Golden | h.p

40| Another fight

It was a mess. Everything and everyone, especially Harry, was a mess. Harry had told Dumbledore about his dreams and it lead Harry to believe he was either going mad or evil. Arthur Weasley was okay in the end, injured but okay. They had all gone to visit Mr. Weasley at St Mungo, well everyone minus Diana that was. She stayed behind at the Order's headquarters that day, she didn't want to be a bother to the Weasleys or anyone else so she thought is was best if she stayed behind. 

Diana was in Hermione's room. She sat on the bed and stared at the wall and imagined she was home with Lizzie and Josie were dancing in their dorm while singing songs at the top of their lungs. Truth be told she missed Lizzie and Josie Saltzman. Of course she loved Hermione and Ron but it wasn't the same and she knew that.

Even though Ron loved her as if he were her sister and Hermione was her best friend and cared for her, Diana knew their loyalty and favoritism would always be towards Harry. In situations that involve the Ministry or the Order of the Phoenix, she knew she'd be left out on her own account seeing as she knew little about both subjects. 

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked, Diana hadn't realized she zoned out and was thinking for hours. "Fine" Diana lied, "what's wrong? Should I get Harry?" Hermione asked. Harry was actually right next to Hermione but she wanted to hear Diana's answer first.

"Nothings wrong, Mione. And don't get Harry. I wouldn't want to bore him" Diana answered, Hermione sighed. "Talk to me then" Hermione told her, "I don't want to bore you either. It's not important and I believe you all have more important things to worry about".

"So, there's something to worry about?" Hermione asked. "Not for you" Diana mumbled. Harry signaled for Hermione let him inside but Hermione didn't budge. "If you want to talk, I'll be downstairs" Hermione said and shut the door. 

"She's upset about something.I need to know what's wrong, if she's okay" Harry told Hermione. "If she doesn't want to talk about it, she doesn't want to talk about it. You can't force her to talk about whatever she's feeling" Hermione reminded him as the two walked down the stairs.

Harry didn't say anything, the look on his face told Hermione everything she needed to know. "You do realize you've fallen in love with her, right?" Hermione asked Harry. "Fallen in love?" Sirius interrupted. Harry didn't say anything but instead walked past the two of them and went to find Ron or Ginny.

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The next morning Harry decided to try and run away. He had convinced himself that he was dangerous and needed to leave. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" Ginny asked from the doorway. "Get out of my way" Harry muttered. "No" Ginny said simply.

"I'm dangerous, Ginny, you can't be around me" Harry said. "Dangerous? Is that really what you're going for? First you're insane and now you're dangerous? Pick one" Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Are you forgetting I was possessed by You-Know-Who before? Or did you forget? You would think you wouldn't seeing as you were the one who managed to save me from the stupid Chamber of whatever!" Ginny said, not realizing she was almost shouting.

Harry didn't think about what he did next. But the second he did it he instantly regretted it. 

"What the hell!?" Ginny said as she slapped him across the face. "I'm sorry, I-" Harry panicked, "You kissed me while you have a girlfriend. What is wrong with you? Diana is my friend, I would never do that to her" Ginny cut him off.

Neither of them knew Diana had over heard this conversation. 'Breathe, breathe, breathe' Diana thought as her hands formed fists and she dug her nails into her thumbs. Diana felt as though she couldn't breathe, the room started getting blurry as she walked back to Hermione's room.