FULL SUMMARY: Dream after dream, Harry Potter sees a girl that just give him butterflies in his stomach; he is thoroughly convinces that this girl does to Hogwarts with him. His only problem with her? Every time he comes close to seeing the face of this girl, he wakes up from his dreams. So when he tells his best gal pal Elaine Port, she laughs and tries to convince Harry that maybe his so-called "dream girl" really is just in his dreams. Is Elaine right? Or is Harry's dream girl a reality?
DISCLAIMER: Though I find this completely unnecessary, I feel somewhat obligated to state that the Harry Potter franchise does not belong to me. Also, as you read the story, keep in mind that this is simply a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of their rightful owner's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
STORY DEDICATION: To swiftscout – the girl who used to mock my obsession for Harry Potter until she read the books cover to cover – this one's for you.
Chapter Nine – Dream a Little Dream of Me
Harry jumped out of his bed, quickly readied himself for the day and raced down to the Gryffindor Common Room, where he figured the rest of his fellow housemates would still be. Once he reached the bottom step of the staircase, he noticed that Elaine was just on the other side of the Common Room, sitting among the sixth year girls with whom she shared her dormitory. Elaine was holing two knitting needles as she carefully knitted stitch after stitch.
Slowly, Harry looked to the ground and sighed to himself. It was now or never; he could either tell Elaine what he was so excited to tell her right then and there or the Boy Wonder could let it slide and just hide away all emotion until Ron, Ginny and Hermione returned from their holiday vacation. The raven-haired boy shook his head as he made his across the room. He had yet to make eye contact with anyone in the Common Room.
What the hell was he going to say to her? Harry thought to himself. Then again, what was he supposed to say to her? It was not like he was going to blatantly confess about his dream girl, right? He could not do that; otherwise, anyone who overheard the conversation might question him afterwards. Harry could not just pull Elaine away from her new clique… or her knitting, for that matter. It was either he make a decision to tell her about his latest dream and what he learned from it or-.
"G'morning, Harry!" a voice called to Harry.
Harry was on his way to Elaine and the group of girls when Colin Creevey approached him. "Hey, Colin…" Harry greeted back, turning away from Elaine as quickly as possible.
"Where are you headed?"
"Oh," Harry quickly thought of something to say. "I was just headed to the confess my true feelings to the girl of my dreams…"
Harry put more emphasis on the last four words of his statement, hoping to catch Elaine's attention. Mission accomplished; Elaine's head shot up from her knitting at the mention of Harry's dream girl. Her eyes narrowed slightly before looking at her work.
"How cute is that!" one of the girls surrounding Elaine squealed. "Harry's referring to Ginny as the girl of his dreams! Isn't that the sweetest thing ever, Elaine?"
Elaine rolled her eyes at the comment. It was then why she hated hanging out with girls; most of them were gushy romantics too absorbed in the gossip of the world to even focus on their own lives.
"Do not make me use these," Elaine snarled viciously, thrusting her knitting needles near the girl's face. "Do you want me to puncture your eyeballs?"
The girl gulped before replying. "Elaine, I was just saying… Harry seems to be really happy with Ginny-."
Not wanting to hear another word from her roommate's mouth, Elaine shot up from the couch and stormed out of the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Oi!" Elaine shouted, spotting Harry as he slowly walked down one of the staircases. "Where the bloody hell do you get off mentioning your dream girl in public, huh, boy? Some people might think you've gone mad."
Harry whirled around to face Elaine with a slight smile; though she was furious, at least they were talking again. "Elaine, me? Mad? Oh please, no one could possibly think that I, Harry Potter, am mad."
"Well, I sure do!" Elaine hissed, inching toward Harry with a deadly look in her brown eyes. "You suddenly believe that you've found the loon that runs through the inner depths of your mind, do you? You've got to be bloody insane for even believing in her existence if you ask me."
"Then it's a good thing I wasn't asking you, right?" Harry replied, crossing his arms in front of his chest and making his way toward Elaine. Once they were face to face, Harry "But if I must tell you, Elaine… I had a dream last night and I came to the realization that my dream girl has always been there… right in front of me."
Elaine took a step back, examining the look in Harry's eyes. She could tell from his eyes that he was serious about the girl of his late night dreams. Elaine watched as her best friend slowly inched toward her once more.
"H-has she r-really? Elaine stuttered, stepping back further as she tried to escape Harry's love stare.
"Always," Harry stated. "From second year on, I honestly owe her for a lot actually."
Elaine smiled faintly as she let Harry's word sink into the back of her mind. She and Harry had been best friends since the end of their first year. That technically counted as their second year, right? She shook her head; she did not care at that point. Her best friend was admitting to her that she was the girl of his dreams.
"Go on…" Elaine purred, leaning against the wall.
"Oh? What?" Harry teased. "You don't think I'm a loon anymore?"
Elaine shrugged. "I dunno, Potter. You're gonna have to go on to find out."
"Elaine, all I want to say is that I'm sorry," Harry said. "I've been avoiding you since Ginny and I started going out and… I'm really sorry. I've missed you."
"I've missed you, too, Harry…" she whispered as Harry wrapped his arms around her. "But… you said you realized all this last night in your dreams?"
"Yeah, after our talk," Harry replied, still embracing Elaine. "I do need you in my life, okay? Even with my dream girl around."
Elaine pushed Harry away from her. "Wait, what? What the bloody hell do you mean 'even with your dream girl'?"
Harry glanced down at Elaine curiously. "I meant exactly what I said: I still need you in my life with Ginny there, Elaine. What else did you think I meant?"
Author's Note: This chapter of the story was rewritten November 7, 2013 and republished on November 8, 2013
I'm still on the train to my boyfriend's place. Actually, his city is the next stop. So I'll put writing on hold until we get to his apartment. LOL, I can actually write at his place because he'll be too busy study for his midterms to even pay attention to the movie we're supposed to watch tonight. Oh welp! At least, I get to write – unless he makes me do my homework too…
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- May