Hey!…thanks for all your reviews…they were great!…. Here's the next chapter…
Hermione Granger felt slightly giddy as Ben Walker walked her back to her room the night after the day they had spent in Hogsmeade together. They had almost run into Blaise in the entrance hall, but Hermione noticed he was too involved in his own thought to notice them.
She no longer felt guilty about spending the day with Ben, so when they got to her room, Hermione automatically invited him in.
They each sat on the burgundy coloured couch that was in front of Hermione's fireplace. They were close, so close that Ben moved his arm around her waist so that they could be more comfortable.
Hermione sighed, she hadn't felt so relaxed, so content for a long time now and for some strange reason she found she felt like this when she was with Ben. She rested her head against his shoulder. Eventually they both fell asleep together in front of the unlit fireplace.
As Alex woke Sunday morning she could hear the laughter come from the other beds, she figured it was just Natalie and Jess, she pulled her bed curtains back and found that both the girls were no longer in the dorm and the laughter was coming from Sam and Nicole.
She decided to ignore their laughter, and instead went and showered and dressed in jeans and a pink and blue jumper.
"Hey guys," she said entering the dorm again, "I think I'm going to see my mum…we haven't really talked in a while…"
"Sure…" Nicole said, "be sure to tell riley aswell…" she finished off before the two girls dissolved in a fit of giggles again.
Alex frowned at them but ignored what they had said.
She quickly exited the Gryffindor common making sure no one stopped her to talk and made her way towards her mother's office and room in the castle.
She knocked on the wooden door and waited for her mother to open it. Once she did, Alex found her mother in the same clothes she had on yesterday, although they were slightly creased.
"Alex Darling," her mother said stepping out into the hallway, closing the door behind her. She kissed her daughter on the cheek.
"Mum…" she began, noticing that she had not welcomed her into the room, instead they were standing out in the hall. Hermione smiled at her daughter.
"is everything alright?" she asked her.
"Yeah every thing's fine…I just thought I'd come see you and we could talk and stuff" Alex replied.
"Now?" Hermione asked, "uh…I can't right now…" she looked at her watch "I have to go meet your Uncle Ron" she lied
"Oh, ok. I guess we could just talk and catch up later…" Alex said, noticing her mothers lie. She walked off and noticed that her mother quickly entered her room again, instead of going to meet her Uncle Ron.
Riley entered the owlry, looking for his father white owl Headwig. E was so intent on looking for it hat he didn't notice her. But when he did he felt himself blush. She looked beautiful to him, sitting next to a large black owl, bent over scribbling in a light blue notebook.
"Alex?" he asked. Her head jerked up and he had clearly startled her, but her face relaxed into a smile when she realised who it was.
"Riley," she said as she ripped the page out the notebook and folded it up, before attaching it to the owls leg. Riley couldn't help but notice that it was address to Logan and small hearts where next to the name He felt a stab of jealousy. What he didn't notice though was that it also said Georgie and that the hearts were purely for decoration.
"what are you doing here?" she asked him, causing him to look away from the letter. They watched as the black owl flew off before Riley answered her.
"oh…my dad…he asked me to send this letter for him." He looked down at the parchment in his hand, "but I can't find our owl, so I guess he'll just have to come back when Hedwig's returned."
Alex looked at her watch, "hey its time for lunch, would yo like to join me?" she asked him in a posh tone.
He laughed at her, "why not…. it's not like I have anything else to do"
They entered the great hall to find Sam, Draco jr. and Nicole all sitting together. Something which both of them found odd since Nicole had never really talked to either of them before Alex had started there.
Riley felt Malfoy smirk at him as they entered and sat down.
"Hey have you noticed that they've all been acting a bit…weird?" Alex whispered to him as they sat.
Riley nodded but was stopped by Sam talking to Alex before he could reply. He was still thinking about the letter Alex had just sent to Logan, her boyfriend he thought.
Suddenly he wasn't very hungry, but he grabbed a sandwich, before excusing himself from the great hall.
"I just remembered I said I'd meet my mum in the library" he lied as he exited.
His friends knew he was lying, for Ginny Potter was sitting at the staff table, talking to Jessica Weasley. But none of them knew why he was lying.
Alex ate her sandwich quickly and left her three friends at the table and headed for the astronomy tower. For some reason she knew that was where he went.
Hermione entered the great hall just as lunch was finishing, and found Ginny leaving.
"Gin…' she said " I need to talk are you busy?"
Surprised that Hermione had chosen her, although they were now friends again, Ginny simply nodded her head and let Hermione lead her to the school library.
They sat in armchairs that were separate from the rest of the library and Ginny stared at Hermione.
"Gin," she began, "I think…I think I have a problem."
Ginny nodded before realising what Hermione had actually just said, "wait what? You Hermione Granger have a problem?" she asked, almost laughing
Hermione nodded, looking slightly miserable.
'Well…what is it?" Ginny asked her finally.
"I think I'm falling for Ben Walker," she murmured quietly, but loud enough for Ginny to hear her.
Ginny looked at her friend "what about Blaise?" she whispered, after everything they had been through Ginny and the rest of the world knew that Blaise and Hermione were made for each other, even If they didn't know it.
"Well that's the problem, since I've seen him around, I don't know what it is, it could just be because I haven't seen him in so long, but I think I still love him," she said slowly, " but yesterday, yesterday I spent the entire day with Ben and we fell asleep together and it was just do fantastic and if forgot everything, but then I remember the way Blaise made me feel and I get so confused."
Ginny looked at Hermione, she had stopped laughing now and looked seriously at her friend.
"Gin…I don't know what to do…" Hermione wailed, a tear forming in her eye.
"Oh Hermione," she said hugging her friend "everything will work out,"
Riley could hear someone walking slowly up the stairs, for some reason the last person he had expected it to be was Alex, but it was her.
"Hey," she smiled, "I thought you were going to see your Mum?"
God he loved it when she smiled, she seemed even more beautiful than she already was to him. Are you going to reply or just sit here like a rock? His brain asked him and he realised she was still standing there waiting for an answer.
"yeah I uh…couldn't find my mum…" he lied, hoping he sounded convincing.
She just laughed, a laugh that made him smile because it as so sweet and seemed to light up the room.
She has a boyfriend remember, the voice in his head stated. Suddenly he frowned and Alex stopped laughing.
"What's up?" she asked sitting down beside him.
Riley just shrugged, "nothing' he said as he put his head in his hands.
"Ok, if I tell you my problem will you tell me yours?" She asked poking his arm.
He looked at her, "Maybe…"
"my mum," Alex began "lied to me this morning, it was the first time she's ever lied to me and I don't know why."
"Maybe she's planning something to surprise you…" he suggested.
"what surprise me by spending the night with Professor Walker," she said sarcastically.
"What?" Riley asked surprised at what he had just heard.
"You know…I really though my mum…my mum was still in love with my dad, the way he is still in love with her" she said standing up as tears began to form in her eyes, 'it wasn't supposed to be like this you know?"
Riley nodded as he watched the girl begin to break down, he stood up.
"We…were meant to come back and I'd meet my dad….and then my mum…she would…realise how much she still loved him….and we'd just be a normal happy family" she broke in to tears.
Riley stepped closer to her and put his arms around her shoulders. He had to hug her he didn't know what else to do.
"Sometimes things don't work out as you plan them," he whispered into her ear as he pulled her closer. She rested her head against his shoulder and felt his arms tighten around her waist.
After a moment Riley pulled away from her.
"I'm sorry," Riley, said, looking into Alex's eyes, he brushed the tears away that were still on her cheek.
"For what?" Alex whispered as she took a step closer to him.
Riley took a step back and looked to the ground, "um.. I have to go" he said not making eye contact with her.
He walked toward the door and left Alex standing in the spot where he left her as he made his way down the stairs and back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Riley," he heard a voice call after him.
"Not now Jess," he said before walking into his dorm.
Draco Malfoy Jr. was sitting on his bed, reading the letter his mother had sent him when Riley entered the dorm.
He put down the picture of his parents and his two younger sisters and watched his friend as he paced the area next to his bed.
"Riley what's wrong mate, have a little fight with your girlfriend?" as much as Draco liked his friend, he enjoyed teasing him even more.
"Shut up Malfoy, she's not my girlfriend…" he snapped.
Draco smirked; it was the same identical smirk that he had inherited from his father, although it was softened from his mother.
"Ok, no really what's wrong?" he asked genuinely concerned this time.
Riley looked at his friend trying ot figure out if he should tell him or if he did tell him it would lead to more teasing, he decided to tell him.
He checked to make sure that only he and draco were in the room.
"I guess I like Alex," he said
"Please tell me something the world doesn't know already…" Draco said sarcastically.
"Ok I'll shut up," he said when riley looked at him
"Well that's it pretty much, that and she has a boyfriend. Which is hwy I keep telling you she is not my girlfriend, nothing is going on or will be gong on." Riley finished.
"She told you she had a boyfriend?" draco asked getting up off his bed.
"well no…but she does…I mean remember that night when she came in crying…that was because I kissed her so she was upset because I kissed her because she has a boyfriend…" riley said unsure of what he was actually saying, but hopefully he sounded convincing.
"Riley she might not have been crying form that. Girls their a bit weird when it comes to their feelings, she might have been crying form some completely different reason.." Draco said. If she really has a boyfriend at her old school it could ruin our Halloween plans he thought to himself.
Riley didn't reply, as Draco looked at his watch.
"Hey, I gotta go, I told Sam I'd help her with some homework." And he left the boys dorms.
Alex stayed in the astronomy tower for at least an hour after Riley had left. She didn't understand what was going on. She didn't understand why had left like that, when once they were here he had so willingly kissed her.
But you didn't kiss him back, she reminded herself, you left. Just like he did.
She sighed. Why do I even care?
Because you like him and you wanted to kiss him back a soft, but familiar voice said in her head.
She shook her head slightly not true, I do not like Riley Potter. The first voice said.
You do, you can't deny it I know everything the second voice replied.
She sighed she could keep on denying it in her head, but it was true she did like him. She liked the way he put his head in his hands when he was frustrated and the tone he used when he was speaking to Jess. She like the way he smiled and the way he laughed.
But most of all she liked the way how she felt safe when she was around riley. The only other people she had ever felt safe with was her mother and now her father, but with Riley it was a different kind of safe, it felt more secure, but dangerous at the same time.
She didn't understand it.
Blaise watched as the three Gryffindor students rushed into the library and sat in the furthest corner, so that no-one could hear them.
He however could hear them as he was standing behind the bookshelf closet to the table and they had not noticed him as they sat.
He hadn't meant to eavesdrop on their conversation but when he heard his daughters name he couldn't help it.
"Nicole does Alex have a boyfriend?" Draco Malfoy jr. asked her. Blaise held his breathe as he waited for the redhead to answer.
"Not that I know of," she said. Blaise let out a gasp of relief and continued to look though the books.
"What about that Logan guy though, the one that's kissing her in the picture?" Sam the brunette girl said questioningly, " She might have just forgot to mention it."
Blaise listened again. Alex had seemed so innocent when he was with her and the fact that now she might have a boyfriend was unnerving Blaise.
He watched as Nicole nodded in agreement.
"Well, then I guess we'll just have to break them up then." Draco stated as he went to get up.
"Shouldn't we find out if Riley's right though. I mean Logan might not be her boyfriend, he is her best friends brother so we might have all just gotten the wrong message." Nicole said as she stood up aswell.
"Yeah, she's right, I mean it's kind of pointless breaking up two people who aren't even together." Sam said as Draco nodded.
"Ok, you two find out then." He said and the three of them exited the library, still not noticing the pale Blaise who was imagining his daughter with a boy. Suddenly he felt sick to his stomach.
Alex had returned to the Gryffindor common and was sitting near the window pretending to read a book when Riley came down from his dorm. She watched him as he looked her, but turned away as he went and sat in the chair opposite her.
"Alex,' he said brightly.
She looked over the top of the book, but didn't speak.
Luckily though Nicole, Sam and Malfoy entered and made their way over to where the two of them were sitting before he could speak again.
'Hey guys," Sam said, "what you doing?" riley didn't speak.
"Actually I was trying to read, before this annoying git decided to come sit with me." Alex replied. Where did that come from? She asked herself as Riley looked at her.
The other three choose to ignore the tension between the two and sat down.
"Potter you wouldn't mind moving next to granger so I could sit with my gorgeous girlfriend?" Draco asked, forcing Riley to move.
"Oh, don't bother, you can both sit here, I'm gong to bed." Alex offered, before making her way up to her own dormitory, leaving the four staring at her.
Once in her room, she scrambled into her pyjamas and then beneath her sheets before pulling the curtains across her bed.
She had no idea why she hadn't stayed there and why she had snapped at riley, but as she fell asleep she forgot everything.
A/N: ok…..kind of crappy ending but I couldn't think of anything else to write. Hoped you enjoy, review again.
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