𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 - 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 - 𝐑𝐞-𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞

Chapter Twenty-Four

Ray's Pov

I lay in bed, thinking about earlier when I was with L/n. She's so rude to me all the time. I swear, she doesn't have a nice bone in her body. The word probably isn't even in her vocabulary. From the corner of my eyes, I see Malfoy enter the dorm and give me a dirty look.

"Can I help you?" I narrow my eyes, turning over to look at him directly.

"Have you seen Crabbe and Goyle?" He grumbles reluctantly.

"Why would I have? Aren't they glued to your side twenty-four seven along with L/n?"

"Ugh! Bloody gits disappeared after charms. They're normally not gone this long."

"Maybe they got sick of your company," I smirk. "I wouldn't blame them."

"You've got some nerve speaking to me that way! I asked you properly, you know! I didn't ask for an attitude."

"And I didn't ask for you to come in here and disturb my rest, yet here we are."

"Tch, my father will hear about this!" He storms out of the dorms, slamming the door behind him.

"I'm sure he will." I snicker, rolling back onto my back. Before I can let sleep drift me away, I feel a harsh peck on my forehead.

"OW!" I groan, rubbing at the spot and opening my eyes. Norman's owl, Otus, rests on my neck, looking down at me. "What'd you do that for buddy?" I question as I ruffle his feathers. He hops off my neck and onto my bedside table, clawing at the drawer of it. I open the drawer revealing some of Otus' treats and some books I haven't read. He lowers his head into the draw, eating the treats without hesitation.

"Woah, slow down Otus. You act like we starve you," I pick up Otus by the scruff of his neck and grab a handful of his treats in the process. "So what did Norman send you to me for?" He lifts his legs, showing a piece of parchment tied to his leg. I gently remove it from his claws and open it to see the message.

'New leads, meeting in 30 minutes. Girls bathroom (the one with the dead girl)'

I groan, rolling onto my stomach and shove my head into my pillow. Otus flies up and softly lands on my back.

"Otus, leave me alone..." His response, to my dismay, is pecking the back of my head and hooting at me. "You can't force me to go, Otus," More pecking and more hooting is his reply before jumping up and down on my back. "For an owl, you are really persuasive."

Y/n's Pov

The next day I'm walking to the library where I pass Granger and Antenna Emma. They're talking about Mrs. Norris and what could've happened to her. When I hear them talking I get a bad feeling in my gut so I follow them to the library. I sit in the aisle behind the one they were in so I could know what they were up to. They were talking about how Potter heard something and other information that they gathered from Potter.

"I found it!" Antenna Emma whispers shouts, putting a book on the table and opening it. They then scan through the book for a while before Granger goes;

"This is it! The basilisk!" Now this caught my attention, I had some books back at the mansion and I distinctly remember reading about basilisks which made my eyes widen. The Basilisk has venomous fangs and if you look directly into its eyes, you will die. If you look at it through the reflection of something, then you will only be petrified until you are given a cure. That's what I remember from the book. I can't let them get petrified! Sure they're a pain in the arse but it's going to be really annoying to deal with grieving people who are close to these two! Especially Norman, it's gonna be hard to deal with a grieving Snowflake.