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A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! BTW, if you guys want to read another one of my stories, read "Prophecy" It's a L/J fic that I'm a bit proud of… Or, you could read "Groundhog Day" It's a James and "Lily" fic. Anywho, I hope you like this chapter!
The Monday after Harry and Elizabeth's first date, Harry walked into the office to find Lexi, sitting with her legs propped up on his desk as she twirled her hair.
"Cheers," Lexi said as she leaned forward and propped her head on the desk. She seemed slightly rumpled today, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, jeans, and trainers with her hair in rumpled ponytail.
"Cheers?" Harry asked in a monotone voice as he slammed his briefcase on the desk and stared straight into her piercing, blue eyes.
"Yes, cheers," Lexi said with a raised eyebrow.
"After what you did, all you have say to me is 'cheers'?" Harry asked, trying to stay calm.
"What do you want me to say?" Lexi asked with an evil glint in her eyes.
"How about a 'I'm sorry for overreacting' or a 'I hope I didn't ruin your date' or a 'I'm an evil bitch and I can't control it'?" Harry asked, his voice dripping with exasperation. His infamous temper that had been dormant since the end of Voldemort was quickly rising.
"What about you?" Lexi asked, her voice shaking with anger. Harry looked at her with his face wrinkled in annoyance.
"What about me?" Harry snapped at her.
"You betrayed my trust!" Lexi shrieked. Harry rubbed his face with his hands in annoyance.
"I thought Hermione had the right to know why you were a crap friend," Harry said with a knowing smirk. This only seemed to upset Lexi further.
"You know, every time I start to think you might not be an ass, you turn around and prove me wrong. Maybe, I should go tell your precious Elizabeth all about your past, how would you like that?" Lexi said, adding an un-readable emphasis on the name Elizabeth. Harry looked at her, his eyes flashing.
"You w-wouldn't dare," Harry said threateningly.
"Would I?" Lexi asked nonchalantly.
"I think you should stay out of my private life from now on. I thought we could try to be friends, but I don't even know why I bothered. I don't want to see you outside of work," Harry said spitefully, eyes flashing.
"Harry—" Lexi began in a reasoning voice.
"You heard me, stay out. And you know what? Get out of my face. Take the day off. Go try and find the soul that you obviously sold to the devil," Harry said as he turned to the stack of papers in his inbox. Lexi looked at him for a second in disbelief and then stood up, turned on her heel, and walked out of the room.
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"Harry, don't you think you overreacted a bit?" Hermione asked over lunch of sandwiches at their favorite pub later that day. Harry buried his face in his hands and sighed.
"I think she went too far," Harry said in exasperation as he took a sip of his drink. He didn't know if it was the stress from earlier, but he was particularly exhausted.
"Harry, don't you see, she's jealous!" Hermione said in annoyance. Today was her first day back at work after her father's death.
"What would she have to be jealous of?" Harry asked curiously.
"Don't you see? The two of you are in love!" Hermione blurted out knowingly. Harry beat his head on the table.
"You're—in—sane," Harry said, between each time he would knock his head on the table.
"Insane? Or brilliant?" Hermione asked in her most knowing voice.
"In—sane," Harry confirmed, still beating his head on the table.
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Harry was getting ready to order in pizza when he heard a knock on his door. Odd, he thought to himself. No one ever came except for Hermione and occasionally Fred, George, and Neville, but they always apparated right in. So, Harry walked out of the kitchen and opened the door.
"Hey," Elizabeth said with a smile. She was holding a bag of groceries. She was wearing a pair of boot cut jeans, a dark red, v-necked, fitted sweater, and a pair of trainers. Her light brown hair was in a high ponytail with short tendrils falling out and framing her face. Harry hands suddenly felt very self-conscious of where his hands were.
"Hi—What's up?" Harry asked as he took the groceries from her. She smiled at him. He smiled back.
"I feel like such an idiot," She said with a giggle. "I didn't want to wait until the weekend to see you, so I decided to come make dinner. I hope I'm not imposing," Elizabeth said with her face red.
"N-no not a-at all," Harry stuttered. Elizabeth smiled. "C-come in." Elizabeth stepped past Harry and into the living room and looked around.
"Nice apartment," She said with a smile.
"Sorry, it's a bit messy, I didn't know you were coming. I-I would've," Harry started to say, his throat suddenly feeling very dry.
"It's nothing. It's quite clean," She said. "So, where's the kitchen?" Harry pointed to the kitchen and she walked in that direction. He followed with the bag of groceries.
"I was planning on cooking grilled chicken and vegetables. Is that ok with you?" Elizabeth asked as she rummaged around in the cabinets for a pan.
"Sure, sounds great. The pan is in that cabinet," Harry said pointing to one of the doors.
"You don't cook very often, do you?" Elizabeth asked with a smile when she found the pan.
"I'm not very good at it, why?" Harry asked curiously.
"Well, there's dust on the pan," Elizabeth said with a giggle.
"The only person who ever cooks around here is Hermione," Harry said with a sigh. "Do you need any help?"
About an hour later, Harry and Elizabeth were sitting on the couch, plates in their laps, eating. Harry had his arm around her shoulder and she was leaning into his chest. It was amazing how comfortable they felt with each other.
"This is great," Harry said between bites of food.
"I noticed," Elizabeth said, gesturing to his almost empty plate. "Did you eat at all today?"
"Yeah, I had lunch," Harry said. "And how was your day, Elizabeth?" Harry asked grinning down at her and suddenly feeling a bit warm and fuzzy.
"Call me Liz… It was good… Interesting… And yours?" Elizabeth asked with a smile.
"Great," Harry told her darkly as he stared down at his empty plate.
"It doesn't sound great?" Elizabeth inquired.
"No, it was just fine. The end was better than the beginning though," Harry said with a smile.
~~I hope it wasn't too corny… Just to clarify… Elizabeth is about to leave… She's not staying the night or anything… Lol! Just wanted to get that straight! Hope you like this chapter! If you did, review!~~
Chiquita-3~Yeah, Lexi's a bit of a drama queen… She has her reasons though…
Faith456~Yeah, see the last message for my comment on that, but we still love Lexi, right? Liz is perfect… Just not for Harry…
PotterChick1~She liked it! Lol! I guess Victor will just kinda sulk in the background… Lol!!
Muse of the Stars~I'm glad you like it! Don't worry, the time will come… Eventually…