3.And so it begins.
As I continued walking I hummed a few other tunes and contemplated all that had happened yesterday. You see, I have had a crush on Ron since second year, but I have never talked to him before. But now that he knows that I exist, was there perhaps a chance that I may be able to get him to like me? And Harry, I had never noticed how green his eyes were, so much like my own, it was like staring into a mirror. And why had he blushed when I had smiled at him? And Malfoy, his sudden interest in me was disturbing, and yet slightly flattering, he only goes after the beautiful ones. Does that mean he thinks I am beautiful?
I became increasingly lost in thought and my feet carried me along the most familiar route. Before I knew it, I was standing in front of Hagrid's cabin. I smiled as I remembered how I had met him first year. I had been on one of my walks, growing increasingly miserable, when he had saw me and invited me into his home. After that I would go to visit him every morning, and for a while, he was my only friend. He understood me and I him, until we had grown so close he was like a mix between a father, a favorite uncle, and an older brother to me. I had missed him greatly over summer vacation and I was therefore overjoyed to hear him inquire, "Avoiding the world again, Eve?"
"Hagrid! It's so good to see you! I missed you so much!" I squealed.
"Not so loud if you please, we don't need the whole school to hear. And I missed you too. But you're out on your own again, is there something troubling you?"
"No, I just had an eventful day yesterday and I needed time to mill things over in my mind."
"And you had a nightmare again last night."
"Yes I did, I hardly ever sleep peacefully any more."
Hagrid was the only person I had ever told what had happened that fateful summer day. Not even my family knew the whole story. But such was the trust that I gave Hagrid that he knew.
"Would you like to kip inside for breakfast?"
"Oh I would, but I better not, I get my schedule today, so I'll need to be in the great hall."
"Oh right, how did you do on your O.W.L.s?"
"I did rather well actually, I have exactly what I need to become an auror, as well as astronomy and ancient runes."
"Well I'm right proud of you. I told you you'd make it, you remember last year when you told me that you wouldn't get one single O.W.L.?"
"Yea I do, I'm just grateful that I did so well, but I better go up to the castle to get ready for breakfast."
"Going to breakfast involves getting ready? What have you done to my Eve?"
"Haha, very funny, but I've decided to be more memorable this year."
"Aye, I'm sure you will be. Now you go and get ready, and I'll see you at breakfast."
"Ok, see you then!"
With my spirits lifted considerably, I made my way up to the castle for a cold shower, and to work on my hair and make-up. And hour later, most people were just waking up, so I decided to make my way to the great hall. As I passed through the portrait hole, I accidentally ran right into Ron.
"Oh! I'm so sorry are you okay?"
"Yea I'm fine, are you?"
"Just peachy."
"Good. You didn't come back to the common room last night. I went looking for you to see if you had accidentally fallen asleep some where, that and I couldn't sleep."
I blushed. "Oh, I fell asleep in the astronomy tower, but you shouldn't have worried about me. I rarely sleep in the dorms any more."
"Why?"
"Well, I love the night sky, so I always go up to the astronomy tower and stargaze and I usually fall asleep."
"That sounds like fun. Maybe you could take me sometime."
"I'd like that. But in the mean time my stomach is growling and I think breakfast sounds like a good idea."
"Me too."
So Ron and I made our way to the great hall, and to breakfast. We got our schedules, first I had advanced potions with slytherin again, "Will the madness ever cease? I think not." And then I had herbology with hufflepuff. As I left the great hall after breakfast, I had a slightly cheerier out look on the year, and my conversation with Ron had left me with a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. As I started to potions I thought, "And so it begins."
