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Under the Willow Tree

I was woken by a fit of giggles the next morning.

"I can't believe he did that!" Lavender giggles.

"I know! I'm going with the Harry Potter!" Parvati squeals.

I groan and cover my face with my pillow. Out of all the girls in the school, he asks Parvati Patil. He actually asked her. I felt sick and angry. And also a little hurt. I was stupid to think that Harry even liked me.

I was still a little bit mad at Harry, so in the next few days, something was a little off. Normally, we would talk with each other a lot and conversation flowed easily, but now it was just awkward and forced.

Ron would now look at Hermione as if she was a completely different person. As if he was suddenly seeing her in a new light. He even pointed out her teeth that Madame Pomfrey had shrunk, which is surprising, because Ron is very unobservant.

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On Christmas morning, I woke with that excited feeling in the pit of your stomach. I see my presents at the foot of my bed and jump up and down.

"Hermione! Presents!" I shout. Hermione groans and sits up, yawning. She blinks a few times.

"Presents!" She shouts suddenly and she begins unwrapping hers. I laugh at her reaction.

I begin unwrapping my gifts. I got a nice knitted scarf and hat from my Mum and Dad. It seems they've taken up a new hobby. Ron got me a small basket of sweets, including my favorite. Fizzing Whizzbees. Hermione gave me a hat with my favorite quidditch team on the front, the Holyhead Harpies. Cedric gave me some nice plaid pajama pants, because I told him I got holes in my other ones. Hagrid gave me some fudge and some treats for Natia. I opened Harry's last. It was a small journal with a picture of Brazil on the front. There was a small note and I read it.

Y/N,
I figured that when we go Backpacking in Brazil, you'll want to write down your experiences. I also put in some chocolate frogs for you. I know you still need Devlin Whitehorn. Merry Christmas!

Harry

I smile to myself. Harry and I have been talking about Backpacking in Brazil together when we're older. It's really more of an inside joke we share, but this is so special. I can't believe he remembered I needed Devlin Whitehorn either. I probably told him that ages ago.

I reach up and touch my necklace. It's the same butterfly necklace that Harry gave to me last year. It's practically a part of me now, because I never take it off. I smile again and munch on a chocolate frog.

Hermione and I met up with Harry and Ron in the common room. I walk up to Harry and hand him a postcard from my room. It has a picture of the Amazon River in Brazil on the front.

"For Brazil," I say. He grins back at me. From that point on, we were back to normal. At least for the morning we were.

The four of us hung out and talked the whole morning and into part of the afternoon. It was around five o'clock when the boys asked if we wanted to have a snowball fight.

"We would love to, but—" I begin.

"We have to get ready!" Hermione exclaims.

"You need three hours!?" Ron exclaims.

"Yes," Hermione replies. We giggle and walk up to the dormitories to get ready.

First, we did hair and makeup, while drowning out Lavender and Parvati's obsessive chatter. Hermione was better at hair than me, so she did mine and pulled it back into an elegant updo. She then did the same with her own hair. Hermione cast a few spells to make sure our hair wouldn't fall out, but leave it silky smooth.