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The Child of the Dark Lord

§= Parseltongue

Previously

"Of course, I just hope that we're in the same house. I can't imagine life at Hogwarts without being in the same house as my best friend." Harris finished, blushing slightly at the end.

"Y-yeah, I can't imagine it without you, either." She mumbled, still blushing.

"Well," Mr. Greengrass said, trying to hide the evident amusement on his face, "let's get going," he finished as he grabbed Daphne and Harris and apparated to King's Cross Station.

Chapter Two

Now

"Harris! Daphne! About time you two lovebirds got here!" Draco exclaimed.

"WE'RE NOT LOVEBIRDS!" Daphne and Harris yelled in response, while blushing a furious shade of red.

"Ri-i-ight and Pansy doesn't love Draco," Blaise drawled.

"HEY!" the two aforementioned exclaimed in unison.

"Anyways, how great is it we're finally going to Hogwarts?" Tracey added, changing the subject before anymore arguing could continue.

"It's great. I've hated the wait; it's been driving me insane…" Harris replied, while standing close and bumping shoulders with Daphne, much to the rest of the groups' amusement.

"Yeah, we realize that, you only mention it about ten times a day over the past five years." Draco responded.

Harris blushed, "Whatever, I'm going to go get a compartment for us. Do you want to come with Daph?"

"Sure Harris," Daphne exclaimed cheerfully, before walking toward the train still bumping Harris' shoulder, causing Blaise, Tracey, Pansy, and Draco to snicker.

"They're so in love with each other." Blaise said, drawing more chuckles from the group.

"I'll say, if only they could see it. I honestly cannot believe how oblivious those two are. The constant bumping shoulders, physical contact, and blushing should be enough to prove to them that the other likes them, but no. Daphne said that she doesn't want to accidentally ruin her friendship with Harris because of, as she put it, 'a small crush'. She seems scared that Harris doesn't like her that way, which we all know he does, except for them, of course. I think that we should do everything possible this year for those two to realize they both have feelings for the other." Tracey ranted, earning nods from Pansy, Draco, and Blaise.

"Agreed, but what can we do? Harris already admitted to me that he likes Daphne, but he won't admit it to her. He's afraid she'll deny him and that he'd lose her as a friend, and I can't tell him or Daphne that the other likes them because they both forced me to promise to never reveal it to the other. I'm half tempted to blindfold them both, drag them into a closet, and lock them in there until they admit they have feelings for each other!" Draco continued Tracey's rant.

"Yeah, they made me promise to never reveal their feelings," Blaise drawled.

"Ditto," Pansy piped in.

"Same, but what can we do, it hurts me that they won't admit it to each other. It hurts me because it hurts them, they're so worried about being denied that they bottle up their emotions most of the time, and that's not healthy in the least!" Tracey continued.

Meanwhile

"So, Daph, I was wondering about something." Harris began, extremely hesitant.

"Oh? What's that?" Daphne asked, hopeful.

"Um, uh, well, I, uhh, I wanted to uh… to know if you'd like to, uhhh… if you'd like to be my girlfriend? I really like you, but if you don't feel the same, I hope we can at least still be friends. I can't imagine my life without you." Harris was practically begging at the end.

Daphne stood there, mouth wide open in shock, not being able to comprehend that the boy who she's loved (as far as the pre-teen definition of love goes) for her entire life— actually wants her to be his girlfriend. On the inside, she was jumping for joy, while still being shocked. On the outside however, she was trying hard, and failing, at keeping her happiness from leaking through her pureblood-mask.

Unfortunately, Harris took her silence for denial, and hung his low in shame, "I'm sorry Daph. I hope we can still be friends and—"

He was immediately shut up by Daphne tackling him to the ground, and pecking him on the lips, shocking both of them, but also giving both of them a feeling of elation, and a feeling that they were meant to be together. "Of course I'll be your girlfriend Harris! I was just shocked that you liked me, too. I like you that way a lot, but I was afraid you'd turn me down, so I didn't mention it." Daphne finished, unshed tears of happiness hiding in her beautiful blue eyes— eyes that Harris couldn't help but become mesmerized by.

"I was afraid of the same thing, Daph. I'm so happy that you feel the same way," Harris began, hugging her closer from his spot under her, and softly kissing her cheek, resulting in the two eleven year olds to blush more than they had ever before. "However, we should probably get up before the others find us like this. We both know how irresponsible they are, so we need to remind them to get ready to get on the train."

"Agreed."

"Hey guys, what are you talking about?" Harris asked as he and Daphne walked toward them.

"Oh, nothing, just who we think likes each other and whether or not they'll mention it to the one they like this year." Blaise replied, nonchalantly.

"Really?" Harris responded, trying to hide his blush that still stained his cheeks from his short kiss with Daphne.

"Yeah, apparently, Blaise and Tracey think Pansy and I are going to be a couple by the end of the year," Draco added, glaring at Blaise and Tracey, shocking them of his acting skills.

"Well, I have to agree with them, you two are going to be a couple by the end of the year. I'm sure Daphne here agrees."

"Yeah, you two are definitely going to be a couple by the end of the year," Daphne piped in. "That aside, we should probably get on the train; it's time to go." With that, the six friends boarded the train for the long trip to the greatest school they know of— Hogwarts.

A/N: Just a small filler chapter, also a major one, though.