regret, harry potter (rewriting)

thirty four

After bidding her goodbyes with Hermione, Ron, and Ginny upstairs, she saw Harry at the dining table but before she could approach him, Molly hugged her.

"Oh Aurelia, take care. Do come back soon," Molly told Aurelia softly. "I'll miss you, dear." The older woman proceeds to hug Aurelia.

"I will. Thank you so much, Molly," replied Aurelia gratefully

"It's not a big deal, Aurelia. You're always welcomed here," Molly reassured her, rubbing both of Aurelia's sides comfortingly.

After that, she went to Harry who's currently drinking tea.

"I'll be going, Harry. Goodbye," Aurelia bid her goodbye with him.

"Goodbye," Harry replied unbothered, not looking up to see her.

"Okay then," Aurelia sighed.

Of course, she understands why he's behaving this way. She has been there herself. He has the right to be upset with her but it still bothers her that he is.

Fuck you, she thought. He handled the situation worse than her. Sure she shouldn't have done that with him, it was a mistake — an absolute mistake but part of her doesn't feel regret for doing that.

"Well, happy early new year Harry," she scoffed.

"How'd you do it?" he muttered, making her look at him intently. "How do you pretend to like it never happened?"

He stared at her, begging for an answer.

She opened her mouth to say something but decided to hold herself back in and closed her mouth.

Harry bitterly laughed and said, "Well, happy early new year Aurelia Clemonte."

She shook her head in disbelief and left The Burrow.

The minute he arrived at Alex's manor, he tackled her in a hug, greeting her brightly with Megan on his side, confirming their reconciliation.

After their mini-reunion, the three teenagers went to Alex's room to catch up.

"So how was it at Weasley's?" asked Alex who's currently sitting in front of her with Megan's head resting on his lap.

"Eventful to say the least," Aurelia told him while chuckling. She doesn't know whether she wanted to tell Alex about what happened with Harry. She knows for a fact that he'll scold her for being so stupid.

"Well I have a cat now," announced Aurelia beamingly, clasping her hands together.

"What? That's amazing, you've always wanted a cat!" Alex beamed.

"Yeah," replied Aurelia. "Well, I'm going to be a third-wheel, am I?"

"Yup," they both said at the same time.

"When did this happen anyway?" asked Aurelia.

"A week after Christmas." Alex started to comb Megan's hair.

"Disgusting." Aurelia fake gagged.

"Shut up. You were worse with Ernie!" Alex pointed out. "At least I don't snog everywhere."

"Fuck off," Aurelia hissed while Megan chuckled.

"Nothing interesting happened with a certain scar head boy?" Alex wiggled his eyebrows.

"No," answered Aurelia, though she looked completely flustered. Alex knows her through and through which means she can't really lie to him. He raised his eyebrows and Aurelia just glared at him which made him give her the we'll talk about this later look.