Chapter 3! Thank u all for the awesome response i got, made me want to keep writing this story. I got a good amount of feedback on if you wanted Hermione with Ron or not and it was almost unanimous. That won't come into play this chapter but you should see it next I think. This chapter's a bit shorter than usual but not by much and it came out early so that's good right?
Comforting the Heartbroken chapter 3
"Harry we got to get out of here before a teacher shows up!" Ron was practically dragging Harry as he said this. Realizing how much trouble he could be in if Malfoy showed up with Snape Harry nodded to Ron and swiftly ran down the hall and away from the scene of the crime.
"Not that sticking up for Lavender wasn't noble Harry," Hermione started on him as soon as they were out of sight. "But that spell was horrible! You could've really hurt Malfoy; I told you that book was no good. You should turn it in to Dumbledore."
"I thought it was awesome mate," Ron told him. "Though I don't know why you bothered sticking up for Lavender."
Harry was about to tell Ron off for his treatment of his ex-girlfriend when Hermione interjected. "Ron, you shouldn't be encouraging Harry! He gets in enough trouble as it is, he doesn't need an evil book to give him anymore!"
As Harry's two best friends argued back and forth Harry's mind wandered back to the subject of his affection, Lavender. His interaction with her usually was pretty minimal but the last two days he spent more time with her than he normally would in a week.
He wondered if she might like him more now that he had helped her twice. At the time he had acted on instinct, unable to stand there watching her hurt, but thinking about it, it seemed like the kind of thing that scored points with girls. He concluded that he would do his best to be there for the girl he loved if she needed him and hopefully she might one day return his affections.
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Parvati had promised her friend that they would watch Harry to learn more about him, and watch him they did. It wasn't particularly hard since all three of them were Gryffindors, and people stared at Harry in the hall all the time, two girls paying a bit more attention would go unnoticed.
Lavender watched him in Charms and Transfiguration where he seemed to do relatively well, paying attention when needed but still managing to hold a conversation when they weren't fully supervised.
Parvati watched him in potions where he was the top student, this seemed strange to her since Hermione Granger was in the same class but everybody knew how much Snape hated Harry so if he was good at Potions no one would've known. Parvati also watched him in defense against the dark arts; unnecessary of course since she had been in Dumbledore's Army the previous year. Snape was highly prejudiced against him but Parvati could still tell Harry was quite good.
On Saturday they went down to the quidditch field and watched the Gryffindor team practice. Lavender had of course watched them practice when she was going out with Ron but hadn't really been watching anything except Ron float around three hoops.
Harry was an excellent flyer and leader who seemed to know just how his team could improve and didn't get angry at them for making mistakes. He seemed to be friends with them all and respected as their captain.
At the end of a week Lavender thought they had a pretty good idea of what kind of person Harry was. He seemed to be a good guy with above average grades (though they wondered how much of this was attributed to Hermione's help) who enjoyed being with his friends and playing quidditch. He had a bit of a temper but seemed to generally like helping people. He also had a healthy hatred of Slytherins, a quality treasured among Gryffindors. Last but certainly not least he was rather attractive.
It was a week after they started their plan and both girls were finishing up some homework in the library when a thought crossed Lavender's mind. "Wait a minute Pav, I just realized something!"
Parvati looked up from her textbook, "What?"
"You went to the Yule ball with Harry!"
Parvati rolled her eyes. "Ditz! Did you forget that until just now?"
"Yeah sorry…" A look of embarrassment crossed Lavender's face. "But that's not the point! You should've told me what it was like now that I like him."
"Oh so you admit now that you like him?"
"Damn," She exclaimed realizing her slipup. "T-That's not the point! Why didn't you tell me about it earlier? That's not the kind of gossip you keep to yourself." The truth was lately lavender had been thinking of Ron less and less and Harry more and more.
"Because you never asked." At this Lavender gave Parvati a death glare and Parvati decided she had teased her best friend enough. "Truth is it was…okay."
"Just okay?"
"It wasn't horrible or anything but it could've been better. He was nice and all, we danced in the beginning and then he got me some punch but he didn't really want to dance. I don't think he liked it, anyway we had to sit with my sister and Ron who was her date and that was rather depressing. Then this totally hot Bulgarian guy came up and asked me to dance and I didn't see Harry again after that."
"Hmm," Lavender hummed as she thought. "That doesn't sound too bad, except that he doesn't like to dance and I love dancing."
"Yeah but Lav, you suck at dancing. Seamus told me all about you stepping on his feet." Parvati laughed as Lavender flipped her off. "Anyway that was two years ago, he's probably better with girls now."
The golden-haired girl laid her head on her book sideways and muttered, "Yeah but now being the chosen one he can get whichever girl he wants, why would he pick me?"
"Uhh…cause he already likes you? Yeesh Lav you're kinda dense for a girl."
Lavender's eyes lit up at this. "Really? But how do you know?"
"Come on Lav he's a guy, they're not hard to figure out. Look he helped you out after Ron dumped you, how much guys would do that? Not to mention how he stood up for you. Plus after paying more attention to him this last week I think he looks at you when no one else is looking."
"If no one else is looking how do you know he's doing it?"
"I meant when he THINKS no one else is looking. That's not the point! You believe me don't you Lav?" Parvati made a face.
"Of course I believe you, you're my BFF, I just wondered why-" But Lavender's next few words were cut short when a blonde Ravenclaw walked up to the two sixth years. It was Luna Lovegood, and she was staring at them rather peculiarly.
"Hello, have either of you found any books on the Rotfang conspiracy? I've found that this library is dreadfully inadequate when it comes to such things…"
"Uhh….no…sorry." Parvati managed to tell the blonde. Lavender just looked at her with her mouth agape. Luna nodded her head and started to walk away.
"Man that girl is weird!" Lavender said once Luna was out of range, Parvati just nodded. Luna however, did not look for a book on the Rotfang conspiracy but instead walked back to the table she had previously been sitting at with Ginny.
"Well? Was I right?" Ginny demanded of Luna as soon as the blonde sat down.
Luna nodded her head. "I think so; they certainly talked of Harry a good deal. Lavender mentioned that Harry was the one she liked so unless she had a case of warkspurts…"
"Dammit I knew it!" Ginny said shaking her fists as she interrupted Luna. Ginny had thought Lavender had been acting suspicious around her Harry ever since Ron dumped her. When she passed by the two girls in the library she heard Harry's name so she sent Luna there to spy. Nobody paid attention to Luna since she was so weird so she was perfect for the job.
But now Ginny had another girl to watch out for! Her attempt to get Harry jealous by having other boyfriends wasn't working at all. Not to mention now Dean was suspicious since she talked about him a lot. But she couldn't help it! She was in the love with the boy after all, and when she got bored listening to Dean talk she tended to talk about the first thing that came to her head. This was usually Harry.
I guess I'll have to resort to drastic measures, Ginny thought. Luckily mom gave me a bottle of it after Christmas so it'll be easy. He'll be mine and mom will be really pleased with me…
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Since it was a Saturday Harry showed up to breakfast later than usual after enjoying the extra time to sleep in. For once he was not followed by his two best friends but alone as he sat down at the Gryffindor table. The table was mostly empty, a few first years being the closest to Harry. He didn't mind however as he set a stack of pancakes in front of him and start eating.
As Harry started on his second pancake Parvati and Lavender entered the great hall. Parvati almost immediately spotted Harry and pointed him out to her tired friend. "Look Lav, Harry's eating breakfast all alone, what say we join him?" Lavender was too tired to object and merely followed her friend over to the Gryffindor table.
"Heya Harry," Parvati greeted the boy as she sat down to his left while Lavender sat on his right.
"Good morning," Lavender yawned, "Harry." Harry's eyes lit up when he saw Lavender, his shoulders tensed up as he felt her shoulder accidentally brush his.
"H-Hey Lavender, Parvati. What's up?"
"Nothing," Parvati answered him as she took a banana off the fruit bowl. "Just thought you might enjoy making fun of Lav with me, she was up all night and now she's really tired."
"You're so mean Pav!" Lavender whined to Parvati as she glared at her friend, unable to do anything since Harry was between them.
"Anyway," Parvati said ignoring her friend's glare. "Where are the other two of your golden trio? I always thought you were connected at the hip."
"You mean Ron and Hermione? Well I know this'll sound weird but they're out…on a date…together."
Lavender looked crestfallen for a moment but quickly recovered. "Well isn't that…nice."
"I thought it was kinda weird really." Harry said before taking another bite out of his pancakes. "I mean I knew Ron liked Hermione for a while but I never could see Hermione returning those feelings, especially how he treats her."
"Yeah that is weird," Parvati agreed. "But anyway Harry, since you're not doing anything else, how would you like to spend the day with me and Lavender?"
Harry's heart soared at the thought of spending the day with Lavender. Sure Parvati would be there, but it was much better than nothing. "Sure, sounds good."
After spending the next ten minutes finishing eating and talking about mundane school subjects the three headed back to the common room. There were a few people hanging out finishing homework and talking but otherwise the common room was rather quiet and empty. The three found some of the more comfortable chairs to sink into and continued their conversation.
They talked over various things and eventually the conversation drifted to their old D.A. meetings and how both girls and enjoyed them. Harry asked what they liked best and they talked over the various spells he had taught them. Lavender shifted nervously but decided to admit something about the D.A.
"This is really embarrassing since everyone else mastered it, but with Umbridge stopping us I never got to finish learning how to do a patronus. I could only make a white-ish mist come out, and I wasn't even good at that…"
"Really?" Harry asked, Lavender expected him to laugh at her, he didn't. "That's horrible Lavender, you should've told me before. Are you still interested in learning how?"
"Well….yeah. I mean with you-know-who controlling the dementors it would probably be pretty helpful. Why?"
"I can still teach you, if you want. We can even do it now if you want to."
"Really Harry? That would be great wouldn't it Pav?" Lavender's eyes lit up as she said this. Parvati held back a retort after seeing her friend's face and just nodded. The three Hogwarts students stood up and headed for the room of requirement.
Do Lavender and Parvati's conversations seem reasonable for 2 teenage girls? I can't tell, probably because i wrote it. Also because i'm not a teenager girl. Not a huge amount of plot happened this time however next time more will happen and you'll see what's up with Ginny. Reviews are nice, don't feel shy about expressing your opinion. Hopefully this chapter was as good as the other 2.