𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 - 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 - 𝐑𝐞-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞

Chapter Sixteen

I sit with my arms folded over my chest, mindlessly bouncing my leg up and down as I sit on the edge of the bed across from Potter's.

"Would you stop that?" Ray hisses from beside me, hitting my knee lightly.

"Well sorry." I roll my eyes at him with a small scoff. I don't want to be here. The only reason I'm here is because Madam Promfrey insisted we stayed so she could make sure we were all okay. I find myself growing bored quickly and decide to look around the room, hoping for anything to catch my interest and cure me of my boredom

"What the hell are you doing?" The ravenette haired boy calls from the bed as he watches me look around.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm trying to find something that can keep me entertained until we are allowed to leave."

"L/n? Ray? What are you two doing here?" Potter mumbles groggily as he slowly sits up in his bed.

"Took you long enough to wake up."

"We're here because Madam Pomfrey wants to make sure that we're ok too." Ray answers for me, throwing me a dirty look as he does.

"And the others? Are they okay?" He questions us anxiously.

"They're fine," I shrug, flopping back on the bed next to Ray. "They were lucky and got discharged before us." Ray hums in agreement while Potter notices the sweets in front and around him.

"These are-?"

"For you. Our friends got them for you." Ray replies with a warm smile.

"Thank you." Harry smiles. They make me want to puke. Madam Pomfrey comes back into the room before standing in front of Ray and I.

"Well, you two are free to go," She announces. "Try to stay out of trouble." We both nod and stand up, walking towards the entrance of the Hospital Wing. As we reach the door, it opens to reveal Dumbledore. I tense up and quickly slip past him while Ray gives him a small bow before also slipping past him.

We walk in silence before Ray decides to break it.

"Soo... are you feeling okay?" He questions, swinging his arm back and forth.

"Why do you care?" I scoff, rolling my eyes.

"Jeez, just wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Even after I treated you like garbage?"

"Yes."

"Wow... you're something else," I shake my head while sparing a small glance at him. "Just so you know I'm not going to stop treating you like garbage."

"Wow, and right when I thought we were getting somewhere."

"Maybe one day, when you reach my level." I chuckle.

"What, you mean a pure-blooded prick who is rude to everyone?"

"No, I meant in potion making," I deadpan. "You're so terrible at that, to the point it's almost impressive."

"I'm not that bad..."

"You blew something up in Potions the other day." Ray just glares at me and I giggle at his defensive attitude.

"I'll show you that I'll be better than you!"

"Sure Ray, sure you will."

Time Skip

It's the end of the year feast and I'm seated at the Slytherin table next to Draco. Everyone in The Great Hall is chatting with one another. Dumbledore does some big speech about how we all did so well and he hands out extra points to us for getting the Stone. In the end, Slytherin ends up winning The House Cup. The Slytherin table starts cheering and everyone starts eating.

We're now at the train station about to head on. While I'm about to step on, Norman runs up to me.

"Y/n!"

"Yes Snowflake?" He laughs and hugs me.

"I'm gonna miss you over the holidays. Make sure you write to me, ok Buttercup?" Instead of hugging him back, I gently push him away, because Draco was watching me from nearby.

"Yeah, you too. I hope by next year, you'll have improved in potions."

"Well then, be prepared for the Astronomy quiz that I'm going to prepare for you." He chuckles. I nod as I get on the train, he does the same as Ray calls for him to hurry. He waves goodbye to me and I do the same.

I can't wait for next year.