I woke up, my head pounding and my ribs aching. I opened my eyes but quickly shut them as lightly flooded in and hurt my head more. Letting out a small groan. There was no way this was a hangover. So where was I ? and why does my head hurt so much.
"Georgie?"
"Fred?" I grunted
"yeah, Open your eyes Georgie"
"no, where am I?"
"hospital wing" A new voice came that made my eyes fly open before I let out a groan again as the light hit my eyes. This time I kept them open trying to focus on the two people in front of me
"Granger?" Bushy hair came into focus. A small smile came onto my face "what are you doing here?" I asked for the first time noticing my voice was raspy and my throat dry.
"making sure you're okay obviously" Fred said in a duh tone. "I'm gonna go. It's a hogsmeade weekend. I just wanted to come by and see you first so I felt a bit better about enjoying myself whilst you were in the hospital wing.. Didn't expect you to wake up" With that he walked out. I looked to Granger. Who was now sitting in the chair next to my bed awkwardly. My head was still throbbing.
"Could you get poppy?"
"It's Madam Pomfrey to you Mr Weasley" Mr head turned to the side quickly but I quickly regretted it as my head gave an almighty throb and I let out a yelp of pain. "Mr Weasley. Stop over exerting yourself!" She snapped
"I just turned my head" I cried holding my head.
"Drink this" she handed me a potion. Not bothering to find out what it was I downed it. Within a few minutes the pain in my head had vanished and she started prodding my ribs and leg with her wand. Tutting she left saying something about another potion.
"Granger what happened to me?"
"I'm so sorry George. I swear I didn't think you would. I mean if I had known then I obviously wouldn't have.. I really am sorry"
"Did you curse me Granger?" I said with a little smirk on my face
"do you really not remember?"
"no"
"You fell down the stairs, You were trying to talk to me and" Suddenly everything came back to me and I grimaced.
Flashback
I had it ! The Perfect plan to make Granger forgive me! I would stalk her.. Wait for it. It gets better and when she's alone jump out on her put her in a full body bind and make her listen to me!.
I told Fred my plan. He said I was insane. Looking at the plan I get it's a bit weird. Back to the drawing board.
Even better plan! So basically you know quidditch where I didn't want Harry to die because Granger would be annoyed I let her best friend die. Well I thought about something. Harry and Ron are now her only friends so if she didn't have those she would want a friend again and then I would be there and tadaaa! I'm her best friend again. So all I have to do is kill Harry and my little brother!.
Black eyes surprisingly make me look even more handsome. After I told Fred about my new plan he laughed. Then, when he found me in the kitchen trying to convince a house elf to poison Harry and Ron's food he punched me. Maybe killing my Brother and his best friend was a bit over the top.
I've got it! I mean I have ACTUALLY got it this time! Harry Hermione and Ron became friends because they saved her from a troll right. So all I have to do Is find a troll let it into Hogwarts lock it in a room with her then burst in and be her Hero and we will be best friends again. Where do I find a troll.. Maybe an acromantula instead. I mean there dangerous as well and there's some in the forest...
Hagird and Fred found me trying to capture an acromantula during detention. Hagrid was not happy. Fred hit me again. I am now only aloud to spend my detentions inside.
I walked over to Fred and flopped next to him glaring over at Granger, Ron and Harry.
"Why don't you just go talk to her?"
"I've tried, She's avoiding me like I'm Dragon pox"
"Well then just get her when she has no one around to pretend to talk to. You know all the secret passages and you have the map it's not like you can't find her on her own easy enough"
"that was my first idea"
"No, your first idea was to stalk her and curse her. Just talk to her and if she doesn't want to talk write her a letter or something"
"I'm not writing her a letter." He rolled his eyes.
"Then stop bloody moping and start thinking of some new pranks to do. We haven't done many this year were going to start losing our rep as the pranksters..We might even end up prefects at this rate"
"Bit dramatic mate..It's only been 2 week's since we did a prank and our pranks have been bigger this year like dying the slytherin's hufflepuff colours... Tonight we can plan something big okay?" A smile crossed his face
"really?"
"Yeah" Granger walked out of the portrait whole Harry and Ron not following "See you later" I quickly jumped up and walked out of the common room. It was Wednesday morning and everyone was in class. Apart from first years and me and Fred who had been sent out for messing around to much by Professor binns. As he's a ghost he couldn't write the letter to McGonagall for us to give her when we went to her and just trusted us to go...Idiot. All the first years where either in their common rooms or in the library. So it was a perfect time for me to corner Granger. She cut behind a tapestry and I smirked knowing it lead to a small narrow yet slowly winding staircase that went on for at least for flours and there was only one entrance and exit. So she was trapped for at least a few minutes to talk to me. Quickly going in behind her she still hadn't noticed I was there.
"Granger" she spun around quickly. When she saw me her cheeks flushed
"George. I can't talk right now. I'm late for ancient runes" she hurried before turning to walk down more stairs. Following her I said with a small smirk
"You don't take ancient runes"
"Yes I do ? How would you know"
"one, You can only take it from third year onwards and two, I walked you to your classes everyday for the first week I know your timetable of by heart" She looked to me for a second her cheeks flushing more
"Even so. I have to go"
"Granger.. Please just let me talk to you for one second" I grabbed her arm and pulled her so she would face me. "About the kiss. I didn't mean to upset you. I know it must be embarrassing or whatever but I really really want to be friends still" She pushed past me quickly releasing her arm and began running up the stairs
"I have no idea what your talking about George and I am perfectly content with the friends I have so I don't need you being my friend because you feel sorry for me. Or whatever made you be my friend in the first place" Running back up the stairs after her I looked at her back confused
"what ? Granger the reason I was friends with you was because I liked..Well like your personality"
"of course I realise why you would feel sorry for me" She was about to go through the tapestry
"Granger will you just listen to me for one seco-" I never finished that sentence. At that moment I hadn't moved my leg forwards far enough so my foot slipped when it hit the corner of the stairs sending me tumbling backwards. I felt my head crashing on a stair before my body flicked over my head and I did a backwards role over more. I could hear Granger screaming but each time I did another awkward role down steps and my head hit something it would become further away. Then everything went back.
Back to present
"I got poned by some stairs?" She did a little nod and I groaned "how long have I been in here for?"
"3 days."
"three days? Are you kidding! I bet everyone thinks I'm a right idiot.. Falling down some steps and landing myself in the hospital wing for three days"
"If it helps. You left a lot of blood on the stairs. From the first hit there was blood on the stairs. Filch was furious. Was trying to get you into a detention for all the washing he would have to do."
"How much damage did I do to myself?"
"Well you broke 4 ribs. Fractured your funny bone. Dislocated your shoulder. A bone's poking out from your ankle. You also cracked your skull in 5 places"
"I did this from falling down a few stairs? I must have bloody brittle bones"
"You fell through the entire secret passageway. I was surprised you didn't stop rolling. You terrified a few ravenclaw first years though. They were walking to Charms, one of them left a robe there. You fell out from behind the tapestry right in front of them." I let out a small laugh
"way to teach first years where the secret passageways are... Wait, what do you mean a bones poking out from my ankle?"
"Well, Madam pomfrey couldn't treat you whilst you were still kinda..dead as she wanted your head to repair it's self first before she but your body under more pressure to heal the rest of you.
"So you mean. Everything else is still messed up?"
"yeah" At that point she walked back out with another potion. I drunk it and felt the aching from my ribs go.
"now, you might feel a bit of pain here Mr Weasley" She took the cover of my leg and I saw part of a bone poking out. Granger quickly turned away but I looked shocked.
"what are you going to do to it?"
"well I put a spell on it so that it wouldn't heal how it was and would also keep the pain away. So your body could focus on healing your head. Now you're awake and your head is seemingly okay. I'm taking it off so I can heal your leg." I did a little nod. She looked at me with a face that clearly said 'sorry' before she waved her wand and pain suddenly shot to my leg letting out a yelp.
"PUT IT BACK ON!" I begged. She stood waving her wand and I watched as my bone started retracting into my leg. Letting out another scream I pushed my head into my pillow bighting my lip as hard as I could, the taste of blood slowly filling my mouth. I felt a small hand slip into mine and gripped it hard.
"Almost done" Poppy cooed
"Stop just leave it put the spell back on...Please" I cried, this is pathetic. I was begging my school nurse to make the pain go away, if Fred was here..he would kill me, or laugh. After what seemed like forever she stopped. Panting I looked down to my leg and saw it healed completely. Letting go of Grangers hand I looked to the matron. "thanks..Can I go know, Fred said it was hogsm-"
"No. This leg still needs to be rested, I need to make sure your head is okay and your ribs are still healing there is no way you are leaving today." She snapped at me. "now do not try to leave this bed!" I glared at her but nodded. She walked back off to her little office. Turning my head to Granger I did a little smile.
"So"
"I've got to go. I'm happy you're okay" She said quickly grabbing her bag and walking towards the doors.
"what? No come back! It's not like you have lessons. Granger get you're ass back in this chair right now!" She didn't look round "can you please stop for 5 minutes so we can talk?" nope.. "right that's it I'm going to catch you and tie you to the chair then we can talk" Carefully swinging my legs out of bed I started attempting to hop over to her. Though after a few hops. I fell over and hit the floor pretty hard. Or it could just be the whole.. Broken ribs and stuff. Suddenly winded I lay on the floor gasping for breath. Luckily Granger hadn't left the Hospital wing yet and heard me fall.
"George!..Wingardium leviosa" She levitated me back onto my bed..Honestly I had no idea that spell worked on people but I'm thankful it does. She stood watching as I caught my breath when I finally did she began to leave again
"Granger don't you dare! Please just talk to me for 2 minutes" She kept walking "Every time you try and run away from me and ignore me I end up getting hurt so can you stop being a bitch and get over here and let me talk" Spinning round quickly she marched towards me glaring at me.
"Are you saying that you hurting yourself if my fault?"
"kinda yeah. If you had listened to me I wouldn't have tried to run after you and fell down the stairs. You said yourself earlier it was your fault" She huffed "2 minutes..Please" sliding into the chair again she looked at me expectantly "thank you" Crap what do I actually say umm "I want to be friends again"
"We are friends" She lied
"No were not. You've been avoiding me every since the ki-"
"I've been busy not avoiding"
"That's bollocks. You're a first year you get the least amount of homework of any other year. Especially you probably do everything perfectly in class and so you don't get the homework of practising spells you can't do" She didn't say anything "why are you ignoring me Granger! I get you're embarrassed I would be" not the best thing to say George " that's not what I meant, I just mean I get it. But look Granger you're 11. Even I hadn't had my first kiss by then. I had it last year if you want to know a game of truth or dare. You won't like me in a few weeks trust me. Especially now you're getting new friends. You just like me because I was paying attention to you when most people weren't"
"no I don't I like you because you're cute and you're funny an-"
"Yes you do, you just don't know it yet. I promise you, you will laugh about this in a year...hell a month when I mention it. Or hit me. You're 11 you're too young for crushes." She looked down
"Bu-"
"I miss you" she finally looks to me.
"I miss you too . But"
"no but, Granger we're friends and I swear I will break a bone a day until you agree to be friends with me again"
"George" She began in a whiny tone that I was sure would finish with a no. I looked at my arm for a few seconds and put half of it on the bedside table. Before beginning to push down with my other hand on the bit of the table. "what are you doing"
"This bones first" I reply nonchalantly. She watched for a second as I pushed my arm down pretty hard letting out a small yelp at one point. Please stop me before I actually have to break it, pleeeeease granger
"George stop it!" Yes!
"why you're not going to be friends with me.. You know this is a bit boring I might reducto it" Grabbing my wand which, conveniently enough, was lying on the bedside table I pointed it at my elbow "redu-"
"GEORGE!" She screamed pushing my wand out the way "I'll be you're friend again!" Haha I am a genious.
"Promise?"
"I-i promise. Just don't hurt yourself"
"Okay" I tried to keep my smile under check thinking I would just seem creepy otherwise.
"But you have to promise me something"
"what?"
"Don't call me beautiful, or cutie, or any of those things anymore" She pleaded.
"Done" I replied nodding quickly "now give me a hug!" Laughing she gave me a gentle hug careful not to hurt my ribs. "so you're friends with my little brother then ?"
"yes, him and Harry are great. Although Ronald can be rather rude sometimes. Also pretty clueless. Also I think Snape is trying to kill Harry !"
"hu?" So she explained everything that had happened in the weeks we weren't talking. Fred returned later with a small pile of honeydukes. The three of us sat laughing and eating honeydukes sweets before poppy shooed them out saying I needed sleep. Staring at the white celling of the infirmary with a content smile on my face I began to fall asleep. I had done it. She was my friend again, and Fred said my plans where stupid