she was sad. Another memory showed her being afraid. Excited. They all faded slowly, leaving Harry with the clear insight in who he really wanted. Who he wanted to fill the hole Sirius had left in his heart. Who already had.
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Author's note: I am so sorry this turned out to be such a short chapter. But I wanted to leave you with a small cliffhanger. Want to make you sweat. XD No, joking aside. I just got this 'spur of the moment'-thing and went ahead and wrote the next chapter. And I just couldn't start writing it here, now could I?
Thank you so much, Katrin (weasley74). All your support and ideas really keep me going. Just hope that one day I'll be as good as you on fluff. ^_^ But with Harry and Ginny, of course.
And maria, I will only make this an H/G-story. Don't think anything else! ~_^ Guess I kinda gave myself away there, huh?
