Secrets of the Castle

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Chapter 1 - Paige
"So help me Ron, if you don't scoot your butt over I pushing you off the couch!" I threaten. It's movie night, an it's bad enough Ron is hogging the popcorn but half the couch too? Me and Ginny were basically suffocating. "What?!" He says innocently and spits out popcorn as he speaks. I don't know why my parents agreed to let me stay with Ron's family for the holidays while they're in Hawaii. I already spent half the summer with them. I basically apart of the family now. "Ron. Scoot. Over." I tense. He looks at me and opens his mouth with all the chewed up popcorn. Ginny looks at me. "You want to just go to my room?" She asks. I nod and get up. Ron snorts, "Babies." He laughs. "Loner." I remark. Ron looks at me with shock, "one day Vanessa will go out with me! She's just not ready." He exclaims as if he has a chance with Vanessa. I know for a fact that Vanessa would never go out with Ron, 1) because he's a pig 2) she hates him. "Yeah and I'll get my first kiss from Harry." I roll my eyes. Ginny tugs on my arms and we walk up the steep stairs. "You like Harry?" She asks as we walk. "What?! No! I just was using it as an example." I say and walk ahead. I'm a terrible liar. The truth is I've had a huge crush on Harry since we were first years but instead I get friendzoned, and I know he'd never go out with me. I'm one of his best friends! Plus he's the most popular guy in school, although Draco apparently thinks otherwise based on the lecture he gave Harry on being a 'outcast'. "Oh come on Paige. I can see right through you, you like him." She says and stops in front of her bedroom door. "No... He's just a friend." I say and open the door to her room and sit on the extra bed that I've been using this holiday. "Oh please." She snorts, "you obviously do. Otherwise you wouldn't have used him as an example." She smirks. I put my head on my pillow and stare at the ceiling, "and if I did don't you think you'd be the first to know?" I says. She nods but I can tell she's still stuck on the topic. "You never really answered the question though." She says. "Do you like Harry?" She asks again. I sigh, she's going to find out anyways so why not just tell her now? "Yes." I admit and she squeals with joy. "I knew it!" Ron bursts through the door. "Were you listening to our conversation?!" I yell. "No...." He says and backs out of the door. Crap. Ron knows..... I'm dead.