Chapter Three

These Are My Confessions

Harry stared at Ron and Hermione, who were both staring at Harry. He was still straddling Serena. Serena was staring up at the canopy of Harry's bed, her eyes open, staring into nothingness.

"What are you doing to Serna?" Hermione asked, breaking the silence.

"I think we know what Harry and Serena are doing, Mione," Ron said scathingly. He changed from staring to narrowing his eyes, shooting Harry a look of pure venom. Underneath Harry, Serena's eyes were filling with tears.

Harry got off Serena and walked over to Ron, sizing up to him. The scene would have been funny because Harry was still in his boxers, yet it was far from funny.

"I'm going!" Serena said; she had got off the bed. She walked around the room bundling as many articles of clothing to her chest as she could without going anywhere near Harry and Ron. She slammed the door shut, and the three could hear her footsteps and the loud sobs of despair as she ran to her dormitory.

"Why weren't you at the party? Harry?" Hermione said attentively. "You weren't making Serena… well, do it, were you?

"WHAT?" Harry shouted, stepping away from Ron. He had never felt angrier in his life. They were talking like he had forced her into it. If only they understood. Harry had feelings for Serena that he had for no other girl, not even Cho. "I'd never have done that! You don't know how I feel!" Ron coughed something that sounded like "Horny". Harry retaliated by yelling "I love her! I'm in love with her!" a horrible silence spiralled. Harry broke it by talking to Ron "Talking about being horny, what are you two up here for?"

"Forgot something," Ron muttered, turning red.

"Yeah, like what? A condom?" Harry asked, and then a thought went through his head. "Hang on. The party doesn't end till 5:00am. You weren't coming up here to do it, were you? There's you accusing me of forcing Serena into having sex when we didn't even get that far-" he pointed at his boxers. "And you two are up here at 1 o'clock in the boys dormitory when there's a hell of a good party on downstairs!"

"Sorry about how we reacted, Harry, we were shocked, that's all," Ron said.

"We weren't expecting anyone to be up here, let alone you and Serena…" Hermione trailed off.

"Whatever. I'm going to find Serena." He pulled on his jeans and shut the door behind him. Then he stuck his head round the door. "The dorm's free now. Next time I'll hang something on the door. You might want to try your Chudley Cannons hat, Ron."