Chapter 20
The rest of the year was hard for Harry. He didn't eat, couldn't sleep. All that was on his mind was Alexandra. He managed to get through the rest of the year with good grades. Every night when he tried to sleep he would dream of what happened. He would wake up covered in sweat and tears. During the day he would always envision the first time they met or the first time they kissed. Sometimes he would daydream of when Alexandra won the quidditch game or the first time they made love. Those nightmare's and dreams haunted his every being. Sometimes he would see Alexandra laying in a bed healing in his dreams. When he would wake up in the morning he would wish he was in that bed with her either just keeping her in his arms or making love to her. The day that everyone was taken, that morning Harry planned a surprise for Alexandra. One day when they went to Hogsmeade he sneaked into a jewelry shop and bought an engagement ring. He knew he should have just proposed to her then, but he was waiting for the right time. That morning never came and when the day had come she was gone forever. He fiddled with the amethyst and diamond ring in his hand. Ron and Hermione came into the room with Draco behind
"hey mate, you ok?" Ron asked a bit concerned about his friend
"it'll take a while for me to be ok" Harry replied with a faint smile and a sigh
"what's that you got there Harry?" Hermione asked seeing the ring in his hand
"it was a ring for Alex" he replied looking down at it and fiddling it with his fingers
"an engagement ring? What a coincidence, with Voldemort gone and my father locked away in Azkaban I proposed to Hermione, my mother loves her, and Hermione's parents are starting to like me" he laughed more to himself than at the comment he made
"congratulations Draco and Hermione, when did it happen?" he asked with keen interest
"we were cuddling on Draco's bed when he wrapped an arm around my chest with his hand held up toward my face with the ring in his fingers, it was early this morning" Hermione replied enthusiastically showing him her ring which was just a regular diamond ring
"that's great you two, you're a lucky guy Draco" Ron said and patted Draco on the shoulder
"thanks Ron" Draco responded back with a genuine smile
"Lavender and I are very close now, but I'm going to wait until after a while to propose to her" Ron said happily
"when were you planning on proposing to Alex?" Hermione asked excitingly, she was apparently still hyped up about her own engagement
"tonight at graduation, but I'll keep this with me forever in memory of her" he said taking a silver chain from off his side drawer and looping the ring with the chain
Lavender walked into the room but thankfully didn't hear Ron
"hey everyone, hey honey! Let's go to dinner, we have to head down anyways for the ceremony of our graduation" she said cheerily, apparently she was excited about graduating
"ok, we'll leave you" Ron said, sighing, thankful that Lavender didn't hear him just a moment ago
So Hermione, Lavender, Ron, and Draco left Harry's room. Harry walked over to the closet and got his best dress robe. He changed his shirt slowly; thinking about Alexandra. Then reality hit him and he got back to changing his clothing. He looked at his reflection in the mirror. He looked at his hair and took his hair brush and brushed it. He looked at his eyes and saw someone else's eyes in his. He saw hazel eyes. Then they disappeared. He blinked and touched the glass. He knew those eyes. Those were the eyes he loved so much. Those eyes would've been his until he claimed and kept them. Those eyes were going to belong to him forever until they were gone. Those eyes were Alexandra's eyes. He wanted to see those eyes again but they wouldn't come. He could hear Draco, Hermione, Ron, and Lavender outside his door talking so he decided it was time to go. He straightened his robes and opened his door to four smiling faces
"hey mate, what took you so long?" Ron asked with a smile
"maybe he had some last minute thinking on his speech" Draco replied with a his smirk and received a punch in the gut from Hermione for the smirk
"it was nothing guys" Harry lied, he didn't really want to tell them what he was doing, he didn't want them to think he was a nut after supposedly seeing his ex-girlfriends eyes in his mirror
"well, let's go down and eat" Lavender replied
"yeah, I'm hungry" Hermione complained and got a shocked face from Ron
They all laughed as they heard Hermione's stomach grumble because she was hungry. Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist and kissed her head. Ron put his arm around Lavender and they headed down to the great hall. They entered and sat at their houses. Seventh years had to enter the great hall before everyone else. Soon all the other years came and sat at their tables. The hall started to get loud. Dumbledore hushed the students as he made an announcement
"another year gone. The year that had passed was an exciting one. With new things that were learned. With new people that have taught us. We have lost one person, but gained so much from her, let this graduation be dedicated to seventh years and Alexandra Emily Orion" Dumbledore said to all the students in the great hall
Everyone clapped and cheered. There were some sheded tears from a lot of seventh years form Slytherin and Gryffindor house
"now without delay, our very own Harry Potter wishes to give a speech" Dumbledore said and started clapping when Harry stood up and walked to a set podium where the teachers were sat at
Everyone screamed, clapped, and cheered. As Harry approached the stage everyone went silent
"Alexandra Emily Orion. She was everything we aren't. She showed us her world and we accepted it. She taught us things we never dreamed of learning. She protected us from people who could hurt us. She showed us that she is special. She saved us from Voldemort but gave her life doing it. She loved us all and didn't care if we didn't love her back. She gave me her whole heart, and in return I gave her mine. When there were tough times she helped us through them. Tonight would have been the might I asked her to be mine forever. And if she was here to accept it she would be Alexandra Emily Orion Potter" he said to his fellow seventh years and his fellow student body of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry
Then the doors opened and there stood someone everyone thought they would never see again. There she was, and those eyes Harry thought he would never have again. She smiled as she started to slowly walk towards the teacher's tables and towards Harry
"actually it would be Alexandra Emily Potter, but that's just me, what did I miss?" Alex asked to all the shocked faces of the students and friends in the great hall
Everyone was stunned to the core. They couldn't believe she was back. But Hermione, Ron, and Draco got up from their seats
"where were you, what took you so long?" Ron asked, the stun feeling still trying to settle over
"I was healing. That damn arrow hurt but I'm fine now" she replied with a smile
"but after Voldemort was gone we didn't see you" Draco said somewhat almost settled over with the stun feeling he had received the moment she opened the doors and walked inside
"I fell off of the cliff but no one saw me fall" she said and the confusion on everyone's faces was completely taken off and replaced with relief
"what happened?" Hermione asked with all of her shock gone
"Asaiya knew I was falling so she opened a portal to her sanctuary so I could heal from the arrow" Alex replied and looked towards the front at Harry and smiled
She finally walked up to Harry and hugged him
"this isn't real! Your eyes were in my mirror earlier" Harry said disbelievingly but still held her close as if he didn't want to believe himself
"I wanted to, in a way, show you that I was here then surprise you. I'm back, Harry, I'm back" she said happily and smiled broadly
He kissed her passionately then stopped
"and now I shall fulfill my task" he said and smiled at Alex's look of confusion
He got on one knee and got out the amethyst and diamond ring.
"oh my god……oh..my..god!" she said in shock and happiness
"I love you Alex, will you marry me?" he asked and hoped she'd say yes, even though he knew she would
"yes! Yes!" she cried in happiness
He slipped the ring on her ring finger and stood up to kiss her. Everyone clapped and cheered for Alexandra and Harry. Tears were shed at that moment, but they weren't tears of sadness, they were tears of joy. This night brought people together in peace and harmony. But Harry and Alexandra would have peace and harmony for all eternity
A/N: oh my god guys, it's done! Can you believe it? Wow, the re-edited version of Harry's New Friend is complete, lol, again. Yes! Ok, I'm cool now, lol, thank you all for reading this, please R&R and have a good one, later much
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