I Belong With You

(A/N): Oh my gosh! Thank you! FINALLY! REVIEWS! Lol. Anyway… its Christmas break now so I plan to have another three chapters done before I return to HELL! Lol. Well here's another one ENJOY!

Haley stared at herself in the mirror. She had bags underneath her chestnut eyes. She had cried herself to sleep last night after Hermione had tried countless times to comfort her. It was hopeless. She was inconsolable.

"Haley," Hermione said as she peeked into the room, "are you almost done yet?"

"Yeah," Haley said looking at her, "Oh, and Hermione? Thanks for last night."

Hermione gave her a warm smile then returned to the common room.

Haley looked at herself in the mirror. What was she going to do with herself? Her hair was helpless and she felt that way too. She looked around and grabbed a hair tie off of her night table. She decided to place her hair in a ponytail today. She normally disliked tying it up but today; she felt she needed to do something new.

Haley double-checked the mirror and when she decided that she looked decent she ran down to the common room then to breakfast with the whole gang. They ate and talked about how Snape said he had a really hard test planned today. Eventually they all pulled out their books and started reviewing. Haley couldn't focus. All she did was nibble a bit at her toast and constantly check the staff table to see if Oliver had shown up for breakfast. He normally didn't but Haley liked to check.

"Haley, are you alright?" Ron asked through a mouthful of food.

"Hmm?" Haley asked snapping out of her daze. "Umm, yeah fine thanks."

Ron and Harry looked at each other. Harry just shrugged.

"Shouldn't you guys be studying for your potions quiz?" Hermione said causing them to once again flip madly through the pages of their textbooks.

"Thanks," Haley mouthed to Hermione.

The gang headed towards potions and Haley, who finally snapped out of state of depression, began flipping through her textbook madly too.

Haley was looking down at her textbook and not paying attention to what was in front of her when suddenly she collided with something tall. She fell backwards and her textbook flew half way across the hallway.

Haley looked up and found that she had run into none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Well, well, well," Malfoy sneered bending down so that he was at eyelevel with Haley, "What do we have here?"

Haley tried to get up but found she couldn't because Malfoy was in the way with his head just inches away from hers. Malfoy then smirked.

"Help me out Malfoy?" Haley asked before she realized she was asking for help from the enemy.

Malfoy just stared at her dumfounded then decided to help her out. Haley grabbed Malfoy's hand and lifted herself up. But once she was on two feet again Malfoy spun her so that she was wrapped in his arms against his body.

"Now, you didn't run into me by accident now did you?" Malfoy asked with mock curiosity.

"Shut up Draco!" Haley seethed through her teeth. "Let me go!"

"Oh, not this time my love. This time, Wood isn't here to help you," Malfoy said with hatred seething through his voice.

'That's right,' Haley thought. Oliver wasn't here to help her anymore. Oliver wasn't here. Oliver had to teach classes; Oliver had to coach the sports teams. Oliver couldn't be here for her all the time and eventually, he wouldn't be here for her at all.

Haley could feel the tears coming on again. They were stinging her eyes and she knew that she couldn't stop them. As soon as the first tear fell the rest came without restraint. Pretty soon Haley was crying while still standing in Malfoy's arms.

Malfoy realized she was crying and then let go of her.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize I hurt you so much," Draco said with genuine concern.

"N-no it's not your fault," Haley tried to say through all the sobs.

"Yes it is." Draco replied, "I shouldn't have done that."

"D-do you want to make it up to me?" Haley asked while finally being able to stop the tears.

Malfoy nodded.

"We're already late for class," Haley said looking at her watch, "Skip with me."

"You got it," Malfoy said leading her to pick up her textbook then walking down to the front of the school.

They pretty much walked in silence until they reached the lake at the front of the school. They sat by the lake just admiring it. Haley was calm and needed to clear her mind of all her dilemmas and problems. Malfoy however, was dead bored. He thought that when he came out here he would actually be getting a bit of a date with Haley.

"Hey, I saw you the other day at Hogsmeade," Draco said trying to start a conversation, "How come you were with Wood? I don't know where you come from but students don't normally handout with teachers."

"Oliver is not my teacher," Haley said.

"He's not? I thought you were taking bloody flying lessons with him." Draco said concentrating his stare at Haley.

"He's my friend," Haley said quietly.

"Your friend?" Draco replied disbelievingly. "Since when do you befriend teachers?"

"It's none of your business," Haley said to him.

Surprisingly, this hurt Draco. For some odd reason Draco began becoming fond of Haley. Her company, her appearance and even her scent. Whenever he saw her he saw her he just got this jump in his heart. No girl had ever made him feel this way. It was strange. He even now felt jealousy towards Wood who got to spend a whole two hours alone with her every night.

"Why do you care about a half blood like him anyway?" Draco asked coldly.

"Excuse me?" Haley replied. "In case you haven't noticed I'm not pureblood either!"

"You're not?" Draco asked disbelievingly.

"No, I'm completely muggle born." Haley said once again focusing her attention on the peace of the lake.

"So why aren't you an annoying git like the rest of your house?" Malfoy asked.

"Maybe I am an annoying git. Perhaps you just don't find me annoying especially." Haley replied.

Draco thought about it for a moment and dug through her mind for a smart come back but when he found non he just settled for sitting down next to Haley on the grass and staring at the lake.

Draco and Haley skipped their first and second classes then returned to the castle for lunch. The rest of the day went smoothly. Haley wasn't as emotional as before. Maybe it was the scenery but something about being there watching the lake was extremely comforting. It was exactly what she needed, a break from everything that kept her unhappy.

That night once again she dressed in her normal clothes and met Oliver in the main hall. As usual she walked with him out to the Quidditch pitch and practiced the basics. Once they were all warmed up they started practicing Quidditch plays. Oliver would play keeper while Haley would try and get the quaffle past him.

Normally, Haley couldn't get a single one past him but today she felt more focused, more zoned in on the task in front of her. Today, almost half of her shots either went past Oliver or into the hoops. She felt like she had really accomplished something but still, not everything was the way it was supposed to be in her mind. Oliver and her both slowly descended to the ground.

"Good work today!" Oliver told her once they reached the ground.

"Thanks," Haley said while taking a drink from her water bottles. She never looked him in the eye once.

"Is something wrong Haley?" Oliver asked to her surprise.

"W-what do you mean?" Haley asked while placing her water bottle back into her string bag.

"Well usually, when we do this exercise, you always look me in the eye when you're about to throw the quaffle. But today, you didn't look me in the eye once." Oliver told her.

"W-well I didn't know you took notice in these things," Haley said attempting to change the subject.

"Of course I do," Oliver replied, "When you look me in the eye I can tell which hoop you're planning to score in. When you don't look at me I can't read you and therefore I cannot block your shots."

"Isn't that cheating?" Haley said while letting out a little laugh.

"Well, whatever it takes to win right?" Oliver said glad that he was getting her to smile a bit. "Now why don't you tell me what's bothering you?"

Oliver walked till he was only about one foot away from Haley. She was still staring at the ground.

"N-nothing's wrong," Haley replied being strangely aware of their sudden close-ness.

Oliver ran a hand under her chin an stroked her left cheek gently and then cupping it in his hands making her look him in the eyes.

Looking at him just made the pain worse. She could see the concern in her eyes but she could also see his ambition. His ambition to follow his dream and become a national league Quidditch player. She could tell that he did care about her, but he cared about the game too. Then as soon as she realized that no matter what part she played in his life she couldn't replace his love for the game she began crying. Crying into Oliver's hand.

Haley knew she must've looked horrible right now in front of Oliver, but she didn't care. She didn't care about anything right now. She couldn't even think straight and it was as if all the peace and realization she had gained that afternoon had drifted away.

"Haley," Oliver whispered while trying to wipe away the tears that were now flowing down her cheeks, "Tell me what's wrong."

"It's nothing," Haley replied.

"It has to be something Haley. Please tell me. I'm here for you," he said as he wrapped his arm around her waist bringing her body to his in a tight embrace.

"You're here for me now," Haley struggled to say, "but one day, you won't be."

Oliver suddenly realized. Is this what she had been upset about? Him leaving? He didn't realize that he meant so much to her. He didn't realize that he could play such a big role in her life.

"But Haley, I will be," Oliver said trying to console her, "Even if I don't teach here anymore and even if you graduate, I will still write to you and we will still meet up to catch up and talk. Don't worry about that now."

Haley couldn't think properly. Of course she would write to him and see him occasionally but she had grown too fond of him. She looked forward to seeing him every single day. She looked forward to always being able to talk to him and have him near her. A letter could never to that for her.

"But, I've grown too fond of you," Haley whispered before she realized what she was saying.

Oliver was shocked to hear a student had grown such fondness towards a teacher. But then, maybe they had become more than just that. Maybe there was more between them than just teacher and student and more to them than just friendship.

"Haley, I've grown fond of you too," Oliver replied and with that Haley looked up into his eyes and she could tell he meant every word. She did have a spot in his heart somewhere and she knew it.

Haley lifted her hand and stroked his cheek then ran her fingertip along his lips. She could barely see what it was she was doing. She couldn't see through all the tears in her eyes.

Oliver took her hand in his and kissed each of her fingertips gently.

Then when he let go of her hand she slid it down his neck and it rested on his shoulder. She stayed like that for a moment enjoying being in Oliver's arms. She wanted to stay there forever. She closed her eyes and just cried into his chest. This time not tears of sadness, but tears of content.

Oliver held her in his arms and rested his head on her shaking body. He never wanted to see her hurt or upset like this, never in a million years. It did something to him. Something he wasn't sure of. He felt like this is where he was supposed to be with her, with her in his arms. He would do anything to have her stay there forever. He simply wanted nothing more than that. Just to have her by his side for eternity.

Neither of them wanted to leave but eventually Oliver being the responsible one suggested that they get back before curfew.

Once Haley gathered her things and stood up Oliver grabbed her hand and began walking back to the castle. And they walked like that until they got to the main hall, hand in hand. For a moment everything seemed perfect and for a moment they found their destinies.

"Well, goodnight," Haley said to Oliver when they reached the staircases.

"Good night," Oliver replied.

They went their separate ways. Haley headed towards the Gryffindor common room.

Once Haley entered the dorm room she found Hermione once again reading on her bed.

Hermione looked up and saw Haley's puffy red eyes.

"What's wrong?" Hermione said immediately getting up and seeing if she was all right.

The two girls sat on Haley's bed and Haley told Hermione the whole story about what happened at the lesson that night.

"Haley," Hermione said once the story was finished, "Oliver obviously cares about you."

"Yes, I know he does," Haley replied, "It's just, his love for Quidditch is greater than any amount of love he can feel for anything or anyone else."

"You don't know that," Hermione said.

"I do." Haley said, "You can see it in his eyes."

"Even if," Hermione said, trying to console her, "do you think you could make Oliver stay?"

"I don't know," Haley whispered, "Probably not."

Haley didn't know what to do. He admitted to being fond of her but then so what? Was he going to give u Quidditch and all his dreams for her? Probably not. He would have to love her more than Quidditch. But even if, Haley vowed she would not be the one to stop him from chasing after his dreams.

Love me more or love me less, all I need is for you to love me forever.

Well; what do you think? Things finally got started between them!

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Much love; Haley;; wish; on a star