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A/N: Hey! Thanks for all the reviews! Hey, ever wonder what Lexi and Liz look like? Check out the website I made, that's right, I got really bored and said to myself, "What have I never done before?" and then I answered myself, "I've never made a website!" So, I did… Lol! Well, hope you enjoy this chapter!!
Harry walked into this office the Monday after his dinner at Remus and Tonks' house to find Lexi sitting there and looking pretty out of it.
"Hey," Lexi said quietly as she tucked a strand of her blonde hair behind he ears.
"Hi," Harry said absent-mindedly. What was so great about Lexi? Sure, she was pretty, but so was Liz.
"Earth to Harry," Lexi said, waving her hand in his face. "You've been standing there for, like, forever. What's wrong? No smart comments planned for today?"
"No, I was just thinking," Harry said. Lexi looked at him in confusion.
"You think?" Lexi asked with a smile. She had a very pretty smile.
"Yes, I do," Harry said. Despite his best efforts, he was grinning.
"Well, since you don't seem to want to tell me, how about today I just practice 'crucio' on you?" Lexi asked with glint in her eye.
"No, I'm going to pass," Harry said, nodding his head for emphasis, "We have Occlumency to practice." Lexi sighed. "Have you been practicing clearing your mind?"
"It's a bit harder than it sounds," Lexi said, sighing again.
"Yeah, I know. How do you think I learned it?" Harry asked, thinking about when he learned Occlumency and shuddering.
"When did you learn Occlumency?" Lexi asked, obviously trying to procrastinate.
"I started when I was fifteen and in fifth year and then learned Legilimency the second half of my sixth year," Harry answered.
"Why so young?" Lexi asked.
"Why so suddenly interested?" Harry asked in response. "Come on, enough procrastinating and pretending to be interested, we have work to do."
"Do we really have to?" Lexi asked with a sigh.
"Yes, come on," Harry said, taking his wand out of his back pocket and standing up, thinking briefly of what Moody would say.
"Fine, but I suck at this," Lexi said, standing up and taking out her own wand.
"No, you don't, you're too hard on yourself. You've made a remarkable amount of progress in a very short amount of time," Harry argued, shocking himself with what he had said.
After about an hour or two of practicing, Lexi was sitting in her usual chair, looking exhausted.
"You ok?" Harry asked as he started looking through the inbox on his desk.
"Tired," Lexi said weakly.
"You should be," Harry said in response. "Lexi, I have a question," Harry said, referring to something that had been bugging his since their first Occlumency lesson.
"Go," Lexi said in response, looking up he realized that she looked quite pale.
"Every lesson, a certain memory comes up and I was—" Harry began to say. He was cut off by Lexi.
"You see the memory of me being beaten up?" Lexi asked weakly and with a remarkable lacking of attitude in her voice.
"Yes," Harry said quietly as he leaned onto his elbows on the desk.
"And you wanted to know—" Lexi started to say.
"Harry, can I talk to you in the hall for a moment?" Hermione said, peaking her head into the cubicle. Harry sighed and stood up.
"I'll be back in a moment," He told Lexi who simply nodded weakly in response. Harry walked into the hall to talk to Hermione.
"Harry, I wanted to speak to you," Hermione said, sounding slightly distressed.
"Yes?" Harry asked.
"We weren't trying to make you mad at us—" Hermione began to say.
"You were just trying to help, I know," Harry said, raising an eyebrow. Hermione began to look upset.
"Look, I know that you think you're always right and you don't want to hear differently, but—" Hermione began.
"But you wanted to try and make me see, I know," Harry said. Hermione screwed up her face as though she were about to cry. Harry sighed. "Look I'm not mad at you or anyone else. You're my best friend."
"Oh, Harry," Hermione sobbed, throwing her arms around his shoulders. "I was so worried that you would hate me!"
"Shhh," Harry said calmly. "It's all right, I'm not mad, but I do have work to do," He said, pulling away from her. Hermione wiped her face on her sleeve.
"I'm sorry, you should get back," Hermione said with a sad smile.
"Are you ok?" Harry asked her. She nodded. "Well, if you're sure, I have to go back now."
"What's wrong with Hermione?" Lexi asked when Harry walked back into his cubicle.
"She—it's a long story," Harry said, not wanting to tell her what had happened.
"Oh," Lexi said casually.
"So, anyway, you were about to tell me—" Harry began.
"What the memory where I get beat up is?" Lexi asked. Harry nodded. Lexi sighed, as though she really didn't want to talk about it.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Harry said quietly.
"No, it's fine… Most people back home do know," Lexi said sadly, "Besides, I'm sure there are some things I want to know about you once I start Legilimency." Harry nodded sadly.
"Yeah, I suppose so," Harry told her.
"There's really not much to say about it… It was just an abusive ex-boyfriend. Well, he wasn't until that night. He was drunk, I ticked him off… You get the drift," Lexi said quietly. Harry nodded.
"I'm sorry, I had no idea," Harry said after a few seconds of silence. Lexi smiled sadly and shrugged her shoulders.
"It's all right… Most people already know," Lexi said casually.
"Do you want to… Talk about it?" Harry asked, shocking himself.
"No, it's fine… Really, it was a long time ago," Lexi said, looking uncomfortable. "Just please don't tell anyone."
"Of course not," Harry said.
"Not even Hermione?" Lexi asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm sure you can tell her yourself if you want to," Harry said.
"Well, now that I've answered your question. Would you care to tell me why you learned Occlumency at such a young age?" Lexi asked with a glint in her big blue eyes.
"Oh, you don't want to know," Harry said, grinning.
"Oh, I think that's why I asked," Lexi said, nodding her head.
"Fine, I guess I'll tell you then," Harry said.
"I guess you will," Lexi said with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess I will," Harry responded. "Keep in mind that this isn't fair by any means."
"Or is it?" Lexi asked, raising her eyebrows in question.
"It isn't," Harry argued. "Ok, where should I began. Voldemort—you've heard of him, right?"
"Yes, he was the most evil wizard ever, you defeated him, like, five years ago," Lexi said. Harry raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"So you did know?" Harry asked.
"Of course I do, who doesn't?" Lexi asked.
"But your first day—" Harry began.
"I just wanted to see you squirm," Lexi said with a sweet smile.
"Brat," Harry muttered.
"Hey! You weren't a cup full of sunshine yourself," Lexi argued. "You had it coming."
"Yeah, ok," Harry said sarcastically. "Anyway, as I was saying, when Voldemort was reborn, I was of course his worst enemy," Harry began.
"Wait, why you?" Lexi asked.
"Did I interrupt your story?" Harry asked in annoyance. "Anyway, and because of the fact that he transferred a bit of himself into me the first time he tried to kill me, we had a mental connection. For a while, he wasn't aware of it, but he eventually became aware of it. When we found out he was, they—they being the Order of the Phoenix, basically the opposite of his followers—figured out that he could send images into my brain and make me see and believe things. The Order decided I should learn Occlumency in an attempt to stop this," Harry said bitterly, remembering what happened next.
"Did it work?" Lexi asked, interested in the story.
"No," Harry said, trying not to think of what had happened.
"What happened?" Lexi asked.
"I—I—I'm sorry, I can't," Harry said sadly.
"I understand," Lexi said sympathetically.
~~Well, there it is! Hope you enjoyed getting to know Lexi better! Hope it wasn't too angsty for you! Hey, you know what I just realized? When this story began, you guys hated Lexi, now, you hate anyone who's not Lexi or Hermione… Hmm… Lol! Now, do me a favor and go REVIEW!!~~
Faith456~ Oh, I'm sorry… I haven't seen that movie in forever! I'll have to watch it again! Although a cliff is perfect for Liz, I don't think I can get rid of her that way… It wouldn't go over well, cuz then Harry would be all depressed about her dying instead of realizing that she wasn't for him… Sorry… I wanna pitch her over a cliff too though…
Muse of the Stars~ Well, there's a Harry/Lexi moment! It's not quite the one you guys wanted, but he's coming along incase you can't tell!
Byttmeo7~ Hmm… Obsessive compulsive Liz… That's interesting *Ponders to self*… Hmm… I like that one…
PotterChick1~ Yeah, that's what friends are for… Lol! I think everyone likes Lexi better… I sure do! And incase you haven't noticed, Hermione sure does! And everything Hermione wants Harry to do… Well, you get the drift… Remember? He can't tell her 'no'
Queen of Zan~ I agree with you, ketchup is valuable… Mmm, fries w/… Sorry! Um, yeah… I just realized something creepy when reading your review… Yeah, Lexi is a bit of an exaggerated version of myself… Disagreeable and all… Lol! I'm not gothic though… Hmm… Maybe my subconscious wants me to be…