A Lovely Summer

By Dinky's World

Summer was hot at the Greengrass Estate, the small raven-haired boy with a fame lighting bolt scar was cradled on a blond witch's lap. It has been an interesting school year, where he made three friends, killed a troll, and killed a teacher, but they were still here. His friend, Harry had an emotional first year, with people manipulating him, or what else, he just wanted a normal school year. He was lucky that Daphne Greengrass, the female witch that he met on the passenger train during their first year, stayed with him. Both Tracey Davis and Hermione Granger were at the Greengrass Estate for the summer; they wanted to be with him after what happened during their first year.

"How are you feeling Harry?" Daphne asks as she plays with his hair, ever so gently.

"I don't know," He told her honestly, "Everything felt like a lie in our first year, I felt like an arse for being so naive."

"You did very well Harry," She told him as her fingers were going through his black locks.

"I…" Harry was about to say something, but he couldn't get the word out.

He could feel both of his hands were cradled by both the Granger girl and the Davis girl. Even though the touch from three of these girls was still alienated from him, he missed those touches after what happened at Christmas. It was summertime, so no homework or anything, Daphne's mum and sister adored Harry a lot when he arrived at the Estate. They want Harry to be as comfortable as in school, but the aftermath caused him to be fidgety with the slightest of touches, like Daphne's little sister who Harry nearly cried from her touch.

"Astoria wants to play with you tomorrow," Daphne told him, and she could see Tracey and Hermione sleeping. It was a hot day today, "She really enjoys your company."

He only nodded, not saying much. It was an obvious answer that the younger Greengrass likes Harry, but it feels very alienated. His social clues were still very off, and he doesn't know how to react, but he's glad to have the three witches as his friend.

"Thank you, Daphne," Harry said to his blonde friend, "Thank you for being my friend."

Daphne smiled and kissed Harry on his forehead, a long but memorable one. This was going to be a lovely summer anyway.

Author's note:

I wrote this story based on EJ Daniels Fanfic I, Alone, I love the story very much, so I did a version where this short story takes place in the summer after their first year. EJ's story is on hiatus since 2 years ago, but he told me that this story is not dead. I hope you enjoyed this short story and I will probably make more of these one-shot-type stories.