Chapter 2! Thanks to Sweetgirl23, Ricky Leingod, Ginnylover14, Reigert8 and Fibinaci for reviewing, very helpful comments. One of them said last chapter was a bit cliche, I have to apologize but i tend to write rather cliche corny romances so yeah. Also I'm an american so I don't know alot of british lingo so instead I use american lingo, sorry if you don't like that. Hopefully this chapter's as good as the last one.
Comforting the Heartbroken chapter 2
The sun crept its rays through the dorm window and over Harry Potter's sleeping body. He groaned as the light woke him up and pulled the covers over his head. A few minutes passed where the teenager thought he might be able to slip back into unconsciousness until he felt a pair of not so gentle hands shaking him.
"Get up Harry, I'm hungry!" He recognized the voice as Ron's, though he didn't need to. None of his other friends were this excited about breakfast. He sat up and pushed his glasses onto his face. He was still tired but tried to think.
Today was Friday. He didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Harry spent yesterday evening comforting Lavender Brown; he went to bed afterwards but spent an indefinite amount of time tossing and turning before sleep finally overtook him.
He stood up, got dressed then followed Ron through the castle into the great hall. The hall was already filled with students eating and talking amongst themselves, and to be honest, it was giving him a headache. He and Ron sat down next to Hermione who seemed to be reading a letter. Harry wasn't all that hungry so he just grabbed a few pieces of bacon.
"Yo Hermione," Ron said as he stuffed a bagel in his mouth. "What are you reading?"
"Hmm? Oh hi Ron." Hermione looked up from her letter at Ron and smiled at him. "This is just a letter I got this morning from Viktor, he still writes me every once in a while."
"WHAT?" Ron yelled at Hermione, his face getting nearly as red as his hair. "You still talk to that jerk? I forbid you from writing to him anymore; you're supposed to be my girl!" At this statement several Gryffindors turned to look at Ron with raised eyebrows.
"How dare you! I'm not your possession and I sure don't remember being 'your girl'. Viktor and I are just friends and I can write to my friends if I want!" Hermione hadn't yelled like Ron, but her words seemed to carry a feeling of anger far greater than Ron's.
At this Ron looked absolutely dumbfounded, so he turned to Harry. "Harry you agree with me right? That Hermione should stop writing to Vicky?"
Harry stopped eating his bacon and noticed both Hermione and Ron looking intently at him. "Oh umm well…" Truth was Harry didn't agree with Ron at all, but he didn't want his best friend mad at him. "Well I think Hermione and Viktor are just friends so I don't think it really matters."
Hermione looked thankful at Harry for agreeing with her while Ron looked disappointed and angry at him. No one said anything else on the subject so the three continued eating their breakfast.
A few minutes passed before Ron remembered what he had planned to ask Harry before Hermione had distracted him. "Oh yeah Harry, what happened last night after dinner? You ran off and we didn't see you again the rest of the night."
"I was wondering that as well Harry." Hermione inquired after wiping her mouth with a napkin. "You left around the same time as Lavender. I checked the library but you weren't there, were you with Dumbledore again?"
"No I wasn't with Dumbledore. I was…" Harry paused, what could he say? He couldn't reveal he was with Lavender. "…I just thought I'd leave you two alone for a while. I was just doing some stuff, nothing interesting." Harry hadn't wanted to lie so he tried to twist the truth around but he found his results less than desired.
"Oh….okay Harry." Hermione responded, but Harry could tell she knew he wasn't telling her something. Though it went unnoticed by the golden trio, further down the Gryffindor table Parvati and Lavender were deep in discussion.
"Lav, I am SO sorry! I had detention with Snape so I wasn't there for you and then when I got back I couldn't find you anywhere, I'm sorry." Parvati pleaded with Lavender, her eyes pretty much begging for forgiveness.
"Don't worry Pav, all is forgiven. It was pretty horrible but someone else helped me through it. It was pretty surprising really." Lavender sighed as she pushed her eggs together, she wasn't hungry at all. She wondered if she'd ever be hungry again.
"Oh really? Which of your wonderful girlfriends helped you out?"
"Actually…it was a boy." It came out as barely a whisper but Parvati's eyes lit up in surprise as if Lavender had yelled it.
"Oh my gosh, really? Do I know him? What is the name of this mysterious gentleman?"
"Calm down Pav, it's not like that."
"Oh no? Your eyes doth betray-"
"Parvati!" Lavender screeched at her friend, promptly shutting her up. "I just broke up with Ron, do you really think that I-"
"Oh my gosh Lav, I didn't think about it like that. I am soooo sorry!" Lavender sighed as Parvati continued to apologize. After forgiving her for the fifth time the two got out of their seats and headed for their first class of the day.
"Not to pry or anything Lav, but you conveniently forgot to tell me which boy helped you out. Would you please enlighten me?"
Lavender sighed knowing that her friend wouldn't stop asking until she told her. "If you must know it was harry."
"Potter?"
"Yes, Harry Potter. Are you surprised?"
"Well…a bit. I mean we all know he's a nice guy and all but I didn't know he'd go that far for a girl that he doesn't know. Not to mention Ron is his best friend…"
"Yeah it surprised me too, but he was very helpful. I don't know if I like him or anything but I feel like I'm a lot closer to him now, and that maybe I'd like to get to know him a bit better." Parvati quickly agreed, wanting to stay on her friend's good side and also support her.
The two girls turned down another hall and headed into their transfiguration class. They sat down in their usual seats and continued talking while they waited for class to start. Unnoticed by either two girls a minute later Harry, Ron and Hermione walked in. Harry was about to sit down at the usual table with Hermione and Ron when Dean Thomas suddenly walked up to the trio.
"Hey Harry do you think I could sit with Hermione and Ron today? I really need to talk to them about something." Without waiting for an answer Dean sat down.
"Umm…yeah whatever." Harry muttered, slightly annoyed as he looked for another place to sit. On the far end of the classroom Parvati noticed Harry was standing up and realized he didn't have a seat. This gave her an idea and she tried to get his attention.
"Hey Harry, you can sit with us if you want." Parvati said as she waved her arms trying to get him to notice her. Lavender looked up from her textbook to see what her friend was doing. As she noticed Harry walking toward them and the wheels clicked in her mind she shot Parvati a nasty look, as if to say "What the hell are you doing?"
"Hey thanks Parvati, I don't know what was up with Dean but he kicked me out of my seat." Harry told the girl as he sat down. He noticed Lavender sitting on the other side of Parvati as she gave him a quick wave.
"Oh hey Lavender, are you…feeling better?" Truth was Harry knew she was there all along; he would always look for her when he entered a class they shared. It was just a quick glance and now that he was closer he could see her in better detail. Her eyes were puffy and looked bloodshot, her hair didn't look as curly as usual and she didn't appear to have put any of her usual makeup on. Aside from that she looked a bit better from last night; he couldn't really expect too much change from just one night.
"Yeah I'm a bit better Harry, thanks again…" Harry told her it was no problem right as Professor McGonagall started the class. After lecturing for a while she had the class attempt to transfigure a small watch into a glass filled with water. Because of the large amount of wand movement and spell incantation Harry and the two girls had no problem carrying on a conversation without being noticed by McGonagall.
"Did you finish this month's dream diary yet Lavender?"
"No I still need to finish the last couple of days, but it's not due till Monday right?" Lavender asked her friend as she once again tried to finish transfiguring her watch.
"Yeah but your dreams are always interesting to read about. How about you Harry?" At this Harry stopped in mid-flick and started to speak as Parvati interrupted him. "Oh sorry I forgot you're not in divination anymore, why is that?"
"Well I wasn't very good at it, couldn't grasp the fundamentals I guess. Also I didn't really like it." Harry actually hated both the class and the teacher but didn't want to tell them since he knew both Lavender and Parvati liked the class.
"Well that's not surprising really, considering what it must have been like for you I mean." Lavender said a matter-of-fact like, sounding a bit like Hermione.
"Why's that Lav?" Parvati wondered, Harry too looked up in anticipation of her answer.
"Don't you remember Parvati? Professor Trelawney predicted Harry's death weekly; I doubt I'd like the class either if she did that to me."
"Oh yeah," Parvati said softly. Harry could almost see the wheels turning in her head. "That must have sucked," She giggled. Lavender rolled her eyes and sighed. Harry was amazed that Lavender had remembered that, he didn't think she paid much attention to him, especially not in divination. A smile crept onto his face as he told Parvati that it did indeed, suck.
Not long after that class ended and McGonagall dismissed the class to lunch. Harry said goodbye to Lavender and Parvati and caught up with Ron and Hermione. "Hello Harry," Hermione greeted him. "How were Parvati and Lavender?"
"Huh? They were fine. Anyway what did Dean need to talk to you two about that was so important he had to kick me out of my seat?"
"The thing is Harry," Hermione said while looking anywhere but at Harry. "Dean told us not to tell you so…" Harry gave Hermione a look and then turned to Ron.
"Ron what'd he say?" Unlike Hermione, Ron had low moral standards and wouldn't have a problem telling Harry. Not to mention that since Dean started dating Ginny he didn't like him as much anymore.
"He asked about you, seems he thinks you like Ginny and wanted to know if we thought you were going to put a move on her or something." Hermione scoffed, looking rather angry that Ron revealed this information without a second thought.
"What? That's nuts, I don't like Ginny like that! You told him that right?"
"Yeah I told him you didn't like my sister like that, but Hermione wasn't so sure."
"What? Come on Hermione, don't you believe me?"
"I'm sorry Harry," And she did sound rather apologetic. "I just wasn't sure; you seemed to be paying more attention to her these days. I thought maybe…"
"Well sorry Hermione but your wrong, she's just a little sister to me."
"Ok Harry I believe you. So…" Hermione smirked, "Who do you like?"
"Oh umm well…" At that moment they walked into the great hall. "Hey Ron I'm starving let's get some food." He said, quickly trying to change the subject.
"Oh yeah awesome, I hope they have some corn dogs!" Ron of course was thinking with his stomach and ran over to the Gryffindor table. Hermione just rolled her eyes. Lunch was a normal affair for the three; they ate and talked about different things. Classes, quidditch, Dumbledore's lesson, whatever came up when Ron's mouth wasn't filled with corndogs.
They finished lunch and walked out of the great hall where they were greeted by the unpleasant sound of Draco Malfoy's voice. "Is it true Brown? That you got dumped by the weasel?"
Harry turned the corner and saw Draco along with his two goons Crabbe and Goyle hassling Lavender and Parvati in a corner. "That's pathetic!" Malfoy continued, "Who gets dumped by a blood traitor like Weasel? It's a good thing you're not a pure-blood or I'd be ashamed to call myself one!" Malfoy laughed and his two goons quickly followed suit.
Lavender looked like she was about to tell Malfoy off when instead she broke down crying. Parvati started to comfort her friend as she shot Malfoy a death glare. Lavender usually would've defended herself, it's not like Malfoy's scary, but who could blame her after being reminded of being dumped the day before?
"Hey Malfoy," Harry yelled as he ran over to his nemesis. His hands curled into fists and he momentarily saw red as he glared at the bully. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size you stupid ferret?"
"What the hell do you care Potter? Shouldn't you be off shining your stupid scar? Stop playing hero and leave the mudblood to me!"
"DON'T CALL HER THAT! I'd rather hang out with a muggle-born than an inbred piece of shit like you Malfoy!" At that Malfoy had enough and reached for his wand, but Harry was two steps ahead of him as he pulled out his own.
"Sectumsempra!" Harry yelled out the name of the new move he had learned from his old potions book. He had been meaning to try it out and Malfoy was the perfect test subject. But right as Harry yelled the spell out Malfoy jumped to the side, the spell mostly missed the Slytherin. The spell managed to slash open Malfoy's arm but the rest had been narrowly avoided.
Malfoy looked at his arm where the cut open robe showed crimson blood seeping out. A look of shock on his face he and his goons ran off with a final "you'll pay for that Potter!"
"Harry!" Hermione said in a shocked voice, "You could've killed Malfoy! I told you not to use that potions book, I knew it was evil!" Harry however wasn't paying any attention to Hermione and instead walked up to Lavender.
"Here," He handed her a tissue from his pocket. She took it and wiped her eyes, she stopped crying and turned back to Harry.
"Thanks again Harry, sorry you keep having to save me."
"It's not a problem; you shouldn't have to deal with scum like Malfoy right now." He did feel really bad for her. I can't believe Malfoy had to do that right now, he broke whatever confidence she had been trying to build up, he thought.
He said goodbye and walked off with Hermione and Ron. Hermione kept telling him he shouldn't be using that book while Ron was wondering why Harry had stood up for his ex-girlfriend.
Parvati and Lavender quickly made their way up to divination tower, knowing if they didn't hurry they'd be late for class. "Wow Harry seems to be saving you a lot eh Lav? I think he might like you, what do you think?" Parvati asked her friend.
"Really? He's sure been helpful lately. Like my knight in shining armor!" Lavender's smile flipped to a frown as a thought crossed her mind. "I don't really know that much about him though, I don't want it to turn out like…like with Ron."
"Well let's keep an eye on him then shall we? See if he's good enough for you." Parvati winked at her friend, getting a small smile in return. Lavender jokingly told said how hard it would be for Harry to reach her high standards as they climbed the ladder into the Divination tower.
So as you've seen with the Sectumsempra spell I'm going to be diverting from canon with some stuff since Harry's doing more stuff with Lavender obviously different things are happening, nothing too big or life changing though. And yes i believe Sectumsempra can be somewhat dodged because Snape used it on James Potter back when they were at school and James only got a cut on his face. I'd like to know what my readers prefer, do you want Hermione to get with Ron or not? Personally i hate Heron, but I'd like to know what you guys think. So tell me in a review, thanks.