Chapter 14 The apple never falls far from the tree
The Gryffindor Tower and the rest of the houses seemed very silent through out the winter. Especially when it came around Christmas vacation. Everyone seemed to be clearing out of the castle. Harry hated Christmas time. It was the time of year he was only reminded that he was completely alone in the world with no one to turn to.
Ron had trouble packing his trunk so he could go visit his older brother Charley in Romania. Dean and him had gotten into a bitter fight earlier that day and Ron ended up saying a spell that made Deans hair stick up on end. Dean obviously angry through out the entire day snuck his way into Ron's Dormitory room and placed a jinx on Ron's trunk.
The next day while Harry was walking back from the great hall after eating breakfast he saw Dean crouched against the door peaking in through the crack with a large grin playing on his face. Harry walked over and joined him. Ron was pulling pieces of clothing out from the drawers of the dresser beside his bed. He hummed as he waltzed over to his trunk and opened it. He sat on his legs as he bent down to the floor and placed his clothes beside him. And with the first shirt he went to place in the trunk, the top slammed down on his arms and snarled loudly and started hopping on its flat bottom surface.
Ron began to scream loudly, like the deadening sheer scream of a terrified girl. His face was the most hilarious thing Harry had laid his eyes on. Him and Dean laughed softly at first but soon lost their control and began to get hysterical. Deans electric black hair swayed from side to side as he laughed, always ending up pointing straight up each time.
"That was genius!" Harry complimented Dean as he proudly shook hands with him when they reached the common room floor. Hermione came rushing up to them with a worried look on her face.
"Was that Ron I heard screaming?" she asked Harry. Harry nodded as a full blown laugh escaped his lips once more. Dean could hardly contain his own laughter as he bent over holding his stomach.
"Oh! You should have seen it! The way his eyes popped out of that ball shaped head of his." Dean said as Hermione stared at him with venom in her eyes. Her hands lingering firmly on her hips disapprovingly.
"Your vile Dean!" she groaned as she rolled her eyes and walked up to the boys dormitory.
"Oh come on Hermione! It's just innocent fun." Harry called out to her. But she continued o walk up the stairs to help Ron.
"She's always been such a boring plain person. Never lets a guy have some fun." Dean complained as he fell limply onto the sofa.
Harry sat next to him and nodded his head, realizing how up tight Hermione always was. She always confused fun with wrong doing and intentionally hurting someone when its all just fun. Not to mention she was treating Ron as if she were his mother lately, waiting for his every call and doing anything and everything he asked. She wasn't the same Hermione, she seemed so indulged with Ron that even Ron was avoiding her. Which was rather ironic since Ron was the one that was so hopelessly in love with Hermione in the first place.
"So Harry are you going to continue with those classes in Hogsmeade over Christmas break?" Alicia asked as she pulled her trunk behind her towards the train. Hagrid grabbed it from her and set it inside as she tried to raise it up to him. She turned back to Harry and looked at him from head to toe, "It's really helping your physique. Seems to me that you've gained a lot of that muscle you lost over the summer."
"Yeah of course." Harry replied, rather happily. He was actually beginning to like the defense classes since he started to get the hang of it. He wasn't terrified of his partner anymore either, which was a definite giant leap.
"Well then, good luck and have a nice Christmas Harry. See you in January." Alicia said in farewell as she boarded the train.
Harry saluted her playfully and walked to the other end of the train. Ron and Hermione were bickering over something as Ron tugged at his luggage and Hermione tugged back.
"Let me take care of it Ron! Your arms hurt to much." she begged angrily as she tugged his luggage in her direction.
"LAY OFF HERMIONE!! I'm a big boy!" he snapped at her. She snarled and shoved it towards him and boarded the train with a huff.
Harry walked towards Ron as he saw him being to fall backwards from the weight of his luggage. He grabbed the other side and pulled it back up to its upright position, and beckoned Hagrid over. Ron sighed and wiped the swaet of his forehead.
"Bloody hell, I never knew having a girl friend would be such a handful ." Ron complained sadly as he stepped onto the train.
"Yeah well, your with Hermione, so that means you have two handfuls, not just one." Harry chuckled slightly as he watched Hermione pass by on the train hall and glare at him evilly.
"Ah yeah right. have a nice Christmas mate." he told Harry as the train horn tooted loudly.
Harry smiled at him and shook his hand firmly in his own, "I wish the same for you Ron. See you in January."
Ron waved out the window with Hermione as the train took off with Luna in the window next to them. Hagrid stood at Harry's side and laid a heavy hand on his shoulder that just about weighed him down to the ground.
"Let's get back to Hogwarts now Harry." he said as he turned them both down to the path where hagird's boat was.
Harry sighed and realized how lonely his Christmas holiday was going to be.
The Gryffindor Tower and the rest of the houses seemed very silent through out the winter. Especially when it came around Christmas vacation. Everyone seemed to be clearing out of the castle. Harry hated Christmas time. It was the time of year he was only reminded that he was completely alone in the world with no one to turn to.
Ron had trouble packing his trunk so he could go visit his older brother Charley in Romania. Dean and him had gotten into a bitter fight earlier that day and Ron ended up saying a spell that made Deans hair stick up on end. Dean obviously angry through out the entire day snuck his way into Ron's Dormitory room and placed a jinx on Ron's trunk.
The next day while Harry was walking back from the great hall after eating breakfast he saw Dean crouched against the door peaking in through the crack with a large grin playing on his face. Harry walked over and joined him. Ron was pulling pieces of clothing out from the drawers of the dresser beside his bed. He hummed as he waltzed over to his trunk and opened it. He sat on his legs as he bent down to the floor and placed his clothes beside him. And with the first shirt he went to place in the trunk, the top slammed down on his arms and snarled loudly and started hopping on its flat bottom surface.
Ron began to scream loudly, like the deadening sheer scream of a terrified girl. His face was the most hilarious thing Harry had laid his eyes on. Him and Dean laughed softly at first but soon lost their control and began to get hysterical. Deans electric black hair swayed from side to side as he laughed, always ending up pointing straight up each time.
"That was genius!" Harry complimented Dean as he proudly shook hands with him when they reached the common room floor. Hermione came rushing up to them with a worried look on her face.
"Was that Ron I heard screaming?" she asked Harry. Harry nodded as a full blown laugh escaped his lips once more. Dean could hardly contain his own laughter as he bent over holding his stomach.
"Oh! You should have seen it! The way his eyes popped out of that ball shaped head of his." Dean said as Hermione stared at him with venom in her eyes. Her hands lingering firmly on her hips disapprovingly.
"Your vile Dean!" she groaned as she rolled her eyes and walked up to the boys dormitory.
"Oh come on Hermione! It's just innocent fun." Harry called out to her. But she continued o walk up the stairs to help Ron.
"She's always been such a boring plain person. Never lets a guy have some fun." Dean complained as he fell limply onto the sofa.
Harry sat next to him and nodded his head, realizing how up tight Hermione always was. She always confused fun with wrong doing and intentionally hurting someone when its all just fun. Not to mention she was treating Ron as if she were his mother lately, waiting for his every call and doing anything and everything he asked. She wasn't the same Hermione, she seemed so indulged with Ron that even Ron was avoiding her. Which was rather ironic since Ron was the one that was so hopelessly in love with Hermione in the first place.
"So Harry are you going to continue with those classes in Hogsmeade over Christmas break?" Alicia asked as she pulled her trunk behind her towards the train. Hagrid grabbed it from her and set it inside as she tried to raise it up to him. She turned back to Harry and looked at him from head to toe, "It's really helping your physique. Seems to me that you've gained a lot of that muscle you lost over the summer."
"Yeah of course." Harry replied, rather happily. He was actually beginning to like the defense classes since he started to get the hang of it. He wasn't terrified of his partner anymore either, which was a definite giant leap.
"Well then, good luck and have a nice Christmas Harry. See you in January." Alicia said in farewell as she boarded the train.
Harry saluted her playfully and walked to the other end of the train. Ron and Hermione were bickering over something as Ron tugged at his luggage and Hermione tugged back.
"Let me take care of it Ron! Your arms hurt to much." she begged angrily as she tugged his luggage in her direction.
"LAY OFF HERMIONE!! I'm a big boy!" he snapped at her. She snarled and shoved it towards him and boarded the train with a huff.
Harry walked towards Ron as he saw him being to fall backwards from the weight of his luggage. He grabbed the other side and pulled it back up to its upright position, and beckoned Hagrid over. Ron sighed and wiped the swaet of his forehead.
"Bloody hell, I never knew having a girl friend would be such a handful ." Ron complained sadly as he stepped onto the train.
"Yeah well, your with Hermione, so that means you have two handfuls, not just one." Harry chuckled slightly as he watched Hermione pass by on the train hall and glare at him evilly.
"Ah yeah right. have a nice Christmas mate." he told Harry as the train horn tooted loudly.
Harry smiled at him and shook his hand firmly in his own, "I wish the same for you Ron. See you in January."
Ron waved out the window with Hermione as the train took off with Luna in the window next to them. Hagrid stood at Harry's side and laid a heavy hand on his shoulder that just about weighed him down to the ground.
"Let's get back to Hogwarts now Harry." he said as he turned them both down to the path where hagird's boat was.
Harry sighed and realized how lonely his Christmas holiday was going to be.