They finally reached potions, and got there just in time. They sat in seats next to Hermione and Ron, in the order of, Sarah, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
Draco Malfoy sat on the other table next to them, on the outside. Sarah smiled and giggled towards Harry, and then turned around to see Malfoy imitating her. She looked at him with a dark look, and snapped at a rubber band on her wrist.
Snape told them to write something, so Harry watched as Sarah took out the quill that was similar to Umbridge's quill.
"No, you can't use that. It'll make marks. Trust me." He said, then lowered his voice. "And, you are trying to stop, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am trying to stop." Sarah whispered, handing him the quill. He gave her another one, one that would leave those marks. "Thank you for that, I would have done it again. You helped me stop that for that moment."
Ron looked at Harry and Sarah smiled at each other. He smirked, too. He did not dare speak, until the four were walking out of the Potions class.
"Hey, Harry, you missed Transfiguration. Actually," Ron said, smirking a Sarah and Harry, "Both of you missed that class."
"Hm?" Sarah said, looking up at Ron.
"You missed Transfiguration. Why? What happened?" Ron asked.
"My kitten got loose and we spent the class trying to chase her." Sarah said quickly.
"Really? Is she that small black fluffy kitten?" Hermione asked.
"Yes." Sarah replied.
"She's always getting out?"
"Yes."
"I've seen her. She's the one that always plays with Crookshanks. He's never seen without her."
"Maybe it's kitten love." Ron said, smirking. "Or, maybe it's Harry and Sarah love. I bet that's why you two weren't in that class. You were the only two who weren't there. It's obvious."
"Yes, actually, Harry, it is. Sarah, please don't go getting into trouble." Hermione said.
"I need to talk to you later, Hermione. It's really important. About, well, I'll tell you later." Sarah said, and walked a different way.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked her.
"I'm taking a detour. As in, going a different way to the common room." Sarah replied, catching Harry's eye, and he got the hint. He smirked.
"Oh no, not again Harry!" Hermione said.
"What?" He asked her.
"You're going to skip class again because of her!" Ron said.
A note appeared in Harry's hand. He opened it. It only had three words on it.
'Lunch- common room.'
"Harry. Don't skip class again." Hermione said sternly.
"I wont have to." Harry said.
"When are you going to meet her, then?" Ron asked.
"What, and make you come and follow us? No way." Harry said, and walked off, note clenched in his hand.
The next few classes were History of Magic, where Sarah, Harry, and Ron played tic-tac-toe the whole class. Then Charms, and Divination. Then, lunch came.
Hermione and Ron were sitting at the Gryffiondor table, where Sarah and Harry were sitting with them, the two very close together. They seemed to be one person.
"Are you two ever apart?" Ron asked them.
"Dunno. I lost count how many times." Harry said.
Sarah giggled. She whispered something in Harry's ear.
"Wait two minutes after I leave." And then, she said in a louder voice, "I got to go look in the library for some books, see you guys after lunch."
And with that, she left.
About five minutes had passed.
Harry got up.
"I got to go rest, I'm really tired. See you later in Herbology." He said, and walked out of the Great Hall.
Ron and Hermione exchanged looks.
"He's not stupid, he wouldn't do anything to hurt her." Ron said.
"No, I'm worried about her being stupid. Doing something that would make him hurt her, without him noticing he's hurting her. She doesn't need anymore pain in her life." Hermione said.
"Well, I don't think she'd do that either." Ron replied.
"Ron, don't you get it? My step-sister is hurt. She has a lot of stress. Her parents died, and when shen was put into the orphanege, nobody woud take her. They said she wasn't good enough for their family. Ron, that screwed up Sarah." Hermione said.
"Harry's got it just as bad." Ron said.
"Harry's not the one who's crying all through the night, not getting any sleep. Harry's not the one who got stabbed on purpose." Hermione said, angrily.
"So what?" Ron said right back.
"Ron, do you have any idea what Sarah's going through? What she's doing to herself? Ron, she's cutting herself! She's killing herself slowly! She's too vulnerable for this!" Hermione said, tearing up.
"I know, but she seems to be fine. Harry stopped her from doing it, and she was happy about it. She seems pretty happy about him. They're in love, Hermione, have you not noticed? Let it be for a while, and then we'll see what happens. Please." Ron said, patting her hand, to make Hermione feel better. She smiled.
Back in the common room, Sarah was sitting on the stairs to the boy's dormitory.
Then, Harry walked in.
"Harry. Are you ever afraid we'll get..caught?" Sarah said.
"Why?" Harry asked, "We seemed to be pretty safe before."
"Ron caught us the other day." Sarah said, "So I was thinking. What if we went into the dormitories? We could pull the curtain shut. So we'd have time to stop before anybody saw us."
"Boy's?" Harry smirked.
"Sure. Let's go." Sarah said, and they headed off. harry sat down on his bed, followed by Sarah. She closet the curtain, and they sat at the end of the bed, sitting across from one another, each sitting indian style. They started. From a regular kiss to something more. That took 10 minutes to end. Then, Sarah, who was closest to the head part of the bed, layed down, and Harry on top of her, them still kissing.
And then, it went from that, to something even more. Then, even more.
But they couldn't get to the most extreme thing, because they heard people coming into the common room. They stopped, and then pulled the curtains open, and Sarah sat on the floor, and Harry stayed on the bed, to make it seem as if they had just been talking. Ron came up to the boy's dormitory, and found them just sitting there.
"Nothing, eh? Good." He said, grabbing his books, and walking out.
"Hm, are you jealous, Ron?" Harry said, smirking at him.
"No." Ron half-laughed back, "I'm actually happy for you. Hermione's been bugging me all day. And, speaking of which, Sarah, Hermione's waiting for you in the common room, near the fire. Go to her."
"Okay." Sarah said, walking out of the dorm without a glance back, afraid Ron would be able to tell what had happened.
"Why are you always pulling dow your sleeve? I want to know." hermione asked her fakely. Sarah didn't seem to notice.
"That's what I needed to talk to you about." Sarah said, as Harry and Ron walked down from the boy's dormitory.
"Why do you?" Hermione asked, but Sarah didn't say anything. She pulled up her right sleeve, and showed her. There were red marks going all the way up her arm. Harry and Ron heard and watched.
"Oh, Sarah." Hermione said, and Sarah started to cry. Hermione brought her into a hug.
"You do know w-why, don't y-you?" Sarah asked, and Hermione nodded awkwardly.
"Because of what happened with your parents and the orphange?" Hermione asked, and Sarah nodded. Harry and Ron walked over.
"Are you at least trying to stop?" Hermione whispered to her.
"Yes, Hermione. I am trying. And Harry's helping. A lot. He's being really supportive, since, you know, almost the same thing happened with his parents." Sarah replied.
"That's another thing. Don't let him be hurting you in any way." Hermione whispered, so Harry and Ron wouldn't hear.
"HERMIONE GRANGER! I'm fine! Harry wouldn't hurt me! We're in love and you're not getting the fact that we don't want that to end. We're the only thing in each other's lives that are keeping us normal. Notice he hasn't lost his temper lately." Sarah whispered back angrily.
"That's true. Look, I'm sorry. I am still worried about you and him always getting together. What are you two doing when your alone?" Hermione whispered.
"We just talk. Don't worry. We're not doing anything bad." Sarah whispered back.
"Are you sure?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, we just need alone time, so at least we can talk to each other without having to worry about being overheard!" Sarah said.
"Good." Hermione said, and Ron and Harry came closer.
"Hello. Sarah, you feel better? Are you okay?" Ron asked her, and she nodded.
"Well, we've got Herbology, we'd better get going. I don't want to be late." Harry said, as the other two nodded. They walked out. Then, he whispered to Sarah, "Or get caught again."
She nodded, and the two walked out.
In Herbology, they had to learn how to properly get fire seeds off of the trees, so the whole class was spent doing that.
"Ow!" Sarah said, holding her hand.
"What happened?" Harry asked her.
"The fire seed burnt my finger. I'm fine." Sarah said, and harry went to look at her hand. Then he looked up at her face. They were looking into each other's eyes, and it was as if a spark had gone through them. They felt a quick urge to kiss, but they knew they couldn't.
Their eye contact was broken by a voice not too far away from them.
"Hey, hey, Potter. Why don't you go at her again? You know you want to!" Draco Malfoy said from behind them.
They both looked at him. He was imitating them.
"We can't do this anymore." Sarah whispered to Harry, so Malfoy wouldn't hear.
"What do you mean by 'We can't do this anymore.' ?" Harry asked her.
"I mean show everybody what point we're at. We've got to keep it a secret. Otherwise, it'll spread through the school what we've been doing when we're alone, Harry. Otherwise, we'll get in trouble. Someone might tell about my -problems-. I might get sent home." Sarah said. She looked sad, but she didn't seem as if she was going to cry. Harry looked at her, smiled slightly, and brought her into a hug. But, Malfoy was still making fun of them, so they had to let go of each other, and continue their work.
The rest of the class was filled with shouts of 'Glacius'.