It felt weird to go home without Sydney for the night. Harry had become accustomed to having a roommate. It was kind of sad and lonely being in the room by himself, for the first night in a long time. Hermione had called when they got home from Wood's that night and had invited Sydney over for a few days.
She had of course gone and left Harry alone to wallow in his misery by himself. He shut the door as he heard Uncle Vernon come up the stairs. "Harry," Uncle Vernon said in an uneasily calm voice as he opened the door. "What time will Sydney be coming home Tuesday?" "Uhm, I think a little after lunch, is that okay? Cause if not I can just, you know let her know?" Harry asked. "Uncle Vernon just shook his head and left the room. That was odd, Harry though to himself. Uncle Vernon was never calm with Harry. And he never asked about Sydney.
Sydney lay her sleeping bag down on the floor and rolled it out. "God Hermione, I missed you. I mean I have Har' and all, but, I mean, he's not a girl." Hermione laughed and hugged her best friend. "I can't wait to get back to school," Sydney admitted. There was a sad tone to her voice." "Oh, don't look so sad, I'm letting you spend the entire day with Wood by yourself tomorrow," she pointed out. "Yes, and you'll be with Viktor." Hermione smiled slightly. "Only to break up with him."
"Hermione! Why, what's wrong, I mean god, it's Viktor Krum! He's well, I don't know…" Hermione laughed. She knew Sydney had never really liked Viktor all that much. I mean she knew he was a nice guy, she just wasn't attracted to him. "I know what you mean. It's just, I don't think it's working out. And I mean he has women chasing after him like every day. There's no point in him still being with me when he could have someone ten times prettier than I am." "Oh, you're gorgeous, so shut up. He's lucky to have you Hermione, any guy would be." Hermione sat down on the sleeping bag next to Sydney. "Same goes for you." Sydney shook her head. "What do you mean, you're smart, pretty, and so much fun to be with."
Hermione's room suddenly seemed really hot. Sydney had on a long sleeved shirt she pushed the sleeves back forgetting about the slits on her arms. Hermione gasped as she saw them. Has Wood seen those?" Syd shook her head ashamed. She had forgotten about them already. She knew Oliver would kill her. "He'll break up with me if he sees these," Sydney said tears welling up in her eyes. "Did he say that?" Hermione asked hugging Syd. "No, but, I don't want to lose him. I think. I think he's the one." Hermione smiled. "Has he told you he's loved you yet? Or vice versa?" "No I really wanted to. And I could tell that he's wanted to too, but I think we're afraid we're not going to get it back."
"Oh that's ridiculous, just tell the boy how you feel." "I'm sure he'll understand. I mean every time he tells the story about him falling in love with you, it gets more and more adorable." "I suppose." "Good you can tell him tomorrow when he takes you to the shore." Sydney smiled a little and nodded.
They both yawned and decided it was time for bed. Tomorrow was going to be very interesting. As Sydney lay down in her sleeping bag, she wondered what Harry was doing at that very moment.