Author's Note: I'm not sure if it's worth to continue to update on this website. As far as I'm concerned, nobody is reading this. Plus this chapter isn't the best of its kind. I really think it could have been done better but couldn't figure out to make this seem less rushed. But enough about me, what about you? What are you doing reading this and not replying?There should be some sort of law against that... especially since I could just not update it on anymore and then you have to go to and find it there... at least there people reply... sigh Oh well... Hope you enjoy.

La, la, la... oh yeah, Disclaimer... Not that anybody seems to be reading this or anything but I surely and truely do not own Harry Potter. No, i'm serious. It doesn't belong to me. You can even ask my parents. Yeah, that's right... I wish I owned Harry Potter but JK beat me to the cut. So I write fanfics instead. But Juli DOES belong to me so if you use her in a fanfic you have to put me and my wonderful fanfic into YOUR disclaimer. I don't care if you just use the name. I'm quite fond of her name so no stealing without asking me first, which in that case I'll be more than happy to let you use it...

Chapter five

This was why Juli had protested to the skirt and blazer: it had little to no protection against the cold. It was hardly into fall. What happened when it started snowing and Ginny wanted her to wear some of her new outfits? At least her school uniform kept most of her body warm. Her legs just ended up freezing slightly.

Not that it really mattered because Harry didn't stop until they had reached the hill where the Shrieking Shack was. It was only when he stopped that Juli realized how freezing cold she really was. But she was still a little confused as to what Harry wanted… and with her of all people. He was practically begging her to say she liked him and she blew him off. She pushed him away. He should be heart broken (that is, if he liked her in that way) and trying to avoid her. Or at least figuring out who the mysterious guy is so he could compete. Not rushing her to some secluded hill top for God knows what reason.

And the silence between them was starting to become as thick as ice. Juli trying to figure out Harry's strange behavior and Harry… thinking really hard. She couldn't tell about what though. He just kept staring at her as if about to say something or trying to get her to say something. Then he would bite his bottom lip and do a sort of half pace. After that he would return to staring at her. Needless to say, Juli's blush had returned and she couldn't find anyway to hide it. Besides, she was busying trying to figure out what was up with Harry!

"So, is this guy in our year?" said Harry finally, after many failed attempts.

"Harry, please!" cried Juli, thinking he was jealous of a guy he didn't even know. She was kind of afraid of what he would do to whatever kid matched her description.

"It was just a simple question," said Harry in surprise. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I guess."

This caused Juli to bite her bottom lip instead. She wanted to say so many things. In fact, she was starting to feel guilty about making it seem like there was another guy out there. Harry had been quite honest about his dating life as far as she could tell. Not that there had been any sort of lie to what she had said… But she wanted to tell him! Everything! How she felt, why she knew they probably couldn't get together and her reasons behind leading him on. Still she felt guilty and selfish.

"Hey, are you okay?" asked Harry, making Juli realize that she was starting to cry.

"Look, Harry, of course the guy is in our year! He's you, okay!" cried Juli, feeling that everything was just coming spilling out. But the more she said, the better she felt. "I feel really bad about leading you on but I thought it was a good idea if you didn't want a relationship at this point in your life. Like I said, you have an important job you've got to do and I don't want to get in the way… and… and…"

She faltered. Harry had been watching her patiently as if he had expected every word of it. He wasn't as dense as Ron but, as far as Juli could tell, wasn't too experienced in this sort of this. Why, then, was he acting like he wasn't at all surprised by what she was saying? Maybe Hermione had mentioned something to him… Or maybe he had been thinking along the same lines as Juli and expected her to as well. And if he had been thinking along the same lines then…

"It's okay," said Harry, shrugging. "You wouldn't get in the way, you're too intelligent for that."

"Wh-what?" said Juli, blinking. She was actually surprised that she hadn't started blushing again.

"Look you said that if I wanted a relationship I would have to say it, right?" said Harry, putting his hands in his pockets. "So I'm saying it."

"Are… are you sure?" asked Juli, swallowing and feeling light headed. This was either a joke or a dream. She would have pinched herself but that would have looked weird. So she compromised by kicking her ankle lightly. It hurt.

"I would say it if I wasn't sure," said Harry, sounding extremely patient. "And Hermione kind of pushed me too…"

"Oh. My. God…" said Juli, suddenly realizing…

"What?" said Harry in surprise.

"They set us up!" cried Juli. "No wonder Ginny wanted me to go into the Three Broomsticks and Hermione was so quick to get out of there! Those two were trying to get us together."

"This is a problem?" laughed Harry.

"Well I purposefully told them that it would be safer if I didn't… date you so they wouldn't try and play matchmaker!" said Juli, starting to laugh. "I guess it made them want to even more…"

"Well it sounds like we wouldn't have done it on our own," said Harry. "Which would have been very disappointing since I really like you."

This time Juli ended up blushing so red that if it had been Ginny you couldn't tell where the face ended and red hair began. Thankfully Juliana had plain brown hair and didn't have to worry about that sort of thing. Harry shook his head and looked away as if he was pretending not to see it. But Juli's blush receded when the cold, again, caught up with her and she started shivering. Thinking that it was appropriate, to warm up she went over and hugged Harry's arm. He was a little surprised at first but they soon ended up walking to the castle in this fashion. There could be nothing what so ever in this known universe that Juli could think of that could destroy their happiness. She even dared Voldemort to try!