Ok so here goes my second draft at this chapter. I'm down to the final stretch of the story and having a little mental block. Hope this chapter comes out better then the first draft. If not maybe I'll just put it in as deleted/Alteranate chapter just do you guys can see where I was going. Anyway sorry for the rambling, on to chapter 4!
Chapter 4
You ever look up at the stars and realize how big the world is? I mean there has to a million, even more, stars in the sky. The stars all different from each other, just like the people down on the earth. They cover the entire globe and each has their own story. Ever star is always being wished on by some little child that believed that some day it'll come true.
As I sat on the grass in my backyard look up at the stars, all my dreams started to come back to me. I have accomplished most of them. The WWW was going great, my family was great, and heck I was even a legend at Hogwarts. I still had one dream that hasn't come true yet, with a sigh I looked back up into the sky.
"Star bright, Star light, the first start I see tonight, I wish you may, I wish you might, make my wish come true tonight." I whispered up in to the sky. "Please" I pleaded in my head "show that there is somebody out there for me. I don't need to have them right not. I just need to know that their there and that I'll get them one day. I just need to know so I could continue on having faith that I'll find somebody."
As I got up and turned around I saw somebody standing at the door. It was Hermione standing there wearing her pajama pants and a sweater my mum made.
"How long have you been out here?" I asked getting nervous. Maybe she had heard me say that stupid rhyme. Maybe she though I was silly for thinking that wishing on a star could help my problem.
"I think I should be asking you that?" she said. "You ok?"
I walked right past her and into the kitchen. With a tap of the wand I start to boil water. "Hot coco?" I ask her. She nodded her head and smiled. When the water was ready I made two cups and brought them over to the table. She started to sip at her hot chocolate when I realized something was missing. "How could I forget" I said hitting the table with my hand "the marshmallows." And with a wave of my wand they came zooming to the table and landed with a small thud.
"I used to me crazy about these." Hermione said holding one up with her hand.
"So what changed?" I asked
"I don't know guess I felt like I had to grow up. You ever feel like that?" she said looking at me. I looked back at her and nodded. "It never goes well when you do that. I mean, you see all your friends so happy like with their boyfriends, perhaps so you figure that you want one to. I mean you don't want to be the one left behind." She made a little 'tisk' sound. "I made that mistake once. Thought I wanted a boyfriend, felt like I would be a part of something bigger then me. It just didn't feel right. Felt like I was with him for the wrong reason. Felt like I was just using him, I felt horrible broke up with him the next day. It just felt bad to think we had something we didn't. You know what I realized after that? Most people aren't ready for it. Most people just want to be a part of something so they do whatever everybody else is. Then they wonder why they hurt so much."
It was at that moment then something it hit me. Why should I worry so much about my future? Like Hermione just said, most people aren't ready for what they get themselves into. I'm going to get what I wished for when I'm ready for it. How was I supposed to get help somebody else if I hadn't helped myself realize this first? The world wasn't against me, I was against myself. It was my thoughts that were holding me back. My life was pretty great. Why should I jeopardize my happiness for something that was going to happen?
Going to happen? Had I just giving myself what I was wishing for? I for one second had told myself that it was going to happen. I think that would constitute as faith. Yes, I think I had just given myself what I needed to go on.
This is also when something else just hit. I had this beautiful girl sitting in front of me and I was doing nothing but wallowing in my own self pity. If I wanted to anything done I can't just sit here and expect it to drop into my lap. Hermione started to get up and move to the door "Thanks for the coco; I'm going to go to bed." She started to walk into the hallway. "And thanks for the blanket" she said as an after thought, then continued to go up stairs.
I stood up and walked over to the steps. At the bottom I called for Hermione who was already at the top. "Hermione?" I whispered. She came down to the bottom of the steps and looked at me. "Would you want to go for coffee tomorrow?" I asked.
She looked and smiled "I would, Fred". And with that she started to walk up the stairs. She turned around a few steps up and looked at me "what did you wish for out there anyway?"
I thought about what to tell her that came up with only one answer
"Faith" I said slowly.
"I hope you get that Fred." She whispered and continued to walk up the stairs.
All I could think about in my head was that I didn't have to wait to get my wish. Unknown to Hermione she had just given it to me herself. Tomorrow will be new day, I said to myself. And with that new day came a new sense that everything was going to turn out just fine.
THE END
So speaking of a new day it's about 12 pm. and I just did my last chapter of this story. I realized that I put this in the humor part of the fanfiction web site but I started out writing it w/ a deferent idea. The story kind of changed on me. Anyway I really hope that you like it. Maybe I'll write a sequel to it. I would need to know if you guys would be interested in that. Please write and tell me what you thought. Thanks so much for your reviews.
