Seamus Finnigan

Part 2: Fourth Year

Author's Note: Please enjoy this part of the story :) i've already completed the whole thing but i want to see if anyone is actually going to read it first ;) so have fun if you are! Comments are much appreciated. also there is another OC in the chappy

Part 2 – Fourth Year

We were now in our fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Seamus and I are really close friends, about as close as Luna and I are, but I still have feeling for him. Feelings that have grown way too strong over the years if I do say so myself. It’s a wonder how I keep them to only Luna and myself.

It turns out that Hogwarts is hosting the Triwizard Tournament this year with Beauxbatons Academy and Drumstrang Academy. And at the moment, our year is with Professor McGonagall, she’s teaching us how to waltz for the Yule Ball. I was very nervous. We had to ask out our own dates, or they had to ask us. To me there was only one person who I wanted to go with. Seamus Finnigan.

McGonagall, after she finished embarrassing Ron Weasley, asked us all to stand and pick a partner to practice with. I was hesitant at first but then finally got up after Luna dragged me to my feet.

“Now is your chance, do not waste all the work I have put in to build up your relationship with him” Luna said in her own encouraging way with a smile. I nodded and slowly began to try and find Seamus. But when I did find him, he was with someone else. Lavender Brown. I stood frozen in place and watch the person I care most about, dancing with someone else.

I almost broke down into tears right then and there, and I would have too if there weren’t any people around. But no, I decided to casually walk to the door and silently slip out without being noticed and run to my dormitory. Luna found me after all the classes for the day were over. She held me in her arms as I cried and cried. And I cried even more when she told me that Seamus had actually asked Lavender to the Yule ball.

Luna finally got me to go to dinner, only to find out that Ravenclaw and Gryffindor had to sit together. So naturally, I sat with Luna on one side and Seamus made his way to me to side on my other side, with Lavender clutching his arm like a leech that is. She makes me sick! I remember when she dated Neville for a few weeks then he got sick of how annoying and clingy she was.

It was now a day before the Yule ball and I still didn’t have a date. Well that’s alright, I wasn’t really thinking of going anyway. I lay on the grass looking up at the clouds by the Black Lake… thinking about Seamus and Lavender.

“Are you alright?” I heard someone call from behind me. I sat up and turned around to see a boy from Drumstrang Academy standing there.

“Yes, I’m alright. Just a bit sad I guess” I replied honestly.

“Care to talk about it?” he asked

“To a stranger?” I asked in return

“Sometimes it’s a better thing to talk to someone that doesn’t know you. Maybe I can help?” the stranger asked as he took a seat next to me.

“Alright then. There’s a guy who I have been crushing on for ages. Basically ever since our first charms lesson when he blew up his feather we were using to practice Windardium Leviosa. We then became great friends, and I was hoping he would ask me to the Yule ball… but instead he chose someone else. I don’t know if I’ll go now… haven’t even got a date” I finished a little sadly

“Ouch, the friend zone. Yeah, sorry I can’t really help you much with that one. Although, I can help you with the date for the Yule ball. Would you like to go with me? Just as friends. Maybe we can even make you other friend jealous, then he’ll realised he was meant to be with you all along. Happy ending” the boy smiled