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Chapter 13
The next few days Natalie received strange looks from everyone that she passed. She turned to Hermione and was about to ask her about it when she ran into someone she didn't know.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" Natalie said politely as she bent down to help pick up the boy's books.
"Think you're better than us, do you?" He said coldly snatching the books away from her and storming off.
"What was that all about?" Ron asked approaching from behind, who had been watching from back there.
"He's not the only one who has been acting this way. Loads of people have. Give me strange looks and all." Natalie answered picking her own books up from the floor.
As they entered the Great Hall, Natalie's friends soon knew what she was talking about. People she passed huddled next to their neighbor to whisper something, though their eyes were still transfixed on Natalie.
She heard bits and pieces of their whisperings.
"-loads of it in Gringotts-"
"-more than Malfoy-"
"-from her mother-"
Natalie took a seat in between Hermione and Ginny, put her elbows on the table and rested her chin in her hands.
"How could they know?" Natalie asked them.
"Know what?" Ron said shoving some eggs into his mouth.
"About my…well…'inheritance'…" Natalie answered quietly.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked looking up from his plate. "You only told us, they couldn't have found out…unless…"
Everyone seemed to know what Harry was talking about.
"Have any of you told anybody?!" Natalie asked in a loud whisper to them.
All of them answered, "NO!" except for Ron, who sat their quietly eating his food.
"Ron?" Hermione asked tensely.
"What?" He asked trying to act surprised that she had asked him, though he wasn't doing a very good job of it.
They were all staring at Ron waiting for him to say something. Finally, he did.
"Well…I might have told Neville." He said quietly.
"Neville?!" They all said in unison.
"Yeah…" Ron answered as he poked his bacon. "And Neville may have told Seamus and…"
There were a few groans but Ron continued on.
"…Seamus may have told Dean, and Dean may have told Lee and…"
"WE GET IT!" Harry said loudly. "In other words you spilled although you said you wouldn't."
They all ate in silence for the rest of breakfast.
"Hey look who it is…" Ginny said glumly looking behind Natalie.
Natalie didn't care who it was she just knew she was really tired all of the sudden. She let out a huge yawn and threw out her arms to stretch. She felt something hard collide with her fist.
She quickly pulled back her arm and turned around to see a shocked Malfoy. He was holding his nose which was bleeding profusely.
"Oh no!" Natalie said jumping up from her seat to go to Malfoy. "We have to get to the hospital wing!"
They all watched as Natalie and Malfoy exited the Hall. Harry had a rather sour look on his face but continued to eat anyway.
Ron was laughing but Hermione was looking as worried as Natalie was.
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Harry seemed very tense all day and didn't speak much. Neither Natalie nor Malfoy showed up to any classes.
Around midnight, Harry, Hermione and Ron were all sitting by the fire doing homework, and Natalie came in through the portrait hole.
They all turned to her and watched her take a seat next to Hermione.
"Is he ok?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. He got out of the hospital wing about an hour ago." She answered.
"Madame Pomfrey can heal broken noses in a second. What took so long? And if he got out of the wing an hour ago why are you just now getting here?" Harry asked harshly continuing to look at his book.
Natalie glared at Harry for a few minutes then stood up and walked quickly up the stairs and slammed the dormitory door behind her.
"What was that supposed to mean?" Hermione asked rounding on Harry.
"I think that her and Malfoy were having a great time up there in the hospital wing." Harry said even harsher.
"You little shit." Hermione said quietly then got up and went up to bed, too.
Harry slammed his books shut and began to stuff them messily into his bag. Ron was still amazed at what Hermione had said, ("Did she actually curse? Did she? Ha!").
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Harry couldn't sleep that night. For some reason, the thought of Malfoy and Natalie spending the whole day together made his feel sick on his stomach.
A/N: Hey guys!! Sorry this is a really short chapter but I had to get something started for the next chapter ya know? Ok! The next one will be longer! Yay! Band camp over! Woo hoo! But school starts in a week! Ugh! Oh well…Please review!! PLEASE!! Thanks so much man I missed all you peoples the past two weeks!