𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁

𝗰𝗵𝗽 𝟭𝟴 , 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

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"stop touching her head you git," i heard ginny whisper-shout. i open my eyes to a bunch of faces surrounding my... hospital bed?

"oh she's awake!" said madam pomfrey.

i saw ginny take my hand, "how do you feel?"

My eyes blinked rapidly, adjusting my eyes to the light, "i feel, gross." i looked over at ron and harry, who were eating chocolates and sweets. hermione saw them as well and rolled her eyes.

"is she ok?" someone asked, over in the corner of the room. it was draco.

"how about you come and look malfoy?" snapped Ginny.

Draco walked over to me and kneeled beside the bed, "what happened? you're gryffindork friends won't tell me anything." he sneered.

"don't call us that!" said ron in between bites of his chocolate frogs.

"i'm fine draco, i must've passed out..." i said, feeling hungry. "you should leave."

"you can explain the rest to them later," said madam pomfrey, "they all need to get to class."

i heard goodbyes from everyone as ginny and hermione waved at me. madam pomfrey handed me a bottle of green sugary liquid and i chugged it down, feeling disgusting.

—

i sat down at the ravenclaw table by Luna and Cho, who were talking about Luna's mushroom garden.

"well hello ameylia," said luna, folding her hands in her lap.

"erm hi," i said, looking around them. the ravenclaws were a lot nicer and not as dramatic as gryffindors. they all liked each other and got along. i was supposed to be a ravenclaw but some of the requirements i didn't end up meeting.

"i heard you were in the hospital wing," cho spoke.

i nodded, "who told you?"

"it's all around the school actually." i nearly spit out my pumpkin juice, "you're kidding?" cho shook her head and ate, glancing at luna every so often.

"why aren't you sitting at your table?" luna asked, as she usually did aswell but kept cho company today.

"oliver is over there," i said, turning my head and looking at oliver, who was whispering to fred and looking at me.

"damnit." i whispered.

"hey, can i sit here," asked a ravenclaw boy. luna nodded and the boy sat by her, "i heard about your friend there," he said, pointing to me.

"about the hospital wing?" i asked.

"I don't know what happened with that, but no, with Wood," he replied, shoving food into his mouth.

i made myself stop looking back at Oliver. he didn't deserve this attention.
"well, i don't care." i said, forking at my mashed potatoes.

"yes you do," said Cho. She smiled sympathetically.
i shook my head, pushing my plate forward and walking out of the great hall. i heard footsteps follow me to the common room.

"Mel!" i heard Mason yell. i ignored him but he caught up to me.

"Mel," he said, turning me around and seeing the tears form in my eyes.

"what?" i asked, quiver in my voice. Mason looked back, and then at me and brought me into a bear hug. i hugged him back tightly, holding in my tears, but they came out. they came flooding out, dripping into Mason's shirt.

"sorry about t-th-that," i said, backing up and pointing at the wet stains.

he didn't look at them, "it's fine Mel. let's go to the common room and you can tell me what happened in your perspective."

—

"so i was just so mad at fred and i went to check on oliver, you know, with you. after you left he said something about me being 'too young' and my heart dropped. i really like oliver," i cried, "and fred was gone too. and i felt like i was losing everybody."

Mason hugged me again, "Mel. you have so many people that care for you. please don't think your losing everyone."

I wiped my eyes with a tissue, "but i am. i always end up fighting with people."

Mason shook his head and looked at his watch, "damnit I have Divination in 6 minutes."

"Well, thanks for talking with me," i smiled, hugging him, "i love you, no homo of course." mason smiled, getting up and leaving, "i love you too Mel. Homo implied."

I laughed and sat on the common room couch for a second, staring at the fire.

"mason wait!" i yelled, him leaning back into the common room, "yes?"
"would you be my date to the yule ball? We could go as friends?"

mason smiled, "i'd love that." and left.

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