Collided Hearts: A Hogwarts story

11.

  I woke up the next morning in my bed. Last night I couldn't even bring myself to go to Olive's dorm. I was too tired and upset. Maybe I did want Malfoy to kiss me.

  I got ready for the school day. I straightened out my robes and decided to wear a shorter skirt than usual. Malfoy might not want me but I'll show him what he's missing.

  I left my dorm and walked down the stairs towards the common room.  I saw both boys sitting on the couch with their girlfriends. I hadn't seen Alicia or Angelin ever since that day on the train. As I walked towards them the nerves starting building up in my stomach. How would the twins react? I knew they hated Malfoy yet I still met up with him. I swallowed thickly before stepping in front of them. Fred had his arm around Angelina, and George the same with Alicia.

  "Hello boys, Alicia, Angelina. May I steal you two for a moment? I need to talk to you." I said as best as I could without my breath hitching. I walked away from the couch to the corner of the room with both boys following.

  "What's the matter Belle?" both boys questioned as they reached me.

  "Look, I'm not gonna beat around the bush. I hung out with Malfoy yesterday.-"

  Both boys opened their mouths to protest or lecture but I continued.

  "And before you say anything! I know he's a horrible person but in my defense, he's never been rude towards me and so really there was no harm in me doing so. If you're mad then fine. Be mad at me. I will hang out with whomever I please." I argued. It felt good to get all that out.

  They looked at each other before reluctantly saying "Fine." "By the way, we dig your skirt. Nice look."

   "Thank you? Okay well, I'll see you lot at breakfast." I said with a light smile.

  "Where are you going?" They both questioned.

  "I just remembered I haven't written to Gail these whole days that I've been here. I'll catch up with you don't worry." I shouted behind me as I sprinted towards the owlry.

  It was true I had promised my aunt Gail that I would write her and I never did.

  Once I reached the owlry, I grabbed a spare piece of parchment a quill.

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝑮𝒂𝒊𝒍,
𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚? 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.
𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂

I sent the letter off with my trusted owl Lenington. I don't know why I chose that name for him, I just did.

I really did hope everything was okay. She seemed a bit.. I don't know, shady? She'd always clear whatever she had the day I left for Hogwarts. She also hadn't written to me my few days being here. I shook off the thought and went towards the Great Hall.

As I got there, I spotted Malfoy with Zabini and Pucey. I smiled to myself. Maybe now that we've hung out we can be friends. I walked confidently with my head up high towards him.