Chapter 8
Sadie didn't know how long she and Harry had sat downstairs, or when she had gone up to bed. But when she woke up, she had a feeling of sickness wash over her completely. She dressed quickly and met the others down in the Great Hall.
"Are you feeling alright?" Ginny asked as she sat down.
"Yeah, I'm fine, why?" Sadie replied.
"Well, you've got huge circles under your eyes, and it looks as if you haven't slept for a week" Hermione pointed out. Sadie rubbed her eyes.
"Oh, yeah. Well, I didn't get much sleep last night" she replied. Ron snorted.
"You aren't the only one. Harry didn't come to the dorm until well after midnight. I didn't bother to ask him where he was though" Ron said. Sadie busied herself with some toast.
"Where is Harry anyway?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged.
"Think he went to the bathroom."
"I'm here, sorry that took so long. Ran into Peeves on my way back" Harry said loudly, sitting down next to Sadie. "You feeling better?" he asked her. She looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a bit better" she lied.
"Where were you last night mate? You didn't come back to the dorm for a long time" Ron asked.
"Sadie and I got into a discussion. We didn't realize how late it was" he said quickly. The others looked at them.
"What?" Sadie asked. Hermione giggled from behind her hand, and Sadie rolled her eyes.
"Great. Potions with the Slytherins for our first class" Ron said. Sadie bit her lip. Draco still refused to even look at her. She didn't feel much up to sitting in the same room with him. Harry squeezed her hand underneath the table. She gave him a quick smile, and gathered up her books. They headed down to the dungeons, still discussing what Snape was going to make them do today.
"Whatever it is, I know I'm not going to like it" Ron groaned.
"You don't like anything you're supposed to do" Hermione replied.
"When it comes to Snape, of course I don't" he pointed out. Sadie laughed. The two of them continued to bicker until Snape swung the door open. They filed in without a word. Draco still refused to look at Sadie, but it didn't seem to bother her too much. Harry was right, if things were going to work out, they would with time. She shook her hair out of her face, and tried to pay attention to Snape. They were supposed to be making Essence of Euphoria, or something of the sort. Sadie noticed that Ron and Hermione were being a bit closer, and she laughed. Her and Harry sat up their cauldron and began following the instructions Snape had written on the board.
"You seem to be in a better mood today" Harry said. She smiled.
"No use making myself upset over him. If he wants to be like that let him" she replied.
"He's still a world class git, and now that you don't care about him I can finally say that" Ron said. Sadie laughed, but Hermione gave him a look that plainly said 'be careful what you say'.
"It's ok, honestly Hermione. I don't care. He can call him every name in the book and it wouldn't bother me" Sadie said. Ron smiled, and went on calling Draco every name he could think of or make up. They were all laughing so hard by the time Snape had gotten over to them.
"And what is it that seems to amuse you so much?" he asked. He looked at Sadie in particular.
"Er, nothing sir" she replied. She had her nails dug into the palms of her hands to keep from laughing. Snape went ahead and took ten points from Gryffindor, which caused Ron to make another rude hand gesture behind his back. Even Hermione tried not to laugh. After what seemed like a year sitting in the classroom, they finally gathered their things up and left.
"I'm glad to see you're in a better mood" Harry said after a while.
"I am too. Talking to you really helped last night" Sadie admitted.
"I'm glad it did. I hated seeing you like that" he replied.
"I didn't know you really cared that much about me" Sadie said. She looked at him confused.
"Well..." he started. He seemed to turn a bit red. "Truth is I do really like you". Sadie's eyes popped open. She wanted to say something, but she felt like screaming with happiness.