Harry
Dinner was uncomfortable. Terribly uncomfortable.
On one side sat Hermione. Her elbows kept brushing mine. Every time she touched me I felt like I was being jolted. She was
extremely talkative. In charms we had been practicing charms that are supposed to loosen people up. Of course Hermione and
I partnered. Ron and I still weren't speaking. Well, I wasn't exactly the best person to do spells with the first time and I over did it. I
realized it when Hermione casually mentioned how she thought although Malfoy was a bastard he was dead sexy.
Yes, that was too much. Hearing that Draco Malfoy was sexy bought intensely nasty pictures to my mind, and I politely told
Hermione to shut up.
On the other side was Joli. She kept looking over at me, with sly glances, if I do say.
Neville was trying awfully hard to ask her to Yule ball. If he wasn't my friend it would have been comical.
"So I was ah, wondering... if you're going to Yule Ball." I heard Neville say with a gulp.
So subtle, I thought.
Hermione was yammering into my ear about SPEW or something or another. She was being very distracting if I was to wean
myself away from her. I would have to find another girl. I was trying to find out what Joli's answer would be on Neville. She wasn't
an idiot. She knew that Neville was trying to ask her.
"Why would I go to Yule ball?" Joli said with feigned innocence.
I snorted into my pudding.
"I asked Ron Weasely in front of everyone after I saved his life from a kidney bean pie. I was so embarrassed that I wasn't going to
go, especially not alone. Not if HE is going to be their." She told Neville.
"Well, if you aren't going to go then..." Neville trailed off looking red.
What happened next was surprising. I was waiting or the let down on Neville. I wasn't exactly feeling bad for the bloke, but I was
happy that Joli wasn't going with him.
"Well, I would go I just don't have a date. Dyou want to go with me?" I heard her ask.
"Harry so what do you think?" Hermione said.
I was trying to hear what Neville was going to say when Hermione interrupted me.
"Great." I answered, hoping that was the answer she wanted.
"Okay, that's excellent so after practice right?" Hermione asked.
"Wait, Wait... what?" I ask. "I have no idea what we're talking about.
"After I practice with the girls we'll go to Hogsmeade." Hermione said exasperated.
"Okay Hermione relax." I said.
Those three words, those bloody three words are what hurt a lot of people.
"I' m going to my room, Trelawney wants two scrolls worth of star charts." I tell her as I walk off.
As I walked up a stair case I contemplated my plan. I would just find anther girl. That way Hermione would never know that I
loved her. LOVED HER. I did NOT love her there is no way. I meant like her. Come on Potter what' wrong with you.
"Sugar Snaps," I told the portrait of the Green Lady. She let me in and I walked to my room.
The girls were standing around arguing in the dusty old music wind. A dusty old Tuba was muttering about young people and
their love of noise to a flute. It was Wednesday. The Yule Bal was Saturday night. The Talent show was exactly one week after
that. The Godric Girls were going crazy. All these thoughts were randomly floating around the room
Hermione
"Don't Wanna Try No more is the way to go." Ginny Weasely
"Look just because you broke up with Draco..." Parvati yelled.
"Yeah!" Ginny said with menace. "Go on..."
"I think we should do Britney Spears." Lavender said.
"Heeeeell Naaaaw." Joli said.
"What's wrong with Britney Spears?" Lavender snapped with contempt.
"She's either too virginal or too sleazy." I answered.
"We're never going to pick songs for the show if we keep at it this way." Paravati said.
"Why down we each pick 2 songs and pick from a hat?"
Lavender said.
"Fine"
"Great."
"Lovely." I added.
Lavender started to tear a piece of parchment into ten pieces.
We all retreated into corners of the room. Well, I stayed in the
center there are only four corners.
"By the way they should be songs that we kind of already know how to play." I said out loud o the girls.
All I got was grumbled replies and a lot "evanesce ink."
I picked American Pie, and Here Comes the Sun.
"Alright put them all in my hat." Lavender said.
"How do we know you didn't bewitch your hat?" Ginny said.
Ohhh, the agony. Now I knew why I went around with Harry and Ron.
"Stop being ridiculous. Ginny."
We all put our folded slips of paper in the hat.
"The first song is... drum roll please? And she proceeded to tell us which songs we would sing for the show.
"So one's for the show and ones for if we win?" I asked.
"You mean WHEN we win." Ginny replied.
"So what's my motivation they're both breakup songs.
"Ernie." one of the girls mutters.
"I heard that." I snapped.
I was forgetting about Ernie real fast but it still hurt. Well we practiced for about an hour and a half.
"Let' finish up with an oldie." Parvati said.
"Which one?" I asked.
This had become our closing ritual. We always played the same song at the end of our rehearsals. It was one of our favorite
songs. Plugged in my guitar, and strummed the first few chords.
Joli started to sing the first words:
Get a load of me, get a load of you
Walkin' down the street, and I hardly know you
It's just like we were meant to be
Holding hands with you, and we're out at night
Got a girlfriend, you say it isn't right
And I've got someone waiting too
The problem is, this is just the beginning
We're already wet, and we're gonna go swimming
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Harry walked in at this point and it was my turn to sing.
I was looking directly at him while I sang and it was odd because it was exactly how I was feeling about him.
Isn't this the best part of breakin' up?
Finding someone else you can't get enough of
Someone who wants to be with you too
It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch
Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch
But wouldn't it be beautiful
Here we are, we're at the beginning
We haven't fucked yet, but my head's spinning
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
(All of the girls joined me)
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?
I'd love for you to make me wonder
Where it's goin'
I'd love for you to pull me under
Somethin's growin'
For this that we can control
Baby I am dyin'
Joli finished singing alone and I saw her she was looking at Harry too. But he was looking at me!!! At me!!!! Down Girl. I told myself.
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you?
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you?
I was looking at Harry dureing the song. I thought I had made my feelings painfully clear. To hell with that stupid vow I had made
to my self.I hope he found out that I was in lust with him. No
I finally came to the realization it was not lust, it was love. I was in love with the Boy who's too good for me. I was putting my guitar
away when Harry came he lifted my case from me and put it on a shelf over my head.
"Harry I've got to tel you something." I mutter. Of curse I not about to say it outloud. Paravati and Lavender two of the school's
worst gossips are just a few feet away.
"What?" Harry says. I slap my hand to my forhead. He s oblivious to my want of privacy. "I don' think they heard you in CHINA. I'll
tell you later.
Now that we have officially gotten the attention of everyone the room. Joli saunters up. She doesn't walk like a nomal girl she
'saunters.'
To my horror Harry asks, " So what are your plans for the day?"
"Oh was planning on going to Hogsmeade. Now that I'm going to Yule ball, I have to find something to make me look drop dead
sexy." She let's out this giggle that is so annoying. But Harry LIKES it and continues their little converation like I am not even there.
So who's the lucky bastard I am going to have to kill that's going with you?"
"Nev Longbottom." She answeres with a sickly sweet smile. I know what she doing. 'She'd trying to make you jealous Harry!!!' I
scream mentally.
"Nev?"
"Neville is so, proper. You can't fool around with a 'Neville' but you can with a Nev."
What about a Harry?"
"I would hate to interupt this heart to heart but the coaches will leave without us ." I say.
"So do you want to go shopping with us?" Harry asks Joli.
"I would love to!" she exclaims. That does it there is no way I'm going to tell Harry now. He OBVIOSLY doesn't feel that way about me.
"But I can't I promised some other friends that I would spend time with them today sorry." SHe says giveing a sigh.
"Oh so sorry." I say. I grab Harry's arm and whisk him away.
"Hey, Hermione what is the rush?" Harry says.
There is an ackward silence.
"Nothing it's just I have shopping to do." I say with a huff.
"Right." I hear him mutter. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Nothing." I say " I uhh forgot."
"Hermione." Harry says in the one of voice which means he won't let it go.
"You made it a big deal in front of Parvati and Lav that they don't know. I'm not that stupid."
"Did you like the song." I had been wracking my brain trying to find something to talk about. I wanted him to know but I didn't want
to tel him.
"Yeah, like it. Especially the singer." He said.
"Oh really, and what was so great about te singer?" I ask with a smirk. FINALLY he was starting to catch up on my hints. I didn't
know how wrong I was.
"I loved how she stared right into my eyes like she couldn't breath because of me." Harry said turning red at the memory.
"Yeah." I say I put my arm around Harry's waist. I miss the look of confusion he shoots as he puts his arm around my shoulders.
We get onto the coach for our ide into Hogsmeade.
Hogsmeade
Harry
"Hermione!!" I groaned. " Why are you doing this to me you know it makes me go insane."
She told we were going to go shopping she didn't say we were going dress shopping.
"Come on Harry. Humor me." I hear her muffled voice snap from the dressing room. I have been seated on a chair in fron of one of
the curtained dressing rooms.
She comes out in a white backless number with flimsy straps and twirls for me.
"No." I say. She gives me a hurt look and goes back n the dressing room. She looked wonderful in the dress but if she was going to
wear and I was going to dance with her, well. Certain anatomy would be introduced and I really did NOT want that to happen
She came out with another dress it was a sleeveless tutleneck. Now that's more like it I could resist those sexy arms.
.Gahhh but not her killer legs. I saw the skirt, or rather lack of skirt. It was mid thigh. Another inch and it would make her indecent.
"No way." I say I get up and look for a dress for Hermione.
I see a blue velvet that seems pretty respectable.
"Hermione try this on." I say through the curtain.
"Yes?" She pops her head out of the dressng room. Her brown locks are disheveled and all I can see is naked shoulders with lacy
red bra strap. Agggg. I turn away. She' of course will be giveing my back odd looks as I thrust the blue dress into her face. But all I see is a teasing visual of Hermione in red lacy... Well you know.
"Ughh Harry." She exclaims. I turn around and concentrate on her face.
"You want me to look like McGongall. She eyes the full skirt and long sleeves with distaste.
"You're no help. Beside I want to look hot for you." She adds with a mischievieos smile.
I gulp. She is going to be the death of me.
"Well did you ever think how it makes me feel." I mutter into air.
"Oh.... OHHH sorry." I turn and see realization dawn on her face, she has also turned a marvelouse shade of pink.
"Yeah." say.
"Well I'm still buying the white one." She looks at me sharply. "Your a genteman. I know you won't take advantage of me."
"You shouldn't have so much faith in me . I'm 17, us guys only want one thing." I play with her insecurity. Although hermione has
gone out with a few boys. I love her prudeishness. She blushes again as she pays Madam Malkin for the dress.
I take the bag from her and we walk the streets of Hogsmeade. The snow is falling and it's beautiful. But it just feels odd that Ron's
not there with us. Hermione and me walk into the three broom sticks. We sit at a table for two. Which is really odd. We always sit at the tables in the back of the room.
Ahhh I see why. There is is a shock of red hair with his arms around Luna Lovegood at our table.
"Thanks." I tell Hermione.
"No biggie."
"So what will the lovely couple be havin?" Rosemerta says as she walks to our table?
"We're umm ... I mean." I stumble out.
"Right then, so... What will you be havin?"
"Two butterbeers."
"If we weren't together then you wouldn't have ordered for me." Hermione pointed out.
"Yeah well I didn't think of that, know it all."
"Hey Harry do you know ROn is stareing daggers at your back?"
"Yeah I can feel the lasers burning two holes into my skull. But I don't realy give a shit anymore. I mean as long as I have you for
a friend. Who needs Ron? I mean other than Loony Lovegood."
"Hey you know what would make him even more mad?" I add. I had looked up and seen a sprig of mistletoe.
On the spur of the moment plus some added lust from my best girlfriend. I swooped down and captured Hermiones lips in a kiss.
So what do ya think?
Love
Da Queen
