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Chapter 21 - Anticipations
"I can't believe we're going to have another ball," exclaimed Ginny gleefully.
"Uh-huh," Harry, Hermione, Ron, and pretty much anyone listening said tonelessly. Ginny had said this about fifty times since the announcement that there was even a ball - which was about two minutes ago. Oh well, Harry thought. At least it keeps my mind off of asking Parvati.
"I mean, isn't it so exciting?"
"Yeah."
"Right."
"Great."
Ginny spared the trio a disapproving glance, finally noticing their tones, or lack thereof.
"Hmph!" she exclaimed with an uppity air. "Well I bet Parvati is excited - iaren't you, Parvati?/i" Parvati snapped out of her reverie.
"What? Oh, yeah, sure..." she said distractedly. Her mind was obviously elsewhere. iProbably thinking about her dream boy,/i Harry thought bitterly. iPerhaps I shouldn't ask her.../i Harry looked up to see that Ron and Hermione were both stifling laughs for some reason, and they kept glancing over at Parvati.
"What is it, guys?"
"With Parvati? Oh she's just a little nervous about - something..." Ron whispered quietly to Harry. Ginny overheard and smirked, chipping in her two cents.
"Funny that you should only notice now, Harry. Perhaps your mind is ielsewhere/i, if you know what I mean."
"No, I don't!" Harry exclaimed with an edge to his voice.
"Sure mate, whatever you say..." Ron said while waving his hand. Harry could tell Ron obviously didn't believe him, but didn't think he could convince him anyway - Ron knew him well enough by now to tell. Heck, Ron probably knew that he had liked Parvati before he himself did. Harry searched for a change of subject, and couldn't find one, so he simply stayed quiet. He noticed with a start that everyone was getting up and he quickly got up with them. He saw Parvati wandering off somewhere and waved a hasty goodbye to his amused friends while chasing after her.
"Hey, Parvati! What're you doing?" Harry saw Parvati turn around with a surprised expression on her face.
"Oh, nothing - going to find Lavender."
"Well, I'll uh - help you." iAny excuse, eh?/i Harry told himself to shut up, got caught up in a second reflecting on how he was talking to himself - and telling himself to shut up - and then noticed Parvati looking at him strangely.
"Well - sure. Thanks." Harry fell in step next to Parvati.
"So where do you think she -" Harry's question broke off as he saw a nervous-looking Seamus talking quietly to Lavender. Parvati made to call out - Lavender hadn't seen her yet - but Harry quickly pulled her back, causing her to look at him with a perplexed expression.
"What, what is it?"
"Parvati, can't you tell what Seamus is about to do there?"
"Well, yeah. He's going to ask her - but I don't see your point," Parvati spoke nonchalantly.
"WHAT? Parvati, do you have any idea how hard it is to ask somebody? Well, I suppose not...It's just you've gotta ask them alone - no guy wants to be talking to a girl with her girlfriends watching on as he asks her."
"Well - I suppose you're right," Parvati said unconvinced. "So what do you wanna do?"
"Uh...Parvati...will you go to the ball with me?" iWow, that was easier than I thought it would be/i, Harry thought to himself. iAt least, provided she says yes.../i "Well - yes!" Harry let out a breath - one the equivalent of about four deep breaths - and was surprised to see that Parvati seemed excited. Was she just saying yes because of etiquette, or did she actually want to go with him. iThat's the problem with these things, you never know./i "So, uh - wizard's chess?" iRon's having an effect on me./i "Sure!"
Sorry, this is another relatively short chapter - but it's not too bad in my opinion, and I'm planning on sending another one up this weekend. Also, I've been getting stuff about more Harry and this chapter was mostly about Harry too, but the fact is that he's a support character in this one - albeit a large one - and Ron is the main one.
Disclaimer: This chapter is disclaimed.
Chapter 21 - Anticipations
"I can't believe we're going to have another ball," exclaimed Ginny gleefully.
"Uh-huh," Harry, Hermione, Ron, and pretty much anyone listening said tonelessly. Ginny had said this about fifty times since the announcement that there was even a ball - which was about two minutes ago. Oh well, Harry thought. At least it keeps my mind off of asking Parvati.
"I mean, isn't it so exciting?"
"Yeah."
"Right."
"Great."
Ginny spared the trio a disapproving glance, finally noticing their tones, or lack thereof.
"Hmph!" she exclaimed with an uppity air. "Well I bet Parvati is excited - iaren't you, Parvati?/i" Parvati snapped out of her reverie.
"What? Oh, yeah, sure..." she said distractedly. Her mind was obviously elsewhere. iProbably thinking about her dream boy,/i Harry thought bitterly. iPerhaps I shouldn't ask her.../i Harry looked up to see that Ron and Hermione were both stifling laughs for some reason, and they kept glancing over at Parvati.
"What is it, guys?"
"With Parvati? Oh she's just a little nervous about - something..." Ron whispered quietly to Harry. Ginny overheard and smirked, chipping in her two cents.
"Funny that you should only notice now, Harry. Perhaps your mind is ielsewhere/i, if you know what I mean."
"No, I don't!" Harry exclaimed with an edge to his voice.
"Sure mate, whatever you say..." Ron said while waving his hand. Harry could tell Ron obviously didn't believe him, but didn't think he could convince him anyway - Ron knew him well enough by now to tell. Heck, Ron probably knew that he had liked Parvati before he himself did. Harry searched for a change of subject, and couldn't find one, so he simply stayed quiet. He noticed with a start that everyone was getting up and he quickly got up with them. He saw Parvati wandering off somewhere and waved a hasty goodbye to his amused friends while chasing after her.
"Hey, Parvati! What're you doing?" Harry saw Parvati turn around with a surprised expression on her face.
"Oh, nothing - going to find Lavender."
"Well, I'll uh - help you." iAny excuse, eh?/i Harry told himself to shut up, got caught up in a second reflecting on how he was talking to himself - and telling himself to shut up - and then noticed Parvati looking at him strangely.
"Well - sure. Thanks." Harry fell in step next to Parvati.
"So where do you think she -" Harry's question broke off as he saw a nervous-looking Seamus talking quietly to Lavender. Parvati made to call out - Lavender hadn't seen her yet - but Harry quickly pulled her back, causing her to look at him with a perplexed expression.
"What, what is it?"
"Parvati, can't you tell what Seamus is about to do there?"
"Well, yeah. He's going to ask her - but I don't see your point," Parvati spoke nonchalantly.
"WHAT? Parvati, do you have any idea how hard it is to ask somebody? Well, I suppose not...It's just you've gotta ask them alone - no guy wants to be talking to a girl with her girlfriends watching on as he asks her."
"Well - I suppose you're right," Parvati said unconvinced. "So what do you wanna do?"
"Uh...Parvati...will you go to the ball with me?" iWow, that was easier than I thought it would be/i, Harry thought to himself. iAt least, provided she says yes.../i "Well - yes!" Harry let out a breath - one the equivalent of about four deep breaths - and was surprised to see that Parvati seemed excited. Was she just saying yes because of etiquette, or did she actually want to go with him. iThat's the problem with these things, you never know./i "So, uh - wizard's chess?" iRon's having an effect on me./i "Sure!"
Sorry, this is another relatively short chapter - but it's not too bad in my opinion, and I'm planning on sending another one up this weekend. Also, I've been getting stuff about more Harry and this chapter was mostly about Harry too, but the fact is that he's a support character in this one - albeit a large one - and Ron is the main one.