Wow, I just keep on updating. That is due to the fact that I am bored out of my mind and have nothing better to do than to type a bunch of chapters that I can hardly read because of my "chicken-scratch" writing. After the new year, these chapters will become fewer and farther between most likely, but there is hope. I am nearly done with writing the story, but I just have to type it. That is the hard part. Well, here is a new chapter for you, yeah

RECAP:"Oh yeah, that's it, charity. I am only dating her because I feel sorry for her. Yeah right." Harry replied. Nikki walked up behind him. She heard that last sentence, everything but the 'yeah right'. All she heard was Harry calling their relationship a charity case. Harry had not seen her walk up, as his back was to her.

"Harry?" came a sad, quiet voice. Harry's eyes got wide and his heart dropped. He could tell by the tone in her voice that she only caught the worst of the conversation.

'Oh shit' was all that went through his head.

Chapter 5

Apologies and Confessions

Harry slowly turned around to face his girlfriend, though, he wasn't sure how much longer it would last. The second he got a glance of the pained look in her eyes, he felt his heart shatter. He never wanted to hurt her, yet he just had.

"Harry, how could you? How dare you?" Nikki asked, anger growing strong in her voice.

"Nikki, please, I can-" Harry began, but Nikki stopped him mid-sentence. Harry wanted to tell her he was sorry. Tell her that he didn't mean it, but he knew she would never listen to him. He knew it was over. Malfoy just stood there with a grin on his face like a 5-year-old in a candy store.

"NO! I don't want to hear it. You can just GO TO HELL!!!" Nikki shouted. Then she turned to leave, but stopped short, faced Harry, and slapped the shit out of him. The contact could be heard up and down the main street. Malfoy, being the arrogant prick he is, burst out laughing at this display of anger.

Nikki became very upset at this. She walked up to the Slytherin and drew back her hand like she was going to slap him too. Then, right before her hand made contact, she raised her knee and kneed him in the groin. Malfoy fell to the ground furious and in immense pain.

"DAMN YOU, BITCH!" Malfoy squealed as he watched Nikki ran back up to the castle, Harry not far behind. 'I'll get you for this, orphan. You just wait.' Malfoy thought to himself.

Harry clutched his face as he ran after Nikki. When Nikki got to the castle, she turned and saw him running after her. She didn't want to talk to him so she continued running until she reached the Common Room. As soon as she arrived, she continued up the stairs to her room. She ran in and locked her door, flung herself on her bed and let the tears flow.

When Harry arrived in the Common Room, he glanced around, and, seeing no sign of Nikki, proceeded to the stairs to the girl's dormitory. He was about to go up, but stopped himself before he could reach the first step. He remembered that nasty incident last year when he and Ron tried to go see Hermione. Instead, Harry took a sharp turn and headed up the boy's dormitory stairs. He threw open his trunk and pulled out his beloved Firebolt. Even though most of the other Quidditch players kept their brooms in the broom shed down by the pitch, he didn't trust its security, or, lack thereof.

Harry ran down the stairs into the Common Room and mounted his broom. He flew it up to Nikki's room. (there was a sign on each door listing everyone's year and the occupants of said room.) He landed gracefully and pulled out his wand to unlock the door. He heard the lock give a soft click and he turned the handle and went in. Nikki's bed was easy to find; it was the only one with the curtains drawn and the sound of a heartbroken sixteen-year-old coming from its interior.

Harry slowly approached the bed and pulled the curtains back. Nikki's back was to him so she did not see nor hear him enter.

"Nikki? Please, we need to talk." Harry said cautiously. He knew that by coming up here, he was treading on dangerous ground. Nikki turned her head sharply and when he saw her, his heart dropped even more. Her eyes were red and there were tear streaks down her face. She glared at him with so much hatred, that he was taken a bit aback.

"How the Hell did you get up here?" she asked with utmost disgust in her voice.

"Flew" he simply said holding up his broom for her to see.

"Clever. Get out. Now." She stated before turning her back to him once more.

"No. Nikki, you have to listen to me. I didn't mean it. I swear. You have to believe me." Harry pleaded.

"No, Harry, I don't have to do a damn thing. You broke my heart, and now you come here and try to make me believe you? No, now get the hell out of my room before I call McGonagall." Nikki said, voice growing hard, trying to prevent a new wave of tears from flowing. She wanted to forgive him. She loved him, she really did, but he tore out her heart and stepped on it. Then again, she thought, he never did anything like this before. Maybe he is telling the truth.

"Dammit Nikki, I love you. Why would I do this if I didn't love you?" Harry cried. He really did love her. He wanted her to know it too.

"You don't love me." She said. Of course, she didn't believe it in her head before she said it, and he didn't either.

"Yes I do. I have since that night in the Common Room, a month ago." He pleaded. Nikki turned around and looked into his eyes. They were pleading with her to believe him. They were sincere and honest. She could get lost in those eyes. She had no choice but to believe him. Though, when he looked at her gaze, he knew he had lost his case. He turned to admit defeat and return to his room. He was almost out the door when suddenly Nikki realized he was no longer in front of her.

"Harry, wait." She said ever so gently. Completely different from the harsh tone she abandoned only moments ago. Harry turned back to her. She wasn't sure, but Nikki could have sworn she saw tears in his eyes. "I believe you" was all Harry needed to know that he was forgiven. He quickly walked back over to her and sat down on her bed.

"You do?" he asked.

"Yeah, and" she paused. She didn't quite know how to put it.

"Go on." He encouraged seeing her hesitant look.

"I love you." She stated bluntly. Harry's spirits soared. Had he heard her right? Did she just say she loved him? He had. And she did. He leaned in for a kiss. She pulled back. "Did someone just call me?" she asked.

"No Nikki, no one called you. Why do you keep avoiding me when I try to kiss you?" Harry asked. He was starting to get quite pissed off at this.

"Do you promise not to laugh at me?" she asked. Nikki hadn't told a soul about what she was about to tell him.

"I would never laugh at you." Harry replied, voice full of sincerity.

"Ok, here goes. Last year, I went out with this guy. After a few dates, we kissed. It wasn't anything special, but, it was my first. About a month later, we broke up. It hurt me more than the other relationships even though I didn't even like him as much. I figured it was because we had kissed. Now, I am afraid that if I kiss you and we break up, it will hurt even more than all the others. I don't want to hurt any more." She explained, whispering the last sentence. Harry just leaned in close, his lips mere inches from hers.

"Nikki, I would never hurt you. I love you." He whispered before slowly bringing his lips to hers. For Nikki, time seemed to stop. The world melted around her and the only thing she could see was Harry. Slowly, the kiss became more passionate.

Before long, it was no longer a passionate kiss, but full on snogging. They were really getting into it when suddenly Lavender and Parvati walked in the door. Parvati gasped and Lavender squealed. Harry swung his head around to look at the two gaping girls. Then he jumped off Nikki, straightened his clothes, jumped on his broom and flew back down to the Common Room.

"Oh my God, Nikki, you were just snogging the one and only Harry Potter!" Lavender squealed in that obnoxious girly voice that made some people cringe.

"Yeah. We had a misunderstanding earlier and he came up to tell me he was sorry and we started kissing and you interrupted it!" Nikki replied with a bored tone until she got to the last sentence which she whined.

"So, how was it?" Parvati asked as she and Lavender leaned in close for the details.

Wow, knocked that out in about a day. Like I said, these will be frequent until about the 4th and maybe a bit after that, but I doubt it. Sorry this one is a bit short. At least the last one was long, right? Oh well, gotta send this to my beta now. Review or I kill you, then I bring you back to life so I can kill you again... JUST KIDDING...or am I?