Alex's dad and her brother Justin had been right. A lot of Wizards in Britain were really scary, and that was just the kids. There were all the creepy Slytherins, and then there was Ron-Ginny's brother and Hermione's ex-boyfriend. He had really unnerved Alex when he had tried to hex her with her back turned. That wasn't something normal wizards did-only brothers and psychopaths. Ron was Ginny's brother, but to Alex he was just a psycho.
She didn't want to stay in Gryffindor tower anymore. She wanted to stay in Harry's rooms where she would be safely away from Ron, The way he had looked at her the other day still sent chills through her. She wondered what sort of hex he had used. Ron had looked angry enough to use a really dangerous curse.
Ron may have left Gryffindor tower for now, but he could return at any time, and Alex refused to be there when he did. It wasn't that she couldn't hex him back-probably better than he could hex her. Ron just physically scared her. Alex had seen how his sister Ginny had "forgotten" to use magic and just snapped Amycus's neck with a kick to the head when he and Alecto had crashed the Russo Lair.
Amycus had deserved it. And Alex liked Ginny a lot. She couldn't imagine Ginny killing anybody who didn't deserve it. But it had still been shocking to see her do it without magic, and more or less in cold blood. It was one thing to kill in the heat of battle, but Amycus had been down and Ginny could have just as easily conjured up something to restrain him with.
Alex was glad now that Harry wasn't with Ginny anymore. Not because Alex and Hermione were with Harry now-Alex had no reason to feel jealous when she was already sharing-but maybe because Ginny probably wasn't the best person for Harry to be around. Harry was quite possibly the nicest person Alex knew next to Hermione, and Alex didn't like the idea of Ginny maybe egging Harry on to do things he might regret later.
If a Weasley as nice as Ginny could snap someone's neck with a kick, what would a nasty Weasley who had lost his marbles be capable of?
Alex dragged two huge duffel-bags of her clothes down the stairs to the common room door after waiting for everyone to go and enjoy Sunday afternoon somewhere else, then levitated them down the corridor to Professor Potter's rooms. Harry had all kinds of protection spells around his quarters, but they were set to allow Alex and Hermione entrance, if they needed to in a pinch.
After that talk with Hermione and Harry earlier about how Ron had basically snapped, Alex wasn't about to risk another encounter like the one with Ron a week or so ago now that he was up and about again. He might "forget" to use magic. This was an emergency. She didn't care what McGonagall said. Alex was staying in Harry's quarters the rest of the year. And she hoped Hermione would join her.
Harry had just finished playing a bit of casual quidditch with some DA members. Luna wasn't very good, Harry thought, but she was flying a lot better now. Harry missed having Ron to fly around with. He hated how much Ron had devolved. Harry had tried to take some of the blame because he felt somewhat responsible for Ron's behaviour.
But Hermione and Alex wouldn't put up with that nonsense. Alex had heatedly told him to shut up, that it wasn't true, and Hermione had firmly put the blame for Ron's troubles where they belonged, on Ron's own shoulders. Harry really loved his girlfriends he thought with a huge grin. They made Harry feel so much better when he was feeling like everything was his fault.
Harry kind of hoped Alex and Hermione were around right now-but then he remembered that Hermione tutored on Sunday afternoons. So he just sighed and hoped that Alex was around. Harry went to his quarters to change first. That's when he found Alex napping on his bed.
Harry saw Alex's bags, and guessed that after their talk about Ron this morning, she had chosen to leave Gryffindor tower. Harry wondered if he should bring Minerva into this. The Headmistress ought to know if one of her students was about to go on a psychotic rampage. But then he realised that they didn't really have proof of anything except for Ron losing his temper.
Still, Harry decided that he couldn't keep Minerva in the dark in good conscience. He had to run it by her, even if most of it had been based on inductive reasoning. One thing Harry really appreciated about Minerva, was that she had put a lot of trust in Harry's instincts over the years. Even if she didn't agree, she would give Harry a fair hearing and look into it personally. He'd wait until he'd run it by Alex and Hermione that evening before going to see the Headmistress first though.
Meanwhile, having a nap with Alex seemed like a nice idea. He put his arm around her and fell asleep. Which is how Hermione found them when she had finished tutoring. She smiled happily at her sleeping partners. They looked so peaceful that Hermione didn't want to wake them.