Shout out to my best buddy in the whole wide world Kelley who turned 17 today(well technically yesterday seeing as it's 2:20 AM) I love you and I wish I could have been with you today to make your birthday awesome, cause lets face it I'm the best around, nothings gonna ever keep me down, cause baby I was born this was. How do you like that two pop culture references in one sentence boom, but I digress I really hope to see some reviews on this seeing as it's almost 3000 words long and I stayed up for 2 hours writing it for you (P.S. it's cold in my house so can someone send me a snuggie? much appreciated) so yea review and stuff like that. (Another P.S. I'm sorry the authors note has been kind of long these past few time's I'll try and keep it short next time, unless you find me funny, do you find me funny internet, do you?)
Once I was inside the Great hall I immediately started scanning the table, trying to find a familiar face. I spotted Harry sitting across from Hermione and Ginny. Strangely Ron was nowhere in sight.
They all had worried looks on their faces, and Hermione's mouth was moving awfully fast as she spoke. 'what could they all be so worried about? I hope it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Ron isn't here.' my thoughts painted a grim picture of a pallid Ron lying in the hospital wing, until a voice pulled me back to reality.
"Look there she is!" Ginny sounded almost relieved when her eyes spotted me walking towards them. All three stood up from their seats simultaneously, but Hermione was the only one who ran towards me with full force then crushed me into a hug.
"Nice to see you to, Hermione" I used the only air left in my lungs to speak.
"We were worried sick about you. Where have you been?" She questioned before finally letting me go.
"I was in the library." I expertly lied "Why would you be worried about me? Has something happened? Is Ron okay?" my voice rose higher, showing only a small portion of the panic that I was feeling inside.
"Ron's fine. We heard what happened In Herbology today, and when we went to the hospital wing to see if you were there we overheard Snape say that you were missing. I thought that maybe something bad had happened to you, given your past and all." she was referring to the fact that Voldemort was after my father. You see Hermione had this crazy idea that if the death eaters ever found out that I survived that night then they would come after me as well. For the brightest witch of her age she can really be a dumbass.
"Well I'm fine as you can see, I was just in the library." I lied once more.
"Yes you mentioned that," we walked the few steps it took to get back to Harry and Ginny. Both were still standing, their eyes on me. "Whatever were you doing there by the way?" she questioned as we sat down.
"Olivia, where have you been?" Harry interrupted, the way he spoke made it sound like he would burst if he didn't spit the words out the moment we sat down. Then I looked to him, and saw how truly intense his worry for my well being was.
"I was just telling Hermione here, that I was in the library. Why are you guys so freaked out, I mean where do you think I was? The bottom of the black lake?" I laughed. No one laughed with me. "Wait a minute, I go missing for a few hours and your first thought was 'the bitch must be dead'?" I shouted in disbelief.
"Hey I didn't think that. It was all these two." Ginny spoke up "and Ron for two minutes but he stormed off to the common room a while ago, it looked like he was mad or someth-"
"Ginny!" Hermione harshly interrupted her. "That's enough talk of Ron, now let's finish our supper in peace." a few moments of awkward silence passed and I couldn't help but ask the question.
"So what's going on with Ron?" I asked innocently. Hermione threw her fork down at her plate with a loud bang before getting up and leaving.
"It might be best if we hold off on the Ron talk for a while." Harry warned.
"You can sure say that again." we all returned to quietly eating before Harry asked me another question.
"So what were you doing in the library?"
I think spending so much time with Draco was starting to rub off on me because I came up with another lie at lightning speed.
"I was doing some research on mandrake. I wanted to find the quickest way to wake someone once they've heard their cry." I spoke nonchalantly while taking a swig of water.
"Sounds like something Hermione would do, but don't worry madam Pomfrey will have everyone up and about in a few days. By the way is it true that you knocked out Lavenders two front teeth?"
"What? Is that what people are saying happened?" I laughed loudly.
"Yes, and please say it's true. That girl has been annoying me ever since first year." Ginny smiled at the thought of a toothless Lavender.
"Well sorry to disappoint you Gin, but no that's not what happened. I only gave her a wee slap, but she deserved it. Ugh I don't know why she hates me so much." I lamented.
"Well isn't it obvious." Ginny smiled, leaving both me and Harry confused. "You two really don't see it?" we both shook our heads no "Why she's in love with Ron of course."
"How exactly did you come up with that?" Harry's bewilderment rang clear through his voice.
"Yes Ginny elaborate please." I said in a mock professional voice, which earned me a small smile from Harry.
"Well ever since my first year she's been hounding me to be all BFF with her, because she knew it would get her closer to Ron." Me and Harry fake ooed and awed "Also she hates Hermione, but why you ask?"
"Why?" we said in unison.
"Because she's jealous of all the time and attention she gets from Ron, and now she hates you for the same reasons, not to mention that you did call her best friend a bitch and made her all soggy." she finished up her explanation.
"Wow, that actually makes sense." Harry looked to Ginny and smiled. I could tell by the way she lit up when his eyes were on her that she liked him.
"Well now that that's all sorted out I think I'll be heading off to bed." I faked a yawn. I really just wanted to give the two time alone with each other. "I'll see you lot in the morning." I got up, ready to leave all by myself, but Harry had other plans.
"Olivia wait, I'll walk you back." he rapidly stood up from the table, then practically ran around it to get to me.
"Okay then, but I don't want to leave Ginny here all by her lonesome." I pointed to the heart broken girl.
"I'm actually feeling tired as well, so I think I'll join you." hope returned to her eyes.
"Oh, alright then, let's go." Harry's voice fell a bit but Ginny didn't seem to notice.
The walk back was horrible. I could tell that Harry wanted to tell me something the entire time, but Ginny's presence was keeping whatever it was he wanted to say at bay.
The awkwardness I felt during that walk was more then I had ever thought was possible. Ginny wanted to be alone with Harry, Harry wanted to be alone with me, and I just wanted to get to the common room as soon as possible.
I let out a deep sigh when we reached what I thought of at the time as my 'savior from the awkward'; the common room.
"Ginny darling there you are." Dean Thomas sat up from one of the armchairs in the room. "I was wondering when you'd be back, come here love I've got something to show you." he smiled before waving goodbye to me and Harry, then taking her hand and leading her back to his armchair.
"What's up with those two?" I questioned Harry as we watched the two keeping their hands locked together.
"They're together. You didn't know that?" he sounded a bit sad about it at first, which gave me a bit of hope that he might like Ginny and all this him possibly liking me stuff was just in my head, but then he turned his eyes to me and what lied inside them made me long of the awkwardness out in the hall. He wanted to tell me something, and with Ginny gone nothing was holding him back.
"Olivia, I need to talk to you about-" but I was in luck.
"Harry? Is that you down there mate?" Ron's voice could be heard from the boys dorm.
"Yes Ron I'm here. Now back to what I was trying to-" he started but was interrupted once more.
"Did you manage to find Olivia?" Ron shouted another question down to us.
"Yes we did and she's fine, turns out she was in the library this whole time! Now Olivia I-"
"Is she with you now?" The look of annoyance on his face when Ron interrupted him a third time was priceless. I couldn't help but let out a small giggle.
"I guess I'll just have to tell you later." he let out a sigh before making his way up the stairs while shouting up at Ron on how he should get off his lazy arse and stop shouting questions at people because it quote on quote "rude"
Most students were still at dinner so I was overjoyed when I saw a Parvati free room. That was until I saw a sad looking Hermione sitting in front of the window.
"Hermione, are you alright? You left dinner in quite a hurry." I quickly became sympathetic and ready to comfort one of my closest friends.
"It's nothing, except for the fact that Ronald's a pigheaded jerk."
"What did he do to you?" I sat down on the window ceil in front of her.
"It's nothing he did to me. Actually it's something that I did but can we not talk about it right now, I already feel horrid enough for doing it." She looked to be on the verge of tears.
"Sure, but I'm hear whenever you need me." she smiled up at me, but it didn't reach her eyes. Instead they seemed to be filled with guilt and retreat, but I just ignored it 'She'll tell me when she wants to' is what I told myself "Now if you'll excuse me I've had one hell of a day, and I'd like to get some sleep before Parvati arrives and annoys me to the point where a good old fashioned muggle punch is in order." I aimed to make her fully smile, and succeeded in doing so.
I quickly got out of my uniform, into my pajamas, and then tucked myself into bed.
"Goodnight Hermione."
"Goodnight Olivia."
The next few days were not very kind to me for several reasons. Reason number one; Ron was ignoring me and I had no idea why. Reason number two every time Hermione looked at me guilt flashed in her eyes and she would quickly look away, which made talking to her about anything (especially what the hell was going on with Ron) impossible. Reason number three Harry still had something he wanted to tell me so I had to try my hardest to avoid being alone with him (Which was a challenge seeing as I was being ignored and ditched by my other two friends, not to mention Ginny was spending a lot more time with Dean, Seamus always went where Dean went, and Luna was a grade below me so I didn't have her in any of my classes) And last but certainly not least Draco didn't want to meet with me, he said that since he had let so much emotional crap out the last time we met that he needed some time away from me for a few days which meant that I was all by myself in Herbology since Neville was still in the hospital wing. Not even Dumbledore would see me!
It was the fourth straight day in a row of the ignorOliviathon when I was sitting (alone) in Herbology trying for the life of me to starting graphing the changes in my fanged geranium plant, when out of nowhere someone sat down across from me. I looked up to see Draco eyeing me.
"What do you want?" I asked a bit rudely. After being ignored for four days straight I really didn't feel like being all sweet with him.
"The sub saw you were struggling so he told me to come over and help you." he smiled wolfishly.
'Well I don't need your help Malfoy, so you can go back to pretending that I don't exists." I returned my eyes to the parchment I was helplessly scribbling on.
"Actually I think I'm ready to start our meetings up again. As much as I hate to admit It I kind of missed your smartass remarks." we were already whispering but he made sure to say the last part especially quiet, but I still couldn't keep the small smile from forming on my face. "Tell anyone I said that and I'll give you a tail." he threatened, but I knew he was only joking.
"Don't worry, I won't be telling anyone , and while you are a giant pain in my ass I will admit, I might have missed our little meetings a wee bit as well." the fact that Draco and I were sitting next to each other was odd enough to earn us a few glances from a few people and I could deal with that, but what I could not deal with was the feeling of Pansy glaring daggers into my back.
"So how's tonight, the usual place? We can meet up after class and-" but he was stopped short.
"Alright class now Professor Sprout will be back on Monday and she'll be expecting your charts on the progression of your Fanged Geranium on her desk, you all have a lovely weekend." the substitute teacher dismissed us from class.
Draco was the first to leave, not wanting his fellow Slytherins to see him with me any longer, so I guessed that we would have to finish our conversation another time. I took my sweet time putting all of my things back into my bag, not really in a hurry to be anywhere, so I was the last one out of the greenhouse on that grey and soggy Friday.
Before I could get too far down the corridor someone yanked me into a shadowy corner.
"Dam it Draco! What did I tell you about doing that to people!" I furiously smacked his exposed upper torso.
"Ow! Sorry! I'm sorry now stop hitting me!" he begged "So what do you say we make our way to the Room of Requirement." he smiled mischievously.
"I can't tonight" I got straight to the point.
"Well why not?" his seemed genuinely upset at the fact that I couldn't meet with him.
"Because Neville gets out of the hospital wing today, and I'm going to go see him." Draco tried not to laugh at this, obviously thinking it as a joke. So I gave him a stern look to show that I was in fact serious.
"You're going to see Longbottom? Instead of spending time with me?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes Draco I am. Neville is my friend and I haven't seen him in four days" 'I haven't seen any of my friends in four days actually' the sad little thought crept to the front of my mind.
"But I thought I was your friend too." The sad soft way he said those words would have made even the most hardened old maid shed a tear.
"You are my friend, just because I can't see you this one time doesn't change that. You should know that…" silence filled the space between us, and that's when it hit me "… but you don't know that do you, because… Draco, you've never had a friend have you?" he was about to object when I placed a finger gingerly to his lips. The simple act stopping all that he was about to unleash. "I know you've got Crabbe and Goyel, Pansy, and you're somewhat close to Blaise but Draco you've never had a real friend before, be honest." suddenly Draco became very interested in a spot on the floor.
"Maybe that's the case, so what." he grumbled.
"It's alright, nothing to be ashamed about." I whispered before lifting his chin with my finger; forcing him to look into my eyes. "Because now you have one." I smiled a bit before enveloping him in a hug.
"Why do you have to make everything so bloody emotional." he whispered into my ear, causing my body to shake lightly with silent laughter.
"You'll get used to it." was all I said back.
"Here's hoping, now jog on." he said once we parted "Don't want Longbottom to think his only friend deserted him." He perked up a bit.
"And you'll be alright here?" I wanted to make sure.
"Yea I think I can hack it." He said trying to sound manly.
"Okay, we'll meet tomorrow I promise." I assured him before exiting that dark corner and making my way down the hallway.
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