Rose spent the next week on high alert.
She would go to all of her classes but she wasn't really paying attention as much as she should.
She'd hang out with Bridget and Bellamy but she wasn't as light as she normally was.
She'd talk with George but she wasn't as attentive as she should be.
Right not she was sitting on the quad with Fred and George. George was venting about Quidditch practice and a foul that had been made.
"Oliver didn't do anything!" George complained.
"He's choosing his battles." Fred explained, "But yeah docking some Ravenclaw points would've been helpful."
Rose was watching a piece of grass on the lawn intensely. She was expecting to hear news about the Chamber of Secrets any minute now and it was keeping her on edge.
"Oi," George gave her a small jinx that pinched her arm. Rose grimaced.
"Ow." She said.
"You've been spaced out lately," George said.
"I'm just worried about Harry." Rose explained.
Suddenly Rose could see feet pattering through the hallway. It was McGonagall and Dumbledore. Hairs stood up on Rose's arms.
"Rose," McGonagall said with a look of worry on her face, "Please come to the Headmaster's Office immediately."
Rose hurried to get up and brush the dust off of her pants and followed Professor McGonagall down to Dumbledore's office.
Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny were all waiting inside the office.
"What happened?" Rose asked Harry. He was holding a diary with a hole in it.
"Harry saved me," Ginny said, "And he killed the basilisk he was amazing."
Rose sighed and stopped in her tracks. "You did it? Really? How?"
"Lot of steps," Harry said, "But we tried to make polyjuice potion to track the culprit and I got sucked down the drains of the bathroom with Lockhart and Ron and before too late I was in front of the Basilisk- oh, you were right Rose about the bathrooms."
Rose blinked and turned to Ginny. "Are you alright?" Ginny nodded.
"Feeling much better now that I'm not being possessed." She pointed to the diary.
Rose remembered what George had told her about Ginny acting strange.
"It was the oddest thing," Ginny continued, "I felt like that diary was my best friend like I could talk to it about anything."
Rose noticed the hole in the diary again.
"I punctured it," Harry explained, "With the fang of a basilisk and then I killed the beast itself."
"Well, at least it's over," Rose said and embraced Harry in a hug.
"Did Lockhart really just leave you in front of the basilisk?" Rose asked with raised eyebrows.
Harry nodded.
"Yes," Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I don't think Lockhart will be returning next year…"
"Thank goodness…." Professor McGonagall muttered.
"I think we all need some rest," Rose suggested and Harry and Ginny nodded in agreement. Ginny looked so tired and as if she was about to fall over.
Rose took her by the arm and led her out of the room to the hospital ward just for a light check-up. The walk made her think of Hannah- she really hoped that her friend would be feeling better.