There Beside Me
She and Harry had been friends for a long time. Just friends. They could sit around and talk for hours about nothing and anything at all. He was always there for her, always a shoulder to cry on. Through every break-up, make-up, exam, fight, he had always been there for she, he was her best friend, and she had never seen him any other way. So she was shocked the day his hand brushed hers as he passed her the paper, he looked up, and she noticed just how beautiful a shade of emerald green his eyes were. He smiled reassuringly at her, and she felt her heart flutter, just a little bit. It was surprising, but she shook it off. 'Its just the dungeons, It was just a shiver from the wind, that's all.' She thought, momentarily forgetting about the lack of windows in the potions dungeons. Everything was fine. It would all go back to normal just as soon as...
"You cold or something?" Harry whispered, noticing the light shivers that occasionally shook her body. She nodded slightly.
"Yea, but just a bit. I'm fine, really." She protested, but he just shook his head.
"Here." He muttered, slipping his coat about her shoulders.
She instantly turned a soft red color, but hid her face so he wouldn't see. A muffled
"Yea thanks" was all he got by way of an answer.
Once her face had cooled off, she gazed up at the chalkboard, mind swimming with thoughts.
'What's happening to me? I cant be...I cant be falling for my best friend can I? I mean that doesn't really happen does it? No, of course not, something like that only happens in the movies...and this is no movie. He smells nice.' She thought, his soft scent reaching she from his cloak.
'W-wha? W-where did that come from?' she were so shocked by her own thoughts that she didn't hear Harry calling her.
"Huh?" she said dazedly, snapping around to look at him. He laughed. She saw amusement dancing in his beautiful eyes. Why hadn't she ever noticed it before? How absolutely perfect he was?
"I was just saying class is over, but it appears you were too busy spacing to notice...
Look, I was wondering, that is, if you don't have a date already, if you'd like to...uhh I dunno, maybe come to the ball with um me?" He mumbled out. But she must have imagined it. He wouldn't say that would he? I mean they were "just friends" and there was no "just as friends" in that statement.
"W-what?" She asked questioningly. She thought she saw a hurt look flicker through his eyes. But it was gone so fast it was hard to tell.
"Never mind, it was stupid of me to ask, of course you wouldn't want to go with me, sorry I... I don't know what came over me." He smiled at her gently, but it was strained. And with that he turned and strode quickly away. Leaving her standing confusedly in the middle of the potions dungeons, still wrapped in his cloak.
She tried to get her mind on other things as the day wore on, but it seemed all she could think about was Harry. The way his eyes shone with hope, the way his hair was perfectly messy, the way he-
And before she knew it, her feet had carried she to the middle of the courtyard in the center of the castle. And standing against the wall to her right, eyes on the sky, was none other then Harry himself. He looked amazing, with the wind blowing softly through his messy black hair...
She didn't know what to say or what to do, but after a short time of simply watching him, the words just began to flow from her mouth.
"Harry?"
He looked up at her. She just smiled softly.
"Yes."
"Yes?" He asked her, hope glimmering in his eyes.
She could only grin and nod.
"Yes Harry." And with that he ran at her, pulling her into a soft hug, spinning her around in his strong arms.
"Hey-" He said softly in her ear.
"Yea?" she asked, looking down at him from where he held her. But she got her answer as he softly pressed his lips into hers.