In the World of Magic(Harry Potter Next Generation Fanfic)

Chapter 43 - Hurting

Amanda's POV

I had panicked. Just as soon as I had seen the glimt of James moving towards my table I had bolted. I just didn't feel like once again coming up with some stupid excuse. It had been much more simple to just walk up and leave. The fact that he hadn't followed meant either two things. One, he hadn't been about to talk to me. Two, he had given up and realized that I was avoiding him. I didn't know which one was best. At least my maneuver had been successful.

I was currently sitting curled up on one of the windowsills in the castle somewhere. After rushing out and then taking random turns and random stairs I had felt like resting. Since there hadn't been any place to sit, the windowsill had seemed pretty inviting. It was actually pretty nice sitting there. I was reading the chapter we were supposed to read in herbology. It was easy to focus and it felt cosy.

"I really don't know why, but you seriously need to learn to be more slick if you're going to avoid people." I jumped at the voice and looked to my side. Scorpius and Dolan were standing there, both smirking. I tilted my head to side, silently asking what they wanted.

"It is pretty funny watching you run from Potter though. It is even more funny than hearing your excuses. Ehm... I need to study with Allison all afternoon... and evening, that on is my favorite", Dolan said as he and Scorpius chuckled. I simply glared annoyingly at them and sighed.

"Are you only hear to taunt my lies?", I wondered in slight irritation while looking at them without any interest. Dolan rolled his eyes while Scorpius simply shook his head.

"Then what is it?", I wondered which made Dolan chuckle a little. He stopped though when he saw the glare I was sending his way. I didn't really enjoy other people enjoying my misery. If they found it so funny they could gladly take my place. I didn't really want to be where I was.

"We just wanted to know if you're coming with us to Hogsmead today", Scorpius explained. I made sure that the confusion I was feeling wasn't shown on my face. I hadn't even realized that it was Hogsmead weekend. I had been to occupied by my own misery to think of those things. I didn't want others to know that though. I simply gave the guys a sad smile.

"Sorry, boys, I think I'm staying here today", I told them and I could see that it was the answer they had expected. They hadn't come to me because they didn't know if I wanted to come. They had come to me because they had wished that their prediction was wrong. Sadly, they had been right though and there wasn't anything changing my mind. Hogsmead was a place of happiness and that didn't really fit my current emotional state.

"Okay, then. We'll see you later", Scorpius said with slight disappointment in his voice before he and Dolan left. I stayed on the windowsill in silence for a little while. With a deep sigh I picked up the book once more and I started reading it again. I only had a couple of pages left and I really wanted to finish it as soon as possible.

As I was about to read the last sentence I heard footsteps coming down the corridor. My heart sped up a little but I told myself that the chance of it being James coming towards me was really small. I quickly finished the chapter and then put down the book next to me. When I looked up I saw that it wasn't James, which made relief fill my heart. It was actually Christina and Allison. Neither did they look happy, mad or sad. If I was to describe their expressions I would have said that they were actually a bit troubled.

"Hey, guys", I greeted and jumped down from the windowsill. I felt a bit stiff after sitting down the same way for about half an hour. I tried moving my legs a little to get the blood in my body flowing again, but it was a slow process.

"Hey. Dolan and Scorp said that you were here. We just wanted to ask you one last time if you're sure about not coming to Hogsmead with us", Allison explained. I tried to show carelessness in my smile, but I'm pretty sure that it came of as sad instead. Then I shrugged my shoulders.