regret, harry potter (rewriting)

twenty one

Aurelia showers herself with kisses of affirmations to get herself ready to hang out with a boy that's not Alex, Harry, or Ron.

"You look gorgeous, Aurelia!" Hermione clapped her hands together excitedly.

"Yeah, I would date me honestly," Aurelia muttered to herself.

"Good luck, Rellie," Hermione hugged Aurelia, "Tell me everything afterward okay?"

"I promise," Aurelia nodded. "Okay, goodbye Hermione!"

"Bye Rellie!"

When Aurelia entered the common room, she saw Harry and Ron sitting on the sofa. playing exploding snaps.

"Hi, guys!" Aurelia greeted both boys, making the two look away from their cards to look at her.

"Hi, Rellie!"

"Lia!"

"Both of you are not going to Hogsmeade?" asked Aurelia to both boys.

"Oh, we are. We're just waiting for Hermione," Ron answered for both of them.

"Are you going on a date with Blaise?" asked Harry.

"It's not a date," Aurelia rolled her eyes.

"Keep convincing yourself that," Harry chuckled, dismissing the sinking feeling at the thought of her going on a date with stinky Zabini. "Hope you'll have fun."

"Thanks! I'll see you both later," she said as she happily left the common room.

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The inviting smell of butterbeer even from outside of the pub really allures the two teenagers to visit them.

"So you've never dated anyone before?" asked Aurelia to Blaise before she drank her butterbeer.

"Nope," said Blaise, popping the P. "Well if you count Daphne then maybe one."

"So you dated Daphne then?"

"No, it's more like we were friends with benefits," Blaise corrected her.

"I see, I see," Aurelia nodded.

"How about you? Only Ernie?" This time Blaise asked her.

"Only Ernie."

They continued to talk about their days before the tragedy that is the Battle of Hogwarts until Blaise remembered what Alex said to him.

"I heard you like ice skating," Blaise asked her.

"Yes, I actually do, why?"

"Let's skate," he suggested.

"But where? With what skating shoes?" She asked.

"We can always transfigurate something," he shrugged, "And I know a place where we can skate."

Turns out Blaise is an amazing skater. Aurelia would be lying if she said it doesn't attract her. They skated for almost an hour then continued to play snowball fights.

"Let's make a snowman," Aurelia suggested.

"Alright," Blaise shrugged.

"We make our own snowman, then we'll ask strangers which one they like best. The loser has to buy the winner anything the winner wants," said Aurelia.

"It's on," Blaise smirked.

Aurelia named her snowman snoopy from her favorite muggle comic strip. She gave Snoopy her beanie and scarf. She made the tree branches look like a hand and made three fingers with it. She also put a carrot as its nose. On top of that, she put three big buttons across its body.