9

Getting Her Back

Avi woke up an hour later on the same bed she laid on a couple weeks ago. Madame Pomfrey was next to her bed.

"Hello, Hon," Madame Pomfrey greeted her, calmly for once. "Dear, I know you miss me but you really don't have to go to all this trouble to visit." She smiled at Avi.

"Very funny. I'm sorry if I do that a lot and if I'm a burden. It's never happened this often before. I can't help it." Avi looked guilty.

"Oh, hon, I was just kidding. Harry Potter was in here almost everyday last year. Whether it was a Quidditch injury or he was dueling with Malfoy, Potter was my most frequent visitor. Which reminds me why I came in here to check on you. Potter's here to see you."

Avi felt her heart skip a beat. Harry walked in and sat down. "Are you okay? You seem to like passing out, don't you?" he asked with a concerned expression and a weak smile on his face.

"I know, Harry. I know."

Meanwhile Draco followed Pansy now (what a great stalker he is), wondering how he was going to get Pansy to confess in front of Avi. Then, he got an idea. He would get Pansy's confession and Avi back.

"Pansy! Come here!" Draco yelled to her. He had a spell he learned last summer that recorded voices. He would use that and make Pansy confess.

"You did this, Pansy. You set me up, didn't you?"

"Obviously. I had to get that witch (this is edited so you know what she really said) away from you and you back with me. And it worked like a charm." Pansy came towards him, trying to snog him, or shag him (whichever you prefer), but of course he was too quick for her.

"Haleena!" he chanted. Pansy's wrists and ankles snapped together. He ran away until he was almost out of sight before he muttered the counter curse with dismay.

Avi changed into her robes just in time for dinner. She and Harry sat down at different tables, but they met each other afterward to walk to the portraits.

Meanwhile Again Draco hastily wrapped the present and signed it, as different from his own handwriting as possible, 'Love Harry'. He sneered and shot an evil glare at the love parting. He hoped she hadn't seen Potter's handwriting before.

Draco threw the gift into the dormitory and magically guided it to Avi's bed. He had to considering the fact that he couldn't go in there. Draco made sure there was no one there and checked one last time to see if it was on her bed. When he heard Harry and Avi outside, he ran to his bed and jumped onto it, but slipped on it and fell on the floor. Stupid silk.

Un-Meanwhile Harry walked Avi to her portrait, talking about Quidditch, when Harry remembered and wondered.

"Um, Avi? What was wrong anyway? You told me to help you, and then to go away. I'm very confused." (No, Harry. Its called stupidity)

Avi stopped dead in her tracks. "It's nothing, Harry. Leave it alone. Leave me alone," Avi told him in the same, icy tone in her voice.

"No. Not until you tell me what's going on."

Avi glared at Harry and hissed, "Stop it before someone gets hurt."

When Avi saw the gift, she smiled brightly. She opened the box, and a piece of parchment came into the air. As someone spoke, the words were being written down on the parchment.

"You did this, Pansy. You set me up, didn't you?"

"Obviously. I had to get that witch away from you and back with me. And it worked like a charm."

Avi read over the confession over and over again. Her smile showed brightly, but she wondered something and suddenly worried.

Avi raced around the grounds, tying to find Harry, when she found him lying down by the pond (or is it a lake?).

"Harry! Harry take a look at this!" Harry got up and read the confession from Draco.

"Well you know what you have to do then. You have to… go to Draco." Avi's face lit up as she hugged Harry as tight as she could.

"Thank you thank you thank you times infinity. Did I mention THANK YOU!" Avi said. Eventually she ran away and found Draco by the portrait. A couple days ago I couldn't get rid of this guy. Now I'm trying to find him. She thought (there's that mental wall again).

"Draco!" Avi shouted. Draco turned around, only to see Avi running towards him. She ran into him in a hug.

"I see you got my gift."

"I knew you wouldn't do that to me."

"Yeah right. You knew all along. Which is why you've been ignoring me this whole time." He remarked.

"Ok, ok. So I didn't know. Big deal."

They hugged and would not let go. Eventually, though, they did. "Do you want this back?" Draco asked, pointing out the ring he had given him. She smiled and nodded, and he took Avi's hand, placing it nicely on her finger. She kissed his cheek, happier now than she had been in a long time.