Chapter 28: Ash and James
James woke up in the hospital wing the next morning, as the school wanted to check whether he was okay and wasn't injured… He got up and then looked around the room, but then, he looked at the bed next to him and there he saw Ash. Ash was laying there, her hand covered with a bandage, still sleeping. James looked at Ash and smiled… James then sat beside her and then noticed the plaster on his head to cover scratches. Ash then started to move and James had a feeling that she was going to wake up so he quickly went back to his bed and he turned his back on Ash so then she wouldn't know he was awake. Ash then sat up on her bed and then tried to put her hand up but realised it was covered in bandages… She opened her eyes fully to see James' back facing her… She smiled and walked up to him…
'I know your awake Potter' whispered Ash into James' ear
'Really? And how did you know that?' Whispered James turning to look at Ash
'Because I was awake to!' Ash smiled
James smiled and then sat up on his bed and moved up so Ash could sit next to him… Ash then sat next to him and touched where his plaster was, where he had scratched himself… James let out a little gasp, as it hurt when she touched it…
'Trust me' Ash smiled
Ash gently put her hand on the scratch again, it pained James but he forgot about it… Then she gently went down his face as his eyes closed and then she disappeared, as James couldn't feel her hand anymore… He opened his eyes to see Ash wasn't there anymore.
James couldn't stay in the hospital wing anymore so he asked the professor in the hospital wing if he could go, of course he got the permission and left the hospital wing. He then got to the common room where no one was there, so he went up to the boys' dorms to see if anyone was there.
When he got up there, he saw Sid was there, he was on his bed.
'Hey Sid you okay?' Said James
'Yeah… Fine, why?' Asked Sid
'It just seems like your sad or something'
'No… I'm fine'
'I thought you might be hanging around with Rhea after your big success!'
'I was… But I just then left her'
'Why did you leave her?'
'I don't know… Something just happened at that moment I don't know what!'
'Well then do you want to go and see her now, I could hear her from the common room that she's in the girls dorm?'
'Sure!'
Sid got up and both of them went down and then back up into the girls dorms. They knocked and then Rhea said come in and then James and Sid came in to see Rhea. It looked like she was by herself until in the corner Ash dropped something and gasped and blushed to see James in the room.
'What are you two doing here?' Asked Rhea
'Well I wanted to come and see someone special… That's all' Said Sid getting closer to Rhea
'I think I'll leave you two alone' Said Ash getting an umbrella out
'Where are you going?' Said Rhea
'Just outside, I think I need some fresh air' Replied Ash looking at Rhea and then looking at James
Ash then left the room and after a few minutes, Sid told James to go after her…
'Go after Ash James, you can finally now be alone with her!' Said Rhea agreeing with Sid
And with that James ran down and down the stairs and then he reached the courtyard, he couldn't see Ash anywhere, so he decided to see whether she was on the grass outside the courtyard… He ran quickly and quickly over the bridge where he saw Ash from a distance siting on the grass alone. He ran up to her…
'Ash…' He said quietly
'You took your time coming…' Said Ash smiling
'I'm sorry…' Replied James as he sat down next to her
'It's fine I was only joking…' Said Ash looking at James
'Are you okay… From the task yesterday?'
'Yeah… I'm fine thanks, what about you? You had to do the rescuing'
'I'm great!' James said smiling
James gently put his hand on Ash's hand and smiled at her and then Ash smiled back… She leaned in close to him and then he leaned in closer, their lips, about to touch… Until… Rain stared pouring down! Ash looked around for her umbrella, but James locked his eyes on Ash and didn't care about anything else.
'James!' Shouted Ash 'Come on we have to get inside!'
James still held onto Ash's hand tightly and wouldn't let go, but Ash was panicking, as she hated getting wet in the rain!
'James!' Screamed Ash
Ash had no other choice so she quickly leaned in to James and gave him a quick kiss on the lips which shocked James, as he let go of her hand and finally got away from his daydream… By the time he had got rid of the shock, Ash was running so he decided to run after her…
'Ash! Wait up!' James shouted
Ash didn't stop she just looked back and carried on running until she reached the prefects bathrooms and she went in… James followed her in and then couldn't find her as she was hiding in different places in the bathroom, different cubicles, behind things, under things… Until Ash was walking to see where James was and then he grabbed her from behind...
'James!' Laughed Ash
'Ash…' James whispered in Ash's ear 'Baby…'
'Yes James?' Said Ash turning around to face James
'I love you…' Whispered James smiling
'I love you too' Smiled Ash
James then leaned in and his lips touched Ash's… Ash then suddenly pulled away…
'James… Wake up!' She said
But James was confused, why would he wake up? Ash continued getting louder until…
#END OF DREAM#
James woke up, with Sid in front of him, telling him to wake up.
'Wow! I thought you would never wake up!' Said Sid
'I'm sorry, I was just having a really… really good dream' Replied James rubbing his eyes
'Well…?'
'Well what?'
'Aren't you going to ask anything about the details on the third task?'
'Oh… Right, when is the third task and where is it?' Asked James getting up from his bed
'The third task is at the end of the year, so it's on the 1st July, and its… its in a maze'
'A MAZE?' Said James shockingly
'Yeah… Apparently every Triwizard Tournament third task has ALWAYS been a maze'
'I don't know, guess I got to ask my Dad about it'
James got up and put his robes on and then thought about his dream again…
'So what was so amazing about this dream then?' Asked Sid putting his robes on
'Well… It was about me and Ash' Said James looking down, smiling
'What happened in the dream?'
'Well… It was always just us two, and we… we had our first kiss' James smiled
'Ah… Thought it might be a dream about Ash' Said Sid winking at James 'You should go and see her, I heard from Rhea she's been thinking about something way too much and isn't saying much either'
'Wait what? What has she been thinking about way too much?' Asked James looking confused at Sid
'I don't know, she won't even tell Rhea'
James looked at Sid very seriously and then ran down to the common room where he saw Rhea sitting on the sofa.
'Hey Rhea!' Said James
'Oh hey James!' Said Rhea getting up and giving James a high five as he came to sit next to her
'Sid told me something about Ash… Could you explain further?' Asked James
'Well, she's not been talking much and she's been spending most of her time day dreaming or staying in bed, she's not even revising for exams…'
'Do you know why?'
'I don't… I've tried so many times, asking her what the matter was, but she either ignored me or told me nothing was the matter'
'I could try talking to her? Where is she?' Asked James getting up
'I don't know, she went out of the common room a while ago, she could have gone anywhere'
'Okay, I'll go and find her'
Rhea waved and then James rushed out of the common room and searched every floor for her… Defence against the dark arts, potions, transfiguration, charms, muggle studies! He couldn't find her anywhere… Then he thought about the Astronomy Tower so he went through the library and then went up the stairs and he looked around and he saw Ash sitting at the window looking out at the view. James was relieved that he had found Ash. Wind was blowing in Ash's hair and it was going everywhere so to sort it out she looked to the side where she saw James, she then immediately looked away…
'Ash, what's happening with you? (Vas Happenin')' Asked James getting closer to Ash
Ash didn't reply she simply looked at James with her hair blowing everywhere because of the wind.
'Please tell me what the matter is, I promise I won't tell anyone…' Said James putting holding Ash's hand
Ash looked down at her hand and looked up at James with the usual raised eyebrow she would have…
'James…' She smiled
'Ash?' Said James
'Nothings happening with me… Its just feelings that are affecting me' Ash explained
James smiled and then he leaned in and gave her a kiss on her cheek and she smiled… Ash then put her arms around James and hugged him and James put his arms around Ash and hugged her…
A.N. I am going to be starting the next chapter, when it is the day before the third and final task! And if you haven't already noticed, yes I am a Directioner! ;)