Reality Bites Harry Potter

What time is it? Summer Time

This year had been a flurry of excitement and dread, danger and bullshit. Fake danger a lot more than real danger but honestly how is that any different than normal? The only main difference is that I lost my shit a total of 5 times this year. I don't even think that's an exaggeration. Between the stupid wings, Cho the ho, Fred and his asshole tendencies, Angelina just existing, everything with Sirius and Buckbeak, and now finals I was ready for this year to be over. I wasn't even upset at the prospect of an entire summer in the country with Minnie. Maybe some calm would do me good. I get up the morning of exams, getting dressed and carefully fixing my hair before heading to breakfast. My group was looking a little different than it used to. A table that once was overflowing with conversation and people has now dwindled down to just 10. There's numerous reasons for that but the primary one is I think everyone is still worried that I'll lose my shit if there's too much going on. I don't blame them, I worry about it myself. It feels like this year took all of my patience so I have none left anymore. I eat, joking around a bit with Pyper and teasing her and Theo. I'm happy she has him but it won't keep me from giving them shit. We finish breakfast and I head to herbology. As much as I seemed to be distracted through the year I'm pleasantly surprised that the exam comes easily to me. I finish it and relax for a few minutes before class is dismissed and we move on. Defense against the Dark Arts goes quickly as well and I know that has a lot to do with Lupin's teachings. I blamed Quirrell and Lockhart for my shit tests the years before. Potions is the one that trips me up and I frown. Snape could hate me later but honestly it wasn't my fault I couldn't remember recipes well. I ace the care of magical creatures exam to literally no one's surprise. I wasn't an intern with Hagrid just because I liked him. History of magic tripped me up a bit and I knew Minnie would make me study harder this summer to make up for it but I didn't mind. I finish out the rest of my exams and honestly my head hurt but that was to be expected when you did all of your exams in one day. I was excited for the end of year feast the next day though so I head to bed and try to get some sleep. I woke up to everyone talking about their exam results and I sigh, hoping I at least didn't have any Ps. I look over my results and laugh. "A perfect mix. 3 E, 3Os, and 3 As" I say and Susan smiles. "Same here! At least we passed everything" she says. We get ready for the feast and head down, excited to see who won the cup. We all had to sit with our own house but it was ok since it was the only time of the year it was required other than the opening feast. We settle down and Dumbledore starts talking. Honestly, he's so boring I didn't know how anyone paid attention to him. "And now, the house cup goes to... Ravenclaw" he says and I hear all the Ravenclaws cheer. They deserved it honestly. We all start eating and I smile when I see Harry get a letter. He reads it and smiles and I know it has to be from Sirius. I really hope Harry gets to spend some time with him soon. I'm just about finished eating when I feel a tap on my shoulder and see everyone is up and moving around. I look up and see Fred and I frown a bit. "Hey" I say softly and he smiles slightly. "Hey. Can we talk?" he asks and I nod, getting up to follow him. We find a hidden corridor to talk and he sighs. "I'm sorry for everything. I knew you had a lot going on this year and I have been selfish and you deserved better than that" he says and I frown "I'm sorry too. I should have been better at making time for you, especially since you did everything you could to be there for me. It's not easy being in charge of a club, taking care of magical creatures, trying to be there for your friends, and having a relationship all while dealing with growing wings and being seen as the school psycho. But if anyone knows that it's you because you were by my side through 90 percent of it" I say and he nods. "Can we just start over as friends? Maybe rebuild things?" he asks and I nod. "Friends sounds good" I say softly before hugging him and then going back to finish the feast. I finish eating and go with the girls back to the dorms to finish packing. We had an early morning tomorrow to head home and I never thought I'd be this excited for a school year to end. Once everything is packed we all pile into one bed like we used to in first year and fall asleep. I'd honestly missed my two best girls but things had changed a lot and I knew how things were now was for the best. We wake up to our alarm and I groan, rolling out of bed and getting dressed for the train. I was one of the last ones on the train because I was dragging this year and I look around, trying to find an empty car so I can sleep. I see Harry and Draco leaning on each other and napping already and I smile fondly. They're so cute together. I see the car across from them is empty so I go in there and lay down. I'm almost asleep when I hear the door open. "Shayla?" I hear Angelina ask softly and I look up at her. "Hey. Sorry for the last few weeks" I mumble and she shrugs. "It's ok, it's to be expected. This year kind of was a lot for you and I shouldn't have pushed so hard. I just wanted to say that I hope you have a good summer and you can write me whenever if you'd like. I really do want to get to know you more" she says and I smile. "Thanks. I'll keep that in mind" I say softly and close my eyes again as she leaves. I drift off as the train travels towards home.