CHAPTER FOUR:
Claire woke up the next morning next Harry who was still sleeping, she curled closer to him, feeling every steady heart beat, the shape of his hand in hers and the soft sound of his breathing. 'I wish I could stay like this forever' she thought to herself, but why couldn't she? Just because her parents were the cruelest people alive, why did it mean she had to be miserable forever, 'he wouldn't want you to be weak' she thought, and it was true, Ced would never want her to be like this. 'Morning' grunted Harry next to her, Claire squeezed his hand 'morning' she smiled, 'wow, that was the best night of my life, I've never slept so good' Harry said rubbing his eyes. There was a knock on the door, 'mate, its me Ron, let me in' Harry sat up 'oh, oh, what if Mrs. Weasley finds out we slept together? Like in the same bed?' he said eyeing the door, 'come on Harry, my mum's not up yet' Ron said knocking again, Harry sighed and got out of bed, he opened the door and let Ron in as fast as he could. Ron smiled at Claire, and hugged her 'your parents are gits for leaving you behind' he joked. 'You are very lucky people you know that? Mum doesn't know you… spent the night together' he said clearing his throat 'we didn't do anything Ronald' Harry said rolling his eyes, Ron eyed them curiously 'really?' 'Yes Ron' Claire said throwing him a pillow 'ok, so I'll just tell mum you slept over there with me ok?' Ron said to Harry who nodded, 'well, I'll leave you guys alone, little lovebirds' he smirked walking out of the room and closing the door behind him.
Harry pulled Claire into his arms and kissed her 'I've missed you so much' he breathed, kissing her in the neck, Claire smiled and kissed him back 'I've missed you'. They sat down on the bed 'so, I got a little something for you' Harry said, he took out a gold necklace with a key 'it's just something, you've got the key to my heart, its tacky but…' he trailed of, Claire smiled, 'its beautiful Harry, thanks, will you put it on?' she asked, Harry nodded and put the necklace around her neck, and kissed her again.
Claire hadn't felt so alive in such a long time, Harry made her feel that way, and she felt special with him, as if she was the ONLY thing that mattered.
They spent the rest of the day cleaning up the house; Mrs. Weasley forced every one to work except Claire who worked any way.
'Let's get out of here' whispered Harry behind Claire, she turned around to look at him 'where do we go?' she whispered, 'any where you want', Claire considered this, 'France' she giggled, 'or, Spain' said Harry kissing her. Harry took her hand and pulled her out of the room, they tiptoed up stairs to the ceiling, 'maybe we can see France from here' said Harry helping her up, 'or Spain' Claire remembered him. They sat down on the edge of the building, Harry took out some sandwiches he had taken from the kitchen and gave one to Claire. 'So, tomorrow's your birthday' she said to Harry, he nodded, 'I want a really awesome birthday present' he joked, Claire punched him playfully 'I'll do my best'. Harry rubbed his scar distractedly 'is it hurting again?' Claire asked quietly, Harry looked up, 'no, it prickles like this sometimes', Claire kissed his forehead, and 'we can't have that' she smiled.
'Claire, I'm worried' Harry said looking into the red sky, 'about what?' 'You' he said taking Claire's hand, 'I don't want anything to happen to you' he said, 'I want you to stay with me, forever, so I can protect you' he whispered, Claire hugged him and they stayed like that for the longest time, not saying anything to each other, just being together was enough.