Diary of a Red Head

29th of August

Room

10:00 AM

Oh no.

10:01 AM

Oh bloody bloody hell.

10:02 AM

The way – he couldn't possibly –

10:04 AM

No. No. No.

NO.

10:06 AM

I'll just pretend it never happened.

10:07 AM

NO!

10:09 AM

Do you spot the bolded, italicised and underlined word above?

It means I'm upset.

And it means that I don't want to talk to you.

So, I suggest you do what every other diary does when I don't want to talk to it.

10:12 AM

It means you bugger off, you idiot!

10:15 AM

SEE?

See how good I am at forgetting things?

10:17 AM

I'm forgetting.

Yes, I am.

10:20 AM

What was I to do?

What?

It seemed perfectly normal at the time, but what if –

10:25 AM

Oh, no, I'm just being silly.

He probably didn't mean it.

I'm sure of it.

10:30 AM

He couldn't have meant it.

He couldn't.

But ... what if he did mean it?

10:32 AM

That would be absolutely horrible.

10:34 AM

And I can't ask him about it, either, because that would mean I'm telling him I accidentally listened in on his conversation!

10:35 AM

I'm sure he wouldn't like that.

I wouldn't like it either if I was having a very private conversation with my best friend and he was listening in.

As a matter of fact, I'd probably murder him.

10:37 AM

Or jump on him and snog him senseless.

10:40 AM

Mhm.

Probably the latter.

10:42 AM

I can't ignore it, either.

Now that I know, I mean -

10:45 AM

Oh, that's right, you haven't a clue what I'm on about, have you?

10:46 AM

Oh. How delightful.

10:48 AM

I'm not telling you.

No, surrey, I am not!

10:50 AM

Well. Maybe I will.

Just to annoy you.

10:51 AM

Because you, Tomhil, are not interested in my life at all, are you?

10:52 AM

I thought so.

10:53 AM

Humph.

10:55 AM

Don't you have some place else to lie around and pretend to be an un-evil diary?

10:56 AM

Come off it, I know you have.

10:57 AM

Oh ...

11:00 AM

Right.

So, you'll just go on pretending you are a normal diary?

Because if you do that, I will ...

11:01 AM

Oh, well, fine. I will tell you.

Because ... er ... because.

11:02 AM

That's right.

Isn't my reasoning brilliant?

11:10 AM

Well, all right, I suppose I should fill you in on what happened yesterday.

After Harry sort of told me he fancied me, I stared at him, blinking rapidly.

He flushed red, but kept staring at me.

Of course, since Ron doesn't have any good timing whatsoever, he came in, half-shouting something about his broomstick and Lavender.

11:11 AM

I have to remember to ask him about that.

11:12 AM

Yes, of course on the Lavender bit!

Honestly.

11:14 AM

Well.

Harry sort of looked at Ron in a panic and disappeared out of sight, leaving me standing there, gaping, at the point where Harry was before.

Ron didn't notice, of course, and just sat at the table, while I threw a murderous look his way and stomped off.

11:20 AM

So, after that lovely – er – adventure, I went up to my room and locked myself in for the day, ignoring mum's shouts for supper, breakfast and lunch.

I was so upset that I didn't eat for the whole day and the whole night.

11:22 AM

The fact that I snuck into the kitchen at three in the morning to eat ice cream will, of course, go by unnoticed.

11:24 AM

Well, obviously, things didn't go that well from then on, and I had a lot of strange dreams when I finally got back to sleep.

Even stranger than strange, I mean.

The one with the Centaur and the Quidditch ba – right. Of course. Back to the story.

After one of those horrible dreams, I decided to go downstairs for breakfast, since I was incredibly hungry.

I was just about to jump off the last four steps when I overheard a conversation between Hermione and Harry.

I poked my head through the banister and saw that they left the kitchen door open, so I could see Hermione, standing at the counter, and Harry, sitting at the table gloomily.

11:25 AM

I even remember thinking "Oh, poor Harry".

11:26 AM

Shall have to teach brain not to think that.

Because, you see, Harry doesn't fancy me.

At all.

11:30 AM

Let me explain.

Hermione and Harry were obviously in a discussion of some sort, and Hermione was surveying Harry with her arms crossed over her chest. Curiously, I leaned a bit closer.

'Merlin, Hermione, I - I fancy her, all right?' came the voice of Harry.

My heart started to beat a little faster. He was going to tell Hermione about fancying me!

Hermione's mouth formed a large "o" for a second, and then she smiled broadly at him. 'Oh, that's lovely, Harry.'

I was already doing some sort of insane victory dance on the spot (which was rather difficult, but I managed), but what happened next ruined it.

11:32 AM

Ron had just walked into the kitchen, in his Quidditch gear. There was a lot of noise after that; Fred and George were now in there too. 'Who do you fancy?' Ron asked Harry, his broom slung over his shoulder.

I leaned a bit closer. 'Er ... you fancy McGonagall, don't you Harry?' Hermione said rather quickly.

This was followed by a pause. 'Right,' Harry said finally. 'That's true.'

Fred and George started to laugh, and I withdrew my head from the banister as quick as I could, my eyes widened in shock.

11:40 AM

How could Harry fancy McGonagall?

I thought he fancied me!

Author's Note: Oh! I love rain.

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