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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"The sun was high and Harry woke up with it reflecting on his glasses and warming up his face. Harry sighs and reminds himself that the Christmas holidays were over. Although he was sad due to the end of his free time with Ron at Hogwarts, Harry could say with all conviction that it had been the best Christmas of his life. He even got a sweater from Mrs Weasley (although he felt somewhat bad for Ron because his didn't have an "R" like his had an "H" embroiled in it). Just as Harry got the courage to get of his warm bed, he looked to his right and saw a very grumpy Ron complaining about their classes starting as well as something about Snape's greasy hair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Morning Ron" Harry said with his voice still husky from sleeping./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Oh…Hi Harry" replied a very upset Ron and with that he threw himself back to bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Come on Ron! We can't be late for Snape's first class of the term!" Seeing that he would not get an answer Harry used the only weapon he knew would get Ron up, Hermione. "It's 7:30, Hermione is waiting for us already!" And with that he saw his ginger friend shoot up from his bed as if it was on fire. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""What are you laughing about?" Said Ron./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""It's just that whenever Hermione is mentioned you get tense and your ears go red" Harry replied between giggles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Whatever… lets just get ready"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"As the two boys were going down the stairs Harry spotted a bushy haired girl who he immediately recognized as Hermione, Ron noticed her too because he noted that his friend started smiling weirdly and once again that morning his hears were the same color as his hair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Hi Hermione! How was Christmas?" Harry enquired hoping that it wold diffuse the tension between his two friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After a bit of back and forth between the trio about their holidays and Nicholas Flamel they reached the great hall and started heading towards their usual spot in the gryffindor table. Much to Harry's surprise Ron took a seat next to himself instead of his usual spot next to Hermione. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Oh… thanks for the chocolate frogs Hermione" Ron said almost whispering./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""It's nothing, well if you two are done we better get going to the dungeons. I hope the two of you finished your essays on dittany and its uses."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"Class went relatively well they only lost five points from gryffindor thanks to Hermione kicking Ron under the table so he wouldn't talk back to Snape's comment about his family living on a pig's pen. Their evening classes were pretty uneventful and quickly the trio saw themselves on the common room reading some more about Nicholas Flamel. The hours went by really quick and Harry started feeling uncomfortable on his school robes and with that he announced that he would be changing to more comfortable clothes all while complaining about Duddley's old enormous clothes that resembled an elephants skin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Well, you always have mum's sweater" Ron said, "it's a bit itchy but at least its your size"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"With that Harry went up the stairs to the boys dormitory to change./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Well, you always have mum's sweater it's a bit itchy but at least its your size". Ron said smiling to his best friend, as he disappeared through the stairs Ron turned back to Hermione who had a frown on her face. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""What's wrong?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Nothing" replied coldly Hermione but not even three seconds later she added "Did your mum meet Harry?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""No" Ron answered "But I told her he wouldn't be getting any presents for Christmas and mum asked if I wold mind not having an R on my Weasley sweater, I said no of course because I assumed mum wold be making Harry one as well so he wold get something" Ron said this sentence while fiddling with his fingers, as he turned his head to look at Hermione again, who now had a look on her face Ron had never seen, it was almost pride which Ron didn't understand since it wasn't him who gave Harry his present./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After a couple of minutes of silence Hermione broke it saying: "you know it's very nice of you sharing with Harry a family tradition so he doesn't feel left out, I really admire what you did" she said all while putting her hand on his shoulder which made him shiver and he could swear his hears were for the third time that day burning red./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After changing his button up for the emerald green sweater, when Harry reached the bottom of the stairs took a look at his best friends and what he saw amused him. Hermione has her hand on Ron's shoulder, they are both blushing furiously and looking into each other eyes. Harry thought their behavior was strange and with a thump on the last step of the stairs his best friends jumped apart as if they had been electrocuted and now their faces the same color as the gryffindor common room signature color. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"Christmas envy/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"The sun was high and Harry woke up with it reflecting on his glasses and warming up his face. Harry sighs and reminds himself that the Christmas holidays were over. Although he was sad due to the end of his free time with Ron at Hogwarts, Harry could say with all conviction that it had been the best Christmas of his life. He even got a sweater from Mrs Weasley (although he felt somewhat bad for Ron because his didn't have an "R" like his had an "H" embroiled in it). Just as Harry got the courage to get of his warm bed, he looked to his right and saw a very grumpy Ron complaining about their classes starting as well as something about Snape's greasy hair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Morning Ron" Harry said with his voice still husky from sleeping./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Oh…Hi Harry" replied a very upset Ron and with that he threw himself back to bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Come on Ron! We can't be late for Snape's first class of the term!" Seeing that he would not get an answer Harry used the only weapon he knew would get Ron up, Hermione. "It's 7:30, Hermione is waiting for us already!" And with that he saw his ginger friend shoot up from his bed as if it was on fire. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""What are you laughing about?" Said Ron./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""It's just that whenever Hermione is mentioned you get tense and your ears go red" Harry replied between giggles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Whatever… lets just get ready"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"As the two boys were going down the stairs Harry spotted a bushy haired girl who he immediately recognized as Hermione, Ron noticed her too because he noted that his friend started smiling weirdly and once again that morning his hears were the same color as his hair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Hi Hermione! How was Christmas?" Harry enquired hoping that it wold diffuse the tension between his two friends. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After a bit of back and forth between the trio about their holidays and Nicholas Flamel they reached the great hall and started heading towards their usual spot in the gryffindor table. Much to Harry's surprise Ron took a seat next to himself instead of his usual spot next to Hermione. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Oh… thanks for the chocolate frogs Hermione" Ron said almost whispering./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""It's nothing, well if you two are done we better get going to the dungeons. I hope the two of you finished your essays on dittany and its uses."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"Class went relatively well they only lost five points from gryffindor thanks to Hermione kicking Ron under the table so he wouldn't talk back to Snape's comment about his family living on a pig's pen. Their evening classes were pretty uneventful and quickly the trio saw themselves on the common room reading some more about Nicholas Flamel. The hours went by really quick and Harry started feeling uncomfortable on his school robes and with that he announced that he would be changing to more comfortable clothes all while complaining about Duddley's old enormous clothes that resembled an elephants skin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Well, you always have mum's sweater" Ron said, "it's a bit itchy but at least its your size"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"With that Harry went up the stairs to the boys dormitory to change./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"Ron's POV/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Well, you always have mum's sweater it's a bit itchy but at least its your size". Ron said smiling to his best friend, as he disappeared through the stairs Ron turned back to Hermione who had a frown on her face. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""What's wrong?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""Nothing" replied coldly Hermione but not even three seconds later she added "Did your mum meet Harry?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US""No" Ron answered "But I told her he wouldn't be getting any presents for Christmas and mum asked if I wold mind not having an R on my Weasley sweater, I said no of course because I assumed mum wold be making Harry one as well so he wold get something" Ron said this sentence while fiddling with his fingers, as he turned his head to look at Hermione again, who now had a look on her face Ron had never seen, it was almost pride which Ron didn't understand since it wasn't him who gave Harry his present./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After a couple of minutes of silence Hermione broke it saying: "you know it's very nice of you sharing with Harry a family tradition so he doesn't feel left out, I really admire what you did" she said all while putting her hand on his shoulder which made him shiver and he could swear his hears were for the third time that day burning red./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"span lang="EN-US"After changing his button up for the emerald green sweater, when Harry reached the bottom of the stairs took a look at his best friends and what he saw amused him. Hermione has her hand on Ron's shoulder, they are both blushing furiously and looking into each other eyes. Harry thought their behavior was strange and with a thump on the last step of the stairs his best friends jumped apart as if they had been electrocuted and now their faces the same color as the gryffindor common room signature color. /span/p
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