The Girl with the Broken Heart (The Girl with the Heart Scar Threequel)

Ben Carter

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of these characters except Aria, Jude, Lucy, Max, Marie, Ben, Taylor, and Reginald. Everyone else belongs to J.K. Rowling.

Ben Carter

            I walked up the Grand Staircase with tears running down my cheeks. I had just gotten out of detention with Umbridge and the pain of the “I will not talk back” engraving on my right hand was hurting. I didn’t talk back to her during class. I was just correcting her on something and she gave me detention. I hated her. I just wanted to get to my dorm room and go to bed. I heard footsteps coming up behind me and then the person said, “Aria! Aria, wait up!” It was George. I didn’t want him to see me crying. I wiped my tears away quickly and hid my face. “Aria, where have you been? Fred and I’ve been looking for you.” He caught up to me and we stood on the stairs.

            “I was… ugh… doing homework.” I lied and stared at the ground.

            “Is everything ok?” He asked and I nodded.

            “Yeah. Everything’s fine. I’m just tired.”

            “If everything’s fine, then why aren’t you looking at me?” He lifted my chin and his face was soft. “You’ve been crying. What happened?”

            “Nothing. It’s nothing. I’m just gonna go to bed.” I started back up the stairs but George grabbed my right hand.

            “Aria, wait.” He gasped and said, “You had detention with Umbridge, didn’t you?”

            I nodded. “Yeah. It hurts.”

            “I know it does.” He hugged me. “Come on. I have some bandages upstairs and chocolate.”

            I laughed. “Ok.”

            We went to the common room and he went to get the bandages and chocolate. The common room was empty since it was now dinner time which also meant George and I had the entire tower to ourselves. He came back down the stairs and came over to me. “Ok. Dr. George is on duty.” He said and I smiled.

            “Dr. George?” I laughed as he put the chocolate between us and took my hand. “I’m not sure I like that.” I joked.

            “Then you don’t get chocolate.”

            “No! I like it. You’re the best doctor I’ve ever had!” I yelled and he laughed.

            “Ok. Sit still.” He started bandaging my hand. “So, did you really talk back?”

            “No. I corrected her and she gave me detention. Hag.”

            He grinned. “Someone’s angry.”

            “You bet I am.” He released my hand and handed me a piece of chocolate. “Thanks.”

            “Well, you were a good little girl.” He patted my head and I rolled my eyes.

            “Only because you bribed me with chocolate.” I took another bite of the chocolate and we laughed.

            “Time to get up!” Ginny yelled Monday morning and I felt my covers being thrown off me. I groaned and looked up. She and Hermione looked at me with smiles on their faces. “Come on. We’re going shopping.”