All I have today is your photograph.

"Thanks Colin. Are you sure Professor Wood didn't notice." Harry asked a 6th year boy.

"I'm sure. Dennis says hes distracted all the time, so it was quite easy."

"Thanks again Colin." Harry said and walked away.

"Bye Harry." Colin said and walked away in the other direction.

High in the owlery Harry sat on the floor hugging his knees. Hedwig sat on the window ledge next to him. "I feel like you're the only one I have to talk to Hedwig. Ron and Hermoine are always gone, doing something or another. Something is different about them. I can't talk to Dumblodore about this, and everyone else I trust is dead. I just don't know what I should do. It's not fair. If Oliver wouldn't have come back as a teacher I wouldn't feel this way. I would have forgotten about him. Even if I hadn't forgotten him it wouldn't be forbidden because he wouldn't have been a teacher. He would have just been some Quidditch player that always got hurt. It's just too damn complicated. Why do I always have to make these decisions?" Harry put his head in his lap.

"That's right Crabbe. No shut up. For God sakes Goyle did you ever learn to walk?" This was the voice that drifted up the stairwell. Harry recognized it immediately. He got up and ran down the back staircase as fast as he could. "Hey, isn't that Potter's Owl. Grab it Goyle." Hedwig flew out the open window and circled the school. "Why wasn't she in her cage?"

"Good question Draco." Crabbe answered.

"Well no duh, I wouldn't have asked it otherwise. Idiot. Well don't just stand there go get my owl." Malfoy barked.

"Umm. Draco. Look at this." Goyle said as he picked up something from the ground.

"What is it a pebble, you idiot?" Malfoy said as he walked to where Goyle was and where Harry had been sitting.

"No, it's a…"

"Hiya Harry." Whatcha doin here?" Hagrid said as he opened the door to his hut.

"Just thought I'd come say Hi. Can I come in?"

"Course ya can. Have a seat, I'll make some tea."

"Thanks Hagrid. Any new creatures running around here?" Harry said as he looked around Hagrid's small hut.

"Nope, just me an Fang. Dumbledore has some new creatures he wants me to train to help against you-know-who, but I can't do it at the school. I'll be working on it over Christmas break.

"Ah, I see." Harry said as Hagrid set a cup of tea in front of Harry and himself.

"By the way, I haven't seen you, Ron, and Hermoine together much lately. You're not mad at them for getting together are you. It's been brewing for years."

"What do you mean 'getting together'? They've been hanging out a lot lately that's all."

"No Harry that's not all. You mean they didn't tell you. I thought you would be the first to know. Oh, boy. I bet I wasn't supposed to say anything. Blimey. This is bad isn't it? Now Harry don't get upset okay."

"Don't get upset over what… Oh I get it. Ron and Hermoine their a … No way. This can't be. Why didn't they tell me?"

"Well. Blimey. I don't know. They should have."

"That's why there always together now. And why… I can't believe them. How can they not tell me? I got to go Hagrid. Later." Harry stood up and let himself out.

"How could they not tell me? Why would they tell Hagrid and not me? I wish I could go to Oliver and tell him about this. Then at least I would have someone to talk to. I can't talk to Ron or Hermoine and Hagrid doesn't have much in the way of advice. Ahhh. At least I have his photograph…" Harry reached into his back pocket. "I must have left it in the owlery." Harry changed directions from the entrance hall to the owlery and started to sprint. He climbed the stairs quickly and was out of breath when he arrived.

"Hello, Harry. Come back for something. Now I wonder why you have a picture of good 'Ol Professor Wood. And why you'd want to run all the way back here to get it."

"Shove off Malfoy."

A/N: Getting interesting. Oh I didn't know where I was going with this chapter either. But I really like the ending. Yeah. Now I can't wait to write the next chapter. Please I beg of you Review.