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1984 - Chapter 08: Mixed Emotions | | Author: | Daniels_Girl | | Genre: | General | | Rating: | G | | Score: | 4.84848   | | Story: | Harry left Ginny heading off to her class by herself. He was watching her
leave when James came up and stood beside him.
"Beauty, isn't she?" he asked with a grin and his arms crossed. He was
leaning slightly towards Harry as he spoke.
"So, you're pretty good friends with her, hey?" James asked.
"Friends? I guess you could say that." He didn't want to mention the fact
that he was madly in love with her.
"That's great. Hey, I'll catch up with you later, alright?" he said, smiling
and giving Harry a slight smack on the bicep.
Harry watched as his dad approached his girlfriend. Although he knew Ginny
would never cheat on him, especially with his dad, he couldn't help but feel jealous. However, he brushed off the feeling and set off to his destination.
When he entered the dungeons for Potions class, he saw Lily already set up
with all her ingredients ready, and her cauldron burning. Harry looked around and decided to seat himself next to her.
"Hi," he said with a gentle smile as he sat down.
She looked excited at the fact that he chose to sit with her, but contained it
quickly with a slightly harsh, "Hello," followed by, "How are you this morning?"
Harry was just opening his mouth to reply when James came up, turned his
chair around so the back was against the desk, and sat down.
"Hey Carter, Evans," Harry looked at him, confused by the name 'Carter' but
then retrieved the memory of telling the Marauders about his last name being
Carter, to save with confusion of calling himself Potter.
Lily rolled her eyes, "Good morning James." she said without looking up.
"So, Carter, I was thinking of meeting Ginny for lunch. What d'you think?"
Harry looked up so quickly and ferociously, that he cricked his neck. James
had a cunning smile on his face. "I thought you'd like it." He leaned in a bit closer, "So here's what I'm gonna do."
He pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote out his thoughts. He then gave
a flick of his wand and muttered a few words. The parchment fluttered up and
shook, it then dropped off the excess pieces it didn't need, and folded itself into an origami butterfly.
"Ginny Weasley, History of Magic." James said. The butterfly then turned to
him, did a little flip in the air to show it understood, and fluttered out the door.
James turned to Harry and winked. Harry stared blankly.
"I call it Postfly. Now hopefully she'll return with an answer from the
beauty herself.” Harry could only stare some more.
'No, Ginny would never ever cheat one me. It's all part of the plan. Just a
plan.' He reassured himself.
"Yeah, hopefully." He managed to say. He then shifted uncomfortably as
Professor Slughorn waddled in.
"Good morning class. Just continue on the potions you were working on last day." He then sat down at his desk and graded tests.
Harry turned to Lily, "Will you help me?"
James peeked over Harry's side and said, "Yeah Evans, ’lil help?"
She only scowled, but James was oblivious to it, for just at that moment, Sirius had shown up, followed by Lupin and Pettigrew.
Harry felt sudden hate at the site of Wormtail, but suppressed his rage and
turned back to Lily.
"So, do I add the Peeksfane, or the Attlescrow?" Harry asked, grabbing each
ingredient as he said its name. Lily couldn't help but giggle at his total befuddlement.
"Here, give it to me. I'll fix it." She said in a much friendlier tone that
she had used before.
She grasped the Attlescrow and poured a pinch of it into Harry's cauldron.
The potion turned a mesmerizing green, which shone brightly into both Lily's
and Harry's eyes, making each of them a brighter green than before.
Lily looked at Harry with complete admiration. As uncomfortable as he was,
he returned and astonishingly handsome smile.
The Marauders were engaged in conversation and Harry couldn't help but
eavesdrop.
"Tonight there's a full moon. I suggest that we-"
"Use the one-eyed witch passageway." Harry said, without knowing that he did so.
The all looked at him. He then realized what he did and he froze. "I mean- that- well," He stuttered. "That's where I'd put a secret passageway if I were to make one." He covered up.
"Harry, let me show you this," James said, pulling out a fairly sized piece of parchment.
"The Marauders Map," Harry said, once again without knowing. He then gave
himself a mental smack in the face by imagining someone hitting him.
"Uh, yeah, how'd you-" James said, giving a confused look to the other three. "Hey, Harry, how's about coming with us tonight? Are you an Animagus?"
"No," said Harry, curious of what was to come.
"Well, you will be today. Meet us at the one-eyed witch passage after second
period."
Just then the origami butterfly arrived at James' desk. He read through it and smiled something great. Harry grabbed the note and read it. Ginny agreed to meet James for lunch. Harry smiled at the fact the plan was working. James then hopped over to Sirius' desk and in his absence, a paper aeroplane knocked Harry in the head and fell on the table in front of him.
He flattened it out and the message lifted his spirits when he saw the hand writing. He read through every word with caution. As soon as he read the last word he pounced upwards.
Lily looked at him, astonished by his actions.
"I have to go," he said to her, then to Slughorn, "I don't feel good
Professor, I need to be excused to the hospital wing."
Slughorn barely looked up from his desk, muttered something and gave a wave
of 'be off'.
Harry hurried out of the dungeons and up the winding staircase. "Harry,"
He snapped around. Lily was standing before him. "You forgot your bag." She handed him his pack. Their hands touched. There was a moment in which neither of them said a word. Lily slowly started moving closer to him.
She was just about to place her lips on his.
"Okay, great, thanks. I'll see you later." And Harry rushed out of the area, leaving Lily embarrassed and confused.
He raced to the Entrance Hall, still jittering from what had just happened. He'd be scarred for life.
When he entered the hall, he saw Ginny leaning against the wall, awaiting his arrival. He couldn't help but give a sigh of relief.
"Hello there, stranger," Harry said.
Ginny looked up and smiled. "Hey, how was your first class?"
"Eventful," Harry said truthfully. He opened his arms and she pranced up to him and hugged him. They simply held each other for a moment.
"Aww, what good friends,"
Harry looked around to see James with a semi- jealous look plastered on his face. "Lets break early for lunch shall we, Gin? Hey Carter, don't forget: one eyed witch after second period." he said with a wink.
Ginny gave Harry a look of curiosity, and he returned it with a reassuring one. They trailed off outside and left Harry there alone.
He decided to wait for lunch to start in the Great Hall. He only had to wait ten minutes before the bell sounded. As soon as Lily entered, she made eye contact with Harry, but quickly looked away.
"Lily!" Harry called after her. "I saved a seat for you." She bashfully paced over.
"Hey, thanks for giving my bag back," he said, piling some lunch onto his
plate as she sat down. "It really meant a lot to me." He smiled a gentle smile at her and then decided to eat.
She slowly got some food, but didn't say anything. Harry realized that she
was embarrassed; he would be too, so he continued as though nothing had happened. In
time she felt she had her voice back. They continued the lunch with a great conversation about anything that popped into their heads.
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