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Chapter 7
Natalie woke with a start, breathing heavily. She had cold sweat on her face and on her back. She listened and heard that everyone else was still fast asleep.
She looked at the clock. 5:42. She grumbled and rolled over, trying to go back to sleep. But she couldn't. She felt as if it was the last thing she could do. Why am I sweating like this? She asked herself.
Once she decided there was nothing she could do, she got up, got in the shower, and straightened her hair….this time with magic that gave it the same look in like 2 seconds.
She looked at the clock again which now said 6:12. She pulled on her robes, grabbed a quill and some parchment and went down to the common room.
She reached the bottom of the stairs and looked around. The common room was completely empty except for one person. He had his arms folded on the table in front of him and was resting his head on his arms.
Natalie walked quietly forward.
"Harry?" She asked quietly.
The boy didn't move so she said again, only a bit louder, "Harry?"
This time Harry moved. He slowly raised his head and rubbed his eyes with his fists. He looked around for the person who woke him and finally saw Natalie.
"What?" He asked sleepily.
"What are you doing out here?" She asked. "I mean…why aren't you asleep in your dormitory?"
"I don't know…I guess I just fell asleep out here." He said annoyed.
"Oh…ok…are you mad at me or something?" She asked taking a seat next to him. She remembered when he wouldn't talk to her when she had been chosen to be in Gryffindor.
He sighed. "No. I'm not." He looked at Natalie who was smiling slightly.
"Ok, well that's good because I got kind of worried." She said.
"Sorry. Well what are you doing up so early?" Harry asked as if he just now noticed she was next to him.
"Couldn't sleep." She answered simply. "So I came down here to write my mom."
"Oh, I see…what time is it anyways?" He asked still very sleepily.
Natalie looked at her watch. "6:36." She answered.
"Ok. Well, I'm gonna go take a shower but I'll see you at breakfast." He said scooting his chair back and standing up.
"Alright." Natalie said unrolling her parchment.
Dear Mom, she began, Hogwarts is wonderful! I've already made some friends and they are great! Do you remember the girl I met at the airport? Hermione? Well she goes here! We are best friends!
She tapped her chin thoughtfully.
I haven't started classes yet but I will today. I will write you about how they are, too! Oh! And there is supposed to be some sort of special announcement tonight at dinner! I'll write you and tell you wheat it is afterwards! I can't wait to find out! Well I'm going to go for now. Love you! -Natalie
P.S. Oh, and
"Should I tell her just yet?" She thought to herself. "Nah."
She scratched out the P.S. and sealed up the letter. Then she realized something. She didn't know where the owlrey was!
"I'll just wait till after lunch to send it. Hermione can show me then." She said to herself.
She looked at her watch once again which now said 7:12. People were beginning to wake up because she could hear them walking around their dormitories.
She made her way up the steps and opened the door to her dorm and saw that Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati had already woken up and were getting dressed and combing their hair.
"Hello." She said happily. She was beginning to get bored by herself.
"Hello." They replied sleepily.
"Why were you up so early? You woke me up." Lavender said now putting on some eye shadow.
"Oh I'm sorry!" She said earnestly. "I just couldn't sleep, so I just got ready."
"Oh that's ok! It's your first ever lesson here today isn't it?" Parvati asked.
"Yeah." She said nervously. "Um…when do you find out what classes you have?"
"They give you your schedule at breakfast and then let you come get the books you need.
"Ok, thanks." She answered looking at Hermione. She had a triumphant look on her face and wasn't speaking. She went up to speak to Hermione but Hermione spoke before Natalie could open her mouth.
"I'm starving! Are you?" She asked happily.
Natalie nodded.
"Ok! Let's go get some breakfast!" She said taking Natalie's arm and leading her out of the dormitory.
"Look, I have to tell you something." Hermione said as they climbed out of the portrait hole and made their way to the Great Hall.
"Last night, um…me, Harry, and Ron went on a walk around the lake-"
Natalie listened intently. She really hoped that she wasn't going to say that she told Harry and Ron what she had told Hermione.
"-and Harry got upset at me because I didn't tell him why you wanted to stay in your dorm and he left and well…me and Ron-"
"Your KIDDING!" Natalie squealed loudly making some of the portraits jump.
Hermione laughed nervously.
"Aww! I knew he liked you! That's so sweet!" She said happily.
"So that doesn't like…make me…a…whore?" She asked dropping her voice to a whisper when she said the last word.
"Of course not! Are you guys going out? Like boyfriend/girlfriend?" Natalie asked with a huge smile on her face.
"Well..um..see…we haven't actually talked since. I think it was just something he did on accident. I don't even know he really likes me that way." Hermione said sadly.
"Well how long did it last? Was it quick and simple or…enjoyable?" She asked quietly.
"It was defiantly enjoyable!" Hermione laughed. "But he's a guy! What if he just like…used me to practice?"
"Oh come on! You think of the craziest things! You liked it; He liked it; there's definitely something going on." Natalie said flatly.
"You really think so?" Hermione asked with a smile on her face as they entered the Great Hall.
Harry and Ron were already eating breakfast and both looked kind of uncomfortable to see the two girls.
Hermione and Natalie sat down and began to fix their plates. No one said a word.
Natalie tried her best to suppress a laugh. Awkward silences always made her laugh.
"HELLO!" Fred screamed in Natalie's ear.
"HOLY SHIT!" Natalie screamed loudly but luckily, only a few people heard and didn't seem to care.
Harry and Ron began laughing uncontrollably at Natalie's outburst and Hermione said, "Natalie!"
Natalie was glaring at Fred who had taken a seat next to her and then she began to laugh, too.
"That wasn't funny!" She said still laughing.
Her outburst had changed Harry and Ron's moods.
Ron and Hermione were now deep in conversation, both slightly red in the face.
Then Harry turned to Natalie.
"Listen, I'm sorry I was rude to you this morning."
"That's Ok." She said slightly absentmindedly. Look at those blue eyes! She thought. You are so hot I just wanna…
"So are you excited about classes?" He asked breaking her thoughts.
"Oh! Not really." She laughed.
"Yeah I didn't expect you to be." He laughed with her.
There was a rustle of wings above and Natalie looked up.
"Schedules!" Yelled a boy named Dean Thomas.
An owl dropped a piece of parchment into Natalie's lap. She opened it and began to compare it to Harry's.
"We have almost every class together!" He exclaimed. "I'm not taking Muggle Studies."
"You are?!" Screeched Hermione.
"No, I'm not. Natalie is." He answered.
"Great! So am I!" She said very happily.
They got up and made their way to their dormitory's to get their books.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews!! They were great! Oh, and about the spacing in the first chapter…that was SO not my doing! I spaced the first chapter just like the rest but when I posted it, it went all gay. But anyways…PLEASE REVIEW! THEY MAKE MY DAY!.......seriously……