Friendship At First Sight (The Philosopher's Stone)

Chapter 14

Hey guys! Hope you guys are enjoying the book, if you have any recommendations to improve this book don't be shy!! I don't really know when is Harry's first quidditch game so I'm going to place it in the weekend after Halloween.                                                                                                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lea woke up early the next morning, she wanted to avoid the students and their curious questions about last night, but she can't answer them just yet. Even thinking about what happened made her shudder, that she was just one second from being dead.

So after she did her bed, she placed on her clean robes, that was folded neatly on her desk, and walked out of the dormitory and the common room, some students were in the common room but she dashed her way down the ladder before they could speak.

As she walked towards the Grand Hall for some breakfasts, she remembered her best friends. How were they going to react? They don't seem as the kind of people to overreact and think to much but they did when something happened to things they cared about. Like last week, a slytherin broke Seamus' yoyo, which he had for years, and he looked as if he was going to punch them to death, which he would have done if they didn't drag him away. 

"Lea!"

She broke out of her thoughts as she looked up to see that she was already in the Grand Hall and she noticed Neville, Seamus and Dean running up to her. 

The first to reach her was Neville, as he ran at a sudden speed, he threw his arms around her for a hug, which she gladly returned, "We heard it all from Harry, Ron and Hermione, are you hurt?" He pulled back and inspected her for any signs of injuries.

"No, I'm fine" The boys gave her a look that said they really didn't believe her, "Really!"

"We also heard that you almost got smashed by a troll so we are gonna see for ourselves if you're alright" Seamus said and they all walked together to their usual seats on the Gryffindor table (well in breakfast and lunch since she isn't really in Gryffindor).

After some budging, Lea finally admitted that she was shaken up about what happened, "I mean what if I wasn't such a quick thinker or as fast?! I could have been killed!" She shrieked and laid her head down on the table, quickly beginning to panic.

Then she felt a hand take hers, "Lea look at me"

She raised her head and looked at the owner of the voice, who turned out to be her best friend, "Yes, you could've have been killed, but-" He quickly interjected the word as he saw her eyes widens in horror, "-you didn't and you're not hurt and now, you're going to take deep breaths and calm down"

She only nodded and breathed in through her nose and out her mouth, the panic inside her vanished, she looked up to see Seamus and Dean smirking again with a knowing look in their eyes, "What?" She asked in confusion at what they could possibly be smirking at.

"Well being November and the cold coming on, Neville must be helping you warm your hands, right?" The brown-haired boy quipped as the black-haired kid pointed below them. 

They looked down to see their hands still clasped with each other, they quickly separated their hands and scooted away from one another, their faces burning red. 

"Hey, why is Professor Snape limping?" Dean asked, they all turned to see him walking away from Harry, Ron and Hermione, limping with his injured leg.

"He must've been the one to release the troll in the dungeons! He wanted to create a distraction" Lea said as her eyes widened at this new piece of information.