I'll Still Love You Tomorrow | Harry J. Potter

No!

The next day Hufflepuff and Gryffindor's had DADA together since Umbridge 'accidentally' mixed up the classes. Melody took this chance to sit next to Elijah. Umbridge began teaching; Elijah kept making snarky comments about her throughout the lesson. Melody tried to hide her laugh until one didn't go unnoticed by Umbridge; neither did Harry not notice Elijah and Melody whispering back and forth.

"Miss Diggory and Mister Wood, what is so funny? I'm sure you could share with the class," squeaked Umbridge.

Once the two shared eye contact, they couldn't suppress their laughs anymore. "I'm sorry," Elijah said through laughs. "I know what you're about to say, so we'll see you in detention later."

Umbridge huffed and glared at the two one last time before returning to her lesson. Harry rolled his eyes. "Class dismissed. Melody, Elijah, remember detention!"

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Melody sat by Harry, Hermione, and Ron during lunch. The three just looked at her as if they've never seen her. Melody was utterly confused as to why they were looking at her like that. Not wanting to look like an idiot, she finally asked the question.

"Why's everyone looking at me like that?" She asked confusedly.

"Noth-"

"Are you and Elijah..." Ron trailed off after Hermione gave her a glare.

"No! What makes you say that?"

"It's just-we saw you and Elijah sitting really close, then he whispered something in your ear, not to mention you two couldn't stop laughing during DADA..."

"For one, I finally told the story of Cedric's death without crying, so Elijah was just saying he was proud of me; two, he was making funny comments about Umbridge."

"Right, sorry," said Harry.

"I'm not so hungry anymore." She harshly packed her things and left.

"Ron, why would you say anything?"

"At least now you know," he shrugged.

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Harry caught up with Melody, who was leaving her final class of the day. Melody frustratedly turned around to see her idiot of a boyfriend. Harry put his hands on his knees and panted as if he'd ran a marathon to find her.

"You're an idiot, you know."

"I know," Harry admitted. "I know nothing is going on between you and Elijah." Elijah and Daphne then turned the corner into their hallway.

"What's going on between me and someone?" Elijah asked.

Harry rubbed the back of his neck. "So, you see, my idiot self thought something was going on between you and Melody..." Daphne ran up to him and smacked him on the head with a newspaper. "Ow!"

"That's for obvious reasons!" Daphne stated.

"Why do people like to hit me with newspapers so much," he frowned.

"Harry, Melody's like a sister to me. I don't have romantic feelings for her, nor have I ever," Elijah cleared up.

"Thank you for saying that. I know I probably overreacted-"

"You did." Daphne crossed her arms.

"I'm scared of you, Daphne, so I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut," said Harry.

"Mhm."

"Erm, anyway, sorry." Elijah wrapped his arm around Daphne and walked out of the hall.

"I really am sorry," he assured her. "And I'm proud of you too. For telling the whole story of Cedric's death without crying."

"Thank you," she smiled. He smiled back and pulled her into a kiss.

Click!

The two turned around to see Rita Skeeter with her camera. She sighed. "Why didn't we know Melody Petrova Diggory and Harry Potter were dating!" Harry's face was full of confusion. "This picture will be gold if Melody goes to Azkaban!" She exclaimed.

Harry cocked an eyebrow at her. "Later," she dismissed. "Could you please like... leave?" Melody tried to ask as nicely as possible.

"Oh," she had a devilish look on her face. "If you two have anything to send us..."

"Oh my god! No!" shouted Harry.

"Your loss. You could've gotten a lot more famous from this..." she turned out of the hall.

Harry scoffed. "That lady is insane." He then grew a devilish smirk. "But we haven't-you know in a while..."

"Slow your roll. It's been three days."

"Three very long days..."

"Maybe in Harry days," she laughed.

"Harry days? What's that supposed to mean?"

"You tend to exaggerate-a lot."

He dramatically put a hand over his heart and gasped. "How dare you say I exaggerate!"

"How dare I!" She said, playing along.

"My godfather is Sirius Black; I believe I picked up on it," he laughed.

"Also, since Cedric is back, I think I'll take you up on the summer opportunity."

"Ready to spend summer with the Potter's?" He smirked.

"Definitely."

"Now, what's this about you going to Azkaban?" He raised an eyebrow.

"The Ministry found out I killed Cedric's killer." She put up jazz hands. "Surprise!"

"That was self-defense, though!"

"The Minister hates my mom so much that he'll do anything to get to her."

"What, why?"

"My mom blackmailed him."

"Oh. Wow."

She shrugged. "Not surprised anymore with her."

"Your family is absolutely nuts. You know that?"

"Yeah, noticed when I thought my mom was trying to kill me," she laughed.

"It seems like years ago since that," Harry sighed.

"I can't believe Leo and Dahlia have only been in my life for a little over a year. It seems like a lifetime, honestly."

"It seems like yesterday Leo threatened to kill me," Harry said thoughtfully.

"It was. The letter, remember?"

"Oh."