The Pain You Caused

Chapter 1: Starting To Hurt

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the stuff except the plot so don't steal it. I based this on a real life experience so please R&R. I've also brought in a new character her name is Hayley so please don't steal her.

She was walking over to him her arms outstretched. Harry had only one thing on his mind and that was how much he loved her.

"Morning" he said brightly after she had hugged him.

"Morning" Hayley replied.

"So, erm, Hayley" Harry began.

"Yes Harry" as though she knew what was coming.

"Have you thought anymore about my question that I asked you in the common room last night?" he asked while blushing.

"Um, well yes, Harry, I have" she said her fears having just been confirmed.

"And" said Harry his heart leaping into his throat.

"Well see Harry, I only just broke up with dean last week and I told him I didn't want a boyfriend right now. But if I go out with you he'll never talk to me again" she said slowly and grimly.

"So basically you're saying no" Harry said while his heart dropped right past its usual spot and settled somewhere near his feet.

"No Harry I'm saying try again in a couple of weeks" she said watching his face fall.

"I still do like you but I just don't want to go out with you right now" she said

"Sure whatever" Harry said devoid of emotion.

"Please don't be mad at me" she said pleadingly.

"Look here comes Ron can we talk about this later?" he asked her.

"Sure if you want" she said.

She then left to go to the bathroom. Ron sat down in her vacated seat and began pulling every dish in sight towards him.

"Ornin" Ron said through all the food.

"Morning" mumbled Harry, his mind still on Hayley.

"What's up" asked Ron having finally swallowed all the food.

"Nothing, I'm fine" said Harry in a voice quite unlike his own.

"Don't bullshit me Harry. You haven't been yourself since you talked to Halez yesterday" he said frowning.

"Look Ron just drop it ok. I don't really want to talk about it" he said getting angry.

At this point Hermione joined them and after having chosen her breakfast she turned to look at them.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing" said Harry aggressively.

"There's no need to get angry with me I just wanted to know that's all" she said taken aback.

"Sorry. What have we got first" he asked.

"That's quite alright and its history of magic so we had better hurry up or we'll be late" she said.

"Hey Hermione can I borrow your essay because I kind of didn't do mine" said Ron apprehensively.

"No Ronald you can not. You should have written it in your homework planner I gave you for Christmas last year" she said firmly.

Harry and Ron exchanged an uneasy glance. Harry knew what Hermione would be like if she found out they burnt them at the start of this year.

Seeing this Hermione said:

"You still have them don't you" she said.

"Look Hermione we still have got them we just haven't used them in a while okay. We won't forget again" Harry said avoiding another blow up.

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That day passed without much event unless you count Crabbe, Goyle and Malfoy trying to hex him just after charms. They would have succeeded had professor McGonagall not been walking past at the time. To Ron and Harry's glee they were suspended from school for two weeks.

When they arrived back at the common room that night however Harry found a surprise waiting for him. It was Hayley.

"hi, want to go for a walk" she asked.

"sure just let me drop my stuff and ill be right back" he said

"okay" Hayley said.

In five minutes Harry was back down

"ill see you guys later" he said.

"see ya Harry" they said in unison.

So Harry and Hayley left the common room together.

"you know I really don't understand why those two just don't go out. They are so perfect for each other" Hermione said to Ron after the portrait had shut.

"mmmm" said Ron his mind obviously not on the subject.

"boys" said Hermione huffily.

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"well what do you wan to talk about" Harry asked Hayley though he thought he knew what was coming.

"well I wanted to talk about this morning actually" she said.

"how did I know" Harry said grimly.

"look Harry I'm really sorry. Please don't hate me" she said nearly crying.

"I could never hate you. Not even if you took everything but my clothes from me and held a gun to my head" he said.

"Really. Well I need to tell you something" she said.

"what is it" he asked.

"well Ron asked me out at lunch today" she said.

Harry said nothing.

"and I wanted to know what you thought" she said.

"I reckon you should say yes" Harry said sarcastically.

"really" she said.

"of course" he said not sure whether she had detected the sarcasm in his voice.

"okay then" she said.

And with that she hugged him and gave him a little kiss on the cheek.

When he returned to the common room he saw Ron bent over his potions essay. Harry tried to sneak past him but he tripped and fell flat on his face.

"Harry are you alright" said Ron walking over to him.

"yeah I'm fine" he said not really wanting to talk to Ron at the moment.

"how was your chat with Halez?" he asked him.

"look I don't want to talk about it okay" he said.

And with that he stormed off up the stairs leaving a very confused Ron in his wake. When he got to his dormitory he threw himself on his bed and stared at the picture of Sirius he had put on his bedside table.

"you have no idea how much I miss you right now Sirius" he said with tears in his eyes.

With that he fell asleep glasses and all.