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Why don't I think before I speak, I should have listened to that voice inside of me!

Chapter 3

"Harry? Do you have a girlfriend?"

It was such a silly and random thing to say. Actually it wasn't too random because Firenze had just gotten finished saying that the stars did not control who you would fall in love with and one day marry. It had been something Neville had brought up because someone in his family took their horoscopes seriously. Juli knew, however, that it was Ginny who took that sort of thing semi-seriously. She was at least reasonable about it. Afterwards they had been put into pairs to make up their own personal horoscopes for each other. Then they would compare them with others with the same zodiac sign. Juli had been partnered with Harry.

"I use to," said Harry, biting his bottom lip then crossing something out on his parchment. "I don't get what we're supposed to base these on!"

"You could just make it up. You and Ron are quite good at that," Juli pointed out and looking down at her blank parchment. She pulled out her Divination book. "So you haven't gotten a new one since Cho Chang?"

"Do I need to?" asked Harry, looking up at her seriously.

"No, of course not!" said Juli, turning red. But she found she couldn't look away from Harry's bright green eyes. "I'm just simply curious."

"What? Does my horoscope say I'm going to find love?" joked Harry, grabbing her parchment.

"No! Maybe…" cried Juli, grabbing the parchment away. But Harry snatched it up and looked at it. When he saw the blank page he laughed, causing Juli to blush even more.

"Guess you have as much done as I do," laughed Harry, handing her back the parchment. "I've just been doodling!"

"Harry!" cried Juli, leaning over to see the scribbles on his parchment. She shook her head. "No wonder you failed your Divination O.W.L.s…"

"That and Professor Trelawney obviously didn't know a thing," said Harry, raising his eyebrows perplexedly and staring down at his parchment. "So, what do you want in life?"

"To help people…" muttered Juli, looking away. "My grandmother died of cancer; my dad's sister and her husband were killed by Death Eaters; Mr. Weasley was sent to St. Mungo's for… what… a snake bite; and Professor Lupin is a werewolf. Even if I can't save those kind of people I'd liked to make them more comfortable."

"Well, Mr. Weasley is doing just fine now," said Harry, acting like he was trying very hard not to look at her. "But I think that's a very nice thing to want to do."

"Thanks Harry," said Juli, smiling as Harry quickly scribbled stuff down. "What about you?"

"Me?" said Harry, suddenly looking up. He smiled mischievously. "I want to make it out of Hogwarts alive!"

Juli shuddered. "I guess you'll need a lot of help from that one."

"Ron and Hermione are a great help," said Harry, nodding and continuing to write. "And some of the teachers help as well, including Firenze. Neville, Ginny and Luna Lovegood have helped as well. I'm pretty lucky."

Quickly Juli wrote something down just as the bell rang for class to end.

"I'll say it again, Ginny, I like my school uniform!" cried Juli, taking a pillow and throwing it at the red headed girl. It just bounced off of Ginny's shoulder harmlessly.

"I, personally, this it's an excellent idea!" said Pavarti, looking over Ginny's other shoulder at the magazine. Lavender had her own pile and was looking at them. "You really could do with a new wardrobe."

"I could always give you some of my old jeans if you would like," said Lavender, turning page after page. Every once and a while she would look up at Juli then shake her head.

"I'm not that skinny," muttered Juli darkly.

It was already three weeks into the school year. Which also meant that there was a week before the first Hogsmeade trip. Juli had been hoping to take Harry up on his offer of going to the Three Broomsticks. Most of the Hogsmeade trips in the past Juliana had spent at school… studying. Or with Ginny. But they were normally short because they tended to run into Malfoy. But it seemed Ginny was intent on getting her new clothes. It was starting to bug her!

"What are you all doing?" asked Hermione, walking into the Girl's Dormitory. She looked around at the piles of magazines and then at Juli. "I guess you're going to be spending your weekend clothes shopping."

"Thanks a lot, Hermione," muttered Juli. "You were a big support."

"Harry is going to be disappointed though," said Hermione airily, turning away to look into the mirror. "He was really looking forward to seeing you."

At this she glanced out of the corner of her eye to see the girl's reactions. Pavarti and Lavender squealed in their girlish way and started giggling. It was like they suddenly knew a big secret that nobody else knew. Ginny's eyes went wide and she smiled mischievously. She leaned in closer to Juli with a mad glint in her eyes.

"You… and Harry…" she said.

"What about Harry and me?" asked Juli in bewilderment, backing away. She glanced at Hermione who looked like she was trying hard not to smile.

"Do you like Harry?" asked Ginny, poking Juli in the chest. "In that way?"

"In what way?" asked Juli, blinking. Lavender and Pavarti groaned as if her stupidity on the subject was killing them. She felt a tinge of pink creep over her cheeks.

"Like in the way where you would want to go out with him… on a date…" said Ginny, being extremely patient. "Maybe even kiss him…"

"I don't know…" said Juli, looking around the room. "Should I?"

Lavender shook her head sadly while Pavarti clapped her hands over her ears. Ginny took a deep breath and Hermione rolled her eyes. This left Juli with enough time to think it over. Did she like Harry? He was cute but she had never let that persuade how she felt about a person. Draco Malfoy could be cute at times but she would never date him. Harry could also be funny at times. Then again, so could Ron. She knew she didn't like Ron in that way.

'You're just making up excuses!' thought Juli, sighing. 'Be honest with yourself for once in your life!'

She liked Harry. She really liked him in that way. He was cute, funny, kind and most of all Juli kind of thought he might even like her. At least in a friendly way. So she figured out that she liked him. Now what? Normally a girl would tell the guy she liked him or have one of her friends do it for her. But Harry was no ordinary guy. He was always busy fighting You-Kno… Voldemort.

'What if he dies? I'm sure that's crossed his mind before. He may not want a girlfriend just in case,' thought Juli as Ginny glared at her, as if expecting an answer. 'It would be the smartest thing to do… thought not exactly the nicest. Though if I tell him how I feel he might feel he has an obligation to uphold and date me anyways. Maybe I'll just get in the way if he ever fight You-Kno… Voldemort again. I could never do that to him.'

Finally she took a deep breath and looked Ginny straight into the eyes.

"And if I do like him in that way?" Juli asked, feeling as if she had a large weight on her heart. "I'm not going to tell him because he doesn't need that sort of commitment."

This, apparently, was not was Ginny, Hermione and especially not what Lavender and Pavarti expected to hear. But after getting a hold of herself Hermione nodded. Ginny looked a little disappointment but she also seemed to respect Juli's decision. Pavarti opened her mouth to speak but Hermione shook her head. Ginny went back to her magazine quietly and didn't speak to Juli except to say good-night.